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The Florists^ Review 



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CHICAGO OFFICERS INSTALLED, 



Koliout Presents Able Address. 



The first meeting of 1921 of the Chi- 

 cago Florists' Club, held at the Hotel 

 Eandolph Tliursday evening, January 6, 

 was devoted mainly to the installation 

 of the new officers. After routine o])en- 

 ing business and several commitlee re- 

 ports, Secretary Lauteiisclilager sub- 

 mitted his annual report, in which he 

 ])ointed out that the meiiibcrship of tlic 

 club had increased twenty-seven and 

 one-half per cent during 1920. 



T. E. Waters, in making his farewell 

 address, spoke of the jjleasurc it had 

 been to wield the gavel of presiding 

 officer during the preceding year, when 

 he had not missed a meeting. Ho ex- 

 pressed his thanks to the committee 

 members for their work and to all the 

 members of the club for the support of 

 the administration during his period of 

 office. Thereupon Philip Foley, Jr., was 

 called upon to escort President-elect 

 Joseph Kohout to the chair, to whom 

 Mr. Waters tendered the gavel. Next 

 Vice-president A. T. Pyfer, Treasurer 

 A. H. Schneider and Secretary Lauten- 

 schlager were installed, each making ap- 

 propriate remarks. Mr. Schneider 

 stated that he had joined the Chicago 

 Florists' Club in its first year, thirty- 

 five years ago, when the attendance was 

 fifteen or sixteen and all could sit 

 around a single table. Trustee-elect 

 August Poehlmann was absent on ac- 

 count of illness. 



Applications for membership were re- 

 ceived from F. R. Kilner, 508 South 

 Dearborn street, and A. F. Thai, Lake- 

 side building. 



Chairman Barker, of the transporta- 

 tion committee, announced that the Chi- 

 cago party would leave on the Man 

 hattan Limited on the Pennsylvania 

 railroad from the Union depot. Canal 

 and Adams streets, Tuesday, January 

 25, at 10:30 a. m., due at Washington 

 the following morning at 9:28. 



February Dance. 



T. E. Waters, reporting for the good 

 of the club committee, stated that it 

 was planned to combine the February 

 novelty night with a ladies' night and 

 hold the dance previously planned for 

 late in January. The entire second floor 

 of the Hotel Randolph has been re- 

 served for the occasion. Mowshin 's 

 Bluebird orchestra has been engaged for 

 this occasion. This affair will be ten- 

 dered as a comfilinientnry event to all 

 the trade and friends. Everyone is in- 

 vited. Chairman Waters plans to make 

 this the trade's biggest social event. 

 The dance is scheduled to take place 

 February .3. Every florist is requested 

 to wear a ])oiit(innicre; every florist's 

 Indy should liave a corsage boucjuet, ac- 

 cording to the committee. 



In connection with the annual exhibi- 

 tion and meeting of the Chrysanthemum 

 Society of America in Chicago next No- 

 vember, the following were appointed 

 by President Kohout to serve as a com- 

 mittee of preparations: N. J. Wietor, 

 chairman; F. Lautenschlagcr, W. \. 



Rudd, C. C. Pollworth and A. H. 

 Schneider. 



On the good of the club committee 

 were appointed: T. E. Waters, chair- 

 man; Paul K. Weiss, William Wien- 

 hoeber, J. E. I'ollworth, Charles Erne, 

 Paul Klings])orn, Ed. Goldenstein and 

 E. A. OUinger. 



Address and Discussion. 



President Kohout presented the pre- 

 liminary plan for a Chicago Florists' 

 Club wliich would unite the independent 

 local organizations into one effective 

 and vigorous body. His address is pub- 

 lished in this issue of The Review. 



A bouquet of wooden flowers on the 

 speakers' table brought up a discussion 

 of the use of artificial flowers by retail 

 florists. The exhibit ])roved to have 

 been brought by Peter Pearson for the 

 purpose of arousing talk on this sub- 

 ject. He declared the use of artificial 

 material was harmful to the trade as a 

 whole. Otto Amiing stated his belief 

 that the S. A. F. should take action to 

 discourage its use. T. E. Waters de- 

 clared that artificial flowers could be 

 displaced by the natural by the more 

 vigorous su])])()rt of the national adver- 

 tising campaign and active measures in 



behalf of their products by the growers. 

 He pointed out that, however, there was 

 a decided difference between artificial 

 flowers and i)repared foliages. Hans 

 Jepson spoke vigorously against the 

 growing use of artificial material. 



When the gathering closed it was to 

 reconvene in an :i(lj()iirn('(l meeting at 

 tlie Hotel Ran(lol]ih February '.'>, to be 

 devoted to a novelty night and dance. 

 This is to take the place of the regular 

 meeting, which would fall on February 

 10, too near to St. A'alentine's day, it 

 was believed, to draw a good attend- 

 ance. 



KOHOUT PLANS UNION. 



Would Combine Chicago Bodies. 



It is the local independent trade 

 bodies that are ui)i)erniost in my mind 

 ill this address, in my endeavor to in- 

 augurate a policy to guide, to accommo- 

 date and keep in motion business and 

 social acti\ities such as will lead us, I 

 liope, through a healthful and enterpris- 

 ing administration. 



We have four individual specialized 



The inaiiciiral nddress of Joseph Kolmut, presi- 

 dent of the ChicuKO Florists' Cliih, delivered at 

 ilie ineetiiiK of the clii!" nt the Hotei Uandolpli, 

 <'lii(ii(,'o. .laimmy 0, liCM. 



Joseph Kohout. 

 (Installed Last Weelt as President of Chlcagn Florists' Club.) 



