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C O N T E N T S

A Real Adventure(Chamberlain)

Staleyisms . . . .

W . S . Pritchard . . . .

Looking Backward

In the Sales Department .

Begin in the Home(O'Brien)

B. M. Hess»

Shooting the Rapids .

Football

Martin Seaney . . . .Plant TalkRoastsCartoons

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Art Work . . . H. N. Stadler

A monthly publication in the interest ofthe employes of the A. E. Staley Mfg. Co.

Editor, DOROTHY BAKER

lOc the copy Subscription SI.00 per year

Staley Fellowship JournalA. E. Staley, Mfg. Co., Decatur, Illinois

Vol. Ill NOVEMBER, 1919 No. 5

A Real Adventurer

Albert Hoffman, pattern maker forthis company, has a most interesting his-tory. Born in the mountains of Silesia,one of the least known districts of Ger-many, he has, by his own ambition anddetermination, traveled far and accom-plished much. His people before himwere woodworkers, carpenters, pattern-makers, wood carvers, etc. His fa therfollowed one of the most difficult artsknown—that of a stair builder.

At the age of thi r teen years Albertwas apprenticed to a master wood-worker, who operated a large shop in theneighboring town of Hausdorf. Theterms of his i nden tu re were rigorous in-deed. His parents paid down 30 marks,

equivalent to about $60 for the privilege.The master builder took the boy intohis own home and gave him his mealsand room. He received no wages andwas required to buy his own clothes andfurnish any spending money that he had.His own home town, Friedrichshain, wastwelve miles distant by railroad, but rail-road fare cost money, and when Albertmade his weekly journey home, it wasby footpaths across two high mountains.This journey he per formed every Sat-urday night, re turning early on Monday,morning.

Being apprentice boy in that farawaycountry was not at all a bed of roses.Mechan ics of the h ighes t skill received

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f rom 80c to $1 a day and boarded them-selves. At his master's table. Albertfound meat twice a week. The menu atother times was made up of soups, pud-dings, etc., but as he himself says, allthe men were strong and hearty, and hisown young muscles developed well ont h i s pr imit ive fare.

At the end of three years, Albert'snatural ability demanded that he begiven an opportunity to prove himselfa master of the craft. Accordingly, acommittee of the master woodworkersof the town was appointed to set him atask to prove his skill. Should he per-form this task accurately and rapidly, itwould be called his masterpiece, andwould permit him to'seek employment asa master craf tsman. Albert 's master-piece is shown in the accompanying cut.It consisted of an ornate window—eachpane of glass being mounted in a hingedframe. The window really consisted offour interior doors and four exteriordoors, all strongly joined and beautiful!}'proportioned.

Each day while this task was in prog-ress, the committee of four masters

called on him formally twice, once in theforenoon and once in the afternoon. Atthese visits, no comment was made, nosuggestion offered. It was simply todetermine that he was performing tin-work unaided and to check his mistakesif he made any. At the end of fourweeks, the masterpiece was finished, anda commit tee of twelve of the best knowncraftsmen of the city inspected the workwith due deliberation, and formally ce*-t if ied that Albert was now a mastercraftsman.

For a short t ime, Albert worked as ajourneyman in the same shop where helearned his trade. Then impelled by aresolute spirit, he journeyed, to far offBerlin. Here he had his First experiencewith labor unions. Every woodworkingshop in Berlin was operated under unionconditions, but these condi t i - jns werenot at all onerous. The shops workedon piece work wherever possible, andthe only funct ion of the union ,vas tobargain with the proprietors as to theproper rates to be paid. The unionsvery wisely compelled their employes todo a f u l l day's work, upon penalty of

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dismissal. Here the wages ran from$7.00 to $8.50 per week, without board orroom. The work required the greatestskill, being the manufacture of nearlyevery sort of musical ins t rument—vio-lins, guitars, harps, etc.

From time to time, as conditions ofwork or living changed, the owners anda committee of the employes would meetto readjust piece work rates. Theseconferences were always carried on am-icably, and at their conclusion, a copy ofthe rates were submitted to the policedepartment. Should one of the work-men attempt to organize a strike, he waspromptly arrested for violating theagreement. Should the employer at-t empt to devia te f rom the bargain, he

was also subject to the same penalty.Rates were so adjusted that the mostrapid workmen were able to make 42marks per week. However, the em-ployer was authorized to discharge anyman who did not make 35 marks perweek.

A f t e r two years in this musical instru-ment factory, Albert departed for Amer-ica. He landed in Baltimore, and beingtold that Milwaukee was largely settledby Germans, he immediately bought at i cke t to that Teutonic burg, ami securedemployment with the Nordberg Manu-fac tur ing Company, as a pattern maker.Later he worked at the same trade inSt. Louis, San Francisco, and Finallycame to Decatur as a wood carver, at

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ALBERT, THE ADVENTURER

the plant of the Decatur Mantle Com-pany, now burned.

Alber t has been with the Staley Manu-facturing Company six or seven years.He is not only a mechanic of unusualskill, but a designer and wood carverof consummate art. Since coming toD'ecatur, he has married and settleddown. His years of wandering areover, but he has proved himself the pos-sessor of the true pioneer spirit, thesame craving for the unknown that ani-mated the early settlers and carried thePilgrims on their voyage to the newworld. As a matter of comparison, con-sider one of our own boys, who at thetender age of 20, journeys 4000 milesfrom home into a fore ign country,among foreign people, unable to speak aword of their language, and does it forthe love of excitement, travel, educationand discovery.

Albert does not in any way, resemblea swash-buckling adventurer , but be-neath his quiet exterior, is the same dar-ing, the same compelling desire to gam-ble with fate, that imbued Raleigh andhis lusty crew.

CARNEGIEGRAMSMan should always be money's mas-

ter; he should keep money in the posi-tion of a useful servant.

To try to make the world in some waybetter than you found it, is to have anoble motive in life.

Common sense is the most uncommonand the most valuable quality in man orwoman.

Cultivate a taste for reading that youmay know what the world has done andis doing.

Business is a means to an end; thegreatest end is service to the1 community.

Happy is the man who has to work, towork hard and to work long.

You cannot push a man up a ladderunless he is willing to climb.

The vital enemy of labor is labor, notcapital.

Mutual ignorance ever breeds mutualdistrust. —The Iron Trade Review.

Husband—"You never kiss me exceptwhen you want money."

Wife—"Well, isn't that of ten enough.

BOTH ARE HOFFMAN PRODUCTS, THECHAIR AND THE 8-YEAR-OLD , SON,FRANI\LIN.


T A L E Y I S M SPeople .who tell the truth.People on whom there is no price.People whose word is bankable at par.People who ring true in word and action.People who are honest because it is righl.People who do, then talk; not ta>lk and quit.People who are courageous without stimulants.People who are sound clear through to the core.People irho admit the f a l l i b i l i t y of themselves.People -who forget friendship in condemning

wrong.People 1o irhoin life /* a journey 1o a better end.People irho look right and wrong squarely in

the eye.People irhose consciences a<re sieadi/. stable and

true.People irho knotr that lying is a canker on char-

acter.People irho believe in a square deal or no deal

at all./'eo/iic irho irelcome prosperity iritlionl mental

paralysis.People itfio sell their best efforts at a profit to

the buyerPeople who gii'e value received with a bonus for

good measure.I'eople irho recognise that performance brings

pay and enterprise advancement.

People of t h i s type arethe backbone of Staleysuccess. They have madethis institution what it istoday. They will makeour success even greater.Boost together and en-joy the resulting pros-perity.


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dards of the A. E. StaleyMfg. Co. have been setfor th by the president, A.E. Staley. In the life andwork of the man herepictured, these principlesand standards are exem-plif ied, and it is 'becausesuch men as he belong tothe company that it ispossible to claim thesestandards.

The oldest employe ofthe Company in point ofservice, he now fills theposition of second vice-president . It will be 22years next March s i n c eMr. Staley, out sellingCream Corn Starch f o rthe f i rs t time, employedW. S. Pritchard to workwith him. At that time,.Mr. Pritchard was clerk-ing in Oscar's Grocerystore in Baltimore. Hewas an a ler t young manwhom Mr. Staley decidedwould be of value to himand this first judgment

has always been confirmed. Two or three times, when the business was inrather a tight place, Mr. Pritchard nearly gave up his position, but was inducedby Mr. Staley to stay and weather the storm with him.

As a flute and piccolo player, it is doubtful if Mr. Pritchard can be equalledin Baltimore. His avocation is playing solo parts with orchestras and bands.

Mr. Pritchard knows the Baltimore business thoroughly and is counted byMr. Staley as one of the most reliable, dependable, loyal and fai thful men he, hasever known.


Looking Backward

When we take a retrospective view ofthe past summer and fall covering theuncalled for dissatisfaction among allclasses of labor in Decatur and also inthe United States, we feel that an art iclecongratulating the 1500 men of the A.E. Staley plant for their loyalty and con-tentedness during all these stirringtimes which have marred the efficiencyof other factories, railroads and coalmines in our midst, is due these men.The answer to the Question. "Why ouremployes did not join any Bolshevisticmovement under the name of LaborUnions." is as follows:

In the first place, the Staley Companydoes not use class rule, tyranny, injus-tice, nor violate the employes' rights,pays wages commensurate with the highcost of living and meets all the emer-gencies of its men with the true principleof the Brotherhood of Man. On theoilier hand, our employes, at least themajor portion, realize that they carry alittle world under their own hats, in

which, with good luck and good manage-ment, there has been peace at the Staleyplant. Each one of us has realized thatthe world we carry under our own hatis the most important. In it may al-ways prevai l the high privilege of self-determination.

