The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-07-02
GIRLS AND FLOWERS.



One Girl who sells Them shrewdly, SD
One Who Uses Them Curlousiy.
A genial old gentleman was buying
violets from the flower girl on Broad
way. well, I'm getting TO be pretty
old customer, eh, Katie?' he observed,
IS he arranged the flowers in the lapel
Of his overcoat.
You've been buyin' flowers good
many years, sir, but you re not old yet,
replied Katie, with the shrewd flattery
Of her sex. II like to see gentleman
wear flowers, especially q middle-aged
gentleman. That shows his heart
amt CROWN old, an it shows he likes
what's sweet an clean. Inotice lot
Of gentlemen lose their grip in that way
when they gefalong."
How do you4 mean they lose their
nip Katie2gn asked the gentlemail-=
Oh, they get over carin' for vi'lets
when they get married an has fam
lilies. replied the flower girl. 81 see .
lot of young fellers dressed up fine
goin' along here for few years, an
they all wear flowers in their coats
They are all bright just like the flower.
and you can't help likin'- 'em for it.
That's when they're Washers an when
the girls care fer 'em. Then they get
married, an the first thing they drop is
the flowers from their coats. That
takes away all their brightness, an
then it does seem as II they go sort of
dusty, an as II their hats were old or
not brushed Once in awhile, though,
gentleman gets married an grows a
little DID, an still he buys vi'lets, like
you do, sir. Then think he must be q
nicer sort of man than the rest, an
probably Is very happy at home with
good wife an children"
The old gentleman blushed, and
hemmed and hawed
"Humph! Haw--what's the price of
those roses, Katie? They look very
fresh"
1.-TWO dollars a dozen. sir, and they're
fresh cut this morning"
: Humph! Haw-well pick out two
dozen nice ones and send them to my
wife. Herel This is my card. Good
morning, Katie"
That's nice gentleman" said Katie
to herself, as the customer walked
away. 81 guess ] reminded him of his
wife, though That's the way with the
best Of 'em. They never forget their
own buttonholcs, but they think a
woman don't need any more roses after
her hair begins to get gray"
A girl who is such an extreme belle
and favorite that the men she knows
burden her with floral mementoes of
their regard has many strange and
poetic ways of disposing of her super
fuous bouquets. In the first place, she
never gives any preference to one over
another, but selects the one she is to
carry by advancing with her eyes closed
TO large table, upon which they have
been indiscriminately scattered by a
servant, and selects one at random.
This, she declares, saves the trouble of
thinking the question over, and gives
an equal chance to all her admirers
She then has her maid pluck all the
petals from the roses that are left and
these are saved until the next morning.
when, after coming ont of her bath,
they are poured in shower over her,
and she stands among them while her
toilet is completed. All the violets are
collected together each night, and after
they are thoroughly mixed the dainty
maiden makes up small bunch, which
she fastens at the neck of her night
gown. Those that are left are tossed
over her bed after she has retired. The
orchids are made into as large bunch
as possible and suspended from the
chandelier of her bedroom. But ii
there are pansies they are treated best
of all. She has never confessed her
preference for these by no means fash.
ionable flowers, but she has her maid
look carefully through each bouquet
for them, and when they are all gath.
cred toge Their she kisses each one
separately and then arranges them
with her own hands in special vase
that stands on her dressing case. Only
these are allowed to remain in the
room longer than over night, all the
others being taken away in the morn.
ing by the maid, who Is permitted tc
wear them or to throw them out as she
chooses. The pansies, however. when
they droop are placed by the fair lady's
hands in. tin box, which she keeps for
the purpose. Since babyhood she has
had this sentiment, and If the men who
sued for her favor would learn how to
lead her to the altar they should pre-.
pare passway of pansies that would
smile upon her as she went, and so as
sure her she was doing we'll IN. Y.