Rivalling. Nature.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1126, 13 May 1911, Page 11

Rivalling. Nature.

In the niotmting-room girls arc seated at long tables, with boxes of flowers closo at hand, ami it is from their hands tho goods are received ready for dispatch. Beside onq of these girls lay bunches of dainty violets in soft silk, some, in oyster white, some in their natural purplo tints, sprays, and wreaths of poppies in red, blue, and white silk. Near by is a box containing a perfect sample of poppies, in rich crimson velvet, also some bunches of crimson geranium, and last, though by no means least, a most perfect imitation of our own beautiful white flannel flower. Some- .of tho girls are mounting trails of . Banksia roses, he.ath, and all the smaller flowers. .It isVithont doubt a beautiful occupation, and artistic in the extreme. That the girls find it so is evident from the keen interest each one seems to. take in her work. Also that many of them have Tieen with the company since its inception six years ago—a fact of which the manager spoke with evident pride. Another. interesting feature is the remuneration, any girl gifted with a fairly artistic temperament may easily earn from 20s. to 30s. per week almost from tho start. . Flower-making is an industry particularly well suited to girls who, from various reasons, arc unsuited to the drudgery of household ,work, the strain of standing behind a counter, the monotony of offico work, or the rough and tumble factory life.' From observations if would seem that the management' a-ro over careful to select only those- girls who arc particularly suited to the work.