If this small individual world is ingood order, the troubles of the large out-side world will be to each of us only asecondary concern. As we contem-plate the'industrial strife in Decatur andelsewhere, it is remarkable how tran-quility has been maintained in the littleworld under our hats at the A. E. StaleyMfg. Co.

There was a poet who wrote, "Mymind to me a kingdom is," and anotherwho averred from his hospital bed, "Iam the captain of my soul." The onlykingdom that amounts to much nowa-days is the kingdom of the mind, andthe mastery best worth maintaining isstill the mastery of one's own soul.The kingship of the mind, the mastery

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of the soul do not depend on the Leagueof Nations. The greatest thing in theworld is not advertisement, nor organi-zation, nor efficiency, nor sea-power, norair-power, nor any mechanism from agovernment to a gun. The greatestthing in the world is a man. And thegreatest kingdom and the best worthruling is the one under the man's hat.Self control, self respect and self abnega-tion are the bases of character and it ison character that the world must de-pend.

Our employes should feel happy inthe thought that they re f ra ined f romjoining the unions who fought so hardthis last season to enroll the Staley plantin the Column of Bolshevism. But theprinciple of self government under one'shat solved the question. The cure forCapitalism and Laborism, nationalism,materialism and jingoism, race antipathyand all the unruly ambitions and desiresthat tease and bedevil mankind have thesame remedy for all: Self governmentunder one's own hat; self government'based on realization that the highest of-fice is to serve, and the door of happinessis love. Our employes have figured the

cost of a strike for they realize that thecountry could 'finally 'beat a strike. Ourmanagement has given indubitable proofof its desire to be not only very fair butvery liberal to labor at this plant.

A strike could be beaten asi decisivelyas Germany was beaten. But the worldwill be counting the cost of beating Ger-many for many years. The cost of beat-ing strikes in this country is terrif ic. Thematerial cost fal ls on every business andevery household in the land." The spirit-ual cost in anger and bitterness wouldlong outlast the material costs.

You cannot build a sound house out ofrotten bricks, nor a good government outof bad citizens. Y«u can not make goodcitizens unless you instill into them goodideals. The ideal at this plant comespretty close to 'being the Golden Rule—the Golden Rule expressed in terms ofserving the men before ourselves.

—W. O. Jamison.

"Do you think," said the Pretty Sou-brette, "that it is unlucky to get marriedon Friday?" "Sure," replied the LowComedian. "Why should Friday be anexception."

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In the Sales DepartmentAfter having made an extensive ac-

quaintance among starch buyers, and anexhaustive study of the application ofstarch in the many and varied industries,Mr. J. L. Anderson came to our generaloffices on Oct 1st to take charge of thesale of starches and the by-products ofcorn.

lie makes his bow to the readers ofthe Journal in the accompanying photo,which was reluctant ly given for thissketch. From it the reader may at oncediscover that Mr. Anderson is nei ther soyoung nor so slender as to excite com-ment . However, that vvkle. high fore-head betokens qualit ies more admirable'than those solely physical ones.

.[. L. AXDE|RSON

Jim proudly admits an English ances-try, although his family were long resi-dents of Canada, where he was born.Brains and ability are apt to run throughan entire family, and the Andersons are agoo'd illustration. All are long headed,smart, dominating, f r iend-making people.

Jim's brother, Bishop Anderson of Chi-cago, is undoubtedly more widely knownin religious circles than our Sales Man-ager. Nevertheless, Jim's many fr iendsmaintain that had he devoted himself toa spiritual, instead of a secular l i f e , hewould have gained an equally extensivefollowing.

In early life it became evident thatJim's bump of sp i r i tua l i ty was consider-ably overshadowed by several otherbumps, and at least one of these bumpsbetokened a shrewd commercial in-stinct. At any rate, Jim found himselfat an early age, engaged as a commer-cial traveler. It happened within a shorttime that he made the acquaintance ofMr. Staley, and this chance meeting soonripened into a strong loyal f r iendshipthat has lasted ever since.

In earlier years they were hard fight-ing competitors. Later on, Mr. Ander -son became associated with Mr. Staleyin the various sell ing act ivi t ies of thisCompany. During the last several yearsJim has been calling- on the starchconsumers of the country, and it is asafe bet that he has a f r i end in everytown where he has stopped.

Blessed by nature with a wonderfu lphysique, an equable temper, a sunnydisposition, and a magnetic sympathy, he-was fur ther for tunate in having a splen-did education. As a result, he possessesan encyclopediac vocabulary and an in-comparable skill in the use of the Eng-lish language, all of which, joined as itis, to a fascinating manner and a pro-found commercial experience, fit him inthe most perfect way for the heavy re-sponsibilities of his new office. We pre-dict that he will set the prairies on fireand promise him our abiding supportand good wishes.

The Staley organization has long beendistinguished, by reason of the dignity,good looks, and size (not to say Corpu-lence) of the men who compose it. Atthe time this Journal reaches the handsof its readers, our organization will havebeen still further strengthened in thisrespect by the accession of G. A. John-son, known as the handsomest man inDecatur.

Mr. Johnson is a product of our neigh-boring city, Chicago, where he was bornand educated. Like so many other suc-cessful men, his entrance into businessl i f e was at an early age. He began with

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Sprague-Warner when fifteen years ofage as general, all-around cub in theCanned Foods department.

Several years later he went withFranklin McVeagh, as manager of theCanned Foods department. Six yearslater, 1913, he was employed by the Na-tional Grocer Company to buy cannedfoods for their thir teen wholesale dis-tributing houses.

Just at that time it happened thatthere was a vacancy in the managershipof the Decatur Branch. Mr. Johnsoncame to Decatur as acting manager untilsomeone else should be found to takethis position. The extraordinary suc-cess that attended his administrationhad the effect of locating him perman-ently in Decatur, as the National GrocerCompany did not fee l that they had any-one else equal to the task.

During the years that have elapsed,Mr. Johnson has very largely built up thetrade of the National Grocer Company.He has created for himself, a host offriends, both locally and in the largermarkets. He has also continued to do allthe canned goods buying for the parentcompany. But it would be entirely im-possible for any one man to personallyhandle all the intricate details pertainingto two such positions.

Mr. Johnson's great success may betraced to his exceptional ability as an or-ganixcr. He has built up for the localbranch, a wonderfu l aggregation ofsalesmen.—men who do not recognizethe possibility of failure. They are abunch of line fellows—so fu l l of en thu-siasm and physical vigor, that when theyreturn to the office on Saturday, a f t e r ahard week's work, they are still on theirtoes and whistling.

Not only did Mr. Johnson gatherabout him a splendid lot of salesmen, buthe was equally successful in bui lding up

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his internal organization. The grandtotal of this means that the NationalGrocer Company has, during Mr. John-son's administrat ion, grown with phe-nomenal rapidity, along healthful, con-servative lines and Mr. Johnson is nowready to turn over to his successor, amodel organization, fired with the spiritof success and bringing into the Com-pany every week a /heavy harvest oforders. We sympathize with the men ofthat organization, because they are aboutto lose a manager whom they love andrespect.

We congratulate Mr. St. John, thenew manager of the business, on beingable to step into an important and re-sponsible position when at the very cli-max of its prosperity. We have no doubtthat he will continue in every way thegood work of his predecessor.

G. A. JOHXSOX

Mr. Johnson is perhaps more widelyknown for his athletic prowess than as asuccessful merchant . For twelve yearsprior to his coming to Decatur, he hadbeen an active member of the athletic


squad, first of the Chicago Athletic Club,and later of the Illinois Athletic Club.His specialty was swimming and he wasfor many years a member of the famouswater polo team of the Chicago Clubthat never met defeat.

At this time he was closely associatedwith the famous author and playwright,Rex Beach, who was just then cominginto his great renown. Al Johnson'sname was to be found on the programof every swimming event of importance,in the Middle West for twelve years.He made the long distance swim fromthe Chain of Rocks to Eads Bridge atSt. Louis. He made a, ten mile swim inthe Chicago River. For three years heheld -the World's Championship for dis-tance plunge. These many years oftraining and exercise are clearly in evi-dence today in his superb muscular de-velopment and bearing.

Mr. Johnson will occupy with thisCompany a position recently createdthat of manager of sales of Glucose,Sugar and Corn Syrups. These are lines

of merchandise never before manufac-tured by this Company, and Mr. John-son will have the honor of originatingthe new Department.

The Age of Sanitation"Mike, what do you think of these new

fangled drinking cups?""Sure, me bye. soon we'll be spittin'

on our hands wit an eye dropper."—Gary Wks. Circle.

He had come upon her while dozing ina hammock and when she woke up sheaccused him of stealing a kiss.

"Well," he said, "I will admit that thetemptation was too strong to be re-sisted. I did steal one little kiss."

"One!" she exclaimed indignant ly . "Icounted eight before I woke up."

He: "You know I love you—will youmarry me?"

She: "But, my dear boy. I refused youonly a week ago."

He: "Oh! Was that you?"—London Opinion.

