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The Penn's Grove record., 1912-08-02
Gets RijI LOST Eloht Months.

New York.-A SO bill lost on Broad
way on October II, is in the hands of
the owner, after having been for eight
months in the hands Of Police Com
missioner Waldo.
More than 1000 persons applied to
the commissioner for the money, but
it remained for John F. J. Sheehan of
Newark, N. j., to make the successful
claim.
Sheehan explained that the money
was blown from his hand by a gust of
wind. He had witnesses to prove his
claim.
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The powntrodden Farmer.

An Ottawa man heard that a farm
er wanted to sell a motor car. He
sympathized with the poor farmer
and his family because they were
forced to part with the machine for
financial reasons, he believed. and
went out to the farm to buy it. The
farmer was not at home, but his daugh-
ter was there. II came out to buy
your car" he said. Which one?"
asked the girl.-Kansas City Star.
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TO WEAR ON VACATION
GARMENTS THAT ARE COMFORT
ABLE AND STYLISH.
Model for Bedroom Wrapper Is Ono
of the Best Put Out-SuggestIons
as to the Undertakings That
Are Needed.

This shows an ideal wrapper for
bedroom use, and the model may be
belted or not, as the wearer chooses.
Delightful fabrics for bedroom gowns
can be had at the japanese stores,
these being of softer weave and COM
monty more beautifully colored than
One design of japanese crepe, which
was selling at IL cents a yard, showed
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EARN MONEY NURSING.

The Philadelphia School for Nurses,
1927 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa,
is now enrolling students for vacancies
In September and October. Some free
scholarships are available for young
women who apply early. This School
also has a Home Study Course, which
physicians say is of superior excel
lence. A special Short Course is also
provided for those who desire to
quickly prepare for s~elf-support. This
School is highly commended. The
nurses are under careful supervision
while in training and are assisted and
encouraged in their work.
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Attractive Eavors.

Spreading fans of a material resem-
bling celluloid and reputed not to
break when bent are among the trifes
which make acceptable little favors.
The fans, which come in two small
sizes, are in white or black, daintily
hand painted, and are pretty for any
sort of informal service. They are
the ideal size to keep in the shop
ping or bridge bag.
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Love Element In Writer'S Lives,

Alfred de Musset's love for irrespon-
sive George Sand gave his thoughts
such an extraordinary elevation that
he wrote many brilliant poems in con-
sequence. Chaucer sang the praises Of
many queens, but his one great love
was Philippa Picard de Rouet, the
Ladyin-Waiting to Queen Anne of Bo-
hernia. He waited nine years to marry
her, but made it a matter Of complaint
in several poems.
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Sight Of the Color Blind.

A color blind person sees light as
either white or gray and dark colors
appear either as dark gray or black.
This mutual sensitiveness is due to
the fact that the light nerves and col
or nerves are closely i%nterbound, but
there is a different set of nerves for
both light and color, just as there are
different sets of nerves for tempera-
ture and for touch.
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Worlds Debt 70 Books.

How safely we lay bare the poverty
of human ignorance to books without
feeling any shame. They are masters
who instruct US without rod or ferule,
without angry words, without clothes
or money. If we come to them they
are not asleep; If you ask and inquire
of them they do not withdraw them
selves; they do not chide you If you
make mistakes; they do not laugh at
syou If you are ignorant.-Richard De
Bury.
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CHICAGO women's Feet Beautiful,

Chicago.-The women of Chicago
have been ~exonerated and indicated.
Chiropodists from all over the coun-
try in session there and a noted ex-
pert stated that Chicago women have
the most beautiful feet and ankles. He
said it was an outrage the way New
York and the world libels the feet Of
the Windy City's fair residents.
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SWAN two MiIee Viii. Ae,.an

Stockton, Cal.-The record for SOM
nambulistic feats is held by B. Har-
rington, a farm hand. The finding of
his clothes on the river bank a few
mornings ago led to an investigation
and Harrington was found, two miles
below, fast asleep. He was awakened
but could not remember anything
about the incident.
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Proof.

Drummer lin wine)-Have you
tasted that sample Of wine I left with
you, madame?
Madame-No, 1 haven't, but l don't
think it a be any great shakes, for
it's been here three days and the
servants have barely touched it.-Pele
Mele.
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Charlotte J. cipriani of the Univer.

