. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. DBCKMBEtt 21, 191G. The Florists^ Review 17 0 not up-to-date. What you want Co is to ;—Clipping. This Was No Joke. A Chicago Sunday paper rune a iumn headed "My Most Embarrass- Moment," in which the following ently appeared: ' When the manager of the concern which I was stenographer died, the Joyees decided to purchase a beauti- floral piece. The money was handed a friend of the bookkeeper's, to- her with a slip which I typed as a lance for the florist. It contained word 'Rest,' which was to be ked out in flowers on a pillo
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. DBCKMBEtt 21, 191G. The Florists^ Review 17 0 not up-to-date. What you want Co is to ;—Clipping. This Was No Joke. A Chicago Sunday paper rune a iumn headed "My Most Embarrass- Moment," in which the following ently appeared: ' When the manager of the concern which I was stenographer died, the Joyees decided to purchase a beauti- floral piece. The money was handed a friend of the bookkeeper's, to- her with a slip which I typed as a lance for the florist. It contained word 'Rest,' which was to be ked out in flowers on a pillow, and M a little farther on I had typed the •Js, 'From his faithful employees,' :c\i was to be in gold letters on a ],le ribbon. • At the funeral I was naturally ious to see how well the florist had (1 the order, but could not find our . ring among the many flowers, .illy, as 1 stood at the coffin with the ,()W (I was well acquainted with the ily), I inquired of her, fearing the ist had not sent it in time. I light she acted rather queerly as she iited to the pillow almost hidden ;or the other flowers. '1 bent over, and you may imagine embarrassment when I noticed that lie the florist had placed the word . 'Ht' on the pillow, he had also placed on the purple ribbon with the rest of . sentence, and, what was the worst all, had changed the word 'from' to r,' so that the sentence read: 'Rest ' his faithful employees.' • I never I'clt so embarrassed in my ', especially in view of the fact that ?: year before this gentleman died he ! had a stroke of apoplexy, which ! left him a nervous wreck, absent- !Hled, forgetful, and a regular rnnk,' who had made it extremely dif- It for us to get along with him in ' ' ; A FLORIST'S HOUSE BEAUTIFUL 'Not every florist, of course, omi • Td to own so liandsome a residence the one shown in the illustration. ' 't statement is sadly and sclf-ovi- i tly true. But it is just as corlain ' t almost every home, of whntevci- ?• !ic
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