FOREST GROVE PRESS, FORLS1 GROVE, OREGON, THURSDAY, JU LY 3, 1313. Forest Grove Steam Laundry W ood, C o ld C o a l, S to rage a n d Ice. HERTZ & LATTA Cor. 5th Ave. and 2nd St., F o rest G ro v e , O re. Watch and Use the Want Ads and you’ll not need to be a mind reader The thought has often come to you perhaps, that you could easily solve most difficulties if you were a mind reader—if you could for instance,KNOW who would be glad to rent your property, or to buy it; who would be glad to employ you. Want advertisers, and those who watch the want ads, learn these things in a BUSINESS W A Y —not through occult means. S. A. WAI.KER H. LJDYARD WALKER & LIDYARD S H O E M A K E R S The Flower Lovers T h ey S p o k e O n ly In F lo w e r Language B y F. A . M I T C H E L March 1. My Dear Adele—Hero we are In our new home in this quaint New England town, which I think can have changed very littU* in the last 200 years. The people u ho lived in it then were doubt­ less well to do. for there are many places which were at that time quite Imposing. Our house is built ou the street. wJth a terrace gardeu In the rear, ni^s the place on one side la much the same. Everything smacks o f the seventeenth or eighteenth century. I am glad that we have taken [Kisses- slon before the flower planting season, for I am sure I shall be devoted to the old fashioned gurden. 1 shall secure the service« o f a man to spude up the bed* fur me. but I shall do all tbe rest of tile work myself. You should see how artificially they nre luld out. every one Inclosed In n narrow border. Besides, there ure low hedge« and dwarf trees cut in shapes that remind one of tlie present cubist pictures. Willie our garden has been iong neg­ lected. the one beside It has been well Kept up. Everything there Is as trim as if Miss Dorothy Somebody in tbe quaint costume of two centuries ago was still caring for It. Some one doubt­ less lives there who cares for flowers, for. though spring has scarcely arrived, I can see that when the season comes I shall look out u|>on a delightful sceue. Your loving RUTH. March 12. I have discovered who It Is that U In­ terested In keeping up the gurden next door, and m.v discovery Is surprising. The dower cultivator is not n woman, but a man. Who would expect a man to take an interest In dowers? 1 wish rather that he would take an in­ terest in me. for lie is due looking, and from observing him through the win­ dow, carefully concealed by tlie cur- j talus. I am sure I shall like him. But I fear he Is not Inclined to be neigh- j borl.v. for. though we have been here { nearly two weeks, he bus not called. March 20. 1st Ave. N., near Main St. I have learned something ubout our next door neighbor. They any he is peculiar, [»referring to live alone lu the We are prepared to do house lie lias Inherited from n long the very best of all line o f ancestors. He neither goes kind of shoe work. out Into company nor entertains. This is strange In a man who cannot be more than thirty years old. They sav he loves only two tilings in the world Special attention given —his library and Ills garden. What a to crippled feet. temptation for me to make him love a third tiling, which Is human—a temptation to which 1 have already ,i lelded! 1 must attack him through tils taste for dowers since 1 know nothing of hooks Indeed. I think I shall keep away from him, fearing to reveal my T i n n i n g a n d P lu m b in g , S h e e l shallowness until t shall have effect­ ed an entrance to Ills favor through M etal W o rk an d R e ­ Ills plants I have already two men p a ir S h o p . digging up my heds preparatory to the siege 1 am about to lay to his heart, lie little thinks that there Is one next door to him who Is plntinlng to blitter North First Avenue, between Main ami down I lie old fashioned high brick w all that protects him and his garden from “ A ” Streets; phone 863. us and ours and that my siege guns will he roses and lilies and geraniums and peonies But I must be careful not to let him come near me until I have effected tills breach. What would ! ! I do If he were to begin to talk to me liefore I had excited an Interest through our tsith loving the snme thing? What would I say If he should a t th e speak nlKiiit the relntlon between the edict o f Nnntes and the Thirty Years' war? The only war I am Interested In is the war o f the roses which I pro 1 00 fo r $ 1 .2 5 |K>se to wage myself. UP-TO-DATE MACHINERY W M . W E IT Z E L BUTTER WRAPPER P R IN T IN G FOREST GROVE PRESS 250 fo r 500 $ 1 .7 5 fo r $ 2 .2 5 T h e A n sc o C a m e ra approaches very near perfection as a picture taker. The manufacturer have spent years o f time and a great deal o f money per­ fecting these machines. They are now a means o f Education and a great source o f enjoyment for old and young alike. Don't fail to take an Ans«-o with you on your Vacation trip. W e have them at all prices from $2.00 to $20.00 Littler s Pharmacy THE PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS Phone 901 April 10. My neighbor next door Is taking Ills plants from his conservatory and put­ ting them In beds I ant using sets!