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The Florists^ Review 



Jvvt 29, 1916. 



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i .SEVEN FLORISTS' CLUBS HOLD mt I 

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HOOSIEBS AT WINONA. 



The annual outing of the State Flo- 

 rists' Association of Indiana was held 

 at Winona lake July 21 and 22. The 

 unsettled weather early in the week 

 and a heavy rain July 20 caused many 

 who had planned to attend, to change 

 their minds, so that the attendance was 

 not what it should have been. Those 

 who went were rewarded by fine 

 weather during the entire stay, and it 

 was cool enough to enable one to enjoy 

 all the pleasures offered at Indiana's 

 most famous pleasure resort. The com- 

 mittee had arranged for boating, tennis, 

 croquet, etc., besides the ball game and 

 other athletic events, all of which were 

 taken advantage of. 



The first afternoon was taken up by 

 the business session, which was most 

 interesting. Animated discussions were 

 provoked by the subjects, "Charging 

 for Making Up Funeral Sprays," and, 

 "The New Workmen's Compensation 

 Law." While there is a well estab- 

 lished custom of charging a certain sum 

 per dozen blooms for tying up funeral 

 sprays in the larger cities, many florists 

 in the smaller towns hesitate to make 

 this charge, which is certainly a just 

 one. As one member put it, one does 

 not go to the lumber mill to get figures 

 on the lumber for a house and then 

 expect the mill man to supply the fin- 

 ished house for the price of the lumber. 

 The workmen's compensation law, 

 which goes into effect September 1, was 

 held to be a good thing for both em- 

 ployer and employee. The fact that, a 

 majority . of the larger employers al- 

 ready carry this liability insurance 

 should be ample proof of this. Two 

 new members were elected. 



Following the business session there 

 was an hour's boat ride on the City 

 of Warsaw, which was greatly enjoyed. 

 This in turn was followed by the an- 

 nual midsummer supper, served at the 

 Winona hotel. In the evening most 

 of the members attended a lecture on 

 electricity by Montraville Wood, at the 

 auditorium. 



Thursday morning's program started 

 with the annual ball game. A. F. J. 

 Baur captained one of the teams. Presi- 

 dent Vesey, who was booked to captain 

 the other team, failed to appear; so 

 Secretary Steinkamp assumed that role. 

 The score was 18 to 13 in favor of 

 Baur's team. 



The men's race was won by Chas. 

 Wilcox, of Chicago; sack race by Wm. 

 Hack, of Plainfield; girls' race by Mar- 

 jorie Fulle, with Ruth Baur second; 

 ladies' race by Mrs. Fred King, of 

 Winona; old men's race by W. W. 

 Coles, of Kokomo. 



Immediately following the athletic 

 events, J. D. Connor, Jr., who owns a 

 cottage in Winona, served the entire 

 party with refreshments. A visit was 

 paid the establishment of Terrell & 

 Son, at Warsaw, where everything was 

 found spick-and-span. 



Baur & Steinkamp showed a collec- 

 tion of gladiolus seedlings, in which 

 were noted many fine shades of pink 

 in the purer shades, and ^Baddleia 



Veitchiana and magnifica. A. Wagoner 

 showed some fine spikes of Gladiolus 

 America and Francis King; also out- 

 door-grown roses. A. F. J. Baur. 



CHICAGO CLUB OXJTINa. 



The thirtieth annual outing of the 

 Chicago Florists' Club, held in St. Paul 

 park, Morton Grove, 111., July 25, was 

 not more than half as well attended as 

 that of the preceding year. This, how- 

 ever, was not due to any fault of those 

 having the management of the affair, 

 but to the Eastland disaster, which had 

 dazed the whole city such a few hours 

 before that a postponement was impos- 

 sible. Only a few of the wholesale 

 houses were represented and but a 

 sprinkling of retailers attended. The 

 growers made a better showing. A 

 bright morning portended an ideal day, 

 but early in the afternoon the sky be- 

 came overcast and an intermittent driz- 

 zle continued the rest of the day. What- 

 ever the picnickers lacked in numbers 

 they made up in good nature, for the 

 rain, so far from dampening their en- 

 joyment, seemed only to add zest to the 

 occasion. The chief attraction in the 

 park seemed to be the pavilion, where 

 a tireless crowd danced with unabated 

 enthusiasm to the music of B. Zima's 

 orchestra. 



The winners of the sixteen events 

 were: 



Baseball game — Growers, 3; Wholesalers, 1. 



Fat men's race, 100-yard dash — M. Grosberg, 

 first; J. W. Fink, second: John Glody, third. 



Married men's race, 150 yards — W. Wallace, 

 first; F. Slmonds, second; J. Jurgen, third. 



Single men's race, 150 yards — Lulte Sherer, 

 first; P. W. Brust, second; Ray Harris, third. 



Growers' race, 150 yards — W. Wallace, first; 

 James Mlchal, second; A. Kurchoff, third. 



