The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-04-14
Flowers Plentiful. prices Are
About the Same as
Last Year

clothes, brides and lilies, Is Just
outside the door. rapping for ad-
mission. Easter the new, the
young, the beautiful. Is near at
hand and as has been the custom
from year to year, she is being
crested effuslvely and e~cstatlcally.
Fairlmont should show Easter a
Fight royal welcome: lilies are
Plentiful styles are as cookbook
ing as ever before and programs
HI the city churches will lend a
deep significance to the sacred
church anniversary.
What the Easter weather will be
like stands second as a topic OF
conversation among Falrmont's
feminine folks. Hats and dresses
hold first, place In any woman's
discussions and Easter is no ex-
certion to the rule.
with the present changeable
weather in effect the prospects
for Sunday are pretty much Of n
toss-up between rain, snow. sieet,
sandstorm and sunshine. Indeed.
there has been discussion OF get
ting out an injunction against Mr..
Boiyard; the weather man, re.
straining him from sending any
but the preferred brands OF
weather, butlno official action has
as yet been taken.
No Flower Shortage
That there will be no shortage
of fl1wers this year was the Joint
opinion OF Fairmont florists inter-
Viewed yesterday afternoon. Mem
bers OF the concerns OF H. Weber
Il Sons Co., on Adams street and
Hague Flower q Plant House on
Floral avenue, made assurance to
the pnbIic yesterday that there will
he on hand. roses. carnations.
sweet peas, lilies OF the valley.
Easter lilies. Gala lilies, tulips.
jopquils. tnareisss poetaz every
thing that may be desired for the
daY[of flowers.
Prices will run about the same
as last year II was stated. This
mean Easter lilies may be bought
al from SIS to IS a dozen. call lilies
al Sc, lilies of the valley at s.,
tnlips at from $3.50 to 50. 5onauils
at $3.50, carnations at from So so
10 81 and roses at anywhere from
$4sto3 S25, according to the variety.
Potted Easter lilies. cut Easter
lilies and corsage bouquets are
the three articles now most In de-
mapd at the greenhouses. When
"fnsthe spring a young mans fancy
lightly turns to thoughts Of love-"
Gnd IL happens to come Easter, he
usually purchases flowers. Florists
declare that from sales returns.
the young mans fancy seems to be
turning as lightly as ever.
1.-THE demand for flowers this
year does not seem to have struck
It's normal Stride" stated an off,
oiall Of II. Weber & Sons Co. yes
terday afternoon. though we are
selling a large amount of the
Easter trade. Friday and Saturday
are usually the big days.
aa0fr orders have been coming In
unusually early this year." said
the manager OF the Hague Flower
Plant House. "Our sales at the
present time have run higher than
those of the same pre-Easter pei.
icd last year. Since the last two
days OF the week are usually the
ones when the most. buying takes
place; we expect our total sales to
run far above what they were last
style CoIors Bright
Besides wearing flowers, at Eas-
ter season the inhabitants OF tho
earth don new dress and gayer
color, more harmonious with the
spring+time and It's promises. This
year this statement Is especially
true, for colors will u from lip.
stick and henna to which what and
whatSnot. There will. Of course, be
the usual more conservative few
who gaze distrustfuily on the
Hplashes Of color and mingle not
Herewith, but store managers say
these will be the exception and no:
the rule.
The city's stores are already
feeling the effect Of the customary
ciimactic weekend rush before
Easter. Female human beings who
have failed for some reason or the
other to adorn themselves previous
y|are making one last mad plunge
into the shopping vortex. and Fate
wills usually that they emersa
with a new dress and hat.
As gorgeous as are the styles
viii be the programs to be given
if5 the city churches throughout
Easter Sunday. Practically all the
Churches are announcing special
Services for one sort and another
and many are planning elaborate
c~antatase and sacred musical pro.
grfns. Easter sermons will be
preached in nearl yall churches
andgfor once In the year at least,
the pastors will have large audi
ences.
Deeper religious significance is
attached 10 Easter Sunday than 10
any other church holy day, for it
sSohseryed in remembrance OF the
day, April o. 80 A. D., when, the
Bible says, Jesus Christ rose from
the tomb where he had lain fer
the last day and a halt.
Easter and Christmas hold about
equal places In the list Of holidays.
they are equally widely observed
sndsequally popular wherever they
are given recognition.
History of The Day
The name Easter. like the
names Of the days Of the week. is
4 survival OF Teutonic mythology.
according to Bede. It is derived
from Eostre or ostara, the Ango-
Saxon goddess OF spring, to whom
the month answering to our April,