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The Florists' Review 



January 12. 1922 



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M CLUB MEETINGS 



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CHICAaO FLORISTS MEET. 



Officers Installed. 



The meeting of the Chicago Florists' 

 Club held at the Eandolph hotel Thurs- 

 day evening, January 5, had as its spe- 

 cial order of business the installation of 

 the officers elected at the meeting of De- 

 cember 8. Hans Jepsen, who was elected 

 to the board of trustees, was the only 

 new member elected and the installa- 

 tion program was carried out with a 

 dispensation of ceremonies. 



In commenting upon a course of ac- 

 tion in regard to the increasing number 

 of smaller, separata organizations within 

 the local trade. President Joseph Ko- 

 hout expressed a belief that in selecting 

 a program which would involve greater 

 cooperation on the part of the club 

 with these smaller organizations, the 

 club would not only be bringing itself 

 to a higher plane of efficiency, but 

 would also be of greater aid to all of 

 its own members and accomplish more 

 good throughout the trade in general. 

 Vice-president A. T. Pyfer stated that 

 he believed more could be done if the 

 formation of smaller organizations 

 could be discouraged. He expressed a 

 hearty willingne j to work or cooperate 

 with any committee in an effort to bring 

 these separate organizations back into 

 the Florists' Club. 



It was voted to have the Chicago 

 Florists' Club represented on the board 

 of directors of the S. A. F. by Presi- 

 dent Kohout. 



Applications for membership in the 

 club were made by August G. Urbanski, 

 treasurer of the Florists' Credit Asso- 

 ciation, Inc., and Louis Mottif, 34 West 

 Randolph street; it was voted to allow 

 these applications to take the regular 

 course. 



Trains to Hartford Convention. 



The New York Central railroad has 

 been selected by the transportation 

 committee for the trip to the Hartford 

 convention. The Chicago party will 

 leave the La Salle street station on the 

 Interstate Express, Tuesday, January 

 24, at 8:25 a. m., and will arrive at 

 Hartford the following morning at 9:45 

 a. m. 



The fare, one way, via Springfield, 

 Mass., is $34.12 and via New York, 

 $36.63. Pullman fares to Springfield 

 and New York are: Lower berth, $9; 

 upper, $7.20. 



Other trains for those unable to ac- 

 company the party are, on the New York 

 Central railroad: The New England 

 Express, leaving La Salle street station 

 at 10:30 a. m., due at Hartford the 

 following afternoon at 2:55 o'clock; the 

 New York and New England Express, 

 leaving from the same depot at 1:30 p. 

 m., due at Hartford the next day at 

 4:58 p. m. On this train an extra fare 



of $3.60, to New York, is added to the 

 regular ticket rate named above. Lake 

 Shore Limited, leaving the La Salle 

 street station at 5:30 p. m., due to ar- 

 rive at Hartford the following evening 

 at 7:12 o'clock, with an excess fare of 

 $6 to New York, in addition to the 

 regular ticket rate. 



On the Michigan Central railroad the 

 trains leaving Chicago Tuesday, Janu- 

 ary 24, are as follows: Leave Chicago 

 at 9:05 a. m., arrive at Hartford the 

 following day at 11:10 a. m.; leave Chi- 

 cago at 10:30 a. m., and arrive at Hart- 

 ford the following day at 2:55 p. m. 



Members of the trade from the north, 

 south and west are invited to join the 

 party at Chicago. For reservations and 

 information, address C. Hartigan, as- 

 sistant general passenger agent, room 

 1220, La Salle street station, Chicago, 

 or 0. W. Crapser, general passenger 

 agent, at the same address. 



Discuss Cbristmas Business. 



A discussion of the reasons for re- 

 tailers' featuring strawflowers for the 

 Christmas trade, to the exclusion of 

 plants and fresh cut flowers, was 

 opened by Peter Pearson. Mr. Pearson 

 cited an instance where he himself had 

 seen a retailer sell $90 worth of stock 

 in less than fifteen minutes and less 

 than $12 of the entire amount went for 

 fresh stock, the remainder going for 

 baskets of artificial flowers. He also 

 declared that in view of the fact that 

 florists were in direct competition with 

 the candy men, some effort should be 

 made to have a more stable price level 

 on flowers and that it was due to the 

 widely fluctuating flower market that 

 the candy manufacturers scooped in the 

 Christmas trade which the florists should 

 have got. 



Ernst Amling was a visitor and gave 

 an interesting talk on getting estab- 

 lished in his new home at Santa Ana, 

 Cal., and also on business conditions in 

 the west. 



A vote of thanks was tendered Alex 

 Gardiner for the refreshments he had 

 supplied for the members at the meet- 

 ing of December 8. 



