Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 April 1910 — LOVE AND FLOWERS. [ARTICLE]

LOVE AND FLOWERS.

The Advice a Discerning; Woman Gave Unto Her Daughter. My daughter, wouldst thou know a man’s secret? Go to the florist, then, O simple one, for in him every man repose,-, his confidence. Yea, by the flowers which he sendeth a woman shall ye judge the quality of a man’s love, likewise the quantity and exact stage. * As violets pass unto roses, and roses unto cheap carnations, aud carnations unto naught, so passeth his grand passion from the first throes into matrimony. Lo, at the beginning of .a lore affair

mark with what care a man selectetb his flowers in person,, that not a wilted violet shall offend thine eyes! * Yet as time passeth he telephoneth his orders and leaveth it all to the clerk. And there cometh a day when he murmureth wearily, “I say, old chap, make that a standing order, Will iyour Then the florist' heaveth a sigh, for he kpoweth that the end is at hand. Yea, this Is the mark of an engaged man who doeth his duty. So after the wedding bouquets all orders shall cease together, and until he seeketh flowerrs for his wife’s grave that man shall not again enter a florist’s shop. For stale carnations, bought upon the street corner and carried home In a paper bag, are a fit offering for any wife. Yet a funeral rejoiceth the florist’s heart and maketh him to smile, for he knoweth that a widower’s next order shall be worthy of & new cause and the game shall begin all oveb again. ■ Verily, verily, my daughter, I charge thee, account no man in love until he hath gone forth into the gardens and the fields and plucked thee a few dinky pansies or stray weeds with his own hands. For when a man.sendeth thee violets it may mean only..sentiment, and when he sendeth thee orchids it may be only a bluff, but when he doeth real work for any woman it meaneth business. Selah!—London Tit-Bits.