THE PIPE T U N N E L IS BEING CONSTRUCTED AT T H E SOUTH OF THE BOILERHOUSE NOW


A FEW OF THE CAST IRON FILTER RINGS AWAITING INSTALLATION

Begin In the HomeM. P. O'Brien. Safety Engineer

A great deal of the publicity given ac-cident prevention during the last fewyears has been directed to safety alongindustr ial lines. One reason for this isbecause work of this kind can be betterorganized and carried forward wherethere is an opportuni ty to point out def -i n i t e hazards and the methods to over-come them, and where certain particularmachines and methods of work are em-ployed.

Records have shown, however , tha tonly about one-third of the accidentsoccur iu the industrial field. The balancehappen in the home or on the street.Accordingly, it seems that the study ofaccident prevention should be taken upprimarily in the schools and the home.A child taught the fundamenta l s ofsafety is bound to remember most ofthem and will unconsciously put theminto practice.

St. Louis has recognized the tremen-dous importance of work along the linesof public safety and has caused to bepubl ished some figures which are start-

ling. Out of 510 fatal accidents in 1917,400 occurred outside of industr ial plants,over 200 were in homes and 123 of thosewho lost their lives were chi ldren under20 years of age.

An interesting comparison of dangerto soldiers in actual wa r f a r e and thatfaced by civilians in ordinary pursui ts ofl i f e , at home, on the street or at work ismade b-v examination of the St. Louis

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record. During the time the UnitedStates was in the War, less than 200 St.Louis soldiers were kil led while 800 ormore of those who remained at homemet 'death hy accident. The number ofSt. Louis soldiers wounded was less than800, while over 20,000 residents of thatcity suffered severe accidents. Deathsf rom automobile accidents were almostas many as were those occurring to St.Louis soldiers in battle.

These figures show that when we havereduced industr ial accidents to zero, wehave only accomplished one-third of ourwork; that not only the greater part, butthe more diff icult remains. There is atime coming in the not distant futurewhen all well balanced educational sys-tems will include studv along the line ofsafety, and surely nothing will contributemore to the public good.

Till that time arrives, it will devolveupon parents to point out the dangersof crossing streets without carefullywatching for approaching autos andstreet cars: of walking on railroadtracks or stealing rides on moving ve-hicles; of carelessly running on stair-

waj's or in dark places, and in fact topoint out to youngsters the thousandand one dangers always present ineveryday home l i fe . If parents andteachers will show in a practical way theresult of carelessness and the properway to go about, a decrease in otherthan industrial accidents will be dis-closed in a ratio proportioned to thatshown where safety work is well organ-ized and followed up.

Call for AidAt a recent wedding the bride was

Miss Jane Helper and the bridegroom,was A F r . Newton Lord. The bride-groom, however, was very angry whenhe saw in the newspaper an account oftheir wedding headed in the usual way—"Lord-Helper."

Small Angelica's family were movingaway from their native town. The nightbefore ihey were to leave, Angelica washeard to conclude her customary bed-time prayer as fol lows:

"And now good-bye, God, for tomor-row we're going to move to Chicago."

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WATER WILL COVER THE FORE'GROUXD AND SUiRROUXD THE PUMPIXG STATIONWHICH WILL BE SITUATED WHERE THE SHED NOW STANDS

WE ARE PLEASED

Every one appreciates being appre-ciated. It is a universal characteristicof human kind. Since we lay no claimto not being human, we frankly admitthat we are pleased with the followingletter:A. E. Staley Mfg. Co.,

Decatur, Illinois;Gentlemen: We have just received a

copyi of your Fellowship Journal for themonth of October and we want to com-pliment and congratulate you on suchan attractive and valuable bulletin. It isfull of good snappy stuff and informa-tion that is valuable to us.

As a citizen of Decatur we were sur-prised to learn from the pictures in thisJournal of the real work going on inyour plant. The writer has beenanxious to come out for some time andsee for himsqlf but has ;iot been able todo it.

We want to commend the energy'andthe progressive spirit this institution hasshown from the very beginning and wearc convinced that the success of the

past is just a forerunner of the great suc-cess of this immense institution for thefuture. It is no wonder you have a fineJournal.

We have not been solicited for any ad-vertising in your Journal. Perhaps youdo not care to solicit us. We wouldlike to say, however, that we would bevery glad to take a page in your Journalif it is consistent with your policy. Webelieve it would be good advertising- forour business.

With our very best wishc*s for yourcontinued success, we beg to remain.

Yours truly,MCCLELLAND GROCER co.,

J. S. McClelland.

"Yep," said Uncle Silas, after havingruminated for an hour over the comicopera he had witnessed.

"Yep, I reckon if the milkmaids outour way were to wear the clothes themilkmaids do in these here shows, Ikon about half the boys in the countrywould -be hustlin' to get the job o' drivin'the cows up from pastur,' I reckon.Yep."

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B. M. HESS

B. M. Hess, the subject of this story,is one of the latest and most valuable ac-quisitions to the Staley force. He hascharge of the installation of the Pump-ing Station and intake at the Sangamonriver.

Mr. Hess was born at Grampian Hills,Pa. about 1874. Grampian Hills isnortheast of Tyrone, and is hidden awayamong the highest peaks of the Alle-ghenies. Ben's earliest recollections andall his early training were received inthose rock-ribbed, barren fastnesses.Having nothing else in sight upon whichto devote his energies, he naturallylearned to do stone work, and lateremerged as a rock cutting contractor.

Mr. Kerbaugh, who did most of thecontracting for the Pennsylvania Rail-road for many years, recognized theyoung man's talent in this special direc-

tion, and made ample use of his services.He was employed during the entire con-struction of the Rock Bridge of Harris-burg, the most extensive piece of stonearch work in the world, costing morethan $1,000,000. He also had charge ofthree large and important railroad tun-nels and later built a considerable sec-tion of the famous syphon of the NewYork Water Works, and of 'he equallyfamous dam which supplies it.

During the war, Mr. Hess through ne-cessity, confined his fighting operationsto the handling of a bunch of roughnecks, who would rather work thantight, at the Hog Island Ship Yards, andhe can readily demonstrate to you thatthese volunteers in the ranks of labor,were harder to handle than a Hattalionof Prussian guards.

Mr. Hess and Mr. Higgins are oldfriends, having traveled many long anddevious paths together. One instancein their adventurous career is recordedelsewhere in this Journal.

Mr. Hess has been very successful inthe prosecution of his work for the'Staley Company, which has thus farbeen without delay or accident .

The UnpredictableVicar—On strike again? What's the

grievance this time?Striker—We don't rightly know yet.

We're just waitin' to 'ear from head-quarters.

We certainly had a peculiar war. Al-though the boys were peppered by ma-chine guns and mustered out of service,they couldn't get pickled when they gothome. —Dodge News.

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DO YOU BELONG?

The Staley Fellowship Club is nowenjoying the most prosperous time in itshistory. We now have a membership ofover 400 and are still growing. The aimof the officers of the Club is to continueto solicit membership until every em-ploye of the plant belongs and to thisend are offering better inducements thanever before.

Starting January 1st, 1920, sick bene-fits will be raised to $12.50 per week,with monthly club dues of $1 instead of$5 weekly benefits and SO cents dues.The death benefit will be $150.

Our rules require that no sick benefitsbe paid before one is a member at least30 days, and for this reason, as well asthe fact that initiation fees will be raisedto $1.00 on January 1st, all employesnot members of the Club should makeapplication for membership at once. Nomoney is required with application andblanks may be secured from time-keepersan'd at the General Time Office at themain gate.

All Staley emoloyes, no matter in what

department, are invited to join at thistime and to participate in the benefitsthe Club can give. The insurance is ascheap as can be offered safely and thesocial and athletic events will be wellworth what they cost.

As is known to practically everyone,the Staley management contributes anamount each month equal to that paidby the members.

Former members may 'rejoin withoutpaying the initiation fee, though if theywait until after Jan. 1st, 1920, they willbe required to pay an additional 50 centsfor reinstatement. See that your nameis on the Club list at once.

Mixed in His HistoryA member of a western legislature was

making a speech on some momentousquestion and, in concluding, said: "In thewords of Daniel Webster who wrote thedictionary, 'Give me liberty or give medeath!' One of his colleagues pulled'athis coat and whispered, "Daniel Websterdid not write the distionary; it wasNoah." "Noah nothing!" replied thespeaker, "Noah built the ark."

THE COFFER DAM WHICH PERMITS LAYING THE LARGE INTAKE PIPE TO THEPUMPING STATION MANY FEET BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE WATER


Shooting the Rapids of Yellow Breeches GreekYellow Breeches was on its annual, long years spent in the Arctic regions,

early spring rampage. Not even the bundled himself up Eskimo fashion, inoldest inhabi tant could recall when such four or l ive heavy overcoats, prepared to

a t remendous volume of water hadflowed down this peaceful valley.Usually a gentle brook, it was now arnging. turbulent torrent.

Tempted by the irresistible siren songof adventure, two young dare-devils,Frank Higgins and Ben Hess, determ-ined to run the rapids. Tn spite of thewise admonitions of older heads, they

persisted in their venturesome course.It was a cold, clear winter's day The

bril l iant sunshine sparkled on the snowcovered trees which bordered bothbanks of the river.

Higgins, having had the advantage of

endure every hardship.J Having so m a n y

clothes on, he couldnot move h i s arms

with freedom, and therefore allowedHess to do the hard work.