Charlotte J. Cipriani of the Univer-
sity of Paris says: 1T may prove in
%structive to call attention to the fact
that Of the three Oldest universities in
Christian western Europe, S~alerno,
Bologna and Paris, two-Salerno and
Bologna were thrown open from
their origin to women, both as students
and professors. Nor did the women
fail to take advantage of this oppor-
unity"
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stung to Death by Bees.

Parkersburg, w. va.-Drury B.
Badgeley, eighty-two years old, a farm
er Of Pleasant Hill, this county, died
in agony after he had been attacked
by a swarm of bees which he was at
tempting to transfer from a tree to a
hive.
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Order From Sister. loo.

Mr.. Briggs called n evening to see
his sweetheart, and her little brother
Tom was entertaining him until the
young woman came down.
tom, when your sister comes down
and is comfortably seated on the
couch with me, I want you to tiptoe in
softly and turn the gas down low, will
you?"
You're too late" replied the boy.
SISTER Just told me to come In and
turn it out."-Judge.
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great punches Of violet wistaria on a
rich cream ground. Japanese figures,
men, women and funny almond-eyad
children, showed on other crepes quite
as cheap, and there are always plain
ones in harmonious colors for the col
lar and cuffs of the gown.
Flowered and plain lawns are also
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Economical Care.

The young wife had given her hus-
band a dance. you've improved won
derfully, Jack" she said as they sat
down. Don't you remember how you
used to tear my dress?"
Yes" he replied, II wasn't buying
them then"
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RECORD OF A
GREAT MEDICINE
Doctors Could Not Help Mrs.
Templeton- Regained
Health through Lydia E.
Pinkham's Compound.

Hooper, Nebraska. -"I am verv glad
to tell how Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound has helpedme. Forfve years
l suffered from female troubles SO l was
scarcely able to do my work. Itook doc
tors medicines andusedloc treatments
but vas not helped. 1 had such awful
bearing down pains and my back was so
weak l could hardly walk and could not
ride. Ioften had to sit up nights TO sleep
and my friends thought l could not live
long. At my request my husband got
me a bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound and / commenced to
take it. By the time I had taken the
seventh bottle my health had returned
and | began doing my washing and was a
well woman. Atone time for three weeks
l did all the work for eighteen boarders
with no signs of my old trouble return
ing. Many have taken your medicine
after seeing what it did for me. Iwould
not take $1,000 and be where l was. You
have my permission to use my name if
it will aid anyone. Mrs. SUSIE TEN
PLEToN, Hooper, Nebraska.
T~hePinkham record is aproud and peer
less one. 1t is a record Of constant VIC
tory over the obstinate ills of woman-ills
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Effective Background.

do you think your audiences enjoy
the statistics you quote in your
s~peeches?"
NO." replied Senator Sorghum; IT
just put 'em in to make the rest of my
remarks seem nor interesting by
contrast"
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Setting Hens. Disturbed

Yonkers, N. Y.-Yonkers amateur
poultry fanciers have appealed to the
street commissioner to stop blasting
because it disturbs their setting hens.
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Horan-Did yez notice about tn
joke Mike played on wan av thin
chauffeurs?
Doran-I heard a turrible thing hap
pened to him, poor Mike!
Horan-Poor Mike, tn divvlei He
had a shtick av dynamite In his
pocket whin he wor run over.
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That's Different.

TITS d~iscouraging to go hunting day
after day and not get anything"
Not to the hunter with real sport.
Ing blood In him; he doesn't care
whether he gets anything or not"
But I'm hunting for work"
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81 Words In This Will

Joliet.-Daniel Hughes, who died
suddenly the other day; leaves what is
believed to be the shortest will ever
penned. 1t contained 81 words, and
lawyers say it is contest-proof.
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New Ronhon Dish

There's a new double-decker for the
teatable that provides two dishes, one
above the other, for the bonbons. The
handle and the rim of the glass plates
are of sterling silver.
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Seroe Bathinu Suits,

An unusual combination for a bath
ing suit is dark blue and white serge.
The white is used for the short
sleeves set into deep armholes and for
a round stitched yoke collar.
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Loves Labor Lost.

