The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-07

New York, Apil 6.-(Special 1T
takes the merchants along Fifth aye-
nue.. the shopping district patronized
exclusively by the rich, to tell Just who
have been hit by untoward events in
Wall street. Next to Christmas. Eas-
ter 10 the best harvest season for
dealers In the accessories to extrava-
CANT living These keepers of fash
ionable shops say that the break in
the market which occurred in the mid
die OF March and the further wholly
unexpected slump last week, have cost
tnem $50,000.000 spring trade through
the enforced economies of their
wealthy patrons. Twenty per cent of
this loss of trade has fallen upon the
jewelers.. who have been the heaviest
sunerers. but shortage in sales of
$S000,000 has left the dealers in
paintings and art objects little better
on. Florists have suffered a loss of
100000 in their sales of flowers and
automobile agents a like amount. Pri-
vate building plans to the extent of
$1O,eO0.00O. so the architects say, are
held In abeyance, while summer yacht
ing plans and personal expenditures
OF various sorts account for anoth>r
$20,000.000. When thieves fall out,
honest men come by their own, how
ever. and the same thing might Vow
be said of Wall street spectators and
the poor man: for while the wealthy
speculator is forced to practice econ
ony, the man of modest savings is in
vesting In securities at rock bottom
prices. The depositors in savings
banks in this city. in the past few
weeks, have withdrawn $4,000, 900 of
the $1,000, 100000 which they have &C.
cumulated in those institutions and
converted into stocks bonds. mort
cages, and other gilt edged investments
at bargain prices.
1t would seem that all roads lead
to New York in the Easter holiday sea-
son. No fewer than 100000 strangers
from all parts of the the continent WIS.,
tied the metropolis this year to par
ticipate In the week of festivity which
began with the close of morning SER
vices In the various churches on Eas-
ter Sunday. They came from New
England, from as far West as Kansas
City and from as far South as New
Orleans. With Canadians this annual
pilgrimage has become a fixed insti-
tuition to which they look forward
through all the long northern winter.
Good Friday is legal as well as a
religious holiday throughout the Do
minion, and for two days and nights
following that day long special trains
crawled into New York over the
northern railway lines, bearing thou
sands of Canadians with their wives
and families who came =, New York
for their annual outing and first
glimpse along Broadway while Canada
Is still locked fast in the grasp of
winter. From all parts of the north
they come-from Montreal, Three Riv-
ers, Quebec, from Ottawa, Kingston,
Toronto, Hamilton, London, and many
smaller towns and villages in Ontario.
The army of spenders are out for a
good time-and they get 1t to the tune
of at least 100000 in the ten days
Az g.
the Canadians. Something like 10000
of them have spent the holidays at the
very best hotels in Longacre Square
and along Broadway and Fifth avenue.
From the 100000 or more eggs
which were rushed into New York to
meet the Easter demand to the lilies
and roses which are the other indis-
pensable adjuncts of the day, this has
been the dearest Easter in years. To
be sure fresh hens eggs were to be
had at rs cents a dozen, but the goose
eggs which are largely used for fancy
decorations sold as high as a dollar a
dozen. But when 1t came to fresh
flowers. that was a different matter.
Easter lilies were very scarce, owing
to the delayed return of the steamer
sent to Bermuda for a cargo of the
flowers symbolic of the close of Lent.
AS a result the supply was very short
not more than 100000 blossoms
against 100000 last year-and prices
ranged from 20 cents to SIS cents each.
The new and popular Mrs. Theodore
Roosevelt rose was so scarce that the
price was anything that might be ask
ed. AS to the flowers more common
for gifts and decorations. orchids cost
from 81 apiece up to much higher prices
for the finer varieties. American Beau
ty roses were 50 and SO apiece, while
violets cost from 50 to SO for an ordi-
nary bunch. At these prices, many of
the big hotels and cafes on Broadway
and Fifth Avenue expended as high as
$4,000 or IS, 900 for carnations roses and
other flowers for decorations.
Conservative estimates have it that
New York's daily aggregate of vertical
travel incident to the use of stairs
alone totals 10000 miles. consumes
nearly five years of time and involves
the expenditure of 100000 horsepow-
err. All this is the total for but a sin
gle day; in a year the city's residents