Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-05-17

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little friends in great secrecy, and
then run away that no one will know
the donor. The little recipients Of
these little gifts appreciate them very
much for they know that the flowers
carry to them message of friendship
from the true hearted givers.
Young and old alike love wild flow
ers as they spring up into life with the
first warm rays of sun to paint the
earth in 1oveliest colors, and herald to
US that spring has come again. After
being deprived of these beauties OF
nature all the long, cold dreary winter
months we now drive into the country
with the sun shining in blue sky to see
the fields of flowers and growing grain,
the freshly leaved trees, with birds fly
ing in and out among the branches,
and pouring forth their sweetest songs
and the fresh green grass spotted with
many colored flowers completing a
landscape picture of enhancing beauty
that no artist may hope to satisfaction
lily pant These scenes from nature
fill our hearts with new hopes and the
future seems to hold richest blessings
for us.
In our youthful days, we learned
and spoke the language of flowers for
our hearts were full of love, and we
must tell our feelings by the sunfower
your devoted admirer pansy-think
of me maiden's blush rose-if you
love me you will find me out; and we
remembered with sorrow the blighted
love romance of a disguised prince of
France, when the prince revealed his
noble birth to the lovely woman who
had scorned him, unknown and in
trouble, and he took from where he
had treasured them over his heart,
few faded rose petals, that she carried
and kissed, and let them fall to the
ground.
Grown up boys and girls. we sur
mise are sometimes sentimental, when
they are constantly haunted by sob
the perfume of the jessamine flower"
which they fondly remembered from
the gladstone days of Aud Lang Syne.
Who had forgotten the old fashioned
flowers that grew in our grand-moth-
er's garden, the holly-hocks, marigolds,
peoples, bachelors bottoms and sweet
williams, that we now love for their
own sake of the dear old fashioned folks,
who CARED for, cherished and used
them? Their mission is to keep warm
and bright our fond memories of the
past. Who does not know of the WON
derful medicines cOncocted from herbs
and flowers, by our own grand-mothers
to preserve our health and gladden. our
child hood heart?
Some of the tenderest, most ideal
and most beautiful flowers must be
raised and cared for in hot houses reg
ulated to the slightest variations OF
moisture and temperature, that we
may decorate at any time, our homes,
parties, receptions, banquets and we'd
dings, no matter how drear or cold
There are many hardy house-plants
whose missions are to make the hum
blest cottage or the most sumptuous
mansions beautiful, cheerful and home
like. The table of the poor man or the
millionaire is made tempting and in
viting by few daintily arranged ferns
and flowers.
Greece, in her Olympian games,
crowned the victors with myrtle, and
flowers have always been associated
with heroism. In the days of chivalry
the lilies of France were always dis
played on uniforms and banners nerv-
ing knights and soldiers to deeds of most
desperate valor. In the thirty year
war of the white and red rose in Eng
land, brothers fought twelve battles
to see who should govern the kingdom,
until the fields of that fair country were
deluged in blood. The rugged Scott,
with clarion voice, were nerved to
widest battle by sight and thorn prick
of the snarly thistle.
Nations use flowers as emblems, and
st. Patrick's Day sees the glad sons of
Ireland dressed in green and with three
Ieaved shamrock parading in honor of
principle and their dear old emerald
isle. Scotland bristles with thistles
and our "Out there in Kansas" we are
glorious with flowers of gaudiest hue
and every where known as the Sun
flower state In recent years policial
campaigns have been holly contested
under the badge Of flowers. The car
nation was Presidently McKinley's
daily companion in the white house.
Flowers are loved by governments,
states and individuals for the principle
they typify. The varieties of plants
and flowers represent classes of per-
sons, the sandburr, to sting the nettle, |
to poison, the m1stIetoe, to cling and
steal nourshiment from the parent
tree, roses with their thorns and lilies
white pure, ragweed to root down and
become established in hardest soil,
hot-house plants, to be petted and
fondled, and the hardy field flowers
ready to help and gladden. lite's path
way.
Stiffness orambition choose for US the
mission of troublesome weeds or sweet
est flowers in our characters.
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