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Vol. XXIII SEPTEMBER, 1934 No. 248

The railroads are staging a come back withstream lined trains, air conditioned cars, andimproved service. It seems to bring results.Increased passenger business is claimed byseveral of the big lines.

The November elections for congressmenand minor state officers is perhaps as import-ant in showing the mental attitude of thepeople as in a victory for any party.

And now autumn with its welcome coolerdays and nights.

If business had really stopped as thousandsof people believe it did when the depressionhit us, the country would have been in apretty pickle by this time. The fact is busi-ness never stops. There is always some busi-ness for those who go out and dig for it.Those who do not dig for it are those whobelieve it has stopped.

September is the beginning of the end ofsummer. The 21st of the month is the deadline officially, but frost and chilly morningsrequiring a little fire are not uncommon be-fore the middle of the month. You may haverepaired or rebuilt some heating plants dur-ing July and August, but there are hundredsof other jobs that are going to need attentionbefore they will be fit for use in cold weather.The plumber's job now is to locate them.There is business to be had for those who digit up. An inexpensive newspaper advertisingcampaign will prove a help in securing thiskind of business.

COMPLICATES TRAFFICThe bicycle built for one is coming back

with surprising popularity, but that famousold machine "a bicycle built for two" is notso much in evidence. Production in 1934 is63 per cent greater than for the same periodof 1933. It's doubtful if the use of bicycles

Don't Stand StillheHe who is silent is forgotten;

who abstains is taken at his word; hewho does not advance falls back; hewho stops is overwhelmed, distanced,crushed; he who ceases to growgreater grows smaller, he who leavesoff, gives up; the stationary conditionis the beginning of the end.

—Amid

will ever equal to that of thirty years ago. Itthreatens, however, to become a traffic prob-lem on already congested city streets and ce-ment highways. Nothing makes the averageautomobile driver throw a "catfit" quickerthan an irresponsible boy or girl wobblingalong the highway ahead of his car. Perhapsthe old darky's theory of the purpose of theblack line in the center of the highway mayyet become the solution of the problem. Hesaid the line was for bicyclists to ride on. Ifthey would only do so, it would not be sodifficult to dodge them'with a car.

Give Them TimeMr. Jones—Do your daughters live at home?Mrs. Smith—My, no! They're not married

yet.

Headed for Bread Line"Did you know that I had taken up story

writing as a career?""No. Sold anything yet?""Yes; my watch, my saxophone and my

overcoat."

The Boston Post Road, originally an Indiantrail between New York and New England,was outlined by the first official post rider in1673.

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SHAKESPEARE SAID IT

People Who Do Not Read the GreatBard Quote Him

There are a lot oi people who do not readShakespeare, consequently they have missedmuch of the finest literature. It is true, per-haps, that reading Shakespeare is more or lessa cultivated habit. Tt is an easy habit to form,however, and we have never known anyonewho formed it to regret it.

This, however, is not intended to be a dis-cussion of Shakcpeare's incomparable workor of his genius or of his talent for crowdingevery phrase with so much meaning—but rath-er to show that even those who do not readShakespeare use his language every day with-out knowing that they are doing so.

Look Down This List

If you run down this list of familiar ex-pressions you'll find that you use many of themin your every day conversation.

"I have them at my finger's tips." TwelfthNight, Act 1, Sc. 3. "

"All that glistens is not gold." Merchant ofVenice, Act 2, Sc. 7.

"For goodness sake consider what you do."King Henry VIIT, Act 1, Sc. 1.

"That's neither here nor there." MerryWives of Windsor, Act 1, Sc. 4.

"He hath eaten me out of my house andhome." King Henry TV, Act 2, Sc. 1.

"Good luck in odd numbers." Merry Wivesof Windsor, Act 5, Sc. 1.

"T know you of old." Much Ado AboutNothing, Act 1, Sc. 1.

"In the why and the wherefore." Comedy ofErrors, Act 2, Sc. 2.

"Mend your speech a little." King Lear,Act 1, Sc. 2,

"I know a trick worth two of that." 1stKing, Henry IV, Act 2, Sc. 1.

"Suit the action to the word." Hamlet, Act3, Sc. 2.

"As makes the angels weep." Measure forMeasure, Act 3, Sc. 2.

"There is small choice in rotten apples."Taming of the Shrew, Act 4, Sc. 2.

"I'll make assurance doubly sure." Macbeth,Act 4, Sc. 1.

"Brevity is the soul of wit." Hamlet, Act 2,Sc. 2.

"My cake is dough." Taming of the. Shrew,Act 5, Sc. 1.

"Comparisons are odorous." Much AdoAbout Nothing, Act 3, Sc. 5.

"Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown."2nd King Henry IV, Act 2, Sc. 1.

