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THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS
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(Richard L. Metcalfe in the Omaha Nebraskan)
TTENRY WARD BEECHER said that flowers
are the sweetest things God ever made and
forgot to put a soul into. But we doubt if they
are soulless when we remember how fully they
meet certain necessities of men. There are some
things too deep for words; some things too sacred
for language; and so where griefs are voiceless we
use flowers to give expression to our thoughts.
And just as a note of music serves to stir the souls
of men, so the perfume of the flower finds the per
fume of the human heart coming to meet it more
than half the way.
Men are only boys grown tall, for hearts don’t
change much after all; and even the grown folks
take kindly to the legends of the flower garden.
When we look at the modest violet with its
heavenly blue, we are prepared to accept the chil
dren's story that when God cut the holes in the
heavens to let the stars shine through and the
scraps fell down to earth, men picked them up
and called them violets. We can not be real skep
tics when we are told that the Father of us all
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thought purity for every creature, and the un
spotted Rose of White blossomed at the feet of
men; that He thought of mothers, and the royal
hearted Rose of Red sprang into being; that He
thought patience, and the humble Pansy, purple
with Love’s wound, turned its gentle face to the
smiles of little children; that He thought of mercy,
the quality that falleth like the gentle rain from
heaven, and the Verbena, flower of pity and con
secration, blossomed at Calvary, serving to render
soft for blessed feet the path of thorns, and hunt
ed out the waysides of the world to cheer the
hopeless hearts of men; that He thought of never
failing Love Divine, and the sweet Forget-me-not,
humblest and most faithful of all the buds that
bloom, knelt at His feet and gave to men a song
that rang round all the world.
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WON ALL THE SCHOOL PRIZES
Eight Thousand Negroes Attended
Graduation Exercises at Conven
Hall Last Night.
Kansas City, Mo., June 8, 1917.—
Kansas City’s Negro population—
eight thousand strong—was out last
night to witness the graduation of
fifty-one seniors from Lincoln High
School. The exercises were held in
Convention Hall and no admittance
fee was charged. There were thirty
eight girls and thirteen boys in the
class. The girls were dressed in
white and the boys wore their cadet
uniforms.
The school orchestra, directed by
N. Clark Smith, furnished music, and
orations were given by the following
seniors: Helen Mae Brown, Ora A,
Bond, Doris Wells and Cecelia Ethel
ena Smith. The anniversary alumni
address was given by the Rev. Char
les A. Williams of Denver, Colo., a
member of the class of 1892. James
A. Nugent of the board of education
presented the diplomas.
The presentation of prizes was a
one-student affair, Cecelia Ethelena
Smith being awarded all of them,
two $50 scholarships and two gold
honor pins. Miss Smith is an orphan
girl and has worked her way through
school. One scholarship prize wTas
awarded by the Kansas City Medical
Society and the other bv the alumni.
The money will be paid to the insti
tution to which Miss Smith goes for
further education.
Eudell Johnson, a graduate, dem
onstrated a motor car, a product of
the motor training department of the
school. The parts of the machine
were bought fro mjunk shops for less
than $100 and put together at the
school. Johnson drove his rebuilt car
from the back of the hall onto the
stage.—Kansas City Times.
Mrs. Ed Cannady, editor of The
Portland Advocate, en route to her
home in Texas, will stop over in
Omaha next week as the guest of Mrs.
Alphonso Wilson.
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