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The Florists^ Review 



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IN KHAKI AND BLUE <^ 



JOBS AWAIT SOLDIERS. 



Florists Need Assistants. 



Lar-k of employment after their re- 

 turn to civil life is something which is 

 worrying many soldiers now more than 

 (lid the bullets of the Hun a few months 

 ago. , Many of them see themselves 

 walking the streets, searching in vain 

 t'or 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 

 low cases, for their employers or their 

 own businesses are needing them — have 

 iioedod them for a long time — and they 

 luiow they will be able to step back in- 

 fo the harness as soon as tliey become 

 civilians again. 



Florists see ahead of them increased 

 Imsincss and are preparing for it as 

 iiovor before. Every soldier who has a 

 knowledge of growing or selling flowers 

 li:is 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. 



Iiisten, Girls! 



American girls are so far ahead of 

 tho French nia'm'selles that it is not 

 uorth while bothering to compare them, 

 according to the view of Sergt. Frank 

 Ixitzenthaler, who recently returned 

 I'lom overseas duty and is expecting to 

 resume his duties at the store of Knoble 

 l5ros., Cleveland, O., in the near future. 



Sergt. Ritzenthaler entered the serv- 

 ice April 1, 1918, at Camp Sherman, 

 <)., where he was in the 331st Infantry, 

 |)art of the Eighty-third Division. The 

 division started overseas June 3 and the 

 sergeant, then a private, went as a part 

 "f his unit. Arrived in France, his regi- 

 Mient was held behind the line near V§r- 

 ■lun during the American drive which 

 I'rought disaster to the kaiser's fighting 

 machine. 



Some time later the Eighty-third 

 I'ivision was assigned to train at La 

 Suze. Sergt. Kitzenthaler, having 

 shown his aptitude for drill and the 

 finer points of training, was made a non- 

 i-oniniissioned 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. Ritzenthaler returned to this 

 ■ountry 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 

 "f these has been discharged and two 

 ■iro still in France. Those in France 

 •lave seen active and dangerous serv- 

 ice, one being gassed after "hopping 

 tlie bags" five times in as many weeks. 



Lawson Milam, who is only 18 years 

 "I<1, snfl"ered most from the war. He 

 ^vent through the heavy ligliting in the 

 Vrgonne last •> ILjill nnd I'lirticipatecl in 



Sergt. Frank Ritzenthaler. 



five charges against "Fritz." He 

 came out of these engagements without 

 a scratch, but while being relieved 

 from front line trench duty in October, 

 ho 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, Royal 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 

 js that he did not get to appear more 

 f)rominently in the Furuperui 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 lauil 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. .lulmson, formerly emjiioyed 

 hy .1. W. (iiiree, of Paris, Ttx., and more 



recently a soldier in France, has re- 

 turned to this country au'l is planning 

 to go into business for himself in Nacog- 

 dociies, Tex. 



"Treat 'Em Rough." 



C. Comincavisch is reopening his 

 greenhouses at Fort Wayne, Ind., having 

 ,iust returned from the army. He was 

 with Company A of the 341st Battalion 

 of the Tank Corps. His greenhouses on 

 Spy Run avenue were closed during his 

 absence, but now arc 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, 111., 

 operated by I. L. Pillsbury, having been 

 honorably discharged from the service. 



KING JOHN OF BARNEGAT. 



Tliere'B rockI KiriR John, clown Hnrnogat way. 

 Whose castle stnnds close t)y^ the tiajr; 

 Hl8 heart's as bic as the ocean wide 

 And filled with love for all, inside. 



This penial monarch in his fortress hold. 

 Has tlie spirit of kindness, I've liecn told; 

 He sends his call both far and near, 

 "Oil, come; come away, my siibjeets dear. 



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

 'Tis often pood for e'en the best; 

 I-et's sail afar on the waters blue, , 

 And try our liiek with fishing, tool" 



So he gathers tliem in, these Bilbjects true. 

 TTnder siiminer skies of azure hue; 

 He shelters tliem, in his rastle there; 

 They draw deep breaths of salt sea air 



And when they return to the h.iunts of m-n, 

 Back to the city to work again. 

 'I'hey dream of .Tohn, their grand old king, 

 .\nd ever and anon his praises sing. 



If many kings there were like him. 

 Many h'ss eyes with tears would dim 

 Many less broken hearts tliere'd l>i'. 

 Many less mourning-bands we'd see. 



If o'er the sea there were such kings 

 The world would echo jo.vous rings. 

 And battlefields not strewn witli dead 

 If all thrones held a wise crowned head I 



Oood Itick, King .John, good wislies. too: 

 The best of earth sliould be for you. 

 "We take this time to let you see 

 Your faithful subjects we would be. 



We wish for you a long, glad reign, 

 A life of Jo.Vs 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. 



WiUiamsport, Pa.— George Evenden, 

 head of Evenden Bros., recently returned 

 from a tour of carnation ranges. He 

 realizes the import.ance of growing as 

 much stock as possible. The high figure 

 carnation blooms still bring militates 

 against jducking for cuttings; hence the 

 shortage. The opportunity offered to 

 John Ring, a former grower, to return 

 to his old cliarge, 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. 



