The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-03

woman - OF be quick repudlate. Sui,
Eben We take inio consideration that the
right OF citizenship IS de led her, though
ne Is compelled to pay taxes and obey tie
VS. which she has no hand in max e, there
s perhaps some excuse for her monopoly of
ne more spiritual and Ideally significant
privileges.
To those who would like to ses a perfect
quality established in this selection e
sunfiower would not seem inappropriate, as
MS devoted horticultural specimen always
turns on her god when h So s the same !, ok
which she turned when he rose The 81 2
ialsy might not he unsui able. II blossoms
early and late and was great fayori e
WITH our ? Fitan aucest S. There might e
4 hitch here, however. for while this mod
est and beautiful flower is much admired by
women, it is an especial object Of condem-
alton with men, at leass men WAC are
farmers
How would the golden rod dol Surely
there Is nothing | vel er, aud 20 the eye
hat can appreciate beauty, whether this
Eye looks out from der masculine OF
enine brow, this go &c Us be ige a way
tion.
cranky, don't know anything about
L. ut do know that wome have quite
enough TO do with the dec rative and senti-
mental siie of things and it is time that
hey should take hold OF the IN re practical
duties and pri ileges Of our national life.n
ELEANOR KIRK.
THE trailing arbutus is ouc most dis.
tinctively historic and, it seems TO me, en-
olematic American q wer Yours for
Fl )ral emblem" FRANCIS WILLARD.
Il sho9ld vote for TIE sunhower, Uec cse
It stands for equal ri hts. 1t was Fl st
cuosen by he advocates of woman suffrage
X ftba Grt 40 a 81,
Diem, has since been adopted a their
badge by The woman suffragists I he CO Ia
Try at large" Lucy STONE.
'F Oud Ter he arbltus. The golden
rod is beautiful but without perfume, and it
- W. suggestive vi the na,.e 10 he rich,
hicA IS TIE beset>ing sin Of Americans.
The arbutus is beautiful, fragrant, modest
- he ~, mi & in the very earliest
spring, as this country ought always Ds /
100 49,. p. * iess; d al it is associated
vita the memory of all the he oIc early
Gays of the Pilgrims a d Plrit MS"
ALICE STONE BLACKWELL.
From the woman to whom ae owe The
Kings Daughters with teir ms gnia /;
SHOWN the country over, of their purple
.iDbon and silver 0ss, comes TINS:
81 should think tne golden ro1 z cd
choice for national flower if il IS coun-
try vide. know grows in m my parts
ot our country, and certailly the name i,
pretty andvery suggestive-G Idea R dr'
Yours, |. II. s., MARGRET Bottoms.
o 9 ofthe earlies. of women cleYgymen,
says:
My first choice is the sweet blossom
known as the NJ tyfiowr il Nav England
The trailing arbutus, rememb ring that it
was the first the Pilgrim sa after The long,
cold Ninter-nhen KITTY Carver tue COVER
or's daughter, exclaimed, Look, father,
Go has made Z flou err If it is chosen
hope it viii be pronolncsi pro erly. Fo
200 years and more it has been called in
America 'arbutus, out the acce t snolld
be on the first s. liza lie, according to the
earlier custom Of the English poets and of
Virgil.
That objection to choosing the arbutus
as a national Fl wer ,eems well founded
which remi dis us of the fact that 1t is
mainly new Z gla d flower, at least that
IL is not found all over our great country.
So l give you as my second cnoice tae
golden rod, which many have alrea re-
commended. Ana | shall be well satisfied
# it is chosen, while cali to remembrance
5 ANA from a rare poem, entitled The
Last Day of Summer, written by my re-
Gently dec asa friend, Mrs. Mary f.
Weber, Of Beverly, Mass, CMary Webb y.
Her words are the e;
LIS kNiucH tOd VIII piuilltS doiT6hIu
Is nodding DER eacn rocks bright seam
Twill keep for darker days the CLEAN
Borrowed from summers radiant beam.
"When | consider that the language of
the golden rod 10 encouragement / not
Q. ly perceive more clearly tAe beauty and
significance of my friends liaes, but see
how appropriate tie flower for a cJn TRY
like ours which offers so much encourage
ment to the emig ant from every land ald
to the earnest and Louest toiler in every
field who is born beneath t starry flag.
1.-THE fragrance and beauty of the butus
and tine CHEEKY brigh ness of the golden 70
incline me to be willing to accept either as
our national flower"
PHGBE A. HANAFoRD
81 have taken some ,5ains to sea ch tm ng
the flowers indigenous TO every state aud
OF known or common in other counuries
The neare t approach tina | can make 10 1t
is the golden rod, SoLtddJo Uig1 aurea.
But this plant also grow ari igly in Ed
rope" BELVA Lock VO ID.
The preference Of the ex-candidate for
the presl le cy for a velloN flower is shared
by an0 her woman lawyer, this first, think,
in successful practice in ston:
"My choice is the da delio }. What the
heather is to Scotland AID the shamro K TO
Ireland ne dandelion 10 to our cou l1ry,
coming UP every where and bios omiug
where no other bloom can coma to life.
Its starry flower is first t. be seen il its
hardy disdain of frosa and cold d all
through the season occasional bios oms APP
pear. 1t belongs, | think, to all parts of
our country; l know thai have see it in
the far Pacific northwest and in Texas and
otler southern states, and unlike some
familiar wild flowers, it does not change it's
color or increi 50 or dimi lish its size wher-
ever found. 1t is stanch aud true and
perennial in it constancy. and no flower of
wild or cult red growth has more glori-
Gus or C eerins c DO.
Further, it is typical Of our national
characte istics, being Of the color Of that
precious metal whIth our people are so pa
tic Ilarly fond of; it represents the al
mighty dollar which we love, not 50 much
for it's own sake assfor the delightful excite
ment of it's get ing.
"rhen the dandelion is a practical flower
and ours is pre-emine thy practical people,
the dandelioil bei g alk good for cd ID
valuable as a medlciAe; combines beauty
with utility in way sp cially suggestive
Of our race traits. We who desp SO shift
less man who lives ON his grandfather's
property instead If 'ea mis- his living
should surely prefer a usefu flower. Again,
if we are to have national flower ut all, i
should be one tn t j. within tie reac of
all. The latest hybrid hoth use ross coulI
be had only by the darli gs of fi-kle r.
tune, but the veriest child of poverty could
celebrate periodically with the dandeion
plucked from the era plots con uon to all
.bisfor oac ~ my. oftfas