Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-04-13

- ROM almost the beginning OF time 1t seems al II Ne 'NNme
L flowers las been women's work And TO Suggest MAJ d woman
n money by raising flowers is n lew thought
a. But there may be e ways OF putting thu lda INTO execution n
And since the CITY Beautiful las become the slogan IN so many places,
this oveme may provide a way, that she hs not thought o. TO a woman
to earn money.
For it is acknowledged that n of the ways to make a city or town
of things must be put into operation to make a city beautiful: But window
boxes re by no mean the least Those who ae familiar with towns
abroad know the beauty that is given to thu most ordinary streets P ne
window-boxes everywhere with their masses II green and bloom ana
If we cannot get the parks we want, or the hideous advertising oardih
taken down, W oan make the front of ur homes beauty-spots rr b eye to
rest upon
And here is a field fol the woman to work In who loves flowers. She
can take orders for these window-boxes, make them if she knows how TO-
plant them, look after them until the flowers are ell started,-in a word
until her work is satisfactory For the chief aim of all work is to make
1t satisfactory.
The boxes themselves should be made o harmonic as much al pos
sible with the style Of the house. That is, If the house is single, the
boxes could be shngled, And II they "a be brought into harmony in n
other way, they cal b in the natter of paint, for they car be painted
the same as the woodwork of the house II the house hs a porch, boxes Tor
the porch can also be made. And it may be that further work will develop
in the way of planning pretty flower effects for the yard, and possibly
planting and caring for them.
In seeking such work, a woman should not go t. those houses where
q florist would be likely to be called in, But she should rather seek the
modest, unpretentious home, where the work Of a florist would perhaps be
beyond the family means, but where there is sufficient income to spare
a moderate amount for identifying a professional naturally has o charge
more than who has no business office and equipment to keep up. And
she is not .trespassing o n his ground, for her customers would not patronize
him anyway, because they would not be able to afford his services.
Many business lei are beauufying their omces n stores with
window-boxes. And she might get orders in these places, II she called the
matter to the attention Of the proprietor, and her charge wa moderate.
Often business lei would not bother themselves o seek out a florist and
before them, and offered to put the work through without any trouble
to them for a reasonable charge, they might be very glad to have it done.
And such work, If it is done to the satsfactto of customers, always
branches out. One thing leads to another. A customer wants this
done. Or she tells a friend of what is being done. and this friend wonders
If she car get SO and 10 done for her. And thus the work grows. Years
ago q girl who loved flowers, and who "a suddenly thrown o n her own
resources, raised plants and sold them to her friends Her plants were al
ways so healthy and such fine bloomers that people began to ask her for
seeds. And now she has a large hower-seed business. So n can never
foresee Just how q small effort may work out. The main thing to do is
to give satisfaction from the start, and then the rest will follow.
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