Show I Japanese nese as T s Flo Flower r L Lovers and may J i r i have ii IL love 1011 for or hut but tho he people of ot Japan hol In many man t 1 1 Ways nn that beautiful till 1 t tI I 1 Ii J much larger I In theE theli hearts than I in tn those of ut tiny any other people From th Ih tb r members ri of or f the Ihl royal family to 10 Hi Ih 1 F rt poorest beggar In the Iho the thu lovi be I II I to II bo lit In the of Ir I ore are vises s ses t every ec description fl S bitch urn aro a ro it I ill Iet with WI t h hru rare ru ro blossom um lInt Hut the Ihl t lie peasant isasa ont n t In lit his ii is paper hut hilt Is III im to 10 III till 1111 i his hili vases vi th blossoms bl l OIlI Should unc nt flO to 10 stay at lit i a huld Iii morr than t ha it 2 21 I bourn I titi ro he hi h will vi II fresh tre h 1101 er ers ivery I tiny ilay tu to replenish those I which greeted him on his bile arrival Even l I r I tho coolie cache will have n a lower of or seine Olno kind stuck behind his hili ear eur At very avery corner oIl nil along the tho streets theto tiie are ure flower merchants and It Is seldom that a 0 beggar will to part with his hili last bust coin cointo cointo i to h purchase a n choose I Huwer names for tor their laughers daughters and a Japanese laity lady 1111 always her bur per lIel person son with the tho flowers are appropriate to the season No visitor to tn the tue luau land of the cherry blossom festival ins bus tolled failed to describe this most rno 1 Important occasion Tho rho Olio op I I I r I i I I ening of or the season Is III the tha blossoming of this lower blower anti It IH IS I a mm national holi hail day Thousands ls of or people II dressed In their best wander vander about all ull lay day cia under tinder tIne the arch of or overhanging rose red reel trees refreshing themselves with tea tet or ilci 1103 wino win nt lit the tho tea ten holism houR ell or buying sou of ot the tho occasion at ut the many little hop erected l for or the day lIt Each owner I of ot a n cherry orchard hn his own private festival and Bends out Imitations otna men led with cherry ch rry blossoms to his especial friends All Alt sorts ports of games gaines aru aro are ule played anti and In III the th evening thou them thousands sands of or lanterns are arC hung on the tree rime Tho royal court Invites the nobility inability attil the diplomatic corps to 10 a U garden party It Is I also the season for tor or funnily family picnic Picnics which are lire looked forward to throughout the tie year 1111 by the humbler classes Omy too soon Is the cherry blossom festi festival val vol nl at lit nn an end The rime Japanese cherries aro not Intend Intended ed ed to bo be eaten but their value Is in Im Imply ply In the tho blossom It time the most niost lux luxuriant lu orient bloom of or all nil and of ot such tailor Importance tance tonce that before tho the bursting of It the blossoms blo the tho fact tact Is Ii advertised In all the local papers The cherry ch lr tree some grows groWl as liS tall tail as nJ nn nil oak and during durin the time of ot bloom It Is so O Ian n with lowers blowers that not a vestige of ot leaf IH is visible The flowers have alto ulso u II I IIII III 11 II and delicate perfume The Japanese woman has lias a n prett I custom of or milking making her dress correspond to the flowers Ito ers which ore are In season Al At Atthe Althe I the cherry blossom festival sho sh weans venTs i i kimona embroidered situ Wl the lower so 0 much In lit evidence then When lie tho I comes Collies this garment Is re 11 replaced I placed with one mile covered with effective I sprays of or the tha azaleas and i I this In turn turin Rives gIves way before time the wis WIll wistaria turin and chrysanthemum In fn tine the arrangement of or their howers rl the tho the of Japan show great ar ur taste Each I separate bud Is III al ml allowed towed lowed Its chance to 10 be admired A single flower held by lP b a U crystal cry tol vase makes n LI 1 feast for rol the eyes ec I which Is I not forth forthcoming forthcoming forthcoming coming when dozens d zells of or the blossoms n nl ale crowded together mind and their Individual charm entirely lost |