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V can always find them at the old SAUNA MEAT & SUPPLY CO ' You i LERI A thoroughly Fruit eta rxr r T is difficult to Imagine America’s without Memorial annual day Decoration flowers Indeed day the other name by which this Is ®PrinS festival commemorative Lft so often designated carries an this timation of how dependent day of sad memories is upon the blossoms that serve of all as the most appropriate To be tokens of remembrance sure flags are also made ubo of on Memorial day —not only In the extensively and places of busiof dwellings ornamentation ness but In marking the graves of fallen heroes whom It is desired to honor on this occasion After all however It Is flowers which are most relied upon to express the sentiment 'extensively of the occasion And in the broad term “flowers'' the Ivy and are included the flowering plants other of nature's products that are employed to form the wreaths which are so popular on Memorial day more flowers used All told there are Infinitely on Memorial day than are employed at Easter and yet the general public does not hear so much of the Memorial day "flower trade” nor have home Its magnitude so conspicuously brought of course In the ciris found The explanation cumstance that the Easter flower trade is almost florists wholly in the hands of the professional Memorial day always fore a serious problem ct PETFR80N JR Proprietor Green Groceries complete line of Mea’s Groceries You’ll always find me in next door to the Bank Fish Call in hereto- to the who have charge of h!s work and who could only plead with the to people of the community get their donations of flowers to the town hall early hut most usually found that their appeals were lnsuf-- ' emphatic ficient to get the posies to the in time to permit rendezvous ot thelr proper arrangement in time for the starting of the hour parade at the scheduled The bringing of flowers to the larger cities on Memorial day has been further simplified by the fact that in many local- itiea special flower trains are by the steam operated roads and the lnterurban trol- - citizens G r Sfi t'l W ( rj f VSi 1 — K al 7 —- j r sTV Is a good time to have your name placed on our subscription list id ?£ Its rm ft m f ijr nwn 2 i y V7 Uk V' r to whose interest It is to make their activities occupy as large a placas possible In the public At Memorial day on the other hand the eye regular flower marts although they have a “rush season” In consequence of the holiday supply but a fraction of the flowers that are placed on the graves of the nation's warriors The vast preponderance of the flowers that are of the used to express the love and gratitude on the people of the republic Memorial day are posies whose cultivation with a view to such ultimate use is as much a labor of love as is the strewing of the blossoms on the graves Or at least the flowers are for the most part garden blooms rather than Indeed the the frail products of the hot houses selection of May 30 as Memorial day In a large of the states of the union was made proportion primarily because it was an occasion when spring yas presumed to he in her most attractive garb is at its the spring floral harvest and when Similarly the southern states being asheight of flowers at yet earlier sured an abundance dates have as much for this reason as for any other chosen as Memorial day dates that seemed of the floral flood in to mark the culmination their respective states rather than strict conformity with the date at the end of May which is so universally observed in the eastern northern and western states and in the more northerly This will exof Dixie of the commonwealths of certain states notably those the plain why of the Gulf of Mexico observe Memorial day days or weeks in advance of the remainder of the sisterhood of states The use of flowers on Memorial day is varied and appears to be growing mpre so as time goes of the occasion on At first suggestion the reader Is apt to think only of the custom of placon the ing bouquets and wreaths in garlands beneath which repose in their mounds grassy last dreamless sleep the boys in blue and gray who gave up their lives in defense of their flag But as a matter of fact it is a custom for the American to people generally choose this occasion to place specially elaborate decorations upon the graves of loved ones even though those whose memory is thus honored had to do with the stress and strife the naught of which Memorial sacrifices day is primarily to commemorate intended new uses of flowers One of the comparatively on Memorial day which has grown greatly in recent years is the custom of placing wreaths' of floral festoons or other similar tributes upon been erected in the the statues which have cities to our heroes various American where there are more At the national capital are than two dozen such statues the pedestals This decoraalso draped with American flags tion of the statues in parks and public buildings course is land of aside the quite throughout from the usual placing of tributes at the graves nf these heroes Another interesting beaut!'"’ new use of flowers on Memorial 'J AtZ&zzzeziz ' day is found lu the practice of setting afloat huge baskets laden of miniature ships with flowers as a tribute to sailors who the American have given up their lives for the Stars and Stripes These are quickly borne flowers out of sight by the waves and mayhap float out to sea but the sentiment of the occasion is served by year remorselessly As death has year thinned the ranks of the Grand Army of the the Confederate Veterans and other orRepublic soldiers there has of of ganizations necessity been a change in the plan Of bearing the and decorating flowers to the cemeteries to the call graves of those who have answered The approved of “taps” plan was to have in on the significant each community day a procession to the cemetery in which the principal participants were little girls dressed in white each of flowers basket or carrying a huge bouquet and marching beside or behind these flower bearers an equal number of veterans each with a wreath of evergreen or holly or ivy on his arrived at the cemeWhen the procession arm tery the participants distributed themselves throughout the burying ground until a little girl with flowers and a veteran with a wreath stood beside each grave marked with a tiny American Then at a prearranged signal all the flowers 'flag and wreaths were placed simultaneously upon the whom death has “musgraves of the comrades tered out” and there could be This impressive ceremony In is yet followed more appropriate nothing but there have had to be countless communities For one thing the graves many modifications to be decorated have become much more numerous whereas the number of surviving veterans with who are able to m&rch to the cemetery A solutheir wreaths has dwindled appreciably tion has been found in many places by drafting of the Sons of Veterans for this task