Show THE LILY IN LEGEND i all countries have woven stories around the beautiful easter flower F ALL the flowerie that hat blow OF 0 there are few about which as many stories are told as the illy says gertrude M oreilly ORe llly in ill the philadelphia la ledger from all parts of the world they come weaving a fair cloak of romance around the blossom that surp asseth solomon in all his glory lory the lilies of caucasus for example change their color after the rain has fallen their white petals blushing rosy pink at the kiss of the shower and the peasants will not dot fall to give you the reason should you ask long long centuries ago they will tell you there lived a valiant soldier who had bad one daughter tamara the most beautiful maiden the world had ever seen fair as a lily illy was her skin and bright as gold her long silken curls and all who saw her loved her for her beauty and her charm war broke out in a neighboring country and her I 1 father was called to arms long and bravely he fought and ever by his side rode his friend the chief of a nearby castle until one bitter day an arrow found his comrades heart |