The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-03

- HE weather this week did not Gre
ate great longing for tea and
even the fascination Of the sam
IL ovar would not make anyone for
get that offices are to be tolerated
only as necessary evil during golden
September and October days. The La
dies Of the Tea Glass, being hampered by
no rules or agreements other than the
tacit one Of contributing to each others
comfort and happiness, decided that 1t
was a crime to stay In the house when
one might be out Of doors. This decision
was reached by telephone and even II 1t
Is the beginning Of the busy season 4:3O
D. m. found the inner circle at Patr1c1a's
door laden with parcels, admonishing her
to hurry and not lose a minute of the
glorious sunshine.
Does anybody know where we go
ing?" inquired Patricia. Il am quite will
ing to be passive member Of this sis
terhood, but I always have a curiosity
about whittier I am being led and what
for"
We'll, we are going chiefly to absorb
sunshine and serenity In order that the
memory may be drawn upon to tighten
and sooth the short, busy days to come.
Then, too, we propose to walk enough In
some picturesque haunt to whet our ap-
petites 80 that no one will complain II
we should smoke burn our supper"
Helena replied.
why I supposed we were going to have
a. picnic supper in the woods exclaimed
Patricia.
And so we are said Cornelta; but,
thank fortune, that Is not necessarily re-
gtricted to sandwiches, cold boiled eggs
and cookies. We are planning a more
modern and yet more primitive kind of
supper, cooked, gypsy fashion, over camp
fire. Tho method will be distinctly prim-
itive, but the idea of something hot at a
picnic Is modern. Our idea Is to tramp
until about dusk then build our fire, cook
nd aoItt
instead Of around the samovar. This out
door affair Is to have fire on the altar
still, and we shall be as devout worship
pers of the glowing Goals under the stars
as within the walls Of the sanctum.'
There is still another motive for this
expedition, and, indeed, the one that sug-
gested it," Barbara continued. II have
become mrch ashamed Of my ignorance
of the wayside flowers. Some way.
seem to have noticed them more this fall
perhaps because Miranda Is always pick
ing them and it Is natural to ask theil
names. She Is so bubbling over with en-
thusiasm that she always has something
to tell about them, and my eyes are be
ginning to open just a bit. I asked MI
randa to take me with her on some Of he
tramps; then, when the weather turnet
off so warm, 1t occurred to me that Mi
randa might as we'll distribute her infor
nation to you ALL for I think the educa
ton Of you all in natural history, excep
Patricia, has been as much neglected a
mine
WELL as I am to be cicerone, I sha
pile you on this Harriet car interrupte
Miranda. suddenly, land do my explainin
afterwards"
Miranda said that the wet ground be
tween Cedar lake, Lake of the Isles an
Lake Calhoun, being less accessible an
more water washed, held more flora
treasures than ordinary woods and field
Seeds wash into the low spots instead {
out and the flowers are not constant
picked. $50
Getting off the car at Lake Calhoun, TT
party wandered along and before strikir
Into the moist meadows, had gathere
punches of roadside flowers whose Va
riety and beauty greatly surprise
them. Miranda named these as asters
no less than a dozen varieties, bonese
white snakeroot evening primrose, We
vain mullen, blazing star, ironWeed, Jo
Pye weed, giant lobelia. black-eyed 81
sans, bur- marigold, bergamot and a v;
riety of sunflowers and goldenrod.
IT never make any serious attempt
sort out the various daisies asters, SUI
flowers and goldenrods, altho some tin