Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-07-15 | Page 5 | Every Flower Has a Story All Its Own

EVERY FLOWER j j HAS A STORY I ALL ITS OWNi 4 THI. VIOLET, ( When the modern young woman re-; re-; eelves a corsage of loleta she is Justified Justi-fied in assuming that her admirer wlsjies to asoure he." of his fidelity. jThls Interpretation of the violet dates j lack to the Middle Ages, when fair ladles gave a violet to their knighu-1 knighu-1 errant as an emblem of faithfulness. 1 ooeause in the poetic language of, j flowers the violet is the symbol of i modesty and constancy The violet was the favorite flower I of the Greeks and Romans and the , national flower of the Athenians Dur- i:ip Nnpoleon's exile at Elba, it became be-came the secret emblem of his follow -. is . nd he was spoken of as Colonel Violett. I An eld Greek legend tells of the jM violet's oriRin Midas, king of Phry- glo, hod a beautiful daushter, Ianthls. i who was betrothed to Atys. Apollo saw her r.nd became so enamored of her he-iuty that he demanded her In mail I a Re. 1 II I King Midas hated Apollo and re- jl ! fused to give his consent Then the sun-god decided to carry her off. ! lan'.his. who was one of -tho attend- j ants of Diana, cried to her mistress H for help when Apollo attempted fa 1 seize her. Diana, hearing the call ' for help, transformed Ianthis into a I violet by the roadside Hidden by her 'own leaves. Apollo failed to find her and left.