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Interest in TemperatureGave Us Thermometers 3

Boy Scouts at Starved Rock 7

Just Ten Years Ago 12

If You Want to Be Safe 15

Starch in Dynamite . . . 16

Plans for Our Picnic 18

Keeping Cool at Staley's 20-21

Editorial . . 22

A. E. STALEY MANUFACTURING CO.DECATUR, ILLINOIS

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INTEREST IN TEMPERATURE

CENTURIES AGO GAVE US

THERMOMETERSBy L. R. Broun

Temperature, especially at this season of theyear, is a subject of vital interest to all of us,and since thermometers are instruments formeasuring temperature, perhaps they are "inseason." Most of us have probably neverstopped to think of the importance of tempera-ture except that in the summer it is too hot,and in the winter too cold. In "TemperatureMeasurement and Control," by M. F. Behar,the author states "Temperature is by far themost important, not only of processing condi-tions but of working conditions and even ofstorage conditions. While its successful indus-trial measurement is comparatively recent, itsattempted control for the sake of bodily com-fort goes back to prehistoric ages, and intelli-gent observations of its effects as a processingcondition were made and handed down byancient cooks and bakers, spinners and weavers,smelters and smiths, potters and ceramists, andother fore-runners of industrial engineers, longbefore a distinction between heat and tempera-ture was even suspected. Every industry is atemperature industry and every process is atemperature process . . ."

This last, perhaps, seems rather a broadstatement, but consider for a moment our ownprocess. Temperatures are taken regularly atevery step—Corn in storage and in the steeps,process waters, Mill House, Table House, StarchFilter House, feed germ driers, vacuum pans,starch kilns, Corn Syrup Refinery, Syrup House,Packing House. Oil Refinery. Power Plant.Boiler House. Water Plant—in fact, we can'tthink of a single unit in which temperaturecontrol does not play an important part. Takea look at your automobile—the chassis is ofiron or steel which has been melted and castor annealed under carefully controlled tempera-ture condit ions; the motor parts are all metal,

processed at definite temperatures; the woodin the body has been kiln dried; the paint orlacquer has been dried at a controlled tempera-ture; the glass has been melted, formed, andannealed, and the rubber in tires and tubesvulcanized at specified temperatures; the gaso-line and oil have been distilled wi th in certaintemperature limits, and you even have a ther-mometer to show the temperature of the waterin the motor cooling system. Perhaps, then,temperatures and thermometers are of consider-able importance after all. and may be moreinteresting than we thought .

history and development

The discovery or invention of the thermometeris attributed to Galileo, an Ital ian physicist andastronomer, who in 1593 made an inverted ther-moscope consisting of a bulb with a long tubeattached, which was provided with a scale anddipped below the surface of a liquid—water orwine. The bulb was heated and. upon cooling,the l iquid rose in the tube, the level of the l iquidchanging as the expansion was effected by thetemperature, although not part icularly accuratebecause of the changes in atmospheric pressure.This instrument was used lated, in 1611 bySanctorious in the diagnosis of fevers. In 1617the name thermoscope was first applied byBiam-nni, and in 1624. Leurechon applied thename thermometer. Ferdinand II, Grand Dukeof Tuscany, made the first themometer havinga scale, marked by glass beads fused onto thesides of a glass stem; these thermometers werealcohol filled, the first being made in 1641.Fabri, in 1661. made the first fixed scale ther-mometer using snow for the low point andmidsummer heat for high. In 1664 RobertHooke used the freezing point of water as oneof the fixed temperatures, and in 1694Renaldini suggested the freezing point of water

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as low, and the boiling point of water as thehigh fixed point. In 1709 Fahrenheit intro-duced his alcohol thermometers, and in 1714his mercury ones; in 1712 he devised a scalehaving 32 degrees as the freezing point of water,and 212 degrees as the boiling point. Theorigin of the Fahrenheit zero (32° below freez-ing) is not certain, but some writers believe itrepresented the lowest temperature that Fahren-heit was able to obtain by mixing ice and salt.It is also believed that the number 180, repre-senting the difference between the boiing pointand freezing point of water, was derived fromthe fact that the mercury in a thermometerexpands about l(. OOQ of its volume at thefreezing point when heated to the boiling point.In 1731 Reaumur introduced his scale, usingzero as the freezing point and 80 degrees abovezero as the boiling point. In 1742 Celsius pro-posed a centigrade scale using the melting pointof ice as 100 degrees and the boiling point ofwater as zero. In 1743, Christin, who was work-ing independently of Celsius, reversed thisscale, and used the melting point of ice aszero and the boiling point of water as 100. Thisis our present Centigrade scale, most general-ly used throughout the world and by scientistsbecause of the general use of the metric system.

three temperaturesThe three temperature scales now in use are:

Freezing BoilingPoint Point

Fahrenheit (F) 32° 212°Reaumur (R) 0° 80°Centigrade (C) 0° 100°

classification and ranges

(According to Bchar)

From these rather simple instruments, thedevelopment of thermometers or temperaturemeasuring instruments has continued until thereare now several distinct classes of thermometers,each with several types, in addition to thepyrometers (the prefix "pyro" indicating fire)for measuring extremely high temperatures,that is, above 932° F.

The most common thermometer, of course,is the mercury in glass type, with which weare all familiar; it is used for temperaturesbetween —40 and 932° F. In this same generalclass are also the "spirit" thermometers using

pentane in place of mercury for temperaturesbetween —292 and 68° F., and alcohol between—94 and 248° F. Mercury is commonly usedin thermometers because it is clearly visible,has a high boiling point, and expands at aregular rate when heated. Although mercuryboils at 675° F., it is used above this tempera-ture in some thermometers, by filling the spaceabove the mercury with nitrogen; as the tem-perature increases, the mercury rises increas-ing the pressure of the nitrogen, and thusraising the boiling point of the mercury. Thefreezing point of mercury is —38° F. and con-sequently for measuring temperatures belowthis point, some other liquid with a lowerfreezing point must be used. Alcohol, coloredred or blue, is the most common one.

Another class includes the pressure springor dial type, consisting of a bulb, a flexiblecapillary tube and a pressure spring whichmoves an indicator or pointer. As the tem-perature increases, the liquid or gas in thebulb expands, creating a pressure which istransmitted by means of the capillary to apressure spring or helix, which, in turn, movesthe pointer as a result of the increase inpressure. This is the ordinary recording ther-mometer, there being three different types:Liquid expansion (usually mercury or Xylene)for temperatures between —40 and 1000° F.;Vapor Pressure, using a volatile liquid in placeof mercury, for temperatures between —22and 700° F.; and Gas Filled, for temperaturesbetween —200 and 1000° F.

There is also the solid expansion class hav-ing two types: Bi-metallic, where two metalrods or tubes of different coefficients of expan-sion are used, the upper temperature limitbeing 840° F.; and Metal and refactory fortemperatures up to 1200° F.

The electrical resistance thermometers, orthose thermometers which indicate tempera-ture by means of the change with temperatureof electrical resistance of one of its parts fromanother class. Resistance coils of nickel areused for temperatures between —290 and440° F., and coils of platinum for tempera-tures between —290 and 2000° F.

Pyrometers of various types are used forhigher temperatures: Thermo-electric, wheretwo dissimilar metals are joined permanentlyat one end, the other ends being connectedto an instrument for measuring electromotive

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force, and measuring temperatures up to2900° F.; Optical, which indicate temperaturesby means of the change with temperature ofthe light emitted by a hot body, and whichare used for temperatures between 1200 and4000° F.; and Radiation, which indicate tem-perature by means of the change with tem-perature of the heat radiated by a hot body,and which are used on temperatures from 930to 3600° F.

ordinary thermometers

The ordinary thermometer consist of a capil-lary glass tube having a bulb or reservoir atthe bottom and is sealed at the top. The bulband part of the stem are filled with mercuryor alcohol, and upon being heated or cooled,the liquid expands or contracts, the heightbeing read on an attached scale graduated inunits or degrees. In making these instruments,a bulb is blown at one end of a piece of glasstubing which has a fine uniform bore, and thebulb and part of the stem are filled with mer-cury or alcohol. The liquid is heated, expandsand rises in the stem unti l it overflows. Thetop of the tube is then sealed by melting theglass. Upon cooling, the liquid contracts, leav-ing a vacuum in the top of the tube.

used by physicians

Clinical thermometers used by physiciansare maximum registering instruments, havinga constriction in the stem just above the bulb.As the temperature increases, the mercury risesup through this small opening, but as the tem-perature decreases it is trapped by the con-striction and remains at the maximum heightreached. In order to reset the thermometer,the mercury is forced back into position byshaking.

