The sun., 1910-05-22
THOUSANDS INSTEAMER GIFTS
~ IHEIP THING PROPERLY
TONII GOOD-RI 10 4 FRIEND.
A. least siS,OtO spent for These Nho
sailed Yesterday CANDY a FaNariie
.-.cWeIi Present, white cases Of
thamn1 gne MAY Ward OH Geasirknpxs

WAiWia ANF Wy "ei"Wh NNAHlTANFAs
..1s ought G, have seca the bunch
n, y..nr pIt IT here this morning hound
grr srrrua VS. a rnnark haert az the
s.,. g almost every hotel In and near
So ateIu. Yesterday All the hotel
,.-.- acr..nl there had been nothing
u.a .' f.I- -'. sIu.
Y..' '.I .Is ucs tngoers yesterday came
= town rnpgt Wednesday or Thursday
.Trsy ..srys set here day or two he-
fore q. ling said one room clerk. Most
-f -r-- pat ~ buying few things
gr,. ,aa. Ee' o. New York. There are
ca~ntr gely few who stop in New YORK
.r.ys night before sailing
lng % rough statistics gathered
vs-rrHl4y .t cost the friends Of the voy-
af--, 20 bnlst $4,000 70 start thom ofi
M wiz ms come 10 be considere1 a
nrorer fashion For hours before tho
E,,.-ru Ausste Victoria loft a IA r.
az Der er was piled high with baskets
and tuNr, which stewards were busily
Asserting and taking % staterOOms. The
Ior.nEes .r reading rooms on the other
1x uIg rrsnsltantic liners that got away
were sl'ri with similar packages.
The steamship basket business during
ths hsf few years has come to assume
proportions that the person who never
vs.'s the steamship piers can hardly ap-
prelAre Il was estimated by a fruit
dealer Yesterday that no fewer than
80 Il shat are called Steamer has
ke,s were taken away on the various
hn-7s Yesterday. One firm alone daliv-
srrd more than go.
Tals does not include flowers. Of
these "a representative Of one fashionable
florist sad he had delivered on steamships
COMES can dy One oonfectioner sent
grr'v packages costing anywhere from
s. '1 s25 o. steamers Yesterday, and this
rm wGlIe is goods are among the most
elp-usIye II the kind On the market, by
no means has a monopoly Then thef
Was rlamTagne by the basket and by the
Dssa Tor 80 sickness. Begides there were
gases ~ milk and cream, specially treated
milk eggs that we're certificated to have
ha@H TIst laid. butter warranted strictly
hyuanir. even groceries Of high price.
'sss nd cohees Of special brands, cases
4 sge0ialv prepared foods and delioactes
for austOCratic CANNES. cigars, bottled
waters and stronger waters from Ken
tgcky ysgetables that are still too fgr
IN ADVANCE II the season to enable them
q he served with profit by a steamship
company
Now as 20 howers some kinds Of
flowers the florists say. are now never
a
that 'hsv would he thrown overheard
t-i1re The steamer got far beyond the
Ambrose Channel hghtship. You must
-a1d rosss or orchids. II YOU send Amer
I0au Beauties 10 is not classy 20 send less
han q dozen For others that are smaller
bI' smell A. sweet three dozen n the Gus
tu7y number. These are cut with
stems m some csSss almost a yard long
aIt paCked IN a helutifll box. You
m have them sent aboard by special
n.a-."1rrr In uniform and delivered O.
fhr. UH--un YOU wish 10 honor. but % Gusts
more iashiOnah bic h0rist who was
,.rsIl'ei yesterday was loath % discuss
pru. Hc said II might scare some
3" uir From another source n was
l- med that steamer rOrss cost yesterday
g. 20 50 90 - dozen American BEAUTIES
'.r steamer pulpuses were higher but
'..-' what uc"angorng orchids were bring
lg tA. informant said he would not
0rrIr- y guess The only WY y1u can
rr1 out hs srid. -is % nav Tor some
Ha~ m. -eadiug II flowers d-ppp,d
n This year. wHls p sset IT the fsshlonahl"
iIrist
"On the cuntrp ~ % vas thg reply Our
ltes mer trade has increased this wear
by fully - per cent
4 representatlv' II a fruit dealF- said
i should -ay thai tho stearne- b asket
business had increased this year by from
Is 20 IS per cent over last year The
business Of last night and to-day. all Of
y llch was for the steamers sailing to-day.
y f, the biggest ~ the season 80 far. In
.srt this has bcen a bag week for Tuesday
and Wednesday sailings caused much
trade
You see. the people who sail are not
d the habit % sending themselves baskets
There may be a rare instance - u. but the
customers IN this particular are their
.veuds IL frequently happen. n course
that a voyager will get several haskets
W. have orders ahead % a sailing for a
p eek 0r more from distant points. FIRE.
g.eu'ly wholesale and retail houses IN
B -'uu and ChiCagJ will telegraph us 90
-e1G baskets 20 persons from those cities
aut charge 20 them.
The pnoes Of baskets. according %
,0r'-nts. range from S. 10 SIS. There
lre many az $40 We try each year %
ye' Ip some novelty, such a. a taEIDF a
r uruu or perhaps a card envelope. We
're1 putting an elaborate ribbon on top
NJ he baskets. but 30 many we're stolen
m hat we have had paper made With a
rr1ou and seal printed on u for the
I'-Ide covering. and We now put the
? Ibun inside. n t1O basket you will
-'I everything from chewing gum and
-r.1ed prunes and apples 20 champagne.
It- number ~ s25 baskets sold is larger
Ran you would think.
-~aWetImes the persons for whom the
baskets are meant are not on the steamer,
~ a." have had cases where the baskets
mad" 'he voyage 10 Europe and hack
r'ao' except for tho hothouse grapes
lre ,hAmpagns basket h getting very
/ rI.ar zach contains a dozen plnts
- b %" requisite dose for ssasicknes.
Irls whole week has been the hest u
q" season said n representatI ve 81 a
a. .-0'fuusr We have heen sending %
~" steamers from forty % a hundred
r. 3-fs each sailing day Mind yOu. this
1.s- DOT tAk" into account the candy pur-
aa-a1 by the vOyagers themselves.
. .'"-r Is an increasing number Of travellers
% nly candy tO eat while on the ocean,
A'1 '"-,1ss them are thOra o. whom W.
la.. -t.-- Co ship % a. certain intervals
7'.. 'H"y are un the other side beuausa
TO-. '.gn fh"y can get no candy ~ good
d ... Aw"nca1. ever IN Paris. There h
greater demand for stsaVer candy
..ar than la-t We srnd hoNes AZ
f- -luEug from $50 up. A iavurte
f.s sl1 r0N and the hand paint II
.'. from so Co $50 are IN great Do
'r..
H. .tr. INST got orr what we call tho
.a.' Hua yUyE 20 hAsSet. which YOU
a'Hrs uandias and chocolates ~
ui- md small cakes. This
4. Thrn ~ have ChantPcier