Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 November 1884 — Women and Flowers. [ARTICLE]

Women and Flowers.

Nearly all women love flowers, and there is something so delicaie, so much unsaid yet suggested in flowers, that the simple gift of one is always appreciated by a woman —not to speak of the different sentiments that with different kinds of flowers. It is very interesting to note how differently people regard flowers. Why, I can tell almost moment h woman enters whether she is fond of them: Women who love flowers always havg faces, soft ’-ways, and gentle dispositions. One of that kind rarely asks for the fashionable flower because it is fashionablle. She lovfes flowers for their own sake, and consequently she is almost sure to call for her favorites, whether in fashion or not. The woman who cares for flowers simply because they are fashionable, is generally one of the cold, haughty, airy kind. She will look around critically, seize some flower and pull it out of a bunch, sometimes breaking off a leaf or catching one of its thorns in another rose, tearing the petals. That’s the difference you see. The' other lady handles them with a gentle caressing touch almost as if they were human.— Boston Traveller.