Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-07-26 | Page 5 | Every Flower Has a Story All Its Own

EVERY FLOWER HAS A STORY ALL ITS OWN i THE PANSY For heartsease and thoughts stands the dainty little pansy The name Is derived from the French word "pen- I sees,'' meaning thoughts 0 Called Stepmother In Germany and Scandinavia the pansy Is called the stepmother. This story grow out of the fad that there are five heart-shaped petals and behind be-hind these are five green sepals. The lower petal Is the stepmo'.her who i (uses two chairs, the two sepals. At either side of hor are her daughters, who have to content themselves with one chair In olden times, love philters were made from the Julco of the pansy. If It was rubbed on the eyelids ot a sleeping person. It would cause them to fall madly In love with the next living being they saw Fairies Created Pansy One night. Just before midsummer ! eve. tho fairies gathered to decide what they should do to make the i world more beautiful They created 1 a new flower., taking blue from the sky. varying f hades of red from the I sunsot, yellow from tho sunbeams and a warm brown from tho earth They worked all night and In the morning thero were pansles all gorge I ously colored An angel, who heard of the beauty of the blossom, gave it her blessing. Then she kissed it and passed on, leaving the Impress of her face upon the flower.