Febrdart 27, 1910. 



The Florists^ Review 



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JOBS AWAIT SOLDIEBS. 



Florists Need Assistants. 



Lack of employment after their re- 

 turn to civil life is something which is 

 worrying many soldiers now more than 

 did the bullets of the Hun a few months 

 ago. Many of them see themselves 

 walking the streets, searching in vain 

 for positions that will keep them from 

 starvation. A great number Can see no 

 way but to depend upon the charity of 

 relatives for support until conditions 

 become more settled. 



Soldier-florists, however, are not 

 worried over the outlook, except in a 

 few cases, for their employers or their 

 own businesses are needing them — ^have 

 needed them for a long time — and they 

 know they will be ab^e.to step back in- 

 to the harness as soon as they become 

 civilians again. 



Florists see ahead of them increased 

 business and are preparing for it as 

 never before. Every soldier who has a 

 knowledge of growing or selling flowers 

 has an opening awaiting him, according 

 to popular opinion among florists, either 

 in the place he occupied before donning 

 the uniform of Uncle Sam or in a new 

 place. 



Listen, Girls! 



American girls are so far ahead of 

 the French ma'm'selles that it is not 

 worth while bothering to compare them, 

 according to the view of Sergt. Frank 

 Ritzenthaler, who recently returned 

 from overseas duty and is expecting to 

 resume his duties at the store of Knoble 

 Bros., Cleveland, 0., in the near future. 



Sergt. Bitzenthaler entered the serv- 

 ice April 1, 1918, at Camp Sherman, 

 0., where he was in the 331st Infantry, 

 part of the Eighty-third Division. The 

 division started overseas June 3 and the 

 sergeant, then a private, went as a part 

 of his unit. Arrived in France, his regi- 

 ment was held behind the line near Ver- 

 dun during the American drive which 

 brought disaster to the kaiser's fighting 

 machine. 



Some time later the Eighty-third 

 Division was assigned to train at La 

 Suze. Sergt. Bitzenthaler, having 

 shown his aptitude for drill and the 

 finer points of training, was made a non- 

 commissioned officer to assist in the 

 training of men recently arrived in 

 France for first line duty. Approxi- 

 mately 150,000 men were made finished 

 soldiers at La Suze every month. 



Sergt. Bitzenthaler returned to this 

 country January 25. 



A Great Record. 



A record hard to surpass, if not to 

 equal, has been made by the three sons 

 of C. G. Milam, of Auburn, Neb. One 

 of these has been discharged and two 

 are still in France. Those in France 

 have seen active and dangerous serv- 

 ice, one being gassed after "hopping 

 the bags" five times in as many weeks. 



Lawson Milam, who is only 18 years 

 old, suffered most from the war. He 

 went through the heavy fighting in the 

 Argonne last fall and participated in 



Sergt. Frank RiUenthaler. 



five charges against "Fritz." He 

 came out of these engagements without 

 a scratch, but while being relieved 

 from front line trench duty in October, 

 he was gassed and, as a result, spent a 

 month in the hospital. He is anxiously 

 awaiting the order which will mean his 

 return to the United States. 



A piece of shrapnel passed through 

 the hat of Lewis Milam, of the 28th 

 Aero Squadron, Boyal Flying Corps, but 

 he was untouched. The hats worn by 

 the men in France are small and fit 

 tightly, especially those worn by the 

 flyers. That fact indicates the narrow- 

 ness of Mr. Milam's escape, for shrap- 

 nel is none too gentle. 



Lieut. Paul C. Milam 's one big regret 

 is that he did not get to appear more 

 prominently in the European struggle. 

 His orders for overseas duty did not 

 come until after the armistice was 

 signed and the movement of troops to 

 France halted. Lieut. Milam has been 

 honorably discharged and expects to go 

 to Montana to live on a land claim 

 which he has there. 



In a letter from the patriotic father 

 of the soldier trio he says that he is 

 waiting impatiently for the return of 

 his sons. Lewis Milam is grower in his 

 father's greenhouses and his services 

 are badly needed now, according to Mr. 

 Milam, Sr. 



Will Open Own Store. 



Rider M. Johnson, formerly employed 

 by J. W. Goree, of Paris, Tex., and more 



recently a soldier in France, has re- 

 turned to this country and is planning 

 to go into business for himself in Nacog- 

 doches, Tex. 



"Treat 'Em Bough." 



C. Comincavisch is reopening his 

 greenhouses at Fort Wayne, Ind., having 

 just returned from the army. He was 

 with Company A of the 34l8t Battalion 

 of the Tank Corps. His greenhouses on 

 Spy Bun avenue were closed during his 

 absence, but now are being restocked. 



Another Florist Back. ^ 



Walter E. Pillsbury, who served in 

 France with an Engineer Corps organi- 

 zation, has returned to his work in the 

 Galesburg Greenhouses, Galesburg, HI., 

 operated by I. L. Pillsbury, having been 

 honorably discharged from the service. 



KDTG JOHN OF BABNEGAT. 



There's good King John, down Barnegat waj, 

 Whoae caatle stands close by the bay; 

 His heart's as big as the ocean wide 

 And filled with love for all, inside. 



This genial monarch In his fortress bold, 

 Has the spirit of kindness, I've been told; 

 He sends his call both far and near, 

 "Oh, come; come away, my subjects dear. 



"Come from your work, your cares, and rest, 

 •Tis often good for e'en the best; 

 Let's sail afar on the waters blue. 

 And try our luck with fishing, tool" 



So he gathers them in, these subjects true, 

 Under summer skies of azure hue; 

 He shelters them, in bis castle there; 

 They draw deep breaths of salt sea air. 



And when they return to the haunts of men, 

 Back to the city to work again. 

 They dream '^f John, their grand old king. 

 And ever and anon his praises sing. , 



If many kings there were like him. 

 Many less eyes with tears would dim. 

 Many less broken hearts there'd be, 

 Many less mourning-bands we'd see. 



If o'er the sea there were such Kings 

 The world would echo Joyous rings. 

 And battlefields not strewn with dead 

 If all thrones held a. wise crowned head \ 



Good lack, King John, good wishes, too; 

 The best of earth should be for you. 

 We take this time to let you see 

 Your faithful subjects we would be. 



We wish for yon a long, glad reign, 

 A life of Joys that ne'er shall wane, 

 Where seasons shall be only spring. 

 Ood bless you, John, our noble king! 



The above is an original poem by Mrs. 

 Samuel S. Pennock, of Lansdowne, Pa., 

 in honor of Commodore John Westcott, 

 delivered by her husband at Mr. West- 

 cott 's seventy-ninth anniversary cele- 

 bration at Dooner's hotel, Philadelphia, 

 February 22, 1919. 



WlUiamsport, Pa. — George Evenden, 

 head of Evenden Bros., recently returned 

 from a tour of carnation ranges. He 

 realizes the importance of growing as 

 much stock as possible. The high figure 

 carnation blooms still bring militates 

 against plucking for cuttings; hence the 

 shortage. The opportunity offered to 

 John Bing, a former grower, to return 

 to his old charge, failed to draw him 

 from the State Nursery Co., of Helena, 

 Mont., where he finds the joy of "hot 

 water heat from nature's boiler too 

 great to exchange for Pennsylvania 

 gas," he writes Mr. Evenden. 



