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CONTENTS

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General Office Building Enlarged ........ 5

Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Office Workers' Pointers ............... 13

By Dr. M. W. Fitzpatrick

What Shall Our Picnic Dinner Be? ....... 16

Mr. Chamberlain Invents Grain Dryer . . . 18

Annual Picnic .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Man in the Moon ..................... 42

Cartoons ...................... Van Hook

Published monthly in the interest of the employesof the A. E. Staley Manufac tur ing Co., Decatur, III.

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POLA UTTERand

POLAR BUTTERMILKTney re Better

"I"-SolationIt was Homecoming. The brill iant

colors, surging crowds, bands, happy oldfaces gleaming in reminiscence attestedthat fact. Everywhere was a spirit orwelcome and fellowship. But not quiteeverywhere. On one of the corners aman was standing whose countenance reg-istered an inward grief out of all keep-ing with the spirit of those about him. Hewas brushed forward and back by thehurrying passer sby. He wore the sadand bewildered expression of one who isgrieved and disappointed. Finally one ofthe younger men noticed his plight. Stop-ping he asked, "What's the matter, oldtimer? Isn't Illinois what it used to be?"

"Illinois?" the stranger mumbled won-deringly. "No wonder! I thought thishwash Iowa."—Notre Dame Juggler.

Borrowed StuffTeacher "We borrowed our numerals

from the Arabs, our calendar f rom theItalians. Can anyone think of any otherexamples ? "

Willie—"Out lawn mower from theSmiths, our snow shovel from the Jones'sand our baby carriage, f^om the Bumps."

[Vlose Sampson had been arrested forhelping himself i l legally to a white neigh-bor's Wyandottes.

"Guilty or not guilty ?" demanded thejudge.

"Not guil ty, suh!" answered the pris-oner promptly.

"Have you an alibi?""Al-al—say which, please, suh?""You heard me! Have you an alibi?""Oho! Yassuh! Didn't onnerstan* yo

at fust. Yo' means de alley by which Ah'scaped wid dem chickens?"

Doc Bly: "I see in the paper wherethree persons were k i l l ed in a feud."

Frankie M: "Those little cheap carsare dangerous."

ChivalrousWilKe was five years old and went to

church every Sunday with some othersmall boys, each one having a penny. Butone Sunday he went to church with hismother and when the collection was beingtaken up he asked:

"Ma, have you got a penny?""No," said his mother."Then take mine. I'll get under the

seat." Everybody s.

"O horse, you are a wonder fu l th ing ;no buttons to push, no horn to honk; youstart yourself, no clutch to slip; no sparkto miss, no gears to strip; no license buy-ing every year, with plates to screw onfront and rear; no gas bills climbing upeach day, stealing the joy of life away; nospeed cops chugging in your rear, yell ingsummons in your ear. Your inner tube.=are all O. K., and thank the Lord, theystay that way; your spark plugs nevermiss and fuss; your motor never makes UPcuss. Your frame is good for many amile; body never changes style. Yourwants are few and easily met; you'vesomething on the auto yet."

"James, a f t e r this please uncork all thebottles in my presence. 1 notice thatwhen you draw the corks in the pantrythe wine is extremely decollete."

"Extremely decollete, s i r?""Yes, James; very low in the neck."

Hot or Cold Night?One night as I lay thinking

Of the pleasant days of yore,1 heard a swishing, swashing,

Just outside my bedroom door.Up the hall , a funny clicking,

And some schuffling on the floor;'Twas my sister in galoshes

Only that and nothing more.

Unless you're ashamed of yourself nowand then you're not honest.

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Statisticians claim there is only onebath tub in France to every 800 inhabi -t R n t s . Now we know what they mean byFrench Dry Cleaning.

Cross Word PoemA maiden entered a suburban—

And firmly grasped aAnd every time they struck a

She sat in a different—The holes grew deeper, jerking

Till at last she gasped with a"Will someone kindly tell me,

How many laps to a1. A strong railroad competitor.2. What Ma used to give lickings with.3. Inside of a doughnut.4. Where the sheik holds his girl.5. Comparative of worse.6. Expression of pleasure.7. A polite word,8. Unit of distance.

We Have Seen It Done"Mamma, do the heathens in Africa

wear clothes?" asked five-year-old Mary."No, dear," was the reply."Then what good will that button do

that papa dropped in the collectionplate?"

Sof "Joe's awfully absent-minded,isn't he?"

Omar—"Why?"Sof—"Why, the other night he was

driving his parents over a lonely road andthey came to a particularly lonely spotand before he knew it he had parked thecar."

Not Improbable

Judge—"This man sayj> that af ter hefired a shot he saw you run from hischicken coop."

Rastus Johnson "He could easily bemistaken, jedge. Fast as Ah was runnin ' ,it cud have been someone what fain. lyresembles me."

BoiledDinner was late in being served. "The

Missus" went out into the kitchen to learnthe reason for the delay and came backweak from laughing very heartily.

"Oh, Katr inka looks so-o funny, John,"she informed her waiting, hungry hus-band. "The cooking brandy is all goneand she's trying to knit a sweater out ofthe spaghetti."

"Should evening dresses ever be wornto bridge parties?"

"No; in playing cards it is only neces-sary to show your hand." WashingtonDirge.

"Do you know, 1 believe your husbandis going to get locomotor ataxia."

"I shouldn't wonder—he has a perfectmania for buying cars."

If you expect people to cheer you, youmust take a chance on them laughing atyou.

PROOF POSITIVEA Mexican and an American who work

on the night shif t of a Kansas salt planteat their midnight lunch together. Onseveral occasions the Mexican had rabbitmeat in his pail, and he shared his supplygenerously with his comrade.

One night the American asked:"Where you get rabbits, Jose? 1 can't

find any.""My wife, she get *um," Jose replied.

"She say ever' night they come 'roundthe house and make noise. She shoot'um.'

"Noise? Rabbits don't make a noise.""Sure," Jose asserted, positively. "Go

'meow, meow'."

All Lost"Very, very sad, sir," said the doctor,

"I greatly regret to tell you your wife'smind is completely gone."

"Well, I'm not surprised, Doc," re-turned the husband, "she's been giving mea piece of it every day for the last fifteenyears,"

ShiftlessA southern Negro woman had struggled

through her married life with a worthlesshusband, and she tried hard to make herchildren more industrious. She called toone of the children one day:

"Wot, yo* doin,' chile?""Nothin*, mammy.""My, but yo* is gittin' like yo' father,"

she exclaimed. Columbus Dispatch.

A yard of silk, a yard of lace;A wisp of tulle to give it grace;A flower placed where flowers go;The skirt knee high, the back waist low;One shoulder strap, no sign of sleeve,If she should cough, Good Morning Eve!

Lady (to next door neighbor, discuss-ing departing lodger)—"I likes to partfr iendly, but I did just say, 'Gawd 'elpthe cat wot 'as to lick your plate*."—•Punch.

Boulange (pouring watery milk incoffee)—"Pierre, where you get thismilk?"

Pierre—"These milk she come from mycow.' »

Boulange—"Well, you had better getone tarpaul in for these cow. She leaks."

A good orchestra doesn't make poorcooking taste any better.

Beau: Do you like codfish balls?Stukie: 1 never go to dances.

Any Man (to wife driving a nail)"However do you expect to knock a nailin the wall with a clothes brush? Forgoodness sake use your head.

Speaking of Fish

A shady stream, a grassy knoll,A can of bait and a sturdy pole;I crave no other earthly blissWhen I may have two weeks of this.

Up with the sun and on my way,And a saucy nibble e'er break of day,A whopper, Wow! Could mortal wishFor a better breakfast than fried fresh fish?

The Java boils in an old tin pot,And you lift 'er off while she's piping hot,Then into the fragrant depths you dipYour old tin cup for a scalding sip.

Then, dishes over, you ramble farTo the good old hole where the big ones are,And there in the shade you spend the dayWhile the world seems a million miles away.

Or you lazily float down the quiet streamIn a crude old boat—just drift and dream—'Till right through your hands your line goes swishin'And you pull up hard—Oh, boy! that's fishin'.

A grouch can't go on a fishing tripFor you can't catch fish with your lower lip;You've gotta smile, and a heart that's lightIs better'n bait to make 'em bite.

Two weeks of that, and you'll sure feel grand,A knock-out punch in either hand.You'll come back home with the old brain clear,Rearin' to work for another year.

—S. L. Rodgers, Western Electric News.

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General Office Building EnlargedDid you every hear a baby coo and

chuckle over a new toy? Well, then youknow just how our general office peopleacted in July when they moved into theaddition to their building. The girls didthe coo-ing and the men the chuckling.

The new part is the same size as theold building, so that the general officenow is just twice as large as it was lastyear. And every inch of space in thebuilding is taken and some one was re-cently wishing for more already.

The velvetly green grass plot whichformerly filled the space between theoffice and Seventh street had to go, andall the flowers and vines which gave theold entrance such a homey appearancewere taken away, for the new buildingcomes out to the sidewalk, and the onlybit of space left for a garden is at thesouth. Of course Carl Simroth takesadvantage of that space and his grass andflowers there are as lovely as always.

Just at the left of the main Seventhstreet entrance a small room has beenbuilt for the telephone switch-board, andhere our operator spends her days. Tothe right of the main entrance Mr. Penny,our financial man, has his office. In thepicture of his office Mr. Penny is shownat his desk, and W. C. Chenowyth, formercongressman, now Staley stock salesman,is shown with him.

On down the corridor and just westof Mr. Penny's office, are the mailing andpublicity offices. The first, and smallerof the two is used by Stanley Taylor andhis stenographer, Marjorie Hodgins, whilethe larger of the two, the room formerlyoccupied by the traffic department, is nowoccupied by several people.

This room generally has a clutteredappearance but that is because it is such abusy place. It is the Staley post office,and mail bags, scales and packages fillevery inch of space. Through a specialwindow mail is loaded direct to the trucksnow.

The last room in this row, formerly Mr.Burwell's office, is now used by someengineers and cheir assistants LynnDavis, John Kuhns, Everett Dickey, A. J.Melius, Garrett Hayes, and F. L. Shonk-weiler.

The auditing department occupies theentire central part of the first floor, abouttwice as much space as the departmenthad formerly, but still there seems littlespace room. Louis Brand, paymaster,has his desk and his little key-hole win-dow next to the west entrance, which ismuch more convenient for all concerned.

The cost department has had to give upits favorite corner but the greater spacethese workers have now makes up forthat loss they say. Ray Bass, assistantauditor, has his desk just outside the audi-tor's office and no longer finds himselfhemmed in by telephone and adding ma-chine wires.

