Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-04
YOUR EASTEBBOUQUET
How to Arrange the Festival
offerings.
A PRESENT. ! OF FRUIT
SHOPS ARE MOST FAS-
CINATING NOW.
Violets Are as Fashionable as Ever
and Always a We'll
come Gift.


| Eastertide come home to US each year in
| the same lovely guise. Forever old, this
movable feast is forever new. Its resur-
recton promise has been fulfilling itself all
down the Christian ages, both in nature and
| in the heart of Gods highest evolution
man.
| Be the heart never so sad, there springs
| from the symbolic observance of this fes-
| tival a comfort, hope and power to rise
| even as He rose-to the highest and best
| that is in one, confident of gaining that
! Easter of the soul as we'll as of the body
| Flowers, 1t seems to me, express the
! sprinEtime and risen spirit more exquisite
/, ly than anything else, even song In the
| latter a jubilant He is risen." is heard
| but the flowers in sweet serenity remind
one He is with us always.
| Now that the giving of gifts has become
| so prominent part of the pleasures Incl
dent to this celebration, nothing can be
more appropriate or gracious as an offer
| ing than some of these floral beauties
| There is a wealth of meaning In the
| posies, much or little as the bestower elects
| A sentiment sweet as Cupid ever drew from
| his bow may be hidden in the blossoms or
a comfort which passeth all understanding
| lurk in their depths.
If left to the smart florists dictates these
| floral presents may mean very much by
way or eXpenSe-mOfe, In fact, than the
| average person is able to afford. The
| sweet serenity" is thereby lost to the
| donor
| I have been on an investigating tour
among the flower sellers, browsing in the
| green houses, as it were, and incidentally
| 1 have been finding out some of the new
| wrinkles in that beautiful cult
| Many of the ideas are easily within the
| reach of the layman TO reproduce. and any
| woman with a little cleverness and money
| NAV rival the professional in n off
The following suggestions will not ap-
| peal to the infatuated young man who
! cheerfully squanders his worldly goods,
even should he starve In the attempt upon
| an expensive bouquet for the fair enslaver
Nor to the bachelor man or maid with
| shecke1s to burn will they be of interest, but
| to the great unfortunate majority. who
| have the best intentions ana not very much
| besides. ast
Breathes there woman with soul so
| dead that bunch Of vfolets daintily stow
ed In a large. straw egg-shaped basket
| would not delight? y
These baskets are among the novelties of
| the season and comel ready to be filed in
| various colored straw. The most popular
| baskets are those of violet and white and
| pink and white blendngs
Useful and Ornamental,
Another advantage this gift has Is the
ability to use 1t for a work basket or catch
all after the flowers, have faded; so, you
see, it is both useful and ornamental.
Another pretty conceit is lacy straw
hamper to be attractfveiy, filled with a ia
vorite flower after paper lace handker-
chief has first been laid inside. A large
satin or gauze ribbon bow usually orna-
ments the top. 1t is truly "a box where
sweets compacted lie.'
A hamper of this sort costs SO so and ca n
be made by the raffia worker for less than
| 90 cents.
| Leaf green baskets full Of forgetmenots
are ideally lovely, and blue bow artistic
ally arranged ON top completes the effect.
For more unpretentious gift a tiny
wedgwood hanging holder either in the
green and white blue colorings of this
ware. from which trail long tendrils Of the
| homely though no less beautiful money
wort, would be acceptable.
Gray -green hyacinth glasses. although lot
new, are charming when holding a pretty
variety of these sweet smelling flowers.
| Azaleas in all their glorious bravery Of
bloom are exquisite when plant is to be
| bestowed.
| The pot in most instances is wrapped
| with a paper handkerchief held in place by
wide ribbon tied in a full, short bow
with loops and ends.
| Genesta is essentially an Easter plant.
| and it's every yellow blossom breathes Of
spring.
Another Pretty Flower.
On the same order is the acacia a very
hardy plant which grows fuller and higher
| than the genesta and has the advantage
| Of blooming all along the branch instead Of
| in single flower.
Both Of these bushes with proper care
Will last indefinitely, and in this manner
the pleasant thought of the giver is ever
before one. Hydrangea plants are very
suitable presents and cost all the way from
! 10 cents to So.
Singularly unique is the Japanese bou-
gainsvillaea plant, with it's purple bloom
which looks like nothing save a mass of
paper flowers. Since the fad for things
from the rising sun country has become so
much sought after, this plant, though little
known now, bids fair to have a great run.
Large straw vases of harmonious toms
ana artistic shapes are now designed q
which to send the American beauty or s0y
long-Stemmed rose.
These receptacles are lined with zine,
which makes them perfectly water tight.
Little baby pots of artificial flowers, most
of which are daisies and Scotch heather.
will make a child very happy Easter morn
Ing If put at It's bedside with the always
priced eggs.
Good to Eat, Too.
Among the flowers most readily lending
themselves to the loose bouquet are the
Easter lilies tulips, daffodils, jonquils and
the many varieties Of roses A pretty nov
city which comes from abroad is fruit
bouquet-that is to say, bouquet lightly
made of the branches of the miniature
orange or pomegranate trees with aspara-
gus fern judiciouslyt mingled. These, I
imagine, will not become popular in Amer
lea. OBJ
/ 1t is perfectly bewifdering to go into a
florists shop at the busy Easter time with
out some knowledge of what one wants to
buy, as the people in attendance are often
too rushed to heed the moderate purchas-
er's demands. -
That nothing entirely green is sold at
Easter is an unwritten law. The be all and
end all of every woman's ambition Is at
least to wear a bunch of violets on Easter
morning tied with narrow gauze ribbon be-
tasseled on the end. al
Beautiful Big Waists.