NEW YORK CLUB MEETS. 



Ladles' Night. 



The meeting of the New York Flo- 

 rists' Club held Monday evening, Janu- 

 ary 9, at the club's quarters in the En- 

 gineering Societies' building, was 

 ladies' night; consequently, the business 

 program was brief, and some rather im- 

 portant topics for discussion were de- 

 ferred to the February meeting. 



After the reading of the minutes of 

 the previous meeting. President Hen- 

 drickson made a few remarks in regard 

 to his retirement, in which he eulogized 

 the work of those associated with him 

 in the administration of the club's 



affairs during 1921. He then introduced 

 Roman J. Irwin as the president for 

 1922. Mr. Irwin then took the gavel. 

 Mr. Hendrickson also introduced S. 8. 

 Pennock, president of the S. A. F., who 

 made a short address in regard to the so- 

 ciety. 



President Irwin then installed his 

 brother officers. Secretary Young, Vice- 

 president Schultheis, Treasurer Bickards 

 and Trustees C. W. Knight and E. A. 

 Dupuy. 



On motion of Max Schling, it was de- 

 cided to hold the annual banquet in 

 March, and after some discussion it 

 was arranged that the date occur during 

 flower show week. 



Committees Appointed. 



The chair announced the appointment 

 of committees as follows: 



Transportation— Paul A. Blgo, cjalrman; A. 

 L. Miller, Clifford Lowther. 



Legislative— W. H. Siebrecht, Jr., chairman; 

 F. R. Plerson, A. L. Miller. 



Publicity— Aubrey S. Nash, chairman; A. M. 

 Henshaw, Arthur T. Bunyard. 



Essay and lecture — Clifford Lowther, chair- 

 man; I. Hendrickson, Philip Cox. 



Annual banquet — Paul Bigo, chairman; Philip 

 Kessler, A. Kottmiller, Percy Eigby, W. G. 

 Badgley, Wm. A. Bodman, James SulUyan. 



Exhibition — Wm. Saville, chairman; Ed. A. 

 Mandn, Bichard Hughes, Carl O. Giessler, M. 

 Matheron. 



House and entertainment — Peter Gerlalrd, 

 chairman; B. A. Hanft, A. Badice, Leo Klein, 

 Henry Hoffman. 



Awards — Arthur Herrington, chairman; Wal- 

 lace B. Plerson, Chas. H. Totty, John Lange, 

 Frank H. Traendly, Wm. Vert, Max Schling. 



Committee on club house — A. T. De Lb Mare, 

 chairman; Frank H. Traendly, Joseph Manda, 

 Cliarles Totty, Fred L. Atkins, 1. S. Hendrick- 

 son, F. R. Pierson, Chas. Weathered, Max 

 Schling, Percy B. Bigby, Geo. E. M. Stumpp, 

 Charles Brown. 



The following were elected to mem- 

 bership in the club: E. A. Ward, of W. 

 H. Lutton Co.; Otto Koch, State hos- 

 pital, Morris Plains, N. J.; Albert A. 

 Schanzer, 144 West Ninety-fourth 

 street; Alexis I. Polglase, 231 Seventy- 

 third street, Brooklyn; Andrew Sauter, 

 55 West Twenty-sixth street, and 

 Thomas Federico, 55 West Twenty-sixth 

 .street. New York. 



Several applications for membership 

 were presented, election on which will 

 take place at the February meeting. 



Pyle Talks on Rose Society. 



Robert Pyle, president of the Amer- 

 ican Rose Society, who was present as 

 a guest, was formally introduced to the 

 meeting. He made a short address, in 

 the course of which he outlined the work 

 of his organization, and expressed re- 

 gret that in its membership of 2,000 only 

 175 members of the florists' trade were 

 included. 



Secretary Young spoke of the work of 

 the New York State Federation of Hor- 

 ticultural Clubs and Societies, and read 

 reports from Arno H. Nehrling, its sec- 

 retary, who had expected to be present. 

 Mr. Young urged all members who could 

 do so, to attend the forthcoming annual 

 meeting of the federation. 



A communication from George Asmus, 

 Chicago, chairman of the national flower 

 show committee, in which he suggested 

 that the club cover the premiums in one 

 of the larger classes at the Cleveland 

 national flower show, was, after discus- 

 sion, laid on the table. 



The business concluded, the floor was 

 cleared and dancing indulged in until 

 after midnight. An excellent orchestra 

 furnished music of the "jazz" order, 

 and a substantial buffet lunch was 

 served. Taken altogether, it was a most 

 enjoyable evening. J. H. P. 



