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CLEVELAND'S FUNERAL 



FLOWER FACTORY 



The Sixth City is first in (/tiitc <i jcn things lh<tl pcridiii to the florists'' 

 business und among the most unusual of its points of trade interest is the factory 

 where John kirehner and his sons turn out funeral leorl, iti (jniuilil\ nitli a 

 dexterity ami celerity seldom if ever equaled. 



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X i'wiy line ul' iimiiaii en- 

 <l(';i\(ii' there is some man 

 who, \>y iiiti'Ojiidity, ]>vv 

 spicacity and lii<fh intofj^- 

 lity, rises from the obscui'- 

 ity of the ranks to the 

 ]ilane of leadership. The 

 oil world has its Kocke- 

 feller, the automobile 

 world its Ford and the 

 world of commereial floriculture has a 

 worthy asi)ii'ant to the eminenee oi' leail- 

 ership in (juantity jiroduction in tlie 

 jierson of John Kirehner, of riexc 

 land. 



Situated far out at Quinry axenuc, 

 in the Sixth City, away from the beaten 

 jiaths of retail trallic, this oonius of 

 twentieth eentury eommercial lloricul 

 tnre is conductinjr ;i business of such 

 unusnal maj^nitude as to tax the imaji- 

 inatixc fMculties of the casual oliserver. 

 To tliosc who are honoicil in knowiiiL; 

 John Kirehner, his suc- 

 cess is but the incvita- 



ble result of a tem]>erate 

 life and an inordinate 

 capacity for work, lie 

 is a man with a )nir|P0se 

 in life, ])0SsessinjT; a 

 force that sweeiis aside 

 ail ol)sta(dt's tliat stand 

 in tlie way of success. 



Seeing Is Believing. 



Ha\ini; hearii much 

 al)out this exenij>lai' ol' 

 tireless efl"ort, it oc- 

 curred to mt> tliat may- 

 liaji the u n d e r 1 y i n y 

 p r i n c i p les of success 

 could lie (diser\(^d in 

 operation li\- \vat(diin<i 

 the wheels of iiis husi 

 ness I'evoKc, so ad\an 

 tafje was taken of a re 

 cent errand to Cleveland 

 to visit the reputed hi\c 

 of industry. 



What I saw couhl be 

 adequately d e s c r i bed 

 only by the facile pen 

 of a Forrest Crissy or a 

 Julian Street, so \ ital is 

 the message John Kirch- 

 ner's life and indnsti \ 

 have for the aveiji^ic flo 

 rist, ])ut as their |iower> 

 of description are not 

 availabh^ in this particu 

 lar instance, the follow 

 injj report will conve>' 

 the moral in an unre 

 lined manner. 



After a street car ride 

 of about twenty niin 

 utes' duration throufih 



By CHARLES N. COTTER. 



a section that ol)\ioiisly i> |i<i|iidated 

 by those who dwell in the ilull yray 

 stratum of Cleveland's social life, 1 

 alijfhted at Qnincy axcuiie and walked 

 into the oilice on the coinei' in front 

 of a small ran^jc of f^reenhoiiscs. This 

 (dlice or recejition room liad iKdhinj: 

 cxcej)t immaculatcness to di>tinj;uish it 

 fiom the salesrooms that ai'c charac- 

 teristic of small retail greenhouse estab 

 lislnnciits. It was spi(d< and span 

 tliroiiiilioiit. soit Ml' co/y and lioimdike; 

 ill fact, it symliidi/.e- traiiqiiillity 

 rather than the iiii'-tle and lui^tle I liiol 

 prejiared myself' to ^ec. 



Quantity Production. 



iJiit wali<ine tti a doer at the opposite 

 ^ide ol' the room, my eyes were yi-etdeij 

 with a si^iit tliat tilled nie with ania/e 



niit lull w a- 



John Kirehner, of Cleveland, and His Two Sons. 



meilt. Tiiele. Ill tlie cfliler ol' ;i hli^e 



w (irk riMiiii, stood niii' e,.|iial t'rieiid. in 

 Ills shirt >lee\e-. luisilv eii;;a;^ed in add 

 inn tdiic to a lar^e -^taiidine- cross oi 

 {diik and wiiite asters. Alonji' the side- 

 nl' till' room were eiLjIlt girls workin;i 

 jii-t as fast as liiiman dexterity allow.-, 

 wiriiie asters, roses and bronze maeiudia 

 li'a\es. Two other men and Mrs. Kin h 

 iier were coucernine themselves witl. 

 ra|dd fabrication id' cliversitied emblem- 

 oi' mortality, Avliile in aiudher room, ab 

 |j\ himself, worked an artist of no meaii 

 aiiilitv jnitting the tinishinu lonelier on 

 a casket co\-er of >iicli m;miiiti<-ence ;i- 

 1(1 i-aii-e eue aliUdst to a^ree with 

 .^liake-peare. That -'ileatli is a cousum 

 mation de\(piitl\- to be wisheit.'" lien 

 and there -ill fact, evcrvwhere re 

 piiseil s|iray-., wreaths, pillow- .and oate- 

 :ijar. It seeniol as though ('lev<dand 

 niii-t li:i\e -iilTered a calamitv and the 

 •\pres-iiiL: -> iiip,-i t tiy ill 

 il(ii;il tidNcii-. I never 

 ill all niv lii' -aw so 

 mill h t'liiieral woi'k be 

 ill" made .'it iiiii time, m 

 made -o t'a<l. 



An Average Day. 



.\i r. Kirehner smileo 

 when I a-kei| liim if it 

 wa- an ixt raoidinarv 

 da\ 's liiisine— ami ni 

 iiiiiiied me that lu," haii 

 I morel', a I -II better, day>, 

 liiit th.at he was of tht> 

 upinion that ere night 

 tell it would prove to 

 lia\ e been an a verai:' 

 da\. Two of his sale.- 

 ineii. he explained, weit. 

 ,,iit d e I i \ e r i n g door 

 w ieath>. and undoubted 

 \\ would return with •*•'''' 

 (ir •■*^7.''i worth nf addi 

 tional luisine--. 



()u my expre-Miin mv 

 a-tonishment, Mr. Kiii li 

 ner reipiested that Im 

 fore passing jiidgnK'iit I 

 accompany him thruULili 

 the entire work-. lb 

 lirst toiik me til tin 

 parage and there -Imwed 

 \no, more motor imwei 

 than 1 imagined woiilil 

 be possessed by anv ii 

 tail store other than tin 

 large i|e|i;irtmeiii m 

 ga iii/atioiis. 



There are ten in ;ili. 

 -e\en of theni Whiti- 

 Two are enormmis cliiseo 

 body t r II c k .-. pnli-hed 

 like mahoganx : mie i- a 

 ."■ ton oiiiii t rin-k . • w .1 :< !■ 



