The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-04-08

The next etsaer OF exercise was the
presentation OF the flowers to those
who had won prizes: but before this
was done. the president of the Little
Mothers society arose on the plat.
form and said: !
children. we will give you your
lilies In pot in a few minutes, but
before we do SO want to tell you
something about the history of this
wonderful flower, which is regarded
all over the world as the symbol OF
the Christ. because of its great
beauty and purity. The mother of all
the lilies is called the Gigantic lily.
lts Latin name is Lileum. In the
world there are 100 kinds of lilies.
The Gigantic lily grows across the
seas in New South Wales But lilies
grow all over the world. The lily has
been celebrated in song and story for
hundreds of years. A very celebrated
woman. by the name of Julia Ward
Howe. who lives in Boston, wrote a
great hymn calledd The Battle Hymn
of the Republic 1t is set to the tune
Of John Browns Body 1t is consid-
cred to be one Of the greatest hynns
ever written in America. At the open.
ing of this hymn the author alludes to
the lily in the following words:
I'm the beauty of the lilies, Christ
was born across the sea,
With a glory in His bosom that trans.
figures you and me.
AS ne died to make men holy, let us
die to make men free,
AS we go marching on"
But little Mary Ellen Ryan couldn't
wait to hear any more moralizing
ABOUT lilies. She wanted her individu.
al flower. Stepping up to the plat
form and holding a flower pot up to
view. from which no bloom sprouted
and from the bottom Of which flowed
small stream of water, she said:
TEACHER, kin l have me flower?
Katy kinsella says can't have none.
cause mine is dead But I tried so
hard to keep it alive-'deed I did.
teacher. They must have been some.
thln' the matter with mine. I didn't
CO nothin' 'cept put water on It. fest
az Miss Hope toll me, but the posy
went away. I got tin quart nail.
what mamma got the lard in, an I
scrubbed it with ashes till it was
bright like the lookin' glass, an car.
rled 1t down five stairways into the
:ard. where they is big pump, an,
! filled the pail six times every day.
Eere her voice broke-"an' carried
IL upstairs, cause they amt any water
pipes IN our house. an poured it all
on the posy. But before poured an
tne water on it it srowed real nice. =
,lil jamie Barlow, that lives on our =
hoor' swiEed the green top of nv
mower to make full dress bouuuet =
|cr MS girl that was goin' to ball" !,
Here Mary FIren's voice was .
drowned for minute in the flood tide
II lamentation. Then she SLOWLY
emerged from the swelling tide. as
MISS Hope muttered under her
breath:
oh' dear! OH. dear! shall have
10 so out; I surely can't stand this"
Then Mary Ellen resumed. as her. +
head emerged: y
l-l-l watered it. an watered II a
.l'l the Geld came an froze the ptmp t
ne pump, an I couldn't get any more S
water an l had to go to Mrs. Muir. s
'ny's next door to get some. An, v
Shen the wind was comm in the d
an the fire was out in the a
llght time. put my dress around the. C
'osy an hid it under the bed. But II e
1ever come back, it never come back! a
mat was three weeks ago, an sister
says That put so much water on the a
posy that 1-1-I-" Here the tides c
u regretful emotion. swamped. the b
gentle soul once more, and she con. t
ciudeo' with a passionate burst If b
,earning, Sister says that I thought
the posy was too thirsty an I-T@r a
it with too much water"
Inc next morning Miss Amaryll,s y
hope went into the most exclusive
mower shop on Broadway. She picked
out Philippine lily. three feet tall
with a golden heart and a bell flower
eight inches across. She said IA, tho. =
clerk: y 'n0 t
Take this down to Christie stre.+ =
Miss Mary Ellen Ryan-and tell her
noe 10 use the water SO plentifully| :