Flower Arranging : Page 2

We all know that a sense of achievement brings with it pride and satis-faction and I am certain it is this feeling which is bringing so much joy intothe lives of tens of thousands of men and women who are devotees of the artof Flower Arranging. I have much evidence of this from the thousands ofletters I receive from happy people who tell me with great feeling that " theyhad no previous idea that they could do it " and I recall a simple incidentwhich happened at a Flower Show and which seems to enforce this theory.

I had been judging the flower arrangements and had returned to theexhibits for a final look when a little boy about seven years old came up to meand, pointing to the design I was admiring, said " Don't you think that'snice—my Mummy did that one." His mother then appeared and afterchatting she added, " Please don't take any notice of him, although I musttell you that since I have taken up Flower Arranging I have assumed a newimportance in the eyes of my family and naturally I am proud."