Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1896-11-19
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llistseh the Flsvve1 sf Art for Those
Of Nature.

Of Nature.
There Is something provocative Of
much reflection In the incident commu.
nicated to US by . correspondent. He
was sitting with number of other
guests, upon the lawn at garden
party in London, when he observed a
large humble bee winging it's flight to-
ward the clusters of many-colored
flowers upon the hat Of young lady
who was one of the company. He does
not mention what especial flowers
were initiated upon the hat in Ques-
ton, but the present fashion is to dis
play so varied a collection Of forms
and hues that a credulous bee might
easily think herself in we'll furnished
country garden on alighting upon any
out-of-door couture of the present time
The insect in this case was not only
deceived in the first instance by the
exact resemblance of the work of the
modiste to that of Dame Nature, but
evidently found nothing on closer &C.
quaintance to prevent her from ran.
sacking the bloom In search Of honey;
snd. being disappointed in hrst, sec
ond, and even third essay, appeared to
nave gone on examining each bud Of
silk, satin or muslin until she WAS
seen to mediate disconsolately upon
the edge Of the last fallacious flower
and then to fly away, honeyless. and
no doubt, extremely embarrassed by
the discovery that the world contained
such illusions and deceptiona for hard
working bees. The innocent insect
ought not, we think. to he laughed at
One would have thought. of -ourse
that a humble bee Was far too good Il
judge Of the products. of the field and
:he garden to be taken in By the very
'leyereSt stimulation of them which
the fingers of 4 Partisan hat-dresser
could put together The coarser tex
tire. the deficient fragrance. the fnnitT
tint. the absence OF proper Stamens
aad nisti!s ought. one would have said
% have made that London bee little
| ashamed of such al error. Yet. ebvi.
ouslyA it is not SO. The bee. accus.
toned to find honey wherever she
lied certain sorts OF blossoms. de-
re'gs her favorite species. and takes
The false for the true, as so many OF
as also take it.
We can fancy the beguiled little
creature plunging into the first ar1iti-
! cial bloom with eager expectation. into
the second with surprise. into the third
With disappointment, into the fourth.
lfth and sixth with dismay, disgust
and Indignation. until finally she
| crawls out upon the Tuscan straw Of
the lady's headgear-an astonished.
angry and disillusioned being. WHAT"
We may imagine her exc'aiming. flow.
ers without honey, and OF ruch color,
too, and such perfect shape Will not
that bee, too wise hencefosth for Its
kind, wander over the flower bells and
hedgerows of England misdolStina
verythin8-taking the red siever
globes for arch imposters, ana the pry-
pie fo1Sloves for hypocrite.; dis !.
lieving in the swsstass. OF honey.
suckle, and net daring to trust herself
in an umbel Of meAdowsweet! Such
An experience must be n IL w should
find the rain falling from the sky black
and bitter, or the river running salt
from the bills. The modern art Of mil.
linery has had no more mario tri.
umph-if we will jast consider it-tfap
in this little passing story Of the bee
at the London garden par+v.-London
Telegraph. 49,.