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Editorial

Christmas Party 7

Foremen Have Gathering 12

Three Generations 14

Grandmother Subject of Book 15

"Go Wasli a Train" 17

Women 34

Man in the Moon . 36

Published monthly in Ihe interest ofAhe employes of the

A.E.STALEY MAKi^FACTURING CO.D E C A T U R.UI I/L L I N ol"S

E D I T O R .rt«_)TH E. C/XDE

CARTOONIST

W. R.. Van HOOK

vSee theOverheard at the Zoo

She was visiting a Zoo and gatheringas much information about the animalsas possible in one short afternoon.

Eventually she came to the bears."Are these animals carnivorous?" she

asked the keeper.He scratched his head and then smiled

brightly.''They was, ma'am," he answered. "But

they're all right since we washed 'em incarbolic."

"I vish I vas as religious as Abie.""And vy?""He clasps his hands so tight in prayer,

he can't get them open ven der collectionbox conies aroundt."

Hard on the CameraA photographer who did ecellent work

and had just opened a studio in the town,had a case of his best work on displayin front of the studio.

A farmer and his wife came by, and,after carefully examining the pictures,went inside the studio.

"We want the wife's picture took," saidhe to the photographer.

The photographer, after carefully ar-ranging the lady for the picture, turnedto the husband and said:

"Full length or bust?"The farmer gave a hearty laugh and

slapped the photographer on the back,saying: "All right; make it full length,young feller, and if she busts I'll pay forthe machine."

"I call my wife my 'better half.""Why?""Because she's always saying, 'You bet-

ter half that tire patched' and 'You betterhalf your tooth fixed' and 'You better halfthis' and 'You better half that'."—Life.

HealthIt was the first real snowstorm of the

year and the teacher felt it her duty towarn her pupils before she dismissedthem. "Boys and girls should be verycareful to avoid colds at this time of year,"she began solemnly. "I had a daringlittle brother only seven years old. Oneday he went out in the snow with his newsled and caught cold. Pneumonia set inand in three days he was dead." Theschoolroom was so quiet you could heara pin drop. Then a youngster in the backrow asked: "Where's his sled?"

No CrimeJudge—Your wife says you have her

terrorized.Prisoner—Honestly, your honor, I—Judge—I am not asking this in my of-

ficial capacity, but as man to man, howdo you do it?

Two ladies stopped at a livery stableand asked for a gentle horse to drive.

The liveryman brought out one saying:"This horse is perfectly gentle so long asyou don't let the rein get under his tail."

Within a few hours they returned."How did you get along?" asked theliveryman.

"Oh, we got along just fine. Had acouple of showers while we were out, butwe took turns holding the parasol overthe horse."

Just noticed Sandy going down the roadwith his mouth open.

Someone must have said to him thatthere's a nip in the air.

Bridge Engineers Office"What keeps the moon from falling?""It must be the beams."

"What do you give your husband whenthe dinner doesn't suit him?"

"His hat and coat."

Point ?Learned Caution

Uncle Hczekiah had a neighbor whowas in the habit of working on Sunday,but after a while he joined the church.One day he met the minister to whosechurch the man belonged.

"Well, Uncle Hezekiah," said thepreacher, "do you see any change in Mr.Jones since he joined the church?"

"Well," was the reply, "before, whenhe went to mend the fences on Sunday,he carried his ax on his shoulder. Nowhe carries it under his overcoat."

OUR STONY PLANET"This is a hard world," said Pat, as he

knocked off for the day."Yis", said Mike, "Oi be thinkin' the

same thing ivery toime I put me pick init." ^

Patronize Home IndustryMrs. Fahy—I just bought a set of

Shakespeare.Mr. Fahy (angrily)—How many times

have I told you not to buy those foreigntires?—Fisk Candle.

Boy, you sho' has got a big mouth.""Huh, you fool niggah, that ain't no

keyhole in the front of your face."—Kan-sas Sour Owl.

Out of the Frying PanYoung lady to acquaintance in lobby—

Who is that very homely man over there?That is my brother.Embarrassed young lady—Oh—of—

course—how stupid of me—I should havenoticed the resemblance.

First Frosh—How's your blind date lastnight?

'Mother Verdant—Awful th in . I betshe could go through a flute without strik-ing a note.

"Shine your shoes, mister?""No time, sonny.""Well, to start the day right I'll do one

for nothing.""All right, go ahead.""There, how does she look, boss?""Fine.""Well, for 15 cents I'll do the other

one."—Blue Fish.

Doc's Mistake"I won't take this tonic,Of nerve Doc's got a lot—It says it's for adults,An' that ain't what I got."

Kind Old gentleman—What do you callthose two kittens, Johnny?

Small boy—I call 'em Tom and Harry.K. O. G.—Why don't you name them

Cook and Peary after the great explor-ers?

S. B.—Aw, mister; these ain't pole cats.

Examination Teacher — Charlie, whatdoes your father do when he finds any-thing wrong with his car?

Charlie ( t ru thful ly)—He bawls Ma out.

Persons in Scotland may now talk overthe telephone to persons in the UnitedStates for $48, remarks a writer in theNew York Evening Post, adding, "whichexplains why none of them has."

EditorialKING WEATHER

People who made resolutions lastyear to leave the weather out oftheir conversations, have been con-sistently silent during the last fewweeks, for the weather was simplyall over the place. Nothing has everbeen found that was nearly as gooda conversation subject as weather,but when we have blizzards andtraffic tie-ups and impossible motor-ing and walking conditions—thenweather fans do have a time.

Until a blizzard or some othersevere storm arrives, we do notrealize how much our life, even un-der modern conditions, is regulatedby the weather. With paved high-ways crossing the country in all dir-ections, high powered motor cars incommon use, and railways in everycommunity, we become accustomedto getting any place at any timewithout much delay.

But let snow fall in great quan-tities in the midst of a severe windand then watch things stack up.Drifts through which no ordinarymotor can pass can stack up just aseffectively on a paved highway asthey can on a mud road. Switchesfreeze and rails become blocked withdrif ts which tie up trains regardlessof whether they are local combina-tions or crack cross country passen-gers.

During the recent blizzard Deca-tur was as isolated as a back countryvillage, although it is on severaltrunk line railroads and is the meet-ing point for a number of state high-ways. People in surrounding vil-lages could not get into town, andmen working in town and living in

the country had to seek shelter withtown friends for a night.

WRECKERSThe other day I stopped for a min-

ute to watch a wrecking gang tear-ing down a building. They wereusing air drills, sledge hammers,crow bars, etc. They were ap-parently not trying to salvage anyof the old material—just tearing itdown. I asked the boss if it re-quired skilled men to do that work,and he replied, "No, they are justordinary laborers, but they can teardown more in a day than skilled me-chanics can erect in weeks." And Ithought, how true that is of a lot ofpeople—character wreckers. Theycan, in so many insidious ways,wreck the most precious thing in allthe world—character. And thestrange thing about these characterwreckers is, to use a homely expres-sion, they have plenty of dirt in theirown back yards that should becleaned out. They would do well toheed the injunction in Matthew 7:5—"Thou hypocrite, first cast out thebeam out of thine own eye ; and thenshalt thou see clearly to cast out themote out of thy brother's eye.""Speak not abroad another's faults

Till thou hast cured thine own ;Nor whisper of thy neighbor's sins

Till thou art perfect grown."—1The Trumpeter.

So often people tell us that theythink The Journal has such goodstories in it—meaning those shortlittle quips we run in the front andback of the book. After about tenpeople have told us that we beginto get worried and wonder if we arerunning too much to such things—

Commentif we are giving too much space tojokes.

And then we think of somethingour editorial friend John W. Hallwrote recently for his famous PinkLetter. He says "What an unbear-ably desolate and boresome worldthis would be without stories andstory tellers—without quip or jestor laughter. That must be one ofthe principal punishments for theresidents of Hades—the inability tosee a joke—the incapacity for laugh-ter."

So again we feel that the time andthought we have given to selectingour funny stori-es has not beenwasted, and when people tell us thatthey have enjoyed them we will feelproperly repaid.

"I'd give a million dollars for apersonality like Cap Enlow's," a Sta-ley official remarked the other day,and it set us to thinking. Cap issuch a familiar figure about theplant that we take for granted hisunfailing patience, good humor andphilosophic slant on life. After thatremark we decided to do a bit ofinvestigating to find the secret.

Cap has one of those trying posi-tions—he has to meet all kinds ofpeople under all kinds of conditions,he often has to give orders to hissuperior officials and he always man-ages to come through, making themfeel that they have had a friendlychat. They always do what Capasks, too.

As fire chief at the plant Cap hasaccess to all departments, and in be-tween times, when his fire businessis dull, he circulates around. Heevidently knows that people like to.>

be greeted by name for that is theway he greets everyone and he doesit in no half-hearted manner either.He is always busy but he always hastime to listen to the other fellow,and therein probably lies one of thesecrets of Cap's popularity.

LEARN A SLOGANSlogans are advocated as an aid to

a healthy mental outlook by JamesD. Weinlancl, who considers theireffect and lists a number in an ar-ticle in the January issue of Hygeia.

A good slogan can brighten ourwhole horizon, fill us with courageand be an emotional stimulus. Itdirects and holds the attention to abracing thought. For instance whena man is down in the dumps it iscomforting to think that "the menwho try to do something and fail areinfinitely better than those who tryto do nothing and succeed," or that"there are more chances and oppor-tunities in life than we know."

There are slogans hidden awayin the world's literature that fit al-most any mood or desire, says Mr.\Yeinland. Proverbs are rich inthem. Poems are jeweled withthem. Each person must select theones that mean most to him Usedat the right time the words can pene-trate like a sharp dart into a moodand dissipate it. They act like abugle call marshaling the forces ofour resolution and ordering theminto action.

I think the first virtue is to re-strain the tongue; he approachesnearest to the gods who knows howto be silent, even though he is in the

•rig-ht:—-CatCL.

ResolutionsNot what you suddenly decide

To quit because the year is ending.Not what, your bosom swelled with prinde.

