| Show SWEET VIOLETS they nave always been copular and are so still violets in every shade and almost every shape are being worn on every cc cadon never before has this sweet little flower been such a favorite it is worn in the morning in the afternoon and at night in tho button hole of tho riding habit and on tho corsage of the ball dress it surrounds long court trains in thick garlands it encircles white throats and adorns dark and fair hair what blossom says the new york tribune can ever endear itself to women as this modest fragrant little one does this of legend which if tradition is to be believed was ance a damsel sweet and lovely the violet was long long ago lantho a favorite nymph of artemis apollo fell in love with her aud the goddess wishing to protect her from tho sods pursuit dyed her blue lantho however pined and fretted at the loss of her beauty to such an extent that artemis regretful at her mistaken interference changed her into a violet to put an end to her torment the old poets say also that jupiter caused the violets to grow as food for lo 10 while she wandered on the face 0 the earh in tte fona of a heifer many more legends surround the violet as with a halo of poetry it is said to have been the sweetest of all the flowers of eden calypso it is alleged was born in beds of violet blue and in ancient days garlands of violets placed on tho brow were considered a cure for headache and dizziness ill has beon often the emblem of royalty and was also the napoleonic flower it has been mentioned by homer as the loveliest of blossoms and nestled it in fragrant banks agonist villa at rome in pails the ad vent of the street vio let sellers is hailed joyfully by iha rich poor liko tho pene brating freshness of the life giving perfume iab is ali 0 favorite flower of empress eugenic as it was that of emperor frederick of prussia and of thelmur dc red czar alexander FT shortly after the fearful death of the prince imperial in zululand luland Zu queen victoria sent empress eugenic a miniature of her dead son in a frame of violets made of ame im bedded in emerald leaves in the fourteenth century clemence isauro wh en separated from her troublesome lover sent hid a violet in token of her constancy and the blos associated with the last sad thoughts gathered around the burial of mad ophelia lay her in the earth and from her fair and unpolluted flesh may violets spring in the south of france great fields of violets white purple and blue fill the air with overpowering perfume and nothing can equal the beauty of these far stretching carpets of velvety flowers framed by tall hedges of arbutus and aloes under the azure southern sky |
