OCTOBEB 11, 1917. 



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The Telegraph Delivery Window That Won the Prize in the Contest in Which Twelve Detroit Stores Competed. 



"Cleveland llorists will look forward 

 with interest and ])leasiire to the next 

 annual meotiufr of the F. T. IX, wliicli, 

 fortunately for theui, will be Iielil 

 here." 



By Frajik A. Friedley. 



"As I am a jjrower, I am nut a mem 

 ber of the F. T. J)., but I am heartily 

 in accord with what that spleiulid oi 

 gani/ation rt'|iresents. Tliey are busi 

 ness fellows, all riylit; tliey leave tlieir 

 wives at Ikuuc, be^Mn tlieir sessions at 

 !> a. m., lunch in the liuildin^' and con 

 tinue until adjournment, late in the 

 afternoon. 



"^Ve are delij^lited at the ])rospe(t 

 of liavin<r the annual meetin;; in <'l(\c 

 land next year. ('hica<:o and BufTali' 

 wanted it, Imt we lieat them to it. 



' ' While in hetroit I noticed that 

 when a llorist of that city was wanted, 

 he was found in the \i<-inity nf .-i 

 bowling; alley, and Hiat, in addilii>n. 

 he wore a determined look ujion liis \ is 

 ay(\ rpou making incjuiry, I ascer 

 tained that the Detroit bowlers were 

 in constant jiracticc and resoh ed tn 

 win the first le^^ ,,)' the touriuunent 

 with tile <'le\el;iUi| team, whicjl is t<i lie 

 bowleij ;it the tinu' of tli(.' .\o\emlH'i 

 show . lio\ s, ^et busy I " ' 



By Jolm Kirchner. 



'■When I went to Detroit T was not 

 a mendier of the 1". T. D.. })ut I Joined 

 tluM'e, ami it' I liaxc any rej^rc^ts it i- 

 because I had not become a member 

 several years before. As a body, 

 formed to jjromote the welfare of a 

 business, I know of no organization 

 in any liebl so fraught with the pos- 



sibility of good as the F. T. J). .Vsso- 

 < iation. The better interests of every 

 llorist in the land, large or small, die 

 tate that their names go upon its ros- 

 ter. 



''.\nd it was not all business, either; 

 we had some fun, too. .Xnumg Detroit 

 entertainers the name of E. A. Fetters 

 stands out in bold letters. The Cleve- 

 land buiudi returned to their native 

 lity with a warm spot in tladr bosoms 

 foi' him and his ideas of hosiiitality. 



'•We livt> to learn. I'll wager a 

 good cigar that Ceorge Asmus. Charley 

 Russell, Frank Friedle\, Norman Kirch 

 iier ami Herman K"n(djlc s;iw things in 

 Detroit they never saw beforel'" 



By Charles E. Russell. 



'"Without exception, the Detroit 

 meeting of the F. T. D. was the most 

 enthusi.Mstic and the noi^t jirddnct i\ c 

 of jiiactical benelit it w;is r\ri my 

 |in\ ilege to attend. It was ;ui a^ 

 semblage of the best :ijhI ablest llo 

 rists of the country, gntten togetlni 

 tn talk business, .and it was talke.l. 

 toil! This meeting has cunverted n:c 

 intn a moi'e ardent sii|i|iiirtrr nt' the 



1". T. D. iilea than e\ ci- bel'nre. 



"Our p;irty left D.tniit feeling 

 grateful t'iiy the hospital it v shnwn dur 

 ing th(> conxcnt i(Ui. In this conuectidn. 

 it might not be amiss to remark that 

 W(> also left with sdiiiet h iiii: eKc the 

 genial Secretary I'ochelon 's goat. 

 whi(li, by the way, cost Herman Kiio 

 ble fifty 'bu(d<s'. ■' 



By M. A. Vinson. 



''if the inilifTerent or doubtful llo 

 rist would but attend a single F. T. D. 



meeting, he would n(»t only go across 

 the continent to the next one, but he 

 would look forw.'ird with intense satis- 

 faction to its coming. The real diffi- 

 culty api)ears to be in getting non-mem- 

 bers awakened to the ;ol\antages of 

 being enrolled. 



''I .absoibeil ;i great m.Miiv ide.as at 

 the Detr'nit meeting, whiidi. though 

 n(diul(Urs. will be developed for local 

 use. 



''While in Detroit 1 c.nJIed iiiion 

 many growers in the cit\- and its 

 environs in the interests of tlo Novem- 

 ber llower show. Many of the growers 

 pro\ ed to b(> greatly interested in it.'' 



By Miss Hester A. Getz. 



''1 was soinewh.'it averse tu ;ittend- 

 ing the F. 'I'. D. cdiivcnt inn, but wi'ut, 

 and ncpw feel that 1 nc>\ er spent uidio-y 

 to better ad\;intaue. It was ;iu in- 

 spiring and instructive meeting, icplete 

 \\itli lit'e ;ind vim. The trade vviis rep- 

 resentecl bv .'ible business men, who 

 ;ilso ;ire gentlemen. 'I'he business ,^{ 

 the nu'etiuL;' vv;is t r;ins;ii-t eel vvitli cuur- 

 tesy ;ind dispat<di, thel'e being imt a 

 single j;nriiig note. Advertising, cred- 

 its ;ind bdiikkeeping vvci'i' discussed, 

 nnd manv points nt' p;i it ir ula r benefit 

 were lodught out. I'birists ;ir,- not 

 .■ill iiptimist-. but a Lienerdus npti- 

 misiii was ;i le;ilure ni' this gatheriu"', 

 ;i ml p;it riot ism, tnol 



By George Bate. 



".Mtliough a wholesaler, I lelt suf- 

 fb-ieiitlv interested in the work of the 

 F. T. I', in its efT(uts to increase the 

 use of flowers to attend the Detroit 

 meeting. I am glad 1 w.nt, fer it 