To do next year you are intending,Will make you better very long—But thinking right and keeping strong

Day in, day out, week, month and year,\Yill really cout for something here.

—Douglas Malloch.

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Christmas Party Is Grand SuccessFellowship Club Members As Hosts Feel Amply Repaid

When Young Guests Enjoy Themselves

Peace may not have reigned but good will was very much in evidenceat the annual Staley Fellowship Club's party for children. This partygiven the Monday morning before Christmas in the Lincoln theatre, brokeall records for crowds.

Although the show did not start un t i l 10 the lobby was comfortablytilled by 9 and packed by 9:30 when the doors were opened. Big brothers,with special seats in mind, dragged small sisters down the aisles. Oldersisters, intent upon seeing the whole show, trotted younger brothers doublequick into the theatre.

U'lien the house lights were dimmedand the first film flickered or, the screenevery small guest of the club was in hisseat and eager for the party. As this wasthe first time a party had been given forStaley employes' children in a theatre,there was more than unusual interest init.

Through the co-operation of PaulWitte, Publix manager in Decatur, an ex-cellent program had been arranged. Thechoice of the pictures to be shown wasleft to Mr. Witte and he proved to knowexactly what youngsters like. The wholeshow was just one big WOW from startto finish.

Two pictures were shown — an OurGang Comedy, which fairly took the roofoff the theatre, and a feature "Hottentot,"which was equally funny. Both weretalkies, and the grown-ups in the audiencewere astonished how quiet the youngguests kept during the entire show. Mod-ern children are evidently well trained intalkie manners.

When the children entered the theatrethey were greeted by theatre staff mem-bers, in their splendid uniforms, and SantaClaus in traditional red. Santa had greet-ings for all and nearly every one stoppedto talk with him and a few even lingeredfor a good visit. For the most partthough, they were too anxious to get oninto their seats to visit even with Santa.

By the time the show started nearly

ivory seat was taken and everyone wasanxious for things to get under way. Asthe children left the theatre, after theshow, they filed out in two lines. In thelobby there was Santa Claus, again, andthis time he had helpers. A colorfulChristmas tree, which reached the ceilingof the big lobby, was the base for Santa'sactivities. Here, with the help of Dr. W.A. Kutsch, L. R. Brown, Charles Fitch,R. A. West, W. H. Broadbear and P. E.Wills, each child was given a gift, a boxof candy and an orange.

Members of the Visiting Nurse's staffwere stationed at the outer doors and nochild got by their observing eyes withoutcoats well buttoned, caps well pulleddown, rubbers on and mittens in place.Out on the street extra police, sent overby the special order of Chief Wills,guarded the children as they crossed totake their street cars or busses.

Because of these helpers and becausethe children themselves tried in every wayto be careful, there were no accidents,and surprisingly few lost articles.

The nearest to an accident which anyguest came was when the company carsent for Anita Wolfe got stuck in thesnow and had to be pulled out. RedThornborough and our nurse, Mrs. May.were the ones going after Anita and theyhad begun to think that the party forthem would end in a snowdrift. They didgot out though and got to the party.

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Parents and Workers In Lobby

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Everyone Was Well Cared For

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Some Officials and Some Guests

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CHRISTMAS GIFTWhen Mr. Staley Sr., walked into his

office the morning before Christmas hefound all the department heads gatheredthere. He looked around, wondering justwhat was going to happen next, and fin-ally Lynn Davis relieved the situation bymost formally saying, "Well, don't yousee it?"

That was the way the men presentedto their boss an elaborate humidor andoffice cabinet. The piece of fu rn i tu re isof walnut and was selected for use inMr. Staley's new office, which is to befurnished in that wood.

Mr. Staley showed his pleasure in thegift in a short talk which he made themen. A box of special cigars, the Christ-mas gift of the foremen to Mr. Staley,was selected to initiate the new cabinet.

GUESTS FROM RUSSIAFour Russians, interested in starch fac-

tories, visited the plant in December. Themen, sent out by the Russian government,were traveling with M. E. Benson, him-self a Russian, who is with the AmtorgTrading Corp., of New York. The menin the party were Paul Sherstneff, fromthe Insti tute for the Investigation ofDrought Resisting Plants; Alexander Pa-rarkoff, Professor in the Institute of Mos-cow; Illarion Gouletzky, Associate Pro-fessor of Food Chemistry, in the Schoolof Technolgy, Moscow, and Mr. Benson.

Lowell Gill acted as guide to the menwhile they were at the plant.

TO PAPER COMPANYRobert Rkins, who has been here for

some time install ing boilers for the Com-bustion Engineering Co., left late in De-cember to take a new position. He hasresigned his position with the Combus-tion company and the first of the yearstarts work as assistant to the chief en-gineer of the Mead Pulp & Paper com-pany in Chillicothe Ohio. We hope ourfriends with the Mead company will l ikeBob ;• , well as \ all at Staley's do.

Hart Wilson — What is the best safetyiser?Andy I'ercival—Four .'ices.

Tlie man U'ho made our Cliristmas partypossible and wlw helped make it such asuccess u'as Paul Witte, the manager ofthe Great States theaters in Decatur. Mr.ll'ittc lias had long experience with chil-dren's parties and it was through his kind-ness that suitable pictures w-erc selected,that the big tree lighted the lobby of theLincoln theater, and that everything movedsmoothly. He and his assistants, his oper-ators and all of his ushers were presentand helped make the party one to be talkedabout for a lony time.

Hud, manufac tu r ing office messenger,gets a number of letters addressed in afine lady-like hand.

C. C. Hollis, manager of our Chicagooffice, paid Decatur an extremely shortvisit late in December.

Kathryn got flowers while she was illand thcv were not wi l t ed ones, ei ther.

Ed Gates says it takes a lot of si t t ingto properly rest Cap Whitten.

Mistress—You say, Essie, that yourhusband beats you constantly?

Essie—No, mom, Ah doan want to tellanyf ing but de t rufe . Ah wants to do mallhusban' justice. Some days he's awayrabbit hun t in ' or fishin'.

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Foremen Have Annual GatheringJim Galloway Puts His Christmas Party

Over Big and Ends With Song

No Christmas at the Staley plant would be complete without theannual foremen's party, and this year the partv was nicer than ever, if onewill v iew tha t word nicer broadly. It is the one day in the year whenwomen, a selected few, are i n v i t e d i n to the foremen's mom, and it is theone foremen's meeting of the year which ends in song, and in which nomention is made of two-inch pipes, broken windows and soluables.

This year the party was held the morning before Christmas, with J. H.(lalloway, plant superintendent, presiding as usual. In addition to allforemen and officials of the manufacturing department, special guests pres-ent were forewomen and girls from the manufacturing offices, the nurseand the editor.

After Mr. Galloway had made a shorttalk he called on each person present fora talk. A. E. Staley Jr., executive vice-president, Dr. W. A. Kutsch, generalsuperintendent, Howard File, chief chem-ist and C. M. Cobh all assured Mr. Gallo-way that while they had no intention ofmaking talks they did wish the crowd amerry Christmas. Joe Pollock ratherastonished the assembled company bymaking a brief but clever little talk. Joesaid that in the 17 years that he has beenwith the company these Christmasgatherings stand out as high lights in theyear. He ended by assuring the com-pany that he could have made a muchbetter talk af ter mid-night on ChristmasKve when the well known cheer hadbegun to take effect.

Another surprise was sprung by agroup of the stenographers present.Seated together on a long bench, theyrose in a body when one of them wascalled up, and in well drilled chorus man-ner recited together their Christmasgreeting to the crowd.

Af te r the talks Santa Clans arrivedstaggering under his pack, and dis-tributed candy, cigars and cigarettes. Witheach presentation he read a poem, thesebeing the work of our talented purchas-

Here's one for Miss Sheehy and one forMiss Prell,

Here's one for Miss Pierce and MissCade;

And one for Miss Goodman; of courseyou can tell

Miss Doran and Miss Rawlings of sweetsaren't afraid.

Now for boys, in my pack I have cigar-ettes, too,

And cigars, some brown and some black.And to make the thing brief , I will call

on the "Chief"Mr. Larscn, these smokes arc for you.

Here's a sample sent in for our good Doc-tor File,

To examine and test CO two,\Ve all like his style and his good f r i end-

ly smile,So here's Merry Christmas to you.

from charts andFor \V. L. DavisWith furrowed brow

rates,Stop watches, schedules—please forget;Efficiency and restaurant plates—Lean back and smoke a cigaret.

ing agent, C. M. Cobb. rather than thebusy Christmas saint. They fo l low:

Xow, just to case my heavy pack,I ' l l take some candy from the sackFor Mrs. Walmsley ( H a r r y ' s w i f e )And Mrs. Kobb anil Mrs. May .For Mrs. Kent and lassies gayAs yet averse to married life.

Here's a box for fr iend Dubes,Whose long thoughts through the night ,May be cheered by these tubes'Till the morrow dawns bright.

Mr . Morrison, too. is on deck in the darkWhile the rest of us loaf at our ease.M a v von find it a change and somewhat

'of a larkWhen you l ight up a h a n d f u l of these?

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Dr. Kutsch needs cigars to pay some ofhis debts

But \ve notice lie generally smokes cigar-ettes.

So it really is hard the right present tomake

For \ve know he won't tell us if it's ourmistake.

It's different when we come to "Jim",(Whose other name is Galloway)Cigars can't come too fast for him—On bets or trips or—any way!

For Mr. Staley, Junior, with wishes kindand true,

\Ve have this little package—we hopeyou'll like it, too.

To Mr. Staley, Senior, who planted yearsago

A l i t t le acorn of a p l an t and lought tomake it grow,

And pushed it up like giant oaks,We give this box of friendly "smokes."

Well, boys and girls, the last time I sawyou, Fred Klumpp was still single.