* almost entirely, for my gnrden lias not been cultivated for years. Me. too. Is laying out a few spaces to be filled In with fteed* I am doing all to make my gnrden attractive. What plants I buy are o f rare and beautiful varieties. My neiglilHir's plant* nre chiefly what he lias always possess««]. All I can do Is to innke my garden ns beautiful ns possible. On that I teljr to attract him. will do for the. ordinary man, hut not an Ideal one. 1 have been working In my garden a great deal, und I presume he must hav* seen me from an upper V’ fudow. for tha wall between our places 1* so Mgn that he '’ould not have ¡seen me from tils garden or tbe ground ihair. I am delighted at my success. This liookworm flower lover has been made to feel a sympathy. He has been attracted to one who loves what he loves Anil now let us see whether the seed planted lu his heart will grow like tbe plants lie loves so well. lint I must res|Kiml to tils greeting Evidently he Is an ideal person or he would not have taken such au Ideal method of communication. He will look for a reply in kind. Can you not I give me some condensed sentiment [ about flowers that I limy put It In the ground for him to read when the let- j ters spring lip? I have hunted for something bountiful, impressive. Ideal, hut can find nothing to suit me. Skyrocket Still Holds Supremacy Among Fireworks ************************** T HE skyrocket, with Its possibill ties of flight, color and varie- gated display, still holds its position o f primacy ns the most beautiful o f all fireworks. -The tiring composition extends around a hollow, conical bore for three-quar­ ters o f Its length. When tired the bore fills with heated gas, which, forcing its way down through the narrow central orifice, urges the rocket up through the air. Above the firing composition Is a plaster o f parls plug, through which a fuse communicates with the head. : which contains the stars, sparks, ser­ pents. crackers or goliLund silver rain to be scattered by bursting fire as soou as the rocket has reached Its highest point. These beautiful effects, which ex ­ perts call the “ garniture.” are largely trade secrets, always kept Inviolate by the firms possessing them, in success­ ful experiments with garniture for rockets and shells the pyrotechnist finds his richest rewards, while failures are often attended by unforeseen de­ struction o f property or life. Some of the later devices In rockets are o f surpassing beauty In grace of j motion, brilliancy o f tire and variety of color. The new "golden cloud" rocket, for example, presents to the eye, nt the highest point o f Its fiery flight, a huge and gorgeous cloud mass. Mazing brilliantly for some moments j I and dropping streams of fire rain far ; fl below. How such an expansive and ¡J continued display can follow upon the | ¡j flight o f so small a projectile Is a secret save to a o f the higher guild o f pyrotechnists. The larger rockets of this type—they cost $8 each—fairly fill the upper air with fire o f dazzling brilliancy. Even more Impressive and wonderful Is the “ mammoth balloon rocket." j t which makes the largest aerial display 13 yet achieved by pyrotechnic skill. At a height o f (100 feet this rocket re- I ;; lenses simultaneously seven balloons with variegated signal stars attached. , These float In the air for some time. \ burning with changing colors of In­ tense brilliancy. With ttmse the patrl- ' otic citizen can burn up his money quickly. They nre sold for $12 each. Another high novelty Is the “ diamond chain” rocket, which rist's to a great height and then projects a Serb's of fiery chains with diamond shaped links, which change swiftly In color as they slowly descend nnd finally dls- npjienr In tlie distance amid a shower | o f colored stars nnd golden rain. May 2«. Your letter Is received, and I am de- ! lighted with your suggestion. You are right In saying that the words are the most beautiful, the most touching and I comprise the most o f any written or spoken ubout flowers. “ Consider the lilies o f the Held; they toll not, neither do they spin, and yet I say unto you j that Solomon In nil his glory was not j arrayed like one o f these.” The words are a poem In themselves, a far more effective poem than If they had been written out In stanzas with a rime In every second line. But I can only give a part of them In flower letters. Complete they would take up too much room. Tw o or three words would be quite enough to suggest the whole. I think I shall put In only lilies, and they to read. “ They toll not.” June 10. Not being willing to wait for the seed to spring up. I planted the words In lilies. I did It at night, and when the sun shone bright In the morning It glistened on the dew that sprinkled ray message I found that I had plant- j <>d them so as to form pretty well shaped letters. I have been In hopes that my correspondent would permit mi to see Ids lippracintlon o f my work. It s ciiis to me that were I a man and a woman arranged so beautiful a mes- sag«- in so beautiful a method I would go out on the balcony and shout my appreciation But thus far. If he has admired It. he has done so in conceal­ ment For all I know he Is complete­ ly oblivious to what I have done. June 30. Fancy, my dear, your s«>e!iig me standing by my window chipping my hands I was wrong in thinking that my corr«>s|ioiident was unappreciative. On rising this morning and looking down into his garden a touching sight met my eyes. Hoses have been 111 bloom during the month, but my cor­ n's! »undent has not used them for mes- COLONEL MARTIN’S BANQUET. sng«*s till today, and even now he uses only one Since my last letter F irs t One to Com m em orate the Fourth of July. there has been time for some s««*ds to The first banquet to commemorate spring Into green letters—I know not yet o f what plant—and what do you the Declaration o f Independence took suppose they spell? But first I must place at Colonel Martin’s hostelry in tell you that they were planted In a Boston on July 4. 