Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-06-13

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Abous leftover That WSald Cost
SmAll Eoetunes az Other 0easons.

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Abews leftover That Wsala Cost
small Fortunes ~ Osher seassns.
"Come now. I'll tell You what I'll do. tn
give you my cents" The speaker stood under
the awning OF a downtown hotel and fumbled
nervousy Ina his pants pocket, while hc looked
longingly at Q basket Of gay flowers, all stuck mp
on toothpicks, q dar k-visaged man Was holding
up temptingly before his eyes. The dark
risagcd man shook his head, and held out ON
his arm q tray fup OF little boauets take Nc
little Ones" he said. setting the gay basket ON
the pavement and holding out one OF "re little
ones" admiringly.
.'The little ones be hanged. What do want
with EN-! VIII they do for school commence
ment replied the young man. Then he dove
ms hands into his pockets nearly up to his ell
bows and looked miserable, while the man
gathered a up his nowers and walked of I'm high
o,-three,-four,-five," continued
the young man to himself taking his hands out
gers. "Ffve. And 81 a week. Lets see: lives
into three. No." He shook his head MOURN
cts again up 60 his elbows and walked OF up the
street with his head down and a crushed look
about him that contrasted strangely with his
They ought 10 be protected by law" said the
1yynage, who is always on hand, stepping up TO
bis n and shs his head back
Yes, guess they ought" replied the scribe
right what have they Seen ' Doing I TO him..
DOING! Why picking flowers OF him as II ne
S were blooming hot house. Didn't You hear
sweet girl graduates who will expect baskets OF
flowers from him. 1 suppose he gets about
ing for flowers at reduced wholesale prices.
know. There are lots OF em at this season OF
the year. They ought 20 be protected. They
IL, so they have 20 face half dozen school COM
mencements. They start I'm by pricing the
flowers at all the frst-class hot houses, then
they try the street vender, and finally 40 70 the
marker ana get homemade boquets at
twenty-five cents apiece. They want 90 do
girls were his sisters, he might make the same
basket 60 long way by presenting IL first at one
commencement com, and then another. But strange
girls would not like the idea"
HOW much money isspent for flowers during
the commencement season. asked THE STAR
man, stepping into first-cIass florists estab-
lishment a few minutes later.
NOT as much as I'm the winter" replied the
proprietor, as he dumped a basketful Of loose
and brought out box OF wooden toothpicks
and short pieces of fine wire. Not as much as
they don't cost much. Most OF the flowers at
THESE school commandments come out OF pri-
vate gardens or are bought i'm the market. They
are not, generally, expensive flowers. The spe-
cial designs are made by florists but the great
mass OF flowers that are scattered about the
commencement stage are gotten here. there and
x
ing"
"But where can they find enough for all the
designs do double dutye"
''Oh, there are flowers enough this time OF
year, particularly here in Washington. All
garden and back door yard is i'm bloom. As to
the same flowers doing duty at several COM
sort have heard IL said that florists In New
York bought back their flowers on such cccs-
sions and sold them again cond-hand, but
m II fhara A
never known of a dealer ia second hand flow
ers, and am acquainted with all the best flor.
secondhand nowers," be added, as he ran q
Wire through the heart OF a carnation, second.
hand flowers would be an uncertain thing TO
rations enough TO last through two cam paigns It
may be that families, who have several daugh-
.ers graduating In the different grades of the
public schools, make the same flowers go
around. But it is too easy TO get common
flowers for this TO pay now"
ded, I'VE furnish some very expensive designs.
Al the law schools they have particularly fine
flowers. At one Of the commencements this
year they had flowers that, III IL had been win
ter time, would have cost them between fifteen
anu twenty Thousand dollars. They probably
cost at this time something over a thousand
The difference in prices 10 very great. You
can get a dozen .jaques' now for fifiy cents; In
he winter they would cost you as high as a dol
high as $40.
II guess we furnish more flowers for funerals
than commencements, however" he added
taking down the wire frame for a cross and
broken column.
Are these ever used at mmercamrnss?'
asked the scribe, pointing TO frames.
NO some folks order them sometimes Int
we tell them they are not appropriate and thg y
then let us select a design. IL they should IN.
sist upon such forms we would not make them
for that purpose"
You say You furnish more flowers to funerals
than commandments"
"Yes that is a steady trade the year around.
You have no idea how many people die IL
seems as IL more die than graduate. They have
their dying seasons as well rs their commence.
ment season. This comes I'm July and August;
then again in November, and again In March,"
Letter From Fortress Monroe.
THE CAR BUILDERS AssocIATIoS-NEw INyFN.
MENTIoN-sIMPLE ToILEIa
of THE EVENING STAR:
FORTRESS MONROE June ID, 1885
The excursionists have come down like the