"This was the most unkindest cut of all."Julius Caesar, Act 3, Sc. 2.

"It beggared all description." Antony andCleopatra, Act 2, Sc. 2.

"Give the devil his due." King Henry V,Act 3, Sc. 7.

"The dog will have his day." Hamlet, Act5, Sc. 1.

"The observed of all observers." Hamlet,Act 3, Sc. 1.

"As good luck would have it." Merry Wivesof Windsor, Act 3, Sc. 3.

"Make a virtue of necessity." Two Gentle-men of Verona, Act 4, Sc. 1.

"True as steel." Romeo and Juliet, Act 1,Sc. 4.

"Thereby hangs a tale." Merry Wives ofWindsor, Act 1, Sc. 4.

"The wish was father to that thought." 2ndKing Henry IV, Act 4, Sc. S.

"Tell the truth and shame the devil." 1stKing Henry IV, Act 3, Sc. 1.

"There is something in the wind." Comedyof Errors, Act 3, Sc. S.

"Ill blows the winds that profits nobody."3rd King Henry VI, Act 2, Sc. 5.

"How the world wags." As You Like It,Act 2, Sc. 7.

"The smallest worm will turn." 3rd KingHenry VI, Act 2, Sc. 2.

These are only a few of Shakespeare'swords which appear in every day conversation.A studied research of his works would revealmany more.

EYESIGHT UNNECESSARY

J im: "How did you find your date at the dance lastnight when the lights went out?"

Jack: "I picked her out by the Braille System."

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WISDOM OF THE AGESSelf confidence is the first requisite to great

undertakings.—Samuel Johnson.

The bed had become a place of luxury forme. I would not exchange it for all thethrones in the world.—Napoleon.

Every man's l ife is a fairy tale written byGod's fingers.—Hans Christian Anderson.

Whoever serves his country well has noneed of ancestors.—Voltaire.

Cooperation is not a sentiment — it is aneconomic necessity.—Charles Steinmctz.

Habit is a cable; we weave a thread of itevery day, and at last we cannot break it.—Horace Mann.

You believe that easily which you hope forearnestly.—Terence.

Men, even when alone, lighten their laborby song, however crude it may be.—Quintilian.

Strong reasons make strong actions.-Shakespcare.

The best portion of a good man's life arethe nameless unremembered acts of kindnessand of love.—Wordsworth.

There is not in nature, a thing that makesa man so deformed, so beastly, as intemperateanger.—Webster's Duchess of Malp.

A miser grows rich by seeming poor; anextravagant man grows poor by seeming rich.—Shenstone.

The devil can quote scripture for his pur-pose.—Shakespeare.

Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handlewhich fits them all.—Holmes.

Live as long as you may, the first twentyyears are the longest half of your life.—Southey.

I hate to see a thing done by halves; if itbe right, do it boldly; if it be wrong, leave itundone.—Gilpin.

The early morning has gold in its mouth.—Franklin.

'Tis education forms the common mind.Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined.—Pope.

THE HABIT OF BATHING

One, Two and Some Times Three aDay Common Practice

An interesting feature of the Public WorksProgram is the good that it is doing in mak-ing possible in thousands of communities waterworks and sewerage and thus provides run-ning water in homes.

Improved sanitary facilities are justified be-cause of their invariable good influence on thehealth of a community.

If present plans work out, thousands of men,women, and children will know the benefits ofa bath room, and kitchen sink. Saturday nightand a laundry tub will be akin to the memoryof an unpleasant dream.

While writers refer to the Saturday nightbath in a humorous vein, it was not so manyyears ago that it was a stern reality.

Many a rich man of today with luxuriousbathroom, could if he would, recount experi-ences of "Saturday night in a laundry tub inthe kitchen."

Within the last generation the bathing habithas become a part of daily life in this country.It's no longer a Saturday night duty — it's adaily pleasure — more than that — it's such aninvigoration that thousands now bathe bothmorning and evening — and still more thanthat — many business men have a shower roomadjacent to their office where they can getunder the spray on a moment's notice.

Concerning bathing, especially shower bath-ing, O. O. Mclntyre, in one of his contribu-tions, says:

"A curious city editor had a relay of threereporters between the hours of 5 and 6 fortwo days calling up a selected list of namesduring the bathing interlude. The list includedprominent bankers, professional men, shopkeepers and so on. Among 300, it was foundthat 248 were indulging in the evening splash.No city is so 'bath conscious." Old hotels hav-ing rooms without baths had to install them orhave the rooms un-rented. People f rom outof town who never bathe more than once a dayat home, arc touched by the two-a-day con-tagion in the metropolis.

