The Landswoman August 1920 | Page 17

(( o11/wurd from J>axe 174 ) d 1 og-ctlwr. If packets t I H • 1 \\ 0 I I hnn'l.·"t' t tl d . arc not I tu•n·• ' l' to :-. orf' w ""(' " •n srn lll gl'"' '-- o' 11 I ' , .. ~~ U\Jitl"s • U'iNI soda mint • ,, unttlr-.. . 111 P'\.CI' r· '.:t<''ll • l nt I >Otl p I .an, h l ' 0 r a..,p, nu ('. ~ Oll d bP ~r·atly Jnbr·tlf"'d, '(hi' ,,.,.d.., .. hould not lw pu~ up f>JHH•r in p;u·kt•b. or hotll•·s on ·• !11 f11C ur, l.ty thr·m out for a "hll•· on clP.tll bi.ipPr, 1 \lo ltoJw thf' " hints will bP uc;efuJ and th· . ( . ' .tl I f I ••.Hfr-r-. Ill }fill. • . ,I\ ST>S \}VO(MAN will. try S.tving their ll'\ .rnont 1 am gotng to tell }'0\l a 0 " 11 ..,,•r< .... Jtttlt .dwut tiH ltft>·storv, histor~, and pcrsonalitv TUb L \~1>5\\ O~f.\~ (inrdcn Talks. of tiH' l'oppy. · Ev< ryonr• know.., tJti.., brilliant tlov.er that spark!Ps , 111 ul tlw ga r (•n fif'tcl ... (,f thr· old world, '"lwr, it i" rrg-.tred and of ~ vil feu lis <"<>lour hmt-. at blood. It became th.- ,..: 111 1 10 1 of cl~ :'lth whf'n tlw "on of Tarq.uiniu,; "ur.~~:·r· bu~ .1-.l\< d hm1 \\h:\t s_h_ould .hi' donP w1th thP peoplr- 1,f a c onquf'.rNl clly I arqutn made no verbal reply, hut g-omg 1nlo the· g<~rdPn he slac;hed at th~> hf'arls \)f tlw lnrgt><;t poppif'<; therdn commendiog th~ lll•''':'l( 1 e of the b,.sl and mo<>t influential citY"nc;. \\'hen Pcrsephonc was stof,·n bv Pluto, her mothf'r CPn ... , b('gan a search for hf'r that 1Nl throurrh ali ..., 1 I\. dimbing 1Etna to lig-ht torch".., tha7 ..,}w l'n· 11 1 hht keep on her journf>y throug-h the night. ,1ble to rC:c;tore hPr child, thf' god.;; eau--~ poppi,.., to .;prin~ about her fcf't, and. cur ous as to th('ir nH'<~ning, ... he knelt to look at them cloc;Ply. <;h~ 1nh tlrd thdr bitter, drowsy brf'ath, and put the ,f'l-ds into hN mouth, and presentlv the plant bP- -.td upon her that t"('5t which hl'r poor w• arv hod\ nc((IPd. Poppie;; are offPrt'd to th,. d ad, tlH rf'fon with a lint' •wmboli'm sine(' the,· ... ignify ,Jpc·p. 'I hr Sn'\Oil name> for the plant-pap;g -io: ..,,.id to h:wc n•fNenC'e to the mixing of it-. -;eeds with pnp admini-.tc·rl'd to c-hildren, in ord('r to makr> tlwm <.l1~p; and ac; opium ic; ) i<'lded by the flower wP hm c- tlw origi n of tho..;,. soothing .;;yrup:-. that arP <.till adminic::tE"n'd to the helpless. Growing a;; it <.lid in lh<' corn, it was dedkated to Ceres b' the an( •('nh, who pr pktun" with wheat enrs ,mci poppir-; in her hair. On(' of it.;; auN'r namf'.;;, " C-rachin ~ R osc." recalls a prart ire- of c::triking a poppv petal bPtwe£>n