Edition: U.S. / Global  About New York; The Draperies Try to
Match The Shoppers  Published: March 3, 1999  DESPITE the
promise of Orchard Street's sylvan name, who needs trees lining
its sidewalks? This Lower East Side shopping paradise is a
bargain-hunter's Garden of Eden, with dozens of leather jackets
and bags dangling from awnings and waiting to be plucked. And
while it isn't exactly a pastoral symphony, the kinetic come-ons
from hawkers provide a steady sound track for a stroll.  ''We
got leathers for less,'' one vendor shouted to no one and
everyone. ''Check it out. Check it out.''  No spiel-makers are
needed at Beckenstein Home Fabrics, a home decorating business
that has lured generations of design-savvy shoppers to its store
inside a former telephone company switch exchange at 130 Orchard
Street. It is part of a small empire that Samuel Beckenstein
started some 80 years ago selling rags from a pushcart on Water
Street. He grew the business and diversified into men's
tailoring, women's clothing, drape