"Many busy New Yorkers aside from bath-ing morning and evening at home, have a built-in shower adjoining their offices. If they wantto freshen up between appointments they mayhave a quick spray. Stock exchange membersare frequent noon-day shower addicts."

Mr. Mclntyre devotes a goodly portion ofhis life to investigation of various subjects forfacts to write into his articles.

He is a disinterested person — but we willbet he is one of the boys that gets under ashower three times a day.

M U E L L E R R E C O R D

Big Night TonightBoy: "Say, dad, what does it mean when

the paper says some man went to a conventionas a delegate-at-large ?"

H. Peck: "It means his wife didn't go withhim, son."

Bottoms Up"You swine," said the outraged wife, "you

reek with liquor and you told me you had justrefused a drink."

"You're all wrong, darling," answered thetipsy husband, "I said I just turned onedown."—Mutual Magazine.

Beast"How is the music in the restaurant?""Wonderful! I was in there with my wife

for an hour the other evening and couldn'thear a word she said."

And Ihen He Knew"Where am I?" asked the sick man. "In

heaven?""No, dear," cooed his wife. "I am still with

you."

Beg Pardon"Say!" exclaimed the man of the house.

"Who told you to plant petunias there?""Your wife," said the yard boy."Pretty, aren't they?"

An All Winter CourseJoe: "My wife explored my pockets last

night."Frank: "What did she get?"Joe: "About the same as any other explorer

—enough material for a lecture."

Spirit WillingIt was married man's night and the minister

had asked that every one who had domesticworries stand up.

"Ah!" exclaimed the minister, peering atthe lone man who had remained seated, "youare one in a million."

"It ain't that," piped the voice as the restof the congregation gazed at him suspiciously,"I can't get up. I'm paralyzed."—Selected.

And Done to A Turn"Did you have anything to eat last night

when you got home from the club?""Oh, my wife gave me a roast."

Husband: "Give me the name of the manwho escaped from the insane asylum lastnight."

Supt: "No one escaped that I know of.""Better check tip again, some fellow ran

away with my wife."

A failure"And to think you were just a struggling

young business man when I married you.""Yeah; but I didn't struggle enough to get

away."

Over the Garden FenceWif ey: "That woman next door is some-

thing awful, Harry. She does nothing but talkthe whole day long. She simply can't do anywork, I know."

Hubby: "To whom does she talk?"Wif ey: "Why, to me, dear, over the fence."

Jingle Bullets!Mrs. Brown (with newspaper) : "John, it

refers here to some gunmen taking a man fora ride. What kind of a ride?"

Brown: "A slay ride, my dear."

Out With Prize Fighters"Is your wife home?""Naw," replied Funkhauser. "She's out with

a bunch of prize fighters.""Prize fighters?" exclaimed Mrs. Popsicle."Yes," replied Funkhauser. "She went to

a bridge party."

—And Comes Off with a Smack"I want some powder for my sister, please,"

said the boy timidly."The sort that goes off with a bang?" asked

the druggist, jokingly."No, the sort that goes on with a puff!"

The newcomer rapped at the pearly gates,and St. Peter's voice called from within:"Wrho's there?"

"It is I," answered the newcomer."Well, get out of here. We don't want any

more school teachers."

S E P T E M B E R , I 9 3 4

Tin Tellin' You

The la/-y, hazy days are hereThe sweetest, dreamiest of the year.When summer halts and dies, not sadlyBui in gay, au tumna l garb goes gladly.

They buried the last No. 1 public, enemy,according to the newspapers in patent leathershoes, which suggests to our mind the thoughtthat asbestos shoes would have been more suit-able and practical.

A bachelor is one man who never made thesame mistake twice because he never made itthe first time.

November th is year brings us state and con-gressional elections, football, and Thanksgiv-ing. We may not know much about the elec-tion and less about football, but when it comesto turkey we know that bird and all of hispolitical and geographical subdivisions.

Before you call the fellow with a new' ideaa "damphool" remember that you are not or-iginal. Some of the greatest and most suc-cessful inventors were called the same thingin the past; a lot of persons who did the call-ing lived to say afterwards, "Well wasn't Ia "damphool."

Everybody loves a fat man, but not in hotweather. There's a reason.

"And now," says an editor, "some one hasfound a way to stay in the bath tub all day,with a pillow to sit on and mirrors and makeup tables for the ladies and it might be an ideafor somebody to 'dev i se a way of sleepingthere, too, these warm nights." With the devel-opment in bath tubs the past few years it'sqviite probable the editor's suggestion will be-come an actuality.

One leading hotel advertises a new pen andclean ink for every guest, but the post officestill clings to the old plan of furnishing onepen for all patrons and wonders why so man)'letters find their way to the dead letter office.