Bill Morrison was rolling his own.Miss Slieehy was th ink ing of someone

in Chicago.Jack Fletcher was promising to show

you some of his wonderful cranberries.Herman Herberts had forgiven all his

enemies but one.Henry Dubes was saving sinners.Bob Pattern was patterning after Cal-

vin Coolidge.Bill Ooten loathed black cats.And Jim Galloway was accusing others

of being the MAN "iN THE MOON.There doesn't seem to have been a great

deal of change since then, except JackFletcher came through with the cran-berries.

Each year, shortly before Christmas,it is the custom of the Manufactur ing De-partment of the A. E. Staley Manufac-turing Company to hold a little informalmeeting here.

It is a meeting at which the variousprocess and mechanical department fore-men renew their acquaintance, with theManufacturing Department office work-ers and find an opportunity to wish eachother a joyous holiday season and all

join in extending to the officials of theCompany their combined good wishes forChristmas and for the New Year.

This year it has been thought best notto attempt to measure our feelings offriendship and loyalty by costly gifts.After all, the exchange of gifts is not theimportant part of this meeting—it is thespirit of friendship and good will—the in-timate, friendly touch that lingersthroughout the busy year to come.

I wish you all a wonderful Christmasand a New Year of happiness and pros-perity.

I will ask Mr. Galloway to make youfeel at home by one of his characteristicScotch talks.

FOR EDDIE LARRICK(Santa Clans)

There's a jolly young Santa who bringsChristmas cheer

To young and to old at the turn of theyear.

In between he makes ladings and figurescar miles, '

Here's something to thank him for bring-ing us smiles.

-•LUNCHEON GUESTS

H. T. Morris, manager of feed sales,had a small luncheon party in the cafe-teria one day in December. Guests werehis wife, Miss Velma Redmon, supervisorat the Decatur and Macon County hos-pital, Miss Jean Barrett, instructor ofnurses in the training school there, ourplant nurse, Mrs. May, and the editor.After luncheon the first year training classfrom the hospital, came out to the plantand they, with the other guests, spentthe af ternoon going through the plant. •

HATES WEATHERBernard Riddle bought his new car just

before our very bad weather set in. As aresult he was way down below the 200mile point after he had had it nearly amonth. If anyone has an errand theywant run let Bernard know, for he isanxious to stack up the mileage.

For a ChangeVoice from Above—Irene!Irene (below)—Yes, mother.V. F. A.—The clock has struck "12"

three times, now let it practice on "one"for awhile.

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Three Generations of Staleys

A. E. Staley, Third, found this process of hai'ing his picture taken extremely interest-ing. He refused to be frightened by the photographer's flash light and in every i i 'c /v con-ducted himself as lie should. It is quite unnecessary to say that the proud gentlemanholding him is his grandfather. A, E. Staley, Sr., while the equally proud young ministanding smilingly by is his father, A. E. Staley, Jr. With his grandfather president ofthe company and his father executive vice president it is natural to suppose that whenyoung Gene grows up he will be interested in manufacturing corn products also. Thebaby is now fifteen months old. His mother, before her marriage, "n'us I.enure Mueller,of Decatur.

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Grandmother Subject of BookA book which is attracting a great deal

of attention this season, is of more thanordinary interest to Lynn Davis, our in-dustrial manager. The book, "Grand-mother Brown's Hundred Years," is thebiography of Mr. Davis' grandmotherwho died about a year ago, shortly aftershe had celebrated her hundredth birth-day.

The author of the book is Harriet Con-ner Brown, wife of Mr. Davis' uncle, anda woman who has won much recognitionas a writer. She was awarded the 1929Atlantic Monthly prize for the best bio-graphy of the year for this book.

The Grandmother Brown of the storyis Mrs. Maria Foster Brown. Shortlybefore her death, when she celebrated herhundredth birthday, all of her childrenand grandchildren and great grandchil-dren gathered at her home, and no oneenjoyed the celebration more than she.At that time Mr. Davis took an extremelyinteresting photograph of her, and thisphotograph is used in the book.

Much of the book is direct quotationfrom Grandmother Brown. Her accountof her husband's store, at Ames. Iowa, isinteresting as a glimpse into Americanlife 75 years ago. She savs:

"Their store occupied the lower floor ofa corner on Amesville's one street. Grad-ually they built on additions, unt i l finallyit covered the whole block. Their mostimportant addition was a big smokehouse.Raising hogs proved profitable. Whilehogs, unl ike horses and cattle, couldn't bedriven a long distance to market, theycould be fattened at home on soakedwheat and sold as pork and bacon to theSouthern plantations. Then Dan'l badlofts and barns where wool and hidescould be stored, so he used to buy sheep,shear them, pack the wool into sacks, tanthe hides and hang them up in his barns,feeding the carcasses to the bogs.

"In the fal l . Dan'l and his partner usedto go into the tall timber, about a milefrom the store, cut down logs, and havethe carpenters build them in FederalCreek a scow or flatboat. This theystored with grain, bacon, wool, tobacco,dried fruits . They had oxen to load theboat, pulling their goods through the mire.Then they waited for the spring freshetsto raise the creek and float them into the

Hocking River. Sometimes the waterswould come with a rush before Dan'l wasready to go, before the boat was fullyoutfitted. I can remember the tense ex-citement of such days.

"Dan'l could never sleep when he waswaiting for the spring flood. In the mean-time, Kate and I would be making bis-cuits and doughnuts all night long, ex-pecting any moment to hear the rush ofwaters.

"Since the timbers have been cut, thatold creek doesn't rise any more at all.But in those days it was a thrilling thingto see the boat swing off down thecreek, kno\g it would be carried intothe stream of the Hocking, next into theflow of the Ohio and finally into thechannel of the Mississippi. Propelled byoars and poles, swinging and turning, itswept on its way, irresistibly, to far-awayNew Orleans.

"At points along the way, Dan'l andhis partner stopped to trade off theirwares. At Cincinnati they got rid ofsome grain and tobacco. At plantationsalong the lower Mississippi they ex-changed bacon for molasses. The negroesused to come to their boat to barter withthem. At Xew Orleans they exchangedthat plantation molasses for refined sugar.

"That New Orleans sugar was shippedin hogsheads up to the mouth of theHocking River. Dan'l then hauled it six-teen miles to the store. It was whiteand in sugar-loaf form, covered first withwhite paper and then with purple. We'dsave the purple paper for coloring. Iremember that I dyed white silk gloveswith it.

"At New Orleans, Dan'l always soldthe boat, took the cash returns of the en-terprise in the form of Mexican silver,put the money into a small black horse-hair trunk—one doesn't see such t runksany more—and brought the t runk intothe stateroom of the steamboat on whichhe took passage for home. They alwaystried to act as though the trunk was light;and one person always lay around thestateroom guarding the trunk when theother wandered about the boat."

"Father, what is a camping site?""My boy, have you never seen your

Aunt Emma on a camping trip?"—Exch.15

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A New Comer

Mr. /\"(i/>/> tunic elianje of lilt- i/niin department the first nj the year.

Effec t ive the f i r s t o f J anua ry . I I . .1.Kapp lic'conu's manager of the grain de-partment of the Staler company. An-nouncement of his appointment was madelate in December by A. E. Staley. Sr.

Whi le Mr. Kapp is a new comer to theStaley organization he is one of the bestknown grain men in this part of the coun-try. For the last eighteen years lie hasbeen manager of H. I. Ba ldwin it Co.,one of the old reliable grain companies ofcentral Illinois.

Through tha t connection Mr. Kapp hasbecome known to all grain merchantsth roughout the middle west, as a keenand reliable grain man.

In addi t ion to his ab i l i ty as a buyer andmerchandiser of grain he has the abili tyto make and hold friends. He alreadyhas a number of f r iends in the Staley or-ganization who are glad to welcome him.

When he announced the appointment ofMr. Kapp. Mr. Staley said that his planis to t u r n the grain department over tohim en t i re ly . 'I have perfect f a i t h in hisabi l i ty to take care of the department,"Mr. Staley said, "and see no reason whylie should not be given ful l charge."

H u n t i n g was no fun at all during thewet weather early in December, accord-ing to Cecil Walker. The mud was sodeep t h a t the rabbits ' feet were all coveredw i t h it and the dogs simply couldn'ttrack them.

Rob Siweck, of the grain department,is helping out as messenger in the audi t -ing department while Ross Alvcrsonworks in the office for a few weeks.

Walter Grant. Sr., yard superintendent,has been ill for the last few weeks.

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"Go Wash a Train"'riu- general |>ti1)l ic, and especially the

t rave l ing publ ic , is notoriously carelessabout otber people's property. Hotels andrailroad t ra ins come first perhaps in theins t i tu t ions which feel t h i s carelessness.Because of t h i s carelessness a small armyof people is constantly at work keepingrailroad trains in first class condition.

Interiors of dining cars, parlor carsand observations are often finished in softlight colors which are a delight to thetraveler but which are hard to keep clean.Finger prints smudge this woodwork andthe grease of coal smoke clouds it in avery short time.

Simply wiping w i t h a dry cloth has noeffect on these surfaces. The dry dustcomes off and the smudges stand upbolder than ever. Washing is the onlypossible solution but this too has itsdrawbacks. Water must be the righttemperature to loosen the dirt and nothurt tbe finish, and the soap used mustnot be strong enough to mar the finishand still must leave the surface clean andlooking like new.

A soap made from vegetable oil hasbeen found to be the most ideal tor th i s

purpose. This soap, which is sold in ajelly like condition, is generally used int l i e proportion of a pound of soap totwo and a half gallons of water.

To get the right temperature one rail-road insists that the car cleaners dissolvethe soap first in a gallon of boiling waterand then add one and half gallons of coldwater. This not only tempers the water,but makes the soap the proper strength.

The cleaners themselves are experts intheir work. First the entire surface tobe cleaned is moistened with luke warmwater, which is applied with a softsponge. This is done to loosen the dirt .Before the surface has had time to dry itis gone over again, this time with thewarm soap solution.

Again it is gone over, this time torinse it thoroughly of soap, and then itis dried with a soft sponge wrung out ofclear, luke warm water. By the time thisprocess is finished the car looks like newand the paint, instead of being harmed isbenefited.

