Telegram-herald., 1889-06-07

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Fgsnkly. idoR't know snythiug Abons 10.
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t4msIstAl side of things. and it = tsaas J6ey
should taks ACID OF t1s mere pF3cf .e4l
duties aoc privileges 81 our nsti0nsi liir-
ELEANOs KIRK
TIE trailing srbutus Is our most 6ts-
tinetlgsly historic. Anc. Il seems 10 nls.
eFaolenlaGtc American flower lourS fof
q ho-al emblem. fEANces WILLARD.
should vote for tbs sanfiower. because
u stands for equal rights IL Was urt
chosen Dy the ~ goeates or woman suttTa-se
IL Kansas The SuDdo.sr St2Iel as THE
sfpoir,n, sad has since been adopted -
ttseiF 1>ixe BY the Woman saIragi-.s -
TIE country a. large. Lucy SI0sE
should prefer The srbutus Tire golden
rcd = beautiful bat without perfume, and
lt u 100 suggestive 0f the haste 10 be rich
Hllch ! thc beseEtlng sla OF Americans.
The arbGtus is beautiful. fragrant, modest
aud hardy, coming ia The very earliest
Spring. as This country ought always 20 bs
Ia the van OF progress. aud II l. associated
"lth the ntenory Of all the heroic e-siy
days Of TIT Pilgrims and Paritans.
ALiCx Stone BLACKWELL
From the woman 10 whom we owe the
Kings Daughters with their insignia,
known tht country over, Of purple ribbon
and silver cross, comes this:
| should think the golden rod q good
choice fora national flower ifit is country
wide. l know IL grows in many parts ci
our country. and certainly the name Is
pretty and very suggestive-GOiden Rodl
Yours, l. ii. 5. MARGARET BOTTOMS.
One OF the earliest Of the women clergy
men says;
MY artt choice Is the sweet blossom
known as the MayfiOwer in New England
the trailing srbutu-. remembering tha,
it was the first the Pilgrims SAW after the
long, cold winter-when Kitty Carver. the
Governors daughter. exclaimed: Look.
father, God has made a ilowerp /. 10 is
chosen hope IL will be pronounced pro-
perly. For 90 years or more it has been
called In America 'arbutus. but the acccst
should he on the first syllable. according
10 the earlier custom or the English poets
and of Virgil.
That objection TO choosing the arbutcs
as a national flower seems well founded
which reiainds us OF the fact that q IS
mainly New Eugland flower, at least that
IL Is not round all over our country. So
give you rs my second choice the golden
rod, which many have already recOrl-
mended. And ! shall be well satisfied If
IL Il chosen, while / call 10 remembrance "A
stanza from rare poem. entitled The
Last Day OF Summer" written by my re-
gently deceased friend, Mrs. Mary r. Web
ber, of Beverly, Mass, (Mary Webb).
Her words are these:
1ir golden rod with pumes astrearn
Is noIdsnS DER each rocks bright scam
Twill Keep for darker DAYS tac gieam
Borrowed rom summers radiant beam,
When ccn.i!er that the language OF
The golden rod q ENCOURAGEMENT" not
only perceive more clearly the beauty and
significance Of my friends lines, but | see
how appropriate the flower Is for n coun-
try like ours which offers so much en-
TO the emigrant from every
land and 10 the earnest and honest toiler
In every field who is born beneath the
starry flag.
The fragrance and beauty OF the arbutus
and the cherry brightness Of the golden
-od incline me 10 he willing TO accept
either as our natural flower.
PHOEBE A. HASAFoRD
/ have taken some pains to search
among the flowers Indigenous TO every
state and not known or common in other
The nearest approach that |
,an make TO il is the golden rod, sOliddg0
'tgd durco. But this plant also grows
in Europe. BELvA LOCKWOOD
The preference of the excandidate for
be Presidency for yellow flower is
hared by another woman lawyer, the
irst, | think, in successful practice in
Boston:
Ny choice is the dandelion. What the |
heather is to Scotland and the shamrock |
% Ireland, the dandelion is to our cOun- |
ry, coming up everywhere and blossom !
ng where 40 other bloom can come into |
ife. Its starry flower is first 10 be seen In /
Is hardy aisdain of frost and cold and |
III through the season occasional blossoms /
appear. IL belongs, think, To all parts OF /
'ur country; / know that / have seen il /
II the far Pacific Northwest and in Texas
md other Southern States, and unlike |
ome familiar wild flowers, IL does not
hanSe Its color or increase or diminish in /
ize wherever found. 1t is staunch and
rue and perennial in its cOnstaHcy, aud
10 flower OF wild or cultured growth has
more glorious or cheering color
Further. II il typical OF orr national
being of the color OF that
precious metal which our people are 80
'artcularly tond OF; u represents 'the
imighty dollar" which we love rot so /
much FOR its own sake as for the delightful
Xcitement OF getting it,
Then The dS-dellOn Is a practical flower
nd ours Il prominently practical peo-
We; the dandelion. being alike good for
ood and valuable as "A medicine, combines
eauty with utility in a way specially sug-
estive of our race traits. We who desDlse
"stA,tless" man who lives on his grand
lther's property instead OF earning lis
wing" should surely prefer n useful
over. Again. If we are 10 have national
over AZ all. II should be One that is wi,hin
1e reach Of all The latest hybrid hot
0use rose could De had only by the dar-
ugs Of ackie fortune. bat the vericst child
poverty c0uid celebrate patrioticsIlv
nth the dandelion plucked from the g-ass
lots common 10 ali in the breathing places
orr great cities, or from any little crack
etweeu the paving bricks or plankS where
le doughty dsndelion can find the lca-i
x OF room 10 thrust up its beautiful
Ciden head.
And lastly. the dandelion tv7ifes ouI
ace ~ - tendencies toward farreachiug
1iOUlzaf on Cf new lands. Our families /
o not stay on the land OF their fathers
ur separate % the four corners of ths
-or.d. carrying always oar national char
ct terlstics Of energy aud freedom wita +
Be n. 50 when the golden glory ~ or
ational fowsr paie= 20 the feathery snoS
{ the Diow bali. the hreezes take Its tiny /
Iildr-n afar. scattering them br0rfc2ef
y the ieli -ght ~ tbe eyes and food for tins
rrtrrv ia other b area and in fr~s 20 f