Maximum and minimum thermometers, show-ing high and low temperatures bewteen cer-tain intervals are in reality two thermometers—one containing mercury, the other alcohol.The maximum thermometer contains mercuryand is constructed similar to the clinical instru-ment just described. The minimum thermome-ter, mounted horizontally, is filled with alcohol,in which is enclosed a small movable indexof colored glass or metal. As the temperaturerises, the liquid expands, flowing past theindex, but as the temperature falls, the l iqu idcontracts, and by capillary action draws the

index back with it, thus marking the lowesttemperature.

The following list of temperatures, takenfrom "Ganot's Physics," are quite interestingand instructive:

Centigrade FahrenheitLiquid Helium boils.. —268.5° —451.3°Liquid Air boils —185° —301°Mercury freezes —38.9° —38°Temperature of the

blood 36.9° 98.4°Mercury boils 357° 675°Silver melts * 955° 1751°Cast Iron melts

(about) 1200° 2192°Platinum melts * 1775° 3227°Oxyacetylene flame ... 3480° 6296°Probable temperature

of Sun 6000° 10832°"Other authorities give melting point of

Silver as 960.5° C. and Platinum as 1755° C.The following temperatures correspond to

colors which metals take when heated.

Centigrade Fahrenheit

Incipient Red 525° 977°Dull Red 700° 1292°Cherry Red 900° 1652°Dark Orange 1100° 2012°White 1300° 2372°Dazzling White 1500° 2732°

The following formula shows the relation-ship between Fahrenheit, Centigrade andReaumur scales, and is useful in convertingfrom one to the other:

F-32 C R

9 5 4

acknowledgments

Historical data obtained primari ly from"The Laboratory" published by Fischer Scien-tific Company; classification and ranges takenfrom "Temperature and Humid i ty Measure-ment and Control" by M. F. Behar; tabulatedtemperatures obtained from "Ganot's Physics".

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George Owens, office building staff, put hiswhole fami ly in the car and drove to Chicagofor two days, July 3 and 4. Of course, theybad a good time, what wi th Riverview Parkstil l going strong.

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NEW MAN IN

SALESWith a pocket-full of good ideas which he

has found effective with other concerns AlbertJ. DuBois took over the merchandising ofStaley package goods in July. Mr. DuBoiscomes to the Staley Sales Corporation fromAngelus-Campfire Co., of Chicago. Previous tothat he had been with the C. B. & Q. Railwaycompany and the Bell-Howell Co., of Chicago.

He has lived a good deal of his life in thestate of Illinois, and was educated at theUniversity of Illinois. Aside from his business,he has three diversions which share equally ofhis spare time. They are tennis, golf andbridge. As he names them in just that orderwe suppose that is the order in which hegauges their importance.

Mr. DuBois is married, and he and his wifehave recently moved to Decatur taking a housein Linden Place.

Says Tommy Moran, "For goodness sake,what will people think of me? Here you sayin the Journal that I went squirrel hunting inJune, and everyone knows the season wasn'topen then." All we can say is that most ofyour friends know, Tommy, that you are notconventional and wouldn't let a little thinglike a closed season keep you from shootingat a squirrel. (Please notice the at.)

Hot weather cannot ruin a baseball game.That was why one Staley quartet found a hotJuly Sunday in St. Louis enjoyable even if thetemperature did soar. The four who went downto see the Cardinals leap up near the top wereLucile and Baldy May and Lisle Brown andhis wife.

Wayne Michel, of the mechanical super-intendent's office, took his vacation in July asthe time to get his golf game all polished up.He spent most of the t ime playing variouscourses in and about Chicago. •

Tuition ReasonableRather involuntarily Morris Durkee took a

special course in a local traffic school. Thecourse he took was short—just one lesson andone mile, and it cost a lot, five dollars, buthe says he learned a lot. It is one of thesecourses where you pay after instead of beforeenrolling.

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We wish to thank the sheet metal workersfor the beautiful flowers sent in remembranceof J. F. Greene, our brother and husband.

Mrs. J. F. Greene and family,Council Bluffs.

T. F. Maher and family.

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Mrs. Ralph Oliver wishes to thank theStaley Fellowship club and other Staley friendsfor many kindnesses shown at the time of thedeath of her husband.

Luella Christman, personnel, spent her vaca-tion in Chicago.

William Bishop, chemical engineer, returnedthe middle of July from a vacation in Iowaand Wisconsin.

Sometimes outsiders mistook our plant drivesfor speedways, and disregarded our railroadcrossings. To warn them, and prevent anyaccidents, these new STOP signs have recentlybeen put 11/1.

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BOY SCOUTS HAD

TIME OF THEIR LIVES AT

STARVED ROCKPerfect weather and an ideal camping ground

combined with well laid plans to make thefour day outing of Staley Boy Scout Troop 9something to remember. A gift of the StaleyFellowship club to the troop, this campingtrip was about as perfect as such a thing canbe. The weather was warm, but not hot forJuly, and the camping grounds, in StarvedRock park, near LaSalle, are all that any camp-er could dream of.

Transportation, as well as everything else,was arranged by the Fellowship club, withthe club Scout committee taking actual charge.These men were Cecil Taylor, Scout Master,Eddie Lahniers, Hank Potrafka, W. I. Scottand R. Rethinger, who stayed during the entirecamp period, and Harry Casley. Jack Fletcher,the assistant Scout Master, was also there dur-ing the entire time.

advance guard

The night before the camp opened—FridayJuly 12—Mr. Rethinger, his son George, GeorgeAppelt, Junior Fitch and Mr. and Mrs. CecilTaylor, drove up to Starved Rock park witha trailer loaded with all the camp equipment—tents, blankets, the boys extra clothes, thecamp stove and all the other odds and endsnecessary. The trailer is the one A. E. Staley,Jr., uses on his hunting trips and was loanedthe boys by him. By the time the boys arrivedearly Saturday afternoon the camp was in orderand wai t ing for them. The pup tents were upand the stove was in place.

This stove, by the way, is the pride of theentire troop. It is a regulation field range suchas is used by the Marine Corps and wasbought for the boys by the Fellowship club.It not only simplifies their out-door cooking,but assures them of well cooked food. It burnswood, but that was no problem for the boys

found plenty of fire wood cut and piled in thepark, just for the use of campers.

go by truck

On Saturday morning the rest of the partywent up. Most of the boys traveled in a truckbelonging to the company which was fitted upsome time ago with seats for taking the ballteam about over the state. Those who couldnot get in the truck went with Eddie Lahniers,Hank Potrafka and T. B. Reddix, WabashMaster Mechanic, who took their own cars.George Hale, of the garage, drove the truckup to the park, and Morris McKeown broughtit home when camp broke up.

Harry Casley, who could not go with the boys,spent Sunday at the camp with them.

The boys and the men in charge are justlyproud of the fact that none of the 36 membersof the Troop were ill or injured during theouting. Hiking trips, swimming and boat ridesoccupied most of their time. By evening theywere all ready to go to bed by the official bedtime, 9 o'clock.

take hikes

On the first afternoon they had inspection,then a five mile hike and a swim before supper.After supper Eddie Lahniers told them stories.Sunday morning some of the boys went tochurch. Later in the day they were taken byan experienced guide for a trip up St. Louiscanyon. This man and the one who guidedthe boys on their longest hike the next day,were from the C. C. C. camp in the park, butboth men know the park well, its history andits legends and made every minute one of in-terest for the boys. The long hike on Mondaytook the boys through seven miles of canyonsand caves and was the only one which keptthem away from camp at meal time. But the

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NO ONE ever seemed to be BORED

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LOVELY COUNTRY surrounded the camp

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The boys always had TIME TO POSE

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boys did not suffer. Mr. Rethinger and Mr.Scott made more than a hundred sandwichesand these, with milk and candy and fruit , theythey took out to the boys at lunch time.

At no time did the boys suffer for lack offood, or because of poor food. The officialcooks Jumios Coons (who really shows geniusin this ar t ) Robert Karloski, Dick Hussey,Gaston Moreau. Robert Morenz, Ralph Lip-pencott, Robert Walker, and James Nalley.Mr. Rethinger and Mr. Scott acted in an advis-ory capacity, while Eddie and Hank were thepurchasing committee. Each day these twofared forth to LaSalle and purchased the sup-plies for the day. They always bought at leastfive gallons of whole milk and then other sup-plies accordingly. These two men have wordsof highest praise for the merchants of LaSalleas well as the park officials. All of these peoplemade sharp reductions in their costs so thatthe boys might have a good t ime.

excellent recordEven so the club is burs t ing w i th pride over

the record made by the camp. The cost perperson for everything for the four days was$2.25. The boys paid for nothing, not evenbeing allowed to buy anything in the canteenin the park. They had plenty of fresh milkand eggs and f r u i t and vegetables and meat.Candy, ice cream or some other sweet wasserved with their meals. On Sunday they hada big steak dinner which was topped off withice cream. The boys all have their own messkits and were served army style.

new camp groundThe camp ground was new, fire wood was

handy and it was near the shower rooms. Theboys slept in pup tents, but each night afterthey were in bed some of them men tuckedmosquito netting around all the tent openings.Hank and Eddie bunked in the trailer, whichis fitted up for sleeping, but talked over olddays in the navy more than they slept.