They started bravely from Granthan,swung into the full current of the river,and headed downstream on their voyageof discovery. Exhilerated by the beautyof the scenery, the swiftness of motion,'and the excitement of the undertaking,they lost all sense of precaution.

Hess guided their little craft with'skillful hand, now to the right of £cylla,now to the left of Charybdis, until 'finallythey came to the great dam at Bow-mansdale. At the sight of this formid-able obstacle, even Hess lost his com-posure—but Higgins, never.

As dangers clustered thicker, the en-thusiasm of his dauntless spirit rosehigher and higher. Captured by the con-tagion of Higgins' exuberance, Hessmustered his courage and drove his frailcraft straight toward the center of thedam. Higgins half rose in the boat and


gave the ancient battle cry of his fore-fathers, "Erin Go Braugh!"—and overthey went.

Unfortunately, the sloping or down-stream side of the dam was not coveredsufficiently with water to float theirbrave bark. The rudder caught on theupper edge of the dam and there theyhung, pointed downward at a sharpangle, swinging back and forth with theforce of the current. Suddenly theboat gave a lurch and threw them out.

Hess found himself standing on a nar-row spit of gravel, surrounded by water,10 or 12 feet deep. Higgins, in the rearof the boat, was thrown out on the upperedge of the dam. Lying placidly on hisback, he slid down to the base of thedam, imploring his friend Hess in plain-tive tones to save his life. He alsolamlecl on the same spit of gravel, im-mediately under the downpour from thedam.

Owing to the fact that Higgins wasencumbered with so many sodden gar-ments, it recjuired all of Hess' strengthto keep him from floating down the riverto his final destruction. However withone hand he maintained Frank's equi-librium and with the other, righted thefloundering boat, pitched Higgins in,head over heels, and finally landed theboat safely a few hundred feet fartherdown the river.

The only casualty which attended thisadventure happened to a farmer whowas pruning an apple tree on the bank ofthe river and saw the whole catastrophe.He laughed so hard that he lost his bal-ance, fell from the tree and had to becarried into the nearby dis t i l lery beforehe came to.

Thus happily ended one of the mostdiverting incidents in our f r i end Higgins'much traveled career.

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Fred Kessler of the Drafting Roomthinks this is the funniest story heknows:

In a small Irish community, the oneand only church lacked the dignity ofhaving a bell. Finally the CatholicFather decided to raise money for it by-asking for contributions. The first manhe met was Dolan.

"Good niarnin" Mr. Dblan.""Good marnin' Faddcr.""Mr. Dolan, how much will you give

for the bell for th' church?""I'll give one hindred 'dollars, Fadder."Next he met Flannigan."Good marnin', Mr. Flannigan, how

much will you give for the church bell?""How much did my friend Dolan

give?""He gave one hindrid dollars.""Well, I'll dooblc it," replied Flanni-

gan.Next he met Casey who immediately

asked how much his f r iend Flanniganhad given.

"He gave two hindrid dollars.""Well, I'll dooblc it, fadder."In course of time, the 'bell was in-

stalled, but for several Sundays there-after, Casey did not appear at church.Finally the "fadder" set out to learn thereason.

"Well, ladder,' the aggrieved _ Caseyexplained. "Whenever the bell rings itsays,, 'Dolan, Dolan, Dolan,' but it neversays. 'Casey, Casey.' and I gave fourt imes as much as Dolan did."

NOVEMBERNovember's chilly days are here;Thanksgiving Day is drawing near;

The grass is brown, the trees are bareAnd all for winter must prepare.

The farmer in the early mornWill hurry forth to husk his corn.

The fa t tening hog up in the penWill eat and sleep, then eat again.

The yellow pumpkin in the fieldWill soon its golden richness yield;

And on that loyal day will seeThe cook's climax of chemistry.

The turkey as he takes on fatWill soon forget where he is at;

Soon his 'brief career will closeAnd in the oven he'll repose.

And on Thanksgiving Day we'll tryTo bust ourselves on pumpkin pie.

—Author Unknown.


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THE FELLOWS WHO MAKE THE SCORE MOUNT

THE FOOTBALL TEAMThe Staley Football Team has started

its first season, and from present indi-cations will take as prominent a placein Central Illinois athletics as the fa-mous Staley Baseball Team.

Headed by Captain-Manager FritzWasem, the old Millikin LJniversity star,the team is made up of college and ath-le t ic club men who are bound to makea name for themselves under the Staleybanner. The end positions are playedby Capt. Wasem. Wagner of Rose Poly-technic and Joe Cooper who was for sev-eral years named as a member of theAll-State team.

At tackle are found Charlie Koehler,famous as a member of the Decatur In-dians; "Red" May of the Taylorville In-dependents, the team which up to thetime the Staleys en tered the game hasbeen regarded as the best independentteam in the state, and Major Lutz Krig-baum, who in former years was a greatplayer on the Decatur High School andathletic club teams.

In the guard positions are HenryHalterman. with experience on Millikinan'd University of I l l inois teams; Chose,member of some great teams in the

Navy; Bob Crisp who played in theSouth and in Army teams, and "Red"May's brother, C. O., who received histraining on the Taylorville High Schoolteam.

The center position is ably handled byJack Mintun who made a name for him-self with the Decatur Indians not onlyby his work in the line, but by his abilityto kick. He is regarded as one of thesurest place-kickers in the state. Danklefof the Staunton Athletic Club is sub-stitute center.

The backfield is played by Veech, for-merly of athlet ic clubs in Indianapoliswhose work was regarded so highly thathe was invited to enter several large uni-versities, but he preferred to engage in,professional athletics; Pryznski, an-other member of the Decatur Indians;Jake Lanum o£ Mil l ikin and the Univer-siy of Illinois; and Thrif t , the old De-catur High School back.

The quarterbacks are Charlie Dressen,known to every fan in Central Illinoisfor his work in baseball and football,and Perry Brecon nt of Decatur andSpringfield High schools and the Uni-versity of Ill inois, and both handle theteam like the veterans they are.


Under the coaching of "Jim" Cook,Illinois '93, and "Red" Brannon, Millikincoach for the last two years, the teamis rapidly getting into condition and ispreparing to battle Taylorville for theindependent championship of the stateat Taylorville on Xov. 11, ArmisticeDay. Probably a special train will ac-commodate Staley rooters. In its veryfirst game, the Stale3' team was de-feated by the redoubtable Peoria teamby a score of only 3 to 0; Stoningtonwas defeated 50 to 3, and Staunton, 89to 0.

TO HAVE FINE PARKWork on the baseball park is going

forward this fall in order that it may beready for use early next spring. The dia-mond' is being raised eight inches,formed into a "turtleback" ground andsodded. This means it will be a realbig league park, modeled after the PoloGrounds in New York, a first class play-ing field. It will be possible to play agame in half an hour after a hard rain.

All in all, the season just past wasvery successful and will form a goodbroad stepping stone for an even betterseason next year. Joe McGinnity, man-ager, says he expects Staley's to havethe greatest semi-pro team in this partof the country. Only Staley employeswill be eligible for the team next yearand they will start practice early andwork hard.

The last game of the season wasplayed Oct. 5 with the Wabadas of St.

FRITZ WASEM, CAPTAIN AND MANAGEROF THE FOOTBALL TEAM

Louis. They bested us 5 to 1, but wewere considerably handicapped becauseWasem, Veech and Dressen were play-ing football in Peoria.

When the hard times come we willwish we had saved some of the easymoney.—Douglas Malloch.

FRITZ WASEM SCORING AGAINST THE PHILADELPHIA NATIONALS


MARTIX SEANEY OX DRESS PARADE

MARTIN SEANEY

In the eastern part of the state is afamous river, the Embarras, which inflood times has been known to reach awidth of nearly twenty feet and a depthof three. The banks of this streamhave been, f rom time immemorial, thefishing and fighting ground of the kidsfrom the neighboring villages.

One day, many years ago, a gang ofPhilo kids were busily engaged in luringthe wily sunfish from the depths whenWabash train Xo. 4 went by with astrange coach on the rear. Imagine theyoungsters' surprise when, upon reach-ing the Philo station on their way home,they found this car on a siding and uponthe doors in large letters the word"Private." Now, to a kid, this word"Private" means an invitation to investi-gate and one, more venturesome thanthe rest, managed to see the inside.Splendors beyond his wildest dreamsmet his eyes and when the porter in-formed him that the car belonged to aformer Philo boy who had succeeded inthe railroad game, young Martin Seaneyknew that no career other than that o'fA railroad Prince would suit him.

In the course of time he found hisname on a railroad payroll and every-thing seemed to be working out as hehad intended,—but railroad departmentheads have a mean way of cutting ex-

penses occasionally and blindly lay oftsome of their best men and after a fewexperiences of this kind, Martin decidedto withdraw from the business and letthem worry along the best they could.He had grown rather tired of the fa-mous depot restaurant corrugated roofpie anyway, and had really decided thatthe career of a great builder would bemore dignified. So, purchasing a shineynew hatchet and saw, he set forth.

His experiences were many and varied,—he built houses and hospitals in thecold North and Nipa huts in the Philip-pines. In Japan he learned the secretsof working in bamboo. After a completecourse in the construction school, helanded where all good construction me.'ieventually come,—the plant of the A. F,Staley Manufacturing Co. and is nowcarpenter foreman on the new P>oilerHouse, the Refinery and the Tione BlackKiln house. It has been said by somethat Mr. Seaney was a soldier during theSpanish-American war, but people mak-ing such remarks were surely jealous,for no one would believe that his age issuch that he was eligible to join thearmy at that time.