It is a long process but railroad com-panies feel that it is well worth the timeit takes. Ordinarily two experienced carwashers spend eleven hours cleaning theinterior of one car.

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RolHn Staley WedsCatiline McKinney. of Salem, 111., and

A. Rollin Staley, youngest son of ourpresident, A. E. Staley, Sr., and Mrs.Staley, were married in Clinton, 111., Sat-urday afternoon, Dec. 21. The ceremonywas performed by Rev. Mr. Snyder, pas-tor of the Clinton Presbyterian church,in his home.

Attendants were Bernadine French,Meda Ruddick and Eugene Abrams, ofDecatur. The bride wore a frock of darkblue crepe with a cream lace bertha.

Mrs. Staley is a daughter of Mrs. R.A. McKinney of Salem. For the lastyear and a half she has been a student atJames Millikin university and has beenliving in Aston Hall.

The bridegroom a t tended the Univer-

sity of Illinois where he is a member ofAlpha Tau Omega. For (be last year hehas been employed at the plant , in t i n -indus t r i a l department.

CHAMPION SALESMAN HEREH. J. Barndt, of Binghamton, N. Y.,

visited the plant for a short time just be-fore Christmas. Mr. Barndt is our feedbroker in Binghamton and is a record-breaker. He holds the record for havingsold more Staley gluten feed than anyother man. He is highly enthusiasticabout all Staley products and his visitsare an inspiration to all who meet him.

—*His new name is "Penny Bill" Price.

Ask him how he got it. He probablywon't tell you.

Caulinc Mcl\innc\ Rollin Slalcv JIVIY married a /ru- days before Christinas, inClinton, III.

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Announce MarriageAnnouncement was made Dec. 16 by

Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Brewer of the mar-riage of their daughter, Miss ClaribelBrewer, and George Post, Jr., son of Mr.and Mrs. George H. Post of PowersLane. The wedding was performed inHillsboro, Aug. 12 in the home of Rev.Thomas H. Tull, pastor of the Methodistchurch.

The young couple had kept their mar-riage a secret until the middle of Decem-ber, when they announced it to their fam-ilies. They left immediately afterwardsfor a short honeymoon in Chicago.

The bride attended Decatur High schooland until the present has been attendingMillikin university. Her father is in theStaley grain office. Mr. Post attendedMillikin for two years, after his two yearsin Lake Forest academy, and now is withthe White Plumbing & Heating Co., andis working on the new Staley office build-ing.

Mr. and Mrs. Post will make theirhome for the present with the bride-groom's parents, and soon will starthousekeeping in a home of their own.

BRIDE

BESSIE WANTS SPACEEven Bessie Neyhardt, diminutive as

she is, finds the cloak room of the SalesDepartment entirely out of proportionwhen the seething mass of office toilersfill it to overflowing during the five o'clock"rush" period. It was at such a time when"little" Bessie, literally tossed hither andyon by the wildly scrambling, grabbingmob was heard to remark in a smotheredvoice somewhere from the depths: "Mygosh, I can't tell whether I'm putting mygaloshes on my own feet or somebody'selse."

REGISTER COMPLAINTCharley Fitch and Doc West feel that

they have a proper kick against ChiefLarsen. All last year, when they wereon the same bowling team, he promisedthem a treat as soon as he bowled 200.He got up to 198 but never touched thetreating mark. This year, now that he isno longer on their team, he has hit 200.Naturally Charley and Doc feel that liecould have done it last year if he hadtried.

Mm. George Post

SPEAKS RUSSIAN

Harry Walmsley, superintendent of 17building, found his small knowledge ofthe Russian language useful when fourRussian scientists visited the plant in De-cember. The men spoke no English andthought no one here spoke Russian, butHarry had been stationed in that countrylong enough during the war to learn asmattering. He addressed them in theirnative tongue but had to beg them to con-tinue in German when they got beyondhis depth.

•»Bob Patton, to the nurse—Say, I've

made a mistake. You told me to takea teaspoon of baking soda and I took tak-ing powder instead. What shall I do?

Nurse May—The best advice I can giveyou is to stay in a cool place.

Esther Moody went home to Chapin forChristmas and Rubymae Kiely spent theday in Pana.

Ripley the cartoonist, says that fishcan see, hear and smell. Everybody isaware of the last named fact.

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Pneumonia Victim

A. O. Snelson's death came as a shock tohis Staley friends.

CHRISTMAS PARTYLucile May, plant nurse, and Marjorie

Robb, of the sewing room, entertained thegirls of the manufacturing departmentoffices at a Christmas party in the Robbhome, Dec. 19. Cards were played dur-ing the evening, the prizes going to Mrs.(iai l Garret and Ruth Cade.

After a del ightful supper, Santa Clansvi-'ited the crowd and distributed mostappropriate gifts, each one accompaniedby a "poem" f u l l of meaning.

Martha Belle Bowers was a Frenchdoll in the Bowman school program in theLincoln theatre during the holidays.

Mar tha Belle, daughter of ClarenceBowers, of Sales, is an expression studentat Mi l l i k in .

Charley Fitch says that instead of giv-ing Doc West a basket for Christmas heth inks it would have been much more ap-propriate to give him a pair of shoes. Hewas seen at the plant one (lay in houseslippers.

Foreman DiesA. O. Snelson, who for ten years had

been foreman of the feed house at theplant, died in St. Mary's hospital Sa turdaymorning, Dec. 7. He had been ill forthree weeks w i t h influenza and pneu-monia, and while his family and f r i endsat the plant knew that he was in a seriouscondit ion, news of his death came as ashock.

Mr. Snelson was born in Cherryville.Mo., in June 1877, and lived in that statefor many years. He was educated in thepubl ic schools and the university of thatstate and for a while taught school there.In 1898 he married Edna Montray. inSteelville, Mo.

About ten years ago the family movedto Decatnr and soon after Mr. Snelsoncame to work at the plant. He hadworked here ever since, and had madefriends with all who knew him. He wasc |n ie t , seldom started a conversation, butcould be depended upon to see that hiswork was well carried through.

Mr. Snelson leaves his widow, two sonsrnd three daughters, his mother, Mrs.Amanda Snelson, a sister. Mrs. CoraJohnson, and two grandsons. One son,Kenneth, has worked for the Staley com-pany almost as long as his father did.He is in Leonard Smith's department.Mrs. Johnson is the wife of Jay Johnson,millhouse foreman.

Funeral services were conducted fromMoran & Sons Dec. 9, wi th burial in(iraceland cemetery.

Wanted — A wife. One who will be agood housekeeper and a good companion.who can drive a Ford, and who will notobject to the name of Smith. See Cl i f -fcrd Smi th , chemist.

Johnny Anderson wears his hat whenhe eats, not because he has changed hisreligion hut because if he takes his hatoff when it is wet it shrinks so tha t hecan never get it back on his head again.

Russell Dash owns one of the few realIron Hats in existence. He didn't buyan iron one but he got it rained on andit immediately turned rigid.

Otto Klauss, of the mil l house, was illin December.

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YOBSKI-STEVENSAlma Yobski and Paul Stevens were

married Thanksgiving morning at 9o'clock in the home of the bride. Fol-lowing a wedding breakfast the couple lef tfor Chicago where they spent severaldays.

The bride is the daughter of Mr. andMrs. Adam Yobski and has been em-ployed as stenographer in the office of L.(.'. Waltens. Mr. Stevens is a civil en-gineer at the Staley plant. He is the sonof Mrs. Margaret Stevens. The coupleare living at 1457 East Hickory street.

LEAVES FOR WESTMotoring through the Rocky Mountains

in the winter in an old Ford held no ter-rors for John McClure who left on sucha trip in December. John has been work-ing in the time study office at the plantfor a year and a half but decided to quitrecently and continue his education. Hedecided upon the University of Washing-ton as the school and he and his brotherstarted off for Seattle in the Ford. Johnhas had a year at Mil l ikin University andone at the University of I l l inois , hut ex-pects to finish at the University of Wash-ington.

Ed Willis, assistant foreman in themachine shop, may not be artistic but helias a young daughter who is. She hasdone several paintings on glass, with a sil-ver paper backgrounds, which are quitelovely. She has also used a combinationof small beads and paint which is mosteffective.

Lynn Davis says he has been mistakenfor many people but he never felt so flat-tered as when Mrs. Fitzpatrick recentlythought lie was Louie Bnrstcin. Louiehasn't said what he t h i n k s on the sub-ject.

*Doc West—Hey—here I am runn ing

a r o u n d t ry ing to find statistics for youand you arc s i t t ing here doing nothing.

Hob Urfer—Well, who said I wantedyou to find her for me, anyway?

Dizzy Wills has been cap ta in of theDogs during most of the bowling seasonbut Harold Wilbur and Roy Hartman arenow running him a close second.

Mother—Where do bad little girls go?Betty—Most everywhere.

THANKSGIVING BRIDE

AY/i'/v her marriage on Thanksgh'inuday Mrs. / '< /»/ .S'/ivv;i.f i i ' c i .v .Umn robski.

LEARN THEIR SECRETUntil someone accident!}' happened

upon them in action, Lloyd Spicer and(leorge Sheumaker, of 17 building, go!away wi th their h u n t i n g stories. Theymade a habit of taking a day off for h u n t -ing, and then coming back with greatstories of the rabbits they had shot. Thenone day someone discovered their method.Instead of s tar t ing the rabbits up, theywould creep up on them and choke themto death or wring their necks.

Frank Moore—What do you t h i n k otmy bowling?

Baldy May—I haven ' t seen you playyet.

Frank—Why, I just played two gameswith you.

Baldy—Oh, was that bowling?

E. C. Larsen and his fami ly made theregular Christmas trip to Chicago thisyear.

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FIGHTING TRAFTON

This is the way George Trafton lookedwhen he played on the Staley footballteam ten years ago.

