The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-06-30
FASHIONABLE FLOWERS.
A NEW YORK FOLLY NOW IN VOGUE
THE WAR OF THE ROSES.
I'M. Y. Cor. Chicago Times.l

The ladies Of New York have adopted the
custom 50 long observed In Paris, OF provid-
ing their coachman and also footmen, IL they
have them, with a b0utOnnterre OF the same
flowers which they wear themselves: Lat
terly 1t has been very amusing to watch the
expression Of vexation upon ladies' faces
when they meet other carriages that are
marked by the same blossoms which they
adopted for themselves.
The Marshal Neil rose came into favor
along with a revival of feminine admiration
for the large family of yellows. This rose,
when half open, has cost fifty cents, ard some
times even more than that, and a single one
for each person was considered sufficiently
decorative and distingMe when it was first Sc
lected for the girdle of my lady and for the
lapels Of the cOcher and lGqudis. pray remem-
Der that only in foreign language can these
inferior persons be named by the truly re-
fined.) Of course, the tea rose is a cOusin-ger-
man Of Marshal Neil, but as it is only a ten
cent flower, its delicate beauty Is not suffi-
Gent guarantee of aristocratic worth. very
| large bunch of tea roses, however, Is admissi-
BILE when Marshal Neil refuses to be devel-
oped at any price. The quantity was sup
posed to make amends for lack of quality.
This "war Of the roses" continued to in
creased fierceness as it became more and more
| observable, and those ladies whose sentiments
were peaceful adopted the Jaquemenot or
| white roses, and held themselves alOOf from
the contest, all the while pretending that they
did not observe the foolish affairs of their sis
Two Marshal Neils appeared together after
a time, then three, and finally, in q few OBJ
stinate cases, punches OF fine, costly roses,
which covered an area of the wearer's person
as large as prosperous suntlower, were seen
| upon ladies of fashion. Then they were re-
moved from the belt and carried in large
bouquet of golden perfumed beauty, and one
rose was tied to each OF the horses ears and
upon the lapels of cOChers and l1QWais.
Indeed, this entertainment was not unlike the
nprfOrEnanpp at n tirCf-PIaGG a1IofiOn a
| Of what-yOu-Call-it with cards, where one
party says to his opponent, Il go you one
better"
AS yellow must remain q standard hue the
| leader in the fashionable contest suddenly
| took to dandelions, which cost nothing, but
which produced the same artistic effects, and
| the imitation of which would have been so
| absurd and observable a rivalry that it was
not attempted. Dandelions could not say, 81
am the representative of money" no matter
| how lavishly they were worn, and so the op-
posing party selected buttercups.
| Yellow pansies and other flowers from under
glass, that are even more violent in their yell
| lows, have quite disheartened the florist, who
supposed that Marshal Neil was to reign SUI
preme in the realms of je1tr1esse dOre until his
Golfers were filled, poor fellow!
This little episode in fashionable circles, or
'"The Rose Tiff, by Jove' as the man with
turned-out elbows very properly named it,
| has led to floral expressions Of adherence, or
preference, or whatever other sentiment 1t
may be which can exist between a gentleman
and his especial parti. No matter how often
the lady varies the flowers in her girdle, her
particular male devotee, or devotees, is seen
In the park with the same blossom in his but
| ton-hOle, and his kdQudis, II he drives, wears
the same. If he rides, a blossom of the chosen
sort is attached to the check rein, or tied to
the handle Of his riding -whip.
This evidence Of devotion Is very sweet OF
course and it is not by any means confined to
| "wooers and winners" OF ladies' hands.
The single gallant, and quite as often the
married one, expresses his devotion to some
| beautiful unattainable' in this manner, and
she accepts his homage, Of course, else he
could not know what flowers she intended tC
wear upon certain days.