It is wise to do some serious th ink ingeach day. It is only by thinking thatone can add cubits to his mental stature.

.MARTIX SEAXEY AS HE LOOKS ON THE.JOB


CHARLIE JACKSON, ONE OF OUR OLD FRIENDS OF THE l i A Y L K Y .MFC;. CO., ISPLEASED WITH THE DUST COLLECTING SYSTEM INSTALLED BY HIS COMPANYIN THE THIN BOILING STARCH I'.UILDING

OUR LIBERTY

A fact concerning the proportion ofunionized workers in the United Statesand their attempt to prescribe for allworkers is briefly and forcefully statedin an article by the American Machinist:

"The editor had a dream last nightabout the colored Baptists. It was prob-ably caused by a combination of Welshrarebit and the reading of statistics re-garding religious organizations in theUnited States. But at any rate there isnothing derogatory to the colored Bap-tists in this story. They came into thedream just because their numericalstrength happened to fit in properly.(You see, out of the 42,000,000 of Amer-icans who hope to get to heaven by or»eroute or another, some 3,000,000 odd, pintheir hopes to the colored Baptists' way)The editor dreamed that these coloredBaptists met in convention and passedresolutions to the effect that their wayof getting to a better world hereafterwas the only proper, official, recognizedand permissible route, and that no re-ligious organization, unless holding acharter from the colored Baptist breth-ren, was entitled to public or privateconsideration. In the course of this

dream it seemed that the Government ofthe United States took the colored Bap-tists at their own estimation as repre-senting American religion, and formed acabinet office under a Secretary of Re-ligion who was invariably a colored Bap-tist, and finally when a conference wascalled 'between religion, the devil and thepublic, to discuss the high cost of get-ting to heaven, religion was representedat Government invitation exclusively bya delegation of colored Baptists.

"Of course this is only a dream, be-cause the 3,000,000 colored Baptistswould not presume to speak officiallylor the whole of American religion. Andthe liberty-loving American public wouldnever permit a minority of this or anyother creed to dictate its formula ofworkship. Neither 42,000,000 of us whohope to get to heaven or the other 68,-000,000 Americans who are not worrying-very much about 'it would for a momentstand any interference with an Ameri-can's right to go to any church on Satur-day or Sunday or stay home on eitherday as he pleased. "But now let'sturn from dreams to actual facts.There is a minority of less than


4,000,000 unionized workers in the UnitedStates. The cabinet office that is sup-posed to represent American labor is aunion labor office strictly and exclu-sively, and the delegation representingAmerican labor at Washington todayrepresents union labor and nothing else.Apparently we are less concerned aboutour personal liberty on working daysthan about our personal liberty onSundays.

"There is only one Union worthy ofrecognition by the United States Gov-ernment. That is the Union that Amer-icans fought and died to establish in1775, and to preserve in 1861."

HARRY'S MUSH-TACHEA stalwart youth of fair renownDecided, after, a walk down-townThat he, a fair mush-tache would growBefore the falling of the snow.

"No time to lose, my man," said he,"It's up to me to try to see"If I can't beat that d fop,"Who said I couldn't grow a crop!"

He searched the drug stores far andwide

And finally located some "Herpicide"Which he applied that very nightBut Oh Gee, it made him look a sight!

—Gaby.

"Yes," said the specialist as he stoodat the bedside of the sick purchasingagent, "I can cure you."

"What will it cost?" asked the sickman faintly.

"Ninety-five dollars.""You'll have to shade your price a

little," replied the purchasing agent, "Ihave a better bid from the undertaker."

A New Place To Buy

FlowersI give my personal attentionto the creation of special floral designsfor funerals and other occasions, whichI guarantee to satisfy.

Fresh Cut FlowersPotted Plants

Mrs. Anna Walter GrayI860 East William Street

Terms Reasonable Telephone Main 1475

PROGRAMS ARE PLANNED FORHOME ECONOMICS CLUB

Have Discussion of Labor SavingDevices

A round table discussion of labor sav-ing devices was held by the class inHome Economics at the meeting Oct.29. Mrs. T. E. Abrams led the discus-sion and each member answered to hername at roll call by telling of some littledevice or short-cut which was an aid inher housekeeping.

The following subjects were then dis-cussed:The Arrangement of Furniture toSave Time and Strength....Miss HarkinsThe Fireless Cooker Mrs. MorelandThe Vacuum Cleaner Mrs. AbramsThe Power Washing Machine

Mrs. GrollaThe Bread Mixer Mrs. MorelandThe Wheeled Tray Miss HarkinsThe Home Made Dish Cart

Mrs. HaltermanSo-Called Labor Saving Devices Which

Do Not Pay Miss HarkinsA program committee, composed of

Mrs. E. J. Moreland, Mrs. W. H. Wehr-ley, Mrs. T. E. Abrams. and Mrs. H. J.Halterman, has planned the followingprograms for the coming months:

Nov. 20—Thanksgiving Menu a n dServing.

Dec. 18 — Christmas Confections;Household Accounts.

Jan. IS—Textiles; Using Leftovers ofFood and Clothing.

Feb. 19 — Household Applications(Ventilation and Hygiene of the Home,Approved Methods of Dusting, etc.)

March 18—Arranging the Furniture;Planning Our Work (including recrea-tion and vacation).

April IS—Cooking,—exact subject leftto desire of class.

May 20—Canning.

EgotismUnlucky Motorist (having killed the

lady's pet pup)—"Madam, I will replacethe animal."

Indignant Owner—"Sir, you flatteryourself." —London Opinion.

"My husband is so good to his em-ployes."

"Is he? ?""Y'es, He came home late last night

all tired out, poor fellow, I heard himmurmur in his sleep. "Jim, I'll raise youten." And business is so dull too."


DISTRESS OF OUE SAFETY ENGINEER

Hail ye, all friends and comrades of Morgan P. O'Brien,This brilliant-looking Irishman is trodding the decline.There's some who know the reason, but for those who have not heard,I trust that I ' l l be, pardoned with just a little word-

'Twas a bright day in October when sadness strolled alongAnd overshadowed sunshine, suppressing joy and song.G. E. had given orders to move M. P. upstairs.Without a moment's pausing out went all desks and chairs.

The Buyers' room was emptied of all the EngineersAnd slowly they proceeded with eyes just filled with tears.Now Morgan, he is quartered up in the Foremen's room.He casts a terrible shadow and his features portray gloom.

At first everyone wondered, why such a sad displayHad overtaken Morgan and his complete array.But now the question's answered and we feel more at ease.We know Pat's cause for sorrow and have let our worries cease.

O'Brien has made a statement which I desire to tell.•T don't mind prohibition, but NO SMOKING sure is Hell."Mow that is Morgan's answer for all his moody deeds,And surely he is justified for he is in dire need.

"In need of what?" you may ask, and think it all a joke.My friends-, 'tis not a cigarette—but a place wherein to smoke.So let us all be mournfu l within this dreadful hourAnd trust to fate that Morgan shall soon f ind a smoking bower.

ANONYMOUS.

"Do you think only of me?" murmured "It's this way," explained the groomthe bride. "Tell me that you think only gently, "Now and then I have to thinkof me." of the furniture."

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oj p L A N T T A L K ^

WEDDING BELLSThe wedding of Miss Helen .Miller and

Lowell O. Gill , our hrst assistant chem-ist, will take place Xov. 3. at the home ofthe bride's parents, on North Water St.The bride and groom are graduates ofMillikin University. Lowell was withus before completing his course at Mil-likin and returned to us again a f t e r serv-ing in the Chemical Warfare Service inthe Edgewood Arsenal. While at thearsenal he was in charge of a shif t ofeighteen men who were engaged in man-ulactur ing poisonous gases.

Mr. and Mrs. Gill will live on TaylorAve. in Oak Dale.

Green-PotrafkaHenry Rudolph 1'otrafka, better

known as "Hank," was married Novem-ber 1 to Miss Frieda Green. He tried tokeep the date a secret, 'but some thingsare hard to hide and his effort was use-less.

In spite of his still you th fu l appear-ance, Henry is among the old employesof the plant, having started in as waterboy in 1913. He was next promoted toyard timekeeper, then storeroom as-sistant, and finally became a members ofthe Klectrical Gang before he joined theNavy in July 1918. He served on boardthe U. S. S. New Mexico and the Penn-sylvania until he got his discharge inMarch 1919. He has since been chief ofthe Tool House, and runs things in goodshape.

Mr. and Mrs. Potrafka will reside intheir new home at 1986 Kast Main St.,which Hank has been jus t more thanbusy fixing up for the last month or so.

Phillips-GreatlirieMiss Martha Phillips, daughter of R.

J. Phillips of the Yard, was married Oct.22 to Eldon Greatline of the Kiln House.The couple became acquainted last win-ter when Martha was messenger for Mr.Chamberlain. They will go to house-keeping at 2020 East North St.

Where the Expense Came in"Going to send vour wife to the sea-

shore this season?""No, I can't afford it.""Why. she isn't extravagant, is she?""Not in the least; but last year while

she was away I blew in four hundreddollars."—Boston Transcript.