Lots of InterestMost of the people who have been

'around the Staley plant for ten years re-member distinctly George Trafton, whoplayed on the famous Staley footballteam. Because they all knew him Staleypeople were more than ordinarily inter-ested when he appeared in his first (ac-credited) fight at White City, in Chicago,Dec. 16.

When Trafton finally got a decision inhis bout with the Great Shires his Staleyfriends were not surprised. This was notbecause they thought that George wassuch a finished fighter but they figuredthat he would win by brute strength ifnothing else.

- • -E. K. Scheiter, vice president, is ill

with influenza. He has been a patient inDt-catur and Macon County hospital.

Ten Years Ago(These items appeared in The Journal

for January, 1920.)

It was leap year and Fred Klunipp wasbeing warned to beware of the women.

Staley's basketball team was getting agood start for the season. Some of themen on the team were Doherty, Wood-worth, Pahlman, Brannan, Adkins, Gep-ford and Wakefield.

The Staley band was being organizedand held great promise. New instrumentswere being purchased and uniforms werebeing ordered. A. W. Shade, of the traf-fic office, who had had a great deal ofhand experience, was in charge. HarryStadler was mentioned as a strong possi-bi l i ty for drum major.

A new department, the th in boiling andother modified starches, was announcedto start operations Jan. 1. The newbuilding for that department, which hadjust been completed, was known and stillis known, as 16 building. H. T. Bauer,known to all his associates as Johnny,was manager of the department, andHenry Dewey the superintendent.

Claude Cox, auditing, was ill in Decem-ber.

Leone Booher. of Mr. Augur's office,spent Christmas at home in Cerro Gordo.

Don Hansen had his vacation late inNovember.

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Strikes—Splits—SparesAl Crabb had a big series of 037 on

November 27. This gentleman sure isshooting some nice wood. His team-mateBuster Woodworth is sure setting somepace, too.

Jack Fletcher rolled a good three gameseries for a total of 521.

Our League President seems to havejust hit his stride. 589 for a series onNovember 27 and 569 December 4.

Frank Koshinski was out of his teamlineup one week because of a bad cold.His team was badly treated by Smitty'sSales Pets, during his absence.

Bob Siweck is figuring on opening upa refreshment and candy stand everyThursday morning. Keep on Bob—may-be some day you will win a bet.

Oscar Knoebel rolled 235 in his secondgame against the Grain Slickers.

Art Harris sure could not miss in bisfirst game. On December 4 Art had anice game of 251 and had a good chancefor a high series but fell down his lastgar;e.

Phil Wills is going to run for DogCatcher's job.

Dwight Ball, captain of the Grain Slick-ers, seems to have lost his eye. We knowhe has lost his heart, because his fratpin has been missing for some time. Yes,we smoke cigars and eat candy, Dwight.

Harry Walmsley just could not stayaway from bowling. He joined the ranksof the Purchasing Cobbs. Stewart, ofthe same team, keeps on rolling some niceseries for them.

Art Diebert is now bowling with PeteRostek's Foreman Kickers. Here's hopinghe sticks Pete.

Baldy Mays cracks through some niceconsistent series to take care of the thirdplace in the High Ten.

Eddie Larrick is just bowling along,trying to keep second place taken care of,and Cecil Walker.

Al Lukey's team sure set an awful pacefor the Mechanical Dubbs the first gameon December 4. The Mechanical Dubbswere given a 21 pin spot per game andthe Process Sheiks beat them 121 pins.More power, Al. I think some of thisfine showing was due to Jack Bowman,Art Harris and Al Lukey shooting. Allhad nice series of 566, 569 and 553 re-spectively.

Joe Lahme had a good series against

the Grain Slickers, getting 592 with a highgame of 237.

Bulletin: See Bob Siweck for yourChristmas candy and spending money.

Jack Mintun 's Auditor's Crooks wontheir first three game series this year,December 11.

\Villiams started to bowl with the Traf-fic Cops December 11.

During the absence of Al Crabb the lasttwo weeks, Bill Bishop has taken theanchor position on the team, and believeme he surely sings some anchor, 551and 584 respectively.

Harry Gepford had a good series of 562,with high game 234.

FLASH—Nite, December 11, ChiefLarson gets his first 200 game in threeyears. Power to you, Chief.

Dizz \Vills, besides being a good dogfor his team, came through on the An-chor, December 11 with a series of 593with a high game of 245.

Bob Siweck is going to win a bet onbowling some day if be doesn't get soold he can't bowl any more.

Somebody had better stop the SalesPets. 26 wins out of a possible 30 games.

Baldy Mays, Traffic Cops, sure takescare of the first place in good shape.

Uncle Ray Hill gave candy for highgames on December 18. Tom Gogertywon first prize, a five pound box, witha score of 204; N. Smith won second, aone pound box, with 203: while on thesecond shift Pete Rostek had 233 for thefive pound box and Pop Wills second with222 for the pound box. Thanks to Ray.

Wish all members of the League lotsof Merry Spares and Happy Strikes.

Your Secretary.

To All Foremen and Club Members:I want to thank you one and all for

the willing assistance and co-operationthat you have given me in the past twoyears in all our social activities and otherclub affairs. I also want to wish youall a happy prosperous New Year.

Charles A Fitch,Pres. Staley Fellowship Club.

If Syl Ivens and Dizzy Wills killed allthe rabbits they said they did, there willbe a closed season on that game for manymonths.

In olden days girls used to fa in t ; nowthey pass right out.

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An Actor In Our MidstA wise and far-seeing director of

amateur theatr icals was the agent forRetting Frank Grossman, of the Stalerpattern shop, deeply interested in acting.Frank was naturally shy and never evenentertained a secret ambition. He spentall of his days working with Albert Hoff-man and his greatest desire was to learnto he an expert cabinet and patternmaker.

Then, about two years ago, Rev. F.\Y. Klasner started some theatrical workamong the young people of St. Jamesparish. Frank did not offer to join whenthe Decatur Players were organized, butFather Klasner asked him to come aroundone evening while rehearsals were inprogress for a play.

After he got there Frank discoveredthat he had been selected to act as under-study for one of the characters but hesays now that he was so ignorant of stageaffairs that he didn't even know what anunderstudy was supposed to do. They toldhim that all he had to do was to read thelines on the paper handed him. This hedid for a number of evenings and thenthev told him that the man selected 1otake that role could not be there at alland Frank would have to go on with it.or ruin the whole production.

Frank says now that he thought hecouldn't do it, but he did—and he was asuccess. Now he is president of the

Players, and is selected for leads in mostof the plays given. The club nearly al-ways has a play in rehearsal and giveseach play from five to a dozen times, bothin Decatur and in neighboring towns.This season the club has given "PalsFirst" and "The Whole Town's Talking".Frank thinks now that they intended toput him into that first play, from thestart, and he is glad they did it.

Two other Staley people are membersof the Players. Dorothy Schmanski and(ilen Moran. Glen is musical director andhis orchestra does very good work.

CLUB PARTYThe M. R. T. Club had a party in the

Staley club house Dec. 23. Rae Heldand Stella Hatficld, both of the auditingdepartment, are members of the club.

Everyone was glad to welcome ThelmaWright Wilson back to the mailing de-partment recently even if she does sayit is only temporary. Thelma has foundthat she can do her work in there andstill keep house for Bart.

We wandered into a tennis tournamentthe other day and sat down on the bench.

"Whose game?" we asked.A shy young tiling sit t ing next to us

look up hopefully."I am," she said.

A piece of his work of which I'rank Grossman, of the pattern shop, is extremely proudis an altar which lie made f o r St. James church in Dccalur. I'rank did the entire thing,designing, carving and building, and the result is excellent.

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Appreciated GiftsDocs it pay to help others occasionally?

A group of Staley men have decided def -ini te ly that it does. A few m o n t h s agothe wife of a man working in the Staleyyards died. Three small chi ldren wen-left in the care of a father who had longago shown himself unworthy of tha tname. He had neglected his family andrepeated efforts to make him mend hisways had been wasted.

At the t ime of his wife's death a numberof the men in the yard who knew theconditions took up a collection but didnot spend it for flowers. Instead theygave it to one man to be spent for thechildren. These children, two boys and ali t t le girl were put into the Boys Oppor-tuni ty and Girls' Welfare homes.

The following letter from the oldestboy, who is still quite young, came toWalter Grant, Sr., one of the men instru-mental in collecting the f u n d :

"Well, I just received some new clothes.I got a new suit and a pair of schooltrousers. I am very pleased with myclothes. Tell the men thanks ever somuch. It is very nice of you to do this,which someone would not do. My suitcost $35.00 and I got it for $9.75. Frankand Vance are very proud of iheir clothes.They have a pair of Sunday pants andthree pairs of coveralls apiece. \Vell.many thanks for all not only this but formany other nice things.

"I am just getting along fine out hereand at school too. I am in the seventhgrade at Johns Hill school. I have beengoing to church every Sunday. Well, i t ' stoo bad Dad quit you but that would lieabout what he would do."

Ruth Lake said Christmas suited herthis year. Husband George came hon.rfor two weeks.

Madelyn 1'ygman, daughter of Joe Pyg-maii, yard master, was one of the dancersin a dance program given by the Bowmanschool in the Lincoln theatre during t l i .holidays.

In the future some of the sugar lion t-boys are not going to wait u n t i l a l t e r thefirst freeze before pu t t ing non-freexe intheir cars. Experience is a good teacher.

LIKES TO READ

Hilly ll'alinslcy loves to read, so when liehad Iris picture taken recently he had abook with him. Hilly is the son of \V'. H.ira/insley. superintendent nf the svruphouse. He attended St. James' school.

Javais Cochran is qual i fying for a jobselling "cigars, cigarets?" in a night club,by selling Baptist salted n u t s in the of-fices each Tuesday.

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SCHOOL BOY

Since Dale Lloyd Bork lias started toschool he regard* himself as quite a boy.He is the son of John Bork and is six yearsold. Last fall he started in the first gradent Roach school.

SUNDAY SCHOOL PARTYMrs. Robert Leek's Sunday school

class of the East Park Baptist church hada party in the Staley club house Dec. 2.

