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rUBDABT 13, 1919. 



The Florists^ Review 



21 



KHAKI AND BLUE 



HOME AGAIN. 



Warriors Become Civilians. 



Daily the ranks of the army, at home 

 and abroad, are being thinned, not by 

 machine gun bullets or the deadly shrap- 

 nel, nor by the horrible poisonous gas, 

 but by the demobilization machinery 

 which is now working smoothly and 

 surely, returning men to their families, 

 their friends, their old jobs and, what 

 is nearly as important to the men in 

 service uniform, their civilian garb. 



Now, instead of the dreaded casualty 

 list, we read in the daily newspapers 

 of the happy reunions which have been 

 made possible by the discharge of men 

 who have served their country in its 

 hour of need. It is a delightful change 

 for all of us, even if no one close to 

 us was in the service. 



Florist-soldiers are among those flock- 

 ing home, or planning to come soon. The 

 trade has no reason to feel ashamed of 

 its record in the Great War, for out of 

 the stores and greenhouses came many 

 men who served nobly and well, some 

 of them making the supreme sacrifice 

 for the land of their birth or adoption. 

 Those who have and will come back will 

 be better men for having gone, and, 

 their return to the business will mean 

 increased efficiency and improvement in 

 every way. 



Billeted with Germaiis. 



Defeat has not made the German peo- 

 ple less hospitable, according to Sergt. 

 Herbert Sharper, whose civilian work 

 was that of assisting his brother, John 

 Sharper, of Oxen Hill, Md., and who 

 now is with the Third Army of Oc- 

 cupation, A. E. F. He is stationed at 

 Andernach, Germany. 



In a letter received by his brother 

 recently, the sergeant says that he and 

 four other American soldiers are living 

 in the home of a German at Andernach, 

 and that their sleeping quarters are in 

 the parlor of the house. He further 

 says the family is extremely kind to 

 their perhaps unwelcome visitors. 



The likeness of Sergt. Sharper which 

 appears on this page of The Eeview 

 was made from a photograph taken in 

 Andernach, presumably by a German 

 photographer. Perhaps the camera 

 operator would have preferred a ma- 

 chine gun to a camera, but Sergt. Sharp- 

 er's expression gives an idea of the 

 determination which caused Germany to 

 wilt before our troops. 



Sergt. Sharper is yearning for a sight 

 of "the best country in the world," 

 he writes, but has reconciled himself 

 to waiting several months for his dream 

 to materialize, as he is not likely to 

 be ordered home until after the treaty 

 of peace actually has been signed. 



The flowers of France are not equal to 

 those of the United States, in the opinion 

 of Sergt. Sharper, who has been in the 

 overseas army since April, 1918. He 

 entered the actual battle zone in June 

 and, during that month and the one fol- 

 lowing, he was in the thick of some of 



Serj^ti Herbert Sharper. 



the most desperate fighting of the war. 

 He came out without a scratch. 



John Sharper is building a new green- 

 house, 35x150 feet, on his property at 

 Oxen Hill in preparation for the return 

 of his soldier brother. 



Florist Home from Navy. 



M. H. Baumgartner, who was an elec- 

 trician, second class, in the United 

 States Navy, has been released from 

 active service and is again at the head 

 of his range at Brunswick, 6a., operated 

 under the name of the Brunswick Floral 

 Co. He enlisted in the navy early last 

 spring and the business has been carried 

 on for him by his parents during his 

 absence. He reports the difliculty in 

 getting hold of young stock for growing 

 on as one of his worst troubles at pres- 

 ent. 



Florist Visits London Shops. 



Edward Ferkins, who was foreman 

 for James E. Beach, of Bridgeport, 

 Conn., before going into Y. M. C. A. 

 war work, is located in London and en- 

 joys the opportunity of visiting the Lon- 

 don flower shops. Writing to friends at 

 home of his observations of trade 

 activities in the English metropolis, he 

 describes with admiration the fine dis- 

 plays to be seen in English florists' 

 shops. Mr. Ferkins is in a base ware- 

 house where quantities of supplies are 

 received and shipped out. 



California Men Returning. 



Victor Ferrari, who is a nephew of 

 Peter Ferrari, of the firm of Ferrari 

 Bros., San Francisco, again is with this 

 firm, having received his discharge and 

 lost no time in taking up the duties he 

 laid down to follow the colors. 



Frank Thatcher, formerly with the 

 firm of Pelicano, Rossi & Co., San Fran- 

 cisco, recently was transferred to Fort 

 Leavenworth, Kan., but hopes to obtain 



his discharge within a few weeks. He 

 plans to return directly to San Fran- 

 cisco. 



F. C. Jaeger II, who is the "Son" in 

 the firm of P. C. Jaeger & Co., San Fran- 

 cisco, when last heard from was in Por- 

 tugal, but was looking forward to 

 making the home run in time to enter 

 the Golden Gate March 1. In his travels 

 with the Merchant Marine he has im- 

 proved opportunities for seeing the 

 great world. One event of his stay in 

 Italy was viewing the reception ac- 

 corded President Wilson 's party. 



Soldiers Become Cubs. 



First Lieut. Kellogg M. Patterson, 

 formerly a member of The Review staff 

 and press agent for Chicago flower 

 shows, has been chosen to head a school 

 of journalism which will be started at 

 Fort Sheridan, north of Chicago, for 

 wounded soldiers convalescing at the 

 post and the enlisted personnel sta- 

 tioned there. 



The school will publish a paper for 

 circulation among the soldiers, as well 

 as in Chicago and elsewhere. Those who 

 desire to learn any phase of the news- 

 paper profession will be given instruc- 

 tion. 



Lieut. Patterson went into the army as 

 a private in Company D, 341st Infantry, 

 at Camp Grant, 111. He was warranted 

 corporal soon after entering the service, 

 and as a corporal wad admitted to the 

 third officers' training camp. Complet- 

 ing the strenuous course prescribed 

 there, he received his commission as sec- 

 ond lieutenant. Later he advanced to 

 first lieutenant. 



During his term of service Lieut. Pat- 

 terson has been stationed at several 

 cantonments. At Camp Pike, Ark., he 

 was managing editor of the camp paper, 

 which bore the name of being one of the 

 best published in the mobilization cen- 

 ters. 



Capt. William Wolff Smith and Col, 

 Frank Billings, of the surgeon general 's 

 office, and Major Eeagle, educational of- 

 ficer ^t Fort Sheridan, are cooperating 

 witK' Lieut. Patterson in arranging for 

 ■^Te school and newspaper. 



Omaha Recruit Returns. 



\L. Larmon has returned to his home 

 in^Omaha, Neb., in the pink of condi- 

 tion^ and all ready to go to work again 

 with a will to make up for time lost 

 from business while engaged in helping 

 to lick the Potsdam outfit. 



Wins Croix de Guerre. 



L. E. Dupuy, son of Louis Dupuy, 

 Whitestone, N. Y., has returned from 

 his service with the A. E. F., the proud 

 possessor of a croix de guerre. 



J. H. P. 



Canal Dover, O.— C. Betscher has suc- 

 ceeded in obtaining a hardy hybrid pink 

 carnation as a result of crossing the 

 Grenadin type with the tree carnation. 

 The scent of the clove, combined with 

 the floriferousness of the Scotch pink, is 

 an acquisition. 



