Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-25
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ings, but directly from nature. When-
ever, for instance, / see a rose that
strikes me, buy it and set to work at
it initiating it. There are men in
France who do this so skillfully that
they are fully entitled to be called art
lists; for to the most delicate apprecia-
ton of nature they unite the most deli
cate manual power of copying natures
handiwork.o y
- How much can your young women
make a week at this industrvP" the
reporter asked.
I'VE require well-educated Young
women, and prefer those who have had
an elementary art. education. Ny best
helpers make ten dollars. and the ap-
prentices, so to speak. average from
three dollars to seven dollars week.
Artificial flower making is. peculiarly
suited for women of refinement. and
when the industry spreads in the West,
as it certainly will, it will furnish en-
ployment for many thousands who are
not accustomed to hard work and yet
feel compelled to something to support
themselves"
What are artificial flowers most en-
ployed for?'
''Of course for household decoration
and ornament. Here. f6r instance, is
large palm which we have just made
for the Oh cago Opera House. You
would think that the leaves were made
of India-ruboer. but they are simply
French muslin peculiarly sized and pre-
pared. There is growing demand for
artificial flowers for funeral purposes.
At this season of the year natural flow
ers are about as cheap as artificial
flowers, bus in the winter the art fetal
flowers are almost fifty per cent.
cheaper. Then these flowers. which
can not be told from natural flowers at
a distance of three feet, have the ad-
vantage of being practically everlast-
ing. You are aware that in the case
of death many people love to have GER
tain dev ces in natural flowers pre-
served in memory of the dead. The
process of preservation is a most ex--
pensive and laborious one, as each
spray and petal has to be covered with
wax. What does this result in? SIM
ply that natural flowers are turned into
wax flowers. These wax-fowers are
sub ect to the ordinary vic cssitudes Of
heat. and in hot room or when acci-
{
away just like candle. No such acci-
dents can ever happen to artificial
flowers. and we can work them in any
design that a person wants. By the
way, in the case of large artificial
ferns, begonias, palms, or choux, or
cabbage plants, a late invention has
enabled them to be restored perfectly
by brief exposure to strong heat.
Thus" here the operator took out of a
corner a large-leaved calladium, there
is q plant that is covered with dust. I
hold it up to the gas-thus, See! Here
the dust has become thoroughly alb
sorbed, and the plant looks as fresh as
it did when it left the makers hands.
This process of renewing is exceedingly
Ingenious, and is another secret of the
craft of Partisan fower-makers.
What materials do you use for your
fowers?'
'For the coarser kind we use i'm
ported French muslin. and for the finer
imported French cambrics woven al
most as closely as superior linen. All
the linen is specially made in France,
and in France only; and, what with
import duties and original cost, it be-
COuICS plCGuy GA pCuoiFO W viz oiiAAO W.
get it here If it were not for this we
could afford to undersell the natural
flower dealers. very considerably. AS
it is, we sell large crosses OF white
roses. lilies of the valley, tuberoses or
white lilacs for five dollars; wreaths for
the same price; "gates ajar," such as
that young woman there is building up,
for ten, fifteen or twenty dollars. but
have received orders for special designs
which cost as high as one hundred and
forty dollars. - Chicago Tribune.
-"I pay my hired man sixteen dollars
month and found" said old Blodget.
'.And found,'' interrupted his niece.
"What do you mean by that? How do
you find him?" why" replied the
old man, ''if he doesn't know I'm
comm generally find him either asleep
or with his arms around the hired girl -
The Judge,
lis your pa at home, little girlP'
Yes sir; do you wish to see him?"
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