A Fox HuntStaley employes are invited to the fox

hunt which will be staged Saturday even-ing, Nov. 1 at Mt. Zion. Charles Fitchis engineering the affa i r and promisesthat there will be a big bunch of houndsand a merry chase. The hunt won't be-gin before 8:00 o'clock at the earliest ,but Mr. Fitch expects that one of thechurches wi l l have a chicken fry whichwill begin before that time.

FOUR GENERATIONS: W. ' C. OSBOKN,STALEY CARPENTER, HIS MOTHER,HIS DAUGHTER AND GRANDDAUGH-TER. HIS MOTHER IS 78 YEARS OLD,HE IS 49, HIS DAUGHTEjR IS 18 ANDHIS GRANDDAUGHTER, A YEAR ANDFOUR MONTHS.

I wish to thank the members of theoffice force and the foremen whocheered me so much during my recentillness by contributing to the sending offlowers and frui t .

MARIE SCHUERMAX.


Join the LegionEvery veteran of the World War,—

soldier, sailor, marine—should be a mem-ber of the American Legion, an organi-zation similar to the G. A. R. of theCivil War veterans. The regular meet-ing is held the second Monday night ofthe month in the Chevalier Bayard lodgerooms at Main and William streets. Letthe Staley service stars shine for thagain.

Robert Gibson of the Tin Shop hasjust undergone two more operations in ahospital in Chicago and the doctor sayshis foot will come out in good shape thistime.

John Stallings of the Granite Cityplant of the Corn Products Refining Co.,made us a visit Sept. 26th. He is fore-man of the corn elevator there.

Miss Marie Schuerman, who under-went a serious operation early in Sep-tember , is almost entirely recovered andexpects to return to work the first of(his month.

Mabel and all her restaurant bunchenjoyed a weiner roast at The PinesOct. 23.

O. B. Bear of the Packing House hasa new Teddv bear at his house,—a boyborn Oct. 12.

Robert Gibson and Robert Campbellof the Tin Shop wish to thank the bunchfor the collection which was taken forthem.

F. E. McCarty, carpenter helper, fellwhile working on the exension to theBoiler House and suffered a broken leg.

Miss Helen Gelonek is taking theplace in the Traffic Department left byMiss Verna Robertson a month ago.

Miss Clara Bauer and Miss MargaretHebert have been employed in the CostDepartment.

Miss Leah Rhodes is assisting in theEmployment Office.

A trip through the beaut i ful countryof the Cumberland mountains with twoweeks in Atlanta, Ga., at the end of thejourney and another week in Evansvillc,fnd. , is the way in which Miss GoldaScott spent her vacation. She returnedonly recently and says she had a goodtime every minute of the three weeks shewas away.

Avory McGlade has been visiting inBurlington, la., where he used to playball. He went up to see Walter Meincrt ,too. Suppose they had a big time.

The sympathy of the A. E. Staley Co.folks are extended to Mr. and Mrs.Henry Barnes who lost their nine-months-old daughter, Mary Frances,Oct. 3. Mr. Barnes is a member of theReclamation Gang.

William Blunke, Henry Hoft, WilliamGardner and Rex Martin finished mov-ing up from Granite City about the lastof September.

William Herr of Keokuck, la., ourgenial syrup mixer, received the sadnews of the death of his sister, Mrs.Hoffman, of Granite City, about the lastof September. We extend our sympa-thies to Mr. Herr.

A. G. Cripe of the Feed House has re-turned to work af ter an illness of sixweeks.

We Make a Specialty of

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The NEW PARIS227 North Main Street


A millwright on top of the sulphurtower sent his helper. Joe McGinnity, toget a one- inch bit. Af t e r he had beengone an hour , he re turned with two'/2-inch bits asking if they wouldn ' t do,since two half dollars equals a wholedollar, etc.

Pat Kearney wi l l let a n v woman gothrough the gate, l i e just can ' t refusethem anything, even if they are drivinga truck or carrying off the lumber pile.

Have heard of ropes and lungmotorssaving people's lives, but we wonderwhat kind of an anatomy or ai lment BobPatton has for he says Leo saved hisl i fe by bringing him a keg of nails.

M. P. O'Brien and his outf i t havebeen moved from the Purchasing Roomto the Foreman's Room in the MachineShop. The new location is outside thesmoking limit.

Hey, Fellows! Have you got yoursmoke yet? Take this tip and go to thelaboratory and collect your rip-snortinghot dog 15-cent Robert Burns in a tinfoil wrapper 'n everything.

Otto Hertrich was supposed to be offon his vacation. But the truth is he hasjoined the H. A. Goreham shows. Hehas been off in search of a snakecharmer. Every tale has a moral. Themoral of this one is: beware of thesnake charmer as the snakes might biteyou.

Veech wore a red ribbon in his hat forthe benef i t of the brown coat, and thengot hurt twice—apparently for the samebenefit.

Suppose Bill Petard will go to theraces now that he has a race horse.

What kind of a deal are Carl Oakes(of Indianapolis) and Jack Leaser fram-ing up on the Ford?

Who is the mysterious young ladywho was inquiring whether Gifford wasmarried or not?

How is the onion patch coming, Boob?

Floyd Vernatti of the Laboratory whospends part of his time dressing woundsand cut fingers for the employes includ-ing the girls of the Tray Room, remarksthat some of the young ladies think he isa professional surgeon owing to the deft-ness and sympathy he displays whendressing their injur ies . T i c wishes i tunderstood however that while he iscompetent all the way from a slight abra-sion of the epidermis up to and includ-ing a. broken arm. absolutely, he wi l l gono fur ther . From then on. the servicesof a physician must be secured.

Freddie's girl was very suspiciouswhen she saw the enlarged condi t ion ofhis nose and would not believe his storythat he had not been out late the nightbefore. She never deemed it possiblethat it should have occurred in the Draft-ing Room and the only consolation thatFreddy gave her was that she shouldhave seen the other fellow's eye.

The new ladel which E. G. Leaser hasto dip soup for Bill Morrison and Dickeyis about the size of a dish pan.

When Ed Bassler came the last time,he actually donned a pair of blue jeansand got to work!

George Mercer, the whitewash m a n .says that as soon as he gets his automo-bile paid for he is going to out his B.V. D's down in moth balls and get somewinter underwear.

Pat at the east gate was asked theother day how long ago since he leftIreland. An explosion followed and "theassertion that he had never seen thatcountry . Tf we called him Antonio orSpaghetti would he be more graceful intelling us of sunny Italy.

Ragsdale bought a cow that refused togive milk. Some one told him to twisther tail. Now the cow is for sale.

A. O. Snelson of the Oil House, laidoff a few days saying that he had busi-ness in Missouri.


MISTAKES winHAFVEN.

OEJPJOUACK S A Y S G i V EriE FIVE A C R E S U;TH ACOW— AND R TiG-

ILL LEARN YouGUYS NOT TOSMOKE INHERE,


John Stone of the Oil Mouse' ran oneof, his shoes through the fan the otherday and now he is wearing one low cutand one rubber boot till pay day.

L. Fryburg. It isn't only the squirrels,but also the rats and mice! Poor Lou isfailing fast. The rats ate his dinnerthree nights straight. He says heguesses they arc driving him bankrupt.

After watching the 'finis" of the sea-son, the "Office Dog" wonders if "Lock-jaw" Lotshaw and "Ivory" McGlade aretoo antiquated to appreciate the youth-ful joy of digging their toes in the mud.

"Some Pep."

Cotton Herring of the Feed Housebought himself a bicycle so he could gethome quicker. He had been takingJohnny Brosam home on foot. One dayJohnny said, "Cotton, when are you go-ing to break that durned old bicycle ofyours." "Why, Johnny?" asked Cotton."Because it is lonesome going home bymyself," replied Johnny. "Well, there'sthe girls," Cotton suggested.

Boys, be careful of Eddie, the carloader. He is growing jealous aboutone of the Tray Room girls. You cansee him give her money to buy gum andcandy as he is a bachelor and is afraidthe boys will ask too many queer ques-tions if he buys it himself.

Husky says he can still scoop starch.

Elmer is hunt ing a new rooming housefor Toots and Charlie.

The ' question which interests theLoading Gang is: What is the age ofthe ne\ lady upstairs, 16 or 20?

Wonder who opened Joe Wiese's cup-board in the Store Room?

Signed, File.

Hank said he was married three weeksago. If we didn't believe it we could goto 1986 East Main street and ask if shewasn't Mrs. Potrafka.

Buddy and Buck th ink the man whoreturned from Russia is a crook. Whydid Walmsley go to Russia?

Billy Lewis of the Loading Gang gothis mouth slightly bruised up in his en-counter with Billy Bowman and his box-ing gloves.

Bob says Clarkson is becoming moredocile every day.

After a long search for Mr. Staley'scigars, they were finally discovered inthe waste basket. Perhaps boys, he'dprefer to burn them one at a time.

Mr. Ferber, blacksmith, has been inthe same class with Stiffey as.- far asteeth are concerned.

How about the minstrel perforriiance,Boob?

Following is a note sent from the ToolHouse to Mr. Keck:

Mr. C. A. Keck: Please turn on theheat in the Welfare House so these poorArabians can get back on their feet. Mr.Louis Frybourge is in bad shape now, hecould not sleep at all, so asking you tolook into this matter at an early date, Iremain,

Yours forever,

CANXON BALL IXX.