Boy With Grouch-Gee! What
dye think! 1 sneaked wei an
crawled under that tent, s'posin' 1t
was a circus. an when 1 got in l
found it was a camp meetin!-Puck.
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New York.-Jennie Weiss, a servant,
died in a city hospital, Her jugular
vein having been cut by a fragment
of glass when a settler bottle explod-
ed as she was placing it in a refrig-
orator.
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patterns they are spangled with tiny
crystal beads, suggesting dewdrops.
Although the low Dutch neck is
seen so frequently, high transparent
collars are very fashionable.
A suit of dark blue silk serge is
made wonderfully natty and attractive
with trimming of primrose messaline
at foot of skirt and edges Of the coat,
ana with a military effect in round
brass buttons on coal front.
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Incredible,

"Cholly told me solemnly yesterday
that he once had a brainstorm."
Pooh, pooh! I'd just as soon be-
lieve that a jelly fish could have the
backache."
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Still HopIno,

PA, are you an optimism"
Yes. l am still hoping to be able
some time to attend a national conven-
ton at which no band will be permit.
ted to play Dixie"
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Electric Chair for Cats.

Westfeld, Mass.-Dr. R. D. Earle, 4
veterinary who puts to death 300 pet
dogs and cats annually. has invented
an electric chair in which to put them
out Of their misery.
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Important TO Mothers

Two classes of people worry about
money-those who have too little and
those who have too much.
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The hat shown in the photograph
Is the latest from Jeanne Lenven Of
Paris. 1t is of black Neapolitan straw
with a white ostrich feather, uncurled,
running fiat around the brim, and with
a large full white ostrich plume held
by pink roses in front.
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Mamma Wouldn't Do.

What are they r%ehearsing for,
papa?" asked the little girl.
For some pantomimics, my dear"
lis mamma to be in emf"
No, dear. no n does any talk
ing In pantomimes."
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To remove nicotine from the teeth,
d~isinfect the mouth and purify the
breath after smoking, Paxtine is a
boon to all. At druggists, Csc a box
or sem postpaid on receipt of price by
The Paxton Toilet Co. Boston, Mass.
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Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup FOR Children
teething, %softens the gums, reduces inhamma-
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie, Csc q bottle.
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Stole GRAVEYARD flowers

Middletown, N. Y.-Frank Meyers
was SEN to jail for ten months for
stealing flowers from graves.
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that deal out despair.
1t is an established
fact that Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
Bile Compound has re-
storedhealth to thou
sands of such suffer
ing m Why
don't you try il you
needsuch a medicine?
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The florist says palms come in
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If a man is easily bought the buyer
is apt to be sold.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-22
ROMANCE is SHATTERED.

During the past few days noyelists.
magazine writer's and other high
brows have been interviewed in the
newspapers about the isolation of the
Virginia mountaineers The Aliens
shooting up the courtroom down in
Roanoke county brought forth a regu-
lar torrent of descriptions about the
Blue Ridge country. From what tho
high brows exuded one. would
imagine rocks. crags, pixies. log
cabins, darkeys, whisky stills, forty
fours rifles, bare-footed mountain
girls, grizzly mountaineers, corn pone
and the Lord knows what. Help
John Fox, Jr. help,
Now Sumner Curtis, correspondent
for the Chicago Record Herald.
writes and throws away all of the
story book romance. Instead of wild
men the feudists are wealthy farmers
whose children go to colleges. The
home of one of the Aliens isn't a LOG
cabin surrounded by pines and grizzly
bears and oxen-pulling carts. One
Allen lives in modern house with
up-to-date plumbing. bathroom, tele-
phone, and windmill with a water
plant. There are but few negroes In
the section, and as Mr.. Curtis writes.
when they visited the Sidney Allen
home yesterday they found a grand
piano in the parlor, while rolls of
new carpets and rugs. which the
leader estimated must have cost at
least $1,000, were in readiness to be
spread on the floors. Mrs. Allen has
been noted for her pride in the clean
illness of her polished wood foors.'
1t always did take a Curtis to in
ject cold hard fact into a rosy
romance
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-22
vERITAS PREVALENT.