I t ' s just possible t ha t there is one place hot-ter than Central I l l inois dur ing the past sum-mer, but we re fuse to concede the point w i th -out an of f ic ia l reading of the thermometerf rom that other place.

Early in August the editor submitted to anoperation for cataract on the lef t eye. A fewdays later nature performed a real cataractoperation on Niagara Falls. Beg pardon, Ni-agara, there was nothing to get jealous about.

The meanest man in Dccatur our policereport: is the one who stole the wheels f rom ababy buggy. Very likely he had a "baby"that "he wanted to put the wheels under."

I t has long been contended and successfullyupheld that central Illinois climate is not themonotonous brand of which one grows weary.Here's the proof. August 9 the thermometerregistered 104° and August 29 steam heat wasturned on. The temperature was 45", a d i f -ference of 59" in twenty days.

Do you know tha t : UOO murders occur ev-ery year, in this land of the free and homeof the knave, an average of 1,000 a month;100,000 persons are assaulted, and 3,000 arckidnapped? And do you know that a few ofthe criminals are actually sent to the pentiten-tiary?

Physicians say one leg is always shorter thanthe other, but neglect to say whether it isnatural or whether it results from some onepul l ing it.

"Well, thank goodness, that's over with.""What is?""I've danced with the hostess. Have you

gone through with it yet?""No, I don't have to. I'm the host."—Maple

Leaflet.

"Would you like to take a nice long walk?"she asked.

"Why, I'd love to," replied the young mancaller, joyously.

"Well, don't let me detain you."

M U E L L E R R E C O R D

A DELIGHTFUL OUTING

The Richards Mfg. Co. Guests ofW. F. Aaron and Wife

at Port SheldonWhile Grand Rapids sweltered under a rec-

ord breaking temperature of 104° on July 21st.the employees of the Richards ManufacturingCompany and the i r fami l ies enjoyed thebreezes of Lake Michigan where their annualpicnic was held at the Warren V- Aaron Cot-tage Port Sheldon.

Early in the afternoon the "Richards Fam-ily" arrived and were welcomed by Mr. andMrs. Aaron, who made everyone forget thesupremacy of Old Sol and turned their mindsand footsteps to the cooling waters of LakeMichigan. A great portion of the afternoonwas spent in bathing and all voted Mr. Slooteras not only the champion swimmer but alsothe PERFECT THIRTY-SIX in the bathingbeauty contest.

Af te r this refreshing swim no stimulant wasneeded to arouse the appetites of all for thesumptuous feast which was so attractivelyserved in the recreation room of the cottage.Places were set for about forty, among whomwere guests from California and Ohio.

At the Community HouseAt the conclusion of the dinner Mr. Aaron

announced that the crowd was to be his guestsat the Community house where a delightfulentertainment was given. One of the mostthrilling events of the evening was the captureof the lone bachelor, John R. Stekctee, of theinstitution who lured the leading lady fromthe stage to his arms. Of course, all eyesturned in his direction but he handled thesituation very gracefully. This entertainmentwas followed by dancing and then the guestsdeparted, carrying memories of a pleasant out-ing made doubly so by the hospitality tenderedby Mr. and Mrs. Aaron.

ANNUAL SPRING DOWN POURJames: "How did you like Venice?"Annabel : "I only stayed a few days. The

place was flooded!"

INHERITED GRANDPA'S HABITMabel: "Yes, Madrid is a wonderful town—

wonderful theatres, beautiful shops—"Nora: "Have you been there?"Mabel: "No, but my grandfather once

thought of going."

THIS ONE NOT SO DUMBBertram: "And why did Noah take two of

each kind of animal into the ark?"Sweet Young Thing: "Because he didn't

believe the story about the stork."

S E P T E M B E R , I 9 3 4

ANNOUNCEMENTTHE New England Water Works Associa-

tion takes pleasure in announcing that it hasmoved into new headquarters, at 613 StatlerBuilding, Park Square, Boston.

The new rooms provide attractive and com-fortable quarters where members may meetinformally. Available for reference in thereading room arc a comprehensive selectionof American and foreign technical publica-tions and a complete file of New EnglandWater Works Association Journals.

The rooms arc open from 9:00 A. M. to1 :00 P. M. and from 2:00 to 5 :00 P. M., ex-cept on Saturday, when they are open onlyunti l 12:30 P. M. Miss Lillian, assistant to theSecretary, is in charge of the off ice and wi l lbe glad to assist visi tors in any way possi-ble.

It is hoped that members will make frequentuse of the new rooms.

ORANGES AND PEACHES"Men may come and men may go, but mis-

takes go on forever."Such were the thoughts of one of the city

librarians yesterday when a timid-looking girlof perhaps nineteen years accosted her, askingif she had a book entitled "Oranges anlPeaches."