Bookkeeping machines and their oper-ators have been moved into the center ofthe room and other desks fill the spacein the new part of the building. The newcorner office on the southeast, and itsneighbor on the west have fallen to thelot of Mr. Augur and his staff, HelenHarder, Mable P a y n e and D o r o t h ySchmanski. The smaller office of Mr.Augur's old suite has been turned over toCecil Walker, credit manager, who has itfilled now with important-looking filingcabinets. The only room on the first floorwhich retains *ts old tenant and its oldatmosphere is the office of the auditor, R.C. Scherer. Mr. Scherer is still at his oldstand.

The traffic office, which made the mostradical change of all, has moved from theold suite on the north side of the firstfloor, to two much larger and brighterrooms on the west side of the second floor.Mr. Burwell has the office which formerlybelonged to Mr. Ives, while the rest ofthe traffic department men have theirdesks in the old snles department.

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Two Views of the Enlarged Auditing Office

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Mr. Augur Has More Space for His Workers

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Auditing Department and Credit Office

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Publicity and Mail Are Cared for Here

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The Traffic Office Has Roomy Quarters Now

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The Finance Head and Engineers Look Comfortable

From Better to BestBy Carrie Dubes Geddes

Remember that the world seems blue when you look at it throughmental glasses. You may see it blue today, and tomorrow under the samecircumstances it will appear rosy. The world has not changed; you havechanged your mental attitude. The things for which we prepare, the thingswhich we look for, the things which we have faith in, will come to us.

When we think kindly of everybody else it is not surprising to find thateverybody else is thinking kindly of us. One must practice overcomingpetty irritations, and he will be able to meet and master any big "wallop"that may come. Nothing can hinder us but ourselves. We are often ourworst enemies.

No matter though things do not go as you would like, or just as youplanned, keep up your courage, and keep busy, always believing in thebest. What seems failure is frequently the fingerpost that points the wayto success and happiness.

The energy wasted in discouragement would make us successful ifapplied in the right way. If there is something you very much desire todo, an ideal which you have earnestly set your heart upon, something•worthy of your best endeavors, never hesitate to attempt it. You are cap-able of more than you suspect, and nothing is impossible if you bring to itsaccomplishment faith in yourself.

The more one frets over appearances the darker seems the sky. Ifone will faithfully fulfill the duty of the present hour, he will neither lookbackward •with regret nor forward with fear. Whole-hearted continuancein well doing never fails to bring us to the goal we seek. Let us rememberalso that one courageous idea, persisted in will put a thousand fearfulthoughts to flight.

Ever and ever onward, from good to better and to best—let that bethe motto which actuates each and every one of us. Then shall our workbe well done, and joyously; then we shall do noble service.

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Office Workers' PointersBy Dr. M. W. Fitzpatrick

Office workers have health problems alltheir own, differing widely in this respectfrom those engaged in more active andvigorous occupations. One needs only toobserve the physical appearance of thearmy of employes leaving a large officebuilding in one of the cities, and then totake his stand by the factory gate whenthe five o'clock whistle blows to see thedecided advantage the mechanic or lab-orer has in bodily vigor over the ma-jority of clerks or bookkeepers. Not alloffice workers are sickly and not all fac-tory workers are robust, but the balanceis decidedly in favor of the latter.

Why so? There must be a reason.They all started about the same in child-hood, unless, perhaps, the factory men hada little the worst of it. There is only oneanswer. Habits fostered by occupationleave their imprint on one's health.

First of all, one who contemplates tak-ing up office work should not in earlierlife indulge too strenuously in athletics!for this builds up a large muscular bodywhich requires proportionate food andgenerates heat from this food more thanis necessary when engaged in inactive pur-suits. The supply of energy is greaterthan the demand and this means physicalstagnation. It puts an extra burden onthe organs of elimination.

Then there is the matter of food. Afterone has attained his ful l growth he needsonly enough food for tissue repair". Wespeak of food to keep us warm, but thatwarmth comes from the heat generated inthe chemical reactions this food under-goes in the body. To illustrate this, oneneeds but to recall his last attack of in-digestion. Enough food was eaten, but itremained for a long time in the stomachbefore it was passed on. There wasenough fuel in the body but it was notburning, hence the feet and hands werecold.

This being the case the office workershould learn what amount of food serveshim best for his occupation and then stickpretty closely to that amount. If thebounds are over-stepped at one meal be-cause of tempting viands, care should beexercised to restrict the next meal to off-set this excess. It does not take overmuch will power to regulate habits alongthis line but it does take patience and per-sistence.

Not all clerks, stenographers, etc., aregiven to over-eating. In fact, in the largecities the ingenuity of many a doctor is

taxed to find a plan to get these patientsto eat more. Many of them come in withserious and debilitating conditions due en-tirely to under-nourishment. They mustbe made to esft a more liberal diet anddo not recover until they do increase theintake of food.

The natures of one's food may well bevaried to suit the seasons and the taste.In fact, one who is compelled to make hisown selection of food is apt to get into arut and find himself eating the same thingday after day. He may get a balancedration in that way but before long sucha regime will begin to pall on him and theresult will then be undernourishment. Avaried diet is the most nourishing, themost appetizing, and hence less food inrequired to adequately supply the bodyneeds. One need not eschew meats en-tirely because of their sedentary occupa-tions but they should remember they donot need as much meat as their neigh-bor who is doing hard, manual labor.Nor is it good to indulge in an oversupplyof vegetables. Just recently the doctorsin Decatur have been called upon f re-quently to prescribe for the annoyingcomplaint of hives. It is quite probable thatmany of these patients have been broughtto this state of discomfort by the use ofvegetables to the practical exclusion ofprotein or fat-bearing foods. While it iswell to use an abundance of vegetablesand fruits, yet even this can be overdone.Especially so in times of depressingly hotand humid weather. Then the digestivepowers are at the lowest ebb, and if thestomach is called upon to dispose of toomuch food it is unequal to the task, aresidue of food is left to be attacked bybacteria and the" poison they generatedebilitate the patient. Frequently thiscondition expresses itself in an attack ofhives.

Hardly less important than the amountand quality of food is the matter of exer-cise. A person sitting at a desk most ofthe working day by leaning forward com-presses the abdominal organs and at thesame time cramps the breathing capacityby restricting the excursion of the lowerportion of his chest. Some few years agoit was the custom to have high desks sothat one could stand while working onbooks or sit on a high stool as suited hisinclination. In this "Way a better chancewas had to expand the lungs, and to avoidinterference with the natural processes ofthe abdominal organs. Golf is an especi-

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ally good exercise for office workers. Byit all the muscles of the body are calledinto use with a vigor they would noteasily get in any other way, or if it istoo hot lo go on the links, there is alwaysa lake, a stream, or a pool somewherenear that invites to a pleasant swim.Here again caution must be exercised.One may be fatigued easily in the water.At some pools there is a posted warningthat no one should stay in the waterlonger than an hour. Another warningis not to go into the water alone. No oneknows when he will be attacked bycramps and thus rendered helpless. Byall means do not go in soon after a heavymeal. The newspapers have recordedseveral instances recently where expertswimmers have been drowned becausethey went into the water soon af ter eatinga fu l l meal.

For those who are afraid to go intothe water it might be said they shouldconquer that fear at once, but do so byseeking a competent swimming instructor.

But if the opportunity to swim or togolf is not at hand there is always someother means of getting exercises. Thereis surely no one who cannot find a pleas-ant road or lane to walk in. In the popu-lous centers the parks furnish beautyspots that bring their patrons near tonature, and in the more rural communi-ties there are pleasant walks in almostevery direction. Walking to and from theoffice will so exercise the muscles, stimu-late the circulation, and augment thebreathing, that one will be immeasurablyrepaid for the extra time consumed inthe effort.

MRS. GEDDES WRITESMrs. D. Y. Geddes, of Toledo, Ohio,

formerly Carrie Dubes of Decatur, haswritten an interesting letter telling of theolder days at Staleys. Mrs. Geddes, be-fore her marriage, was secretary to Mr.Chamberlain. Her father, Henry Dubes,is a millwright at the plant. Mrs. Geddesis prominent in club work in Toledo, andis a leader in activities for women in thePennsylvania Railroad company employesassociations. Mr. Geddes is a superin-tendent for the Pennsylvania.

Following is her letter to the Journal:

Editor, The Staley Journal:It is with much pleasure and more

interest that I read the STALEY JOUR-NAL each issue, for it truly seems like get-ting news from "home", having been oneof the very first employes of the A. E.STALEY MFG. CO. To watch the plantgrow from a "one cylinder" machine tothe very latest "eight in a row", has beenone of the wonders of our "Biggest LittleCity".

My first trip to the A. E. Staley Mfg.Co. was at the time when we had to walkfrom First and Eldorado streets. Theweather was bitterly cold, and my vowwas if home was ever reached 1 wouldnever go back. My appointment waswith Mr. Chamberlain, and my first im-pression of working for him would neverdo to put on paper. However, 1 didaccept the position as his private secre-tary, and found he and all of the associ-ates in the Staley offices most pleasant, aswell as constructive. During my threeyears of service under the supervision ofMr. Chamberlain 1 learned more than allof my schooling and business education.There were times when he used wordsthat I never dreamed were to be foundany place, but 1 had very efficient help inMr. A. H. Kelling, who has since movedto Chicago and gone into the "Nut"business.

It was the aim of everyone of our litlleband at that time to get the plant run-ning, and to see some of the finishedproduct. We worked hard and longhours, but our working conditions weremade most pleasant and we knew ourefforts were appreciated by our superiorofficers.

Loyalty was one of the main objects ofMr. Staley's organization. It was, and Ifeel still is, one of the sayings "once aStaley employee, always a Staley em-ployee", and from the long records ofservice of many of the men now withthe company I feel this has been provento be true.

I was most happy to note in one ofthe recent issues of the JOURNAL thatour friend Ray Scherer was given anofficial standing on the Staley staff. Ihave read with interest several articleswritten by Mr. File. We used to cookour cocoa at noon on some of his littlestoves in his laboratory, but always withthe understanding he was to receive thegreater amount of cocoa to drink. Thenthere is our f r iend Mr. Keck, who at thebeginning of the plant was always havingtrouble with his "pipes".

My best to all of the old "bunch", andhoping the day "will soon be here that theA. E. Staley Mfg. Co. will be the largestplant of its Tdnd in the world, I am,

Respectfully,Carrie E. Geddes.

Toledo, Ohio.

