. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 18 The Florists^ Review OCTOBIB 25, 1917. THB whiskers—AKIJ 'BEEB MAIf; , When in the course of human events tljie boy reaches manhoop^, one of the niot1( significant indicatic^fts of his new statA-, is his desire to grow whiskers, or fathet not to interfere ^ith nature's work in that direction. In the course of whiskers eithe^ become a hab- it And are not minded, or the wearer' discldi^s that he has lived in retirement lomi ^pugh,' a^d once more allows the puUie ^<k see what he really looks like. Xn "iha accompanying illustration is
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 18 The Florists^ Review OCTOBIB 25, 1917. THB whiskers—AKIJ 'BEEB MAIf; , When in the course of human events tljie boy reaches manhoop^, one of the niot1( significant indicatic^fts of his new statA-, is his desire to grow whiskers, or fathet not to interfere ^ith nature's work in that direction. In the course of whiskers eithe^ become a hab- it And are not minded, or the wearer' discldi^s that he has lived in retirement lomi ^pugh,' a^d once more allows the puUie ^<k see what he really looks like. Xn "iha accompanying illustration is ptresented the portrait, taken some twenty years ago, of a man whose name is known to almost everyone in the trade. Twenty years, however, have worn the edge off his modesty and nqw he greets his friends in his true light; that is, minus the shrubbery. He moves so rapidly and has so many interests, not all of which are selfish, t»hat per- haps he had to remove what the wind once blew through because they im- peded his progress. This portrait is of a man who is doing much for the retail florists, being one himself. He performs the secre- tarial duties of one of the trade's fore- most organizations, and has performed so splendidly that he will continue on the job another year. Now and then, too, he performs much more conspicu- ously than some members of other trade organizations might wish. In pushing along his own organization, he some- times projects an idea, the effect of which is not unlike th^t of those pro- jectiles in common use in Europe. They hit, explode and cause considerable ex- citement in that immediate neighbor- hood. Yes, you have guessed it—the por- trait is that of Albert Pochelon, of De- troit, secretary, present and future, of the Florists' Telegraph Delivery Assor elation. Perhaps Mr. Pochelon does not remember having had the picture taken; perhaps he has forgotten the whiskers, but, little as it looks like him now, and little as it does him justice, the
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