“EVERY BULB A GEM” 
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THE ROMANCE OF “GLADLAND” GARDENS 
Pure Love, like a Mystic Dream O’Beauty 
Came Smiling Thru on a most Brilliant day. 
Stately Lavender and the Heavenly Blue Orchid 
Were loved by this Debonair fiancee. 
Lady Christabel, the fairest Oregon beauty, 
Whose Blonde chum was sweet Aida Booth, 
Was truly loved by Erica Morini, 
A Tip Top Wuertembergia youth. 
Their Romance was a real Pfitzer’s Triumph, 
Filled with Rapture, the Purest of All; 
Resplendent as the pearly Gate of Heaven, 
Aflame with Pure Love’s Gladsome call. 
He would say, “My Lady Love, my own Gloriola! 
My Sunny side Sweetheart! I’m on Wings of Joy! 
To me, you’re an Ideal Inspiration, 
And my true love, Red Fire can’t destroy. 
“I will buy you a Mammoth White diamond; 
To Picardy and Schenectady we will go; 
There’ll be Loyalty, Luxury, and Constancy 
’Til our Golden Anniversary we know.” 
She answered, “My True Blue Triumphator! 
I love you with glorious delight! 
The sweet Golden Dream, you now mention, 
Is like a Flaming Meteor of Ecstacy so bright.” 
So she married this modern Eighth Wonder Othello; 
She called him in Faith, her own Troubadour; 
With the Blue Danube waltz, and the Serenade 
Played by Ludwig Von Beethoven for sure. 
The bridal gown was a Yellow Perfection, 
With a Spray of Gold silk bridal veil 
That shimmered like a Golden Fleece around her; 
All a Golden Dream of beauty so frail. 
Commander Koehl and the Moorish King of Morocco, 
Mildred Louise, Libelle, and Mother Machree, 
Lady Eaton, Johann S. Bach, and Thomas A. Edison, 
All attended this wedding Jubilee. 
Col. Chas. Lindbergh, in the Spirit of St. Louis, 
The Golden Cup Glory of U. S. A. 
Took this couple on another Winged Victory, 
Flying from Oregon to Champlain in a day. 
They now live near the Mitsch Glad Gardens,— 
A real Gold Mine of beauty so grand; 
Where Radiance, like the famed Star of Bethlehem, 
Brings Mystic joy and delight to our land. 
—MRS. NELLIE L. MAHURIN, 
Brookfield, Missouri. 
