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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



Ai'Uii. 1, 1009. 



llOUrs. K\rr\li(i(|y li;is 1(j wiilcli t hi' 

 C'lnck tir |i;iy ;i line. 



A iii(i\ ciiitiii is iiiiw (HI I'diii in ( i icnl CI' 

 J'>crlin 1(1 i'('(|nirc the chisiiiy ot' the tin 

 rists" sli(i|is (HI Siiiid.'iys mikI I'csl i\ ;i is, 

 ;is tlicy cull tlic holidays in (icininny, li;ii 

 tile in(i\ cnic'iil is nuctinL; willi niiicli ii|i- 

 juisitidii ini llic |ian ol' the |n'ii|iri('tiM's. 

 At 11 ii'cciii nicclin:^ dt' tliirisis alinnsl 

 Toil |icrsi)iis nsscnil i|c(| in r.ci'liii tdr a 

 <l(^in(in-l rat idii against tlif |M(i|i(isal. Thi' 

 idf^a i^ liv law In ii'(|irn(' the ^iradual I'c- 

 dllcliini (if the lidiirs (III which the Ihiwcr 



stdii's may 1 |icii ainl (wciilually Id 



cldsc thcni ahd:;c|li( r dii Siiinlays ainl 

 )idlii|a\s. IIS i> ihnic in (licat iiriiain. 



'The hll("-t ^Idics ill ;i|iy city ha\(' little. 



1 1' aiiyiliiiiu. Id Idsc tln'dii'^li cariy di- 

 ■ ■dni|ilct (' cld-^iiiu. Iiiit i; is dii Snihiavs 

 .iinl h(ili(la\- that the -mall stdpc- (In a 

 laiL;c part dl' tlicii I mi- i mss. aii(| thi- 



ihcy l(ai td h -I , sd it is Ir this class 



• d' merchant- the d|i|i(i-i t inn td eatl\ cln- 

 iiii: cdnii -. 



THE ROCK OF AGES. 



■riic Kick dl' aL:es i Ihist lated ill t hi • 

 issue was maile hy < hailes lleiii-y l'd\, 

 at llic Sieii ,,f ill,. Ii'ds,.. I'hilad('l|iliia. 

 Air. l-"(iN lieaitil\ .|is-i|i|.rd\ cs ,,|' ilijs 

 style ni (je-i-i:. Iielie\iii;^ that it is a|it 



the liase; I lies', when i iitefs|ierseil witii 

 lilies ami ruses. <;i\(' a Wdmlerl'ully nat- 

 ural a |i|iearaiice to the whnle arraiijre- 

 iiietit. relievine i| \'\n\\] the art idciill ap 

 l.ear.aiice sn a|it to |prevail. J'llll,. 



THAT WORTHLESS CHECK. 



The Commonest of Swindles. 



it' a total straiieei', man or woman, 

 came iiiid ycMir place (d' liusiiiess, pur. 

 ( hase(| some lldwcrs which were either te 

 lie (|eli\('re(l or taken alon^ and. instead 

 dl' paying I'or them, would say. ''.My 

 name is .l(diii lirowii (or .Mrs. Ilrdwn); 

 I will lie in tdinorrdw or Mdiiday ami 

 please will ymi |ei me ha\e +<i or ."rS 

 until then.'"" W(.iil(| the str.anei'i' <;('t 

 the thiwcrs (,!• ijn' innney .' "'llMrdly."" 

 you say. Why. then, do so many llorists 

 liecdille sill li ^dod ellSidmels d t' the dealer 

 i II spill ions checks .' 



W'liea Vdii accept a (dieck I'rom a 

 s:raiider. and perhaps "i^e him some cash 

 ill cliaiiM'. ydii are .hiiiL; just what you 

 s.-ii(| a niiniite a;^o yon would not do. 



The iiiii^iidw n one has imi e\cii prdiii 

 ised td (-(Une ill tomiii'rdw ami pay you: 

 he has iiiec(dy liande(l you a slip dt' paper 

 with sdiiic piiiitii!'_; aihl wriliiie dn it. 



Rock of Ages. 



