Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-25

| amateurs, In the National Flower show
| which for opens today. Nature, too adds
Its message to the Joyful tidings.
NEXT week, maybe, the vernal breezes will
IN sweep the land in their buccaneering way,
The frost is due to leave the ground. Already
green young things shoot out of the feound
sod. Underground at least it is the time Of
| quickening And the heart Of man rejoices
! at the manifold voices of spring.
| Let us jibe at the almanacs in these last
| days of March, which are the forerunner of
| snring, most gladstone in the cycle of the
| seasons "God made the country and man
! made the town" and both join in tribute to
1 spring, one with His flowers and birds and
| trees, the other with his exhibits of how we'll
he has made use of the intelligence and indus
| try vouchsafed him--exhiblts which reach
their finest achievement in the National
Flower Show. which should take every Phila-
dephian to Convention Hall. Another pur-
pose should animate him-the chance to "per-
form good works" The Tea Garden feature
of the flower show, has the worthy objects In
view of adding to the endowment of the School
of Horticulture for Women, at Amber, and
supporting the fine charity Of the Chidren's
Country Week Association. Graduates of the
school are spreading the mission of service
In terms of better gardens throughout the
city and State. The Country Week Associa-
ton brings a glimpse of the beauties of nature
and breath of pure air to the children Of the
congested districts
Let the mood of spring, then, pervade your
heart. Night is darkest just before daybreak,
with its gradual vision of light and loveliness
So, too today spring is merely potential We
are in the transitional period before the
glorious dawn of life and love, burgeoning and
melody. II is the eve of the feast, full of
presage and hint. Eyes are wistful and hearts |
longing for the full manifestation. Yet COM
pensatons there are for the thoughtful mind, |
that communes in a catholic way and with |
lovingness with Nature in its various forms. |
Watch the trees with their swelling buds. In |
town and suburb they can be seen, on the |
verge of bursting into LEAKAGE. The robins are |
songful these mornings. They know better
than scientific instruments how close we
hover to the break o. spring. And
"the daffodils
That come before the swallow dares and take
The winds of March with beauty"
are in bud, hardy firstlings of the shrubbery
border, in Delaware County, and maybe in
some parts of Philadelphia County for aught
we know. Lilies of the valley are pushing
their spears out of the sod in favored locali
ties. Out in the woodlands the hepatica is
urging its leaves out of the winters covering
of withered foliage and it's flowers shortly will
peep Oul VI lnelT luITeu CdlyNeS--I tney
haven't already peered at the sky out Secane
way. The boodroot, too. is nearly ready to
rejoice the nature lover with it's white flower,
symbol of springs purity. And the searcher
in quest of the spring in fortnight, week.
a day maybe. somewhere. will have the lush
loveliness of the ethereal arbutus revealed by
its evanescent fragrance.
The birds, too! The robin bids us "cheer
up, cheer up, be CHEEKY" The bluebird,
harbinger of the season, will soon herald its
fulness. Already early arrivals have been
minstres of the day. with their clarion song
To the lovers of birds and flowers of trees
and running brooks the browns and grays of
this tide are possessed of different aspect,
for he "sees good in everything" He goes
questinB for the spring and he finds much to
marvel at Let us. too, all go questing, not
in books or newspapers. but in the editorials
penned by Nature, in the pages of Natures
volume. Even now, delicious secrets for him
who knows, are concealed in out-of-the-way
hooks and crannies.
Well IL is with the man who Yields ready
responsiveness to the season, for In his pos.
session Is sturdy health. sound heart a sane
mind. Rosy-hngered Aurora beckons him TO
a day replete with cheerful labor; the sun fails
in the west amid a glow and glory OF rides
cent hues, after a day well spent; the spirit
of night, star-inwrOught. broods over his
peaceful dreams, hopeful of the morrow For
he has accomplished greatly, whatever his
capacity or however humble his station, who
attains simple content with life as it is, when
interest and JOY animate the common daily
round OF work, and when the days moiI and
toll are governed by sweet reason and calm
Observation-Disclosures 1t may be called, It is
that. Spring of all seasons is the one that
Inspires most happily and delights most.
Thrice blessed he who can achieve an
imaginative participation In the beauties and
gorIes of the season.