New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-12

| rapidly that flowers have no snecial pavion at
| the Ilailes. Florists OF Paris flock hither from
all parts by wagon and various personal
veyances The very beautiful Provence" La
tres belle midi" does not come to the Halles Ry
railroad it speeds directly to the houses
Of the great florists The bulk of the flowers
come to the Hales by railroad in cases and bask
cts. In the absence of the owners they are re-
ccived by the markot-mastcrs. The corporation of
Forts, or market-mosters, is celebrated They are
honest and industrious. When the florist arrives
he receives receipt for his deposit from the mar.
ket-master. The assignment of places begins at
| II o'clock the evening preceding market day. To
secure good place, the florist sends representa-
tive TO hold it for him. The baskets and cases are
unpacked on either side of the covered street.
Thrty-two renters pay monthly for a reserved
space. After the messengers wagons which COM
prise the great assembly, come the suburban for
lists 1t takes them two or three hours to reach
the market. The extreme limit of departure is
| Bre Comte- Robert, the country OF roses They
quit their homes at l or O'Clock in the morning.
Each has his special entrance into Paris designated
by the police and known by all, to avoid confusion
at the borders of the Halles.
Those who have flowers or vegetables take
this route; carts from the sea follow the other
route" cry the gendarmes at the myriad gates
| of the great city.
| Tradition reserves a place the square of
| the Halle TO Montreuil Gland of peaches Noisy
FontevOy and Romanville. They pay cents
for yard of shaded space and cents for the
open air. Unpacked the flowers are deposited
on the ground, covered with cloth and guarded
by the market-masters until the opening of the
sale The unloaded carts are put in the wagon
station, where the florists can safely abandon
them for there is general system of surveillance
] at all tho markets. PARISH III ecod
| in the world.
! The flowers in place, the market opens {; in
summer at 3, in winter at 4 O'Clock. This is
the wholesale market. The commissioners monopo-
lie the sale Between the reception of the flow
ers and the opening of the sale they have scpa-
rated the beautiful from the ordinary, and the
very beautiful from the beautiful The superior
choice is reserved to the great florists of Paris.
| The direct buyers who swarm the market, are
the mediocre florists, the street vendors, who
occupy places in special markets or authorized
| stalls in corners of squares or churches. After
them come the ambulants-the hand-cart vcnd-
ors-bent on securing The lilac, hyacnth tulip,
according to the season. The hucksters are a
class apart, arriving early They pay for q
place. Bargaining at a propitOus hour, they
are off to another quarter to dispose of their
purchases For every change of place they pay
| anew. The difference between the price of their
| various purchases and the sale of the same Is
| their profit. The sale at the Halle closes in
summer at g. in winter at o'clock The ambn-
| lants the hand-cart vendors of the four seasons
play no less a picturesque role in the streets OF
| Paris than in French fiction and salon exhibits
| But in vain one looks among them for the flower
girl of romance and song. Age, TOLL poverty
have left little traces of beauty In the Hover
vendors of this wonderful city curious world
they are vexing to the police. The ambulante is
Protean. He changes his merchandise, following
the interests Of the day nege'aDes ana OHsTrS
of these vendors. They are taxed dollar a
week for the right to sell, and an additional a
to wheel their carts through the ,s streets nsT TO
vendors who scatter roses of Nice in mid February
Buying at low price, they sell low
marvellously beautiful floral designs with mag
nfcent ribbon gamiture as the florists windows
of Paris reveal at all seasons 49,. ..,.o,uo,no,
WHO buys them ?" asked the saleswoman
of famous fcwer-shop in Boulevard DIES Capu-
cines
saica shrug of the shoulders. They are not
| for you or for me- They are for actresses and
the devl!' From the Rachels and the Sarahs TO
the petite who makes her debut with Madame
est servie" flowers are TO actresses the palm; the
laurel, the dream of triumph, the prize of glory
Partisan theatrical managers forbid flowers being
handed over the footlights except to stars. But
rarely does the ballet beauty fail to receive them
en- arrere. He who has not beheld the leader of
the Eden ballet riding home in her hower-decked
carriage, her gauze skirts rising like foam from
| sea- not of water but of flowers, the trophies eff
one nights adulation. has missed one of the
sights of Paris. Bernhardt is passionately
fond of flowers: In one of her plays she wears
| a grdle of orchids Last winter her regrets to
a Julian artist dinner took the form of plaster
| medallion of her own face buried in basket of
| Parme viOletS Judc and Granier the florists
| most lavish patrons. The garden scenes of plays
and operas are frequently set in natural flowers.
| Mrss Eames as Marguerite in Faust plucks roses
| from growing bushes. Juliet sighs from flower
trellised balcony. Not to have a, fcOtlight en-;
chanteresse upon whom TO lavish flowers is stilI
reflection upon youth of the Latin quarter
| Babies are often carried TO the baptsmal font in
cradle or basket of roses La fete DIES enTs
less ~ picturesque than that Of Nice Carriage
| wheels harness, driver-al garlanded in flow
ers. A beautiful woman in floral hat, reclining
is JOY. forever, Hundreds dash, through the
Pos and the pedestrians express their approval
by pelting them with flowers Prizes are offered
! the finest decorated vehicle.
| Many Partisan bellies send their hats TO the
florists to be garnitured in flowers to match their
gown; A garden party at the English Embassy Embassy
| The decoration of ball dresses in natural flowers
| is an industry or art Since the Republic how,
ever, floral garnlture Tor GOWNS has neen reStcted
to the corsage feathers usurpng their place on the
| skirt Table decoration is special trade.
The French almost literally bury their dead in
STG IRS II oTsS Supp WITH
yolets, panses purple nlacs and White roses Roses;
| ON mortuarv wreaths Hung the four corners
of the CLASHES funeral cars and completely cover
ing the coffin pals are these beautiful floral
crowns The, poor manifest affection for their
| dead I'm n less beautiful. but more enduring form.
The hideous black, white and purple glass bead
wreathe that lend so gruesome spell to Pere la
| Chaise and many shops of Paris, absorb the lions
| share of the peasantry's hardcarned savings when
| death robs them Of a loved one.
Cafes dairy shops. butchers stalls. bakeries
all dist the fragrance of flowers. The great cafes
| replenish daily, and the revving of what they
discard and the rcseng of the same to petty res
taurants is a lucrative industry. The cobbler,
tucked in an angle Of shadowing walls so crowded
that he needs must hang the old shoes to be re.
paired outside window or door, has in glass or
jar on his work. bench flower, which lends a bit
of heavens own blue TO his humble struggle for
bread.
The Partisan bouquet is generally confined to
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