Show THEY HAD NEVER SEEN ROSES ra thetla Inel incident dent in a aalfs Scho school olM at ritts pittsburgh burgh two ladies managers came cama into the school the other morning shortly after it had opened one of them wore a beautiful rose on which the eyes of the whole school were at at once turned admiringly noting tw this says the pittsburgh chronicle tha owner of the flower pave gave it to one of the teachers for the children now children how many of you yot L inlow now what this is asked the young lady holding up the flower flowe r nearly every little one shook his head hea a to ind cate ignorance one small boy and a couple of little girls piped out with great importance its a posie please maam but no one had ever heard of a rose most of the children had never seen one before the flower was passed along the line and small noses lingered longingly over its fragrance while dirty little palms patted its velvet petals caressingly no one saw raw or thought of anything that morning b but i u t the rose the teanner put it m a glass of water to preserve it and when hen school was dismissed each child was rendered supremely blissful by the gift of a tiny petal As they fled out of the door each little wait waif clutched his treasure tightly in his small hand while he murmured softly to himself the name pitty pitty woss |