All no dear reader, life is not all
politics! Ii 1T were the padded cells
in what o. Henry called dippy parlors
would be teeming over with news
paper editors.
1t is the unusual that is the
anodyne in life for editors.
An honest horny-handed tiller of
the soil from Ross township came in
the office to renew his subscription
yesterday heaven bless him.
incidentally he vouched for the
fact that one of his Plymouth Rocks
committed suicide by hanging herself
In wire fence when it started to
get warm early last week.
1t seems that the unfortunate hen
was downhearted owing to the high
price OF living and the sudden drop
In the price of eggs. poor thing.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-22
ELEVENTH AVENUE WIDENING

The action of the Gary board of
public works in taking up the ques-
tion of widening Eleventh avenue
brought to their attention in these
columns two months ago is timely
one. 1t will save thousands of dollars
that would have had to be expended
at some future date when costly i'm
provements would have to be sacrific-
ed.
The city of Gary will have seven
important streets extending west :
ward from Broadway towards the
city of Hammond. These will be
Fifth avenue, Eleventh avenue. Eff
teenth avenue, Nineteenth avenue.
Twenty-first avenue, Twenty-third
avenue and Twenty-fifth avenue.
Fifth and Eleventh avenues are al :
ready important thoroughfares. They
are already carrying considerable
traffic through to points westward
Their Importance is growing every
day and steps should be taken at once
to make Eleventh avenue as wide as
Fifth
This error in city building came
about through the fact that the prop
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-22
CALVIN STEELE Acau,rrEp.

Calvin Steele. OF Michigan City. the
alleged accompiice OF Albert Lane. OF
Indianapolis, in the robbery of John
Cottrili, an aged farmer of 5000, last
December. was acquitted by jury os
the superior court yesterday. after an
all night session. This was Steeles
second trial. Lane was convicted sew
eral weeks ago on plea of guilty. and
lis now serving time in the state prison.
The two accused men met Cottrill in
"a saloon. and after game of dice and
a round of drinks Cottrill left them.
Lane followed him to an alley entrance
and slugged him, taking the old mans
lpocketbook. 1t was contended by the
state that Lane transferred the money
to Steele, and that the latter planted"
1T Part of the money was found two
weeks later in an abandoned she'd
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-22
GOOD OUTLOOK THERE.

Former Congressman Dickema, who
is at the head of the Taft forces in
Michigan, is much encouraged over
the present outlook IN that state as
indicated in the following statement:
Michigan is lining up for President
Taft. The drift of public sentiment
is decidedly in his favor. Every coun-
ty convention thus far held has either
instructed for him or given him a
large majority of the delegates. His
speeches in Toledo and Chicago
struck the popular chord and created
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-22

what they say. especially when a mans
mother-in-law crosses his threshold
THIRTEEN bombmakers sought to
Kill Secretary Knox down in s. A. I'm
lucky number for the bomhmakers as
they were all caught and are to be
hanged
THAT strange brown trail across the
Little Calumet marsh, noticed 1t? AL
derman castleman and a pound of Bat
tie Axe road over the marsh in the
nrst street car to East Gary day before
yesterday
LET'S see, what Is the name OF the
vice president OF the United States!
OUR idea of nothing to worry about
is TO loose sleep over who really wrote
the 'houn kicking 'roun song and 10
scrap over how many games the Cubs
will play in snow storms,
THERE is talk OF postponing the
Gary bribery trials until June because
politics Is too warm now. Only the
Lord knows what will happen when
warm politics gets mixed with June
weather. Just as likely as not lot of
suffragette brides will want their wed :
ding postponed because of warm poll
tics.
THEN again Mayor Knots can con-
tent himself with the thought that even
If he doesn't get to go to the demo ma
tional convention as a delegate he may
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nue. was laid out by individuals and
not by the Gary Land Co. 1t was a
lack of the same bread principles of
city building that were applied in the
laying out of the land companies first
subdivision.
THE TIMES was the first news
paper in Gary to call attention to the
necessity for widening Eleventh ave
nue. and the manner in which the
Gary city officials are taking hold of
the proposition indicates the splendid
spirit of progress that prevails there.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-22
HER DAY IN HEAVEN.