The boys who were on the outing, are listedbelow, in their patrols: Blazing Arrow; L.Schuerman, Bowers, Lippencott, Starbody,Rethinger, Walker, Longhead, Brown. Hawks,Scott, Saloga, Moreau, Davis. J. Lyons. Morenz,C. Lyons, Licek; Eagles, J. Potrafka, Kelly,Coon, E. Lahniers, Hess, Karloski, Reddix, L.Lahniers; Fox, Massey, R. Potrafka, Hussey,

Hough, Hudson, Nalley, Strocher, Yeaw; JackFletcher, Assistant Scout Master, Junior Fitch,Senior Patrol Leader, and George Appelt,James Cheyne and Henry White, Junior As-sistant Scout Masters.

Roy M. Ives says the typographical errorwhich, last month sent him to a "golf course"with his wife and daughter accompanying him,was a real joke. Read gulf coast instead, andthe story is correct. Roy plays li t t le golf butloves to swim.

Born -To Mr. and Mrs. Ray Franklin, June24, in St. Mary's hospital, a daughter. Mr.Franklin works in 21 building.

Born—To Mr. and Mrs. Ed McRoberts,June 26, in St. Mary's hospital, a daughter.Mr. McRoberts works on the starch loadinggang.

Born- -To Mr. and Mrs. James Fuson, July6, in St. Mary's hospital, a son. Mr. Fusonworks in the millhouse. Mrs. Fuson, beforeher marriage Amelia Volentine, formerlyworked in our mailing room.

Born—To Mr. and Mrs. Charles Welch, July1, in Decatur and Macon County hospital, ason. Mr. Welch works in the millhouse.

Born—To Mr. and Mrs. Walter Grant, Jr.,June 28, a son.

George Appelt will represent the Staley BoyScouts at the big Srout Jamboree in Washing-ton in August.

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T E N Y E A R S A G O A T S T A L E Y ' S

These things interestedreaders in August 1925.

Staley Journal Ray Scherer was being watched. It wasthought he was contemplating matrimony.

The general office building remodeling wascompleted, which gave people a chance tomove their desks farther apart. The new addi-tion just about doubled the size of the bui lding,hut took away most of the grass plot which hadbeen the pride and joy of Karl Simroth. Nearlyevery one was moved around, the only personon the first floor staying put being R. C.Scherer, auditor.

The traffic office was moved to the secondfloor to make room for a mail ing room andengineering office.

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G. E. Chamberlain had invented a graindryer which was a t t rac t ing a great deal ofat tent ion.

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Doris H i l l took a week's vacation, and spentthe t i m e learning to d r ive her new car.

This paragraph appeared—

Try to imagine—

Art Harris in a torn shir t ;Maggie Prell weighing 100 pounds;C. M. Cubb buying an article without asking

for a cu t ;Mike Honold running ;Jack McMillen wi thou t a "chew";H. T. Morris in a hurry;The garage without a Gentry working in it;Doc West not knowing any news;The minimise fu l l of Frenchmen.

Lynn Davis was b u i l d i n pNorth Summit avenue.

a new home in

Sam Seibert got a great deal of publicitybecause he drove to Turkey Run on his va-cation.

Karl ( R e d ) I le t t inger went to the ice housefor some ice from the east end of the bui ld ing ,for he was told that was the coldest ice, butbe couldn't get any.

Rollin Staley was spending his summer vaca-tion working in the store-room.

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All was quiet in the traffic office for twoweeks. Al Lukey was on his vacation and hisplace was taken by a girl.

"Mrs. Briggs," said the new boarder atbreakfast, "who owns those ferryboats I trippedover coming down the stairs just now?"

The landlady shot a fierce look."Ferryboats, indeed!" she cried. "Those are

my shoes."The boarder smiled uneasily."I didn't say ferryboats," he hastily re-

plied. "I said fairy boots."

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Little Boy: "Come quick, Mr. Policeman!There's a man been fightin' my father forhalf an hour."

Officer: "Why didn't you tell me before?"Boy: "'Cause father was gettin' the best of

it unt i l a minute ago."—Pathfinder.

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"That's nothing but a green garden snake,and green garden snakes are not harmful."

"I suppose they have to be ripe before theyare really dangerous."

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A young bank clerk proposed to a moderngirl the other night.

"Darling," he wound up anxiously, "youcould live on $15 a week, couldn't you?"

The girl laughed."Yes," she said, "but no longer."

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"That's a nice ham," said the grocer to thebride. "Home cured."

"Take it way," said the bride. "I want onetha t hasn't been sick."

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Jack: "What's your idea of clean sport?"Jean: "Swimming."

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Just 10 years ago the traffic office, above, and Cecil Walker, below, moved into new offices.

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In June 1925 T. C. Harwell and Helen Harder were proud of these new offices.

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I F Y O U W A N T T O B E S A F E

I N S U M M E R T A K E

By W. G. Reynolds,

Director of Safety

Have you, while working on a hot job withvery l i t t le circulation of air, felt yourself growweak and exhausted; had dizzy spells and feltnauseated? Even though you drink great quan-tities of cool water and are sweating profuselystill you are weak and very uncomfortable?The more water you drink the more you want.Finally you begin to have severe muscularcramps, usually in the muscles that you areusing most on the job. In all probability youthen give up and go to the First Aid Roomfor a talk with Mrs. May. She finds that yourskin is cold and clammy, your pulse, rapid andthready and that you have a typical case ofheat sickness or heat exhaustion. You areadvised to lie quiet in a cool place, cover yourbody up well to avoid chilling, take a mildstimulant and increase your intake of tablesalt (sodium chloride).

This situation occurs quite frequently inour plant during weather such as we have inJu ly and August. The remedy is simple—in-crease the amount of salt that you ordinarilylake into your system. Many medical andlaboratory specialists have studied the problemof heat exhaustion and the best opinion onthis matter is that salt is lost so rapidly duringthe profuse sweating accompanying work inhot, humid places that this salt must be re-placed in the system or heat exhaustion withsevere muscular cramps and nausea will fol-low.

We have purchased a quant i ty of dispensingmachines and a generous supply of 16 graincompressed salt tablets. These dispensers arelocated at the drinking fountains in the plantin order to make it convenient for each em-ployee to secure plenty of salt with his drink-ing water. The machines are so constructedthat they will deliver one tablet each time thatthe rotating black cap on the bottom of theglass container is turned slowly. Take thesetablets one at a time with a swallow of water

C A L Tjust as you would an ordinary tablet. Youneed have no fear of any bad effects even ifyou take the recommended dosage of 4 tabletsin one day. They are just chemically puretable salt, (sodium chloride) highly com-pressed into tablets so as to avoid being bulky.The only persons who must be careful of takingan excess of salt are ones who have kidneytrouble or serious heart disorders. These per-sons are asked to consult Mrs. May, at theFirst Aid Room before taking the salt tablets.

You are invited to make full use of thesetablet dispensers as they are placed at thedr ink ing fountains for your protection andcomfort.

"Four tablets each day will keep heat sick-ness away."

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Jack Van Hook, third son of our cartoonist,W. R. Van Hook, is at the C.M.T.C. in St.Louis this summer. His father hopes Jackdoesn't come home with any military ideasabout getting the whole camp up at dawn.

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H. J. Casley, foreman of elevator A, withMrs. Casley and their son-in-law and daughter,drove to Colorado for their vacation in July.

John McDonald, research laboratory, andMrs. McDonald, traffic, drove up north to agood fishing ground for their July vacation.

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Bob Rosebery, grain office, and Mrs. Rose-bery, drove to Indiana for their vacation inJuly.

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Did you wonder why you hadn't heardTurkey Grant lately? Well, someone had torun the west end of the plant at night soTurkey has taken on that job.

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Y O U F I N D S T A R C H I N

DYNAMITENOTE: This article was written for the Journal

by the Hercules Powder Company.As necessary as a needle to a seamstress, as

drugs to a druggist, as a hammer to a car-penter are explosives for the miner, the en-gineer, the road builder, ami the contractor.