John Howley, of the store room, wascalled to Springfield July 21 to the bed-side of his father, James Howley who suf-fered a broken hip in a fall.

Announcement!Earl Stimmel now rules as mayor of

Terrace Gardens.

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Juggling About Three-Ton Loads Looks Like Play

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Above • When the bottom of a vacuum pan showed a big crack recently there was nothingto do but to take it out and replace it. That sounds simple enough, but when it is added tha"tthe pan bottom weighs three tons it takes on complications. John White and his Brown-hoistlifted it out of its place on the third floor of the refinery and placed it on the ground whereClaude Fletcher, in the picture above, is looking it over. The upper picture shows the new cast-ing just about ready to swing into place. As the windows were too narrow to take in the newcasting, a hole was knocked out of the wall to admit the 6,000 pound plaything.

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What Shall Our Picnic Dinner Be?Once again our picnic is upon us—

that day, which to Staley people shareshonors with Christmas and the Fourth ofJuly—and we are thinking, at least thewomen part of us are, about the luncheswe must prepare to help complete theday's pleasure.

If we are average women we are won-dering how we can make those lunchesgood with the minimum of work. Thedays when one thought a successful picnic•was one which had taken hours of workover a hot stove to prepare, are gonealong with the horse and buggy, thankcustom.

Now women realize that the "men-folks" enjoy their picnics just as much,and everyone is better physically, andhappier the next day, if the picnic meal ismore simple.

The Staley picnic meals are simplifiedby the fact that ice cream is furnished toall families attending. That eliminatesthe necessity of planning and making andpacking and carrying a dessert.

And since we are on the subject, wewill begin with this tag end of the dinnerand work backwards. Since the icecream, in brick form, is furnished all pic-nickers, all the mother has to do for thatpart of the dinner is to plan some cakesor cookies to eat with it.

Drop cakes and cookies, uniced unlessthe cook has down to a fine art, the mak-ing of icing which will not get stick, aremost satisfactory. They are easy to make,easy to pack and carry, and when eatendo not leave sticky fingers and messyfrocks. Some of these are mighty good,and fu l f i l l all the requirements.

STALEY SPONGE CAKEThree eggs, ]/? cup Staley Crystal

White Syrup, ]/? cup granulated sugar,I \/4 cups sifted pastry flour, 1 teaspoonbaking powder, 7 teaspoons hot milk, yyteaspoon salt, '/? teaspoon lemon extract.

Beat whites of eggs until s t i ff , add sugargradually, continue beating, then addStaley's Syrup. Beat yolks until thick andadd, also extract. Sift flour, cornstarch,baking powder and salt together and foldinto egg mixture, add hot milk gradually,mix lightly and turn into ungreased panand bake in moderate oven (350 degrees)about 5 0 minutes.

MARGUERITESMake a good boiled icing. As soon as

it is taken from the stove add marshmal-lovvs which have been quartered. Beatuntil cool, then add nut meats. Spreadon crackers and brown slightly in oven.

SUGAR COOKIESTwo cups sugar, I cup butter, 1 cup

sour cream or milk, 1 teaspoon soda, 2eggs, 1 J/7 teaspoons salt, 1 teaspoon van-illa extract, 4 ]/2 cups sifted pastry flour.

Cream butter; add sugar gradually andcream again. Add unbeaten eggs, one ata time, beating thoroughly after each ad-dition. Add sour cream or milk and stirwell. Fold in sifted dry ingredients withvanilla. Roll out on slightly floured board.Raisins, cocoanut or chopped nuts maybe added if desired. Cut into shapes andbake in hot oven (375 degrees) for 20minutes. This recipe makes 9 dozencookies.

GINGER COOKIESOne cup brown sugar, 5 cups sifted

pastry flour, 1 teaspoon soda, 2 teaspoonsbaking powder, 1 teaspoon ginger, J/2teaspoon Cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon cloves,1 teaspoon salt, I/J cup Staley's GoldenTable Syrup, J/2 cup molasses, I cupmelted lard, 1 cup boiling water, 3 eggs.

Sift dry ingredients. Add eggs andliquids and stir well. Drop from spoononto greased tins. Bake in moderate oven(350 degrees) for 25 minutes. One-halfcup jelly or jam may be added.

SOFT GINGER COOKIESOne cup sugar, 5 cups flour, 2 tea-

spoons baking powder, I teaspoon soda,I teaspoon salt, 2 teaspoons ginger, Itablespoon cinnamon, 1 cup lard, I egg,1 cup sour milk, 1 !/3 cups Staley's GoldenTable Syrup.

Sift dry ingredients together twice.Mix well softened lard with egg, sour milkand syrup. Cut and fold sifted dry in-gredients into this mixture. Chill for 4or 5 hours. Roll out to J/3-inch thickness;cut out with cooky cutter. Bake in amoderately hot oven (375 degrees) 20minutes.

BANBERRY TARTSPie dough, I egg, !/? cup sugar, J/2 cup

Staley's Crystal White Syrup, I table-spoon melted lard, 4 crackers, 1 cupraisins (chopped), 1 cup n u t s (chopped),grated rind and juice of 1 lemon.

Cook sugar, Staley's syrup, lard, raisinsand crackers until thick. Add egg slightlybeaten. Remove from fire and add lemonjuice and grated rind, and nuts. Rollpastry '/ft inch thick and cut pieces 3 */2inches long by 3 inches wide. Put 2 tea-spoons of mixture on each piece, moistenedge with cold water half way round, foldover, press edges together, and bake inmoderate over (350 degrees) for 40minutes.

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The main part of the meal has changed things. Nuts and cream cheese make anlittle from year to year, except that most excellent combination, as do cream cheesewomen are realizing now that sandwiches and chopped stuffed olives. A thin layerand dry salads are much more appetizingand easier to prepare than the big mealswhich formerly constituted the regulationpicnic.

Sandwiches can be made easily withready prepared fillings, or more time canbe given to them and all sorts of goodfillings can be made without much ex-pense. Of course, when talking of sand-wiches one always thinks first of meatbetween bread. But that suggests sucha wide field—from big thick slices ofbread with slabs of cold meat stuck be-tween, down to thinner slices, carefullytrimmed, and filled with thin slices ofmeat or minced or chopped meat.

Picnic mealsare not idealunder any cir-cumstances, forthere are al-ways flies andother unusualconditions, butthey are mademore ideal ande n j o y a b l e i fthe food is pre-p a r e d w i t hf o r e t h o u g h t .For that reasonp a r t l y , t h ethin and com-p a c t s a n d -wiches and drysalads are al-ways best.

Eggs alwaysstand high inthe etsimationof s a n d w i c hmakers. Theycan be h a r dc o o k e d a n dsliced or chop-ped and mixedw i t h a s a l a ddressing. Eitherway they makeexcellent sand-wiches, especi-ally if bits of bacon are added.

Cheese never fails to please most ofyour picnic guests, and now, with sucha wide variety on the market it is hardto plan sandwiches without it. Cottagecheese, which has not had too muchcream added, makes excellent sandwicheswhen used' plain. It can be mixed withnuts or green peppers if a variation isdesired.

Cream cheese is another variety which,can be used just as it comes from thepackage, or 'can be mixed with other*

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of cream cheese on one slice of bread anda thin layer of smooth jam or firm jellyon its mate, make glorious sandwiches,especially if the bread is thin and crust-less.

There are always cheddar, brick, orSwiss cheeses which one has only to slicethin, spread with mustard and put be-tween slices of bread, rye preferred, tomake fine sandwiches. Roquefort , crum-bled and moistened with an oil dressing,pleases better than anything else thosewho are fond of that cheese.

A recent departure from the timehonored sandwich is the salad sandwichmade popular by teashops and restaurants

of the coziert y p e w h i c hcater to f o l kwho must eatluncheon in ahurry. Almostany kind of am e a t s a l a dserves wonder-f u l l y as a saladfilling. Chick-en, ham, egg,s a l m o n , sa r-q*ine, tuna fish,shrimp or olivesalads are oftenused1 this way.

Then as weoften have withus the personw h o p r e f e r sv e g e t a b l e s tomeats, there ist h e vegetables a n d w i c h .B a k e d b e a n sfrom which theliquid has beendrained, can beused wi t h o u tany addition.

Thin s l i c e s~ • ' - . o f ' c u c u m b e r

- - ' can be u s e d1 but the salad

dressing which is -nece'ssary to make sucha sandwiSh a success is apt to cause thecucumber's to slip at the crucial moment.But the sandwiches are good and wellworth the trial. Lettuce and onions arealways stand-bys either to be used aloneor, with combinations.

The salad possibilities for a picnic arealmost endless—potato, meat, fish, vege-table and fruit but fcnless they are ratherdry they Will go a long 'and liquid waytoward the ruination' of the .party.

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Mr. Chamberlain Invents Grain DryerAn invention which is being welcomed

by grain growers and elevator menthroughout the country is being patentedby G. E. Chamberlain, general superin-tendent of the A. E. Staley Mfg. Co. Theinvention, which is a grain dryer of aportable type, was given a thorough try-out early in July and was enthusiasticallyreceived by agriculture experts and manu-facturers of farming machinery who werepresent for the test.

This dryer assures the success ofdirect-from-the-field harvesting. It will bepossible to sell these dryers at a reason-able first cost, Mr. Chamberlain says, andthe operating cost will be extremely low.It is estimated by experts that severalcents on the bushel will be saved thegrower, and local elevators will be offereda curing system which more than equalsthe expensive kilns used in terminal ele-vators.

In this drier a direct fire heat is used,with a suction fan drawing the gases ofcombustion, mixed at will with cold airand the heated air which has once beenused, from the coke fire and forcing itover the grain, which is handled in threecompartments, "with the highest heatthrown on the grain in the lowest com-partment, and the coolest on the grain atthe top. The compartments are made ofwire mesh cloth.

Moisture tests proved that the drierwould decrease moisture content to almostany desired extent. Its average fuel con-sumption, calculated from the necessarilyrough drier now in use, would not exceeda fire-box of coke daily.

The big exhibition test of the drier wasmade July 1 1 on the Meharry estate, alarge farm about fifty miles east of De-catur. At that time the drier easilyhandled the grain from 1 8 acres of wheat,harvested direct from the field by a com-bination reaper and thresher. The testwas watched by Mr. Harris, of Massey-Harris Co., Ltd., Toronto, Canada., C. P.Milne, assistant to the manager of Mas-sey-Harris Co., by other farming machinemanufacturers , and by university agri-culture experts and farmers.