Man at the end of his days work
can count up the money he has made
and measure the result. Woman's
days work has no end and no tangi-
Bile profits. Her only payment, as
she goes weary-handed and empty
handed to rest, is in the heart salts
faction of having done we'll a little
more of her amending labor of love.
There is nothing more pathetic were
it not so common, than the sight so
often seen, of the Woodworking, con-
scientious mother, who literally wears
out her life in unheralded toll
Thankless and not expecting thanks.
She has no "eight-hour day" Even
a twelve-hour day would be a boon to
most wives. who, in the care of the
house and children, are always do
ing overtime without thought of
extra pay.--Jackson Citizen-Press.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-22
III f A R ID
BY
r u B E

EVEN poet with a spring poem
would be welcome these days
ITS a tossup whether to worry about
coal famine or whether you can pay
the coal man.
IF I. r.. would consign the weather
man to the Ananias club We might
warm I'D to him little.
TELEGRAM that wasn't sent.
Dear Judge-CongratuIati outside
OF myself there is no one else I'd have
sooner wished to have the de,egaev
than you."-T. E X
THE indianapolis News speaks Of
Colonel Englehart as Prince Tim. the
owner of seven autos" This is a horri-
bic miscarriage of the truth inasmuch
as the Duke of the Ridge road still
sticks to the old fashioned surrey.
THE New York Roosevelt committee
is out with ads in the papers appeal
ing for dollar contribs to help T. r..
to get elected. If you give one buck
think what good it will do when it is
pooled with the $250.o0o contribution of
some practical trust magnate
Sad tragedy: He Cor she) took Off
dannels too soon''
WE see by the dispatches that South
Bend is worrying over the high cost
of dying. Old s. B. is always Crap
ping with some dead question The
government ought to send an expedi-
ton down there to excavate in the in
terests of archaeological researches
IN the meantime asks a Griffith
subscriber. what has become of the
pretty girl in the sun bonnet we used
to see years ago?' She grew up, mar
ried millionaire. he made her wear
decollete gowns at breakfast, and now
she is baby doll in divorce proceed
ings.
LIFE in Kentucky (headlines from an
Indiana newspaper): Funeral of
Groom Instead of Wedding" In any
event the young man may be considered
happy.
A LOT of door maps with the word
welcome" on them don't always mean
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-22
THE DEBT OF THE WORLD.

The world owes its greatest debts
TO dissatisfied people, and the coat-of-
arms of the Goddess of Liberty should
be: "On a field bloody, the kicking
mule rampant
We owe our national freedom to a
number of dissatisfied gentlemen who
held a nonconformist tea party; and
our British friends owe theirs to n
bunch of sure-footed hybrids who did
not approve of King Johns plan Of
running government by verbal
messages.
A restless fellow discovered the
New World, and a prudent person
who had become tired of paying 1915
to send a letter from Philadelphia to
New York started the postoffice
The Dissenter. the Rebel and the
Insurgent have been the foes of
tyranny since the world began; and
the hard kicker who is able to pull 4
heavy load meets death and calumny
while he is alive and becomes saint
and hero when the world has become
old enough to understand him.
The mere complainer Is a nuisance.
and the pessimist who has nothing to
propose is not worth the cubic space
he occupies but the saviors of the
world are its Christ, it's Luthers, its
Cromwells, its Edisons, it's Froebels
and its La Follettes, who are able to
kick and pull at the same time.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-22

manage to get standing room in tho
gallery.
WE are for sending Diogenes out to
assist the Roosevelt boys to help find
the man who told them that T. r. was
the most popular candidate in, near and
all around North Dakota
ONE good thing about this weather
is that very few women are bothering
their husbands for money to go to
spring openings.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-22
lPo ,,JTHF.l
| YEMClDAY]
A CHANTED CALENDAR.

First came the primrose
On the bank high,
Like maiden looking forth
From the window of q tower
When the battle rolls below,
So looked she,
And saw the storms go by.
Then came the wind flower
In the valley left behind.
As a wounded maiden. pale
With purple streaks of woe,
when the battle has rolled by.
So tottered she.
DisheyeIed I'm the wind.
Then came the daisies,
On the first of May,
Like n hammered shows advance.
While the crowd runs by the way.
With ten thousand flowers about
They came trooping through the
fields.
As happy people come,
So come they.
As "a happy people come
when the war has rolled away.
With dance and tabor. pipe and rum,
And nil make holiday.
Then came the cowsiip,
Like n dancer In the fair
She spread her little coat of green,
And ON 1T danced she.
With q fifet bound about her brow
A fiIet round her happy brow.
4 golden fiIlet round her brew,
And rubies in her hair.
sydney DohelI