The record-union., 1896-04-19

they may carry with them, so potent is
the language Of these frail, sweet mes
sengers.
To be sure some of our citizens may
have grown hardened by the devasta-
| tions committed upon their gardens by
! night -prowlers, who, not content with
| the blossoms, carry away whole plants,
| after taking them up carefully by the
| roots to insure safe transplanting.
Three or four prominent citizens, whose
unremitting care had brought some
| lovely camellia bushes to a state of ma
| turity and usefulness, were Mortified
| one morning last week to behold the
garden spot conspicuous by the absence
of their favoriteS, that had been re-
moved by some person or persons un-
known during the night. A little pri-
| vate detective work has located one of
the plants which fortunately bore a
mark by which it's rightful owner could
identify it, and I would suggest as a
| necessary precaution, while such ruth
less thievery is going on, that people
| possessed of valuable trees and plants
so placed that they can be easily re-
moved, would put upon them some pri-
vate mark by which they may be recov-
cred. and which may also serve as a
means Of discovering the thief, thus
putting a check on a practice which is
discouraging in a large degree to those
whose efforts go to beautify our city
Some years ago a conservatory was
built in our city through the beneficence
of noble-mnded citizen, whose main
object, it was understood, should be to
furnish flowers to the poor, who We're
unable to procure them otherwise, thus
enabling them to decorate the graves of
departed friends. Plants were to be
bought, as also flowers, at a small
charge This flower mission has failed
most materially in every sense, since the
conservatory has fallen into the hands
# those not so benevolently inclined,
and the efforts of lady to buy a srri rig
of heliotrope blossom for an invalid
daughter, and being refused to be al
lowed so small an amount, proved more
eloquently than words that the system
was based entirely upon gain
Those who possess equippages might
also confer kindness and pleasure now
and again in giving some overworked
body breath of fresh country air and
more of Gods dear, health giving sun
shine than they could otherwise enjoy
for days together. To people whose
only luxury in this line is an occasion al
street car ride, a quiet jog along a coun-
try road, or spin down the Riverside
would be pleasure appreciable only bv
those who have to foot it" through life
Do YOU never in returning from town
pass someone you know, plodding along
through the dust in one season, or per-
haps a driving rain in the next, in some
/ n ha n ba n
help one? You pass with a nod and
smile serenely on your way, and in a
trice your mind has wandered TO fields
and pastures far away. Could you stop
just a moment and give your friend a
lift it would do SO much to add little
encouragement and help to one not so
fortunate as yourself in the possession
of horse and conveyance "A friend
in need, is friend indeed" and the say
ing holds just as good in this as IN other
cases. A convalescent is helped so far
along the road to health by timely ride
in she fresh air, and to old people, whose
walking days are over, it would be such
a boon. A thousand and one opportuni-
ties will present themselves if you Just
make start along this line of good VIII
and thoughtful kindness.
What is the reason girls in groups of
three and four go to the theater, unat-
tended by gentlemen escorts? Where
are the boys, and what are they doing
to allow 1t? The new woman is moi so
horribly new yet that she does not enjoy
the companionship of her gentlemen
friends. and ] cannot believe it is from
choice that we SO often see theatar
parties made up entirely of women and
girls.
During the presentation Of Morrison :
Faust" at tie Metropolitan last week,
which. by the way, was exceedingly
strong in the cast and deserved a larg ar
house than it Played to, il was really no.
ticeable how the girls sat together in
groups, ditto the men, like the eGivision of
the sexes in a Quaker meetlng-houso
Three pretty girls giggled together in
the front row unattended. while one
weli-kaown lady came in entirely alone
! admire the independent spirit that Will
To Ike woman out to g play or concar.
" hen she cannot procure an escort. .,u;
do not admire the Spirit exhibited i,
the other sex that permits il to occur 20
often. \ "Ghc'lie-boy sat, alone. 81
tbGiSt, III iiEil( OA Tf-, MS bdSetGl4 t.air-
cut parted artistically in the exact cen
ter ana p.astered down with pomatun1
Till you could see youI face in it. The
gold-bowed eyeglasses astride his nose
gave his otherwise vacant countenane 20
| a certain degree Of intelligence. and
While he sucked the EondleSf a large
silver-mount@l cane. he lovingly ca
ressed his hair with the d;ssngaced
hand, thus keeping each individual! hair
conposedly in its proper place "Aw,
you know. mcckingly spoke my com
panion, isn't that nice?" "What?" ]
asked. Why, that" rerea ted he. nod
ding toward the wooden figure in from.
of US. l have sen him often before
riding out in the phaeton OF some adv
. friend. bat that kind CT people never feal
the obligation to return any of thac.
, little pleasures. He likes to call in thf
evening and be entertained by Katie n,
Susie, or Alice. but, of course. he doesn't
feel ii incumbent upon himself to return
the compliment. Something is radically
, wrong. / don't know whether 1t is tha,
girls as rule, expect too much of a
masculine attendant, and this frightens
them out of doing what their means will
allow in the way of giving lady friends
an evenings pleasure, or whether it is
a matter of pure and unadulterated self