Yet dynamite is comparatively a new tool inthe history of mankind. The first company tomanufac tu re dynami te in America was foundedon the West Coast in 1867. Its offspring,brought for th in 1870, was located in Kenvil,New Jersey. This plant, which is now the

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property of Hercules Powder Company, hasthe dist inction of being the oldest one inAmerica to operate on its original site. OtherHercules' dynamite units are located at Bes-semer, Alabama; Carthage, Missouri; Ishpem-ing, Michigan; Bacchus, Utah; and Hercules,California. At these plants high quality gela-tin, ammonia, nitroglycerin, and permissibledynamites are manufactured, each type beingpart icular ly adapted to specific uses.

not face powderHercules employes occasionally catch up

wi th the remark, "Hercules Powder Company!Oh, that's a cosmetic manufac tu r ing firm, isn'tit?" When, among its various products, thetypes of dynamite are mentioned, the questionhas been asked, "Do they use household gela-tin in gelatin dynamite?" Gelatin dynamite isso-called because of the gelatinous qual i ty de-rived from the mixture of some of its ingredi-ents, which makes it plastic and gives it water-resisting qualities.

There is, however, a popular household prod-uct used in gelatin dynamite with which house-wives are familiar for it makes delicious pud-dings, excellent thickenings, is a remedy forrelieving the baby's prickly heat, and for re-moving ink and other stains. This product iscorn starch, supplied to Hercules by the StaleyManufacturing Company.

use of starchThe use of corn starch in I he manufac ture

of gelatin dynamite is desirable because itkeeps dynamite soft and pliable. Hercules sub-jects corn starch to a high quality test forfineness. Fineness in corn starch is importantbecause it helps to produce in gelatin dyna-mite a physical condition which can be de-scribed as "slip." This means that when cart-ridges are being packed, the slip enables thegelatin to be extruded through a die with theuse of less pressure than would be necessaryif coarser ingredients were employed. Further,when the gelatin dynamite is exploded, thefineness of the starch enables it to react morerapidly with the other ingredients of the dyna-mite, and thus to increase the effectiveness ofthe explosive.

Although Hercules Powder Company isknown mainly for its explosives products, it isengaged in manufac tur ing an extensive series

of chemicals. Its other main divisions of in-dustr ial products are: naval stores (rosin, tur-pentine, pine o i l ) , cellulose products, chemi-cal cotton, paper makers' chemicals, and gen-eral industrial chemicals.

Luther Hiser, accounting, is having his fish-ing, and working too', this summer, for he andhis family are living in a cottage at LakeGrove club. There is a fish pond on the ter-race but so far Luther has managed to get allthe fish he wants in the big lake, just a fewfeet from the front door.

The l ightning flashed— and Lucile May,Mary Doran and Jane Nichols roared—andthen all three made a mad dash for the oneroom they knew of which had no windows.They timed their dashes so well that all threereached the door at the same time. Guesswhich was the first one in.

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Morris Durkee has found a use for the bigsilver bowl he won playing golf with a bunchof oil chemists in Memphis this spring. Hesays it is lovely for holding flowers.

George Leonard's or iginal idea in raisingchickens this year was to sell them, but he hasa bunch of friends who like to eat them—atGeorge's house—so what can he do? It is truesome of the boys have paid for their sins—andtheir chicken, hut Roy Hartman insists he isn'tthe one. He says he has always collected.

McPherson's condition was critical and hiswife, much against her will, was obliged toleave him for a short time. As she looked downat his shrunken form, her hard face softenedand the tears welled from her eyes. Pullingherself together with an effort, she put on herold bonnet and returned to the bed to saygoodbye. "Now, remember, Angus, no extrava-gance. If yer feel yerself going, blow out thelight."

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Ho! hum! This isn't such a fast age afterall. It takes the average woman fifty years toreach her thir ty-f if th birthojay.

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W E A R E M A K I N G G R E A T

P L A N S F O R O U R

If you haven't already done so, mark yourcalendar right now for Thursday August 22.That is the day set aside for the big annualouting of the Staley Fellowship club. As usualthe picnic will be an all day affair, but depart-ing from the time honored custom, there willbe no dances in the evening. The majority ofpicnic parties are ready to call it a day bysix o'clock, as a rule, so it was decided thisyear to plan no dances.

The day wil l start, as usual, with golf formen and women on the Nelson park course.Later in the morning there will be baseballgames, also in the park, and in the afternoonthere will be games and a program of band andother music. During the day there will betennis, but it will have to be played in Fair-view park, since there are no courts in Nelson.Henry Scherer will announce more definiteplans for this later.

golf play

Golf, which wil l be for men and women,wives of Staley men and other invited guests,will start early. Women can start at 6 or 7o'clock. Most of the men will tee off about 8.Golf prizes for men are:

Low medal—trophy and 6 balls.2nd low—6 balls.3rd low—3 balls.10th, 20th, 30th, 40th and highest, 1 ball

each.Blind Bogey.1st—6 balls.2nd—3 balls.3rd—2 balls.High—low on two blind holes—1 ball each.Best drive on 18.1st—2 balls.2nd—1 ball.Guest prize—2 balls.

Prizes in the women's play are:Low medal—Journal cup and 6 balls.2nd low—3 balls.High—1 ball.

DICNICBlind Bogey (open to a l l ) .1st—2 balls.2nd—1 hall.Low Putts—2 balls (open to all).2nd low—1 ball.Blind hole.High—1 ball.Low—1 ball.Low medal for guest—4 balls.

afternoon gamesDuring the early part of the afternoon most

of the events will center around the band standand the broad cleared place just beyond it.On the band stand the band wil l play for sometime and later there wil l be a program by theCentral School of Music. Several children fromemployees' famil ies wil l take part in this pro-gram. The land events wil l take place in thebroad cleared space.

Charley Ellis and Harry Cooley will havecharge of these events and have outlined thefollowing program:

Boys between 10 and 12, 75 yard dash, pinrace, turtle race, three legged race, climbinggreased pole.

Girls, same ages, 75 yard dash, 1 leggedrace, shoe and stocking race.

Boys, 12—16, 75 yard dash, sack race, wheelbarrow race, pin race.

Girls, 12—16, 75 yard dash, balloon race,walking backward, hall throwing contest.

Women—Bean carrying contest.Men—Tug of war.

Boys—10—16, Pie eating contest.

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Henry Dubes and his wife, and Melvin andMargaret Girl drove to Starved Rock early themorning of the Fourth and spent the day there.It was a grand outing, and Margaret insists,well worth the blister her new shoes wore onher heel.

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Farmer Lowen EntersThese days when Bill Lowen, sometime rab-

bit breeder and adagio dancer, speaks of thefarm he means his home. Bill has tired of thebla/.e and noise of city l i fe and has taken hiswife and child, his automobile and rabbits andmoved to a farm just at the edge of the villageof Forsythe. So far everything is swell, forthe tenant whom Bill replaced had a grandvegetable garden just at the ripening point.

The one thing which worries him most inthis almost Utopian spot is the milk question.In that village the dairy question is solvedchiefly by every family having its own cow.Well, Bill has managed to get the cow—butthat is only half of the story. She has to bemilked and neither Bill nor his wife had adairy course in the schools which they at-tended. So what to do?

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Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Yonikus had theirpictures taken with their attendants just aftertheir wedding in June. Mrs. Yonikus ivas Wini-(red Clark and her maid of honor jvas hersister, Kathryn. The girls are daughters ofJohn Clark, company property man. The bride-groom u-orks in the feed house. His best manwas Charles Osborn.

VISITORS FROM MEMPHISF. W. Underwood, for many years our repre-

sentative in Memphis, paid a visit to theoffices in Decatur late in July. He was ac-companied by his wife.

Clyde Smith still believes that the ill windhelps someone. When, about the middle ofJuly, his boss, J. H. Galloway, had a birthday,the Heavenly (?) Twins, Kathryn and Lucile,sent him a bag of jelly beans. But as fatewould have it, that was the day J. H. G. washaving trouble with his denture and only verysoft food appealed. Therefore Clyde got thecandy.

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Vivian Pierce says everyone asked the samequestion when she returned from her vacationthis summer. She infers that the answer is

That is not an Indian in Andy Percival'soffice. It is Andy himself, wearing his newgolf tan.

John Cheney, tin shop, is still a patient inthe Macon County Tuberculosis sanatorium,but is showing considerable improvement.

The callers looked at the plain l i t t l e girl andone said to the other:

"Not very p-r-e-t-t-y, is she?""No," said the child, "but awful s-m-a-r-t."

Mrs.: "Mary, I saw that policeman kissingyou in the kitchen last night."

Mary: "Yes, ma'am, I'd have stopped himbut I was afraid I would be arrested for re-sisting an officer."