Found—A small cur of low degree.The owner can have same by calling onPat Kearney, watchman, at the east 'gateand paying for this ad.

Can You ImagineMr. Auer Eating dinner.Miss Herber Giggling.Mr. Scherer Saying "Huh!"Mr. Robb Married.Mr. Stone Stuttering.A i r . Leipski Petting an 8-inch pipe.

Robb says he can throw Stone in awrestle. Perhaps, but Stone had a lotof experience wrestling in the army.

-»-Mr. Longbons says Mi lmine is going

to be a big metropolis before long. Allthe farmers are moving to town.

Mr. Hornbcck is sure some blonde.

What it takes to juggle Stock RecordsMiss Bloomquist has got.

John Holly knows where Mr. Augur'soffice is.

The man who' picked up the hand sawin the Store Room please r e tu rn it toElectrician Gifford as he is lined out onthe right trail.

According to Mr. J. H. G.. Ed Harrisis just an old fashioned newspaper.

Tom Baum of the Loading Gang hasdecided to help increase the world's foodsupply and has undertaken to raise somehoe's.


Fat and LegsAmong the Granite City boys who

came up here there are two very inter-esting characters, namely, A. O. Snelson,alias "Legs" and L. B. Humiston, other-wise known as "Fat." They are the"Mutt" and "Jeff" of that crowd andsome interesting tales are told concern-ing them.

They were raised in the same town, inthe same block, and would have marriedsisters but the parents objected sayingthat two such men were more than anyone family could stand, and to be impar-tial, put both of them on the run. Theyare usually inseparable, but at times, likeall good friends, have their bickeringsand wordy battles.

Not long ago, at the Railroad Y. M.C. A. Annex, "Legs" accused "Fat" ofstealing his biscuits. Fat replied that as

.long as, by the use of carefu l ly chosenlanguage and the exhibition of courtlymanners, he was able to induce the kindhearted lady cook to part with a fewextra biscuits, there was no necessity fortheft on his part. He suggested thatLegs have his own neck examined say-ing they might have lodged on the waydown.

An examination proved this to be trueas three were found (so Fat savs) andthe vacuum cleaner had to be broughtinto use before they could be dislodged.

After Legs had been taken off theoperating table. Fat remarked that Legswas "some boy." "I remember onetime when times were hard, old Legswould go out every frosty morning andstand flat footed on the ground and bitepersimmons off the top branches. Everynow and then he would get a green oneand that is why he has that quizzical ex-pression now at times."

Legs came to as Fat concluded thisremark and got up with blood in his eye,and replied, "Well, any way, I neversucked all the cows in the neighbors'pastures like you used to do. And today1 treat a Manhat tan cocktail with re-spect, and don't go around like you, say-ing, 'A malted milk if you please.' Andif the cook gives you biscuits, it's be-cause of her good heart, not your noiseor simple manner. Why the/ other nightyou were swallowing them so fast that Icould hear them splash like^a toad fal l-ing in a cistern."

"Well, now," said Fat, "Keep yourshirt on. I'll guarantee one thing,—thatnone of them you heard me swallow willever come back alive."

A few days later, they were walkinghand in hand in Decatur's "down town"district and were admiring the beautifulchurches, all of which appeared to beclosed. Legs was listening to Fat''Sprattle about religion, etc. and finallythey wandered near the Courthouse.

Mistaking it for a house of worship,Fat suggested they enter, saying it wasthe only one which appeared to be open,ami besides, the spiritual part of themneeded rejuvenating badly. Legs agreed,and they d r i f t e d into the corridor, andnot meeting a member of the clergy asthey expected, began to look around un-til Fat spied a sign which read "Over-seer of the Poor."

"That's fine," said Fat. "Mere is aperson whose sole duty is to assist us inmanaging our affairs. That is what 1call practical religion."

Just then Staley's chief of police camein and said, "What's on, boys, introuble?"

"Nope," said Legs, "Just looking thischurch over."

MOREHOUSE & WELLSHave Everything in the Line of

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"Well you'd better beat it," said Mr.Cop. "This is the jail and they are pick-ing up all suspicious characters. Myadvice to both of you is to move."

After they had made a hurried exit,Legs remarked that he thought theplace looked like a building back homewhere he used to spend part of his timewhen the neighbors' chickens were of afrying size.

Members WantedLawrence. Delahunty, head manager of

the Lonadel Club, is going to changethe name to Lonnie's Dancing Club.Schubert is not going to be in this at allsince he ate all the fried onion and steakat Lonnie's banquet. Lonnie says don'tbelieve all you read in the papers as hewill advertise his own news.

When first coming to work here, I\vas rather impressed by the lack ofinterest in religion manifested by myfellow workers. But after a short time,I figured it out like this: The daily en-counter of Klumpp's gardens, Gallo-way's wonderful tales and Stadler's im-pressive personality left no 'desire to goto heaven; and after going through theMill House, hell has no terrors for us.

—B. V. D.

Bill Morrison and Henry Dubes hadan argument about the InternationalDate Line (you know that place out inthe Pacific Ocean where you jump fromone day to the next when you cross aninvisible line). They should haveknown better, but they left the decisionof the matter with Jim Galloway, andthe loser was to treat with cigars. Well,—Jim first decided in favor of Bill Mor-rison, got a nice cigar and smoked it;then he reversed his decision in favorof Henry Dubes and got another cigar.He'll probably keep on changing hismind in order to be supplied withcigars.

Alex Clarkson was heard to say itwas not so bad after you got started inhousekeeping. Poor Alex. Sending mybest wishes and flowers since I got onecigar, signed, Wonder.

Joe Clark says they'll have to get apair of sky hooks to keep the coalcrusher in commission.

The Feed Elevator men say that Tootscan't see you when he is looking at you.

Cook says, "Bill Ooton goes after thefeed House like a bee goes after a boy,—something doing."

.4 V 0 X T H E A T R E

Home of Feature PhotoplaysOrchestra and Organ

Miss Marie Meyer, Organist

Avon CalendarNovember: 1919

Sun., Mon., Tues., Nov. 2, 3, 4NORMA TALMADGE

in The Way of a Woman

Wed., Thur., Nov. 5, 6PEGGY HYLAND

in The Web of Chance

Fri., Sat., Nov. 7, 8Select Special

Break the News to Mother

Sun., Mon., Tues., Nov. 9, 10, 11MRS. CHARLIE CHAPLIN

in Home

Wed., Thur., Nov. 12, 13GEORGE WALSHin From Now On

Fri., Sat., Nov. 14, 15ANNA CASE

in The Hidden Truth

Sun., Mon., Tues., Nov. 16, 17, 18ELAINE HAMMERSTEIN

in The Country Cousin

Wed., Thur., Nov. 19, 20ALBERT RAY & ELINOR FAIR

in Vagabond Luck

Fri., Sat., Nov. 21, 22WILLIAM RUSSELL

in Eastward Ho

Sun., Mon., Tues., Wed, Nov. 23,24, 25, 25

Special—ELSIE JANISin A Regular Girl

Thur., Fri., Sat., Nov. 27, 28, 29Special EUGENE O'BRIEN

in The Perfect Lover

Sun., Mon., Tues., Nov. 30, Dec. 1-2ZANE GREY'S Big Picture

Desert Gold


The Ex-Justice of the PeaceA frail and delicate man of about 220

pounds came to Staley's about six weeksago for the 'benefit of his health. Beinga good talker he at once made this factknown to the Reclamation departmentemployes, who were stunned on hearingthat their busy little place was to beturned into a sanitarium, a place of re-cuperation. Mr. Pollock, our highly es-teemed foreman, was terribly sorry tohear from our Justice of the Peace thathis department was no longer to be thesame, 'but was to be converted into ahealth resort. He had often wonderedwhy so many came to Staley's for em-ployment and could foresee things slip-ping if there were very many frail ex-Justices of the Peace to be employed inhis department, to use the grounds as aremedy for declining health.

Our frail Ex-Justice of the Peace hasbeen placed in charge of the old Ware-house and we. fear that his health willbe ruined for he complains of beingunder a constant nervous strain.

The men carry off anything from apulley to a bone grinder without making

a satisfactory settlement for it. One dayhe was "seen by one of his fellow work-men standing by the side of the ware-house wringing his hands and nearlytearing his hair out, appearing to anypassersby as one mentally unbalanced.The kind fel low workman offered as-sistance to the distressed man, only tobe informed that some one had stolentwo of his best pulleys whi le his backwas turned, l i e had run f rom the frontgate to Jasper street trying to locale theguilty party, but his efforts were fruit-less. Nei ther Pat nor Jim Towers wouldlet him past the gates. Just then a sighescaped from his talkative lips thatwould have done justice to any o'herman with a strong back and weak mind.From the echo of the sigh poured for ththis following sound: "Oh, were 1 in aposition now that f could place com-mon sense ahead of the law, f wouldgive some of them 30 days in a beer gar-den with a gas mask on"

Blondie has a new brew called theGreat Divide. It took two, days to makeit and three days off af ter it was made.

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No Higher Priced Tire is Worth More—No Lower Priced Tire is Worth as Much

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Ed Smith received the following"pathutic" note from the wilds of Mich-igan, recently:

Mister Timekeeper:"I was l/2 hour short when 1 last

worked for your company in May 1914.Please look this up and send me mymoney. I need it very badly as I haveto pay carefare from here to Decatur,Check 18642."