the hand.., in ordl'r to a.;;C"ertain whether or no a lover j, fnithful. Tf it hrf'aks, it o.;ignifie<; that he ic; not trur, hut if it holdc; tog-ether and makrc:; a ron,idcr- ahlc- rC'port , it ic: a rausc fM great rPjoic-ing, ~how­ in~ the b<-tow•d 'c; faithfuln('c:;s lt i-. .;;aici that aftf'r thf' battle of '\eeon\ indrn tlw fil'ld-. \\'l't\. \0\'l'r<'d with c:rarlet poppir..:;, \\'hi\~ th(' pPoplr t<'~ardt•d a ... th<' o:.pill<'d blood of thE' thou,,lnd-. of -.ollliPrs who frll thf'rt', and of the c;ign that thev were nt rPc;t in thf' garden b<'\ond thf' valP ·n \'Cr\' hf'autif11l id('a. t hop<' the baltl<' fic-td-; of Francf' are ahlot7<' with poppies, bccauc::e it wac; alc:o look<'d upon ao.; n sig-n f mm God thnt the loYt"'d onr>c: wprc at rcc;t in H io.; c;afC' k el"ping. \\'e a lc:o h ave from Tndin th<' stor) that aftrr the ma-.o.;nrr<' of C u.,fe r nnd his m t>n b\ thr Siou~ th<> l ndirtns nll<'ged th<' appearance on thP bntt~t' field of n n<:>w fl owe-r, which they called C'u~;tt'r o; hf'art. It had lo ng hard leave<:, c-urved hke n r:walrv ... ahr<' , and c;o c:: h a rp n-: to c-ut the hand th,,t trit'd to tt nr tht>m from thE' ground. Tht> plJnt ''"" undo~thtl'dh th~> popp\. F.. R . '\L THE WORLD'S BEST. OVt:R A U!LllO\ 1SD I H4LF Is\ USE HAVE SE~T S EC U ~ E O ON HI OH EST ONE AWAIWS MONTH 'S IN 0111 ,.11 , FREE EUROPE. TRI A L . c c W~IT E GUARAN· FO~ TEED F ULL FOR PAR· T E :"oi TtCULARS. YEARS. No 2 • Oiabolo," with Stand. R. J . FULL WOOD & BLAN D 3 1 35, Bevende n S treet , Ho:c:ton , LO'\DO", N. What Allotment Holders and Gardeners say about (Martu/ achlr.J ""'" R o;,al L1ttws P tt:mt). Jb, llt'dford ~ n. ~. \\'•1hu· ', Bed~ "I "nte tn sa) that T found RI fO \'try salt laccn Th1 RITO Smllt. for th~ thin,::, I tril:'d it 01 -~fan '' '· Bean", and Tomatoes. '• "Btr)den,.," (<;•J:!" \\'('~t ol) \urn m\:,. r A \I\\'\ \\'\·combe Ro:td, High \\'ycomht, Hurks " lla•l"in~ 11• d )OUr Rll 0 on Flo\\-cro;, Frutt, a nil \'('~ tal>h (o)r two llt'(\~(10 with thl' \'i'f\ hr--t r. su't, r haw ~rr.H pi ur. I" r<'Nmmrnd ing it :\h \rop nf Potatoe~ Onil'n , Ru ln~'r R"anoo:, l'lc , ar, tht" b<'•t I hnn C\'•\ \Hul l h3\ quttl' m;lclo• up my mind to hu\' :tJ.:.Iin nl''l.t \ ·:ar I do nnl !or~ l t' t I' 111\ FA111h about RlTO" ('-i~n~dl \Rl Hl'R \"III 1- Y \1\11'"0'-' RITO llt obl11111~.1 from all 'iu.lsm. t1 1-"l.ui,, 5/q; 14lh ' '': ;IIJ .. t'q Al.Hl 111 1 •. (ltr/oiiS ""'' le! paduts 111 case of dr{fkullv unct vour ordft dtrfCI to Th t Mc>lns~i"' C,o . llol . ~IT, Tunnrl 4-cfn«o', Gr~>~n7lllth, ' I· 11'. 111 u:o/11• 11 (