The test with wheat followed a seriesof equally successful experiments withcorn, large quantities of which were driedfor Staley's during the early spring, andwith soy beans. It was the necessity atthe plant, for drying corn which, first in-terested Mr. Chamberlain in the drier.

The drier permits of the threshing ofgrain from the field during any condi-tions. Direct-from-the-field harvesting,according to a questionaire recently sent

out by the Massey-Harris company, makeswith all conditions favorable for an aver-age saving to the grower of some nine-teen cents a bushel on his grain.

To counteract the benefits of this directharvestings, however, is the fact thatgrain slightly green or exceedingly moistat the time of its reaping often "heats'vin the elevator bins. The heating is lessto be desired than the "rattling" commonto shocked grain and the vice of delayingharvesting.

Terminal elevators, of course, use kilnsto dry the moist or green grain. Themethod, while successful in a measure,lowers the quality of the grain.

Mr. Chamberlain's drier turns out grainunder more nearly natural conditions andin a more nearly natural state than anysystem yet devised, according to its tests.It is easily portable, may be manufacturedat a fraction of the cost of a kiln, andoperates admirably with the combinationthresher and reaper used in the direct har-vesting.

Patents on the drier's principles wereapplied for about six months ago, andare pending with no difficulty in their be-ing granted expected.

During the tests the drier handled wheatonly. Although tested only for corn,soy beans, and wheat, it is taken as ac-cepted that other and similar grains canbe efficiently dried.

So far Mr. Chamberlain has made noarrangements for marketing the device.

Urgent requests have been made tohave the drier shipped to western Canadafor further demonstrations but Mr. Cham-berlain is uncertain as to the advisabilityof repeating, at such a distance, experi-ments which are already conclusive.

THIS MONTH'S COVERHelen Hackett, of Decatur, drew the

cover design for this month's Journal.Miss Hackett, who was a student in De-catur High school last year, won thesecond prize in that group of students whotried for The Staley Journal prizes.

Miss Hackett has done a, great deal ofwork of this type which has won hermuch praise. Her work is the kind notusually done by high school pupils.

WANTED—20 MENTwenty men are needed to help at the

refreshment stand on picnic day. Eachman will be paid. Those who will workare asked to report to Ed Smith, at thetime office, at once. All workers mustbe members of the Fellowship club.

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Mr. Chamberlain Demonstrates His Grain Dryer

Left—One view of the graindryer showing the coke ovenwhere the heat is generated.

Right—Mr. Chamberlain, atextreme right, F. J. Wand, andthree experts who attendedthe demonstration.

Left—Just as the caravanstarted. The big truck lead-ing the way towing the dryeron its way to its first demon-stration.

Right—A close up of thedryer.

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One hot July day this group of good-looking young people took a trip through our plant.They were all from the Mueller plant, and were spending their day off in visiting us. We hopethey liked us well enough to come back again some day. . ̂

Real Scotch JokesOur Glasgow representative, Mr. W. H.

Alexander, has recently sent us the fol-lowing real Scotch stories in a greatly ap-preciated letter which we received fromhim:

Employer (calling in his Head Sales-man)—"1 ,am very pleased indeed withthe sales you have made during the pastthree years.' You will remember 1 gaveyou £5 three '• years ago; -and here*s acheque for £100—and—(hesitatingly) ifyou double the turnover within the nexttwo years, I will sign it."

A Jew visited Aberdeen on business,and induced a client to call at his hotel todiscuss business in the evening.

The client arrived. The door was shut,then the Jew turned off the gas, at whichSandy remarked: "What's the use of doin'that?" The Jew replied: "We can talkas well in the dark as in the light, and itsaves the gas." Shortly afterwards, theJew heard some rustling where Sandy was,and asked him what he was doing. "Och!"says he, "I'm jist takin" off my breeks, asthere is no use sittin' on them wearin'them out in the dark."

FLAG DAY IN ABERDEEN—SAL-VATION ARMY COLLECTION

A wee lassie asked an old farmer if heWould give • I /- to ~the Lord. After" re-

peating ^he question, the farmer askedthe girl what age she was. She replied:"Sixteen". The old farmer said he was76, and that,1 as he would likely see theLord first, he would give it himself."

Monday MoviesFor the remainder of the summer, the

Fellowship club motion picture shows willbe on Monday night of each week insteadof Sunday night. Once or twice rains onSunday have made the shows impossibleand they have been shown on Mondayinstead and each time have drawn largercrowds of Staley people.

Taking this as an indication that Mon-day night shows would be more popular,the decision was made to have them onthat j night in the future.

TJie pictures are shown in the ball parkwith no admission charge.

Pictures for the month of August fol-low:

August 3—"The Goldfish", with Con-stanqe Talmadge.

August | 0—"In Holtywopd f with Pot-ash and Perlmutter".

AJigust 1 7—"The Marriage Cheat",with Leatrice Joy, Percy Marmont andAdolphe Menjou.

August 24 "Single Wives", withCorinne Griffith and Milton Sills.

August 31—"The White Moth", withBarbara LaMarr, and Conway Tearle.

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Some General Office Playmates

RD.RoLl>4, trafficsays thi's preventshis bald haad ftomshowing.

Dorollry DdVis, auditing,knows theg'irls allher now forskndin^ betweeuCari

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Margaret Hebert refused tobui Dorethea and Rosy like 1Girns l

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Plan Now To Attend IStait right now making your plans for

Friday, August 21 . That's the day ofthe big Staley picnic and everybody mustbe there. Remember what a glorious timeyou had last year? Well, this year it isgoing to be much more glorious, and, if

our private advices from the weather manare correct, it is not going to be nearly ashot.

The day-time activities will be held inNelson park as usual. In fact, we willjust over-flow the park that day and therest of Decatur might as well plan rightnow to stay at home. They will not findstanding room, even, when they arrive.

But in the evening we are going tomove on east. The Decatur Elks, throughtheir Exalted Ruler, A. W. Hendricks,have invited all members of the StaleyFellowship club and their families, todance at the Elks new country club thatnight. That will be a perfect climax toa perfect day.

The Elks country club, stretching outalong the lake shore, is an ideal place todance, and its ball room is large enoughto accommodate all of our club's dancingmembers. In the past our picnic danceshave been too large for our own clubhouse, and attempts to have them on theNelson Park dance platform have resultedin public parties.

So this year we will have our picnicduring the day in the park, and then inthe evening go out to the Elks club forour dance. For the benefit of those whodo not have cars, buses will run fromthe end of the Nelson park bus line to theclub from 7:30 until 8 o'clock. From11:30 until 12 buses will make a returntrip to some bus or street car terminal.The dance hours will be from 8 to 12.

The day before the picnic ice cream jand soda pop tickets will be given to allclub members. Keep your tickets andtake them to the picnic with you for thisyear no one will get a thing at the re-freshment stand unless he has his tickets.

Each married man will be given 20tickets and each single member of theclub 10. Each member will be entitledto two bricks of ice cream. But whenyour tickets are gone do not go backto the stand and try to get somethingelse. After you have used up your tenor twenty tickets you have had more popthan is good for your system anyway.

All bottles of pop will be opened be-fore they will be handed out at thestand. Don't ask the attendants to breakthis rule for you, for they are under iorders not to do so. And PLEASE RE- |TURN ALL EMPTY POP BOTTLES TOTHE STAND. I

In the past tickets have been given out *the day before the picnic, but it didn'tmake any difference whether you hadthem when you went to the stand or not.You got all the pop you could carry. Asa result, some Staley people, and a great

many outsiders, carried away dozens ofbottles of pop while other members ofthe club were unable to get any.

For that reason the "committee incharge of the arrangements has found itnecessary to make the announcement thatonly persons presenting tickets will begiven pop and ice cream, and they willstick to this announcement.

AND BRING ALL EMPTY POPBOTTLES BACK TO THE STAND.

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pur Big Annual PicnicDuring the day there will be plenty of

events planned to keep everyone busy andhappy. The baseball and golf games willtake place in the morning. In the after-noon there will be various contests in thepark. Those already announced follow:

Bean carrying contest for all officers ofthe Fellowship club and Mr. Staley.

I.2.3.4.5.

FOR BOYS UNDER 12 YEARSThree legged race.Bean carrying c'ontest.Shoe Race.Wheelbarrow race.Turtle race.

BOYS 12 TO 16 YEARSSack race.Three legged race.100-yard dash.Egg raceSack race.

GIRLS 12 YEARS AND UNDERShoe race.Bean carrying contest.One legged race.100-yard dash.Sack race.

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GIRLS 12 TO 16 YEARSWalking backwards.Egg race.Bean carrying contest.Ball throwing contest.100-yard dash.

WOMENOldest bobbed hair woman.Ball throwing contest.100-yard dash.Egg race.

MEN

1. Tug-of-war.2. Cigar smoking contest (box of cigars

to •winner).3. Fat men walking backwards (100

yards).

Following are the committees in chargeof arrangements:

General Chairman C. A. Keck.Reception A. E. Staley, G. E. Cham-

berlain, J. H. Galloway, Wm. Morrison,E. K. Scheiter, Guy Chamberlin, T. C.Burwell.

Prizes—R. O. Augur, Ray Scherer.Program—C. M. Cobb, Dan Buzzard.Arrangements—T. J. Gogerty, Chas.

Fitch, Fred Klumpp, Bob Patton, W. H.Broadbear.

Amusements—Cecil Walker, L. M. Ban-ning, Rodger Dawson.

Water Events—R. A. West, HenryDewey, Leonard Smith, Gene Roberts.

Land Events—Chas. Ellis, Mark Beck.Dancing—B. H. Walker.Transportation—W. J. Thornborough,

Ernie Mitchell.Check Room—O. W. Falk, Walter

Grant, Frank Rucker.Publicity—Ruth Cade, Harry Walms-

ley, Dan BuzzarohBuilding—Jack Fletcher, Frank Moore,

Wm. Pollock.Refreshments—K. D. Sherman, Harry

Casley, A. O. Snelson.Ball Game—T. C. Burwell, Edmund

Smith.Golf Tournament—Al Lukey.

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When our general sales manager was in Boston in July, he was closely shadowed by acamera it would seem. We are glad some one can get his picture. He fights shy of camerasaround here. But he evidently liked the cultural atmosphere which he used as a backgroundin these pictures. In the one on the left he is shown standing at the base of the Bunker Hillmonument in Charles town, Mass. In the center he is shown with L. R. Dickinson, our Bostonmanager, and Mrs. Dickinson. This picture was taken on "Harvard "yard". The picture onthe right, ladies and gentlemen, shows our two good looking representatives, Mr. Scheiter andMr. Dickinson, properly posed in f ront of Harvard Hall. We are glad that some of the Decaturpeople go to Boston once in a while for that is the only way we can ever persuade Mr. and Mrs.Dickinson to let us have pictures of themselves.

