Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-14

! matrOn and maid ana or man ana BOY.
From the gorgeous Easter rose, which
! costs two dollars, to the more modest
lily at a quarter, down to the pinch of
viOlets at three cents, there are lowers
for all and one left over for the little
cash girl who spends a penny for q
bloom.
Nothing dresses up an Easter suit like
a bunch of violets in the button hole,
and this fact with others makes viOlets
of all the Easter flowers the most
sought for as a personal decoration.
For the house, the church and the
window, the Easter lily holds prece-
dence.
Easter without lowers would be like
the play of Hamlet" not only with the
part of the melancholy Dan left out.
but with Ophelia also eliminated from
the cast.
In Japan each blossom has a festival
of it's own, but the most progressive ma
ton on the globe has leisure for only
one carnival of flowers a year, and
Easter is a fitting time for it's celebra-
ton. the name of the day being merely
a corruption Of that of Gesture. in the
rude Anglo-Saxon mythology the god
dess of spring.
A festival of flowers it truly is. even
in the city, where the shrine of Flora IL
represented by a shop in the business
district and the diety herself is propi-
tiated solely by offerings from Uncle
Sans mint. Perhaps. indeed. like many
other traditional celebrations, this ons
thrives best in the metropolis where
Strephon need not risk a cold by gath
ering flowers himself for Phyllis. and
may by the variety of his offerings con-
vey a hint as to not only his sentiment
tai but financial stability.
At Easter the city is gay indeed with
flowers; it is the season when even the
most artistic of florists c0ntrives a new
combination Of colors for his show win
dow; when the big department stores
become temporary green houses; and
when alien windows, hitherto devoted
to the display Of the fruit or the litera-
ture Of are invaded by an
army Of violets. roses and lilies.
Then, too. single doorways in the
business ~thOroughfares are converted
into tlourishing flower stands and arid
curbstones put forth an a%ffluence Of
blossoming pots and baskets, while
wagons erstwhile dedicated to the car
rying Of oranges or fish watt delicious
doors on their way, and the drivers
thereof add a melancholy crescendo Of
"Fre-esh flowers" to their repertoire.
Then likewise does beauty adorn her.
self with all the blooms which her own
purse or those of her adorers can pro-
vide.
In this bright season. too, it is a poor
window, whether draped in costly lace
or shaded by oft washed dimity, which
gives no hint of ported or cut flowers:
and the woman is unfortunate indeed
whose attire displays nc single blossom.
Then even last years jacket gains a
belated jauntless will a knot of vio-
let's in it's lapel, while as for the newest
creation. it dazzles the beholder with
the additional glory of it's cluster Of
American beauties.
The young mans fancy likewise light
~ turns to a more enormous bOutOn-
Mere than any one save a glass of
fashion dare indulge in, while the older
one adds a carnatiOn and a shame
faced smile to his belongings. Half for
gotten invalids are brought to mind
just now and were with blossoms.
and old friends who live ''quite too far
away to visit, you know" are remem-
bered through the florist with a bunch
of roses and a card.
The churches, too, after their long
period of Lenten gloom, are decorated
with palms and serried ranks of blos-
SONS, so that the parting of their doors
sends into the street q perfume of
heavens own sweetness, and all things
tell of joy and the resurrection.
At a time like this who can help but
smile? Why, even Phyllis soon forgets
to quicker up her brows because Sire
phon with a mans blindness has sent
her a corsage bouquet in which the
colors are at variance with those of her
little Easter gown: Daphne. too, ere
long dispels her grief that Narissua
has forgotten to send her any at all and
smilingly accepts the timely Offering Of
old Moneybags.
And how many stop to wonder when
all the flowers so lavishly displayed first
see the light?
to Each of the large W has his own
speciality in which he yields the palm to
none. yet each one pays due attention
to all popular flowers as well as the
trinity of the poets. the rose. the lily,
and the violet.
NEW II THE OGDEN