The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1896-01-04
FRUIT TRIBUTES.

The Up eo-Dato Young Mama --latest on
fcrInK to His Lady Love.
The latest requirement laid upon the
pocket and a affections of the generous
young man is tho Offering of fruit te
the lady Of his admiration. She is going
to expect it, and the very up-to-date
fruiter Is no more tho SWANS good
friend than IL tho florist or eonfee+
TONER.
To scnd a modest present OF fruit this
winter will be a test Of affection. in.
deed, since the dealer has taken coun.
sci With himself and learned the virtue
OF offsetting his wares with ribbons
and baskets OF wondrous manufacture.
It all happened because inicl<y
young man ordered several pounds OF
luscious hot-house grapes, golden pearl
pears and late Virginia peaches to be
sent to his betrothed on her arrival
from Europe. He refused to have them
delivered in the usual plain but honest
and Inexpensive paper bag. So the
fruit dealer bought a rustic cornuco-
pia basket. woven of green and brown
cedar bark, supported on thee tall
legs. This he lined with autumn
leaves, heaped In the fruit with no
inartistic hand, dropped around in the
hooks English walnnts and che.snuts
still in the half-cpen burr, and
tied all the cur1cd end of the
cornucopia with masses OF russell
brown and purple ribbons. The basket
met with so many compliments and
it and the fruiter himself were de.
lighted. The exacting young man paid
out just ten dollars for his gift, and So
implicated all his fellow men.
Tho way to maidcn's affections
now lies by tue way of a fruit basket.
and some of them arc really worth hay
ing. Until the very latest moment in
Iva 1,o u
sired contents for those made of gilded
and silver oat straws, woven in with
different-colored ribbons, lined with
big green silk leaves, tue peaches ar.
ranged i'll a pyramid, wearing ribbon
belts and bows around their fat, rosy
bodies.
Next in order are countrymen's hats.
of curious sunburnt straw, filled
with pears; and prettiest OF all, round,
rough. fiat baskets made of brown
wythes, with big loop handles and
piled with green and deep purple
grapes. These baskets are in i,Aita-
| ton of those the grape gatherers use
in burgundy. They are tied with red
\ and green satin ribbons; somewhere
amid the bows is caught q pair OF
cunning little grape scissors. and al
ready. with the arrival of carly
oranges, have come lovely green pal
metto baskets, woven in big broad
| concave platterS. the handles OF twist
ed orange satin ribbons, one of them
holding little fruit knife.
Every basket of oranges is picked
Especially with n stem and one greer
leaf attached, and though these Oas
llkets cost ten dollars, twelve dollar.
and fifteen dollars. the really expen
isive ones are trimmed with bon-bons
1.-The confectioners make cunning imi
tations in papier mache of pears
Ina nd 4 -
assorted chocolates. A handsome bas
! lzet has at least half a dozen of these
pretty bonbonniere set amid the othe,
fruits and one gift of fruit made re
Gently by New York swain was g
Chinese mandarin's hat filled with wee
mandarin oranges, some of which fel
| open to show Japanese pcrsi mmons in
| side, candicd currants, sugarcd cher
rics. or crystalized citron.. Detroit
| Free Press.