, 1873-11-23
ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS.
Thoir Manufacture III New York md
E1AGHvskore.

On The Btreot, on tho cars, or OH tho ferry-
bont ono cannot but observe tho number Of artt-
OF ROUND iats, poop from undor folds OF ,aoo on
bonnels, and ntlorn In every conceivable way oil
sortn Of feminine lond-goar,, and which aolno-
times soon 80 daint!ly formed md tinted that to
but in shady' woods or by tho sido Of
ike HH' desoosafesnR Bus 0A IL tho s'' oidostrasts
q tho erqat city tho ao,S ,SSery xsitfpn einpodsa sa
III lind thom spripging,i i not exactly from, ito SOFT,
damp onrLll, but from tho various comb!nattonB
Of muslin, gum, puints, wirc, md tho labor of
hundreds Of young girls. THIS. Of COURSE takoa
tho process Of tl4oir manufacture none tho less
interesting. There aro In this city alono oyor
1900 girls employed In tha apparently unim-
nortant 1nannfaotnre. Los us follow 81 Aom9 Of
them and learn something ., Of tho WY these
iB nainaook, cambria, and Batin joan, and uomo-
Times satir,. This IL first cut by means Of
dies into tho proper thapo.; tho work, being
rthor heay Goor Is aSne ,so sey sy bo Tho
hand, groator part being dono ly boys, but
tow girls liking to do tl,is part Of tho work. tho
details of flowor-1naking being far from cloan1y.
Still tlloro il but ltto resemblance to foworH IN
tloso llat bits of colorod muslin. But como into
tho rooms where re Heo dozens Of long tables,
eaoh surrounded by numbers Of young girls, all
busy nt work, aud wo eco at ono Of theso tables
those aat pieces shapod and curled on the odgo
with large atoel pm. Inosg arc 1or outer
pola,s' enn ho" We Tun"ee MoIus aoaro. re e
It aeoms very, suggcstivo Of color aud
beauty and , dowy fragrance, but wo
1iud tlat tho crumplod" appearance is
gYen 1hom ny "oaps u n1nseu ison WHICH ,lIl
ion. They aro then gt,,nmed' and fastened into
their proper position by girl who receives tho
stanons aud wiro from still another.
TIE leaves go through nearly tho same pro
cosa in regard to- tho cutting and colo1ing,. tho
isQone with haavy pross. Tho Btemo aro near-
ly all imported, as they arc OF much bettor quail
ity and Of lower prico tAan they can bo bought
horo. 1ndoed, tho whole manufacture Of fiow-
az Is demonstrated BY tho fact that
only tho lower grndcs Of 1ow-
ors aro hero oven attempted. Iu
France each woman manufaoaureg what flowor is
best suited to hor, and wonrs it., bo It q daiBy,
pansy, Or roao; and il A1mo. Blank says: ::
'Gral,ca nro worn now, my dear, pansios aro old
Rtyio," t1oeb Bho Btraightway 70 and cilnngo hrr
Boft-oyed nansios for an iintnonao bunch Of
grapes? Not Ble, any moro than VIC, who do
not oven attempt to follow Tho fashion. have ono
wear oil yiolots in Our garden, and the ncxt wood
whem all out to mako room Tor snow-d1ops.
Horo thoro ia ono year q "porfoct rage !"
Tor uhtslee, anu tall, Earmt women wear
thom, as comp]acontly ns tho fuir-faeed,
bnsling pchool-grl. Tho noxt yonr they
nra q drug In tue markot, aud thoy muet
giyo place to roHca This difference in Franco
laatla of course, to ncurly absolute perfection
in tho manufacture or cac!l particular NoTar.
Ono mRn mnkcs only yiolots. Eo hos wofkora
who have been with him for ycars, riurrlhEo
making no difreroilco in thoir occupation. lie
las tnkcn r1tnB to tohoh thom, and thor long
apprenticeship, togothar with thoir nntur" tasto,
nalscs tho howola which, tlicy produce far snpo-
rior to thoso which arc manufactured hcrot
where, perhaps, tho girls aro ohnnged each
mouth. Their perfection IL ono branch Ia the
eud 10 20 attainod For THIS end he has nccosa
to the Jardin t'es Ilantes where llo 1nay obtain
itowora that Ao w!anos to piminto, 70 pooks 10.
sosininS them aaa 20 .1fee 1cotoros ~ Gi
WhlGa ia'o q to'tans ata aanoneo; nnu "h.on .a
tenoh u 9a'caso nis t"s.ss. ', '9 1iomesn H ht9
olsen pTougnt neto " .no Stosa ana nl.'I'cta ny ~
saa, Ml1 Sss4 ,a nv Nv ossa,. o r;no to
to3oign mansIasauso' .os,us ~ lesson s.'o lalGo'
Xnnthnr ih;"5} xxcl, x! wonfa scarcc1y h9 thonr2t
nf os hrnncf, "f h,tnincsa IL TN nron"raiiom nf
moaa for fhe n,oea roacs wiici, ara worti in a1,e
nrofnaion .,9,a IL t1c sn,nn M cnn i,c fonnd IN
m,r nwI 1,otivn ssnois' m,t ia Mi i,nno,tnI' IN
Franco - tir,a taken a number Of noor chiIdron.
nrnviIIinp fi,en will n Lnnc fon,1 and cIntl,;nr
md colorinr tliy utoss. thew Gcco1ning So oxnert
In tho co11rso Of d yoar M to proyo it a good
Investment, Somo idoa Of tho yaluo of tloir
labor ulay DO eiyou when we learn that It is
sold here for 3j cents thousand pieces. each
piece measuring about two inohoB, Ono Of tic
froals Of fashion ia for im1orfcct tlowors, lato