Elephant to the RescueThe following story was clipped from

the Decatur Herald on July 1 5, havingbeen written by the wo man's editor forher "Let's Talk It Over" column. Staleyfriends who read it will enjoy it evenmore if they will substitute the name G. E.Chamberlain for Blank for it was our gen-eral superintendent and his wife who hadthe thrilling experience and came homewith a big dent in the back of their car.

"Last week a Decatur couple whom Ishall call Mr. and Mrs. Blank took a carfull of people up to Bloomington to seethe circus. It was the Sells-Floto, the oneof which G. D. Steele of Decatur is legaladvisor.

"During the show it started to rain;soon it stormed; it wasn't long until thewater came down in sheets. The stormwas over by the time the circus was, butwhen the Decatur party came out andstarted home they found mud and watereverywhere.

"All would have been well, however, ifit hadn't been for a woman . . . youknow, a woman is always to blame foranything that happens. This time, just asthe driver, started carefully out of themud, The Cause and her child ran acrossdirectly in f ron t of the car; the brakeswere applied and the lady and her off-spring were saved, but the automobilesettled comfortably back into a puddle ofmud that reached the hub-caps. No kindof persuasion would budge it out.

"Just as despair was settling down the

assistant manager happened by and recog-nized the Decatur people.

"I'll get you out of that," he assuredthem, and he gave a few directions to apassing hand. In about three minutes thehand returned, leading . . . a n ele-phant.

"Betty's good at this sort of work,"said the manager.

"Betty was. She put her head againstthe back of the big sedan and took abreath—not a very deep one either, appar-ently, for she couldn't be seen to moveand the automobile and its seven oc-cupants were lifted gently out of the mud-hole and deposited on the firm groundahead. Some service! She left a souvenirof her accommodation in a dent in theback of the car, just the size and shapeof her head, but that was easily removed.

"That was an interesting enough exper-ience in itself to make a good story, tomany minds. But men have such a queers~nse of humor. Whenever he tells it Mr.Blank always has to put some place in thestory the fact that his wife's name isBetty too."

VACATION SCHEDULEDuring the first two weeks in August

the editor will be away ,but Vivian Pierce,of the purchasing office, will be in charge.Persons having news or pictures for theJournal are asked to leave them in theJournal box or "with Miss Pierce. Shewill also have charge of the library dur-ing that time.

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Our friend J. W. Hixson, who glides up and down the hills of Pennsylvania spreading cheerand Staley products has here created an historical background for himself. And he has twocharming aides with him. Mrs. Hixson, on his right, some of us know, and all of us who knowher like her exceedingly. The young woman on Jack's left is Mrs. Albert Evans, the wife ofthe salesmanager of our Baltimore branch. This is Mrs. Evans' first bow before a Staley audience,but we hope she will give us an opportunity to become better acquainted with her later. Theyhad this picture taken while they were visiting Washington's headquarters at Valley Forge.

William Stewart, machinist, owns 600acres of Texas land which promise to beworth more as a base for oil wells thanthey have even been as a home for sage-bush, cactus and rattlesnakes. If the oilwells pay out he will accept the followingbids for jobs: Baldy Mays, secretary; HarryGepford, chauffeur; Carl Oakes, housedetective; Paul Simroth, door man; DaveDryden, butler; John Greenwood, stableman.

There is a rumor to the effect thatTurkey Grant bribed the Fellowship of-ficials to have the picnic on Friday so thatall the Irish will buy fishing licenses fromhim for the occasion.

Assistant Superintendent J. W. Mor-rison and Mrs. Morrison, visited theirdaughter in Atlanta, Ga., during July.The trip south was made by motor andwas most enjoyable according to Mr.Morrison.

Mrs. Edna Isaacs, of the tray room, andher son Walter, "went to Kansas City, Mo.,in July, for a visit with relatives.

Bernice Scott, telephone operator, tookher vacation the last of July.

Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Rickey visited inFindley and Shelbyville over the Fourthof July.

Fred Kessler has been reading the West-ern Union advertisement which says,

'*He who writes must waitTelegraph!"

Clyde Schoonover, messenger boy inthe manufacturing department, thinksGreenwood is the finest park in Decatur.The thing which puzzles him, however, ishow they ever keep the grass cut withall those big rocks and stones. And hewants to know why so many people havetheir names and ages cut on the rocksin Greenwood.

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Born To Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sawyer,2559 East Wabash avenue, in St. Mary'shospital, July 8, a daughter. Mr. Sawyerworks in the boiler house.

Born. To Mr. and Mrs. John Shyer,July 22, a daughter. Mr. Shyer is on theelectrical gang at the plant. Mrs. Shyer,formerly Bessie Anderson, was our plantnurse before her marriage.

Our Poet's NapLast month a picture of C. M. Cobb,

our poetical purchasing agent, appearedin The Journal. The picture, taken onenoon while Mr. Cobb was napping withhis feet on his desk, carried the suggestionthat he was dreaming a poem. Evidentlyhe was for he wrote us this poem afew days later:

THE NAP AT NOONAway from the hurry and heat of the townWith its racket and bustle ancT roar,There's a tree-bordered lake where TJ

fain lay me downJust to rest by its whispering shore;

Where the wind's in the treesAnd a balm in each breezeThat heals all the cares of the day.And the moon's rippling beamsWeave a pattern of dreamsThat drives every worry away.

You may steer a canoe, you may swimif you please,

The decision is quite up to you;But I'd like to snore on that cool, shaded

shore,By the lake with its water so blue.

The small son of 'Mr. and Mrs. Sam I larrison celebrated his birthday iri .rewith a party for all his frie'nds. The party ~street. The host is the boy dressed in whiteNo. 17 building.

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irrison celebrated his birthday, iri .regular fashion,A-as given at the family1 home, 1523 East Eldorado- standing in the back row. His father, works in

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SMART DAUGHTERThe Decatur Review, in its "About

Town" department, carried the following,recently, concerning the daughter ofHarry Bechtel, of the traffic office:

"Paulene, the 8 year old daughter ofMr. and Mrs. H. L. Bechtel, 443 SouthBoyd street, is very fond of the comicsin the Sunday papers, and she is usuallythe first one to see the boy on Sundaymorning with the papers. Last Sundaythe boy was rather late and Paulene, withher two older sisters, were going to thepicture show Sunday afternoon, and sincePaulene did not have time to look overthe comics before going she said, "Daddy,I will just take them to the show with meand look at them there'."

It is told in the tin shop that on Christ-mas Eve Scotty heard a gun being dis-charged. He rushed out of the house andright back again and told his children notto hang up their stockings. Some onehad shot Santa Glaus and he would notbe able to make his usual calls.

Bill Deffenbaugh liked the idea, so whenhis boys asked for money to buy firework?for the Fourth he told them that someone had killed Uncle Sam and there wouldbe no Fourth this year.

J. H. Galloway, assistant superintend-ent took his family in the trusty Ford fora visit in St. Louis and Granite City overthe week end of July 4.

Ella Heher, auditing, spent her twoweeks vacation in July, motoring tovarious towns near Decatur.

Friends of Margaret Hebert, who sawher at the Transportation Club dance,are worried about her welfare. Theynoticed that cheek to cheek stuff .

Mr. and Mrs. Herman Hupp and theirsmall daughter, visited with relatives inMoweaqua over the Fourth of July.

Mary Jane McCord and Imogene Grolla,whose fathers both work at Staleys, wereamong the dancers who gave a programfor the patients at the Ma con CountyTuberculosis Sanitorium July 7.

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MRS. C. HERMAN SALEFSKIMrs. C. Herman Salefski, who died July

9, a victim of the heat, was a sister ofOtto and Fred Schwalbe, both of whomare machinists at the Staley plant. Mrs.Salefski suffered a stroke from the ex-treme heat and died soon after beingtaken to St. Mary's hospital.

She leaves her husband, seven chil-dren, three sisters and five brothers. Shewas a member of St. Johannes Lutheranchurch.

CATHERINE McGARRYMrs. Catherine McGarry died in the

home of her daughter, Mrs. T. J. Ryan,1058 East Prairie street, July 3. Shewas born in Ireland 80 years ago but hadlived in Decatur many years. BesidesMrs. Ryan, Mrs. McGarry leaves threeother daughters, Mrs. Margaret Stephens,Mrs. C. Ernst and Mrs. Fred Young, andtwo sons, Thomas and Richard McGarry.Mrs. Young is the wife of Fred Young,who works at the Staley feed house.

THOMAS U. VAN HOOKThomas U. Van Hook died in his home

in Denver, Colo., Sunday night, July 26.He was a brother of W. R. Van Hook, ofthe store room, who draws the Journalcartoons.

CARDS OF THANKS

We want to thank the boys of the boilerroom for the lovely dinner set they gaveus at the time of our wedding.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lewis.

We wish to express our sincere thanksto the sales department for the beautifulfloral remembrance sent us during ourrecent bereavement.

H. Rixse and family.

The family of the late Catherine Mc-Garry wishes to thank the men of theboiler house and feed house for the beau-tiful flowers sent during the recent sor-row.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred R. Young.

Robert Urfer, of the purchasing office,spent one week of his vacation visiting

TRY TO IMAGINE—Art Harris wearing a torn shirt.Maggie Prell weighing 100 pounds.C. M. Cobb buying an article without

asking for a cut.Frances Gladden with straight hair.Mike Honold running.Kenneth Keck thin.Jack McMillan without a "chew".H. F. Morris in a hurry.The garage without any Gentrys work-

ing in it.Doc West not knowing any "news".The mill house fu l l of Frenchmen.Frank McCann hating women.

Well, Ray Scherer came back fromTexas, seemingly as single as he went.But he likes the country and the peopleand especially the girl he says, so on thenext trip he may acquire a wife.

T. C. Burwell, traffic manager, hung upa golf record for himself when he played45 holes in one day. And it was a hot,hot day too. But he survived, and wasready to start all over again the next day.

E. C. Larsen, chief engineer, with hiswife and children, spent two weeks inChicago early in July. They made thetrip by motor.

B.ill Ooton, foreman of the feed house, is thefather of these twospent one week of n,s vacation v.s.t.ng ;-»-,-; »— ̂ ?, -^y,^' to play little

relatives near Olney, 111. He will take mother to Charlotte Imogene. who was bornthe other week later in the summer. three months ago.

