Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-07-19 | Page 5 | Every Flower Has a Story All Its Own

EVERY FLOWER HAS A STORY ALL ITS OWN 4- 4 THE SNOWDROP The snowdrop, one of the daintiest dainti-est and earliest spring flowers, is dedicated to the Virgin Mary since! it is the emblem of purity and 1 chastity It was said that any one j wearing It would have only lofty and pure thoughts. A more recent su- 1 perstitlon is that should a girl eat ! the tirst snowdrop she finds the sun j and wind will not tan her during that summer. Friendship in adversity, consolation 1 and hope is tho significance of the snowdrop in the language of flowers. TO COMFORT EVE The legend of how the snowdrop I came to earth follows: j When Adam and Eve were driven I from Paradise, Eve, overcome with sorrow and regret, wept bitterly. The Father was touched with pity and I sent an angel to comfort her, While the angel was speaking to Eve, aj snowflako fell upon her hand. Sud: i denly Ir was translormed Into a deli- cate white flower. The angel bade I Eve be of good cheer and said "Let this flower be a symbol of the sunshine sun-shine and summer that will como again." When the angel left thous anda of beautiful drooping blossoms sprang up w here he had been stand- ; ing. SNOWDROP REVIVED HOPE Another Interesting tale Is told about the snowdrop as a symbol of hope and consolation During tho j Crimean wor the allied forces, while encatnped before Sebastopol. were J suffering severe privations and were vr-rv discouraged because of the extremely ex-tremely cold and long winter. One day. an excited trooper rushed into a tent, several snowdrops in his hands. The men were overjoyed by the appearance of these harbingers of spring and their hope and couiage revived.