. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. man that sits in his office and plays that he is the king. He is surrounded by men who counsel him at his every move. These men meet and discuss the busi- ness at frequent intervals. The result is that each one of this group is as inter- ested in the business as is the owner. They are all working for the welfare of the business. They are all constantly thinking and working for further suc- cess for the firm. Kings Are Worried. The government is the same. The president is surrounded by his cabinet and the members of the cabinet in turn are surrounde
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. man that sits in his office and plays that he is the king. He is surrounded by men who counsel him at his every move. These men meet and discuss the busi- ness at frequent intervals. The result is that each one of this group is as inter- ested in the business as is the owner. They are all working for the welfare of the business. They are all constantly thinking and working for further suc- cess for the firm. Kings Are Worried. The government is the same. The president is surrounded by his cabinet and the members of the cabinet in turn are surrounded by their groups of help- ers. Each and every governmental offi- cial has his advisers. And it has proved a much more successful government than the old, out-of-date king method. Hardly a king that feels that his job is safe. They are being deposed every day. The answer of Andrew Carnegie tells the story in a few words. He was asked to give the reasons for his success. He replied, "I know enough to surround myself with men who know more than I ; So, every florist who operates a store will find that the store will run much better if he has a group of helpers who are cooperating with him and with whom he is cooperating. bile surely ought to be in the market for flowers. So, acting on tliis idea, he placed a flower booth among the vari- ous automobile Ijooths at the eastern Carolina automobile show, which was lield at Eocky Mount, N. C., the second week in May. As the illustration on this page shows, the booth pro- fusely decorated with ferns, hanging baskets, boxwood plants and cut flowers. There also was a Victrola playing "Say It with ; Each night differ- ent cut flowers were used, and one night there was a display with an unusually handsome orchid corsage featured in it. The booth attracted much attention and was generally well surrounded with a crowd viewing the beautiful display of flowers. Mr. Weathers, who operates the Eocky Mount Flora
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