The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-15

which. perhaps. you have heard over
much. They even say she shows certain
strange preseiences with wild animals, so
wen, In fact. 80 near TO Natures heart
is she. Did you read about the woman at
Analfi, the day before the great land
slip. who refused to stop there another
night because she could feel that the
earth was moving! And II has been COM
monty noticed that previous 10 earth
auakes and great storms or severe natural
commissions OF any sort. wonderland ami
nals-''feel' that something is coming.
and are proportionateiy disturbed.
Men are In the habit of thinking more
about their own sympathy with the moods
OF nature because-rm afraid it's because
they pay more attention TO their own
sensations. anyhow. than TO anything else
in the world; but when you come TO con-
slider the subject OF spring. you viii see
that what II moves a man most strongly
to do IL 10 go out and go a-hshing or to
take a gun and shoot something. That
is to say. his spring impulse is 10 do
something In defiance OF nature. some
thing that exhibits his mastery over IL
While woman-there IL no use DENYING
the fact, and think II is something rath-
err to be proud Of than otherwise-fs potent
ly moved by the soft sunshine and the
wine-like air and the feel OF spring In the
air. 10 go and do exactly what all the
shrubs and trees and Towering nlants are
doing-to get herself new garments and
to blossom and be beautiful in them.
y. - ~
There IL a practical moral for women
readers In this. and / don't mean to let
them miss 1t. II is--be very careful how
YOU choose your Easter hat! And II the
admonition is too late for this year Law
II up In your heart against another sea-
son.
You see, IL Is this way about our klnshIn
with the blossoming things OF course ONLY
young girl Is strictly comparable to A
Hover and ] am not recommending my
feiow-women to set their hearts upon
resemblances that may not exist But this
much In certain--if there Is one beauty Of
the rose, there Is another of the hardy
shrub, and third of the orchard tree
We are not obliged TO imagine thar We
have passed the period for expressing our
spring sensations IN the form of garments
just because we may be past the red. red
rose" stage OF our evolution. on tn. -on-
uary we are only coming into fuller more
intelligent possession OF cur Inheritance.
she may even adorn herself with some OF
the perfectly atrocious, oyerladen hats
which are so common at "spring openings
q have seen at least thousand In the
shops this Spring which II would take toe
youthful Venus to redeem)-and stil lock
beautiful and sprng-like bot IT is in spite
Of her gRrb. not because OF IT, The cider
woman must choose her foliage with more
discretion. And really. as n practical aid
to her choice she cannot do better than
TO consider what Is her type in the vegeta-
BILE kingdom and array herself acc riding.
Is she a blue violet? Then how absurd
would be upon her head the hat that Is
meant for the holly-hocf type o. girl
quite as absurd as "A holly-hock would be
upon violets stem. IL she an orchid
woman Then let her choose raiment
subtle and wonderful, not garish but deli
cately striking, and above all let her see
TO the shapes of the lines % IT, n she
almost anything, provided it is not so
striking as TO attract attention from ner-
self Plants IL you have ever noticed.
make no mistakes in choosing the right
kind OF foliage To go with their blossoms,
or the right Kind OF blossoms to az their
foliage. And II the day should ever co!ne
when women have the same good taste,
wlit--Iust think OF hi-in that day It viii
b.. as delightful TO &c to an afternoon tea
or a club meeting IL Is now 10 walk up
and down the paths of an old-iashlontd
garden.
nit somehow ! am afraid Il Is going 20 be
a long. long time. even with my valuable
assistance. betore. society gets to he a.
wise at nature Is ,
PRUDENCE wlNTERGREEN.