Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-01-15
FLOWERS IN NEW YORK
a Complicated Business-A Pretty Little
Romance.

| FLOWERS IN NEW YORK.
a Complicated Business-A Pretty Little
Romance.
The flower business is a rather Gu
nous one, and little more complicat-
ed than one would at first suppose
SAID an old florist, as he deftlv fwined
q spray OF smilax in and around a
punch OF roses, so that lines of delicate
green separated the rioh colors.
How so?''
'tWhy in keeping a stock on hand
which will CRAFTY variety of tastes.
IL Is easy enough to have an abundance
OF the fashionable flowers, even though
the fashion seems TO chance in flowers
Just as 1t does in dress. The fashion,
able flowers are used, Of course, in re-
ceptions, lunches where each lady has
bouquet placed at her plate, and in
funerals. But when you come to indi-
vidual tastes, when ladies want flowers
70 harmonlze with their dresses, or
with their china, and when people want
Their favorite flowers which perhaps
nave gone out OF fashion, why, YOU can
never tell what kind of 4 flower is
| gong TO be asked for-and that s where
the complication comes in. Some peo-
pie wear flowers simply because its
fashionable. Others love some particu-
lar kind of flower, and want it whether
they wear it or not. Then. if Won
haven't got the flower, they get dis
pleased, and when they have a big re-
eeption they go to some other florist:
so, you see, we have to watch the
private tastes of our customers. These
buds here were all the rage two wears
ago, and, although the ( are all out of
the fashion now, we have to keep
stock on hand for certain customers,
who call for them every day almost
sellp'' - 80
"0h, from So to s25. Sometimes
they run much higher We sent one
out not long ago which cost $3.50. You
can have no idea how the custom of
sending flowers has grown. All tho
young people buy them when. they can
afford it, and just now the wealthy
young men are beginning to pour in
and get flowers to send to their Young
lady friends who have just gotten in
from the summer resorts. Whenever a
young man takes young lady to a
party or to the theater nice bouquet
IS one OF the necessary accessories.
Flowers 60 ahead of all other gifts in
winning a woman's heart, and every
young gallant knows that.
why soP'
'sWell, nearly all women love
flowers, and there is something so deli
cate, so much unsaid vet suggested in
flowers that the simple gift of one is
always appreciated by a woman-not
to speak of the different sentiments
that are associated with different kinds
OF flowers. 1t is very interesting to
note how differently people regard
flowers. Why, can tell almost the
moment woman enters whether she is
fond of them. Women who love
flowers always have sweet faces, soft
ways and gentle dispositions. One of
that kind rarely asks for the fashion,
able flowers because it is fashionable.
She loves flowers for their own sake,
and consequently she is almost sure to
call for her favorites, whether in fash
ion or not. The woman who cares for
flowers simply because they are fash
ionable, is generally one of the cold,
naughty, airy kind. She will look
around critically, seize some flower and
pull it out of the bunch, sometimes
breaking off a leaf or catching one of
its thorns in another rose and tearing
the petals. That's the difference, YOU
see- The other lady handles them with
a gentle caressing touch, almost as if
they were human.
/ 1, 81 IL. -
flowers for perfumery? In France it is
very common, and it is getting quite
usual in America. They take bunch
of violets and place them in the bosom
of the dress. No manufactured per-
fume can come up to the oGoF of the
flowers, you know. Every morning,
rain or shine, an old doctor comes in
here, gets bunch of yiolets, unbuttons
his vest, places them next his heart,
and walks out. / often wonder if he
does it for the perfume. | guess it is a
| case of sentiment, however.
1.-The florist sees plenty of pretty lit
tie romances. Very often young
man has flowers sent to a certain house
| in this city every morning; then there
| comes big order,-- marriage, YOU
know,-and then they dwindle down;
he comes less and less often, until
finally he ceases altogether The old
| tale, you know. Last spring | used to
notice couple going by here, fine
| manly Young fellow and girl pretty
| and dainty, with lovely brown hair
| and dark blue eyes. They didn't know
each other, but when the young man
went to business the girl was sure to
| be somewhere around where she could
sec him. She lived right round the
corner, and she used to come in here
| and pretend to be examining the flowers
as he passed. Then she would look up
| and watch him as he went down the
street. One day as he went by she
looked up and said to me: %, what
| funny hat, and then carelessly, as she
| began picking among the flowers, i
! wonder who he tsp | came very near
laughing, for the previous day the
| young fellow had been to ask me who
/, she was, and had sent her some
| flowers. About week afterward she
| came in with friend, and | heard her
| telling the friend how somebody had
been sending her flowers every morn
| ing, and she did wish she could find out
| who it was. Well, the best part of it
| all came afterward. One morning he
came in as usual. ami the gardener took
| him back into the conservatory
While he was there the girl entered and
| stood near the counter looking toward
the window. Presently he returned,
and as he started for the door briskly,
he said: 'Well, send those flowers, as
| usual, up to 24-- street. Neither
| knew the other was near, and, hearing
| the number of her house mentioned,
| she turned around, and they met face
| to face. Well, | never saw such an
embarrassed couple in all my days.
She had big Jacqueminot near her
| face, and it would have been hard to
| tell which was redder, the rose or her
! cheek. She turned to the flowers and
| he passed out. They didn't come any
more, but not long ago | saw them
| going BY together They both looked
| in, and when they saw me he laughed
| and she blushed. ~ Y. Times.
Making a Bow.