University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-09-12
BELIEVES MEN HAVE
MOST SENTIMENT
Flowergirl Says They at Least
Show 1t More Than
Women.
LADIES BUY BEST LOCKERS
Man Chooses Flowers Which
Mean Something to Him,
She Says.
LADIES BUY BEST LOCKERS


you believe it. If you'd sold flowers,
as l have, for three years, you'd soon
realize that men have lots more senti-
ment than women. At any rate, they
show it more. Why, they-excuse me
just minute"
And Miss Doraline Suechting, who
stands all day behind the counter in
Riverside florist shop, hurried to greet
a man customer who had just entered
the store. He made no request and,
seemingly, none was necessary, for
Miss Suechting appeared to divine his
wishes. Tripping over to- a great
mass of carnations that stood in jar,
she selected bright pink one, added
to it a very tiniest spray of maiden
hair fern, then hurried back and fas-
tened the boutonniere to the lapel of
the customers coat. He paid her and
went on his way, looking immensely
pleased with himself.
Every day in the year he stops on
his way down to business for his car
nation" she explained, nodding in the
direction Of the departing customer.
He thinks there are no other flow
ers, although. according to my notion,
Ia small rose looks very we'll on the
lapel of gentleman's coat. What
were we talking about? Sentiment?
Oh, yes. Well, it's like this. A woman
customer will come in to buy flowers
to send to sick friend or to put on
the luncheon table, and always she'll
pick out the ones that make the best
showing. A man doesn't do that. He
picks out the flowers that mean some
thing to him, even if he looks the
whole stock over before he does it."
A Pleasant Occupation.
Miss Shechting thinks the selling of
flowers is an excellent occupation for
a girl.
Its agreeable work, for suppose
everybody loves flowers, and if girl
is clever at making up bouquets or
set pieces and combining colors, she
will earn very good salary. There's
lots to learn in it, too. And you'd be
surprised to know that fashion is al
ways changing in flowers. Just now
the purple aster is very fashionable
flower. There was time, however,
when nobody would think of buying
tit was considered just an ordinary
garden hover. But, of course, it's be.
ing developed.
1.-THE flower, industry in and around
Spokane is still small, but it is branch,
ing out all the time. I don't believe
there is any woman engaged in tit
seems to be a mans work. Most OF
our flowers here come from Broad
water, Mont, where some very fine
violets are grown.
eve don't have much demand fol
orchids here. Once in a while wed
ding bouquet is made up of them and
we get the flowers in San Francisco
or Chicago. They keep better than
any other flower we handle. Spo
kane girls, however, seem to prefer
bride roses or lilies of the valley fol-
their bridal bouquets.
Il spoke little while ago about the
fashion in flowers changing. This is
particularly true of flowers for funer
ais. OF course, wreaths are always
good and we make up great many
of these for funerals, but the desire
seems to be now to get away from the
set pieces-the Gates Ajar,' Broken
Shafts and similar pieces that used tc
be very popular. Loose sheaves OF
blossoms are used a great deal and
more color is being introduced into
floral pieces.
A Bouquet of "chiney Asters..
"Once in a great while We girls who
sell flowers come across a really in
teresting customer. One happened il
Just the other day. He was an OLE
man and he looked as though he hat
lived for long while in the country
He asked me to make him uo a buncl
OF garden flowers. 'Chiney asters'-
that's what he callod thew ho ,,1,