A most dil igent search proved that no suchbook was in the possession of the library.

"Arc you sure that 'Oranges and Peaches' isthe title of the book?" asked the librarian.

"Yes, I believe that's what the professorsaid to get," was the answer.

"Who is the author?""Darwin."Imagine the surprise of the librarian when it

"dawned on her" that the book desired wasDarwin's "Origin of the Species."—Santa FeMagazine.

NOT IF IT KNEW HER

Wife: "Do you think the mountain air will dis-agree with me?"

Hubby: "I doubt if it would dare, my dear."

SAMUEL B. MORRIS HONORED

Pasadena Dam Named for Him —Dedication by Ex-President Hoover

Samuel B. Morris, Chief Engineer and Gen-eral Manager of the Pasadena, California,Water Works, has been distinctly honored byhaving the new dam above Azusa in San Gab-riel Canyon named after him. It is the prin-cipal construction unit of Pasadena's $7,500,-000 project.

Added dignity and importance was given theevent by the presence of ex-President Hooveras principal orator. In his dedicatory addressMr. Hoover said :

Speaking To An Engineer"As an engineer I take especial pride in the

exhaustive planning and investigation, thescrupulous construction of its engineer leader,Samuel B. Morris. The project presentedtechnical problems and difficulties, which heand his assistants have successfully solved,and through the cooperation of Bent Brothers,Inc., Winston Brothers, Inc., and William C.Crowell, the contractors, they have procured astructure which will be standing a thousandyears hence.

"Behind these ceremonies today lie weeksand months of skillful planning and patientorganization — and several years of old-fash-ioned struggle and hard work . . . . Ahead lieyears of beneficent service to this community,and this is the decisive test of truly construc-tive enterprise.

Dedicated to Future Generations"On behalf of those far-seeing leaders of

this community, the engineers whose skill hasbrought this plan to practical realization, andthe community which has given to them theirloyal support, I dedicate the Morris Dam tothe service of hundred generations of Ameri-cans who will receive the blessings."

Started Eleven Years AgoThe work was first planned eleven years

ago. It will provide ample water for a citydouble the size of Pasadena. Credit is givenMr. Morris of having conceived and con-structed the project. It is eminently fittingtherefore that the dam should carry his name.

It is a concrete gravity dam, 328 feet abovethe lowest foundation and intersects 210 squaremiles of high mountain drainage and hascreated a lake 3.5 miles long, 240 feet deepwith a capacity of 39,300 acre feet or 12,800,-000,000 gallons. The dam is 780 feet long and240 feet at streambed. It is 20 feet thick atits crest and 280 feet at its base.

The spillway over the west abutment spurhas a maximum capacity of 80,000 cubic feetper second. This is double the maximum re-corded flood discharge. There arc six floodrelease outlets in the dam with the maximumrelease capacity of 7,000 cubic feet per second.

More Than 15,000,000 Gallons DailyThe water salvaged from Hood waste by the

M,orris Dam will average 15,600,000 gallons perday. This water will be conveyed to Pasadenaby a 36-inch all welded steel pipe line 18.5miles in length, terminating in distribution res-ervoirs along Mountain Street in Pasadena.

AN AUTUMN SONGThere is something in the autumn that is na-

tive to my blood,Touch of manner, h int of mood;And my heart is like a rhyme,With the yellow and the purple and the crim-

son keeping time.

The scarlet of the maples can shake me likea cry

Of bugles going by.And my lonely spirit thrillsTo see the frosty asters like smoke upon the

hills.

There is something in October sets the gypsyblood astir;

We must follow her,When from every hill aflame,She calls and calls each vagabond by name.

Two Coming DisappointmentsFlo—I don't intend to be married until I'm

thirty.Rea—I don't intend to be thirty until I'm

married.

8 M U E L L E R R E C O R D

Elmer Likes this Mueller Shower

Cartoon suggested by Everett Pippin.

Elmer look one bath a week and thought that he was doing fine;But Poppa got a Mueller Shower, now Elmer's bathing all the time.

THE NEWEST FEDERAL PRISON

A Place That The "Bad Boys" Can'tGet Away From

Just when we are feeling particularly pleasedby the absence of Dillinger as a front pageheadliner, Al Capone steps in again and allon account of his secret transfer from Leav-ensworth to Alcatraz Island, where the new-est federal prison is located. Alphonse doesnot excite our interest or curiosity, but thereis something of interest as a matter of infor-mation in this strange dot in the ocean whichhas already been nick-named "Devil's Island."

