Show THE RIOT OF COLOR IN THE HILLS Nature has a various palette And with what deftness the colors I are applied In the early spring comes a day when a dim touch of green is js barely discernible the he pigment is increased until tinted with we acknowledge acknowledge acknowledge edge that spring is here Then come the summer months with deep foliage hues soli solid with the difference difference difference dif dif- ference apparent in in the green the greasewood here a different green from the alfalfa in the field just beyond beyond beyond be be- yond the fence Then having fixed that hat at in in mind a trip to the hills shows the somber green of cedars and pines subdued withheld a modest color if one may so term it Then as summer nears an end we note that tha yellow the grains tur turn to giving that hue Then follows a change in the summer summer summer sum sum- mer coloring until we come to Fall Dame Nature has tried her pigments r found the ones suitable for each plant life pe peem 14 d l di them em and we admire the harmony Nature differs from the actor on the stage The human actor puts on the up make-up uses th the e high colors p paints and dresses t the e part catching the eye for the scene of the present But Dame Nature Nature Nature Na Na- ture calls little attention to herself until the momen moment t comes when she is about to leave the th stage stage stage- then the n she throws on a riot of color color color- gaudy hues flaring reds rich browns and intense yellows It is her fil final fi final fi- fi nal l fling Done just on the moment when the cu cue e of winter calls from the wings that the act is is over Then we go out in the hills and yonder maple thicket is visited to get the bright leaves the quaking quaking quaking ing aspen patch on the hillside is a blaze blaze of glory Way up yonder a dab of richest red arrests I the eye aYe Somber for months now she paints paints- th the e palette is spread with the primary colors and without without with with- out subduing them she puts one in h here re another i in n there and we stand and admire Landscapes are pretty at any time of the year but the autumnal hues the rich variety the many eye-catching eye flashes have an appeal existing only at that time Maybe your interest this week is is in in inthe the deer dee r hunt with or without doe permit but surely you will wil see and the beauty will register That the fall is the time of a riot of colors in the hills hills hills- Natures Nature's use of oi the palette she has been toying with all the year year year- and one final touch of splendor before she leaves the fhe stage r |