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August 24. 1905. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



759 



ECHOES FROM THE CONVENTION. 



It is delightful to have one's prophe- 

 cies fulfilled. Every one I made weeks 

 ago about the Washington convention 

 materialized, even the weather, that 

 fickle jade doing far better than any of 

 us hoped for. In fact after the first 

 twenty-four hours of humidity not even 

 the chronic kickers had a word to say 

 against it. This was eminently a ladies' 

 convention. Never were so many of 

 the fdir sex in evidence, queens every one 

 of them, from "the queen of the S. A. 

 F., ' ' as Vice-President Freeman called 

 her, down to the littlest lady of them 

 all. T wonder jf the handsome Altick 

 will achieve such a triumph at Day- 

 ton? 



The need of a large hall for the con- 

 centration of every interest at the con- 

 ventions has been shown for the last 

 time. Never will they be separated 

 again. The lesson taught must bear 

 fruit. No one felt worse than the 

 Washingtonians at the dividing of the 

 ways. There were many lonesome hours 

 spent bv the exhibitors in the Masonic 

 Temple. * * Don 't let it happen again ! ' * 

 Dayton has an entire fair grounds ready 

 for next year so we can all get together. 



It waji a young man's convention. All 

 the officers elected are in their prime. 

 The president and his vice are very 

 popular with the fair sex. Half the 

 delegates in 1906 will be ladies. 



Bowling was never so popular. Cut 

 out the sports and see how slim will 

 be the attendance. Next year there will 

 bo more prizes and greater enthusiasm 

 in this line than ever and yet it will be 

 the greatest business convention ever 

 held, for the most potent of attractions 

 will be the meetings of the members. 



Instead of uninteresting so-called lec- 

 tures by youthful architects, let us have 

 an evening or two with our own tal- 

 ented members in speech and song. What 

 could compare with the eloquence of 

 Craig, the humor of Carmody, the reci- 

 tations of Beneke, stories of Gurney Hill 

 and the music of Miss l\ilmer and the 

 Chicago quartet? There is no call nor 

 room lor incompetent outsiders with the 

 talent in our own ranks to draw from. 

 Let Brother Altick put this in his pipe 

 and smoke it. 



S. S. Skidelsky. 



(Awarded first prize In the Beatty contest for best essay.) 



The New York Clubites are good 

 waiters. Lots of presidential timber in 

 its membership. But no hurry. 



The Isdy who took the prize for con- 

 secutive loyalty was Miss Perle Fulmer, 

 of Des Moines, la., the songbird of the 

 conventions. This was her eighth cele- 

 bration without a break, but sometiiing 

 is bound to happen some time and J. T. 



Carnation Candace. 



(Showing the old plants, still blooming. Photograph taken August 11, by John Hartje.) 



D. S. A. F. O. H. may not always ac- 

 company her! 



As usual, the vote by the ladies on 

 the New York train for the handsomest 

 man on board went to an outsider, Mr. 

 Bryan r, of the A. H. Hews Co. Among 

 the New Yorkers the vote was a tie 

 between Traendly, Guttman, Fenrich, 

 Julius Eoehrs, Jr., Rhotert, Nugent and 

 Totty. Lorenz and Louie Schmutz were 

 among the also rans. 



I never saw Sullivan, of Detroit, look 

 so tiny as when he occupied the driver's 

 outside seat of the eight-horse coach 

 with Baby Foley, cf Chicago. That seat 

 must liave been well braced, for it stood 

 the awtul quarter ton strain uninjured. 

 Never did it hold so much good nature 

 before. 



Joo Manda recovered from his threat- 

 ened attack of appendicitis in time to 

 do his judging, with the help of mus- 

 tard plaster without and something hot- 

 ter within, but it killed the New York's 

 ))owling score and lost them the coveted 

 cup. 



Billy Kasting, the bowler, was too 

 much absorbed estimating the probable 

 votes of President Kasting Wednesday 

 evening; to do the sport and himself jus- 

 tice. Mrs. Kasting was the happiest 

 lady in the hall on Thursday and her 

 smile, let us hope, may never come off. 



The noise at the bowling contest made 

 by the wind instruments and cymbals 

 and other things made one think of war 

 and Foley can tell you what war is. 



Seidewitz was just as good natured as 

 ever after joining the also rans. What's 

 the use? 



