The evening world., 1911-04-15

A word OF hope and a crumo OF COM
fort were held out to-day by the
Weather Man 20 the million and a half
or more of New York women who have
fastened ali their prospects OF happiness
on the chance of parading tomorrow In
new Easter outfits. and who have seen
their chances gradually fading in the
bad weather OF the past few days.
ell the ladies' .ne-c e. hope said
Forecaster Scar 10 an Evening World
reporter, as he squ!nted out Of his Of
Ace window on the twentieth floor Of
No.. 100 Broadway at the shifting gray
clouds blowing up from the south yer
the harbor. although you wouldn't
.hink it TO look at that sky. But you
can't always tell what's coming in the
way OF weather by the look OF the
Ornament. and, anyway. the thing TO DO
"a to encourage 'em-encourage EN- SO
;hey'l go to church. cven II the new
lat parade doesn't pan out just right
He's Opt mististie.
so YOU Just tell en-" concluded the
prophet. mot to be discouraged IL the
rain comes between nov and church
time. and not to put their kin back
IN the box: that the Weather Man says
there is hope and they're pretty sure
TO he able to show 'em or IN the after
noon. anyhow
Fashionable New York-and some of
it that lis not so fashionable-was flower
mad to-day. Every florist shop In town.
from the white and gold. marbie-line1
palaces IN miniature on Fl.th avenue
to the little basement places on sixth
avenue, was working a double force OF
statesmen.
New York will spend mighty little
under 100000 on flowers this Easter"
sa!d a Fifth avenue florist who has been
in business thirty-n!ne years. and the
sales viii be larger than ever before In
the history OF the business. Why this
Is so | do not know. unless the tas,e
OF the people IN flowers is more cult
waited and also because the bulk o; the
goods sold are ported flowers and plants
instead of the vast quantities Of cut
flowers that were sold several years
ago"
In Few Of the Fifth avenue places to.
day were orders for cut flowers and
bouquets tal,ea. The ma who wanted
to buy a sheaf OF roses or I bunch OF
spring flowers was told that no atten.
ton could be given to his order unit
after midnight. By that time the busi.
ness OF getting out the vast number o.
| orders for pottcd plants would be wei
| under way and the less remunera.ivs
| details Of sending out cut flowers coul.
be taken up.
P%retentious Designs the Rule.
The designs in baskets and pots thi.
year are on a lc er and more preten,
tlous scale than ever before. J.. on,
shop on the avenue. which Is gaudily
painted in white and black n red ano
looks n II 1t were made Of candy. there
were baskets of orchids and rare fern!
tnat cost as much as $500. And som,
Of the plants-all growing-only bore {
few blooms and were In baskets n,
bigger than a quart measure.
4 cluster OF Cattalyea orchids-th,
beautiful lilac bloom from Brazil-in ;
little wicker receptacle was considered
cheap at $40 and $50. and there wer,
varieties OF the long trailing white ant
family yellow-t!nted orchids rranget
with tender dropping ferns that wer,
plenty at 500 and up.
There were not so many o: the old
fashioned Easter lily, the graceful As
c~enslon bloom, as there used to be. III,
Bermuda lily, for one thing, has greatly
deierlorated because the growers grew
careless and did not keep the varieties
separate. and the principal receipts o
.b. rrumpet-shaed lilies are from Japan