The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-14
FLOWERS FOR THE FAIR.
ST. PAUL EASTER MAID AND MAT
RON WILL RECEIVE LILIES
AND VIOI.ETS
THE LILY MOST IN EVIDENCE
AzaIeas and Hydrnnseas Popular as
Wen, and Florists Are Show
ing Them to the Greatest
Advantage.

Pansie1A for thoughts, rosemary for re-
membrance, but for the St. Paul Easter
girl lilies and Violets. According to the
florists the Easter maid and. lnatron will
receive more lilies and violets- this year
than ever before, or perhaps it would be
more correct TO say more Easter maids
and matrons will receive the flowers. At
any rate, a number OF both these flowers
have been ordered, andWhen' one considers
that each shining white lily costs exactly
20 cents, and each tiny purple blossom de-
mands Of the purchaser 2 cents, and when
one also considers that the more flowers
are punched together the better the ef-
feet. one feels glad, for the young mans
sake that Easter comes but once Il year.
In all the shops in St. Paul where flow
ers are to be found, the lily Is the BIOS
som most in evidence. 1t is the Easter
flower par excellence. But the young
man who wants TO express the depth Of
his regard for some pretty maid. and who
prefers the Easter lily to- anything else,
does not make the mistake Of sending
cut flowers. He purchases instead a plant
with as many blossoms on it as his purse
will permit, and the Easter girl Will have
the benefit Of the shining blossoms not for
one day. but for a week or ten days. Bur
when my lady goes to church tomorrow
morning in all the bravery Of new spring
frock and Easter bonnet, her toilet will
not be complete unless she has fastened
to the bodice of that pretty gown an ira
mense bunch Of violets, and If, in g1anc-
Ing down at the wealth of pretty blossoms
on her breast, she gets the sermon Woe
fully tangled up with thoughts of the
giver-well, she is not to be chided GER
tainly-and as for the young man, he GER
tainly will have no objections.
-''Azaleas and hydrangeas are wonder
fully popular this year." said a florist
yesterday. Next to the lilies we have
more orders for them than for any other
flowers Hostesses seem to prefer as a
centerpiece for the Easter Sunday dinner
table a blooming hydrangea or an azalea
rather than the usual mass OF cut flowers.
Young men, too, seem to prefer sending
n potted plant to the girls Of their choice
instead Of the cut roses in favor at any
other time.'t ~
st. Paul florists seemed to have m3ds
a special effort this year 10 achieve artis-
tic effects in the arrangement of their
flowers and certainly the flower shops
have never looked so beautiful.
''It's just heavenly, said a sweet-fa ced
old lady yesterday afternoon as she
stood in the center of one of those stores
and gazed@ saTuun6lEs her. s9On every side
rose row upon w+of taIT green S. ks,
and clustering at their tops We're bios
SONS innumerable of the fair white flow
ers so typical of the resurrection. The
old lady herself made a pretty picture
as she stood there in her widows robe
and veil, for her eager face was. lighted
UP with an expression very nearly akin
to worship, and her trembling, black
gloVed hands held closely to her buach
Of Easter lilies.
Two tiny newsboys apparently agreed
with the old lady yesterday. though their
language was not quite so correct They
were gazing at the window of one of the
shops where a particularly fine display
Of lilies was made. Their noses We're fa St
ened fiat against the pane, their eyes
shone ''Hully gee, but they're beauties"
said the smaller of the two, as he turn