Show SEEDS I 1 0 a I 1 california Cali fornias eucalyptus free grow from a handful of australian seeds eod seeds of kindness will similarly aly enrich our personal lives L by WINIFRED WILLARD A thing for him to send S SIMPLE from australia by sio slow sailing walling ship to his wife nt at homo home in comor Cell tor nin just a handful of small thing to bother with dig big thing to re reckon ckon wit with ai in tho the long run for this handful of seeds gave america all tho the glory of our eucalyptus lovely in its silvery blue blu grcen egre foliage tol lago its spicy fragrance always announces anse its presence nothing ea alsa se smells like it by tile tho standard of tho the dollar eucalyptus leaves sap bark and fiber turn themselves into good american money in tile tho cour course so of every year for medicines tonics preparations that many thousands ands of us use without knowing how wo we got them any inventory of Cali fornias claims to pro eminency roses uie tho year round sun kissed oranges sun mado made raisins must reckon with tho the wealth of tho the eucalyptus and with tho the two people unpretentious and unassuming who laid that wealth in Cali fornias lap william taylor pioneer preacher practical man of affairs and his little homemaking home homo making wife she too looked into the future U seeing what these seeds could become of beauty and blessing then sho she did the practical things needed to make them grow tho the seeds her husband sent her w or worthless until she planted them growth of a friendship two travelers on happy holiday in florida stopping to call on a friend it was a carefree glad day under the palm trees beside the lovely lako lake in winter park they wrote about tt it to one whose name was often on their lips that day return mall mail brought a handful of seeds and introduction to other friends away from home and restless tor for compan companionship lon ship these seeds started to sprout passing days cultivated them until a rare and lovely treasure of friendship grew that becomes more beautiful with the years tho the auditor of an important educational cat ional group was a regular traveler traveling grows monotonous but offers a chance chanca generally to catch up on rest and to read a bit this particular trip was long the auditor was weary of figures and of balances that did not easily balance 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 a bit fearful she seemed eager for 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 her desire to doze and gave herself up to listening while the little lady talked it was not much to do but tt 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 gardens of life its loveliest wo we have to take chances on them same as on everything elso else these special seeds which the traveler sawed in ix a section of the sleeping car grew to friendship that abided until that wistful little body who quite accustomed to trains and traveling slipped away across the final river now tangibles tangi bles are not the only values sometimes they are 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 because you were so good to me that day little thing big thing either view you take adventure in m Companion companionship shi lp queer things seeds I 1 sometimes we dont recognize them take that luncheon at tons mayflower 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 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 weeks that followed saw it grow through comfortable companionship and congenial fellowship low ship becoming a real adventure along the alluring lanes of friendship however sophisticated we w are however far we shy away from show of sentiment it yet remains that every forest oak was once onca with in the tiny compass of the acorn acom that sounds old fashioned but Is as modern as today lite life continues to grow great results from seeds so small that often we tall fall to see or to believe how they can be important to our purposes when our spirits are negative we sometimes cast these seeds away losing what might become very precious to us not every handful of seeds produces a glory of eucalyptus not every train acquaintance pays the scots with a gleaming diamond that would put the whole business on too low a level but every seed holds in predictable possibilities copyright 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