Mr. Goreham, manager of the zeebrashow known as the 99 Stripes, has se-cured a Bremo Net for a snake charmerwho is known as Madame De Tin Lizzee.She is in Chadrick, Mo., gathering up alarge number of snakes for the com-pany.

Robert D. Gates, formerly machinistforeman of the Gas Meter Co. of Spring-field is now with the Tool Room force,better known as "The Batt leship Grogs."He says he likes the place tine, but hasone question to ask: Who is that big fatfellow who has a big red nose and com-plains of the rats eating his lunch atnight?

Casualties: Billy Bowman, blacksmithhelper, suffered a broken thumb in theboxing bout with Billy Lewis. HenryHalterman's toe was broken in a foot-ball skirmish.

Fattie Klapp had to go to Clinton theother night to get his car. He hadto leave it there because his wife broughthim home on the train with her.

Electrician Johnnie Shyer ordered 'alarge bill of goods from Sears, Roebuck& Co. a short time ago. It consisted ofcandy, peanuts, chewing gum and whathe supposed, by looking at the picture,was a pair of overalls. The goods camein due time and were satisfactory withthe exception of the overalls whichproved to be a suit of Chinese under-wear. Johnnie says that af ter this hewill buy his overalls at Simon Burstein'swhere he is sure he will not be cheated.

Joe F. Kanariem, better known as BigJoe, Bull gang Xo. 2, thinks those boilersare furnaces where the company willboil candy and syrup. Please tell Joedifferent .

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Mr. Mart in of the Sales Departmentwas given a pencil the other day whichwould write any color. It pleased hima "great deal to write "black" with a redlead pencil.

Paul Stevens of the Engineering De-partment has become quite proficient inwalking backwards and sideways wi thhis neck craned at an angle of 45 de-grees. This is because of the attractionof the second story windows of the of-fice building.

Mike Honald. the chee r fu l ref ineryboy from Edgewater, N. J. when kiddedubout the height of the refinery says thatthat is nothing since his home on Ches-apeake Bay is on top of the Palisades.And as for the refinery operating almostentirely by gravity, hat don't worry himany for doesn't the Hudson r iver flowJown stream and isn't that caused bygravity?

claims arecatur pec"taxes in L

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To see Ed Larmiers splatter and spla;the ink around, one might think 1wanted to take a swim in it.

Ernie Gentry was towering mad a fedays ago. Kid Possum of the To<room was annoying him. He told tlkid that a few years ago while workiron a railroad he picked up two wipe:and threw them into the fire box of tlengine and three days later he saw theibobbing up and down in the water glas

Ed Shelter and Miss Kiely both leearly one Saturday afternoon. One \vigoing to Pana, the other to St. LouiPerhaps, but it did look suspicious.

Howard Carsel, Mr. Scaney's "woobutcher" worked in the rain one day lasweek and got his check number tan:ished. So he had to lay off for thredays to polish it to its former bright

If you crave hair-raising tales, as]Ulaekshaw of the Drafting Room ab'ouhis last fight.

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Say, Kay Sherman, how do trumpsmake grease spots on the carpet."'

Louis Brand won a great Victory. Theslips are f igured!

Mr. Galloway stepped into the ToolHouse (otherwise known as CannonBall Inn) late one night to get a lantern.The lights there were very low and ap-parently the place was deserted. Hewas finding his way toward the back ofthe room when he was startled by agreat noise w"hich sounded like an earth-quake, but was reassured by the sight ofL. Frybourge picking himself up fromthe floor where he had fallen.

Pee Wee Thornborough will be someiootball player if he keeps on practicingfor a few years more.

Strange that some fellows call homeon the long shift, the Jim Highley shift.

The pretty boy at the Packing Househas never closed his mouth since he hadgold teeth put in.

Jack Leaser did about as well as theChicago Tribune. He got a Ford forsix cents too.

Smitty of the pipefitters got sick oneatin' peanuts, so the next time he goesto the laboratory, Blondie is going totill his shoes.

Bill Lashenski is advertising for abrewmaster. Since he started workingin the tunnel he is wearing his wintercap to keep his ears from getting cold.

H. J. Halterman has been sporting anew gold watch for several days.

Blakeney lost his corn cob pipe theother day and is wishing that some onewill send him one for Christmas.

Frank Starbody is some great dancer.Any one wishing instruction in the latestdances, see him.

Gilford has resigned from the chicken

Mr. Worker:Save a Part

It's not what von make bu

The man w'ho has an accuj

man ready for "Opportunity w

You will rind our officers'explain our various savings a<

Farmers 5J. R. POGUE,

PresidentJ. R. PAISLEY,

Vice PresidentW. K. WHITFIELD,

2d Vice President135 EAST


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ALL FOR A POLICY in the Companythat has its Home Office in Decatur, towhich all its money comes and where itsclaims are all paid, that employs De-catui- people, owns property and paystaxes in Decatur.

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To see Ed Lahniers splatter and splashthe ink around, one might th ink hewanted to take a swim in it.

Ernie Gentry was towering mad a fewdays ago. Kid Possum of the Toolroom was annoying him. He told thekid that a few years ago while workingon a railroad he picked up two wipersand threw them into the fire box of theengine and three days later he saw thembobbing up and down in the water glass.

Ed Sheiter and Miss Kiely both l e f tearly one Saturday afternoon. One wasgoing to Pana, the other to St. Louis.Perhaps, but it did look suspicious.

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Howard Carsel. Mr . Seaney's "woodbutcher" worked in the rain one day lastweek and got his check number tarn-ished. So he had to lay off for threedays to polish it to its former bright-ness.

If you crave hair-raising tales, askKlackshaw of the Draf t ing Room abouthis last f ight .

Marion Simpson has become quiterespectable since he has moved out tothe east end where Rodney J. Baum andAndy Peterson live.

Wonder why Veech makes so manytrips to the Tray-Room? Some of thegirls seem to have fallen for certain baldheaded ball players.

Since Annie helped Sam to load thesacks, all the truckers on the floor aredumping every other load. Eppersonespecially.

Charlie Litten wants * to buy someowls.

Leake of the Reclamation Gang hasbeen advised to sit in the girl's lap thenext time he goes to a weiner roast sothat he won't catch cold.

Pug Moran, the lightweight messengerboy, is learning the fascinating game ofbaseball. . He was so eager to get tohome plate the other noon that he ranLatshaw off third base. Some speed fora youngs ter .


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Countenances always alightwith the smile of pure enjoy-ment that, goes with perfectsmotoring. Four new models^to select from i n c 1 u d i n gFours and Sixes: DORTK.

MOSHOE8, CLEVELAND tf/JYAX and THE.IfEVKIfK; two others to lie added to the. lineby the first of the year.

If it should he. that it's a used car youwant to buy, you will find at all times, on oursales room floor, the very best of cars fromwhich to make your selections.

OUR ACCEKXOJfY DEi'AffTMKXT willbe one of the largest and most complete inthe city.

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Klumpp says he would like to have aboat in the Mill House so that he willknow how to row when the hoathouseis f in i shed on the Sangamon.

James J. Moranfor Ambulance

Service

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318-320 North Water Street j»

CLASSIFIED ADSThis column may be used free of

charge by any Staley employe who caresto make use of it. Call at editor's off iceor leave your ad in the Journal box bythe east gate.

WANTED TO RENTWANTED—Rooms, single and in suiteto be listed with the Staley Real EstateAgent. The Real Estate Department isin a position to handle all property forsale at reasonable terms.WANTED — Some f o u rhouses on the east side.

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TITBITS FROM THE MAN IN THE MOON

I hear in the moon—

That Frank Higgins is a firm believer in the good old doctrine you must lie bornagain,

That he positively states that as an architect he was present at and assisted in thebuilding of the Tower of Babylon.

That he has a faint recollection of d in ing with Cleopatra and doffing his hat toKing Solomon.

That all the great and good mortals did not come from Indianapolis,That Frank Schubert and John Keane are products of the Windy City,That there is great rivalry between the two tribes.

That Bill Morrison's Briscoe has the St. Vitus Dance again,That this time the p e r f o r m a n c e was staged in the 1600 block East Main street.That Bill is seriously th ink ing of becoming a walking delegate.

That Henry Potrafka is s t ru t t ing- a r o u n d the p lant with love l isrht in his eves.That every t ime he meets one of bis f r i ends his favor i te subject is matrimony.That you have to give it to Henry he is no na ture faker

That the anc ien t Druids worshipped the su<i and the BrrMhists worship Buddha .That Freddy Tshmipp worships a deitv in d i s t an t Fort She r id rn ,That he absolutely refuses to take a dose of ambition pills.

That some of your foremen are great admi re r s of the teeni" weenie.That in their o rganiza t ion you will f n d the Cow Poy, the Trrk, the Chinaman and

the Dunce.That even the Lady of Fashion has a p r o m i n e n t place in the i r Shoe House.

That cleanliness is next to Godliness.That the process department must be k'^t clean.That Thompson and Long were given fa i r and l e g i t i m a t e wa rn ing .

That it is amusing to listen to the globe t ro t ters converse du r ing the noon hour inthe Foremen's Room.

That Toe Clark says he crossed the Miss iss ippi twice and vis i ted d i s t an t CerroGordo.

That Bill Herr was in Keokuk. Towa. and is positively sure -America is a very bigcountry.

Yours truly,

THE MAN IN THE MOON.

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