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Down in Texas, where men are men and distances are awful, T. A. Taylor owns a flourishingbusiness. Mr. Taylor's store is in Bonham, and it was there that he, with our representative, Mr.Hawk, put on a successful syrup demonstration. But before they let the wise people beginbuying the best syrup on earth, Mr. Taylor and Mr. Hawk lined up the salesmen and syrup andtook this picture.

Alice White, secretary to Mr. Cham-berlain, took her vacation late in July.She spent a few days visiting relatives inShawneetown, 111., the historic old Frenchsettlement in the southern part of thestate. The remainder of the time shespent at Quiver Beach on the Illinoisriver.

Homer Neal is now starting a movementfor prison reform. Since he has hadactual experience within the walls, hefeels that he knows his subject. Also inthe future he is going to see that alllights on his car are burning when heis driving at night.

Myrtle Lane, of the restaurant, was illfor a few days in July.

Lynn Davis insists that when Mr. Cham-berlain told of his elephant rescue hesaid, "a bull elephant named Betty."

Harold Baker, chemist, with Mrs. Bakerand their small daughter, went to Suring,Wis., for their vacation. Mr. Baker re-turned at the end of two weeks but Mrs.Baker and the baby will remain untilSeptember.

Bert Muthersbaugh—"The only thingI have against the Mueller company is thatwhistle which blows every night at 9o'clock. It always wakes me up."

John Miller,c/o Staley Plant.

Dear John—Have just found a chiropo-dist who can help my feet. His treatmentis in liquid form and I have to take itdown my throat. Tell all the boys I willbe in shape for the picnic. Have runout of uncles. Frank McCann,

Jerseyville, III.

This attractive home, northwest ot Deuatur , is the recently acquired property of Mr. andMrs. H. C. Dewey. They moved into it several weeks ago and now are calling themselves realfarmers even if Mr. Dewey is still trying to master the mysteries of milking. They have namedtheir place Llewelyn Acres, after the famous strain of dogs which the Deweys raise.

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Unlike the old gray mare, of Rotary song fame, Betts, the concrete mixer is just whatshe used to be. According to her lord and master, Newt Simpson, shown at the extreme right,Betts is getting better every day. Newt has had charge of the concrete work at Staley's for thelast nine years and in that time Betts has been his constant companion. With her co-operationNewt has mixed the concrete for practically all of the building operations about the plant inthat time. And as much of the plant has been built in those nine years, they have been keptbusy.

Newt hasn't any idea how much concrete he has mixed in that time, but he knows he hasused up perfect mountains of cement. For four years Herman Koshinski, shown on the left, hasworked with him, and Bill Harper, in the center, has worked with the two men for two yearsThey are a great bunch, Betts by far the biggest of the quartet, and they certainly turn out thework.

LOUIS BURSTEIN LEAVESLouis Burstein, who has been assistant

purchasing agent for the last few years,left the Staley company in July. He wiltbe associated with his father, Simon Bur-stein, who has a well established scrapbusiness in Decatur, the largest in Cen-tral, Illinois.

Louis came to the Staley company soonafter he completedi his work at WesternMilitary academy and has been here, invarious departments, ever since. He iswell liked about the plant and his friendsregret to have him leave although hisleaving is rather a promotion for him.

ENTERTAIN AT DANCEForty young people were entertained at

a dance in the Staley club house July 1.The hostesses were Alice Smith, ClaraPrell and Ella Koslofski, of the tray room.The guests danced on the roof. Late inthe evening refreshments were served.

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Patterson and son,of Indianapolis, visited in July with Mrs.Patterson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. ClaudeFletcher.

Viola and Vivian took a night off andenjoyed the carnival thoroughly.

Mrs. Mary Facius, of the tray room,spent two weeks visiting her mother andsister in Chatsworth, 111.

Alice Gladden, of San Francisco, visitedher sister, Frances Gladden, of the gen-eral office, in July.

Ruel Cochennour, auditing, had hisvacation in July. Frank Collins had hisat the same time.

G. E. Chamberlain, general superin-tendent, accompanied by Mrs. Chamber-lain, spent a few days in Michigan with hissister, in July.

Mrs. Dooley came to the traffic depart-ment in July, to do the stenographic workthere while Al Lukey was on his vacation.

Charles Klaus, mill house,vacation in July.

took his

Bill Heer, syrup mixer, is mourning thedeath of one of his prize dogs, Dream.Dream died July 7.

Charles Fitch, tinner foreman, took hisvacation the last of July. He spent thetime on a motor trip to various points inIowa.

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Creo Mathews, who came to the general officein July, is the daughter of D. L. Mathews,better known as Pat, the weighmaster at thehominy elevator. Miss Mathews was gradu-ated from Decatur High school in June, withan exceptional athletic record. She wasawarded the white D, an award which is madeonly to those who have an average of 85 orover during their entire high school course andwho have won at least 50 points for partici-pation in athletics and other out-door activi-

DINNER PARTYJavais Cochran of the sales department

entertained the members of the G. and S.Club at a pot luck dinner at the Staleyclub house on the evening of July 13. Theaffair was in honor of her sister andbrother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Schaafof Maiden, Mo. Dancing on the roof wasenjoyed during the evening.

When Mr. Chamberlain was telling ofhis experience of having an elephant pushhis car out of the mud, Cecil Walker wasinterested. Sez he to Mr. Augur:

"How much do you suppose an ele-phant weighs?"

Sez Mr. Augur, "How big is the ele-phant you are supposing?"

Louis Brand, paymaster, had his vaca-tion in July, but true to form, he keptsecret the place where he spent it.

A. J. Melius is laboring under a titlewhich he has not asked for and which heis trying his best to get rid of.

TRANSPORTATION CLUB FROLICOur traffic manager, T. C. Burwell, was

instrumental in planning the annual De-catur Transportation club mid-summerfrolic, held July 15-16, and the success ofthe affair bore testimony to his ability.Prominent railroad and shipping line of-ficials f rom the eastern half of the UnitedStates attended the affair, and enjoyed itthoroughly.

Much of the daytime was given overto golf, with several interesting matchesplayed. The Sunnyside Country club golfcourse was thrown open to the visitorsduring their stay here. In the first day'splay Mr. Burwell came out the winner inthe blind bogey.

The closing affair of the frol ic was thedinner dance at the Elks country clubwhen several hundred attended-. Wivesof the visiting men who attended, wereentertained by Decatur women at lunch-eons and bridge parties.

Homer Weiss has announced that any-one who wants to smoke on him can geta cigar at any good drug or tobacco store.

No two honeymooners enjoy each other'ssociety any more than do these' white-hairedlovers—Mr. and Mrs. Ed Gates. Everyoneabout the plant knows Mr. Gates as "Dad".Mrs. Gates comes out occasionally on fine daysand visits with him at noon. This bench out-side the welfare house is one of their favoriteplaces for their happy noon-time meetings.These smiles, by the way, are not put on forthe occasion.

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All Staley people were glad to welcome back

FAREWELL PARTYHonoring Miss Evelyn Mann, Lambda

Tau Delta sorority girls gave a beachparty at Lake Decatur, July 14, followedby a picnic supper. Miss Mann left laterin the week for Shumway to pass the re-mainder of the summer with her parents.She is planning to attend the University ofIllinois in the fall.

Frank Moore has looked in vain forthat barrel of rye-stuffed cod-fish whichJack Fletcher volunteered to send him.

Several Staley men attended the Three-lgame in Springfield in July when theShrine presented the Springfield managerwith a gift. Among the Staley men whowent were Ed Smith, C. A. Keck, JamesCussins, Harvey Smith, W. H. Broadbear,A. E. West and Charles Fitch.

Henry Dewey is rejoicing in the factthat Friday was selected as the day forthe picnic. He says that now all friedchicken and ham sandwiches in picnicbaskets checked with Turkey Grant andBill Heer will be safe.

Fred Kessler, of the draft ing room,to the force Bert Muthersbaugh, who came the spent his vacation with his mother infirst of July to take up his duties in the newly c • c i j 111organized grain department. Mr. Muthers- Springfield, 111.baugh is in charge of the telephone buying.He was with the Staley company about four-teen years ago, but for the last few years he Rollin Staley, youngest son of our presi-i.^-_.» _yv ,c* io a&u, uu i. i t / i LUC loot lew y eil i s i l t ; , . , 1 i • i • • 1has been the Decatur manager for Lamson & dent, is back at his usual summer-time jobCo. in the store room.

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BIRTHDAY PARTYHelen Hupp was the hostess at a birth-

day party on her fifth birthday, June 26.The youngsters had a jolly time. Mrs.Hupp served light refreshments. Thelittle girl is the daughter of Herman Hupp,of the efficiency department, and Mrs.Hupp, of the print shop.

Mr. Stone "What was the name ofthat man who was just hurt?"

Mrs. Chandler "1 can't remember butI ' l l phone you down."

For two weeks in July, the traffic officebehaved as a gentleman of the old school.Why? Because Al Lukey was on hisvacation AND because his place was be-ing taken by a girl. Personally, though,we like the traffic bunch at any time.

Helen Harder and Ruby Keily saw Chi-cago right. Mr. Penny had his wifetake them in hand and keep them fromharm while they were in the big city.

C. E. Pennington, foreman of No. I 7building loading gang, took his vacationthe first part of July. He spent most ofthe time at Faries Park.

When Tommy Gogerty and Mr. Penneystrut down the street together the girlsall swear they are leading a male beautyparade.

All dressed up, several years ago, this hand-some chap journeyed down to the photographgallery. Later he forgot all about the journey,but recently one of his children found it andbrought it to light. Oh ves, the handsomechap works at Staley's.

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When the Scribner family had a reunion recently it looked like a neighborhood gathering.S. E. Scribner works in the packing house, and his son, Ernest, works in No. 1 7 building. Thepicture was taken at the family home at 1943 East Eldorado street.

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]. W. Morrison, assistant superintendent, al-ways has some good story to tell about "thekid", who is none other than his most attrac-tive granddaughter, Margaret Haspel, Mar-garet, who is the only child of Mr. and Mrs.Karl Haspel and the only grand child of theMorrisons, was nine years old the day thispicture was taken. Her home is in Chicago,but she and her parents are in Atlanta, Ga., forseveral months, where her father, a telephoneengineer, has been assigned temporarily.

The two AIs of the traffic office madea good stall at keeping in touch withthe stock market. Only the tape theywere reading was from a baseball tickerinstead of a stock ticker.

Herman Jagausch, of the tool room,moved into his new home in July. Thehouse is located at the corner of Seventhand Wood streets.

From present indications, Maggie Prellsays, she thinks it would be better if sheturned her hope chest over to Helen.Helen isn't saying much but she blushesa lot.