Id lie -nil ami cdM\etiti(.nal. Hi- treat , ;ind is. of cdurse. |ire|iared with a plans 



meiit ii; ihi- instance. Iidwexer. is de I ilile i'.\(aise I'or not ha\iii^ the cash with 



(ddedly iiiicdiix eiitioiial. relieviiio the de ! Iiiiii. I'ossilily the writin^i was done in 

 sieii a- I'ar a- jidssilde t'lum the harsh 



lilies. The clipss. ( 1 1' cdlllse. must lie 



made dii -tiaieht line-. Td relie\e thi- '< It is not the line |irintiiid and lliient 



si'M-rity a earlami dt id-( s is thrown I liamlw lit i ii;: uikhi ;i piece dt paper dt' 



d\er it. liiit the (dnef feature of the ar ' ;i line texture that puts the value in the 



laiieenient IS ihe plaiitiiie df er:iceful i check, if there is any tlieic. .Neither 



small keiitia- and small lid-ton ferns in i- the aiiliarelit denuineiies- of the si;^ 



\(iiir presence. Imi this mhls iiothiii;^ to 

 the \;diie of the pajier or the check. 



natmV' a <iiiaranty that the check is jjooil. 

 Take no stock in a check nidess tendered 

 liy some responsible |)(M'S(iii known to you 

 or to soni(^ of your employees, or per- 

 haps vouched for by an accpiaintance of 

 ycnirs. 



Of c(Mirse we all dislike to turn away a 

 side, ;iii(l for that reason are willin<^ to 

 take a cliam-e, espeidally if we liave a 

 lot of slimt stutV on hand and the parly 

 (^ives us a nice fniU'ral order. 



lint there is amdliei' way to \'iv\\ this, 

 it is seldiun that a man of coiiinionseiiso 

 will ask a lirin where he is not know"n 

 to lo.an him money, which is about the 

 same as expect iii>i to ha\(' a check 

 cashed. If yimr |)rospec1 i\ e customer is 

 really sincere he will not take olTense 

 at your rid'iisal, but will haxc till the 

 niiiic respect for you. 



Florists Are Favorite Game. 



When .Mr. Don't l'. Trust me arrives 

 ill tdwii dii the ;):.■>;> Ilier from the south, 

 whiidi he left uiiex|iectedly because it was 

 yetting' too warm to be co/.y. one of the 

 first tradesmen to tie accorded a \isit is 

 the llolist. 



i'syidioloyists haxc ue\'er been able to 

 explain this, but it is a I'act. It must be 

 that the i^eiitleman in (|uestion has been 

 iniliibin;^ freel\- ot' the society notes in a 

 Siirday paper and is at'raid we llorists 

 will liecollle nieiiey bound, of. to uitike 

 myself iimlerstddd. he is worrying as to 

 how we will (lisjidse dt all dur im)ney, 

 for has iidt e\('ry (lo/eii tnlijis we sell 

 diirino the week oiowii into an el.aborate 

 table decoration witli palms, ferns, etc., 

 tlirdwn in, by the time the news appears 

 ill the society columns.' I'.ut this is yct- 

 tiii'.^ away t'riun the ex(use for this 

 artiide, and the real reason why so many 

 ol' these swindlers attempt to W(irk flower 

 stores is that by the aid of the death 

 notice it is easy to make up a story that 

 will defy (lelectidll. 



A First Experience. 



The writer li.as cdiiie in cdiitact with 

 sexcral yentleiiien intent npdii making a 

 comfortable lixiiie with(mt unnecessary 

 physical exertion. In each ot these in- 

 stam-es a (lilferent story was told, ahvays 

 a most plausible one. too. 



Several years a^^o a middle a^ed, well- 

 dress<'d tnaii happened into the store late 

 diie .afternoon ami, with tears balanced 

 npiui his lower eyelids, t(d(l of having 

 smhlenly lost hi^ only near relative, a 

 dear sister. <)r(lerind a wicath and a 

 spr.iy, he came forth with a check for 

 about one third more than the aimnint of 

 the order. 



So far. so ydo(|. This was iiothiny out 

 of the er(linary aid. but for the rule of 

 the house ne\er to accept a stranger's 



c|ieid\. 1 f the sad expression would 



have dejiarted with about +lt> easy money 

 jinjilin;; in his [idcket. Still, ihw man 

 ill-isted iipdii the pieces beilij^ made lip. 

 s;iyiiie that as we wouhl nut accept his 

 check We niiL,dlt colliMd at the house. If 



he had not for;ii)tlen to slie(l more tears 

 that mitiht lia\e insured his j^etaway. hut 

 the sudden drying of the lachrymal flow 

 arouse(| susjiicion and he was lin.ally 

 asked to tell his stoiy at ]>olice liead- 

 i|n:irters. When last hiard from, he was 

 lieconiiii!,' (jiiite oraceful with the lock 

 step. 



A Second Attempt. 



<>ur last experience was with a dapjicr 

 ,^f"iUi;; t'ellow who W(Uil(l lia\(' mithing 

 less than several do/.en best IJeauties, 

 price beiii;^ no cdiisiderat ion whati'ver. 



W 



llle lie Idd 



ked as thdiieh he had Sdine 



