Decembeu 20, 1918. 



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WABBIOBS WOBKINQ. 



Back in Stores and Greenhouses. 



In practically every news letter in The 

 Review last week there were reports 

 that members of our trade, who had 

 forsaken their peace-time jobs to go to 

 war, had returned to the stores or green- 

 houses they left during the last eighteen 

 months. This eased the labor situation 

 considerably and made the pre-Christ- 

 mas rush easier to handle. More of the 

 florists who were in the army overseas 

 or in training at the various canton- 

 ments are being released daily and it 

 will not be long before the boys who 

 grow wholesale and retail flowers will 

 be at home, working at their former 

 employment. 



In the Army and Navy. 



Albert J., Jr., and Francis X. Lorenz, 

 sons of Albert J. Lorenz, Brooklyn 

 florist, did their part to help the Allied 

 countries win the war. Albert was with 

 the naval aviation forces and saw 

 service abroad. Francis was called for 

 service with the army and trained at 

 Camp Devens, Mass. Bqth are well 

 known to the trade in Brooklyn, having 

 been associated with their father at his 

 establishment, corner of Flatbush ave- 

 nue and Dean street. 



Bauske Convalescing. 



Written large on the panels of history 

 will be the story of the 131st Infantry 

 in the operations on the St. Mihiel 

 salient and north of Verdun in the clos- 

 ing days of the war. The 131st In- 

 fantry is a Chicago regiment and among 

 the florists in it is Otto Bauske, who was 

 drafted in September, 1917. He was as- 

 signed to the machine gun company. 



Albert J. Lorenz^ Jr. 



Otto Bauske. 



After training at Camp Grant, the regi- 

 ment was one of the first sent to France 

 and was in the first all- American attack. 

 Otto Bauske went "over the top" three 

 times, July 4, August 28 and September 

 27, in the Verdun sector. The last time 

 he was wounded in the leg so seriously 

 that when last heard from, under date 

 of November 20, he still was in the hos- 

 pital at Vichy, where the mineral water 

 comes from. 



Otto Bauske is the eldest son of Her- 

 man Bauske, the well-known Chicago 

 rose grower, and, before he was drafted, 

 was his father's chief assistant in the 

 management of the greenhouses. He is 

 27 years of age and a first-class grower. 

 Mr. Bauske has another son, Herman, 

 Jr., who was with the A. L. Bandall Co. 

 prior to being drafted. After a few 

 weeks in camp he was honorably dis- 

 charged because of his physical condi- 

 tion, but, being unwilling to let great 

 events pass without participating, he 

 went to Washington and secured an ap- 

 pointment in the Ordnance Department. 

 He was sent home a fortnight ago. 



Charles Steidle Gets Discharge. 



Charles Steidle, of Olivette, Mo., on 

 being discharged from the army at 

 Camp MacArthur, Waco, Tex., left for 

 Chicago, arriving December 21, instead 

 of going to his home, as Mrs. Steidle was 

 in Chicago on a visit. He has two broth- 

 ers in service, one in France and one 

 in tliis country, and is the owner of a 

 range of glass in Olivette. Upon his 

 return home Mr. Steidle will take ac- 

 tive charge of his business again. 



Corporal W. O. Loveridge. 



Corporal William G. Loveridge, son of 

 Charles Loveridge, Peoria, 111., has been 

 with the fighting forces in France since 

 November, 1917. He is with the 90th 

 Aero Squadron and recently was sent 

 on a "flying trip" over battlefields to 

 get instruments and guns from disabled 

 airplanes. This was an important com- 

 mission for the youth of 20 years. Cor- 



poral Loveridge 's age at his. last birth- 

 day, September 2, and last reports indi- 

 cate that prospects were good for a 

 speedy promotion. The uncertainty of 

 the mail service is responsible for the 

 fact that the parents of the young avia- 

 tor had no word from him between June 

 9, 1918, and November 10, 1918. Fami- 

 lies which do not hear promptly from 

 soldiers may therefore take heart. 



Pittsburgh Recruits Return. 



Later arrivals from camp and can- 

 tonment, from naval training station 

 and from actual war service overseas to 

 Pittsburgh include Samuel McClements 

 II, who has been serving at Pier 19 since 

 the beginning of the war; Samuel P. 

 Gidas, who has seen six months of inten- 

 sive training at Camp Dix and one 

 month at Camp Merritt, whence he was 

 on the point of embarking for France 

 when the armistice was signed; Thomas 

 McKee Elliott, who has returned to the 

 offices of the Elliott Co. from Camp 

 Joseph E. Johnson, and Geo];ge C. Mc- 

 Callum, who arrived in time for Christ- 

 mas at home. 



Rupert, Ida. — The Rupert Floral Co. 

 recently donated to the Junior Red 

 Cross girls two pots of tuberoses, a 

 bouquet of heliotrope and another of 

 roses. A small stand was put up on the 

 sidewalk, where the girls sold smells at 

 5 cents each. They cleared $12 and 

 then sold the plants for $1 more, sent 

 the roses to the sick, divided the helio- 

 trope among themselves and felt well 

 repaid for their work. 



Frands X. Lorenz. 