Lynn Davis is building a new home at404 North Summitt avenue. The houseis a seven room Dutch colonial type.

REMEMBER—Bring back pictures from your vacation

trips. In that way you can share withthe rest of us the pleasures of your holi-day.

OUR VISITORJohn S. Burns, representative for the

American Box Board company, of GrandRapids, Mich., was a guest over the Fourthof July, of our purchasing agent, C. M.Cobb and Mrs. Cobb. Mr. Burns is afrequent caller at the plant and is wellknown to many Staley people. On hislast visit here he entertained many Staleypeople with a detailed description of thevisit Mr. Cobb paid to the American BoxBoard factory in June, ' From Mr. Burns'story we gained a much clearer picture ofMr. Cobb in golf togs. Mr. Cobb is oneof the men who goes away from hometo take up the game, but he showed him-self an able player, according to Mr.Burns.

Dorothy Schmanski, of Mr. Augur'soffice, and Helen Koscielny, of auditing,spent their vacation, in July, at a house-party at Quiver Beach.

Our sympathy goes out to TommyGogerty who says he sees cold fish sand-wiches for him on picnic day.

Now just why did Ella fall off that plat-fo rm? Next time she must watch whereshe is going.

Charles Long says he has been enjoyinga much needed rest from Journal pub-licity. He has been warned, however,that the time is almost up.

Commenting upon marriage Otto Hert-rich recently said that he would be will-ing to take the long, long trail if he couldfind a girl who could cook, keep houseand make her own dresses and hats andknit her own stockings.

GuY CHAMBERLAIM-A MEAN GOLF CLUB

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)M. IRI5H BUT IDON'T THINK i EVERLOOKED LIKE

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One of the latest members of the garagefraterni ty is Max Smith who joined the forcethis summer.

Lyla North, of sales, attended the Northfamily reunion July 9.

Says Mr. Hartman, "Bob thinks he iswell done because he is Crisp".

Wallace Beldon is said to be so ticklishthat when he takes a shower bath he holdsan umbrella over him.

Bertha Goudy and Alice Smith, of thetray room, were transferred to the mail-ing department for a few days in July tohelp out in a rush there.

Abie Hudson has a smile that won'tcome off since he has a straight day job.Now some of his former companions, stillon the night shift, want a chance to smile.

Harry Bechtel, traffic, is getting to bethe best one-stick golfer going. Hebought a mid-iron recently and now isready to play the world's best.

The three little Walkers lined up and smiled for their daddy, Cecil Walker, credit manager,one bright summer day recently. Helen is the oldest of the trio, Nina Lou is the baby andBilly is the second child. Incidently Billy is the picture of his father, isn't he>

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A Wire-some JourneyThe following telegrams were posted on

the manufacturing department bulletinboard while J. W. Morrison was on hisvacation. Although "Bill" disclaims anyknowledge of them, most of them signedby him were seemingly sent from thevarious points he visited. Henry Dubesis broke since he has answered them. Heforgot that words by wire cost real money.

Memphis, Tenn.,July 7, 1925.

Henry Dubes, Supt.A. E. Staley Mfg. Company,Decatur Illinois.

Wire immediately g r ind . M o n t h l yyields. Chemical gain in refinery and ifthere are any breakdowns or loss sinceI left. Resting today. Miss Jewett hadan attack of the St. Vitus dance.

J. W. Morrison.

Nashville, Tenn.,July 9, 1925.

Henry Dubes, Supt.A. E. Staley Mfg. Co.,Decatur, Illinois.

Henry I lost my religion yesterday whenMiss Jewett had nervous prostration. I

am leaving Memphis this morning andexpect to arrive in Nashville, Tennesseethis afternoon. Wire me all the latestplant news.

J. W. Morrison.

Decatur, 111., July 10, 1925.Mr. J. W. Morrison,White Front Hotel,Nashville, Tenn.

Dear Bill: Much sympathy on accountof Miss Jewett's condition. Blindfold her,as she is afraid of the hills or rush her tothe sanitarium.

Not much news; Lige still snores,Smithy still sleeps and Doc West as in-dustrious as ever. The feed house lookslike a cyclone had struck it, Fred is re-modeling the millhouse, Mike tore up therefinery, air compressor has the neuritis,Galloway spent the Fourth on the Boweryin St. Louis, Jack Fletcher in Boston, CapEnlow is still fire chief, Luther Humistonis on diet as usual and one of the machin-ists spent the day on the bathing beachand had to wear colored glasses for twodays since.

If any thing of any importance hap-pens I •will wire you at once.

Yours truly,Henry.

Atlanta, Georgia,July 13, 1925.

Mr. Henry Dubes,c/o A. E. Staley Mfg. Company,Decatur, Illinois.

Miss Jewett still convalescent, but hopeto start on the western journey sometimetomorrow. Be sure and get me my regu-lar box seat reservation for the ball gamesnext Monday, ran out of Bull Durhamsmoking tobacco this morning, and hadto smoke a few Fatimas. Went thru thefederal penitentiary today and saw a fel-low that looked like Bill Herr, but thisfellow was a deaf mute.

Best regards to all my friends at theplant.

Bill Morrison.

Decatur, Illinois,July 14, 1925.

Mr. Bill Morrison,c/o Lamb's Club Hotel,Atlanta, Georgia.

Everything all O. K. and things aregoing fine. Most of the boys are over inSpringfield this afternoon seeing the ballgame. Cap Borchers is still trailingHoward File's movements on account ofthe scandal of the telephone booth. Lakelevel is still the same. Captain Morthlandstill writes "WITH THE PUMPS AT THESTATION" to Boob Keck daily.

Frank Torrence still comes to the plantas a visitor.

Henry Dubes.

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SORORITY ENTERTAINSLambda Tau Delta gave its mid-summer

dance and swimming party at the Staleyclub house July I I . A number of out oftown guests f rom the Chicago, LaFayetteand Danville chapters attended.

BIRTHDAY PARTYMaggie Prell, forewoman of the tray

room, was the guest of honor at a partygiven July 10. The party was given inhonor of her birthday and was in thehome of her sister, Mrs. Avory McGlade.Maggie received many lovely gifts.

Bill Ooton was reviewing the past re-cently, and told of the first thing he re-membered "taking without permission."It was in Neoga, he says, and it was awatermelon. The great trouble was thatthe owner of the patch saw Bill as hestarted off and followed him with a showerof BB shot. Bill rushed on his way andfinally landed in Mattoon where he hadthe shot removed so that if the ownerever met him he couldn't identify him.

The millwrights are going to take up acollection and buy John Wittig a razor.

Dorothy Schmanski, or rather part ofher, is back from her vacation at QuiverBeach. Dorothy rather unwisely spenttoo many sun-lit hours in the lake, andas a result is acqiring, rather painfully,a new layer of skin on her neck andshoulders.

Marie Rice looks great since her hairhas fallen beneath the barber's scissors.

Eibo Frerichs, of the mill house, spenthis vacation visiting relatives near Peoria.

Clyde Schoonover bought a new suit ata sale and then was most uncomfortabletrying to get his money's worth, for itwas one of those widely advertised two-pants suits.

Ella Koslofski and Clara Prell, of the trayroom, took their camera along when they wentfor an excursion on this boat on the Mississippione Sunday in June.

Eddie Lahniers, auditing, had just oneday's vacation although he was away fromthe office a week. The other six days hewas cleaning house. And then on theone day he went fishing and none of thefish were home. And then when he cameback to the office all of the girls weregone on their vacations. So it's a sadworld for Eddie this summer.

Mike Honold, foreman of the refinery,and Mrs. Honold, motored to New Yorkand New Jersey during their vacation.They spent most of their time in New YorkCity, and with their son in Edgewater, N.J. Mrs. Monoid's sister, Mrs. Jacobs, re-turned with them.

Mexico, suffering from a fit of econ-omy, objected seriously one day when hesaw Joe breaking old light bulbs.

H. L. Winings, of the traffic office, tookhis family on a motor trip to LaBelle, Mo.,during his vacation in July.

Buck Sherer says its not fair to judge aman's age by the size of the bald spot onhis head. People will do it, though, so ifBuck insists upon classing himself as aFlaming Youth he should buy a toupe.

One day our printer, Dan Buzzard, bought a new camera and then, with the usual beginner'sluck, caught this good likeness of his three helpers, Mrs. Herman Hupp, H. C. Heckler and Dur-ward Pygman. The picture was taken in the print shop.

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ON COMMITTEET. C. Burwell, our traffic manager and

second vice-president, has recently beennamed as a member of the executivecommittee of the manufacturers* divisionof the Decatur Association of Commerce.H. D. Warner, of the E-Z Opener Bag Co.,is chairman of the group. Other membersof the committee named with Mr. Bur-well are C. R. Dick, of the Mississippi Val-ley Structural Steel Co.; T. E. O'Brien, ofthe Leader Iron Works; and W. E. Muel-ler of the Mueller Co.

Joe Pygtnan, yardmaster, returned fromStrawn, 111., where he spent the Fourth ofJuly, with the report that he spent amonth there in two days. How thesecountry boys do change after they havebeen in the city awhile.

Ella Heher, who returned from a twoweeks vacation recently, had a hard timeconvincing some of her friends in thegeneral office that she was still unmar-ried. They had seen Ella and the manlooking at fu rn i tu re it seems.

Joe Rippie says the old saying,"Absence makes the heart grow fonder",is true. He knows because Nellie took along motor t r ip this summer.

Harry Walmsley, foreman of No. I 7building, took his vacation in July.

Bill Lowen. on the left, and Ira Mintonlooked pleasant, as usual, when we asked them Car] Waltens, audit ing, had part of his

rn^-.u^h1 f^ur'Mt. eati"B ^ "̂ -cation in July, and returned unmarried,as usual.

It is said that Bob Quillen, of the boiler m

house has an automatic device for remov-ing a keg f rom beneath a rest benchwhen anyone rests too long or too peace-fully at one sitting. It is guaranteed toarouse any one in the act of dozing.Slim IVlullins, one of the yard foremen, canverify the statement that it will arouseand do it suddenly.

Earl Stimmel and Harry Watson slepton a wagon load of wheat the night beforethe demonstration of the grain drier, andfound it a most comfortable bed. Stim-mel said if it had been soft wheat henever would have gotten up, for the hardwheat was unusually comfortable.

Doc West says, "I done quit." Whenpressed for details, asked to be moredefinite, he just says, "Everything".

Roxie Poland, of the credit department,took one week of her vacation in July.She spent the time visiting relatives inFillmore, 111.

