The herald., 1897-04-11

many hundreds of thousands are sold
each Good Friday week. From the street
wagons, where dimes are all sufficient,
to the fashionable florists, where i'm
posing checks release the obligation, one
sees on every hand the posies going about
in their tissue paper and cotton batting
hoods. Eerywhere one notices the same
truth-how complete is the subjugation
of the rose. Azaleas never know what it
offs to live until the selfish florists allow
them to spread their rosy or white skirts
for the glory of the day. Callas are kept
in beds, like bad children, for fear they
will misbehave and be all tired out when
they should be in the best of condition.
Lilies, pansies, narcissus. violete, hy-
acinths. rhododendrons and hydrangeas.
to say nothing of the more modest mig
nonette and jonquils, are one and all
allowed to celebrate Easter without let
or hindrance-all. indeed eave the riot
Gus rose. The jacqueminot lies all un-
noticed and waits with her sisters fo- the
earthly festivals that are coming, the
days Of the June brides. Above and be-
yond them ALL however, the lily reigns
in stateeque statelines3. Even in the
shops Of the florists it seems to recog-
nize the fact of its supremacy, and
look about with dainty disdain on its
sweeter, although less favored, COM
panions.
While they who pose in attitudes be-
fore lily may meet on common ground
the simple souls, who see in the satiny
texture and the marvellous yellow pollen
the most beautiful works of nature, there
are others who like to add to the gift an
intrinsic value in the shape of more
lasting receptacle. No matter how
slender the purse, no matter how enor-
nous the wealth of a man, he can find
an appropriate token of his wish to live
remembered ON every hand. --.. :
In every store there are beautiful bud
glasses, tiny vases In which to exhibit
the beauty of a single flower. In choice
cut glass; brilliant as crystal itself,
there are dozens of designs, not all ex-'
pensive. Venetian glass collections
show hundreds, no two alike. The green
glass, either plain or etched in silver,
which came into notice couple of years
or so ago, is now for sale in immense va
riety, the flower vases ranging from
these same tiny specimen glasses to the
huge flower throated ones several feet
tall and made to hold great sprays of
the snow Ascension lilies.
AS a mercy devoutly to be thankful
for the jardiuierc or flower Jar has
evolved itself from its primitive violence
of color. The raw reds. green's and yell
lows which were once the only hues to
be found in ugly Dubious shapes. have
passed from favor. Now there are pleas
ant browns and good Chinese blues and
whites. The little jars are very cheap.
even in the best designs. Another
springlike gift is the silver table jar
diniere filled with growing ferns, topped
perhaps with glowing dracena, which
may brighten without depressing the
family table for weeks after Easter has
come and gone. The secret of success in
keeping these ferns green and fresh is
to give them the moisture they remem-
ber once belonged to their dark homes in
the woods. or more likely. the homes OF
their ancestors.
Just why candy is supposed to be the
most appropriate Easter present which
a young man is permitted to give no one
can tell. But the truth remains that
very popular young girls are likely to
be loaded down with sweets enough 10
send a whole orphan asylum to q hos
pital Bonbouuieres Of china, siIverIand
cut glas are often the important car