The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-12-26

coming or special-rate tour will be a
frost-bitten affair at best. and Just
how to wedge in the perennial Easter
exams" is a problem that many a
faculty has vet to solve.
Some Industries Affected.
Consider the florist. the tailor. the
milliner. Nay. more, consider the
lilies. An Easter lily will submit to
just So much treatment to retard or
hasten it's growth. but 1t must be al
lowed to mature In its own sweet way
after {. certain point. The extra
amount Of forcing that will be neces-
sary in order to supply New York
with Easter lilies on March 90 js go.
Ing to make Easter lilies go up this
season. Florists say this. and they
ought to know. For one thing, lilies
Will he scarcer. In order to force the
blossoms. the lighthouses must be
steam.heated to a temperature of 100
or ITO degrees for days at a stretch.
Some of the smaller florists cannot
get up hat much steam. With nor
NAL March weather outside, they will
be short the usual supply Of lilies
when Easter arrives. Consequently,
prices will 20 up again.
Florists also say they have fore
seen the fix they are likely to find
themselves in. and have planned ac-
cordingly. There is the Bermuda or
Harrisil lily. and there is the Japan
kind can be forced: the japanese
brand cannot. In normal years both
kinds are raised for Easter consump-
ton in equal number. but this year
there has been a rush to plant the
Bermuda variety. all because of the
premature Easter. The bulbs were
set out last August. and the various
stages in their development have been
fastened always with an eye on the
date March %. BY ignoring coal bills
and keeping full steam on in the hot
be able to supply New York with it's
accustomed blossoms. no matter what
sort Of weather March 90 may bring
forth.
With the other flowers. they are
less anxious. Azaleas comes from Bel
GUM, and may he forced with little
difficulty. even for Christmas. Rhodo-
demons froom Holland also respond 10
treatment. IIyacinths. daffodils, tn.
hothouse. may he made to blossom al
most at the will of the florist over
lord. SO that the chief concern is. and
will be until March %. the lily.
The Faster Parade.
a much more vexing question TO
solve in advance is the Fifth avenue
parade. OF late years New York has
taken to p%arading on Easter day with
all the polnp and ceremony that ncw
clothes: new gowns. and new bonnets
demand. 1t is a sartorial pageant i'm
which the nalc Of the species; il as
deadly In earnest as the female--for
once. The question is, what sort of an
Easter parade can they possibly hold
with the weather OF any one of the
fifty-sevcn disagreeablc varieties for
which March is famous? And 1t is a
question, a real question, with some
people.
Every year one or two daring and
vcnturcsome souls (male) go parading
down the avenue on Easter Sunday,
in the first straw hats of the season.
Will they preserve h tradition this
year? Will they wear the inevitable
straw. even though tho rest OF the put
fit includes winter O%vercoats, mufller,
and ear-caps? The records of the
weather bureau show that March is 81
most uncertain month. March 20. for
example. had n balmy 75-degree ten.
perature in 1907, and was clear and
sunshiny. Yet March 20. 1906. re-
yelled in n mid-wintcr temperature of
II d~egrees--a bit cold for summer
straws. they say.
Will milady walk the avenue in her
Faster bonnet II 1t is a 17.degree day
this time? 1t seems hardly likely.
| Milliners and modistes say they begin