The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-03-03
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Italians Among the Mo.t Numerous Patrons 81
the Fast side Florists Germans. Too. Hn,
Flower. often Uptown Orders Ihs, Z ONE
Siyly In over the Tcie phone.

There are not many florists on tho lower
Fast Side Flowers are a luxury in which
the average las, slider indulses only once
during lilo NJ the wedding and once after
death AZ the funeral Thcr" ar" exceptions
TO this rule, hut Il Bowery florist ,dy~ they
don't often come hs wpv
Funerals are orr strong hold, ho said
"pIi you see those two poor men VII" .u-'
went out' They spent over - for flower,
for y funeral over in Thompson street ~"
foreman Of some iron WORK - l. dead aud th"
mon under hun have Chlpprd IN for the fow"r-
II takes tho IrRlun~ 10 get flowers for n
funeral. though il a l'tl" three uuth--oid
baby dies. the Italians have a whist" hears"
with 81, horses ana hlr" two COACHES 10 ,arry
III. flowers Al least they did dc that a few
years ago They don't go ~ TOR n gltt" 80 cN-
trhvssantly now livery florist ought ru
have a few Italian funeral orders every drv
h" IS ~ business You SEQ they want % p."'"
made ny Of almost every klud of nuW"l th,l
grow- II ther" isn't every color CO.. ~" i.ir-
bow IN II. they don't think they're getting
therr moneys worth 50 whom 1T comes 20
making up an Italian order "" can 49," up tIl
the odds and end, IN the place "" MIST lowe
Italian orders
"no we sell cut flowers 10 young mon for
lNfi' ltlN l'lfltl~' N'V tH so fI'"' '.'
We cant carrh our breath between t'r,'-
We make more penny -rl"~ That's what
We ,all '.m saturdays and Suuuiy~ iIt0
all the rest of the week put together Won
500. most ni ~" dances com" ~ ON ~trurd..
and SUNDAY AMI when q Young m1u'- gnn-
10 take a lsdv friend to q hN. o." -erd~ b'r
flowers 10 wear At beast some o' ON d"
Md my but th"v thuh that's lbpu' ~"
limit so d"rs IA" girl While >l''- Wrt'uc
those flower You couldn't ~ly 20 word dstIg-f
thai Young - an Not "u rul' lf''
What kind of flower. do tho, g,'' uu.
mostly ros"s \lplot~ don't arroal mIoh
10 the Fast side It. the rn-" NAV goo down
here \ fellow. get, ~" ,r thl"" rt-o- md
N" glrl wears them i'm her h1iI. -'pt' yuG 'N"
l'rl-t Illustrated wiz n graceful sweep Of hl-
hand over hr~ loft ear
Then you'd be surprised If Won know now
many flowers v" send uptown The .rI'r-
lug i all don" over the l"lor,huu" Bu~l'"-s
men telephone ~ :" send % bon OF 0n"rr~ 20
n not 10 PM them "a q be-, WITH our rifu"
or. II When they do that. Won know, t'"v
either deliver u IN p"r-ou or loud = hy their
know that her N'ril Offering r,iN"- from .,
uuia shlouahl" q locality H. the BuV"ry Suun
customers Of that class nay" I~atr"u1'd u-
for year
You 800. | can soil flower. f,r Uej' what
10" ~w"l uptown dealer rhnrr" "" i''t
huv at better prices than thny de- IS" -,,u
some II the uptown huyor> nav .u-t two"
what ! hay" rnid f'r 80, Ih"l r" re-,
can sh"rd to- piy if"m hu, NOR. carefully
FIR instance. IN" Whul'-al" buvius ~ I~"rt'-
Then : nav ohnuc" 70 lu aud "l"nu out
everything u dealer ha- lott and nee give ,'
Z" M" az one nsIr". I'l~ w'rrlus '""s
lilies and odd ilpw"r- 10 q lu'Er from on"
dealer Took everything he. had left N.u
IN 20 Nff.AI sfltlnktsts HNl a. Atu $40 f|st