Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-31

only playing when he blows the
brides off their wings, and hail
stones melt with laughter, when
they reach the warm Garth"
"Then it Is not temper at ALL"
broke in the Toad.
mo, no my child, temperament
does NOT even wish to know temper.
for tAsnper 10 too ugly thing.
1T wishes only to know the beau
tiful things Of life, and to live in
the atmosphere Of ideals.
But which flower was it, who did
not like the Loye-in-a-M Mist?
+. "The Tiger Lilies. Mother Ma
ture." responded the Toad quickly.
"Well, my dear laughed Mother
Nature, l am not surprised. For
the Tiger Lily is as different from
the Love-in-a-Mist. as the night is
from the day,
In making the flowers of earth /
gave to each an individual form of
beauty. Each is beautiful in their
own way, but to the Love-in-a-Mist
gave the beauties OF mystery
which are always rare. l gave her
charm, enclosed her in an aroma
Of happiness and content, and | made
her wistful All these things, that
temperament claims for its own be-
long to her, and with these things
of temperament, she feels and sees
as others cannot.
Flowers who have not such traits
cannot appreciate those who have;
so that is why, the Tiger Lilies can
not see the mystic. beauties of the
Love-in-a-Mist and not understand
ing her wistfulness and charm, they
spoke today as you heard them.
And Mother Nature continued.
"Her many different tempera-
ments have given her group of
lovely names.
Devil-in-the- Bush.
ITO some she is the "Devil-in-the-
| Bush Others call her, the Fair
Nigella. Sometimes she is called,
Fennel Flower, but to me she is
always, my beautiful Love-in-a-Mis
AT times her ~temperamental
spirit will take her to the wild fields
to grow, and when it does, she will
grow just as beautifully there as in
the most cultivated garden.
ITO the Ancient Greeks she was
a sacred Flower, and from not soon
fading. was their symbol Of immer-
tality. She had to them, special
healing powers and they used her
with her dainty mists to decorate
the images of their gods and their
sacred tombs. ...,.s-.
"The blossoms of all her different
types, are snowy ones, in white
blues and yellow. One becomes by
much cultivation a beautiful purple.
Standing erect in her lovely mist
or foliage she will gain a height
OF four feet If left alone, and stand
ing thus, shaded by the cool green
foliage, which is like q soft green
vapor, she gives forth q faint per-
fume OF anise. She 10 by far the
quaintest and most interesting
flower my garden.
"On one OF her thin branches she
carries large seed-pot, and one
Of the species of this lovely plant
holds the seeds which are supposed
to be the black Cummin of the
Aneients, and perhaps the Cummin
OF the Bible. So you see, my dear
Toad, she Is 4 flower Of great inter.
est and mystery"
The Toad was keenly interested
In the history Of his preferred flower.
and he decided to cultivate 4 little
temperament--away deep down in
his heart he hoped. with the faintest
hope, he might have at least = little
spark.
So he hoped to the Pansy bed.
and WATCHED her turn her purple face
to blue, and he stopped and listened
to the signing Pines, and to the
Wind as it sang in the tree-tops. and
hopping farther on. he saw the
Brock. and he watched it as il
laughed on its journey to the River
and he sat for long beneath the
mysterious Love-in-a-Mist, watch
ing her charms. and they were just
as beautiful as Mother Nature said
kthey were. and then he hoped on
until he came to his favorite pool
The rays Of the setting Sun shining
in the pool reflected his image there