Doctor: "How's your cold, Mr. Jones?"Jones: "It's very stubborn, Doctor."Doctor: "How's your wife?"Jones: "Oh, she's about the same."

In the game of life, the percentage of winson bluff is just about the same as in poker.

AUGUST, 193S PAGE 19

WE HAVE VARIOUS WAYS OF

KEEPING COOL O

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HOT DAYS ATSTALEY'S

AUGUST, 1935

THE S T A L E Y JOURNALPublished Monthly in the interest of the employees of

A. E. STALEY MANUFACTURING COMPANY

VOL. XVIII-No. 2

Editor: RUTH E. CADE • Cartoonist: W. R. VAN HOOK

Home Made VacationsWhat about a vacation this summer?

This is the time of year when Americaplans to get in its holiday, but too manyof us interpret vacation to mean goingaway on a trip for two weeks. That is agrand thing to do, but if that is the onlymeaning the word can have, it might aswell be taken out of the English languagefor most of us.

Fortunately it is not so restricted.While it is a glorious thing when onecan get the time and the money all atonce and go off to pastures new for afortnight, it is quite as glorious if onecan think of a substitute when such a tripis impossible. Decatur people seem un-usually fortunate in having vacationadvantages at home.

One can play golf or go fishing orswimming or boating right here at homeand get just as tanned as if he had beentwo weeks at some eastern shore. Onecan take motor trips to various pointsof interest over smooth hard roads, orgo gypsying over shady, twisty backroads, and still come back at night tothe comforts of his own home. One caneven go sight-seeing in his own hometown, and find lots of things he neversaw before. One Staley man came backfrom a long trip and was all excitedover a small college he had visited, andthen was rather ashamed when he hadto admit he had never been in Decatur's

own James Millikin university.Any number of Staley people have

never been in the lovely Masonic temple,nor Art Institute, have never seen thebeautiful paintings and carvings in someof Decatur's churches, but when theytravel to distant cities they always visitsuch civic high lights. There are evensome Staley folks, we are told, who havenever been through our own plant andoffice building. So it would seem evenvacationing can begin at home.

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"So Much GoodIn men whom men regard as ill,I see so much of goodness still,In men whom men pronounce divine,I see so much of sin and blot,I hesitate to draw the line—Where God has not.

Just after a conversation with ournurse we happened upon this rhymewhich summed up what she had beensaying. A surface-judge (and aren'tmany of us) in the group had brandedas "no account" the subject of our dis-cussion. But the nurse said,

"I wouldn't say that about him. Iknow he does a lot of wild things—buthe does so many good things too. Foryears, you know, he has made a goodhome for his mother and the smallerbrothers and sisters. He doesn't makea lot of money but he has seen that

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they were all well cared for. Maybe hedoes go off the straight and narrow occa-sionally, but he's young and has to havesome outlet."

So since then we have been wonder-ing if too often we are too quick to"draw the line".

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Unusual WeatherDuring the early summer weeks of

floods and weeping skies we have heardthe expression "unusual weather" sooften, we have wondered just what usualweather would be. During the last yearwe have gone through very hot dryweeks, cool bright weeks, short sessionsof cold snowy days, weeks of highwinds whirling dust over every place,intervals of calm sunshine, and longdays of rain.

Perhaps we have had more dust andwind than we ordinarily have, but asidefrom that the weather is about theweather one gets during a year. To besure it has not been distributed this yearas it was last. This year May and Junewere hard months on gardeners andgolfers and householders who had to buycoal. On the other hand, last year thesame two months were hard on womenwho had delayed housecleaning, andpeople who had planned early summermotor trips to avoid the heat.

There is little doubt about it—the veryuncertain quality of the weather is whatmakes it such an ever-handy topic ofconversation. If you have no scruplesabout sticking too closely to the scien-tific truth you can always open a con-versation by saying, "Isn't this the mostunusual weather?" It is generally toohot or too cold or too wet or too dryto suit everyone, and that, it seems, isreally what makes weather "unusual."

All Worked UpIn that book which charms and calms

as the reader follows Mary Petersthrough her days on her father's sailingvessel, one sentence stands out in ourmemory. In speaking of Sarah Peters,whose long years at sea had taught hera tranquil and firm philosophy, theauthor says she had learned that "thingsgenerally turned out well enough if onejust didn't get too much worked up overthem."

What a marvelous lesson to learn—that of not getting too much worked upover things. To be sure one can't gothrough life with the placidity of amarble statue, but far too many of usgo to the other extreme. We get all ex-excited and fluttery over trifles whichgrow into such awful monsters as wethink and talk them over.

No statistics are at hand but our layobservations lead us to believe that mostcases of extreme nervousness and break-down are brought on, originally, by thistendency to give too much importanceto little annoyances. After all, you know,one human being is not so important, sowhy should his little mistakes count forso much? Working yourself up to feverpitch over the size of type on a letter-head or the fact that your skirt dips inthe back does not impress people withyour importance nor make things right.It brings on headaches and makes thepeople about you wish you had stayedat home and dug worms in the garden.

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Whatever it is you want, you canreach it,

If you will combine your heart, yourbackbone, your faith and your commonsense—

And then stretch.

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B I G C E L E B R A T I O N

P L A N N E D N E X T

Y E A R B Y

TEXASTexas, largest of the states and one of the

most bounteous agricultural producers, will behost to the world in 1936 at a Centennial Ex-position which will include, among colorfuland historic as well as strikingly modern ex-hibits, a food show correlated with an exten-sive pageant of farming and ranching and re-lated industries.

At Dallas, where the Centennial Central Ex-position will open June 1, 1936, there will bea huge Food Exhibits Building with more than27,000 square feet of net exhibit space, andthis building will be close to the $1,000.000Texas State Building and the AgriculturalBuilding.

In addition to the hundreds of exhibits offood products, which will be shown in finishedform in the Food Exhibits Building and inraw stage in the Agricultural Building, the$17,000,000 Centennial Exposition wil l showmodel cotton farms, livestock ranges, gardenproducts, mineral productions and many othersources which bring the state's average annualincome to the 82,000,000,000 mark.

corn productsImportant among the agricultural and food

exhibits wil l be those of corn and corn prod-ucts, since Texas ranks ninth in corn acre-age and last year had a total production of46,000,000 bushels. Allowing for crop cur-tailment, average production in the state isconsiderably higher.

The all-inclusive food and agricultural ex-hibits at the Exposition are expected to attractunusual attention, for officials are planning tomake every effort to make this division of theCentennial an extraordinary event and differ-ent in many ways from the usual run of Ex-position shows. It is planned to make theexhibits so unusual and attractive that theywill be invit ing to every Centennial visitor.

Doubtless, however, among the millions ofguests expected at Dallas for the Central Ex-position, none will be more interested in theFood Exhibits Building and its correlatedshows than the 5,000 delegates to the NationalGrocers Association, which will hold its an-nual convention there next June.

attracts grocers

Because of stress to be laid by the Centen-nial on food, both in its raw and finishedstages, the convention is expected to attracta record crowd, for its exhibits will be ofinterest to every retail grocer.

The visiting grocers and other guests of theCentennial wil l find manufacturers of the worldwell represented. Although the opening of theExposition is eleven months distant, manufac-turers throughout the country have made manyinquiries concerning exhibit space, and a num-ber have filed reservations. All this interest ismanifest even before final plans for the FoodExhibits Building have been completed andbefore Exposition officials have started theirintensive selling campaign.

The fact that the Centennial is spendingmillions on a huge exposition seems to havebecome circulated widely. Part of the creditfor this unusual dissemination of Centennialdata is given to Dallas and Texas retail grocerswho spread the story of the Exposition at thenational grocers' convention recently in I n d i -anapolis.

story of Texas

This story of Texas which they related, andwhich will be unfolded at the Centennial Ex-position on a grand scale befitting colorfulromance 100 years in the making, is one of themost gripping in the history of this country,or, indeed, in the history of any country. Thoseunaware of the grandeur of Texas are amazedto learn what the Centennial will present.

Names, such as San Jacinto and Goliad, aresomewhat familiar to most of us, but these areonly the beginning, for there are Sam Houston,James W. Fannin, Stephen F. Austin and Wil-liam B. Travis.

Only in textbooks have these names beenused widely throughout the United States. Thebravery of these greatest leaders of Texas isequal to that of the most famed names in his-

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tory; their achievements are unsurpassed; theirdreams of a great state fulfilled in the cen-tenary are amazing in concrete realization.

Texas alone can point to government undersix flags. The story of none other could be un-folded under as many colors—French, Spanish,Mexican, Texan, American and Confederate.Indeed, the history of Texas is unique. Noother state has had a Sam Houston, renownedas one of three men in world history to cap-ture the combined head of a government andan army.

