. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. HEN the head of the con- cern called him August, the decorator at the Fla- mingo Flower Shop knew the Old Man had some- thing on his mind. So he stopped his work of put- ting the finishing touches on a bride's bouquet long enough to straighten up and answer, "Yessir," and then re- sumed operations. When the Old Man had such a mental burden, it was better, Gus knew, to pursue a policy of watch- ful waiting until he should unload it. Finally, after taking a few more puflfs and meditatively peering through the tobacco smoke with one eye, he
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. HEN the head of the con- cern called him August, the decorator at the Fla- mingo Flower Shop knew the Old Man had some- thing on his mind. So he stopped his work of put- ting the finishing touches on a bride's bouquet long enough to straighten up and answer, "Yessir," and then re- sumed operations. When the Old Man had such a mental burden, it was better, Gus knew, to pursue a policy of watch- ful waiting until he should unload it. Finally, after taking a few more puflfs and meditatively peering through the tobacco smoke with one eye, he did. "I saw," he started, "a nifty piece of work over at Hig- gins' store as I passed ; Gus wondered why the Old Man was interested in a dry goods store, but watch- fully waited. "Did you see their window t" "No sir," answered Gus, with one eye on the bouquet streamers and one on the Old Man. "Well, in the window they've got a wax lady in a bride's rig-out that looks natural as ; Then came a few puflfs. "Isthatsosir t" re- marked Gus, suspecting that something might perhaps be required of him in a conversational way. With an accompani- ment of puflfs and medi- tative blinking, the Old Man finally relieved him- self of a considerable piece of his burden, which was, that a wed- ding window was about due, as June was close at hand. Gus had charge of the window, and put in a new display once a week or so, that was occasion- ally timely, often eflfec- t i V e , and sometimes striking. He, too, had thought of a June wed- ding window. In fact, he had, that morning, been studying his book of clippings from The Review, going over sev- eral illustrations of wedding windows with particular care. These he pres- ently showed to the Old Man. The latter perused them thought- fully. "There's one with a bride in it," remarked he. '' I was thinkin','' said Gus, and then stopped, as if this declaration was suf- ficientl
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