The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-11-16

Of Postmaster-G General WanamakeY. though
his expenses are materially cut down BY
hie not using wine. am told that Mr..
WAnamaker finds It very awkward TO give
dinner In Washington without wines. bus
that his Sunday school principles viii not
permit him to serve them. He spends .
great amount in flowers. and the
flower bills Of the capital are. BY
no means q small item. Madame
Romero the wife Of the Mexican minister
spent 500 In the flowers she used at one Of
her receptions. She turned the whole
legation building into bower Of fragrance
and beauty, and she, for the time. trans
formed winter into summer. The flowers
OF many dinner cost more than the dim
ner itself, and Washingtonis fast becoming
one Of the great flower markets Of the
United States. Nearly all the flowers used
in Baltimore are supplied from our green
houses, and flowers are shipped from here
al over the South and North. One Of the
biggest florists Of the capital tells mo that
Postmaster-Gene Wanamaker spends
from 5000 to so. 900 year in flowers. and
Vice-Prssident Morton buys the choicest
and rarest Of flowers and ferns for his
house decorations. Mrs. Morton person
ally sunerintends the arrangement OF her
d0ral decorations. She is practical BUSH
ness woman and good housewife, and
she understands just what things ought to
cost and knows how to make . bargain.
Mrs. Whitney spent an immense amount
Of money on flowers. She always gave her
florist carte blamche and let him bring the
best be had. Mrs. Hearst and Mrs. STAN
ford invest fortunes in flowers every year.
and MrA Hearst arranges with her own
hands the elaborate decorations of her re-
ception rooms Many of the senator's
wives, and also tho wives of the congress-
men get flowers from the government
greenhouses These they do not pay for,
but the supply is BY no means equal to
their social necessity.
SOCIAL NorEs
The house OF Secretary Tracy, on Farra-
gut square, which after its fire was sold to
Mr.. Augustus Tyler, 10 being remodeled
and rebuilt II will be one of the finest in
the city, and it 10 probable that Mrs. Tyler
will resume her Sunday afternoon recep-
taons In 1t.
understand that Miss Mary Butter
worth, the daughter of Major Butterworth.
and the unhappy widowed bride of few
hours, had prepared trosseau of unusual
elegance for her married life. She had no
less than twenty-five magnificent new
gowns. These we're packed away in readi-
ness for the foreign tour which she and her
husband expected to take. Just as the
marriage was about to be celebrated her
afianced was attacked with q fatal sick
ness, which eliminated in his death few
days later. He was married on his death
bed.
Miss Mildred Fuller, the fourth daughter
Of Chief Justice Fuller. win soon be mar
ried to Mr.. Wallace. of Tacoma. The
marriage will probably take place during
the early winter.
tive marriage Of DR.. Ruth. Of the navy. to
Miss Wanamaker. DR.. Ruth IL one of the
most popular beaus OF Washington society,
and Miss Wanamaker IL probably the best
catch here. She has fortune in her own
right, and ID one Of the most charming
girls Of the capital.
Speaking Of the expenses Of Warrington
society. one Of our leading caterers tells me
that the bills Of Mrs. Hearst and Mrs.
Stanford for their ordinary Thursday after
noon receptions amounted to between two
and three hundred dollars . day. Of
course their dinners and card receptions
cost at least ten times this amount. Mrs.
Stanford. by the way. has quite recovered
her health, and she will come back to
Washington prepared to give many
brilliant entertainments during the coming
season.
understand that Mrs. John A. Logan
has been making some extensive purchases
at Glen Echo on the Potomac. This is the
suburb where Mrs. Harrison bought last
summer, and where she intends to build,
II Is said, her summer home.
MRS. HARRisoN's PAINTING.
Mrs. Harrison will shortly take up her
art studies She has improved greatly
during the past summer and at Cape May
Point she spent on an average from four to
i've hours day before the easel She does
wonderfully clever work in water colors,
and she had Washington artist, Mr..
Moser, with her during her whole stay at
Cape May. Mr.. Moser tells me that she
possesses considerable artistic ability and
he says that she is the most industrious
worker he has ever known. The fad in
painting here seems to be all in water
colors Just now, and . number of the
young ladies of Washington are making
good progress in handling the paint brush.
WHAT FLowERs COST In WASHINGTON.
Speaking of Mrs. Mortons flower bills it
will be interesting to know just what
flowers cost here. You can find the finest
roses at the capital. and during the season
the buds will cost you from so cents to 81. SO
apiece. Jacqueminot roses always sell for
about 81 1t Christmas time. Marched Niels
bring 50 cents bud. and La France roses
hare about the same. Lilies of the valley
are about 81 q dozen. Tea roses bring
about Is cents bud, and violets bring from
81 to 81 per hundred. Pinks are worth so
cents dozen. and smilax sells for Is cents
yard. You can get very pretty basket
Of flowers for IS. but il you want some-
thing very fine it may cost you as high as
$75. 1t is q very poor bouquet which is
not worth So, and l have single bouquets
which sold for as high as $50.
ROSES AND PINKs By THE THOUSANDS.
looked over the books of big florist
last night, man who does perhaps one
fifth the business of the city. During one
month of last year he sold 10000 roses
l00. 600 carnation pinks, 70 600 vioiets. 8,
strings of smilax and 5000 sprays of lilies
of the valley. This man did large fune-
raj business, and l got the prices for some
of his decorations for this purpose. He
makes broken wheel of roses, camelias
and lilies of the valley for $50, and it was
he who made for the queen of England a
floral offering which she sent to Garfield's
funeral. This cost Victoria $35 and the En-.
glish minister paid the bill. He makes a
heart for $50. q broken column of flowers
for SiC and n heautiful piecs t,owr -.