The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-04-11
CAPITALS GLAD TIME
SPRING BRINGS FLOWERS BRIDES AND BIRDS.


Suppose we let the ultimate consumer
sniff for himself for a day This is no
time 10 give ones entire thought and at
tentiOn 10 the cost OF fanneI underwear.
wooden clothing. or gloves and hosiery
The sap is rising IN the trees. The flower
ing peach and the japanese magnolia are
all a-bloom Spring has come This is
no day 10 be immured in the musty
Capital Such days as these the gods
make for feast and high revels II IS
a time for vagabOndage and loafng. says
the Washington correspondent Of the New
York Post
The glory OF spring in Washington is
golden rather than vernal. Here spring
robs a sister season 81 a part q her
wardrobe. and appears in the dress OF
autumn The forsythia and the jasmine.
burdeRed with yellow blossoms. dominate
the city parks and the country hHlsides-
Yesterday these shrubs were brown and
bare. to-day they are heavy with flowers,
while as yet no season-Iasting leaf has
appeared. The gold has precedence over
the green
While the forsythia and the Jasmine
blossoms dominate. as gold always has
a way Of dominating. their fortunes Will
be scattered in few days and the silver
blossoms of the japanese magnolia. a
cousin Of our own grandifora. VIII take
the place Of the gold that ruled for a
day In truth. the magnolia buds a.
ready are open. while the trees which
bear them are still destitute Of leaves.
The magnolia bears the gift OF fragrance
which the fOrsythia cannot offer.
Massachusetts avenue, from Thomas
Circle 70 Fifteenth street. Is terraced.
the rounded. stOne-cOnhned banks OF
earth holding scores OF the forsythia
shrubs The avenue IS a burst OF yellow
The beauty Of the street in this April
season attracts and holds thousands q
strangers who are thronging the Capital
civ. After the f0rsythia. the magnolia,
and then the porcelain perfune-hlied cups
OF the stately tulip tree. u is march
OF beauty. a succession OF riches
Birds which See No Winter
In the breasts Of some OF our birds
there is an inherited belief that the banks
Of the Potomac see but three seasons
spring. summer. and fall Tha white
throated sparrow that refuses 70 stay n
Pennsylva MIA, even though the three win
Ter months should have the mildness OF
early November. viii enjoy his January
In the parks Of Washington. with The
Thermometer showing its mercury al zero.
The song sparrow sings In Rock Creek
Park every month or the year. and to-day
those OF them that do not choose 20 carry
their spring songs 70 the doorsteps Of
New England are searching for nesting
sites in the fields 81 outlying Washington
The crow blackbird began building op-
erations a week ago I'M the evergreens
on the Mall He is a stately feIlOw-this
crow blackbird. He stalks over the
grass with his head held high. fully con-
scious OF the fact that the spring sun is
making respondent the bronze Of his
feathers.
The Landscape gardener Of the govern
ment TUNED surgeon the other day, and
smputated the limb OF mulberry tree
which all the while ran sap The
crow blackbirds watched the smpotatiOn
from a distance almost too short 20 be
safe. When the limb was Topped and the
gardener had come down from his ladder
ths bi1ckbirds fought for A place in the
stump Two az a time gained preCarious
foothold The birds leaned over and
drank sap. and a royal feast they had OF
IL II isn't at all probable that mulberry
tree sap IS poisonous. but about the time
that several Of the trees vera giving Up
part OF their likelihood ten Of the crow
blaCk5;rds gave up all OF theirs. The ten
were found dead on the grass Of the
lawn. Some sOullsss one who doesn't Ike
blackbirds doubtless had spread q tempt
ing but fatal feast. and tempted and
Tea ting. the birds paid the penalty.
school Teachers AT White House.
President Taft has had little time this
week for the transaction 81 public bust
ness. He has been relieved also Of the
necessity OF receiving Senators and Rep
vesen;auves n whose districts there are
vacant post-ofice jobs. The postmaster
Official friends have been fighting shy OF
the White House, and it's all because
thousands OF schOOlma' ans and school
girls have taken possession OF the White
House and Of the Presidents hand.
II was hardly 10 be believed that there
were 50 many pretty teachers in the
United States. Not many Of these Wis
itors felt that II was necessary. 10 secure
the services Of Senators and Represent
atives 70 get them into the presence OF
the President. Schooima' ans have a way
OF doing things for themselves. and they
simply took the White House by storm.
while Secretary Carpenter stood aside
and save e up
Young women wait until about Easter
70 get married. and then they ali come
70 Washington. They are all here nov.
and the Easter lilies that toll not and