Though colorful, the beginnings of Texaswere small, thus making her meteoric rise themore amazing. These beginnings and years ofgrowth and realization will be dramatized inthe Centennial Exposition with an eye to thefuture . The Texas State Building, for instance,will be a permanent shrine to the glory ofTexas, and other of the permanent buildings,such as the $500,000 Art Museum, will furtherserve to preserve this famous story.

big partyTexans prefer to speak of their 1936 Cen-

tennial as a big "party," for it is really the i rfirst oppor tuni ty to invi te the world at largeto their state for interesting first-hand infor-mation on its history and accomplishments.

Texas has much to offer her Centennialvisitors—there is natural beauty; there arenoted resorts; there is varied scenery, rangingfrom piney woods to desert and mountains;there is so much within this largest of statesthat descriptive terms fall short of their duty.

Visitors will find a diversified climate. Theywill drive along hundreds of miles of pavedhighways, dividing acres upon acres of rollingcult ivated lands. They wil l cross huge oil fieldsand visit manufac tu r ing towns and metropoli-tan cities. Everywhere they wil l find typicalSouthern hospitality.

play centerThe layout of the Central Exposition at

Dallas, which will be built with city, state,federal and private funds, is imposing. Inaddition to the many exhibit halls and audi-toriums, there will be a huge polo field, alarge stadium, where important college foot-ball games wil l be played; an art museumand aquarium and a midway replete wi thamusements.

Two large pools will add to the beauty ofthe Centennial grounds. One will be a 700-footreflecting basin in front of the $1,000,000 TexasState Building, and the other will be a lakein the informal park area of the grounds.

Hundreds of shade trees will soften thestriking simplicity of the classic-modern styleof architecture to be used throughout the Ex-position. This architecture will complement themodernity of Dallas, which has the second mostimposing skyline in America. In all, Dallas,the financial and industrial center of theSouthwest and the center of eleven railroads,will be ready to greet the world when the greatExposition opens June 1, 1936.

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"I hear your boy friend had a finger in abig transportation deal, Miss Smithens."

"Yes, he thumbed a ride across the coun-try."

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"Here, young man, you shouldn't hit thathoy when he's down."

"G'way! What do you th ink I got him downfor?"

Caroline Lams looked quite lovely when shewas confirmed at St. Johannes In April. Sheis the daughter oj Martin Lams, of 21 build-ing.

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CARTOONS SELL

SYRUPThat art in industry we have talked so much

about has popped up again, this time in theretail grocery side of our business. R. C. Nel-son, one of our Texas salesmen, felt he had agood customer in L. E. Butler, of Lubbock,Tex., but he had no idea how good until hedropped in one day and saw the original, andeffective, method Mr. Butler was employing tosell syrup.

Having a decided gif t for drawing, Mr. But-ler had drawn several cartoons which he wasusing in his displays as silent salesman. A fewsamples of his work are given here.

Harold Baker, chemist, and his two youngdaughters, drove to Denver early in the sum-mer and passed a two weeks' vacation visitingrelatives.

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Larry Yunker, store room, underwent anoperation in St. Mary's hospital the middleof July.

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Mary Doran, laboratory office, took her vaca-tion the last two weeks in July.

Bart Wilson, personnel, and Mrs. Wilson,and Esther Moody drove to Colorado in Julywi th Glen Joy.

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Dorothy Shaffer, credits, spent a week inJuly at a camp at Petersburg, 111.

H*™ JTALFKJ IN FOUR FJ.AVOR*

"This black eye? I got it by being absent-minded. 1 was standing at the altar yester-day with my bride-to-be. The Minister askedher—will you love, honor and obey? She re-plied, 'Do you think I'm crazy?' Absent-mindedly I said, I do."

She: "Did you notice the beau t i fu l hat thatwoman had on who sat in front of us atchurch?"

He: "No. To tell the truth, I was halfasleep."

She: "A lot of good the sermon did you!"

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0°NT WORRY ABOUTHOT CAKEi

THf HOT CAKESARFFAIIKW

STAUY'5 SYRUP IN FOUR FLAVORSOH/GOODNESS S A K f S AUVF/1OUT OF STALED SYRUP,!''I'LL BET

F/X HIS MILK, FORE Hf V V R f C K S OUR\HOUSf AND HOME

AUGUST, 1935

SOFTBALL HONORS TO

TINSHOPThe Tinshop clinched top honors for the first

half of the Staley plant league, by winningfrom the Garage team 4 to 2 in a tight pitchers'battle between Bobby Siweck of the Garageand Sam Williams of the Tin shop, and thenwhipping the Pipe Shop team 19 to 3.

There has been a good crowd of rooters onhand for each game.

The second half will start as soon as aschedule can be made and there is a possibilityof there being only 6 teams instead of eight.Several teams are merging so as to have afu l l squad for their games.

Some of the league teams are playing out-side games at different parks and towns.

Below is the standings of this first ha l f :

Team Won Lost Pet.

Tin Shop 7 0 1.000

Garage 6 1 .857

Pipe Shop 5 2 .714

Office 3 4 .429

Boiler House 1 2 4 .333

Table House 1 4 .200

Laboratory 1 5 .167

Boiler House II . . . . 1 6 .143

Mrs. Brausen ImprovingMrs. Faye Brausen is recovering in St.

Mary's hospital from an operation she under-went in June. While she is ill her work inthe mailing room is being carried on by Mrs.Naomi Bold, who has been working with herfor some time.

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Marjorie White, secretary to Mr. Dunlap,went off on the spur of the moment to spenda late July vacation motoring with friends tovarious points of interest in Wisconsin. Evi-dently she planned to do little fishing for shetook her knit t ing along.

EDWIN KEYL SCHEITER, JR.The entire Staley organization was saddened

the morning of July 9 by the news of thesudden death of Sonny, the small son ofMr. and Mrs. E. K. Scheiter. Undergoing anemergency operation for an intestinal troublelate in May he seemingly was recovering, whenhe was taken suddenly ill July 8. Anotheroperation was performed that evening, but hepassed away during the night.

Edwin Keyl Scheiter, Jr., was born in Deca-tur in October, 1928. He was just completinghis first year in the Dennis school when hewas taken ill in the spring. Besides his par-ents, he leaves one sister, Margery Jean.

Funeral services were conducted in Decaturwi th bur ia l in Fairlawn.

Wife : "I wish I were a man."Husband: "Why?"Wife: "I could make my li t t le wife so happy

by getting her that hat I saw in the windowyesterday."

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"I have found out one th ing today," saidthe city man who had found a job on a farm.

"What's that?" said the farmer."That the man who says the cow GIVES

milk is a liar."•

Artis t : "Shall I paint you in a frock coat?"Mr. Nurich: "Oh, don't make any fuss—

just wear your smock."—Ludlow (England)Advertiser.

Originally named Harry Franklin Jenkins,his /amity long ago decided that was tooformal and now everyone calls him Corky. Heis the two year old son of Ancil Jenkins.

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Divers TwinsFriends at Staleys have recently been noti-

fied of the birth of twin sons to Mr. and Mrs.Ray Divers, of St. Louis. Mrs. Divers wasformerly Dorotha David and for several yearsbefore her marriage worked in our accountingdepartment.

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He: "You're good at conundrums, try thisone."

She: "Sure, go ahead."He: "Take away my first letter, take away

my second letter, take away all my letters, andI am still the same. What am I?"

She: "That's easy. You're a mail-carrier."—Milwaukee Medical Times.

Suitor: "I would like to marry your daugh-ter."

Business Man: "Well, sir, you can leaveyour name and address, and if nothing betterturns up, we can notify you."

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A recent show advertised a chorus of sev-enty, but some of them didn't look to be aday over sixty-five.—Florence (Ala.) Herald.

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Officer: "Come out of that water. Bathingis not allowed here."

Bather: "Pardon me, Officer. I'm not bath-ing—I'm trying to drown myself."

O. R. Rentfrow, kiln house, always swellsup ivith pride when he mentions "my son."That young man, now going on 8 years old,is Gene.

A MILD CELEBRATIONIt was sort of a post-Fourth-of-July party

which Louis Kossieck, our elevator operator,and his family had planned for the Sundayfollowing that holiday. They packed a goodlunch—lots of cheese sandwiches, and ham-on-rye and hard-boiled eggs—and set off forthe neighboring city of Bloomington to cele-brate. Before they started it was decided thatit was smarter to buy the very necessary liquidcompliment for such a lunch in the park atBloomington. They could then be sure it wascold, without having to bother to take ice.

