Show IIO I FLOWERS nS IN WINTER Tho The girls put a bouquet of or roses and carnations tons on the dinner tn table le the other and it i seemed that one of winters winter's charms charms had been ma made e evident e Here Iere was bloom and fragrance fragrance and and all aU the he world out outside was white with wih snow snowS and beaten upon b by chilling winds All AJ the glory glor of summertime was caught in the prisms of these blooms and all aJ tho the odor of Araby the nl Blest st was lavished upon them them and the season of or all al splendid colors was gathered and centered In the little handful of or flowers which graced the center of ot a winter table What a wonderful alchemy iy It It It- ItIs is that constructs a n roset How marvelous is the chemistry which wins win from favoring bre breezes zes the suggestions of or pleasant pleasnt fiel fields s. s and adds It to the colors of the carnation Is the essence essence essence es es- es- es sence of oC June days the fullness of Augusts August's endowment the wonderful magnificence of oC September mornings mornings all all gathered in fn the blooms that are brought to the table One looks E at nl them hem smells of oC them and then sees through h clo closed cd eyes ees the Ig fg dense woods with fragrant earth alth and the tho mingled scent of oC many leaves leave the Unmatched unmatched un un- matched airs of or primitive things One catches the royal purple of or the pansies that grow In In profusion where the tho soil oll i is rich and the southern hillsides s catch the sun and andare andare andare are protected b by many trees from t the e disturbing wi wino ne For Nature needs quiet In her miracles One seems to tread vagrant pathways pathway with wilh fallen lea leaves and bits bis of oC twigs underneath the feet Ceet and to catch the scarlet of daring fower flowers that reveal the hiding place of medicinal roots the golden yellow of ot bloom that borrows forever from the sun the thu myriad shades of green that tho the picture rc They are all In Iii the little bundle al of ot ro roses es and carnations that grace the winter dinner table How Hois' is 11 he lie who isho scan cnn can bring his blessings awa away with wih him How rich the woman who ho carries her Joys wherever whore she ma may go Our friendships our loves of oC other days as our memories of ecstasy ecstasy- these are winter flowers fowers that we have the happiness to lo enjoy enjo long after the event which gave birth to them has vanished |