The sun., 1901-04-28
FINE FLOWERS MADE HERE.
sOnE THINGS. IHOUGH. ~ WHICH
FRANCE IA STILL SUPRfME se
From i,soO 10 l.sO0 Girls and women En'-
pieysA In the Industry In This Ciiy--The'r
work aad Their Pay-Famiiies ef Flower
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Tho first Of MAY, the heart time Of the year
in popular estimation, is a sort Of Black Mon
day in the sirl flower makers calendar a'
marking the expiration Of her profit reap
| INK season and ushering In the period ol
slack work. For not until August does
the flower market Quicken again.
But the girl who can make II flower as per
feet as that has work the year round. fr'
| marked the Broadway dealer, Hs he lifted n
cactus blossom from its box and shook II
| lightly to open ii petals This soft heecy SIN
| the counterfeit OF thistledown, Il the hHrues'
| VI all textures TO work With Dozens oil prac-
tised workers Ia velvet or fabrics with more
| body 10 them couldn't begin to manage
p-taN Ike thts Miss B makes orchids aISo
that are the admiration Of the workroom'
She makes from SIS to ss week right along
and can add to that II she chooses 10 TAKE
Work home TO do at night
She represents the most valued type
OF worker The girl who makes daisies or
Vlolets makes only 80 or 20 cents uay
Those sre the easiest made or all nowers
on the list. Many girls make $40. sl9 ana
N% week at piece work 4 good pfopor-
tion OF these experienced bands are only
called girls through habit or courtesy lhey
have been ut the business Tor many years
and some are married and work AZ the movers
Tor month or two In the rush season just
10 Keep their hand In and get the money
i should say from ! 500 to ,sV women
and girls work at flower making IN New
YORK. In ten years there has been vast
Increase In the amount of me mowers MADE
Formerly We never attempted 10 make SILK
nowers In America. We dld larry wen
IN flowers made or stlnened goods nlusi'hs'
lawns, Sc, and some OF our girls could hshule
velvet and satin after a fashion, put We
did nothing TO brag OF; We had nelth too!S
nor ideas and never thought ol designing
anything direct from nature that was not
included in the foreign models
To-day every Hover maker ot any pre-
tension 10 skill has her own llttle SILK WORK
ing implements. a little tool Tor crimping.
II gu1er FOR making the dents IN limitation oi
natural flower petals, creaser Tor max
ing those little cross lines when YOU hardly
know are there but whose absence would
detract very much from the LOOKS OF lhe
flower These little tools are 50 much IN
demand that many specialists in the max
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'"s VI 'he" nave Guns. ''V" w '''' ''""'''
and set up shop In the foreign quarter.
The laurel. both pink and white the pond
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NY ""u NC u'nue'''" az % Nv - ~
made flowers. lately introduced ana put on
the market Like the lilac, the laurel Is one
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We cant compete vet with French makers
I'm the matter Of delicate grasses and exotl.s
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Scotch heather. Those must be imported
The mat erials are cheaper IA France. they
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and they eau beat us st the knowledge OF
dveng But In many regards we're catching
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"p '"N' '""S'"e'"S Nv" '"'"s ''o """'
industry i In this country. We're
making the cheaper grade Of flowers better
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Ia going through mower factory one sees
first the great sheets Of muslin lawn and
H.. IN, ,.,1,. tr ,hs .,ic.n.,. f., TIA
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cutting room layers upon layers Of the un-
d,pd ~tinpued goods are cut up into leaves
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HrHle SHIPS OF velvet saiin ana linen ana
spread them ont smooth j. a big task Many
s,,,,.dy ,tt t.I, ,r,u., ,,irI. h.I, in "a. drviry
~ ,'"' so Ky ~ ,''t ,S
process. some p"idI- are shdu'u HRhl a. lte
ruGtS ana deepen IN Holni IO"diu lhe
heart OF the mower Others are motilrd
1ucCe,HIunN w NelNr' WIN nov hl9Nef ioI
lawn lhdt u~'u LOT SIN Hi, N"t'h - pl hh"!u'r
"rdrr man ior coloh. Mu'h ulScruhlhdlvh
hIu ''u' hI''hu> 'ht PIn'fN' - How'I -
tN't maze OF 'plYr"u ln"''T'"I1' EN''S
'"Slnlr n-ru ~ uNtu 70 sun
ar 1mHs EriS 'ra,ed a. oyG ,'G,"7 are sn
pioNrd a. pMkLnS oi III R'Is 't' tuE,- W
'hr br'tI~ heN ~'hIlop Ih'lu Pnhl 'n'H'i
or hIIl tuihpI" mem h''oInIhH' I" lH' Ih"Ih ~
H'"u"'. me >'tIlS are, dH IilPvt' 80 It"uN
hiiu" bui uhMfru; duu III" NI' ,h'u' j. one
81 ih" tasks ~e' Tor beginner ai ih' lhhhSlll
b" "niT"S oi ia" oomm3urr U4"rrs me hlit
.uI'iu l.he -.du'"u~ IIu p's'uN alr ihHvt ihHvtpl w
hsd'IIHtIN anu H'''" w Nv y Np''"I l"'.'
~ 'Np'I'9. i' I'hI ildh'I INV HVR"ln'T
u"pht'mrnl ai,n IrIlmlus nu'n sHm, Ihu Ihu
bHl''htf Hnu i' EIl@ VINO We w , i'' oun.h',
ana arrhhEr lhrm III Hiaht- i""uN LOT N'o'N
are another me "t workers ,,,
p,> m'N ,"'lsHh'hE ih".'tN =" my il"N'.
"nik W" I"Nlsll'I~ nave "'iu III VIZ V'N'allS
Oh .HhrI hi' trimming 10 hr s"'u loi "''-
'l ,"Nh hI' ~. ,t.,.,
' "ol',LH Ep' Iha' ~. ~ k'tht nv
NHlb mower huhuldtlul"T showing an 90"
~praN Tor the front of nay Inc spray
consisted "I lNlh roses WIN b's wings "l-
lItMy from htl Nr"h lhell
here's nothing drtsilc IN c,mbhhioh
"I mower, ana feathers IKE lhht " Nf'ak
uIhhtnrht ne added but " = Tue soIt
oI thlnH mat lakes win IL" country r ,dt
ana We sell case Hf'"r case ior points ~ we
NtNI ana SCUM ana even here ON me th~t
Nidr lhai We beauty ,ol our urslkh'i
Shr mas Humptnn Hhr KNOWS lhat theor
Couglnlurrii"~ mr." mol tasi"tnl hui she hlso
knows that they Will take with numbers
VINO Nould not buN an dIll-tlt ornament
tnd want something starting
j. hard 10 say "hlrh process OF mower
making i TIA" mos important the cutting
and shaping, the ""lorlng and tlntinR or the
puti!ng together "i ne petals ana ma! as