1780. The following circle, in the center of which was a was the toast list First.—"Th e grand congress o f the single rose In full bloom. Indo«'d. Its petals were beginning to fall. 1 could the United States.” Second.—"General Washington nnd ! see several of them under It on the ground But the words that Inclosed the American army.” Third.—“ His most Christian majesty them—they were quoted from Moore's beautiful poem "Th e Last Hose of Sum­ the king o f France.” Fourth.—"H is most Catholic majesty mer,” "Oh. who would Inhabit this the king of Spain.” bleak world alone?” Fifth.—“ The strength and unity of Now. hasn't this been a unique bit of loveinnklng? And yet all the girls the triple nlllnnre." Sixth.—“ The council of the Massa­ In the town have been living In the delusion that this man was not to be chusetts state." Seventh.—"Th e new levies for the won from his castle. I have broken down the wall, ns I planned, or have war In 17S0.” Eighth.—“ General Lincoln and the at least drawn him to the top o f It. for on going Into my garden after officers nnd soldiers In captivity." Ninth.—“ The Marquis Lafayette.” breakfast a head appeared above It Tenth.—"M ay the officers o f the Bos­ and my neighbor stood—on a ladder- ton regiment be spirited: may they he looking at me. I "1 should have claimed the privilege I supporte«! In mnklng the regiment o f of h neighbor,” he said, "before this, the town respectable.'' Eleventh.—“T o the memory o f Gen­ but"— "You were more Interested In your eral Montgomery and all the officers flowers than In those living beside and soldiers who have fallen In the glorious cause o f liberty.” you." T w elfth .—“ May Americans never for- “ 1 have noticed that you have tbe same taste." j get that virtue, valor nnd science iwls- domi nre the bulwarks o f their high "Indeed. I lore them dearly.” "N o man can love flowers ns a w o­ [ beneficence." man will love them, but 1 confess I Thirteenth—“ May the anniversary enjoy them.” o f American Independence be celebrat­ And so the dialogue went on. Seeing ed till time shall be no more.” that my water [K it was empty, he ' Jump««! down Into my gnrden and. tak­ THE FIRST CELEBRATION. ing It from my hand, went to the fau­ cet and Hlled It for me and sprluklcd Jo y »nd F e stiv ity In P h ila d elp h ia on my plniits. J the F o u rth of Ju ly , 1777. O f the event In I’ hlladelphln, where July 30. A month has passed since I wrote the Fourth had been born the previous you. my r nnd Jumped down over tbe "Last Friday, being the first anniver­ have eclipsed my neighbor. From my garden wall nearly every day. H e Is sary o f the Independence of the Unit­ window I have seen him admiring my ' not liookish at all. though I know he ed States o f America, wns celebrated display. A few days ago I saw him go Is a great reader. He doesn't seem In this city with Joy and festivity. to a tie«! and prepare It to receive some fo rare for Intellectual women, which About noon all tbe arnietl ships and seeds. I wonder what he Is going to Is lucky for nte. He says that I must galleys In the river were drawn up be­ plant th«>re—something very nice, for have a rare Ideality or 1 would never fore the city, dresse«! In the gay«*st he was particular about getting It have conceived that Idea nbout the manner, with the colors o f tbe United smooth, throwing out every loose stone lllle*. I suppose I should conf«««» to States and streamers displayed, and and making the soil very Hue. him that von gave me that, but 1 can't, at 1 o’clock, the yards being properly reolly I doubt If a woman capable manne«!. they began the day by a dls- May 20 of laying n trap for a man ami catching charge o f thirteen guns from each ship I have made a discovery today. The him In it can have a very tender con- * n^ one from each o f the thirteen gal- ; seed he planted a w«>ek ago Is coming science. leys In honor o f the thirteen United I'P In very singular curves. They lo«'k ------ States. somethin« like letters. I am beside Aug. 15. “ In the afternoon an elegant dinner myself with curiosity to know If they This has tx>on the snmmcr at my life was prepared for the congress then In sre letters. If they all broke the soli Rut the flower»—oh. the poor flowers— session here, to which all distinguished together I could tel*, but they do not. n hleh have bronght all this happiness! citizens and strangers o f eminence Some are sluice the ground, while oth They have been dying for water. I were Invited. • • • The Hessian ers are lielow It. A few days will tell. nnd. shameful to relate, we have been bands o f music, captured at Trenton s«i iihserlKMl In each other that we have on the 26th o f December Inst by Gen Msy s i not notl«-«>d that while we hnv* been eml Washington, attended and helght- They sre letter«—not only letters, hut In b'lss they have lieen shriveling for ened tbe festivity with some fine per- s message for ree They spell "W e l­ want o f attention. 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