Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 March 1902 — Magic Orchid of Java. [ARTICLE]

Magic Orchid of Java.

In Java there is an orchid, the grammatophylium, all the flowers of which open at once, as if by the stroke of a fairy wand, and they also all wither together. Only one hotel in the United States refuses to furnish towels to its patrons. Every guest must furnish his own. The hotel washes them gratis. Smoking is permitteu in the prisons of Belgium only as a reward for good behavior.