Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-06-19

once upon q time. us All tile fairy
stories go, the face of the earth grew
= ~beautttul garden, and twas as the
glow on the face Of a woman. when
life has laid his gifts of love at her
feet.
Each flower in the garden gay. WIS
q star on a ground OF blue--deep. true
blue-a suggestion Of heaven in It's
infinite calm. Bars of red, breathing
love and fidelity, cast sheltering shade
While the white Of truth and purity
was Il canopy against the raging ele-
ments of sorrow and sin.
The rains of growth and progress
sion and the sunshine Of patriotism
and love. made the flowers grow 10
wondrou beauty and meath shades
and shadow, the garden bloomed into
realms of fame.
Naught of d~issension marred the
peaceful joy and the flower stars shed
their radience over a contented peo-
PIE unul one day. n maynard and dis
eordant breeze stirred the field Of
Towers, Just q watt from the Land
IF Discomfort and war followed close
IN It's wake. some of the flowers
proud and others, rcgan so the
FtCty soon Is told.
And the field Of blu WAS divided
aud the scattered petals fen from the
Fighting flowers into q mutilated gar
den. O., sad Is the telling, and hours
there were. when Il Was feared the
home of peace wns shattered, and
woe was over Freedoms Land. But
there amt a gardener. grave of face
sad of mien. Lincoln they called
him then and Lincoln, he viii live
forever. He gathered IN the fallen pc
tails, t-ransplanted Jealousy and strife.
chased away the storms with sun
shine, gave his life to save the garden.
Thus in the course OF a few short
years wondrously fair bloomed again
the flowers in the field Of blue.
Then politics grew proud of the
glowing land, ms ii came to pass that
he built 4 high fence of prejudice and
shot out q flower, who VAS not a star
in tho land OF blue. This flower was
sunshine and promise in the region OF
magnificent distances and it's fiag-
brought health aud liid. - ~
dying, who crept from the huge gar
den and came into the heart Of the
wild neglected flower.
The fence was built so long ago altl
Time isn't kind TO Uood any more
than humans, 50 In the course of time
tiny riffs in the barrier allowed the
flower outside to peep within the COY
etcd interior. but there was u cruel
gardener named senate wi1o repaired
the decaying fence, and the flower,
without was turned from the beauty
within. Always watching always wait
ing, one glad day a board fell from
the fence and Senate slept on the 9th
or side so New Mexico stole within
the glad shelter OF the stars and
stripes. and they say that the glorious
sunshine of our flower was conta-
gious and nude more beautiful the
worlds marvellous garden and-they
all lived happy ever after.
Statehood is no fairy story, thist time
nov, Mr.. Pessimist, don't sound the
warming note-its neither necessary
nor nice. Let's try a little mental
science on the measure--and who was
not thrilled iii the s%trangest way at
sight OF that one word in its glarinS
print. that announced we were off
the BLACK BALI list? All things must
end, even territories. As Hashimura
Toga, that irrepressible and thorough
~ enjoyable japanese %schoolboy ex-
presses It: f,
"All things must quit. Everything
that begins in sweet 'How-do'' must
end in sad 'Fare-bye!' Probably you
have noticed it. Everything beauti- :
is similar to this. Love never lasts
until it is tiresome, Life is oft sawed :
Off before IL sprouts, and Baseball ,
generally cease playing just :
as the BEST itdm btbiis ~ 81 " /,
chance to win. Tear drops Will be =
enjoyed by all who think these 7
thoughts" =
So much for statehood-and coming :
to society-we rise to remark
June is, proverbially. the month
of roses and brides, and add both are
full bloom Carefully considering, :
believe we are safe in declaring it |
D. blooming town. And when above {
,,a,tfn.,aJ ufnfahnA1 hill shall have L
undergone all the devious processes Q
incident to like bills, and we are real |
~ n son of Uncle sam, then we VIII y
omit the Il" and booming is the q
word. Gracious. here we are still talk C
ing statehood and weddings and par Il
lies are unchronicled. Well there's q
nothing new or startling in the social g
line. the dull monotony of summer y
is painfully manifest. Most everyone 9
IS gone away. or going. The Pecos
Is the present social headquar- u
.ers of the territory, and reports nom q
here are OF the delightful GOODNESS !
md good times galore. Many OF our W
families have summer g
in the valley and others are 4
at the various house parties p
Which are introducing the social +
clement, along with the rest cure z
near TO Natures heart. z
Let's ee-w are announcing an w
,ther pending marital disaster-lno. "
We mean EVENT. to-day. The gni =
n the case once wrote society on thls J
aper. but read fer yourself all the de- b
ellis and say. don't you remember q "
matrimonial epidemic was predicted y
ONE weeks ago-well2 '
But quoting Japanese school boy u
gain. YOU must be obnoxious win u
mpatiencer and the engagement stoIy N
first. because we love our reg p
parties. but @ you once-ln-a- u
engagement. Gsn't il awful TO
our patience lust q wee bit longer
listen. ~
The scene was a dining room chats q;
pretty good scene for all the affairs a
4 lifel and darkened, though the NJ
was day. Electric lights. shaded IL
n soffest pink. glowed like he heart OF
+ a rose. and cast its subdued shades %
yer roses. lots Of them. and SPRAYS VI
+ greenery in careless and proiuse IL
bandon over the table. More roses u
BOXED down nom the walls. caught 81
nd held in festoons OF smilaN, anu u
here were clusters on the urtalns ~
nd dropping over the pictures e
bower of flowery suggestion anu e.
esuty. Besides flowers, cut glass
nd other good things, destined tor pi
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