. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Karl P. Baum. to unburden a grievance, when a sales- man 's best endeavor to rise to the occa- sion is not half so efficacious as a few words from the head of the business himself. It is always the part of that individual, no matter how big the busi- ness or how much responsibility or au- thority he may delegate to others, to be still the "trouble-shooter," to be on deck when something goes wrong so that by his experience and skill he may meet the situation most effectively. If he is negligent in this particular, leav- ing this important
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Karl P. Baum. to unburden a grievance, when a sales- man 's best endeavor to rise to the occa- sion is not half so efficacious as a few words from the head of the business himself. It is always the part of that individual, no matter how big the busi- ness or how much responsibility or au- thority he may delegate to others, to be still the "trouble-shooter," to be on deck when something goes wrong so that by his experience and skill he may meet the situation most effectively. If he is negligent in this particular, leav- ing this important duty to less able liands while he goes to the bull game, it will not be long before he pays the penalty of his neglect. The store of the Fleischman Floral Co., in the loop in Chicago, furnishes an example of convenience; the manager's desk is behind a partition of glass and marble which screens it from the pub- lic, but yet allows a view of the entire store. Another example, where space is not so restricted, may well be that of the E. Wienhoeber Co., in the north side residence district of Chicago, where there is a private room off the short corridor that leads from the salesroom to the workroom. Many other examples might be cited similar to these well known stores. Business Office. The office in which is done the clerical work of bookkeeping, dispatching and receiving mail and telegrams, etc., may be more remote from the sales- room; sometimes it is on a different floor, as in Penn 's store, in Bos- ton, and in Grimm & Gorly's, in St. Louis, as in other places where upstairs space is available and easily acces- sible, while ground floor area is costly. In some stores the cashier's cage is more nearly a room and it houses the proprietor's desk, the bookkeeper and maybe one or two persons engaged in clerical work. This does not give the proprietor the privacy and quiet he occasionally requires, though it has its compensating convenience. In any style of arrangement, the offi
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