Thus assured and provided they set outgaily. But gaiety soon changed to gloom, andham and cheese sandwiches proved very dryeating when they discovered that Bloomingtonslumbers quietly each Sunday under a thirst-provoking blue law. They drank milk.

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Her mother: "Why don't you yawn whenthat boy stays too long? Then he'll take thehint and go home."

Daughter: "I tried that—and all he did wasto tell me what beautiful teeth I had."

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Judge: "And what did you do when youheard the accused using such awful language?"

Policeman: "I told him he wasn't fit to beamong decent people, and brought him here."

Mrs. Smith: "And so your daughter is aboutto marry. Do you really feel that she is readyfor the battle of life?"

Mrs. Jones: "She should be ready. She'sbeen in four engagements already."

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Customer: Have you a book called "Man,the Master of Women?"

Hard-boiled Salesgirl: Fiction departmentthe other side, sir.—Penn. Punch Bowl.

"Quick! Quick! Your mother-in-law is be-ing attacked by a dinosaurus."

"What do I care what happens to thedinosaurus?"

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"Anything the matter with the car?""Well, there's only one part of it that doesn't

make a noise, and that's the horn."

AUGUST, 1935

••-• ;*•«'

If hen Ancil Jenkins teas 17 he lived inSullivan, Illinois, and looked like this. He,by the way, is the one that is seated, and theone that is still called "Fat." This was takenin 1918.

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Katy Didn'tWhen she decided to go with Bernice Mart in

to Mackinac for her vacation, Kathryn Sheehyalso decided she should learn to ride a hike,since only bicycles and horses are used intransportation on that island. But decidingand learning are two different processes. Tohe hrief, she found that learning resulted inmany bruises and l i t t le actual mileage covered.Probably she saw most of the Island from ahorse-drawn carriage.

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Charitable Lady: "Here, my poor fellow, isa quarter for you. It must be terrible to belame, hut I think it must be worse to be blind."

Panhandler: "You're right, ma'am. When Iwas blind, people was always handin' me coun-terfeit money."—Pathfinder.

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Fond Mother: "Will the photograph be any-thing like him?"

Fed-Up Photographer: "Yes, madam, but wecan easily alter that."—Smith's Weekly (Syd-ney).

Credit Union ReportFollowing is the statement for the Staley

Credit I'nion for the month of June 1935:

TRIAL BALANCEDebits Credits

BALANCE SHEETACCOUNTS

Cash $ 6,457.76

Bonds 3,305.43

Personal Loans 107,028.37

Furn i tu re and Fixtures

Shares $101,746.63

Notes Payable 6,000.00

Entrance Fees 15.50

Reserve Fund 3,417.47

Undivided Earnings.. 1,365.45

Total balance sheets accounts

PROFIT AND LOSSACCOUNTS

Interest 4,787.54

Expense 556.60

Dividends

Check Tax 1.68

Bad Loans Collected...

Mis. Income 13.89

Total profit and loss

accounts

GRAND TOTAL

all accounts $117,348.16 $117,348.16PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNTS

THEFraoG L6G|S- MAKES

CARROL. CORNELIUSSick - HtSAVS-

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D I Z Z Y I S N E W G O L F

KINGGolf has occupied the spare moments of a

great many Staley men this summer, partlyhecause the weather has been almost idealfor that sport. During the last few weeks twotournaments sponsored by the Fellowship clubhave been finished. The singles play was forthe Morehouse and Wells cup, the doubles fora club trophy.

P. H. (Dizzy) Wills was low man in bothtournaments. In the doubles play his honorswere shared by his partner, Jack Mintun. Inthe singles, Hollis Hise was runner-up andBuster Woodworth was third.

The runners-up in the doubles were BillBishop and Neil Young, who insist that theywere given the prize partly out of pity. How-ever, watching their game and looking overtheir cards convinced the committee that theyreally won what they got.

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"What's that building?" asked the stranger.

"That's the asylum for the blind," said thenative.

"Go on, you can't fool me," said the strang-er. "What's all them windows for?"

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Mary Ann Waite teas two months old whenshe had this picture taken lor her very fondgrandfather, Bill Heer. Bill, our syrup blender,thinks she is just about proper. She is thedaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Waite. Hermother, the former Elizabeth Heer, worked in17 building office for several years.

P. R. "Diz:y"~ Wills walked off with thecurly summer golf honors this year. But hethought the boys were playing a joke on him,and found out later that they were, when hewas handed the trophy. An elaborate presenta-tion ceremony was arranged with Howard Filemaking a speech and then handing Dizzy asilver cup with a woman golfer on it.

"Do you ever have to hurry to catch yourmorning train, Mr. Guzzle?"

"Well, it's fairly even you know. Either I'mstanding on the platform when the train puffsin, or I puff in while the train stands on theplatform."

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Salesman: "Did you like that cigar I gaveyou? For 500 coupons of that brand you geta banjo."

Clerk: "If I smoked 500 of those cigars, I'dneed a harp."

•

Bill was in a bad way so the Doctor advisedhim to get light work that would keep himout of doors. He finally found a job that ex-actly suited him—Garbage collector in Glas-gow.

•

Garrulous Wife: "Don't you know it's rudefor you to sleep while I'm talking."

Henpecked Husband: "Well, I've got to sleepsometime."

•

Aunt Fannie: "Aren't you going to say theblessing, dearie?"

Machine Age Child: "This food is comingto you through the courtesy of God Almighty."

AUGUST, 1935

FRED KLUMPP IN TOWNFred Klumpp, for many years foreman of

our millhouse, is back in Decatur part of eachmonth now. Since he resigned his positionwith the Staley company he has heen in busi-ness with his brother, John, also a formerStaley foreman. They have a string of inde-pendent filling stations throughout centralIllinois, with their headquarters in Jackson-ville. This summer they bought the station inDecatur on Eldorado street, at the Illinois Cen-tral, and Fred looks in on it, and his Staleyfriends, quite frequently.

•

Hunter: "Had great luck today. Shot sev-enteen ducks."

Friend: "Were they wild?"Hunter: "No, but the farmer that owned

them was."•

Teacher: "Unselfishness is voluntarily doingwithout the things we need. Can you give mean example of Unselfishness, Johnnie?"

Johnnie: "Me. I go without a bath whenI need it."

Visitor: "How old are you, my little man?"Boy: "Darned if I know, mister. Mother

was twenty-six when I was born, but nowshe's only twenty-four."

•

Actor: "I told the producer I must have realfood and real champagne in the banquetscene."

"Did he agree?""Yes, provided I took real poison in the last

act."•

Customer: Why do you keep telling me allthese horrible murder stories?

Barber: Well, you see, I find they helps mea lot by making your hair stand on end.

•

Little Joan: "What do the angels do inheaven, mummy?"

Mother: "They sing and play harps."Little Joan: "Haven't they any radios?"

•

"Was your barn hurt during the cyclone?""I dunno; I ain't found it yet."—Exchange.

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LABORATORY

(JJ)A,CK. ̂ j|yOWO»OAN - VVAS TELLIMG THE BOYSIN THE UAB-HOW HARD HE WORKED AT

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While in the street car the other morningtwo business men were seated together in thecrowded car. One noticed that the other hadhis eyes closed, and asked:

"What's the matter, Bill? Don't you feelwell?"

"I'm all right, Tom," said Bill, "but I dohate to see ladies standing."

•A wife is a person who thinks it is all right

to bawl you out before company if she addsthe word "honey."

Sunday School Teacher: "Can you tell some-thing about Good Friday, James?"

James: "Yes'm; he was the fellow that didthe housework for Robinson Crusoe."—Path-finder.

•

Rosie: "Aren't you getting Johnny and Billconfused?"

Mary: "Yes, I get Johnny confused one nightand Bill the next."

•

He: "I had to come clear across the roomto see you, so now I wanna kiss you."

She: "Gosh, I'm glad you weren't in thenext block."—Iowa Frivol.

LINDSEY-POOLEAnnouncement was made late in June of

the marriage June 21 of Dolly Lindsey andReatus Poole. The ceremony was performedin the parsonage of the First United Brethrenchurch with Rev. L. A. Whitesell reading theservice. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Finley were theattendants. Relatives and a few intimatefriends were the guests.

The bride is the daughter of J. M. Lindsey,our office building superintendent, and Mrs.Lindsey. The week before she was marriedshe received her degree from James Millikinuniversity. She is a member of Zeta Tau Alphasorority.

Mr. Poole is connected with the KeatingGarment company, and the young people willmake their home at 1921 North College street.

The gallant captain was showing the fairmaid over his ship.

"This," he explained, "is called the quarterdeck."

"Indeed!" rejoined the sweet girl graduate."And where is the 50-cent deck?"—Indian-apolis Star.