Alcatraz or Pelican Island is in San Fran-cisco Bay, four miles north of San Francisco.It is 1630 feet long and rises 130 feet abovethe level of the bay. There has been a fortthere for years, for the defense of the Gold-en Gate, a military prison and the loftiestlight house on the Pacific coast. It is said thatescape from the island is impossible, andthat's why the new prison for the "real badboys" was located there. In addition to natur-al obstacles preventing escape, a great many"built-in impediments" will serve to confuseand worry any one incarcerated there.

Tear GasOne thing which none of the "bad boys"

like is tear gas in all parts of the prison. The

attendants will not stop to heave tear bombsin case of an insurrection. They will turn alittle faucet and the tear gas will flood anypart of the building desired. The vapor is car-ried through pipes just as the water is. Asan added precaution, the guards all carry teargas guns, and if all this fails there is a moreviolent gas which is used in last resort, whichit is said, makes a man turn up his toes in-stantly.

One guard at levers can control a block of24 cells, opening all odd or even numbers or asingle cell.

Secret RadioIn case of an uprising demanding outside

aid, there is a secret radio room from whichto call coast guard vessels and San Franciscopolice.

Visitors to get into the prison willhave to qualify at the San Francisco office.Then there is a boat trip of a mile and a halffrom the mainland. It will be permissable tospeak to prisoners but not in the usual way.Conversation will be carried on through amicrophone screen. The prisoner will be sep-arated by a 24" wall, and a small 6" x 4"window enables the prisoner to see his visitor.

Incarceration at Alcatraz will not add anyjoy or bouyancy of spirits. In fact, it will bepretty hard sledding for the inmates.

S E P T E M B E R , I 9 3 4

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Teacher:—"Winter's here children, youmust be careful about taking cold. I had alittle brother seven years old, and one day hetook his new sled out in the snow. He wastaken very ill with pneumonia and three dayslater he died."

Hoy in the buck seal:—"Where's his sled?"

Teacher:—"What does 'furlough' mean?"Jack:—"It means mu le ; it says so in the

book."The teacher asked for the book and Jack

found her the picture of a soldier sitting ona mule.

Below the picture was written, "GoingHome on His Furlough."

No DangerAnnie: "Come in and see our new baby

after school teacher."Teacher: "Thank you, but I will wait until

your mother is better."Annie: "You needn't be afraid. It's not

catching, teacher."

Dog Gone its True"There is direct and indirect taxation. Give

me an example of indirect taxation.""The dog tax, sir.""How is that?""The dog does not have to pay it."

What Mother TaughtTeacher: Who can tell me why we should

always be neat and clean?Pupil: In case of accident, teacher !

History as She is WroteTeacher: "Johnny, what did Paid Revere

say at the end of his famous ride?"J ohnny : "Whoa !"

ObservationSchool Inspector, to Pretty Teacher—"Do

you teach observation?""Yes.""Then I will take the class. Now, chi ldren,

shut your eyes and sit still."Following this the inspector made a slow,

whistling sort of noise and he followed with,"Now, children, what did I do?"

Small Pupil: "You kissed teacher."

He Should KnowTeacher: "William, how many bones have

you in your body?"William: "Nine hundred."Teacher: "That's a great many more than

I have."William: "But, teacher, I had sardines for

lunch."

The Modern WayA teacher in a grammar school wished to

impress on her pupils the importance of be-ing original, so she said:

"Thomas, repeat these sentences in yourown words: I see a cow. The cow is pretty.The cow can run."

Thomas: "Lamp de cow. Ain't she a beaut?An' say, baby, she sure can step !"

And Who Heeds ThemTeacher—Who were the three wise men?Johnny—Stop, Look and Listen!

Good JudgmentTeacher—Now, Bobby, which would you

rather have—one apple or two halves?Bobby—Two halves.Teacher—Oh, Bobby! Why should you pre-

fer two halves ?Bobby—Because then I could see if it was

bad inside.

Early BeginnerThe teacher was testing the knowledge of

the kindergarten class. Slapping a half dollaron the desk, she said sharply, "What is that?"

Small voice from the back row, "Tails!"

Up and ComingTeacher: "Quote a Scripture verse."The Kid: "Judas went out into the garden

and hanged himself."Teacher: "That's fine! Quote another!"The Kid: "Go ye and do likewise!"

The envious man grows lean at the successof his neighbor.—Horace.

Hear one side, and you will be in the dark;hear both sides and all will be clear.—Hali-burton.

10 M U E L L E R R E C O R D

SNAKES, SHARKS, BATH TUBS

A Writer Claims the Latter CausesThe Most Deaths

With snakes and sharks as a subject andbath tubs as a comparison, a writer seeks topoint out that the tub is the cause of moredeaths than reptiles and the denizens of thedeep. This is probably true. All humanshave an aversion to anything in snake form,although many species of snakes are perfectlyharmless and a benefit to mankind, destroyinginsects, field mice and other pests. Few of usknow anything at all about venomous reptilesas we are never brought in contact wi th them.

