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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (April 17, 1897)
THE COURIER. H RANDOM NOTES. The Easter lily is a state of aesthetic exaltation. The great fete of the year In which from time immemmorial It has been given the tlrst rank and high est favor, is close at hand. Slender and beautiful always it Is now In Its rarest perfection. In fairest bloom, for the Kaster season. Each year Easter in New York par takes more and more of the character of old country religious fete days. The churches are giving an Increasing amount of consideration to the exer cises in commemoration of the Resur tection. The ceremonial Is becoming more elaborate and pictorial. Music lends its highest art to the observance and fashion pays obseqlous tribute. In no way does the Interest in Easter find greater and more appropriate ex pression than In the Moral offerings, and this year the assembling of the flowers In the train of the incomparable Illy will be more than ordinarily pro fuse and beautiful. Taste in flowers for Easter does not vary greatly. Tradition has establish ed certain standards that are generally adhered to. The object always Is to produce rich effects without the ap pearance of ostentation. Cut flowers, which permit of the wdest range of color and brilliancy and which have their greatest vogue In the Christmas season, are now relegated to second place, and growing plants, with their luxurious foliage and pervading frag rance are brought into extended use. The azalia is steadily growing in popularity as an Easter flower, and this year it will be seen In wonderful variety. Every greenhouse has Its favorite azalia. another flower shows the result of careful propagation. Probably the most expensive flowers that will be seen on Easter will be some rare varieties of the lovely azal las. This flower may be obtained in pots for a few dollars each, but the ruling price among the Broadway flor ists will be from J10 to $15 for perfect plants. One very rare variety of which only a few specimens are to be seen in the city, cannot be purchased for less than $50. It Is a grafted plant, show ing successive growths red. white and pink blossoms. Some very beautiful roses are seen The Baroness Rothschild and the Mable Morrison are now in full bloom, and will be freely, used in Easter offerngs. Some of the dealers are showng the Christie, a fine rose, a little lighter In shade -than the Bar-mess. Most roses are coming- cs. but are not very aplenty. Roses may be obtained for J2. and the fine oneasAin be had for from 4 up. Perfect 'American Beauties will bring $1 each. The Jack roses are particular ly fin?. Violets are plentiful, and a few-deal-ears will make -a specialty of growing violets in a pot. a hundred or more plant? to the pot, t ed with violet rib bon. But violets do not look their best this way. -The flowers genErally being Obscured by their leaves, and it is not probable that potted violets will be ex tensively used. For some years Scotch h.ath;r Iras been used for Easier, and it will be, if (anything, a little more prominent this season. It will be decorated w th Scotch ribbon. A novelty- Is the Bouganvllla. a vine grown on a trellis, with three-cornered floKcrj in lilac and American Beauty shades. It will be used in s.-na.l pots. Acacias are expensive, but will be used to some extent. Lilacs will be seen in great, profusion. "Carnations are plenty just now. but are nit usd a great deal as an Easter flower. "There is scarcely anything new In flowers for Easter." said a prominent Broadway dculer. "but thers will bi miary novelties In treatment. Pots will be tied vrl'A rtobon. ana even the flow ers and plants themselves will be ti.d with ribbon. A great many 111 eo w.ll hav a. big green bow on the stem." The fact that Easter cornea late this year makes flowers plenty and prices mederate. On this account It Is believ ed th'at the use of flowers will be rather more extensive than usual, particularly the cheaper varieties. The principal dealers have ordered the usual quantity of the be t grade flowers and an In creased amount of the ch uper s ojk. New York Is one of the greatest con sumers of flowers In the world. In New Jersey and Long Island and other near by points In New York state there ar. more than two hundred establishments that maintain more cr less extern Cve greenhouses Bnd make daily shipments of plants and flowers to this city. These- greenhouses, employ from 1.200 to 1.500 men all the year round. In ad dition to these large growers there are innumerable farmers and others who supply the New York market with flowers. In the city thrre are about 250 retail dealers, w th twelve or fifteen big establishments. The Easter sales of the twelve or fif teen big concerns will probably average $12,000 each, and the others will run close to $1,000. It Is easy enough to fig ure up over $350,000 that will be pent in this city for Easter flowreiv Church decorations will be much the same as heretofore, one of the notable displays being that which will b: made in Grace church. A consderable amount of flowers available fcr the Easter season has been ordered for the week following EastEr Sunday and will be used at weddings, of which many are in pros pect. It's coming, yes. it's here the"sporty girl." She must be some phase of the new woman as yet unclassified, and her sphsre Is not exactly known. She It, Just now trying it on in sporting col umns of the da ly papers In such notices as these: "The Adelphi basket ball team was tcday defeated by the Sav age Institute team." The notice goes on to give th? technical plays and re fers to the glrli' "points" with profes sional coolness. Then there is talk of some actresses forming a base ball team for this summer. This prompts an irresistible desire to remark what a great slide Lillian Russel would make for first base. She would cer tainly cut a wide swath In the ground. Secondly, If the young women are go ing Into athletics, it seexs a more suit able place for the record of their games could be found than In the same col umns with a finish "go" between "Dog" Italy and "Piggy English." "W. MOItTON SMITH. New York. April 16, 1S97. I DENVER MILLINERY 1221 O Street. Finest line of millinery in thetcity. Novelties in trim mings of all kinds. Trimmed ancltuntrimmed hats. W. ; WILLIAMS-. Mrs. J. KLINE Just received an elegant line of stamped linens latest novelties from Bently, New York Free embroidery lessons Tuesdav'sand Friday's LANSING THEATRE BLK ARLOR Mile. M1RG0JWT, ROBE!! EI !, Silk gowns from S10 up. Woolen gowns from S8 up. Waists from $5 to $7. Organdies from $6 up. ROOMS I, 2 AND 3. La sing tbeatie. FRANK C. ZEHRUNG Manager. i TWO WEEKS COMMENCING MONDAY APRTL19. except Friday April 23rd. ' Woodward TheatreCo i presenting Monday night "Arabian Niglits." Special attractions Edison's famous magniscope Illus trated pictures, and the celebrated lion queen 6 and the troupe of 4 trained lions will appear at every jer formance. The most wonderfull act ever presented on an' stage in Lincoln: Matinees Wednesdar and Saturday afternoon. Seats on sale Saturday 10 a. m. Prices only 10 and 25 cents, box seats 50 cents. ONE BIG NIGHT, CHAS. E. Big company of specialty farce comedies . . : 66 A B Pretty girls, catchy songs. miss it. Best ever happened. !Q)Pjplg2(Q) Prices Si, 75, 50 and 25 cents, at 10 a. m. the EWING CLOTHING C. 189? Spring is now complete. You will do yourself great injustice if you Inry a suit of clothes without seeing the Ewing Clothing Co.s' large spring stock of the latest novelties in suits, ranging in price from $5. to $15. This week we are receiving a fine line of new patterns in BICYCLE SUITS. Don't miss our WATTERHOUSE NECKWEAR, the best in the world; the proper caper for Easter. The Ewing Clothing Go- 1MT 'MUHIIIIMIMIIIIIIUI J. W. MITCHE)!,!,. WHOLESALE 1 RETAIL WALL PAPER . 1338 O street and 143 so. 12th Lincoln, I Slffri Paintingand Decorating. T"1IITTTTIIt1l TIT till in m mnij OgggA H221M 99 FRIDAY AP1UL 23. BrCAKlVS artists, presenting the best ,of 99 Ever- one an artist. Don!t Funniest show ever seen. Seats on sale Wednesday street. Telephone 237. I Neb. '