THE L-A.ST Six.'^r* i i VVE.EKS-TOROMT?/ l-EARN HlfV>-•our* I ./ (3oT GE.T HI^O

A PICTURE.

-H 1*1.0 OKI THE SIGNJ^L/S,

BA.L.L- GAX-OEL THE. OTHER. DA.V-TO TMU ANNOVANCE, OF THE,

-OKI -THIR.D - E - I N 4 -

AUQU8T, 1935 PAGE 33

Doris L. HiattDoris L. Hiatt, ill for many years, died in

the home of her stepfather, Carl Oakes, Sun-day, July 14. She was born in Indianapolisin 1904 but had lived in Decatur for fifteenyears. For several years she has been ill withtuberculosis, but although bedfast most of thetime she kept up a lively interest in thingsabout her.

Doris wrote letters to people in all parts ofthe world, collected stamps, read a great deal,and when she was able did handwork.

She leaves her mother, who has cared forher through her long illness, her stepfather,and her father, Arthur Hiatt, of Indianapolis.Two half-brothers, Maurice and Russell Hiatt,also live in Indianapolis.

Funeral services were conducted in Decaturwith burial in Fairlawn cemetery.

•

Hotel Clerk: "Is this $1,000 bill the smallestyou have?"

Departing Guest: "I'm afraid it is."Clerk (to bell-boy) : "Here, take this out

and get some relief worker to change it."

"What's that I smell?" inquired the ladyfrom the city as she sniffed the country air.

"That's fertilizer," answered the farmer."For the land's sake!" exclaimed the lady."Yes, ma'am," assented the farmer.

•

Teacher: "Willie, define the word 'punc-ture'."

Willie: "A puncture is a little hole in atire, usually found a great distance from agarage."

•

Bill: "I saw a goat in your back yard yes-terday."

Ted: "Well, it ain't there any more. Theneighbors got wind of it."

•

Jones: That man Smith is going around tell-ing lies about you.

James: I don't mind that, but if he beginsto tell the truth I'll break his neck!

•

Watt: "Can I trust you?"Nott: "Actions speak louder than words.

Try me with a dollar."

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WANT TO <7o N^ITH ) I ^^'S^ 'ME. FOR A TANK,/ ^"^Z^OF WATELI?,^^^.5 a C C^

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QbSH ED ISDlVIN' IN WITHHIS CAP ON-

Drill Instructor: "Now take this rifle andfind out how to use it."

Recruit: "Tell me one thing. Is it true thatthe harder I pull the trigger the farther thebullet will go?"

•

Oscar: "Why is it that statistics show womenlive longer than men?"

Dick: "Well, you know paint is a great pre-servative."

•

"Emily has decided to marry a strugglingyoung farmer."

"Well, if she has decided he may as wellstop struggling."

•

"I have no use for Mrs. Smithers," said thetalkative woman. "I think she's a terrible gos-sip. Every time I try to tell her anythingshe has already heard it."

JMITH TOOK HISFOR A Dtp ON THE.

HOME. FROM E.FF1NGH.ACO TXE.OTKER.DAV- HE SHOWS THE. J3OVS SOCOE.

FA.CMCV DW\«>IG-I>M THE- NODE. -

"Jane," cried the mistress, reproachfully,"you informed me a while ago that you weregoing to have a little sleep."

"Yes, Madam," replied the maid."Then," pursued her mistress, "what were

you doing at the garden gate when the sol-diers passed by?"

"Having forty winks," answered the maid,unabashed.

Clerk: "Something, sir?"Shopper: "I want the elevator."Clerk (absent-mindedly) : "Shall I wrap it

up or will you take it with you?"

Bob Jenks upon his wedding dayWas a most excited creature;

He handed his bride the marriage feeAnd tried to kiss the preacher.

—Boston Transcript.

AUGUST, 1935 PAOE 35

COMlM EIGHTTHIS SPRING

(3V HECK-HOW OLD bO

VOU .SAY SHEI3E. HP LOWEN?

Hool'-

/oWEN - WILL SOONSINGING PRAISE-A^ONG us-OF THE.OFLlVKSlQ IN THE. WIDE. OPEN SPA.CE/S-

A.S HE. CLOVED To THE. FARf^) RE.CE.NTLV-

"Have you done anything to check the crimewave in Crimson Gulch?"

"There isn't any crime wave," answeredCactus Joe. "When we find we can't make thecitizens stop drinkin' and gamblin', we passan ordinance makin' both legal."

•

Detectives were questioning a negro chargedwith stealing a typewriter. Not getting any-where one of the officers brought in the ma-chine.

"Lawzee, man," the negro exclaimed. "Youcalls that a typewriter? Ah thought it was acash register Ah was stealin'."

•

"You have Acute Tonsilitis," said the Doc-tor.

"Say, doctor," said the flapper, "don't flatterme, tell me what's the matter with me."

Coach: "You're great the way you hammerthe line, dodge, tackle your man, and wormthrough your opponents is simply marvelous."

New Player: "I guess it all comes from myearly spring training, sir. You see, my motherused to take me shopping with her on bargaindays."

•

A sailor began to brag about his "boss,"who, he said used to be in the navy.

"In the navy, was he?" said the man. "Whatwas his official capacity?"

"Four or five quarts," answered the sailor.•

"I understand your husband can't meet hiscreditors."

"I don't believe he wants to, particularly."•

"All play and no work takes Jack."

Mrs. Beat: "Tell the gentleman I'm not re-"Be kind to all insects," says a writer. Well, ceiving today, Nora."

we never lose an opportunity to pat a mosquito New Maid: "But he ain't deliverin', mum,on the back. he's collectin'!"

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In England business firms do not alwaysseek financial ratings in commercial agenciesso much as they seek to furnish goods to theKing and Queen. It is the height of their am-bition to be able to say, "We cater to hisMajesty, the King."

The story goes that two Liverpool butcherswere competitors. "Sausages, one shilling thepound," was the announcement in the windowof the first shop.

"Sausages, ten pence the pound," was overthe door of the other shop the next day.

"Sausages under one shilling cannot beguaranteed," was the come-back of shop num-ber one.

"We furnish sausages for the king," was thenext announcement of shop number two.

Shop number one, not to be outclassed bysuch methods, and to settle the argument, putout the following sign the next morning: "Godsave the King!"

•

"I say, Joe, your girl looked quite temptingin that Biblical gown she was wearing lastnight."

"What do you mean 'Biblical gown'?""Oh, you know. Sort of Lo and Behold."

•

Customer: "I don't want to buy your crack-ers; they tell me the mice are always runningover them."

Grocer: "That ain't so; why, the cat sleepsin the barrel every night."

•

Teacher: "Tommy what is one-half of one-tenth?"

Small boy: "I don't know exactly teacher.

•

Lulu: "What's the matter with the car now?It won't run."

Kenneth: "I dunno. I guess Dad's been fixin'it again."

•

Sappy: "I ran into another car last week andwas knocked senseless."

Girl: "How long does the doctor think itwill be before you'll be all right?"

•

Wiseman: "Changing a tire, eh?"Hots tuff : "No, I just get out every few

miles and jack it up to give it a rest."

Maid: "Your mother-in-law was here, ma'am.She waited all afternoon for you."

Mistress: "Oh, dear! Was she very in-censed?"

Maid: "Well, I don't know ma'am. On ac-count of this cold in my head I couldn'tsmell none."

•

The prison visitor was going around the cellsand was asking rather fatuous questions. "Wasit your love for drink that brought you here?"she asked a prisoner. "Lor, no, Miss," he re-plied, "you can't get nothin' here."

•

Sam: "My girl's divine."Jim: "Your girl may be de vine, but my

girl's de berries."•

"I hear that Miss Plainface is going to bemarried at last."

"Really! Who's the happy man?""Her father!"

•

Chaplain: "My man, I will allow you fiveminutes of grace before the electrocution."

Condemned Man: "Fine, bring her in."—Reserve Red Cat.

•

"Do fishes grow fast, Jimmie?""Some of them do. My father caught one

last year that grows an inch every time hetells about it."

•

Frowsy Gent: "This liquor won't cause anydamage to my eyes, will it?"

Husky Bartender: "Not if you've got themoney to pay for it!"

• '

Teacher: "What is meant by 'Hobson'schoice'?"

Bright Pupil: "Mrs. Hobson, sir."—BostonEvening Transcript.

•

"You sometimes find a pearl in an oysterstew," remarked the waiter, pleasantly.

But the customer only grunted, "I'm lookingfor oysters."—Christian Science Monitor.

•

John: "Great heavens! The engine is ter-ribly overheated."

She: "Then why don't you turn off theradiator?"

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