We wish to thank the Staley Fellow-ship club, the men of the feed house, andall other Staley friends who were sothought fu l during the illness and at thetime of the death of our husband andfather.

Mrs. A. O. Snelson and family .

I want to thank the Fellowship cluband the men in the feed house for theflowers sent me while I was i l l .

Otto Hertrick.

I want to thank the Staley Fellowshipclub for the flowers sent me recently.

Walter Grant, Sr.

I want to thank the Fellowship clubfor the flowers sent me while I was ill.

Fred Sablowski.

Blizzard NotesCharley Burkey stopped to help a man

get his car out of the drifts and thenrushed off to work—only to find afterlu- reached the plant that he had forgot-ten his shirt.

Lucile May dashed out to the plant ina t ax i and when she reached the FirstAid room she was ready for help. Shehad forgotten to comb her hair and hadno hair pins.

Bob Urfer drained his car to keep itfrom freezing and then almost froze him-helf filling it again.

John Kuhns got excited in the blizzardand locked up his razor. Consequentlyhi- went unshaven one cold day.

Rae Held was taking a load of audi t ingdepartment people to town during theblizzard when her car stalled on a rail-road track. The passengers jumped outwhen they saw a train coming, but Rae'scar got bumped. Esther Moody did arecord high jump, observers said.

Right in the midst of the blizzard HarryWalmsley discovered that the chains hehad used for five years were no longerany good and had to buy new ones.

Pete Wylie went home to mother thenight of the blizzard instead of buckingllv d r i f t s that completely surrounded hischicken farm west of town.

Howard File found thai his small "towncar" had another advantage when he golcaught in a snow drif t . He just liftedthe car out and went on.

DECEMBER DANCEColored members of ihe Fellowship

club had a dance in ihe club house Dec.1 1 . The music was ihe special fealure oft h i s parly for il was furnished by Ihe fa-mous jug band.

•Oscar Knoeble, superintendent of Ele-

vator C, has been quile ill for Ihree weeksand is slill unable lo be at the plant.

Evidence"I advertised that the poor would be

welcome in this church," said the min-ister, "and after inspecting the collection,I see thai ihey have come."—BostonTranscript.

"Why does Ihis theatre have ils or-cheslra concealed?"

"Why? Just wait unlil you hear ilplay."

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LOST DOGSonic small friends of Charley Long

are very sad just now because their dog,Bozo, is lost. Bozo formerly made hishome in the Staley garage but later wassold to these children. Now he is lostand the children are broken-hearted.Bozo is a small black dog with whitemarkings—not very valuable, but verymuch loved.

The day, shortly before Christmas,when holly napkins were put into use inthe cafeteria, Cap Enlow and Mark Becklooked around for the finger bowls. Theysaid that with such style they would ex-pect finger bowls, at least.

Ruth Doyle Lake says there may benothing to it but she believes that if shegives that little kick she gets more pinsin bowling.

CATS LIKE MILKJohnny Anderson and Harold Wilbur

will have to buy a cow soon to provideenough milk for their cats. Johnny sayshe has to keep the cats or the rats willrun off with the records and Wilbur sayscats are the only protection the elevatorhas. While they are debating the pur-chase of the cow the two men make regu-lar trips to the restaurant for milk. Wil-bur carries it off by the bottle but so farJohnny has carried his away in papercups.

Glen Smith, auditing, went home inHammond for Christmas and KennethDavidson, of the same department spentChristmas at home in Kenney.

Charley Burkey is rapidly gainingweight but he refuses to tell how muchhe has gained.

A Cartoon of a Cartoonist

Our Cartoonist I ai: Hook, said there were no lights on that biij bad coal truck whichwas standing halfway across the street ivhcn his nice new Ford rammed into it. SunJack, who happened to be in on the trouble, said Dad was right, but the l-'ord sufferedjust the same.

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BIRTHDAY SURPRISEA group of men at the p lant walked

in on Syl Ivens Saturday n ight , Dec. 28,yel l ing "surprise" and t h r u s t i n g s i f t* •'"the i r host . I t was Syl's b i r t h d a y l i n t hehad not been consulted nor advised aliontthe party and his first knowledge of itwas when the guests arrived. They gavehim a wrist watch in honor of the oc-casion.

Boh Patton got awfully anxious for hispie one day and started up to lunch onlyto find after he got into the cafeteria thatit was just 10:30 a. m. Bob says he eatshis lunch at the plant because it is theonly place he can eat his pie first—theonly proper time to eat pie, he contends.

Even a gingerale at a night club makesyou think you are seeing double whenyou see the bill.—Detroit News.

MARINE

l-.d Pcarcy scents to be listening to thesad sea waves. He is one of the "Fight-ing Marines" and this picture was taken inNicaragua where lie is stationed. Hisfather. "Hass" Pcarcy works in the plant,and his sister, Grace Hales, works in thean ill tint/ department.

SCHEDULE

Jan . 2—M. V. S. S. vs. Staleys.

Jan. 6—Decatur Pump vs. Sta-leys.

Jan. 27—Staleys vs. 111. Bell.

Although pessimism occasionally cropsup with predictions of defeat, the Staleybasketball team has so far not been de-feated by any other team in the Y. M. C.A. Industrial league. Some of the gameshave been hard fought and two of therecent ones had doubtful moments, buttoward the end sudden spurts brought theStaley boys up winning.

The first of this trio of games was theStaley-Mueller contest when the scorefinally turned to Staley favor with a 32to 29 final. There were many anxiousmoments before this final score seemedpossible.

The first week in December the Staleyboys met the I. P. & L. team which wentdown in a 30 to 19 defeat. Then camethe game which everyone had been look-ing forward to and which many had bee'idreading, although no one expressed thatdread—the Staley-Wabash game. Thiswas another hard fought contest hutagain Staleys won, the score being 32 to27.

These games are attracting an increas-ing amount of attention, and on nightswhen the Staley team plays the Y Annexis crowded much beyond capacity. CoachGene Roberts is working hard with themen and is expecting better games duringthe remainder of the season than havebeen played so far. The season endsApril 7 with Staleys playing I. T. S.

To All Foremen and Club Members:We do not want any foremen or other

club members to feel that the names theyturned in for Christmas baskets were notgiven ful l consideration. We were al-lowed only a given amount to spend andonly a limited number of baskets couldbe sent. Some of the names had to beleft out and the selection was made ascarefully as possible. We are sorry aboutthis and hope that next year we can takecare of all names turned in.

Fellowship Club Committee.

THE STJJLBY JOURNAL

INITIATIONPhi Delta Kappa had initiation and a

stag party in the Staler club house Dec.16. Carl Waltens and Glen Smith, audit-ing, are members of the fraterni ty.

They aren't making any loud noiseabout it, hut secretly Fred Klumpp andRed Thornborough. are rather confidentabout their ability to win from all comer*in penochle.

F. Xattkemper, sales manager of theDecatur Milling Co., was guest for lunchat the plant one day recently of RobertRoseberry, of the grain department.

FAREWELL PARTYMr. and Mrs. R. K. Urfer entertained

a number of f r iends at a pot luck rabbitsupper in the Staley club house, Dec. 13.The affair was in honor of Air. and Mrs.K. H. Stieber, who left soon after for thewinter in Florida. After dinner therewere eight tables of bridge.

Bill Pollock, carpenter foreman, has re-cently sold his colonial home in EastWood street and has purchased a largebrick residence on the East William streetroad. He has already moved into thenew home.

HANK KLEINSWTH-LOVES- CMicl<E.<S-

TME NEIGHBORS

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STALEY FELLOWSHIP CLUB BOWLING LEAGUEDecember 18, 1929

TeamTraffic CopsPresident's Own .Supt's. Slaves . . .Sales PetsMechanical DubbsJournal Gabbers .Laboratory DudesProcess Sbeiks . .Grain Slickers . . .Purchasing CobbsForeman KickersAuditor 's Crooks

Won..28..28..27..26..22. .22..22..21. .20..19..18..17

Lost171718192323232425262728

Pet.6226226005784894894894674444224(10378

Avg.788781788744759756751770758755757744

Hi Garni1

89291696587088 1892845958858894868856

DogF.a. Week

FileC. FitchCrabbMaysFletcherButlerKncebelBowmanPotterMathewsPcrcivalKeck

TEN HIGH BOWLERS

Xame TeamMintun ACLarrick GSMay TCCrabb SSWoodworth SSWest POLitz LI)Leipski . . . FKBishop SSWalker . . . M I )

Games43444530454545433345

Pins7962807881415384795677307699732755677531

Avg.185184181179177172171170169167

Hi Game:266236228228267234211222222242

TEAM STANDING STALEY GIRLS' LEAGUEDecember 19th, 1929

Team Won Lost Pet. Avg. Hi GameRoll 'Ems 18 12 600 507 627Grain Specials 15 15 500 526 669Financial Difficulties 14 16 467 491 604K n o c k O u t s . ..13 17 433 503 620

TEN HIGH BOWLERS

Xame TeamCochran GSHebert, G KOHarder FDCochran, J GSHebert, M RHeffernan FDMart in RRobb RStarks KOPierce R

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THE STRLEY JOURNAL

Little Boy Has Big Christmas

An uncle and an aunt at the Stalcy plant helped make young Charles Thomas Jonesone of Decatur'c happy little boys Christmas day. He is just three years old but he lovesthe tool chest his aunt. Mrs. Knight of the restaurant gave him. His prize possession isthe railroad gh'cn him by his uncle, George H. Jones, an electrician at the plant. Anotherlimit in lingland sent him the sweater lie is wearing.

ACTORS ALL!An epidemic of acting has overtaken a

few of the electricians and Heinie Broad-hear, the foreman, is afraid that it willspread. For a long time Bob Leek wasthe only actor in the crowd. He oftenhad to leave promptly at 4:30 because hewas rehearsing for a play at the church.Now Frank Koshinski says he is follow-ing the stage in off moments, for he isalso in s. play. Some of the electricianshave been unkind enough to say thatFrank is trying to steal Bob's title of"Doug Fairbanks."

