ON THE MANUSCRIPTS OF GOD 



But, as her silence would seem to bear wit- 

 ness to her modesty, she might not continue 

 to enumerate more of her enchantments. 

 Hence some recipient of her bounty may 

 well continue to celebrate other of her spells, 

 runed in the garden of the humblest man 

 who owns one. And here, in her fairy gifts 

 tested by the sense of taste, the brown en- 

 chantress adds to the complex problem of 

 fragrance the equally knotty one of flavor. 

 Or, does the dear old wiseacre, by some 

 complex formula of her desperately deep 

 chemistry, create something which is at the 

 same time fragrance to the nostrils and 

 flavor to the palate? Such a suggestion 

 comes to us from the odors of strawberries, 

 pineapples, and cantaloupes. 



How psychologically wise, moreover, is 

 the wizardry which knows man's different 

 reactions from the various colors of the 

 fruits and vegetables which he eats! For 

 days when the heat has tampered with his 

 temper, she offers the cool green of the 

 cucumber, and the paler shades of lettuce, 

 limes, and lemons. 



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