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July 1, 1920 



passed among the tables, all -were 

 exceptional. The instrumental music 

 was so good that many remained to 

 dance to it after the tables had been 

 cleared away. As to the speaking — 

 Kirby B. White was toastmaster and 

 thus had an opportunity to set free some 

 of the humor which could not always 

 be released in the Red room. J. H. 

 Puelicher, president of the Marshall & 

 Hsley bank, Milwaukee, gave a truly 

 eloquent talk, not only on trade accept- 

 ances, but on the nation's present 

 financial condition and the seed trade 'p 

 opportunity for national service. Then 

 the Eev. "William T. Dorward spoke on 

 "The Master Key," with a constant 

 stream of wit and humor, Scotch and 

 otherwise, which enforced the moral 

 aspects of his talk and gave morality 

 an after-dinner aptness of which one 

 might not have suspected it. 



MOTT-LY GLEANINGS. 



At Milwaukee. 



The gathering of the American Seed 

 Trade Association, at Milwaukee, June 

 22 to 24, as viewed either from a busi- 

 ness or a social angle, was a big success. 

 Many regrets were heard from those 

 members who were absent. George 

 Thomson, of Northrup, King & Co., 

 Minneapolis, Minn., said, "There is 

 much that is 'entre nous' and unpub- 

 lishable, but which is often of the 

 greatest value." 



The social features were conceded 

 perfect, according to Lawrence E. 

 Payn, of Simon Louis Freres, France, 

 who compared Milwaukee to his gay 

 Paree, whither, doubtless, his parental 

 thoughts were diverted, mindful of the 

 little ones anxiously awaiting papa 's re- 

 turn. Which reminds us that Lyons H. 

 Williams, of Norfolk, Va., whispered the 

 fact of the arrival of a son and heir to 

 aid in conducting his flourishing busi- 

 ness. Mr. Williams was the recipient 

 of many congratulations. 



"Glad to be present," observed W. T. 

 Phillips, of Toledo, O. "Those absent 

 do not know what they are missing. 

 True, some things are hidden from us, 

 as, for example, the meeting of the 

 wholesale grass seed dealers, held be- 

 hind closed doors, but perhaps, since 

 grass seed contains the greatest amount 

 of dust and foul seed, it is proper to 

 confine the cleaning process as much as 

 is possible." 



The boxing exhibition was compared 

 to the buffeting which the "powers that 

 be" are continually handing the seeds- 

 men. "It is often too one-sided," ob- 

 served C. H. Anderson, of the Piatt 

 Seed Co., New Haven, Conn., who was 

 the sole representative of the retail 

 trade from New England and proud of 

 the honor. 



John Degnan, one of the best known 

 seedsmen in Chicago, looked in at the 

 convention, reminiscencing with James 

 Currie and other veterans in the trade. 

 He was en route to the Golden Gate and 

 it is highly probable that he will re- 

 side there with the host of luminaries 

 who have preceded him. 



E. B. Howe, of the W. W. Barnard 

 Co., Chicago, called attention to the 

 model combination kitchen and flower 

 garden arranged in the window of Cur- 

 rie Bros. Co., incidentally adding that 

 he was passing into the thirty-ninth 

 period of the garden of life. 



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