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September 24, 1910 



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DETROIT NOTES. 



Last week's business transactions 

 were more numercus and larger in 

 vaUie, to the great relief of all con- 

 cerned. Nevertheless, there was a 

 large accumulation of medium asters 

 by the end of the week which were 

 fortunately disposed of to further the 

 interests of a charitable institution. A 

 bevy of society girls posted themselves 

 on prominent down town corners and 

 sold asters for the benefit of a home 

 for crippled children. They took in 

 over $400, and while many of the as- 

 ters were bought by florists and pre- 

 sented to these young ladies, they 

 themselves bought a large amount of 

 them. All this illustrates very vividly 

 how the poor retailer is constantly a 

 prey to what the wholesaler knows 

 absolutely nothing of. 



Interest centres in thi' school flower 

 day, in which this year twenty public 

 schools participated, The 20th Century 

 Club distributed $112.00 in prizes and 

 the Detroit Florist Club and several 

 florists presented ferns and palms. The 

 exhibits were judged by Messrs. 

 Taepke, Unger, Sullivan, Scribner, 

 Danzer and President Browne. Com- 

 petition for large prizes was very close 

 and the most conspicuous displays 

 were: One school with an elaborate 

 May festival arrangement with May- 

 pole and all other accessories, not to 

 forget the little children. Another 

 school transformed the large kinder- 

 garten room into a millinery shop and 

 all manner of styles of hats could be 

 seen there. The frames were usually 

 made of pasteboards and completely 

 covered with flowers and the color 

 combinations used thereon were cer- 

 tainly to be admired. Perhaps the 

 most timely arrangement was a model 



backyard. One side of the school's 

 main hall showed a vineclad fence, all 

 along which were flowers such as as- 

 ters, balsams and marigolds trans- 

 planted from the open ground into 

 l)erry boxes. At the far end was a 

 hammock of vines and a couple of rus- 

 tic chairs. The whole floor was cov- 

 ered with grass in imitation of the 

 lawn. 



New Retail Stores;— Mr. Hofferth is 

 opening a regular store, this being an 

 evolution from a small stand. — Misses 

 Clara Rauss, formerly with Breitmeyer, 

 tind Miss Lillian Rauss are linking 

 their fortunes in a floral department 

 at the Standard Drug Store.— John 

 Klang has associated himself with a 

 Mr. Rockellman and will open a flower 

 shop right in the busy part of the 

 Polish retail district.— Miss Holzbauer, 

 an old hand at the floral wheel, is 

 locating herself right between Sulli- 

 van's, Fetters' and Schroder's. 



FRANK DANZER. 



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