The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-04-20

they will have, means cheap meals FOR
months and the brow beating OF every
soul gsoad too weak sar1 to insist Ws on ms price for or
aside Its business cares on Linooln's
and W~ashington's birthdays and the
ladies play bridge around tables with
lions so mild in character have In old
fashioned flavor like. A. bit OF candy
from the Martha Washington shop. But
watch the shop displaPas nevertheless,
bauners-the exploitsrs OF sentiment
are on the job. March II. another mile
stone. shows up just ahead and the
arbiter OF vogue banishes the cherries.
hatehets. rolls up the banners and
brings out the Shamrocks and the harp.
Butcher, baker, candlestick maker and
all the street harkers unanimous.. But
Easter day la the major opportunity for
all the glorious band OF BentimentaI
merchants. No business so ut~ilitarian
as to escape this festival. TO be q
gauds and then to view the. climax un-
souls, outdoing Solomon, surged
and promenaded Rivers de- Drive mis-
you with longing for the quiet Of the
Easter days that have gone. This UNI
versal sacrihce to the gods Of the sens
es at springtide--this revival e tine
heather festival which the christian
Raster replaced, Ia due solely to the
power Of suggestion. We buy Da@ter
cards, Easter flowers. naster candy.
even Easter clothes because the man OF
business has 80 subtIy suggested it to
us. The advertiser Is the modern
magician, who creates the demand for
the material. 90om pure sentiment and
without doubt he has given the fillip
OF color to our drab social Iife-the
drab life that Immediately followed HE
tun) civil war. The Nip OF color is
spreading and promises to blot out the
beauty Of Raster unless h wheel OF
time brings round again simpler, SAN
er customs.
A soothing feature was initiated by
q church on Washington heights. The
nifty Partially had four trumpeters Of the
Metropolitan Opera orchestra stationed
IN the tower of the church. one hundred
sW hars I'VE fees aboye the sidewalks
the city for nearly an hour beginning
at 10 a. m. This Innovation was es.
pecially appreciated by the shut-ins
holy season hereafter. Rivo thousand
people answered the invitation Of the
carollers n attended service at this
chapel. showing that the big Fifth ave.
cd ones All the avenue churches had
out the sign Church filled to capacity'
and st. Patricks congregation embrac.
ca @ thousand persons who knelt OF
stood ON the terrace about the edaace
while Cardinal Farley a high. pon.
titicai mass.
Flowers on the person were most no.
siceable in the parads At the conclusion
have used orchids but this Easter
marked the debut OK a new dover, the
A%nthurium Schlingu being worn by
about 2 hundred Of the smarter folk,
Burkank-ed, you might say -
from a rare tropical flower
and for. the first time takes
It Is necessarily scarce hi high priced,
several times the price OF an orchid;
but as 1t keeps from four to Ave weeks
the initial cost is not excessive. 1t has
ting effort and its artificial papa has
| been gold-medalled for his unique
child by some floral authority Of Hol-
land.
Yes: Lady, Anthurium its name.
Indeed were told 'twould be all the
same
If the bonny rose Y
| When carried to the nose
Flour1shed under n other name.
'Twould be as sweet, no doubt;
| But what j worry much about
lis the versi1er's fame.
| When struggling with that name.
Twill trip him, without q doubt.
Now Rose and Lily and SWeetpea
Names are, that anyone can see,
Would furnish many a rhyme
And save the versifier's time;
But Anthurtum! Goodness mercy me!
The flower that long has been the fac
Orchid, is not 80 very bad,
i And even Chrysanthemum
Will rhyme when bees hum,
But Anthurium! Oh. It makes me sad
1 oh be chary with yol,r mower.
Think twice before o name a fiow sr
And ever for the rarest petal
il That3eVer won al medal,
Let music be its dover.
Miss Augusta YollbrechE. resident ii
Fargo i'm 1905 and 1907. but a perman
ent resident OF Fergus Fails, Mimi, /
in the east arranging al trip to the ol,
home OF her fanilyhia Germany. Mis-
Nollbrect and her younger sister Mar
tina, sail from Philadelphia June s, toSb
lgone all summer
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