Stanley Taylor says he wishes he werea kid again, for it is so much trouble tobuy a pair of shoes to fit him.

Three little maids, stopping on their wayhome from school, visited The Journal office.They are Wilmadean White, daughter of DonWhite of No. I 7 building, and Grace and Al-berta Ooton, daughters of Bil l Ooton, foremanof the feed house.

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EXTRY! EXTRY!Sam Seibert motored clear to Turkey

Run, Ind., and return. Braving the terrorsof the open road, trusting his Chevy, hisfamily and himself to the mercies ofpublic highways, our Sam boldly startedon a trip which only a few million motor-ists have had the courage to take before.

Although Sam had first planned tomake the trip in two weeks, he later de-cided best to take more time and askedfor an additional thirty days leave. Hewas prompted to ask for the additionaltime when he heard of the experiences ofhis friend and fellow dare-devil motorist,Jim Galloway. Jim took a trip to St.Louis and Granite City in three days andfairly wore out his family and his carin making the 226 mile trip in that shorttime.

Sam wanted to enjoy his trip, andreturn with his car in good condition, sohe is giving more time to it. He left De-catur at 8 a. m., got to Monticello bynoon, and Danville by night.

P. D. Rollins entertained the trafficoffice angels at the golf club in Moweaquaone Saturday af ternoon in July. Fromall reports enjoyable doesn't begin todescribe the time the men had.

WANTED—COLDER ICEEarl Hettinger had quite a shock one

hot night in July. He went to the icehouse, asking for ice from the east sideof the house. He did that because someof his good friends in the lab assured himthat ice from the east side of the icehouse was much colder than that fromthe west side, and lasted much longer inwater coolers. However, the men at theice house were unable to furnish anyeast side ice that night, and he had toreturn empty handed.

Skeeter Humphrey, bag cleaner, had abright idea recently. He read an adver-tisement for an attachment which wouldsave half your gas bill so he wrote to thecompany to send him two so he could saveall of his.

Herman Herbert says that Joe Weiss isgoing to be the manager of the Decaturball team next season.

Information is being sought as to thenumber of tooth-picks it takes each monthto supply John Herron.

Earl Stimmel has a job for SonnyMyers this fall shucking corn.

Clara Bauer spent her July vacation athome. Marguerite Dooley spent most ofher's in Decatur, but visited for a shorttime in Bloomington.

Isn't he the proper young man> Yes, backin his youth Walter Grant, better known asTurkey, the king of the tool room, looked likethis. And he hasn't changed so much, atthat, except that he has grown several feettaller.

When Jack Howley was a little boy (oh, notso many years ago, either) these small skullcaps, chin-support ing ties and kilt skirts wereall the fad for small chaps. That is why Jackwore them, of course, for even at that tenderage Jack insisted upon being in style.

'I Hear in the Moon-

That Bill Morrison staged an elopement with Miss Jewett last week and the happypair spent their honeymood in Atlanta, Ga.

That it was not a runaway match but a slow deliberate and exciting one.That the scandal mongers had their tongues wagging. J. W. was raked fore and aft

and Miss Jewett was hanged, beheaded and buried in the mud, while Bill wasmarching through Georgia.

That Sam Seibert says Turkey Run, Indiana, is the most beautiful spot in the world.That Sam ought to know what he is talking about. He is a real globe trotter, having

explored Antioch, Harristown, Oakley and Rea's bridge districts in his youth-ful days.

That Casley, a great booster for that famous Indiana resort, ;s convinced Sam is rightwhen he states the Garden of Eden and the home of the patriarchs are in TurkeyRun, Indiana.

That passing the buck is a slang expression used and practiced by the weak-kneedhumans who inhabit Mother Earth.

That instead of admitting their own mistakes their plan is to pass the buck or blametheir co-workers for their own lack of ability, knowledge and common sense.

That it would be a grand experiment operating a great industrial institution with anorganization of passing the buck artists.

That the hog cholera cure invented by Joe Palluck is a howling success.That after a few doses of the now famous compound the hogs cannot get enough to

eat. They will attack anything in sight, actually becoming cannibals.That Bill Hcer says he actually did see a tape worm sixty miles long that would be

alive and happy today but was lured to his death by Joe's compound.

That Jack Fletcher reports there will be a shortage of cranberries this year.That last year from his cranberry farm on Cape Cod he marketed one hundred and

fifty thousand barrels. This year the yield will be about one hundred and. twentythousand barrels.

That he is seriously thinking of replacing the present bushes that produce a blackberry with bushes that produce a red berry as there is a better market forthe red berries.

That Mike Honold is convinced that the only car worth having is made by the oldreliable Oh Henry.

That he visited all the famous resorts in the east, even the Bowery in New York City.seeking pleasure while Oh Henry entertained him by singing, "I'll take you thereand bring you back again".

That in driving around the winding roads in the hills of Pennsylvania he sometimesthought that Henry had lost all sense of direction, yet when the darkness cameHenry brought him to the very place he wanted to go to and rest that night.

Yours truly,

THE MAN IN THE MOON.

Shift!Edith: "Fanny says her fiance is

teaching her to drive the car."Edna: "I know. When I saw him last

he was demonstrating the clutch." —Motor Life .

There With the ThrillsHe (ardent ly) "Have you never met

a man whose touch seemed to thrill everyfiber of your being?"

She—"Oh, yes, once—the dentist."—The Nation's Garden.

Little Girl (to bride at wedding re-ception)-—"You don't look nearly as tiredas I should have thought."

Bride "Don't 1 dear? Why do youthink I should look tired?"

"Well, i heard mummy say to dad thatyou'd been running a f t e r Mr. Dobbs formonths and months,"

"Ma, Pa's been to the races, hasn't he?""Yes; how did you know?""Well, my money box won't rattle."

"One drink is enough, two is too many,and three is not half enough," was notspoken of coffee.

One morning at breakfast Maria askedher mistress if she might get off next Sun-day to attend her brother's funeral . Ofcourse, even if special company had beeninvited, brothers' funerals had to be at-tended, and permission was reluctantlygranted.

After Maria's mistress got upstairs,however, she remembered that it wasTuesday and wondered what Maria wastrying to put over on her. So she wentdown to the kitchen to find out.

"See here, Maria," she said, "you sayyour brother isn't going to be buried unt i lSunday? Today's Tuesday."

"Yass'm," said Maria mournfully, "butdey ain't gwine hang him till Friday! —Contr ibuted.

Burn ing kisses result f rom sparks.

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Two of a KindDan—"Where are you off to, Ben?"Ben—"I'm going to see the doctor. I

don't like the look of my wife."Dan "I'll come wi* ye—I don't think

much of the look o' mine."

Doctor "Congratulations, Governor,you're the fa ther of triplets!"

Governor—"1 demand a recount!"Washington Dirge.

Mother—"When I was your age, younglady, a nice girl would never think ofholding a young man's hand."

Daughter—"But mother, nowadays anice girl has to hold a young man'shand."—Yale Record.

She: "Do you think my mouth'spretty ?"

He: "The prettiest in the world, dear;but I'm willing to put mine against it."

"Say, sonny, why's your milk pailempty ? Didn't the old cow give any-thing ?"

"Yep, eight quar ts and one kick."

Phoney Order"That is a careful vegetable dealer.

See him culling his stale stuff.""He isn't going to throw it away.

Somebody has just placed an order bytelephone."

A Scot applied for a position as patrol-man on the London police force. Here isa question they put to him in ScotlandYard and his answer:

"Suppose, MacFarland, you saw acrowd congregated at a certain point onyour beat how would you disperse it,quickly with the least trouble?"

"I would pass the hat."

Aunt—"And were you a very goodlittle Ejirl at church this morning, Sallie?"

Sallie "Oh, yes, aunty. A man of-fered me a big plate fu l of money, and Iraid 'No, thank you'."

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Unusual, These DaysShe—I don t believe in promiscuous

kissing.He—I don't like a crowd around my-

seif. Stone Mill.

Student—"To whom was Minerva mar -ried?"

Professor—"My boy, when will youlearn that Minerva was the Goddess ofWisdom ? She wasn't married." Jacques.

Business FirstShe "All is over between us and I am

going to give you back your ring. Thereis another man."

He "Tell me his name and address."She "You are going to kil l him?"He—"By no means! I want to sell

him the ring."

Modest"Is that all the work you can do in an

hour?" asked Sam's new employer."Well, boss," said Sam, "I dussay I

could do moh' but I neveh was one forshowin' ofT."

That's DifferentA limousine was driving on the boule-

vard of a large city. A Ford came chug-ging behind. The limousine came Co asudden stop and the Ford backed into it,bent up the fenders, etc. Officer Murphywas standing in the street twirling hisclub. He immediately came over. "Forwhat did ye run into the gmtlemm's bigcar ? Give me yer name; I ' l l take yevname, I will."

"What is yer name?" "Murphy," saidthe scared Ford driver.

"Murphy?" And what else? "PatrickMurphy." After a minute 's reflection.

"Thin what the devil did the big fellowmean by backing into yez?"

ever heard of\vorth of pep-

ForesightThe stingiest man we

bought his bride a nickel'permint lozenges and took her on a trolleyride honeymoon. When they got ofT thecar he said, "Honey, suppose we save therest of this candy for the children."

Moses' Misery"Dad, did Moses suffer with indiges-

tion ?""I am sure I don't know," snapped his

father, whose temper was rather souredby his infirmity.

"Well, I think he must have had it forour teacher told us Sunday that God gavehim two tablets."

Just Like 'EmMother sent John and the baby into the

garden to play, but it was not long beforecries disturbed her.

"John, what is the matter with babynow?" she inquired from her washtub.

"I don't know what to do with him,mother," replied John. "He's dug a holeand he wants to bring it into the house."

Fine OutlookScreen your open-grate fires in winter,

swat the flies in summer, stop, look andlisten at grade-crossings, don't start thekitchen range fire with the kerosene can,keep your nose out of other folks* busi-ness and maybe you will live to be runover by a drunken joy rider.—LouisvilleCourier-Journal.

CoincidenceTobe "See hyah, woman! Didn' Ah

see yo' kissin* a no-'count piece o' trashlas' night?"

Liza "G'wan, Tobe. It was so darkAh thought it was yo'."

Tobe "Come to think on it, mebb3'twas me—what time was dat?"

The humorist makes a joke of mother-in-laws, but any married man will tell youthey're no joke.

"Ever had anything to do with spiritwr i t ing ? "

"Yes; I got a quar t on a doctor's pre-scription the other day." New HavenRegister.

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