January 23, 1919. 



The Florists^ Review 



17 



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IN KHAKI AND BLUE 



HOMEWARD BOUND. 



Hither and Yon. 



Of the hosts returning from their 

 pilgrimages overseas and from the va- 

 rious camps and cantonments overland, 

 many are members of the trade in its 

 different branches. Of these youthful 

 patriots, many have won distinction and 

 all have striven and sacrificed in the 

 great work of winning the war. Their 

 friends on this side eagerly await news 

 of their return and every item of in- 

 formation about them and their move- 

 ments is of interest to all who know 

 them. Every week brings tidings 1o 

 the offices of The Review of the soldiers 

 whose absence has been so keenly felt 

 in the various activities of the trade. 

 News of members of the trade in the 

 service of their country, whether sta- 

 tioned abroad or traveling homeward 

 by train or transport, of men awaiting 

 discharge or already returned to their 

 homes, all will be of interest to friends 

 in the trade and will be published from 

 time to time as it comes in. 



Living Well in Germany. 



Robert W. Johnston, the only son of 

 Mary Johnston, the florist, of 221-1:;; 

 West Madison street, Baltimore, Md., 

 was associated with his mother in the 

 business, but December 14, 1917, he 

 heard his country 's call for men and 

 enlisted in the Ambulance Corps, at 

 AUentown, Pa. March 28 his unit was 

 sent overseas and attached to the First 

 Army Corps, composed principally of 

 members of the regular army. Since 

 that time this corps has been in the 

 thick of the fighting, but Mr. Johnson 

 has been most fortunate, having come 

 through without a scratch. He now is 

 in the Army of Occupation and in his 

 last letter home was stationed in Ott- 

 weiler, Germany, where Robert says the 

 soldiers are living like princes. When 

 we remember that the United States 

 had 2,000,000 such husky chaps engaged 

 in this game, it is not surprising that 

 the war was so short-lived when these 

 hoys struck their gait. He delights to 

 tell what they did to the noted Prussian 

 (^uard. Everyone in the trade hopes 

 that he mav soon be ordered home. 



Tate. 



Stops Dealing in Gas Masks. 



W. J. Stephens, of S. F. Stephens 

 S: Son, Columbus, O., writes home that, 

 'iow the use of gas masks has been dis- 

 continued, he expects soon to be re- 

 leased from the ofiice of the quarter- 

 master sergeant of the Gas Mask Squad 

 ind before long to be back among the 

 wsies. He concludes by stating there 

 i>as been a tremendous unmasking, with 

 iiore to follow. W. M. 



The Picture of Health. 



John Breitmeyer, son ot Fred 

 fireitmeyer, of Detroit and Mount Clem- 

 -ns, Mich., has received his discharge 

 ind returned to his home, looking "the 

 ucture of health," as our correspondent 

 leseribes him. The strenuous training 

 'f camp life and the still more severe 



Robert V. Johnston. 



exigencies of army life have not affected 

 his fine constitution otherwise than 

 beneficially, but Mr. Breitmeyer is glad 

 to lay down the sword to take up the 

 pruning hook. 



Will Recover. 



Among arrivals anxiously awaited of 

 soldiers from overseas is noted that of 

 Leo Willes, son of Mrs. George Madsen, 

 of the Alton Floral Co., Alton, 111. Mr. 

 Willes was badly wounded in action and 

 is in a hospital in New York city, where, 

 however, hopes are entertained for his 

 complete recovery. 



Home From Vancouver. 



Oliver H. Langhans, Pittsburgh, Pa., 

 who has been for more than a year at 

 Vancouver, Wash., and Clatso]), Ore., in 

 the spruce production cam|)s, has at last 

 been discharge 1 from the service of 

 Uncle Sam. He is a son of Theodore P. 

 Langhans, and before enlisting in the 

 Signal Corps was witli the Pittsburgh 

 Cut Flower Co. He was assigned to the 

 Aviation Section and left for Seattle 

 January L"), 1918, where he engaged at 

 once in the work of ])roducing spruce 

 timber for the construction of aero- 

 planes. Since leaving Washington, Mr. 

 Langhans has been at Camp Sherman, 

 Chillicothe, O. He is visiting relatives 

 and friends in western Pennsylvania 

 before settling down again to work for 



the Pittsburgh concern. His parents 

 and his sister visited him while he was 

 located at Clatsop last July. 



Wintering in California. 



Major John Connon, president of the 

 John Connon Co., Ltd., Hamilton, Ont., 

 is spending the winter with his wife 

 and little daughter at Monrovia, Cal. 

 Major Connon commanded a company of 

 the 120th City of Hamilton Battalion, 

 which went to England in the summer 

 of 1916. He was invalided home in De- 

 cember of the same year. He put in a 

 year at the Hamilton Sanatorium, re- 

 ceiving much benefit from the treat- 

 ment there. Months spent last summer 

 in the Laurentian mountains effected 

 further improvement and it is thought 

 that the winter in California will com- 

 plete the cure. Major Connon expects 

 to get back to business in the spring. 



Chicago Florists Returning. 



H. Hansen, florist on Cemetery road, 

 near Rose Hill cemetery, Chicago, was 

 greatly relieved to receive word from 

 his son, Henry A. Hansen, who had been 

 given up as lost. Henry Hansen has 

 been in the navy for nearly two years, 

 during which time he has seen service on 

 both land and sea. His land duties car- 

 ried him into England, France and Bel- 

 gium, where he drove an ambulance and 

 was under fire constantly. He also was 

 with the big naval gun crews who did 

 such good land work. His experiences 

 are remarkable when one considers that 

 he enlisted in the navy as a mechanic. 

 He now is in London and expects to be 

 home soon. On his return he will again 

 take active charge of the business. 



M. A. Redden, proprietor of the retail 

 store that bears his name at 820 West 

 Garfield boulevard, Chicago, has turned 

 in his new uniform and is back again in 

 his "civies, " having been honorably 

 discharged from service in the navy, 

 where he has been since the latter part 

 of October, 1917. Mr. Redden was on 

 the transport Princess Matoika, having 

 made five trips to Brest and two to St. 

 Nazaire. On one of his trips he was 

 given a furlough and at that time visit- 

 ed several large French cities, including 

 Paris. He says that ho is fortunate in 

 having so able an assistant as his sister, 

 who has run the store in his absence. 



Another Chicago florist who has re- 

 turned to his business is F. C. Thom, pro- 

 ])rietor of the retail store at 1639 Mil- 

 waukee avenue. Mr. Thom recently re- 

 ceived his honorable discharge from the 

 army. He was last stationed at the 

 base hospital at Camp Bowie, Texas. 



Still another Chicago florist who re- 

 turned with the 333rd Field Artillery of 

 the 86th Division, known as the Black- 

 hawks, January 13, was Arthur Stielow, 

 of Niles Center. 



Ernest Farley has returned to Chicago 

 from Camp Wadsworth, in South Car- 

 olina, but has not yet connected with 

 a job. 



A New Yorker Mustered Out. 



Among the boys of the Blackhawk 

 division which returned to Camp Grant 



