Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-10-04

should begin. She prayed to be led,
and thought that in some way some
tangible thing might take shape if it
mind. Loving flowers as she did, she
paused before d florists window. At
once the bad arrangement, and the
juxtaposition of hues that fought"
each other showed an entire absence
of feeling for color. Scarlet geraniumS
pushed against American Beauties and
gorgeous yellow vases tried to down
the marigolds they held, it must be
confessed with considerable success.
Inharmony ragged. Ann ached to get
at that window, and arrange the flow
ers, but it was an exceedingly deli
cate undertaking to go in and tell the
man he didn't know how to sell his
wares. Nevertheless she screwed up
her courage and entered.
"Do you want to sell a good many
more flowers than you do now?" she
asked.
OF course, there could be but one
answer to that, and with some in
credulity the florist agreed that he did.
what you have in that window can
be made to show twice as WE'LL" said
Ann.
He grumbled out something about
them being well enough as they were,
but she persisted. She asked him to
let her arrange the flowers. AS she
did not charge anything for the expert
ment, he grudgingly gave his consent.
She found brown jar in which the
marigolds came out gloriously. The
American beauty roses seemed twice
as beautiful when their white sisters
came over to set off their glowing col
or, and the scarlet geraniums famed
joyously as far away as possible
against background of green. Masses
of violets hobnobbed costly in company
with the golden-yellow of crocuses,
| and harmony wrought wonders with
the window. People began to gather
about the display TO look, and some
came in to buy. Ann fingered around
for a time to watch the effect. When
| she started to leave the florist asked
her if she could not come the next day
and set the window. She gave him
to understand that she could only take
the time if paid. He agreed to this.
The sum was ridiculously small, but
she felt It was beginning.
Next she stopped before drygoods
store, and noted the tumble of arti-
cles, and the colors that never should
/ have crowded each other. She ventured
to go in and make the same proposition
/ she had to the florist, with the same
result, except that she was asked to
come that evening after closing time
to experiment.
4 The proprietor said they had been
trying a new window-dresser, and he
was not exactly pleased with his work.
Ann achieved result that drew adj
hiring crowds to the window. Frank
lin Budd, the proprietor, beamed ex-
pansively when Ann appeared the next
day. and engaged her as windOw-dress-
or at a salary quite beyond her expec-
tations. Before the week was out
she was dressing the windows of three
different shops. Her ideas We're new
and original, and soon rival establish
ments We're bidding for her services
and she could charge more for hel
work. The sewing machine had rest
and maid came in and washed the
dishes. Franklin Budd, not wishing
to lose Ann, asked her to come into
partnership, but as nesalso wanted hel
to assume the name of Budd Ann is
still considering the offer. She is 81
much in love with her work, and the
delight of having money to spend tina
she is in no hurry to change her occu
patton.