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Show Tb le cf riumis. "As the twig Is bent the tree's in-cliued," in-cliued," is a trite sai:ih'. Die truth of which we soauHimex forget. Nearly three tiiousaod years ago Uie wl-es-t of men ii clarl, '-Trjin up a e hild in the way he should go.und when he is old he will not dert fr-ui it." Slost rsoii aro liorn Willi a natural lou for flowers-. I neverirfwiwa toddler wll(-e cjes did IK.t light up with pleasure at the sight of bright blobou!.", and whose tlugers -JiJ not itch to hold in their grap "the titty ilowers," and small Uja how fully as mutli liking therefor as their sUlen-, It is con-yidered con-yidered the proj)cr tiling for our girls to wear Dowers, to love them acd care for tlic-m, and so en-tiuraged auJ trained, the msjority cf our girls grow up into flower-loving women. (In the contrary, in many homes the 1jjs are niatfo to feel tliat the love of 11 jw ezi is "girlish,' and trust our modern boy for wautj ingnt all times to lie- "mannish!" .So our toy smo'Jicr their natural liking with a forced inditlerenre, which later, alls! becomes a second nature. inety-ilne oue-hun- dredtlis of the m-i) and women w ho nnnifest this indirTertnce never bail their tatos cultivated in this direction while joung. It Is freely admlUed that there is a refluiiig, elevating inlluencw about flowers; why, then, should not parents feel It a duty to cucourage .the love of the Ireautiful in bud and bloom? IT"-" Magazine fur Auguti. |
