Show l Vt NER AL FLOWERS S I A PROMINENT church official ten en years yeara years ago ago started an International al at movement tor to abolish the sending send send- fog ing of flowers to funerals He Ile said Take the ros roses rosee s and put them not f rn a coffin corrIn but ut in the lapel of the coat of the tab laboring man man on his Way Work so The Th gentleman did nor succeed ed d In abolishing s a custom th that thai Is la ally beautiful A love tov forfI tor flowers werl Is Isa Isa a sign Ign qt pi refinement native Os' Os or ac acquired c c- A flower is a symbol of f fI I Joy jOil In its living texture Nature concentrates n rat s saU all aU the glow f sun sun- Illg and the spark sparkle e of fl stars rT There ere is a an appealing te teti d 1 esa In their friendly faces that has made them seem appropriate gifts to ber be- be bereaved r aved friends But nut sometimes the custom of send lend sendIng lag Ing fl flo flowers vere erl to funerals is s so so overdone over oter- done as aa as to constitute a heavy tax on families that can ill afford it for it has haa come to the point where people frequently are called stingy for not doing it The sentiment of love and sympathy sympathy sym sym- pathy pa hy is often more eloquently expressed expressed expressed ex ex- pressed in the tho little tittle bunch of blossoms blossoms blos blos- BomB plucked plucked by a lady from her garden gar gar- garden den than it is in tn the of roses sent by the fraternity to which the deceased may have belonged And those who grieve for their dead know this to be true |