The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-04-14

the fences that enclose them; they watch
ed the windows for glimpses Of Mrs. Nc
Kinley. who appeared at frequent inter-
walls and waved her handkerchief. They
gazed at the closed doors of the kitchens
and conservat tories as If gifted with the
power of seeing through stone wall, "
and they kept up a running fire of char
acteristic American comments. For ex-
ample, it happened that some shirts and
drawers hung out to dry near the execu-
tive back door, and hundreds specuiated
audibly whether they were the property
of the President. For the land sakes!'
said one old lady, Don't he wear no bet
ter clothes than them? Just everyday
cotton, and knitted wooden! l should
think he'd ought 'er wear linen shirts and
silk tother things. If for nothing more
than respect to his position"
Query: What does the President wear,
and by whom is his laundrying done?
The White House gardeners will have
plenty to do, for a week to come, clean
ing up after those festive throngs. The
entire force, with a dozen additions, are
working early and late, with rakes and
brooms, removing egg-shells, peanut
shucks, paper and other rubbish, scat
tered over the several acres, and blotches
of yellow stains that shame the dande-
HONS. Every year LAllS In VI AtSbOA INC
things to their normal neat condition,
and the damage done to the sod and
shrubbery, costs the government con-
siderable sum of money; but it is not
lfKely that any president will ever be so
hard hearted, or so Indifferent to public
opinion, as to close his back yard to the
annual carnival Of the children
Speaking about Easter, a prominent
Washington druggist said to me: 1T Is
impossible to estimate the amount OF
money spent every year in dyes for Eas-
ter-eggs-to say nothing Of the eggs
themselves, which take a sudden rise in
price at this time-say from Is to 40 cents.
The amount is a good deal larger than
people outside of trade imagine. But 1t
is a pardonable extravaganza, when one
considers what a lot Of pleasure 1t at
fords. I have sold over nine hundred
packages of dyes myself, and. as you
know, am only one Of several hundred
druggist in this city Years ago, eggs
died in solid colors were the rule, a
few adorned with stripes. or pictures or
notified effects. But fashions in eggs
change. as in everything else. Now
adays. about ninety out OF every hundred
are decorated with transferable pictures
Of public men,-such as Dewey, McKin-
ley, Gen. Joe Wheeler, Roosevelt, Schley,
and others. linen lntIt uTt ndB1s anu
ooats-of-arms, and battleshlps and rabbits
and characters from Mother Goose. The
eggs are first hard boiled and coated with
a solid color, so as 10 show off the trans
fer picture 70 best advantage"
Washington florists, 700. reap rich har.
vests at Easter tide. and one OF them
told me that this year his trade was at
least a third more than that OF any pre-
vious Easter. Fashion Ia flowers changes
az often as the styles OF Easter bonnets.
This year II runs almost exclusively 20
the most ezpensive-large. double, sweet
scented violets: lilies AZ $50 each and
upwards: heather. from one dollar TO ten
the tiny plant; and American Beauty
roses, which often bring rs high as fl2 q
dozen. Owing 70 some disease OF the
bulbs. the lily crop has suffered terribly
on the Burmuda plantations, whence most
Of the Easter lilies come. making them
uncommoniy scarce and costly. But there
are compsnsationa. Yiolets have come
70 th4 fore IN their stead During the
last year or two q great many violet
farms have been established m our South
srB states. snd ail are doing . thriving
business Planters ind the fragrant
blooms more profitable than their cotton
ara tobacco aud are shipping 20 me
North ~ carloads ~ iF pleasant work
for ne women and ebildrcn, ana fhoua-
ends ars nov engaged in a. That makes
vi0iefs much cheaper than they uae1 -
bsi an9 perhaps when ~ b8rmpqa ~