The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-07-27

were seen. Oh those old Dutch
flowers, that set the old world flower
crazy, how beautiful they are in our
parks in spring.
How sad one feels when a little
later they go to feast their eyes once
more upon the glorious blooms, to
lind that they have all disappeared,
and we wonder if the fairies andthe
proxies have stolen them over night
to light their banquet halls. We
almost hate the men we find raking
over their graves, and preparing the
way for the flowers of summer.
We heave sigh, and seek content
by admiring the golden forsythia
bushes with their branches of Summer
sunshine, and their companions, the
scarlet and rose Japan ounces with
their faint imitation of the tulips
vivid glow.
But the days grow warm and the
softer tints OF the lilac, and the snow
balls and the syringia are welcomed
with delight. In many of the parks
their are fruit trees with there tender
blossoms, and soon the trees are all
IN their new green splendor, and we
hunt for the magnolia groves III the
public grounds and parks. 1t is
worth a visit to Washington alone to
see these magnificent magnolia trees
IN bloom, some with flowers from ten
to twelve inches in length, you can
find here every variety Of these trees
that Will grow in the temperate zone.
One can 60 from park to park in
summer, and note the attempts Of
man to assist nature to create beauti-
ful and Symmetrical designs with
summer flowers and gem-tinted leaves.
One may prefer the uncultured groves
and fields, where natures beauties
must be sought, but if circumstances
compel ones presence in city during
the heated term they are fortunate if
they live in city that combines so
many advantages of country life as
Washington.
When OF summer evening these
parks are filled with the "stay at
homes" they assume new attractions.
Little children run and play, dabbling
in the fountains, rolling on the green,
for one very rarely sees the sign
keep off the grass" The mothers
meet and chat, the fathers read and
smoke, and the lovers find some
secluded nook in which to make their
| plans for the future.
Darkness comes late, and the after
glow fingers, and the twilight adds a
new charm to these health resorts of
the city. AS night draws near, the
exodus begins, and as they stroll
homeward they stop many times on
their way to chat with the 'sitter' S
OUT" in the little home-side parks.
When their own little bit of green
is reached, the cosy chair is waiting,
the long bench tempts repose, and
they sit down and are famed by the
soft south breeze, with no sign OF
mosquitoes to disturb their meditation
or contemplation of the bright
southern stars overhead. After awhile
they begin 20 realize that it is getting
late, and looking down the long stretch
OF green sward extending miles before
them, and which a little while ago
was dotted with little patches that they
knew were groups of neighbors, and
they find that nearly all are deserted,
only the bright glow OF some late
smokers cigar. tell that others are
loathe to leave their little park, fol
the heat of the house, and it is only
a regard for the proprieties and MOI
the weather that finally drives then
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