The sun., 1884-01-01
SIGNS OF NEW YEARS DAT.
Rosebuds for a Quarter. No Calendars 70
GIVE Awar, aud Express Taxs for n Cent.

Roscbuds for a Quarter. No Calendars 20
GIVE Away, aud Exrress Tags for Cent.
Roscbuds for buttonhole bouquets on
New Years Day 2" said tho Broadway florist
" They will bo twenty-five conts apiece"
why SO expensive 2" asked the reporter.
Flowers are plentiful"
For two very good reasons" replied the
florist. The FIRST is that New Years comes
but once a year and the second is like unto 1t.
namely. we make hay while tho sun Shines"
All the florists shops were open last evening.
and employees were making up designs for
luncheon and vino tables. "Camellias. roses.
violets. and lilies OF the valley are the favorite
nowers." added the florist But there's no
such business nowadays at New Years as there
was dozen years ago. Then We often sold
baskets OF flowers and designs for from $50 to
SIC we're hans
door knobs by the fashionable people. then our
'' No calendars" was a sign hastily scrawcd
on n bit OF paper. and thrust into front win
dows OF many downtown business offices YES
No. We haven't got any. calendars for YOU"
| said a man in store. Didn't you see the
| first man who hasn't wanted one to-day. This
is the last day Of tho year you know, and we
haven't time to bother. Come IN after Jan.
~ Almanacs :" said Nassau street stationer.
,ht Fre 3 s9sT SSSi
stationcrs. and printers get out such hand
some ones free rs advertisements that the 20 old
country with free aimanacs fnll Of pufrs"
let. we're the words Artist and fashionable
tailor" In front of q glass case containing
tailor sat bumped over a low, tiat .tcpsod stove
He snoke English imperIectly. but French to
| shnrgc always wife dollar suit" he said.
Sasr maE sam sys All myss sSTet%s Ss
z,eon sSit wiz me-" The artist ma fashion: p9
handiwork. Then his face took on woebegone
e;Sprcssion and he aided: But sis yesr YER ,
poor to be, Gentemans. guess"
Do fashions in dress suits change oftcn?"
How do you manage to flt the dress suits tc
Nozng more easy to 1T zan dress suit. i
He pantoloon are right and ~ coat re right III
around ~ chest-voilh; all right. hal 10 coats
hut whore is 70 customers. All. sieur, yor
van, perhaps dress suit Tor 20 New leart
A French cook with n snowy apron and {
window un town yestsrday as ,ho chopped ant
carved and dressed inviting dishes Of dolica
o o a as ha4e ss %sfe sa
mounds of boned turkey. sweet hams puncture,
with win rosetlesi sayory tongues gstening will
boars heads With ,sIeami Ing, tusks and artts!i
TRIMMINGS q Tich- hued hue jeIlies Pc Pots Of iell
with great raridty in ornate shapes and stuc1
II on new forms of meat borne in from tn
kitchen by his wife. Fixing things for Ne,
Years tables he said rs he continued m to &c CHG
before, midnight People come from, a
arc ready to be eaten. Saves the ladie
the bother of cooking and fussnl
Evncnsive? Depends. on what YOU ge
Now. there's boned turkey, with truffleG thu
costs 81 n pound at least. Tongues can be &c
for from 81 rs to $1.50 each. decorated ham
are 50 and upward. and game pies are limitc
in price only by their size and contents. vii
boars' heads are the most imposing table orna
ments. and less expensive than other les
showy dishes. They ain't boars heads. they,,r
. they are stuffed full of minced tongue NIGEL
seasoned. After the stuiiing,s done we stic
, the tusks in the mouth and then pour on tn
/ jelly and inish, it off when it's cold with jell
ornaments. They're worth from SO upwart
according to the size Of tho head"
: Curbstone novelty sellers last evening ha
what locked like express tags to sell at a cer
> apiece. They went off like hot cakes. The
were ordinary brown paper tags with a blan
for name and address on one side and on tn
, other the Legend When / am full take III
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