. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 926 The American Florist. April 26, Trading on Death. One of the daily papers justly scores a florist in one of our large cities who has passed the bounds of all decency in solic- iting orders for funeral work. The daily relates the case as follows: "Not long ago the treasurer of one of the theaters passed away. The florist in question heard of the death and immed- iately hastened to a telegraph office, where he indited messages to the mana- gers of well-known dramatic and oper- atic stars in various parts of
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 926 The American Florist. April 26, Trading on Death. One of the daily papers justly scores a florist in one of our large cities who has passed the bounds of all decency in solic- iting orders for funeral work. The daily relates the case as follows: "Not long ago the treasurer of one of the theaters passed away. The florist in question heard of the death and immed- iately hastened to a telegraph office, where he indited messages to the mana- gers of well-known dramatic and oper- atic stars in various parts of the country. These messages related briefly the death of the treasurer and concluded with these words: 'Shall we send floral piece to funeral for you? Can insure you good press notice.' Think of it! A thrift which trades on death. And journalism must lend itself to the ghastly scheme by in- dorsing it through 'good press notices.' No reputable business man would sink so low as to solicit business by such ques- tionable methods. That florist is one of the meanest men since ; The serious injury to the standing and dignity of the trade by such bitttr criti- cisms of those who disgrace it is difficult to calculate. While it may be impossible to drum the ghouls out ot the profession certainly some steps should be taken to protect the fair name of the trade in the matter, for in the average mind the stain attaches to all the florists to a greater or less degree. We hold that the matter is of sufficient importance for the national soci- ety to take action upon. Let it be made a qualification for membership that the ap- plicant can show a clean record, free from any stain through theemployment of dis- reputable methods to obtain business. Let the public be well and thoroughly in- formed that the representative national association of the trade repudiates with disgust and loathing all who so trans- gress the bounds of decency as the man referred to in the extract we havequote
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