The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-03-16
AS 1T LOOKS TO WOMEN
IN the Pinkness and the Sweetness
of the Flower Show.
THE AzALIAS QUEENED 1T.
For the Easter Lilies Knew They Were
TOO Eariy-The Hyacinths and Vioiets
Were Sweet, but the Tulips Looked
Chilled and Pale.

There were not so very many people at
the flower show yesterday, for the con-
vention absorbed the attention OF the
men. and the chill wind and dust sent
sbudders through the women. and the
flowers themselves were kept at home TO
some extent by the cold; but il was n
bright. warm, pink and fragrant picture
that greeted everybody who stood at the
door at Tillinghast's and looked in. The
azalias dominated IL: they made graceful
and gracious background; there were
Easter lilies, but they seemed 10 feel 1t
was too early for them, and did not dis
pute pre-eminence with the large e-petaled,
delicate blossoms that blushed all over
their bushes and hid the green. There
were slender, swaying sprays OF genesta
to give the piquancy and pungency OF yell
low. but these too, did not obtrude them
selves but let the aZalias queen the room
II was pretty TO see the women bend
over the bride roses, big, charmingly
curved Of petal, white with faintest flush
OF shyness, beloved for other reasons and
for their name. But the Catherine Mer-
NETS are lovelier; their shell-like pink is
inimitable and indescribable, aud the hot,
crimson Jacks are sweeter; their perfume
went out and met that OF the violet and
overcarne il and struggled with that of the
carnation pinks and was overthrown.
There's deal of character In odors. The
smell of white hyacinth was heavy in the
air Yesterday; sweet, sensIouS and relax
ing She who came in upright, economi-
cal, and bent over the waxy white shoots
and breathed the soul of them, went out
and gave her last s. bill for IA scented lace
handkerchief and pound Of candy.
The Glove pinks are safer; their perfume
is strong of the earth, earthly and the flesh
fieshly. but so spiced as TO be kept fairly
clean and wholesome. The great pale
purple masses of violets lower the spirits;
jt.is strange women wear them so con-
startly, for however it may be with but
tonhole cluster, in quantities as they lay
and exhaled sweet, low-toned fragrance
yesterday they made me think of every
thing that once was fair and lovely and
iovable, but now is buried in past years
graves.
Primroses, like those Mrs. Shepard
showed, are bright and fresh and whole
some and do not excite the emotions.
They are cheerful plants and persevering,
and il / knew down-hearted invalid I'd
send her one; they are good tonics and
not exciting The cinerarias are fine
masses of color, but il one goes in for
gorgeousncss pure and simple, there's
nothing to pass the glories of tulips or
jonquils. These yesterday were disap-
pointing. The tulips had no flame in
them The blizzard had kept them to a
proper GOODNESS of pale yellow. There
was nothing for il but TO pass them, see
faces--pray heaven they be not resentful
ones--in the great platters of pansies, hope
for spring and go.
For that's the beauty of spring flower
exhibition. 1t sets us all TO eyeing the
frozen beds in the dooryard gardens and
turning over packages of seeds. It's nc
so very long, by the way. before it will I
time to plant sweet peas. L.