The number of deaths from snake bites inthis country is comparatively small.

Small Per Cent of Fatal BitesEven the b i t e of the most poisonous of our

native snakes is not always fatal as the NorthCarolina evangelist demonstrated when he in-vited a rattlesnake to dig in, and the rattlerpromptly accepted the invitation to slay forlunch. The more, we look into th is snake andshark story, the more we learn. Albert Tester,the evangelist mentioned, had a good chance ofrecovering from the start. Ophiologist Ray-mond Lee Ditman of New York says, "About85% of the persons bitten by rattlesnakes havea good chance to recover, even without treat-ment. Testers' religion bore him up mentallyand that was a big help."

In India fatal snake bites run into manythousand annually. At least that is one coun-try where the bath tub cannot be used in effec-tive comparison. India has about as few bathtubs as the United States has venomous rep-tiles.

Sharks

Most of us know less about sharks than wedo about snakes. Our opinions have beenlargely formed through fictional stories de-scribing the voracious marine monster as a "seatiger." They made our eyes stick out as boysand cold chills ramble up and down our spine.

Bath Tubs Not DangerousWhile the writer in the New York Times

is doubtless making some truthful statementsand comparisons, he does not get down to bedrock. The bath tub is absolutely incapable ofdoing any harm whatever to any one. Thedanger is not in the tub, it is in the careless-ness of the user of the tub. Any person ex-ercising a small degree of caution need notfear a bath tub or receive any injury whatever.A modicum of caution in stepping in and outof the tub is all that is necessary.

THE PRIDE OF COLUMBIA

Thriving Missouri City Has FineMunicipally Owned Properties

The city of Columbia, Missouri, is proud ofits record of municipally owned utilities, andin fact is feeling quite happy in general witha handsome new Municipal Building whichwas published in the Mueller Record, April1933, its up to date water and light plant, andthe fire and police building. Mr. R. E. Mc-Donnell of the Burns and McDonnell Engi-neering Company, in an interesting little hooktelling of the city's achievements, speaks of her

Virgil Palmer, Asst. Supt.D. Elrow Crane, Supt..Paul Williams, Sec.

municipal buildings as, "the pride of Colum-bia." Any much larger city would be justifiedin feeling good about it.

Columbia has other things to be proud ofalso. It is situated in a section of great scenicbeauty, halfway between St. Louis and Kansas

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CHAWED AND CHAWED

Mar ie : "What a night—what a night! I went to oneof those race-track affairs last night, and was it plentyfast!" , ( | i

Moll ie : "What sort of a party was it?"Marie: "Oh, you know—everybody jus t neck and

neck."

S E P T E M B E R , 1 9 3 4 II

Champions of City League

MUELLER Soft Ball Team of the cityleague won the championship by defeating theMoran team in the play-off of the second halfof the schedule. Neither side scored except inthe fifth inning, when Morans made two runs.Mueller in their half settled the argumentwith four runs. Pitcher Neal of the Muellerteam was given excellent support.

Standing left to right:—C. Leipski, rightfield; O. Salefski, pitcher; J. Bain, 1st base;C. Salogga, 3rd base; R. Gross, pitcher; F.Laskowski, short field; J. Clark, 2nd base;F. Koslowski, short stop.

Seated:—J. Henry, coach; I. Conder, catch-er; B. Adkins, pitcher; R. Leipski, centerfield; M. Brumaster, left field; M. Neal,pitcher; P. Ruthrauff, manager; Jack Ruth-rauff, mascot.

L. Cochran, pitcher, and R. Scott, secondbaseman, were not present for picture.

DO YOU KNOW?The "mud skipper," a fish found in East

Africa, lives on land, but must keep its tailmoist, since it breathes through it.

Ohio has a raccoon ranch at Milan, whichbreeds between 1,500 and 2,000 for forest dis-tribution annually.

Notre Dame has a tradition that it neverrains when a new gold coating is being put onthe huge dome of the administration building.

Sixty-two pound loaves of bread can bemade from the 42.6 pounds of flour producedby one bushel of wheat.

(Continued from page 11)City, and is an educational center. The stateuniversity is located there and also two largecolleges for women. These institutions at-tract five thousand students for nine monthsof the year, swelling Columbia's populationfor that period from 15,000 to 20,000.

A happy and contented people live in thiscity, enjoying practically all the advantages ofany large city.

The officers are Mayor R. S. Pollard, whois now serving his first term. He was electedin April 1933. Formerly he was clerk of theBoone County Circuit Court, and is now in thedrug business. He has been a resident of thecity for many years.

Paul Williams, secretary of the Water andLight Department, was appointed in April1934. He was formerly in the accounting busi-ness for eight years, a partner in the companyof Williams and Hough.

