The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-06-18

your yesterday mention the
appearance the flowers of the night blooming and
many carried during the OF the evening"
that police be placed guard to prevent this Further on in an
editorial you deplor 1.-THE thief thought
lessly bloom which delights him for while might
please left where nature placed It, As something to tins
appears regularly the local whenever the
blooms quite time the other side OF the question received
sideraion.
begin with plant benefited by having its flowers
they they would sap the vitality of the
such that during the the flowers
this the dead flowers
would entire plant and look withered and
undy again. quite possible thief
by taking home they
enjoyed by giving
pleasure people where
among so many, they might be entirely overlooked?
year attended these very pleasing floral fairs which
Mother Nature herself and asking aid from
brilliant Of and will confess that
edand feo the extent Of carrying away four OF the blossoms On
my seeing light neghborng stopped
hold duties her no time Tor outside pleasures She had only
few days before buried her favorie child and she heart
discouraged 1t nearly eleven o'clock when
with the flowers and there yet an sewing to be done before
she could retire o. she cried lit the flower OF homehe
beautiful grow portico of the
church where worshped as child in my own dear and! She was
sewing that must be finished that night the legend OF the eees as
told her old home 1t when Adam named the plants
granted (of which
gogeously colored OF all flowers But unfortunately for Adam
Partly because of this and partly buke the plant its selfish
he declared should bloom until had atoned by
the soil selfish
still doing by identifying places and living where
other plants would not but until the death OF Christ the
plant adorned with a blossom.
Centuries after when the peerless Man of Sorrows hung the
with his enemies below hooking his the because
its desire do permitted the ground
the loot OF the which did only few hours 1t hoped
because of its thorn keep the and allow the
Saviour to die Its efforts however
the evdo still gathered around After several of them had
been by the thOrn they the idea of binding
head OF the suffering Christ with of the branches The
plant having caused instead the further
OF the Lord wep-and because OF this allowed bloom
each being transformed the blossom of
gorgeous color had been desire in the begnnngbu
edged vessel bearing heart the golden
immortality Other varieties OF aCti gourgeousy Cooed
the hrs plant had wished be- but this such
the wall OF Oahu College and the dying Saviour looking
his place of suffering beed the token OF loving
athers and strength endure while
longer here painting, my neighbor said so old the
Oldest nhabtan does remember the OF the this
hangs on the wall OF the and shows blessed Redemer
dead but still the with OF branches his
head and the dying blossoms against the foot OF the
mere are many persons who like this unable
to Punahou Why not allow them enjoy blossom home
Many too Ill to busy possibly stricken
that the lew cents necessary Punahou and back
needed to buy the bread for breakfast
Cf course tendency the OF
the MOWERS to denude the plants early the evening gather
OF buds should be discouraged
but later the flower should be
pleasure to shuins and sayathomes, well relieve
plant OF its useless and beauty burden.
Lillian SHREWSBURY MESICK