Wheelbarrow race, hoodwinked — Luke Sherer, 

 first; James Mlchal, second; Adam Faber, third. 



Boys' race, ages 10 to 15 years — A. Barron, 

 first; Raymond Milander, second; George Lepper, 

 third. 



Boys' race, 10 years and under — FVed Bninell, 

 first; William Jurgens, second; Ed. Stoeffel, third. 



Growers' wheelbarrow race, 100 yards — W. 

 Wallace, first; Jos. Steyske, second; W. Hawkans, 

 third. 



Stout ladies' race, fifty years — Mrs. Esented. 

 first; Mrs. Kunchdlll, second; Mrs. Frank 

 Schramm, third. 



Married ladies' race, 100 yards — Mrs. Shanos. 

 first; Mrs. Peter Olsem, second; Mrs. Max Awlz- 

 zus, third. 



Single ladles' race, 100 yards — Edna Schmitll, 

 first; Martha Goede, second; Elsie Amllng, third. 



Girls' race, 9 to 12 years of age — Dorothy Hunt, 

 first; May Hartzn, second; Mary Sadler, third. 



Girls' race, 9 years and under — Florence Goede. 

 first: Helen Baumhardt, second; Irene Schramm, 

 third. 



Relay race, open to all — Percy Jones' team, 

 first; Chicago Flower Growers' team, second. 



Men's race, 200 yards, open to all — W. Wallace, 

 first; Luke Sherer, second. 



Prizes for the affair were donated 

 by Peter Reinberg, J. A. Budlong, D. 

 H. Sullivan Wine Co., Poehlmann Bros. 

 Co., M. J. Hanley, Foley Mfg. Co., Per- 

 f ecto Cafe, Vaughan 's Seed Store, Good- 

 rich Rubber Co., John C. Moninger Co., 

 Knight Cigar Store, Rosenbach's, Chi- 

 cago Feed & Fertilizer Co., Florists' 

 Review, Sefton Mfg. Co., Revere Rub- 

 ber Co., Hoerber Bros., A. L. Vaughan 

 & Co., Joseph Ziska & Sons, Kirch- 

 heimer Paper Co., E. C. Amling Co., 

 Racine Puttyless Window Co., Florists' 

 Exchange, C. J. Kantos, Zech & Mann, 

 Miller & Musser, A. L. Randall Co., 

 Chicago Flower Growers' Association, 

 A. T. Pyfier & Co., C. W. JVJcKeUar, 



Manusos Bros., Raedlein Basket Co., 

 H. H. Wilkerson, Percy Jones, C. A. 

 Hunt and A. A. Arnold Paper Box Co. 



The committee in charge of the ar- 

 rangements, which were complete in 

 every detail, included Mike Fink, chair- 

 man; Paul Klingsporn, W. J. Keimel, 

 Guy W. French, Richard Salm and 

 Tony Gobel. 



There are many who hope that by 

 next year the Chicago club will have 

 progressed to the point, reached years 

 ago in practically all other cities, where 

 a successful trade outing can be held 

 on some other day than the Sabbath. 



CLEVELAND CLUB PICNIC. 



Friday, July 23, all the Cleveland 

 florists, both wholesale and retail, 

 closed their stores at noon, and dis- 

 played signs on the doors stating that 

 they had gone to the Cleveland Florists' 

 Club picnic, at Willoughbeach park. The 

 selection of Willoughbeach park for 

 this year's picnic gave much satisfac- 

 tion to the club members. It is on 

 Lake Erie, eighteen miles east of the 

 city, and is well adapted for events of 

 this kind. There were two ball games, 

 the first being indoor ball, which was 

 won by the retailers from the wholesal- 

 ers by a score of 9 to 7. The second 

 game was real baseball and resulted in 

 the wholesalers winning with 13 runs 

 to the retailers' 12. It was a great 

 battle, and, judging by some of the 

 clashes, it looked as though George 

 Smith, who acted as umpire, might have 

 occasion to draw a dividend on his acci- 

 dent insurance policy. The remainder 

 of the athletic events, twenty-two in 

 number, participated in by many, were 

 thoroughly enjoyed by the crowd. The 

 total attendance was nearly 250, break- 

 ing the record for all previous picnics. 

 The committee in charge is to be 

 congratulated upon their selection of 

 Willoughbeach park and the thorough 

 way in which they handled the pro- 

 gram. The picnic committee was com- 

 posed of Charles F. Bastion, chairman; 

 A. B. Barber, Albert Lindgren, A. Ha- 

 genberger and Walter Priest. 



The indoor baseball teams were as 

 follows: 



game 



The winners in the various contests 

 were as follows, the prizes being award- 

 ed in the order named: 



Bottle race— Edith Heiss, Elenore Schoen, 

 Madeline Smith. 



Men's sartorial race— A. Williams, J. Brown, 

 E. Burger. 



