The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-07-25

nomena of nature and I will tell you
what you are like.
The above might just as well have
been written as the oft repeated
thought; tell me what you eat and
| can tell you what you are.
1t is ones ability to reason not only
from cause to effect but from effect
back to cause, that will transform the
dull drab hue of life into rose-tinted
colors of ecstacy and happiness, and
fill one with the joy Of just living.
In the commOnest of every day
things are to be found food for
thought that will quicken the pulse
beat and renew the vim of the most
forlorn being if he but see it.
The work of nature is wondrous
and awe-inspiring and will lift one
! from the shades Of gloom and set him
in the sunlight of joy. Every flower,
every tree, every mountain, are things
| of beauty and grandeur and have be-
hind them the actions of certain forces
of nature which, if thought Of, change
their commonplace appearance to one
of manifold possibilities.
If we see flower and pass it by,
designating it as merly something we
grow in our gardens for decorative
purposes, it does not hold much for
us.
But if the sight of flower compels
our minds to ponder on the intrica-
cies of structure and the subtleties
of influence that flower possesses it
becomes a storehouse of potentialities
and will charm our attention. We
will think of the countless ages that
flower has propagated it's kind on the
earth midst an every changing envi
ronment which has had an ever
changing effect on that flower until
it blossoms forth as it does today
The very cycle of life the flower
passes through each year is marvel
GUS and should fill us with reverence
for the workings of nature.
Each year the seed terminates or
the perennial roots send forth new
shoots, both of which when matured |
bring forth the blossoms to cast it's
perfume into the nav Of it's envelop-
ing surrounding. The plant dies in
the fall. The seeds are scattered by
wind and carried by animals, covered
by the winter snow and reawaken
each spring to begin anew their short
life cycle
Truly such is wondrous The flow
sr passes through infancy, youth, ma
urity, old age and gradually sue
,umbs to the elements in the course
# one brief year. This plant life
ycle can be compared to the cycle OF
life of an animal or of man for that
eason. The cycles are alike hui diff
er in degree Of time. Such thoughts
an only fill one with admiration and
aspect for the fullness of nature,
which DEGREES that all that lives and
ndures shall be useful
But there is another feature about l
ne flower which is universal in its
ppeal. The flower is symbol of t
~, peace and comfort and imparts to 7
lose who come in contact with it :
lat subtle spirit of ease and content :
ent, and even ecstacy which consti- !
tie the finer things Of life.
The flower spreads the radiance :
sunshine to every human heart. We I
now that the sun is the fpuntain-head u
the many material comforts Of Y
an. Coal and wood, storm and "
ind are traceable to the sun or its in
uence on the earth. So, too, we !
'aw all our colors, shades and tints :
ON the spectrum Of the sun. Our :
VS. are perhaps tempered by the sun q
yht more than anything else. Dark e
ss makes us detected, but the rose W
ITS Of dawn renew the hopa within b.
each morning.
The beautiful flowers Of solid or h,
rigated color are reincarnation OF Y
e colors and, shades and tints found .,
the sunlight. And they warm and =,
ldden our hearts because they are - -
ghty factors in transmitting sun .
Inc into our lives. ne
Flowers on the table, flowers in the -
k room; how they cheer, how they ia