The red rose has been blazoned with a boar’s head on the Barton crest ever since the War of the Roses. DR. WILLIAM E. BARTON. All the world brings its roses to the bier of Clara Barton. _Grand Rapids Herald._ My life is like the summer rose That opens to the sky, But ere the shades of evening close Is scattered on the ground—to die. RICHARD HENRY WILDE. There’s the rosemary, that’s for remembrance;—and there is pansies, that’s for thoughts. SHAKESPEARE. THE PANSY PIN—FOR THOUGHTS Once Friendship weaves its silken band It cannot be by time or distance broken; And severed friends are bound by Mem’ry’s hand More closely by some little simple token. The “Pansy Pin,” of which so much has been written, and which Miss Barton continually wore, was given to her by the Grand Duchess of Baden. The pin is about as large as the case of a lady’s watch and in the shape of a pansy. The five petals are splendid amethysts and a single large beautiful pearl rests in the center, like a dew drop. The gift was accompanied with the words: “This is a simple gift, but it is a pansy which means ‘for thoughts.’” Jeweler—“Miss Barton, do you know the value of that pin?” Miss Barton—“No, sir, it was a present to me.” Jeweler—“Each of these jewels is almost priceless. They represent a king’s ransom.” Miss Barton—“The pin is priceless to me. I always wear it ‘for thoughts’ of a very dear friend.” LIV AT A DINNER IN LONDON Lord Stratford—Will the guests kindly write on a slip of paper the name of the one, including the famous generals, who served in the Crimean War they think will be the longest remembered? Guests—Florence Nightingale (written on every slip). THE AUTHOR. Clara Barton is to America what Florence Nightingale is to us. _London Times._ No general that led hosts to victory on the battlefield is nearly so secure of lasting fame as is the name of Clara Barton. Dayton (Ohio) _Journal_. Miss Nightingale found herself misunderstood and lost her Governmental position—suffering much from Governmental heartlessness and neglect. England, in later Governmental acts, was more appreciative of her war heroine.... PERCY H. EPLER. English women are solid and sensible, learned and self-possessed, and all the world respects them. CLARA BARTON. Surely woman should bring the best she has, whatever that is, to the work of God’s world. FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE.