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Show BY MISS M A.NHATTAN. f ' t . Xc-w Voik . Flowers are nl- L "was asso' luted with pretty women, but V 'en poets in their moat fantastic ! flights did not think of the flower J siesta for the fairest of their sex. The s Jiilnst did. :ind the thought bus grown .iiid blc-SNoiiu'd until now these -pretty , eruatuns hiivo made the sloop of beauty . , one jn whirl) the head Js embowered In ' & fuorttf flower. r, 'PI .ore is much wisdom and some nop-tirn' nop-tirn' nl id tlib.- latest notion of women. ' Tlicy bsisf LI10 idea of tlio cult on the effect different flower have on dlffcr-9 dlffcr-9 tni persons, saying that each has her own pa-ilcular blossom which thrives 1 't and grows sturdier In her presence V. while some other llower would wilt !! and die. There 1b a plant "auni" just as tuoie is a spiritual one pasalng from the individual to the llower and from tic (lower to the individual, lie tKat a. It may everyone wuBt admit ad-mit tbat personality bus a very treat jfTert on (lowers of all kinds. There are some -women who seem to make certain cer-tain flowers brighten uj when ever they come in contact with them, and there at,- others who have Just the opposite I Jiifliiem e Probably you have noticed hov. Ion one woman will carry a bunch . t- pf flowers at a .ball or a reception and - Instead of wilting th.- blossoms the warmth from her hands apparently I Slics tnni renewed lite It is the same vmh growing plants and shrubs. A i, dead looking stick will seem to thrive p, under ti.e touch and care of this woman ' wh li th sturdiest plant that grown - will shrivel up and it-fuse to bud for L,, Hut one I have known so many cases S- of this kind that It needs no long ur-fc ur-fc gumont by the llower cuUIkIh to make E me believe that there somo sympathy between women and blossoms. ' r . Tf! T9He kelongs to a certain type of , femininity, and distinctions are made even In color. When a red rose does . not find peace and happlm-jss In the ut-M ut-M rcoHphere of a woman thch she should If- ' a rose of another color. If sho Is of H; the opinion I hut her flower Is the rose. 1 5 imt' "'"es a tea rose will grow more k delicate botli m appearance and frag-in frag-in Zanct when In the presence of Its a; human companion, and an American JJcauty will turn pale when placed in -it the aami nearness. It would seem 'al- most na though flowers had a human, f.. tide, at least, in their sensitiveness and . i' election. This Is the foundation of oni IK of the great points made by tho tlowur i cnitlKt.s that the xoul of each blossom : h waxes and expands in Ihe presence of I i, t an individual who possesses the sumo f ii ! 'lualltles which the flower does.' and I. . when It cornea In contact with an In-l In-l Harmonious Individual, one that is not j ;. 0' tho same perfume." It shows' ila ,m r.crvcB and nerves mean death to It. f i There Is only one llower for ach' pr!on, and when that particular bloom W r ?01 ,n slil,lon lhen tho humnn soul M: hIe Its loss very keenly, ho say tho Wmi. "'jwer faddists; but, they go on to show. IK-v. T-'nlle tills flower doe not lst in its lift 01 i'dopted surroundings. It' will I ml la!l lorigd- and rench a groater slate m' Perfection for tills person wJiile I another might not be able to make it ! HK; , frov nt all, no matter how carefully i Wti, Tiucd and nurtured it might be. ,' The violet girl has a dl.advantago In UJ oie short season In .which these (lowe.rs jjlHHkJippear and also in their delicacy. The fBjOfarruition lnsti considerably longer, ahd wiP.1.11' strong spicy odor with which It Is 4HrOT'Wa.y.H assoelateil acts as n stimulant the lurnatlon girl. At other times WW .'l .mil otithu her as though it .woro IW' n with poppy seeds and tlie siesta. l c ,r,t" which she falls Is pure ahd nweut' 111! - 0n ,lcount of the surrounding of llowr Ml) ' . lor o course. 1f ahc.is onc.ot tho .J- newest of iM fn((iiljitK she has her pillow pil-low laden with hor favorite flower and Iter room llllcd with their perfume. Not every night or every 10 winks In a. summer sum-mer afternoon Is taken with her head buried In blossoms. This would be too great a. stimulant, and the sweetness would soon begin to, cloy and result In headuches; but occasionally, when sho foeia the need of something to sootho her nerves the llower siesta Is taken just the same as one would swallow a tonic, only the former Is- accompanied with pleasant feelings while tho latter is taken with a grimace. Another curious feature about t.hc flower slossta. Is Lliu. nulcknuss with lahjccrtala.flovcivjiputoinojwomen to sleep. Wllhlo half a minute after ; the head has burled Itself among the fiagrunt blooms does a feeling o,r i drowsiness steal . over one, und In another hair minute this person might have entored the land of - nod from hours of "sweet and refreshing sleep. With other women the- same (lowers jnlght act like an Irritating spirit, and sleep would never come to them It they remained In tho vicinity of the (lowers. This Is because the llower nature and the hunian one are antagonistic and each gets "on edge." As a cure for headacho the flower , sleep. If It Is properly taken, will accomplish ac-complish all that medical skill can and more than the avorngo homo remedy will, at least, this Is asserted by tho believers be-lievers of tlie cult. Indeed a good many women have tried smelling of llowers as a lost, and It Jias been found that certain cer-tain ones do dispel headaches while others aggravate the pain. All of which 'goes to show that there. Is more In tho perfume of llowers than Just their sweetness and beauty. This is the season for ropes and most of the popular llowci-s. so as a suggestion sugges-tion why not try tho effects of different differ-ent blossoms and make experimental notes-of their actions and appearance. It would do no harm and might serve to pii.ss si few hours pleacantlv and - at the same time you might make a delightful de-lightful discovery about your llower nature. na-ture. The commonest flower ufllnlty. Is 'for the rose, which Is quite natural in view of the quantity and great variety of tills particular blossom and also in tho fact that for centuries woman has been poetically likened to this flower. Probably Prob-ably the ancients recognized fiorno marvelous mar-velous sympathy .between fair woman and fair llower. and they: may have had a llower cult the same as this which we flatter ourselves la a product of--modern thought .ajiditTeaonlnc. Some men recognize the dlfferenco In women Instinctively and without knowing know-ing why they send this ono roses, another violets and maybe orchids to a third. They would never think of altering alter-ing the flowers, that Is of changing them about, 1f they are men of rai'o discernment. Of course, there arc a few uncultivated ones who thinly a flower Is a llower and no matter what It Is a woman will apprccinlo It Just the same as she would her own parl'lculnr blossom. blos-som. A little courae under the flower cull Instructors would soon mako them wls6r and open their eyes to tho possibilities pos-sibilities In flowers. i IH |