Mary HefFernan has never fallen downyet at the bowling alley, but some day,when she makes that famous final slideshe is going to follow the ball down thealley.

Bus March had lived in an apartmentall summer and then just before coldweather set in he moved into a house.Well, to say the least he knows now whatkeeps a furnace going.

DANCE AT CLUBEmployes of the Purity bakery had a

supper and dance in the club house Sat-urday, Dec. 14.

Born — To Mr. and Mrs. Frank Quickel,1204 N. Edward street, Dec. 9, in Deca-tur and Macon County hospital, a son.Mr. Quickel works in the garage.

Born — To Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lewis,Dec. 15, in Decatur and Macon Countyhospital, a son. Mr. Lewis works in theStaley plant.

Fred Sablowski, of the steep house, re-turned to work in December after an il l-ness of six weeks.

Born — To Mr. and Mrs. Wil l iam I).Hedenbcrg, 3847 East Marietta street,Dec. 26, a daughter. She has been namedPatricia Aileen. Mr. Hedenberg works inthe table house.

"Do you believe in clubs for women?""Sure, clubs, brick bats, or anything."

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FURf T AD)Constipation

By Lucile May, R.N., Plant Nurse.Habitual constipation is one of t In-

forms of body abuse which is as habitualas drunkenness. It is a habit whichgrows on one from childhood. It iscaused by improper food, improper or notenough exercise and irregular habits.

The child who is trained from infancyin the right habits will have no troublein later life. Regular habits are as easyto acquire as bad ones but the child mustbe trained into them. Children who aretaught early in life the importance of go-ing to the toilet regularly seldom havetrouble later in life.

Diet should contain plenty of fresh f ru i tand vegetables. Bulky food, such as cel-ery and lettuce should be eaten in quan-tities. The peelings of apples, plums,grapes and similar f rui ts should also beeaten. Many frui ts and vegetables hav-ja natural laxative.

White bread should not be eaten dayin and day out. A little is good but achange to dark bread is most advisable.M u f f i n s of wheat and bran and corn adda good variety to the diet.

Drink plenty of water, not to washdown your food, but between meals andespecially early in the morning. Havefruit <>r fruit juice for breakfast and somefru i t juice or an apple, orange or somesimilar frui t before bed if you are hungry.Fruit is always better at bedtime thancandy.

Exercises that keep the abdominal mus-cles strong are helpful. Included in theseexercises are walking, bending, touchingthe finger tips to the floor without bend-ing the knees, and turning the body, heelstogether, feet flat on the floor.

The Whole Bunch"Say, mister," said the l i t t le fellow to a

next door neighbor, "are you the man whogave my brother a dog last week?"

"Yes.""Well, may says to come and take them

all back."

THE GIRLS HAVE FUNBlizzards seem to have a good effect

en girls at the Staley plant who bowl.At any rate some who had been throw-ing a goodly share of their balls into thegutter, changed about abruptly the nightcf the big blizzard and got a surprisingamount of wood. Perhaps the fact thatRay Hill announced a box of candy forthe high game on each team for thatnight accounted for some of the goodscores.

Most of the candy winners were oldheads, the one exception being VivianPierce, of Roll 'Ems, who climaxed herimprovement in bowling by stepping upand claiming the honors for her team witha 146. Other winners of candy that even-ing were Javais Cochran, Gertrude Hebertand Helen Harder.

Doris Hill is a f iuie t conservative girlgenerally but when she gets going in thebowling alley she cuts capers with thebest of them. She has been known todance a jig when she got a strike.

Mary Heffernan finally did fall down,while making one of her famous slides,but her balls bring down the pins, whichis the important thing.

Kathleen Starks finds that she alwaysgets more pins if she stamps her foot sev-eral times just after she releases theball.

Some day Grace Bales is going to for-get and watcli her ball all the way downthe alley. Generally she starts it goingand turns her back. That's why she isalways so surprised when she gets astrike.

Ruby Kiely is the surprise of the plantfor Ruby likes bowling. Nobody everthought she would because one can't bowland keep her hands spotless and Rubydoes hate to get dirty.

After Margy Robb has bowled anotherseason or two her ballet technique will beperfect. As she puts down her ballMargy does a heel and toe balance tha t isa wonder.

The best way for a minis ter to meet Dorotha David, auditing, spent Christ-liis flock is to join a Golf Club. was at her home in Sullivan.

Of InterestSalads Are Needed Every Day

They Can Be Plain and Easily Made of OrdinaryFruits and Vegetables

Because salads sometimes look decorative many housewives pass themup in their daily meal planning as too much work. In reality salads, evenextremely attractive ones, are surprisingly easy to make.

From the health view point salads are necessary in the daily diet. Thisis especially true of those made of uncooked frui ts and vegetables. Thewhole family should be trained to expect and enjoy a salad once a day.

BEAN SALADOne-half can kidney beans, 1 small

onion. 3 small sweet pickles. 3 hardcooked eggs. Celery, green pepper, saltand pepper. Mix with mayonnaise.

CABBAGE SALADThe salads given below were selected

because the material for them are health-ful and easy to obtain.

Shred cabbage and mix with equalpart of diced celery. Mix with the follow-ing hot dressing, and serve cold.

Two teaspoons sugar, r/2 teaspoon salt,l/2 teaspoon mustard, }/% teaspoon pepper,l/2 cup vinegar, 1 tablespoon Staley's oil,1 teaspoon flour, 1 egg yolk.

Mix first four ingredients, stir in vine-gar and boil all together. Rub flour andoil to a cream and pour on boiling vine-gar. Cook S minutes and then pour itgradually over the well beaten yolk orwhole egg. Mix while hot, with cabbage.

RUSSIAN SALADOne cup cooked carrots. 1 cup cooked

potatoes, 1 cup cooked peas, 1 cup cookedbeans.

Dice all vegetables, and marinate withFrench dressing. Drain and mix withmayonnaise.

CABBAGE AND CARROT SALADChop fine equal amounts of cabbage

and crisp raw carrots. Mix with mayon-naise, season well with salt, pepper andpaprika and serve cold.

CARROT SALADOne cup fresh carrots, chopped; 1 cup

celery, diced; l/2 green pepper, chopped.Mix with mayonnaise or trench dress-

ing.

FOR LETTUCENo salad material is more dependable

the year round than lettuce. By usingdifferent dressings, it can be made intoa variety of salads itself.

Plain mayonnaise or French dressingcan be changed a bit by adding somecheese — Roquefort, cream, pimento,American or cottage.

The addition of chopped, hard cookedeggs, minced sardines and a little onionto French dressing makes an elaboratesalad of a piece of lettuce.

A plain French dressing can also bechailged easily by the addition of somechili sauce, chopped eggs, olives and nuts.

VEGETABLE SALADOne cup cooked peas, 1 cup cooked

beets, diced; 1 cup green beans in one-half inch pieces.

Toss together careful ly in frei ich dress-ing. Garnish with hard cooked eggs.Cold boiled potatoes, diced, may lie added,or diced American cheese.

GRAPE FRUIT SALADMix equal parts of grape f ru i t pulp with

celery. Mix with mayonnaise. Almondsmay be added if desired.

APPLE SALADTwo cups tart apples, diced; 2 cups

celery; 1 cup pecans or almonds, cut .

toTMomenCut apples and put in lemon juice.

When ready to serve drain and mix withmayonnaise. Serve on lettuce.

BANANA SALADMake a circle on lettuce leaves of

sliced bananas. In the center heapcrushed pineapple. Cover with mayon-naise. Add nuts if desired.

PERFECTION SALADOne package gelatine, % cup cold

water, y2 cup mild vinegar, 1 pint boilingwater, 1 teaspoon salt, juice of one lemon,l/2 cup sugar, 1 cup finely shredded cab-bage, 2 cups chopped celery, }4 small canpimento finely cut.

Soak gelatine in cold water 5 minutes.Add vinegar, lemon juice, boiling water,salt and sugar. Add remaining ingredientswhen beginning to set, pour into moldsand let set.

PIQUANT FRENCH DRESSING1 c Staley's oil1 T paprika

y$ t black pepper1 T chili sauce or catsup34 c cider vinegar^6 t cayenne

1 t prepared mustardMix dry ingredients, add other ingredi-

ents and stir well. Pour all into a bottlethat has a tight cork. Shake until thickand well-mixed and serve on salad. Ifkept in a bottle, it is always ready to beshaken up before using. This saves agreat deal of trouble, for French dressingseparates on standing.

ELECTRICITY IS SAFE BUT DON'TABUSE IT

An almost universal familiarity withelectricity and the perfection of modernelectrical appliances have made accidentsinfrequent . Nevertheless, certain precau-tions are advisable, and the AccidentPrevention Committee of the NationalElectric Light Association has recentlyformulated a list of rules. These, in part,are:

1. Use molded composition or porce-lain sockets in bathrooms, basements and

all other damp places. Use wall switcheswhere possible.

2. If the insulation on a cord hasfailed, or become ineffective throughwater-soaking, the metal socket becomescharged, and a dangerous shock may bereceived by a person with damp handswho touches any electrical appliancewhile standing on a wet floor or takinga bath.

3. Never leave an electric iron on any-thing that will burn. Do not use lamps,irons or toasters to warm a bed.

4. Extension cords should be handledcarefully to prevent injury to the pro-tective covering of the wires.

5. Additional wiring should be doneonly by a responsible electrician.

6. If a fuse blows out, your circuit isbeing overloaded or a. defective applianceis being used. Correct the trouble beforereplacing the fuse.

7. Do not string aerials over or underelectric wires. A radio aerial which hasfallen against power wires is probablyalive and dangerous.

8. Fallen wires on streets or anywhereelse may be alive. Avoid them, and no-tify the electric company.

GOOD TO KNOWVinegar in the water for washing dishes

and utensils after serving fish? A table-spoon to about a quart of water will re-move all fish odor.