members of or other organizations made up of children old soldiers and also veterans of the war many of whom are comparatively to young men and who are sufficiently numerous decorate the graves of their own fallen comrades and also the resting places of the heroes of the earlier wars to Influence Another factor that has operated a change in the use of flowers on Memorial day is the growth in the size of many of our cities In towns and small cities it is still practicable for the Decoration day host to march to the cemetery but in all the larger cities it has become very In many Instances cemeteries much of a problem are so remote from the central part of the city that it is unwise to ask aged veterans to attempt to march and out of the question to allow flower girls of tender years to trudge through the streets it has befor hours at a stretch Consequently to ' come customary under such circumstances convey the flowers in quantities to the cemeteries and there distribute them to those who are to in the For this decorating program participate motor car has of flowers the modern delivery vehicle and in all our proven a most convenient large cities on the morning of Memorial day one "flower cars” may now see the heavily laden spinning along on their way to the cemeteries The speedy horseless vehicles have also proven of the flowers a boon in the collecting for J24 y to convey the tons of blooms ley lines In order for the great memorial ornamentation needed And speaking of the lnterurban electric lines it may be added that these roads new make it flowers the graves of possible to decorate with unsoldiers in many a country cemetery which could not readily be der the old conditions of leached by members of the organizations and other bodies that aim to see to it that no soldier's grave Is unadorned on this significant occasion Almost every known variety of flowers that to a greater or bloom in spring is employed less extent on Decoration day but naturally the lld flowers of the season are especially popular where the In the sections for this- purpose advanced the roses and is sufficiently season occasion and peonies are great favorites on this and the hardy "pinks” In the cooler climes violets In the more southernly are used extensively states the yellow jasmine and the honeysuckle day festoons and at make admirable Decoration and other great national cemeteries it Arlington day has been timed Beems as though Memorial to find the gorgeous purple wistaria at the climax The mountain laurel is another of its glory floral favorite that lends itself to the purposes but of course it is not obtainable of the holiday In all sections of the country In recent years the use of natural flowers on Memorial day has been supplemented by the extensive use of artificial flowers particularly in of the form of wreaths or designs emblematic However the "art badges or flags flower designs” of the present day are indeed a revelation as compared with the crude attempts day of some years ago Some of the Decoration counterdesigns are executed in metal tinted to very and this form is of course feit nature of lasting permanent but most artistic effects character are also being obtained by means of Such designs fine waxed crepe paper flowers are being employed to an increasing extent unwhere it is necessary to der all circumstances Howsend Memorial day designs long distances which ever the White House at Washington to various parts of sends such remembrances the country always employs natural flowers from night after night and not know what Instant will be your last One gets accustomed to anything and curiously enough one of the greatest dangers was that we would grow so familiar with our danger that we would ignore it' Familiarity breeds contempt for bursting shells and sharpshooters as for anything else but to relax for a moment and step for an Instant beyond the shelter might cost one bis life” the battle of Lookout Mountain York regiment was In tthe rank and contributed greatly in determining the issne The work of the 215th New York in this Is conservatories famous no means as the president's engagement by of familiar AMOUS examples James as it should be under arms Scbmidling who fought in this regicourage SARCASTIC? WAS HE are usually those dis- ment now the commander of J L in some desplayed Riker and who Post for twenty incidentally nearly "John we have been married perate sortie or some fought in seventeen pitched battles in I want you to tell me something” years if brief recalling the fight above the clouds very spirited "Oh yes Mary you look Just as young and action The courage said: as girlish as you did the first time I ever saw demanded to face imminent danger for “Our regiment was early on the you I have learned to love you more and more without or weeks faltering scene and this promptness had an I wouldn’t be free days as the years have drifted by is certainly of Important efTect on the fortunes of the celebrated less though I if you were to die again if I had a chance as high an order was courage Itf' The battle it will be rememday shouldn’t think of marrying any other woman the such made which as this possible bered was fought above the clouds but I’d spend the rest of my life pining for you long tedious siege of Petersburg perNow in fighting the position of the I admit that your family is much superior to haps the most trying campaign in its troops at the beginning often decides mine I realize that I never should have amounted of the entire war The life be- the battle in advance way Since this batfor influence to anything if it had not been your rehind the bombproofs is vividly tle was fought practically on a mounyou are the best manager I eye? saw your new called by J H Campbell tain top on very high ground the you look fifteen spring hat is very becoming "We were for three months under troops holding an elevated position Eransthwaite yes I continuous years younger than Mrs fire Our position was well naturally had an immense like very much the way you are wearing your advantage within range of the enemy who kept Our regiment held an important vanhair I think of you steadily all day I am sure fire almost cessatheir up without we were tage but of the point ahead that any young woman who would look at me tion main army and faced a force vastly twice would do so only because she wished to "There are a number of bombproofs superior In numbers It was a questhat you make a fool of me and I acknowledge and a series of sheltered roads contion of houra before our reinforcemake a much better showing than any other I think every Now is there necting them so that we could pass ments could come In woman could make on our income from one to another It is one man realized what depended upon us anything else? I’m in a good deal of a hurry to make a charge or meet one thing We but lost heavily but we held our this morning” — Chicago work to quite another day after day ground until the main army arrived ATfrontNew |