Evening Star Newspaper, March 9, 1937, Page 29

Nature’s Children BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY. O SHAD come up your rivers to spawn? The shadbush is said to be the ghost mother of the shad that each Spring comes up the quiet waters to lay eggs. It will repay you to look in the swamps, along the river banks, the moist thickets or the edges of the brooks to see if you can find some of the dainty blossoms. Some call this little bush the swamp sugar-pear on account of the shave of the fruit. The small white flowers are lovely, and in late March or early April, sprays of the dainty little blos- soms, hugging close to the stem, are sighted from afar off. You make your way through the bare woods, to see | what brave little bush is covered with | balls of snow. You find it is the | shadbush, and the hum of early flying msects reminds you that Spring is well on its way and all the living things are busily engaged in making the most of their time. During the early Spring days, if you have an opportunity to get better ac- quainted with the shadbush, you will notice how the flowers and the pale green, shiny foliage have a sort of white woolly coverlet over them. This is really a white cotton that has won- derful absorbent qualities, when both the flowers and the leaves are young and need protection against the damp vapors that always arise from such places during the Spring months. This little cotton quilt prevents the pores of the bush from becoming filled up. This is a real case of the plant actually covering her flower children when the dampness might give them a set-back if they did not have this protection, Visit again this spot when the water s running low or even dried up alto- gether. The foliage will not have & sign of covering, and only the glossy green of the smooth leaves may be seen. Again in June or July, visit this bush, and it will be laden with pur- plish fruit that remind you very much .of giant huckleberries. They | are edible and very tasty. Watch how your friends, the flickers, robins and cedar birds gobble them up. Most likely many folks know this bush as the June bush or service berry. But the Indians, who knew this little bush well, named it the shadbush. To them it had a very special meaning. It was at the time the shad ran up the stream from their home in the sea and at this time of the year they could hear the weird sound of the night hawk on its way north, after & sojourn in the South. To them the three, appearing at one time, caused the legend to be repeated to the young folks, “that the white blos- soms of the bush were the gentle spirits of the shad ancestors, and the strange cries also proceeded near the blossoms, which were trying to THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1937. Young Washington Helping keep the 7-A records straight at the Anacostia High School. June Proffit, 11, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel E. Proffit, 3109 Nichols avenue southeast, is shown operating the card system. Tomorrow: Elizabeth Mahoney, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Mahoney, at the Anacostia High School. —Star Staff Photo. warn the shad mothers that they would soon pass on to their reward.” These dainty little bushes seem to lose their beauty and appeal if re- moved from their chosen site. So it is far better to leave them there, unless you have a bit of ground that could be acceptable to this wildling without trying to change its method of living. (Copyright, 1937.) A F. G. E. Unit to Meet. The American Federation of Gov- ernment Employes, Lodge 28, of St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, will hold its reg- ular montly meeting tonight at the | Junior Order Temple, 2407 Minne- sota avenue southeast. BUST ADVERTISEMENT. Gray Hair Best Remedy is Made At Home You can now make at home a better one-fourth ounce of glycerine. Any| druggist can put this up or you can mix it yourself at very little cost. 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