Cracking the pits of prunes and us-ing the kernels in your cooking as youwould nuts? Combined with other nutsor alone they give a very good flavor, es-pecially in prune desserts.

A little kerosene in your water forcleaning porcelain plumbing fixtures? Ifyour fixtures are in need of a thoroughcleaning, use kerosene by itself, wipe offthoroughly, and rinse well. It will re-move all scum and grease and leave theporcelain shining.

Washing sweaters or jersey or anykind of wool clothing that will stretch, ina bag? A large flour sack will do. Leavethem in the sack for drying. They willnot stretch and will wash very nicely

»"I'll expand my chest or bust," said the

woman as she went into the gym.

lheMan in the MoonI l e r m a n Herbert—

That the Supreme Architect of theUniverse will grant me the powerto forgive Edward I lurchers in thevear Nine t een Hundred Thir tv .

Bob Patten—

That silence will lie the goldenrule in the Storeroom dur ing thecoming year, and that my hoyswi l l th ink twice before they speakonce.

K d m u n d Smith—

That beginning Xew Years day.man's inhumanity to man w i l l notbe tolerated in the Time Office.

Fred Klumpp- -That at the end of the year l ( >. i ( ) ,1 w i l l be the proud owner of tenthousand m i n k s w h i c h w i l l enab leme to f u l f i l l a l l mv fur coat prom-ises.

Jack Fletcher -

That I become K i n g of the C r a n -bcrrv M e r c h a n t s next vear.

Charles Fitch—That the cr i t ics do the chari tablework for the Fellowship Club.

Cecil Walker-

That I w i l l not tell Ray Schererabout any of my hunt ing tripswith beagles for at least one calen-dar year.

Doc llollis—

That some power the gi f te giveme to resist the temptation ofsmoking and that the company 1represent will have a very pros-perous New Year.

That Peace on earth and good w i l lto all mankind is the greatestteacher greeting for the NewYear.

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Speaking of ChickensSmith was busy in his back yard with

saw and hatchet while his w i f e nursed abad cold in the house when a neighborcame to the fence.

"Good morning, Mr. Smith," he said."How is Mrs. Smith this mornin'?"

"Just about the same," old Smith re-plied. "She didn't sleep very well lastnight."

"That's too had." the neighbor sympa-thized! and then, as a raucaus sound camefrom the house, he added solicitously: "Is'pose that's her coughin', ain't it.'"

"No," old Smith answered absent-mindedly , his eyes still on his work; "itain't her coffin, it's a new hen-house."

Sergeant—"Men, ye are on the ave ofbattle. Will yes fight or will yez run""

"We will," shouted the men eagerly."Which will yez do?" says he."We will not," says they."Thank ye, men," says he. "I thought

ye would."

Read This Out LoudBefore they were married, he whis-

pered to her: "Were I drowning in themiddle of the At lant ic ocean—going downfor the third time—you would be the lastperson I'd think of." It made her feelhappy.

After they had been married severalyears he made the same speech. It didn'tseem to have the same meaning then.Besides, she didn't like the way he said it.So she hit him wi th a plate.—Pure OilNews.

Badly NeededDealer—So you are working on an in-

vention that you are sure will make yourich.

Son—Yes, it's a phonograph record thatwill melt after it's played the sixth time.

Cured"Well, young man, I ' l l soon have you

on your feet again.""You're right, doctor; I 'll have to sell

my automobile to pay your bill."

A little girl at tending an EpiscopalChurch for the first time, was amazed tosee all kneel suddenly. She asked hermother what they were going to do. Hermother replied, "Hush, they're going tosay their prayers."

"What, with all their clothes on?"-B-C-A News.

Little—These modern veterinaries arecertainly getting good.

Joe—What do you mean?Little—Why. I saw a sign yesterday

"Horses retailed".

Waechter—What is the difference be-tween gulf and golf?

Doe—Gulf is a waste of water—golf isa waste of time.

—•#March of Science

First Cock—What do you do with your-self now that the ice man is out of a job?

Second Cook—Well, the man who col-lects installments on the electric refrig-erator ain't such a bad sort.

In and Out"Was Maude in a bright red frock at

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Tid-Bits.

"So you were in the hospital threemonths! Must have been pretty sick!"

"Xo, pretty nurse."- •• -

He — Does Vera look her age?She — -No; she overlooks it.

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Oh, You Bad GirlA beautiful young lady and her bash-

ful suitor were alone in the parlor. Afterseveral minutes of silence she finally said:"\Yhat are you thinking about, John?"

"The s-s-same thing you are," hu finallyblurted out.

"Oh, you had boy, I've a good notion toslap your mouth."

- -•• -Motor Cop (after bard chase) — Why in

hell didn't you stop when I shouted backthere?

Driver (with only five bucks, but pres-ence of mind) — I thought you just said:"Good morning, Senator."

Cop — Well, you see, Senator, I wantedto warn you about driving fast throughthe next township. — Middlebury BlueBaboon.

- <• -"And what is the Stock Market?" asked

the inquisitive little boy. "The StockMarket, my child," replied the wiser butsadder father, "is the place where bullsrush in where bears so fiercely tread."

"I heard a good joke on us plumberstoday."

"What was it?""Gosh, I forgot it."

"Your sweetie sure uses plenty of makep.""She's my powdered sugar."

Of CourseChapel Speaker—What is it a sign of

when a college man never passes any-thing?

Back Row—Poor table manners.

A Good RemedyAn elderly beginner, fully equipped

with a heavy bag of clubs and a caddieessayed a round of golf at St. Andrews.His play was consistently wretched, andthe caddie all but burst into tears.

At last the player became bunkered inone of the most impregnable hazards onthe course, and, after endeavoring to dis-lodge the ball with every club in his ar-moury, turned to the caddie and asked,feebly, "What shall I take now?"

The caddie looked at the golfer with agleam of hope in his eye.

"Poison," he suggested gloomily.

Fond Mother—Quiet dear, the sand-man is coming.

Modern Child—Okay mom, a dollar andI won't tell pop.

Mistress—Clematis, I think I smellsomething burning downstairs. Did yonremember to turn off the electric ironwhen you left the ironing-board, as Itold you?

Clematis—Yes'm, I did. I mos' surelydid. I pulled dat chain once, lake you tol'me. den I pull it again, to make sure.—Life.

She—I'm going to sell kisses at theCharity Bazaar. Do you think $1 eachis too high?

He—Oh, no. People expect to berobbed at bazaars, anyhow.—Exchange.

At last we have an alibi: Our entirefortune has been wiped out in Wall Street.

Wife—When you came home last nightyou said you had been to the Grand withMr. Jones. Xow you say it was the Troc-adero. Why did you lie?

Husband—When I came home I could-n't saj' Trocadero!

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Lament of the SalesmanWhen a plumber makes a mistake, he

charges twice for it. When a lawyermakes a mistake, it is just what he wantedbecause he can start all over again. Whenthe doctor makes a mistake, he buries it.When a judge makes a mistake, it be-comes a law. When a preacher makes amistake, nobody knows the difference.But when a salesman makes a mistake—GOOD NIGHT!

A street car inspector was watchingthe work of the green Irish conductor.

"Here, Foley, how is this?" he said."You have ten passengers and only ninefares are rung up."

"Is that so?" said Foley. Then turn-ing to the passengers, he shouted:

"There's wan too many av yez on thiscar. Git out o'here, wan av yez!"

Mother's MistakeLittle Lucy (to guest)—Do you like

that cake, Mrs. Brown?Mrs. Brown—Yes, deary, very much.Little Lucy—That's funny, 'cause

mother said you haven't any taste.

A gent alcoholically oversubscribedwandered into a movie. During the inter-mission, while the audience was beingbored with announcements of fu ture films,the drunk got to his feet and called out:

"Is there a doctor in the house?"There was. A man down in the third

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*"What would I have to give you to get

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Mrs. Amplewaite—Am I to take thisbefore or after meals?

"Miranda, whassat light shinin" in yo'eyes?"

"Tha's my stop light, Rastus."

Wow!Two girls were walking along the

street."Oh," said one, "your bloomeres fell.""Thanks," said the other; "I might have

lost them!""And you just bought them, too," re-

plied the first girl as she picked up thepackage and handed it to her friend.

The small lad of the family had actedso badly that punishment of some sortwas necessary.

"Jimmy," commanded his mother, "finda switch and bring it to me."

Shortly after, the bright young man re-turned.

"I couldn't find a switch, ma," he re-ported, "but here's a big rock you canthrow at me."

Sandy (to his daughter) — Young Mc-Pherson has asked me for your hand, andI have consented.

Daughter — You dear old dad!Sandy — So never mind going to the

dentist's now to have that tooth pulled —wait until you are married.

"My wife throws a fit every time Icome home late."

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9 Points^of Superiority \. Gives complete protection

2. No loss by boiling away3. No damage to radiator or engine4. Will not heat up a motor5. No effect on paints or varnishes6. Non-inflammable7. Odorless8. Does not become viscous at low temperature9. Economical to use

MOREHOUSE & WELLS CO.134-144 E. MAIN—Phone 4231 22nd AT WILLIAM-Phone 2-0043

THE REASON WHY LINCOLN DESKS LASTHere is a cross section of a LINCOLN 5-Ply Bui l tup Desk Top, made intheir own factory from selected air and ki ln dried woods. Lincoln veneersdo not strip; finishes do not check; tops do not become wavy.

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1:Solid V K a i l , toiiKiu-il :in.a v n u n i l t i n - I'll.w. Ma.If i l l -and K r a i n as tup |:ly.

-Top Ply, selected figured wood set at rightangles to next ply.

-Second and Fourth Plys, /«" Birch placedright angles lo cere.

-Core, made up of hasswood strip not over3J^" wide, tongue and glued.

-Fourth Ply, see second ply.—Bottom Ply, birch, same thickness as top

and at right angles to fourth ply.

TODAY THE EXPERIENCED BUYER KNOWS HOW HIS DESK IS MADE and BUYS ACCORDINGLY

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