The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1889-03-29
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GOSSIP OF VI0LETS.

iitttt III 1tlttl tlitcs. anu tHtcieu idi SC-
II into the ceremonial institutions of
the amcicnts. | figures notably in
mythology. When Jupiter had meta
morphosea 10 into i white heifer, he
caused yiolets 10 spring from the earth
IN order 70 present her with herbage.
ial name Is traced to some nymphs of
ionia. who first presented these flowers
u the II Aer OF he gods. Shakspere,
allude, to N old legend when he makes
I-acrteS wish, in Hamlet" Act v, SC.
I, that violets may spring from the
grave or Ophelia-
Lay her i ihe EARTH
All from her t.sir and unpoilnted flesh
IA y.e.ets -rEl=g.
llcrricN makes the violet to be the
descendant Of some unfortunate girls,
aho. having defeated Venus in dis
pate she had with Cupid, rs to wheth-
CT she or they surpassed in sweetness
were beaten blue by the goddess in her
jealous anger. To quote another leg
endarv origin of this flower, we are
told how an ancient nymph, fleeing in
to the woods TO escape from the pur-
suit Of Apollo, was. through the pow
er Of Diana, changed into violet,
which, adds Mr. Phillips in his 'Flora
i Historical { l. p 6:}), ..still retains the
bashful timidity Of the nymph, by par
tiality concealing itself from the gaze
of Phnbus in It's foliage
/ Byron has some famous lines con-
nected with it
Fs-ewell {, thee. France. but whsn Lb,rty rallies
/ oace more In thy regions remember me then;
+ The yio!sss grow in the depth. of Thy valleys,
Though witheresi thy tears will unfold it again.
| These lines refer 10 Napoleon. The
/ association OF this flower with the
Bonaparte dynasty is SAID to have orig
mated thus When Napoleon |. left
France for Eiba, he is reported to have
said that he would return again in the
! violet season. During his absence, in
/ the villages around Paris, the violet
was the secret symbol by which the
/ people denoted their favorite chief and
I recognized each other. On his return
/ to the Tuiierles on March 20, 1915, af-
ter his escape from Elba, Napoleon's
/ friends saluted his return with the
| flower OF the season-violets-in token
Of welcome. From that time it contin-
ned the Napoleon flower, SO much SO
that after Waterloo and the replace
ment of Louis XNIiI on the throne, it
was regarded is seditious to wear this
flower. In our own country the white
violet was in years gone by made the
emblem Of innocence, and in the six
tecufh century it appears to have been
considered IN emblem of faithfulness.
1t the floral games instituted at
Toulouse b. Clemance Isaure in the
early part Of the fourteenth century,
III the time OF the Troubadours, the
prize awarded to the author Of the best
poem in the Proyencal language was
a golden violet. 1.-The fair founder of
these games is stated, says Mr.. Folk
ard in his ..plant Lore" .while under
going weary Imprisonment, to have
sent her chosen flower, the violet, to
her knight, that he might wear the
/ emblem of her constancy: and the
flower thus became with the Trouba-
dours symbol Of this virtue" These
floral games are still celebrated. Again.
1t is related Of Mile. Clarion, cele-
brated French actress. that, being pas
sionatcly fond of yiolets, friend cult
yatei them so rs to give her nosegay
OF these flowers every morning during
their season. This fragrant offering
lastcd thirty years, and Ito lose moth
ing Of gift which friendship and
economy rendered 50 precious to her
who received 1t, she stripped off the
flower petals every evening and took
them in ali infusion like tea The
popularity Of the violet is not confined
t Europe, for We are informed that it
j. one Of the plants most esteemed in
syria. especially owing to its great use
III making violet sugar, of which they
make Sorbet. According to piece of
legendary lore, Mahomet once remark
ed how the '.exceliency of the extract
II yiolets. above MI other extracts, is
rs tie excellence OF me above all the
rest OF the creation: it is cold in sum-
mcr and il is hot in winter
Lastly among other items of lore
associated with the violet may be To-
ticed IN allusion in Twelfth Nighs,'
where Shakspere compares the soft
strains Of piaintiye music to the per-
fume Of yiolets. 70 dream of admiring
the violet bloSsoming in garden has
been deemed prognostic of advance
men, in life.
Bank clerks don't catch cold more
than other clerks, Notwithstanding
there are drafts passing through the
bank constantly.
YES, said Mrs. Darlington, "Tm
mighty afraid Of ghosts, but | keep
them away from me by wearing an ON
cle. around ny neck.
\ Boston woman when writing to in
s.te a friend to dine with her does not
dare allix N t. to her letter lest it
b interpreted No beans