OCTOBKK 18, lUli. 



The Florists^ Review 



17 



,, foif they istiok an {j])|)ortuiiity to doiii- 

 , stratt^ their aliilitv in tliis direction. 

 W. G. P. 



HE TRADE'S FIRST CHAUFFEUSE. 



See whom we liave witli ns today — - 



io trade's lirst (diaufi'euse! 



The war has called women into many 



\v and untried vocations, and it is 



ident that women do not siirink from 



turning duties which involve labor of 



more or less strenuous character, nor 



om exposure to all kinds of weather. 



'omen are proviiifr also that they can 



:irn to understan(l machinery and they 



(■ making good in positions re(iuiring 



. chanical skill, .strength and courage. 



Miss Hernice Keeler, of Canton, O., 



an example of a woman who has 



itered upon an occujjation in which 



omen were not employed until war- 



ine stress made it expedient for wom- 



.) to take over many of the customary 



■;ities of men. 



Miss Keeler has enlisted in the ranks 

 I women mobilized for war service by 

 ., -iking the position of ciiauffenr for 

 A. T. I'ollard, one of Canton's best 

 vnown florists. She is serving her 

 ■ountry by making it possible for a man 

 ;o enlist in the new national army 

 Uncle Sam is mustering from every vo- 

 •ation throughout this broad land. She 

 is the first woman to drive a florists' 

 delivery truck and she is Canton's first 

 woman chauffeur. 



Tlie occasion of tiie assumption of 

 her new duties by this wartime chauf- 

 feur was a spectacular one. Men, 

 women and children observed with in- 

 terest the progress of her initial trip 

 iMid many congratulatidiis wore offered 

 this j>lucky young recruit to the ranks 

 of women enlisted for patriotic duty. 

 She demonstrated her ellicieiicy in the 

 management of tlie auto, wliich she 

 operates with admirab](> skill, and she 

 serves customers witli courtesy and 

 |ii-omptness. 



A kliaki suit of militaiy design and 

 a cap similar to that worn by dlliccrs 

 of the U. S. army were worn by this 

 wartime cliaufTeur. and who will (|ues- 

 tion her light to wear tlie uniform.' A 

 Chinese toy ]ioo(11(> named Keggy makes 

 the rounds with Miss Keeler, and seems 

 to appreciate the importance of the 

 mission. 



Miss Keeler believes tiiat women 

 should volunteer for service whiTi'xcr 

 [Kissibh^ to enable men to enlist. 

 ■'Women are as eflicient as men in 

 many capacities and the time has come 

 when women should aid the country,'' 

 she says. "I like my work, chiefly be- 

 cause 1 am serving my country by 

 doing it." 



The idea of employing a woman as 

 chauffeur was suggested to Mr. Pol- 

 lard by a woman customer to whom he 

 spoke of his difficulty in finding a boy 

 to replace the man who, for the re- 

 cruiting camji, liad left this i>ost on the 

 car. l^ovs have liecome a scarce article, 

 so many have been called upon to take 

 men's places nm<le vacant by enlist- 

 ment. When it l)ecame known that 

 Mr. Pollard would employ a woman 

 for this work, six ajiplications were re- 

 ceived the first day, fi'om women 

 anxious to assume wartime responsi- 

 bilities. 



Mr. Pollard declares his intention of 

 enlisting as soon as ho can arrange for 

 the conduct of his business during his 

 absence. He says that he employed 

 Miss Keeler solely from a patriotic de- 



The Trade's First Wartime Woman Chauffeur and Her Car. 



siie to permit another man to enlist 

 and lie i-ecommends to mei'cliants ol' 

 Canton and elsewhere the em|ilo\'ment 

 of women in jdace of men, to this eml. 

 He says tiiat Miss Keeler will receive 

 the same com|ieiisat i(Ui as that jiaid 

 to the man whose [dace she has taken. 



Bloomington, Ind. Merle !•". Morns, 

 who during the last year had maiiageil 

 the greeniiouses owned by his lather, 

 I'rank L. Morris, has turned the estab- 

 lishnieiit over to his father and is now 

 wdiiviii^ in a ;;o\ernment aei-()plaii(> fac 

 tors at Detroit. Mich. 



Mews from 



ro^ 



Paris France.- -M. (ieorges Truffaut, 

 widely known in the trade, has returned 

 from the Automoidle section at the 

 front to superintend Les Pepinieres 

 Xationales, near Versailles. This is a 

 new organization for the purpose of su]>- 

 |)lying trees, ])lants aiul seeds to cultiva- 

 tors in the invadecl <listricts ot' France 

 which have been won back. 



Liverpool, England.— The old and 

 widely known business of ]{. I'. Ker & 

 Sous recently p;iss(>d throu«ili tlu^ hands 

 of a trustee, but was bid in by members 

 of the Ker family. Francis Ker got the 

 greenhouses and nursery as a going con- 

 cern, also the worMfanious collection 

 of 13,U(K) seedling amaryllis bulbs, li. 

 B. Ker acquired the seed aiul bulb store. 



London. England. The Year Book 

 for l!tI7, issued by the Perjietual Flow- 

 eiing Carnation Society, contains a val- 

 uable arti(de on .Vmerican carnations 

 from A. F. J. Baur, secretary of the 

 American Carnation Society. Mr. Baur 

 writes: "The Enchantress group has 

 been crowded out of the exhibitions by 

 the newer sorts, which are gradually 

 supplanting them on the benches of the 

 carnation specialists. Enchantress and 

 her children have been a wonderful 

 family, but carnations, like men, must 

 give way to improvement." 



Canterbury, England. In few jdaces 

 has the war wrou;;lit greater chatu'cs 

 in agricultural pr;ictice than in Kent, 

 and certamls- no county has shown 

 greater resource in niodil'ying its agri- 

 cultural methods. Not long after the 

 outbreak of war it becanu- e\ iibMit that 

 the hop L;rowin^ industry must be cur- 

 tailc'l. In spite of the' fact that the 

 establisliei! ho|, ^.'irdens represent a 

 large amonnt of capital, many hundreds 

 of acres of hops were grubbed up aiul 

 the oast houses turned into potato and 

 other st(Ues. or left to lie idle. No- 

 where is the response to the idianged 

 conditions nune remarkable than in the 

 establishment of M(mnt & Sons. The 

 roses for which this firm is famous have 

 been in large measure replaced })v mar- 

 ket garden crops, only eiuuigh roses 

 having been kept to maintain the stock 

 of varieties. Both outdoors an.l in the 

 hoiisi's previously de\dteil to roses, mar- 

 ket gard(Mi crops have been jilauted, 

 and the t(Uuatoes under glass would be 

 a credit to a grower who had special- 

 izeil in that crop aiul nothing else. In 

 the trial grounds, [lotatoes and other 

 cro]»s demonstrate that men who have 

 learned to grow roses and carnations to 

 perfection can turn their knowledge 

 swiftly to good account in the cidtiva 

 fion of any other crop. 



