Show To Sarah Bernhardt From F rom an Unknown Friend By WINIFRED BLACK Copyright 1915 by Newspaper pcr i 1 Feature aturo Service Inc Tho little Hille book shop was as bright and gil gay an as usual Tho rho window WillS was lined with pretty cards and simple pictures of ot all sorts orl and Inside the rho door the friendly books stood J comfortably on their shelves a like well do citizens standing on their porches and Inviting In n thin tho casual passerby passerby passer passer- by lo to step inside and have huv a It quiet chat chil Hut haul In the tho window there hero was wan something something some some- thing new and a little different A 1 great bunch of at white whilo hyacinths and purple violets lolela In hl a n glass glass' bowl The bowl howl was waR low and nod and jou ou could see fO the stems of or the tho hyacinths green and spring like lIk through h the tho water and tho the blossoms looked more like chimes of ot delicate b bens bells than ever er The violets were violets and nn that thai Is 18 enough for anyone anyon How low festive you are this morning said I to lo the Nice Woman who always tells me when th there re Is something Interesting In some of the magazines maga maga- or if th thore re Is 18 u u. now JU l hook ook OUt oui I really m must read or ore one thai nl I 1 m must rs not nOl sperm nd even ell an all hour on c said ald the Nico Woman In In- In I Then she glanced at at atthe the thesal I sal bowl 1 of spring flowers In lu the tho window Indo I Oh h that Is la hardly the tho word Vord not lIot when you OU know tho limo stor story story- A And nel t then hen she told me the story The Lily Picture You see seo the big 1111 picture of or Sar Sarah h In tho limo window said the theNice Nice Woman Roman The one ono with the time tiger and th the armful of ot Mlles isn't It beautiful b I always loved o It there Is something so vivid about It it so vo exotic 1 J never stover see It without thinking think think- lug ing of ot tho limo great clump of ot tiger lilies that grew In my grandfathers grandfather's garden way down I- I East ast st st. There was OC flex x In that corner of Of the Ihl garden and Canterbury bells belle a am and and the walk wun was edged with clove clo pinks and ami moss mOM roses and four all all very pretty pretty but but the thc tiger lilies were the most wonderful of ot all they were so o tall and nd so toO slim shin and go so beautiful and so foreign Yesterday when I 1 saw In the tho pale r that thai the tho great groat was wa de desperately desperate desperate- ly Iy III and und how she laughed when she went to lo th the operating table fur for a a. terrible ter ter- rUde operation I 1 remembered the tiger lilies Illicit and how they u used ed lo to tow toss their bends In the storm and rome conic out fine tine and fragrant n when all nU time tho other flowers flow now flower er ers nt seemed cru crushed and beaten flown down and anil I 1 went and look looked d In tn a dusty ll set of ur drawers and rot cot ot autt ho he picture of ot the the I tiger cr Ill Illy always 8 called It II to n d J 1 dIt d dIt It off Hn and i el ct It n it in 1 the theAnd when Indo And It II lUll hud I not nol e been n th rt lip utes before adore a s man stepped t f 2 A tint tike prosperous prosperous- roul well dru middle aged t I should should d think looking hooking hut hul f fIA 1 F IA striking about him II III The picture plc of Bernhardt I window said laid the man It Il III In not hot for sale sal I broke laThe IlL la- The Violet Tribute I hud head VA The min mn shook his hi il h iii h tl said I M did not 1101 wAn want to lO t w NT gt tremendously admire her hr great And what coV r In In you mind If I 1 tent i a J 1 tf In th the flowers flower to bt b b set picture I 1 No o of CO Ami I Said saili d off not nol mind And u IK In a f few tare and andI ti man wits Il hack again m f W flowers hi him I Wn nt It ft t of I i iI ea I wonder who h he WM was And I do wonder I l know ver ven much not nol Mawr t Not ol from curiosity bul because en different but fine and ten very cry something about a of heart true vrr very that thal the Time The young oun woman oman the 11 great success time the one bArt rt then ping ater such ns as U Li d of lower flowers but bul wh i f ono one deeP a III an anul longer loner young youn to W bf beautiful f ful ul trouble It Is III res re's looking at ae you the nut or of canes t er pr from lack bel for a Ufa ou never 10 t tred tied for or II a loyal heart ill 1 i tJ b red rad It If you are ever cr a eo 80 and no longer quite qUile r |