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The Florists^ Review 



December 9, 1920 



fifty per cent; Class B florists pay thirty 

 per cent; Class C florists pay twenty per 

 cent. 



The next meeting will be held Jan- 

 uary 6, and all florists in the Pittsburgh 

 district are urged to come. W. T. U. 



Quiet Comers in Proximity to Displayed Stock Please Customers. 



in Atlanta. Eurnor liath it that Tlioinaf- 

 Joy has more ambitious plans for this 

 store next vcar. 



PITTSBURGHERS ORGANIZING. 



Appeal to Retailers of District. 



At the reorganization of the Retail 

 Florists' Association of Pittsburgh the 

 following ofiicers were elected: 



I'residcnt, Ira -C. Harper, of A. W. 

 Smith Co. 



Vice-president, Harvey C. Shcaflf, of 

 Mrs. E. A. Williams, Inc. 



Secretary, Edward E. Ludwig, of E. 

 C. Ludwig Floral Co. 



Treasurer, Gilbert P. Weaklen, of G. 

 P. Weaklen Co. 



The president appointed for the ad- 

 vertising committee, Edward McGratli, 

 John McClements, E. L. Weaver; for the 

 entertainment committee, De Forrest W. 

 Ludwig, Miss E. B. Maxwell, Albert 

 Briggs, W. M. Turner, E. H. Carey; for 

 the membership committee, Fred Kiegel- 

 mcier, William T. Butz, William J. War- 

 rick, Charles E. Nelson, C. G. Ulmer; 

 on Sunday closing, G. P. Weaklen, H. C. 

 Sheaff, E. J. Malone, H. C. Buechler, E. 

 C. Ludwig. 



A second meeting, to which the 

 ladies were invited, was a huge success, 

 over forty members of the profession 

 being present. Perhaps it was because 

 of the wives that it was more than an 

 ordinary meeting, or it may have been 

 the dinner arranged by the entertaining 

 committee, but it was an enthusiastic 

 crowd and the future points to a fnr 

 greater and better organization than has 

 been dreamed of by its reorganizers. 



Tlie Sunday closing campaign was 

 probably tlic liottest item on the pro- 

 gram. Everyone seemed to believe in it, 

 but some were reluctant to start it. A 

 motion was made to drop the Sunday 

 closing item from the campaign, but this 

 was not favored, so the committee will 

 continue with its work. 



Chas. Nelson, of Wellsville, 0., made 

 a motion that the motto, "It can be 



done," be made the cornerstone of the 

 society's platform. This was seconded 

 with general approval, so hereafter this 

 motto will be connected with ' ' Say It 

 with Flowers ' ' and hung at every meet- 

 ing. 



George Wessenauer, of Sewickley, Pa., 

 had more to say for the benefit of the 

 organization and itk members than any 

 other florist present. His illustration 

 of the society being a "grindstone," 

 where the florist can bring his axe for 

 grinding and get it sharpened for the 

 benefit of all, was much applauded. 



The advertising committee has oflfored 

 a plan to the members which puts the 

 local advertising cost on a class basis, 

 divided as follows: Class A florists pay 



EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT. 



Acyjording to the decision of the Penn- 

 sylvania Supreme court in the case of 

 Stolowitz vs. Roseman, 107 Atlantic Re- 

 porter, 322, a written contract of em- 

 ployment may validly provide that the 

 employee will not for a period of one 

 year after the termination of his em- 

 ployment, either directly or indirectly, 

 enter into business in competition with 

 the employer in the same city, nor with- 

 in such time or within such city enter 

 the employment of anyone engaged in 

 a similar business. The court says that 

 the agreement "is such a partial re- 

 straint of trade, being limited both as 

 to time and territory, as will te en- 

 forced in a court of equity." S. 



OTHERS' AMBITIONS. 



Everyone has his own ambitions, his 

 own objects, that he hopes to achieve 

 in the future, but they are not always 

 based upon present performances. They 

 may be dreams, built of air, without 

 foundation. Others' ambitions for us 

 are apt, on the other hand, to be based 

 on the things of which we have already 

 shown ourselves capable. For that 

 reason we often find others' hopes for 

 us come to pass, while not so often 

 those which we hold alone are fulfilled. 

 Others' ambitions for us, in short, are 

 based on past performance, on what has 

 been achieved, on demonstrated ability. 



So it is with a publication, and on 

 that account there is something real for 

 others to read besides the hope ex- 

 pressed in the following: 



Do the adTertisements in the Telegraph De- 

 livery Department of the Review pay and nro 

 tliey read? We say they do and they are! And 

 we hope to see the time when that department 

 wiU bo a complete directory of retail florists. 

 — Reliance Seed Co., Ironton, 0., December 4, 

 1920. 



Conservatories Arc a Feature of a Good Many Fashionable Flower Shops. 



