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HO KTl CULTURE 



August 14, 190* 



During Recess 



CHICAGO FLORISTS' CLUB. 

 Oh You Little Old Twenty-fifth Anni- 

 versary Convention S. A. F. O. H. 



Is Chicago Going to the Convention? 

 Well, We Guess Yes! 



'\ e want you and your best girl, and 

 the kids and your neighbors to go with 

 us. Will you go? Send a postal quick 

 and say how many will come with you. 

 We want to be sure there is enough 

 ice water and things to go around. 

 Get in quick, because General Wiley 

 (he owns the Monon Road) says he 

 can't pull more than twelve cars on 

 this special, and if you don't line up 

 early you may have to sit on the hind 

 steps and not take part in the cotillion 

 (good word that; we don't know what 

 it means, but think it will be that, or 

 that will be it). 



Everybody pays his own freight but 

 Chicago "furnishes the trimmings." 



We are going to have the slickest 

 special train that ever went south; ves- 

 tibuled so you can't fall off. 



We shall pull out of Dearborn Sta- 

 tion on the Monon— C, H. & D. at 2.30 

 p. m., Monday, August 16th next, sharp 

 (that is if J. C.Vaughan isn't late; but 

 wo shan't wait for him long, because 

 he will get there anyway). 



We shall cut Indiana in two and pick 

 up Koles of Kokomo, Carmody, the 

 poet from Posey, Bertermann, Weigand 

 and the other old war horses from In- 

 dianapolis, and we'll take Gurney Hill, 

 dear man, to our manly bosoms, and 

 father Dorner, too. 



NOTE.— President Valentine will not 

 be allowed to have his "bum howlers" 

 practice in the aisles of the cars. No 

 bowling for them except in the buffet 

 car. This is the only thing we shall 

 refuse the great man this trip. 



There will be music all the way. 

 The Little German Band has been 

 cleaned and renovated for this occa- 

 sion. The famous impresarios. Mon- 

 sieur Edouard Wintersohn, Don Carlos 

 Mackellarrr and Leonardo Killinski 

 will not only render solos but join in 

 the toot ensemble, giving Wiener- 

 ■wurstky's symphony. 



There will be more kinds of music 

 than you ever heard before, and the 

 whole state of Indiana and part of Ohio 

 will know that President Valentine and 

 the Chicago Florist Club are going to 

 the convention. 



There will be a myriad of other at- 

 .tractions. 



The sylphlike danseuse, Filfoley, will 

 do the Salome dance (if we can get 

 cloth enough for the lights). Think 

 of it! That petite, willowy, three hun- 

 dred and twenty-nine pound gazelle, 

 Baby Foley, in tights. Sure no one 

 can ask more than that. 



George D'Asmus will pull off a few 



stunts. That marvellous wizard, Nick 

 Wietor, will perform a few sleight-of- 

 liand tricks with cards, assisted by 

 Billy the Kid (well), who will also play 

 the bones. The wonderful Poehlmann 

 Bros, will perform their hair-breadth, 

 dare-devil, acrobatic eccentricities, and 

 Arnold Ringier will play the balcony 

 in Romeo and Juliet. 



There will be hosts of other attrac- 

 tions, mostly equally good, better or 

 worse. 



Buy your ticket by the Monon and 

 C, H. &, D. Railroad and come along. 



Be a live one now, you'll be a long 

 time dead. 



WRITE— 'PHONE— TELEGRAPH or 

 TELL P. J. FOLEY, Chairman Trans- 

 portation Committee, Chicago Florists' 

 Club, Twenty-sixth street and Western 

 avenue, Chicago, 111. 



REMEMBER the President's Special 

 by the Chicago Florists' Club, assisted 

 by the .Monon Route— C, H. & D. Rail- 

 road, MONDAY, AUGUST 16, 1909, 



2.30 p. m. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF WASHINGTON. 



The annual outing of this club was 

 held at the Great Falls of the Potomac 

 ou Thursday, July 29th. Special cars 

 were beautifully decorated in oak 

 leaves and flags. It was a jolly crowd 

 that spread over the beautiful grounds 

 at the falls. The afternoon was spent 

 in all kinds of games and sixteen races 

 were run, for which prizes were of- 

 fered by members of the club. Not un- 

 til about 10 o'clock did the greater 

 number of the merry makers feel in- 

 clined to turn their faces homeward, 

 all averring that it was one of the uiosl 

 pleasant outings that the club had ever 

 enjoyed. 



INDIANAPOLIS FLORIST CLUB. 



The Indianapolis Florist Club pic- 

 nic was held July 29, with a large at- 

 tendance. A spirited game of ball be- 

 tween the north and south side flor- 

 ists was won by the former by one 

 run, the score being eight to nine. 

 Numerous other events for men, 

 women and children took the greater 

 part of the afternoon and were much 

 enjoyed. 



DETROIT FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The Detroit Florists' Club enjoyed 

 its annual picnic at Bois Blanc Park 

 on Monday, August 9, going by 

 Steamer Columbia. 



Nature copied our daily habit of 

 watering everything thoroughly in the 

 early morning for copious showers 

 came down and caused considerable 

 disappointment, but shortly after get- 

 ting under way the clouds cleared 

 away and the boys and their families 

 spent a lovely day of recreation and 

 sport. Among the out of town flor- 

 ists present were Mr. Boehringer of 

 Bay City and Mr. Flessinger of Lansing. 



Within fifteen minutes after the 

 boat landed Capt. Rahaley and Capt. 

 Charvat had their teams lined up on 

 the diamond and an extremely spirited 

 game was played, finishing with a 

 score of 15-14 in favor of Capt. Charvat. 



The rest of the program was car- 

 ried out with many contestants to 

 each event. The winners were: 



Boys' race, under 10. Myron Bloy, How- 

 ard Knope; under 16, B. Pautke, Thos. Eng- 

 lisb. 



Girls' race, under 10, Olive Frey, Mildred 

 I'nger; under 16, Olive Prey, Ella Pautke. 



lien's race, Hugh Watson, S. Beard. 



Fat men's race, Fred Pautke, Ferd Bar- 

 ker. 



Ladies' race, Jennie Watson, Etta Hol- 

 man. 



Three legged race. Beard and Vargo, 

 Miosel and Brown. 



Itunning hroad Jump, Hugh Watson, T. 

 Beard. 



Mop, skip and jump, H. Watson. S. Char- 



Vi't. 



Shoe string race, Tracy Miller, Ed. 

 Pautke. 

 Tug of war. East Side. 

 Quoits. M. HInv. 



A FARMERS' PICNIC. 

 A farmers' picnic will be held at 

 "Park White City," Chestnut Hill, Pa., 

 August 26, 27. and 2S. Farmers' prod- 

 ucts, agricultural implements, and in- 

 dustrial work will be among the ex- 

 hibits. The seedsmen, florists, and 

 nurserymen have been invited to at- 

 tend, and also to exhibit some of their 

 specialties if possible. James K. Thom- 

 son, the secretary, has an oifice at 

 the park, and will be glad to hear 

 from anyone interested. Prizes will be 

 awarded. 



Greek American Florists' Picnic at Wetzel's Point, New York 



