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Title: Florists' review (microform)
Identifier: 5205536_40_3 (find matches)
Year: 1912 (1910s)
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Subjects: Floriculture
Publisher: Chicago : Florists' Pub. Co
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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OCTOBKK 18, lUli. The Florists^ Review 17 ,, foif they istiok an (j));)ortuiiity to doiii- , stratt^ their aliilitv in tliis direction. W. G. P. HE TRADE'S FIRST CHAUFFEUSE. See whom we liave witli ns today—- io trade's lirst (diaufi'euse! The war has called women into many \v and untried vocations, and it is ident that women do not siirink from turning duties which involve labor of more or less strenuous character, nor om exposure to all kinds of weather. 'omen are proviiifr also that they can :irn to understan(l machinery and they (■ making good in positions re(iuiring . chanical skill, .strength and courage. Miss Hernice Keeler, of Canton, O., an example of a woman who has itered upon an occujjation in which omen were not employed until war- ine stress made it expedient for wom- .) to take over many of the customary ■;ities of men. Miss Keeler has enlisted in the ranks I women mobilized for war service by .,-iking the position of ciiauffenr for A. T. I'ollard, one of Canton's best vnown florists. She is serving her ■ountry by making it possible for a man ;o enlist in the new national army Uncle Sam is mustering from every vo- •ation throughout this broad land. She is the first woman to drive a florists' delivery truck and she is Canton's first woman chauffeur. Tlie occasion of tiie assumption of her new duties by this wartime chauf- feur was a spectacular one. Men, women and children observed with in- terest the progress of her initial trip iMid many congratulatidiis wore offered this j>lucky young recruit to the ranks of women enlisted for patriotic duty. She demonstrated her ellicieiicy in the management of tlie auto, wliich she operates with admirab)(> skill, and she serves customers witli courtesy and ;ii-omptness. A kliaki suit of militaiy design and a cap similar to that worn by dlliccrs of the U. S. army were worn by this wartime cliaufTeur. and who will (;ues- tion her light to wear tlie uniform.' A Chinese toy )ioo(11(> named Keggy makes the rounds with Miss Keeler, and seems to appreciate the importance of the mission. Miss Keeler believes tiiat women should volunteer for service whiTi'xcr (Kissibh^ to enable men to enlist. ■'Women are as eflicient as men in many capacities and the time has come when women should aid the country, she says. "I like my work, chiefly be- cause 1 am serving my country by doing it." The idea of employing a woman as chauffeur was suggested to Mr. Pol- lard by a woman customer to whom he spoke of his difficulty in finding a boy to replace the man who, for the re- cruiting camji, liad left this i>ost on the car. l^ovs have liecome a scarce article, so many have been called upon to take men's places nm<le vacant by enlist- ment. When it l)ecame known that Mr. Pollard would employ a woman for this work, six ajiplications were re- ceived the first day, fi'om women anxious to assume wartime responsi- bilities. Mr. Pollard declares his intention of enlisting as soon as ho can arrange for the conduct of his business during his absence. He says that he employed Miss Keeler solely from a patriotic de-
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The Trade's First Wartime Woman Chauffeur and Her Car. siie to permit another man to enlist and lie i-ecommends to mei'cliants ol' Canton and elsewhere the em;ilo\'ment of women in jdace of men, to this eml. He says tiiat Miss Keeler will receive the same com;ieiisat i(Ui as that jiaid to the man whose (dace she has taken. Bloomington, Ind. Merle !•". Morns, who during the last year had maiiageil the greeniiouses owned by his lather, I'rank L. Morris, has turned the estab- lishnieiit over to his father and is now wdiiviii^ in a ;;o\ernment aei-()plaii(> fac tors at Detroit. Mich. Mews from

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