Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-06-20
VlOLETS VS.. ROSES.
Many Points in Favor OF the Former
Flower

This promises to be a great violet
winter. For ten years the violet has
been gaining in favor unit it has
practically displaced every other
flower for woman's wear. It's popu-
larity has failed to lessen its vogue.
and violet farms have sprung up in
Westchester, Long Island and New
Jersey within the last year and the
growers have been inundated with
orders to supply thousands of violets.
Ten years ago woman when dress
ed for dinner or the theater wore d
huge cluster of roses as a corsage
bouquet, extending from the waist to
the shoulders. One evening in a
crowded theater or a warm dining
room made a withered. wilted wreck
of the blossoms and a dance frequent
ly ended their existence. Then the
violet gained renewed popular favor,
which it has increased as the flower
itself has been made larger, more
fragrant and more beautiful in color.
Not the least of its charms is its last
ing quality. A fresh bunch of selected
violets will last during an evenings
dancing; it will stand all sorts of
climate changes and although the
heat will wilt it slightly it has most
wonderful rejuvenative power Eco
nomical violet lovers have been
known to keep an ordinary corsage
bunch in wearable condition for two
or three days.
All may have the violet. The street
vendors sell a second or third rate
quality of the flower for % to SO
cents bunch, while small clusters
are to be had at the shops for 81.
The usual violet bouquet which the
man of good taste sends to his sweet
heart, or the girl he escorts to the
theater, has the circumference of q
breakfast plate and costs S. And,
in addition to the influence which the
violet has had in the floral world, de
creasing the profits of rose growers
by thousands and making violet farm
ers rich in couple of seasons, it has
added another to the masculine types
into which the up-to-date girl divides
ner admirers. 1t was once related in
verse that young man who called
upon the girl of his heart was hor-
rified to overhear her describing him
TO another girl as "only a candy man.
The candy man is the most innocuous
OF the lot in the man catalogue of the
girl of the period He even ranks
lower than the corner man. the dinner
man or the dancing man, for all of
these have their uses. The violet
man is the very newest type and he
is credited with possessing all sorts
Of exquisite sensibilities, fine senti-
ments and high qualities that place
him among the stars.
Never trust man who boasts
that he never bought bunch of vio-
lets" said club girl at meeting the
other afternoon. HE may seem all
right, but there is something lacking
in his makeup. First of all, he will
probably prove to be poorly educated,
for all college men learn to buy VIC
lets. 1t is a part of their education.
Then men who always buy roses or
chrysanthemums are the sort that like
to make display. They are apt to
be crude and perhaps coarse. But
the violet man still believes in things
and cherishes illusions. He is sure
to have a great deal of sentiment and
to have chivalrous regard for ala
women. Heeis the very opposite OF
the candy man."-New York Sun.