Show I SEEDS California's eucalyptus trees grew grow from a handful of Australian seeds Seeds of kindness will wUl similarly enrich our personal lives livos By By WINIFRED WILLARD WILLARDS I thing for him to send S SIMPLE from Australia by slow sailing ship to his wife at home in Califor Califor- nia Just a handful of seeds Small thing to bother with Big thing to reckon with in the long run For thIs handful of seeds gave America all the glory of our euca eucalyptus lovely lovely love love- ly in its silvery green foliage Its spicy fragrance always announces announces announces an an- its presence Nothing else smells like it By the standard of the tha dollar eucalyptus leaves sap bark and fiber turn themselves into good American money in the course of every year for tor medicines tonics preparations that many thousands of ot us use without knowing how we got them Any Inventory of California's claims to pre eminence roses pre roses the year round sun kissed oranges sun- sun made raisins raisins must must reckon with the wealth of the eucalyptus and with the two people unpretentious and unassuming who laid that wealth in California's lap William lap William Taylor pioneer preacher practical man of affairs and his little HUle making home wife She too looked into the future future future fu fu- fu- fu ture seeing what these seeds could become of beauty and blessing Then she did the practical things needed to make them grow The seeds her husband sent her were wera worthless until she planted them Growth of a Friendship Two travelers on happy holiday in Florida stopping stopping- to call on a friend It was a carefree glad day under the palm trees beside the lovely lake in Winter Park They wrote about it to one whose name was often orten on their lips that day Return mall brought a handful of seeds and introduction to other friends away from home and restless for companionship These seeds started started started start start- ed to sprout Passing days cultivated ed them until a rare and lovely treasure of friendship grew that becomes more beautiful with the years The auditor of an important educational educational educational edu edu- group was a regular trav tray eler Traveling grows monotonous but offers a chance generally to I ca catch up on rest and to read a bit I This particular trip was long The auditor was weary of figures and of oi balances that did not easily bal hal ance She wanted to sleep away some of the hours on the train Across the aisle was a little old lady a stranger She did not seem to have any promising seeds in her hands She was nervous and restless restless restless rest rest- less a bit fearful tearful She seemed eager for tor companionship It developed that she carried a heavy personal load and greatly needed a human safety valve Most of us do So the seasoned traveler put away away her desire to o doze and gave herself herse up to listening while the little lady talked It was not much to do But it cost its price Seeds must have time to grow And there is never any way to know ahead which seeds will pay to plant which will grow and make our our oui gardens gardens gar gar- dens deIs of life Jie its lovel loveliest est We have to take chances on them same as on everything else These special seeds which the traveler sowed in a section section sec see tion of the sleeping car grew to friendship that abided until that wistful little body who wasn't quite accustomed to trains and traveling slipped away across the Final Riv Riv- er Now tangibles are not the only values Sometimes they are arc not valuable at all But from the little lady to the traveler who wanted to doze and pass the time but who was willing Instead to be friendly and helpful there came a gorgeous diamond diamond diamond dia dia- mond because you were so good to tome tome tome me that day Little thing big thing either view you take I I Adventure in Companionship Queer things things seeds seeds Sometimes we dont don't recognize them Take that luncheon at Washington's Mayflower er hotel one spring Saturday There were guests The First Lady was to tell us her ideal of women in politics At my right was a friend The seat scat at the left was vacant No sign of a seed Then a pleasant voice asked permission to sit beside me There was the seed unseen before already sprouting The days and arid weeks that followed saw it grow through comfortable ble companionship and congenial fellowship fellowship fel fel- fel- fel becoming a real adventure along the alluring lanes of f friendship friend ship However vever sophisticated we arc are however far we shy away from show of sentiment It yet remains that every forest oak was once within with with- in the tiny compass of ot the acorn acom That sounds old-fashioned old but Is as modern as today Life continues to grow great results from seeds so small that often we fail to see or orto orto orto to believe how they can be important important important tant to our purposes When our spirits are negative W we we- sometimes cast these seeds away losing what might become very precious to us Not every handful of seeds produces a c glory of eucalyptus Not every train acquaintance pays the score with a gleaming diamond That would put the whole business on too low a level But every seed hold ble possibilities Copyright Sen Service Ice |