The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-09

The next order 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 a pot in a few minutes, but
before we do so l 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 it's great
beauty and purity. The mother of all
the lilies is called the Gigantic lily.
Its Latin name is Lileum. In the
world there are 1900 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 It is consid-
cred TO be n Of the greatest hymns
eve 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 he died to make men holy, let us
die 10 make men free.
AS we go marching on"
But little Mary Ellen Ryan couldn't
wait to hear any more moraliziny
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 aowed
a small stream of water, she said:
"Teacher. kin I have me fowcre
Katy kineella says | can't have none,
cause mine is dead. But | tried so
h&rd to keep It alive-'deed ! did.
teacher. They must have been some
thin the matter with mine. didn't
do nothin' 'CoDt put water on il lest
as Miss Hope tor me. but the posv
went away. | got 2 tin quart pal.
what ann cot tie lara in. an
scrubbed il with ashes till il was
bright like til" lool,in' glass. an I car
rlod It down FIVE stairways INFO the
yard, where they is a big pump. an
| filed the pail six times every dav"-
here her voice hrOkc-"an' carried
it upstairs, cause they amt any vato~
pipes in our house. an | poured i all
on the posy. But before poured al
the water on it it g"0wrJl real nice.
TIL jamie Barlow, that lives on orr
floor. sWiNod the green ton Of M
W 10 make a full dress bourJnt
for his girl that was goin' to a bali"
Here Mary Ellen's voice was
drowned for a minute in the food tide
or lamentation. Then she SLOWLY
emerged from the swelling tide, as
MISS Hope muttered under her
breath:
ooh, dear, oh, dear. I shall have
go out; I surely can't stand this"
Ihen Mary Ellen resumed. as her
head emerged:
I'll watered it, an watered il
tll the cold came an froze the Dumn
pump, an l couldn't get any moro
"a'e'' an | mad to go to Mrs. Muir
phys next door to get some An,
"neh the wind was comm in the
n tie fire was ont in tho
time, I rut my dress OH the
posy an hid it under the bed Rut Il
never come back, it never come baok,
NAT was three weeks ago. an sister
mat | put so much water on tho |
posy that l-I-I-' Here the tides
u regrettul emotion swamned tho
soul once more, .and she con.
1l"ueo' with a passionate burst of
Vearn,ng, Sister saws that tbo,aht
.he Posy was o thirsty an Ill
lroWned it with too much water"
Inc next morning Miss Amarv1is
Hope went into the most exclusive
shop on Broadway. She picked
a Philippine lily, three feet tan
a golden heart and a bell flower
eight inches across She said 70 Tho
"o
Take this down to Christie stro.+
Miss Mary Ellen Ryan-and tell her
TO use the water so n1anrif,u-