D. Elrow Crane was named superintendentof the Water and Light Department on April16, 1934 by Mayor Pollard. He has been con-nected with the Water and Light Departmentsince 1911, and has been assistant superintend-ent since 1917. Mr. Crane has been a residentof Columbia for twenty-four years.

Wise Beyond his YearsTeacher: Willie, how do you define ignor-

ance?Willie: It's when you don't know something,

but some one finds it out.

12 M U E L L E R R E C O R D

MEMPHIS STEPS TO FRONT

Has a Municipally Operated Auto-mobile Inspection Department

The city of Memphis, Tennessee, has takenan advanced step in an effort to reduce thenumber of automobile accidents. The city hasestablished a municipally owned and operatedautomobile inspection station.

Early in January, Clifford Davis, police com-missioner, proposed this step to the counciland an ordinance was passed. The first twoand a half months operation showed a decreaseof 25 per cent in accidents compared with thesame period last year. The initial inspectionof the city's 45,000 cars is just being completed.The ordinance has plenty of teeth to make iteffective. Failure to have a car inspected isclassed as a misdemeanor punishable by a fineup to $50, or failing to pass inspection to neg-lect to return for reinspection and approval.

Held Semi-AnnuallyThese inspections are to be semi-annual.

The city maintains a mechanical force at thestation with suitable equipment for testingbrakes, wheel alignment, headlights, taillights,windshield wipers, and horns. Any defect issufficient ground for with-holding approval,and the owner must have the fault correctedand return within a week for re-inspection andapproval, for which there is no charge, butevery motorists who receives a windshield ap-proval sticker must pay fifty cents, whichkeeps him in good standing for six months.

Though many another city has tried inspec-tion plans, employing private mechanics andshops, Memphis decided to set up its ownplant as the most satisfactory and economicalway of attacking the mechanical end of the ac-cident problem, Mr. Davis points out. Thusfavoritism among garages is eliminated, costof inspection is held to the minimum and re-inspections at any time are made possible with-out cost to all motorists who desire to find outthat their cars are in good condition for theirown information.

Few Inspected Cars InvolvedProof of the plan, in Mr. Davis' eyes, how-

ever, comes in the fact that out of 727 cars in-volved in accidents since April 18, when thestation opened, only 95 cars bearing inspected-and-approved tags were involved — with 32,-914 cars so far inspected and passed. Eighty-eight of the 727 cars in accidents had been in-spected and rejected, and not returned forfinal inspection.

Not Too SanguineMr. Davis — and the Memphis city commis-

sion — have no dream that the city-ownedinspection station will completely solve the ac-

cident problem. But they do insist, on the fig-ures already at hand, that it will ultimately cutdown to a minimum the percentage of acci-dents that result from faulty mcchancial con-dition of cars rather than from what might beclassed as strictly human failings, such as care-lessness, intoxication and the like.

Moreover, with the inspection plan, followedup by police arrests of all who fail to bearinspection tags on their cars, as its major fea-ture, this year's traffic control campaign inMemphis has shaved the fatality rate down byone-fourth, in spite of an increase in the num-ber of cars over 1933, and a 30 per cent in-crease in gasoline consumption for the firsthalf of the year.

Already, more than 200 cities have askedMr. Davis for details of the Memphis- plan.

MORALEWhen we awake after a sound and refresh-

ing sleep with every organ in tune and at con-cert pitch, and thank whatever gods we believein that we are alive, well, young, strong,buoyant, and exuberant with animal spirit atthe top notch; when we are full of joy thatthe world is so beautiful, and that we love ourdear ones and can throw ourselves into ourwork with zest and abandon because we likeit ; when our problems seem not insoluble andthe obstacles in our path not insuperable;when we feel our enemies are either beatenor placated; in a word, when we face realitygladly and with a stout heart, even if it isgrim and painful, and never doubt that it isgood at the core and all evil is subordinate togood, that even if we are defeated and over-whelmed in a good cause, all is not lost; whenwe feel that we live for something that wecould die for if need be—this is morale.

Dr. Hall, Clark University.

BRILLIANT

"Jones is very polished, isn't he?""Very. Everything he says reflects on some one.

Even his head shines,"

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STRANGE CARS IN ILLINOIS

More of Them Encountered this YearThan Any Previous Summer

Every time we drive out we are impressedby the number of strange license plates weencounter. They come from every stale int l i e union. We can go farther than that andsay that foreign countries are represented.One evening recently we parked behind adapper little car in the business section andread the license plate witli as much interestas we read most exciting news. The plateread "Honolulu, Hawaii".

"How do you suppose i t ever got here?"asked the party of the second part.

With our usual repartee we answered,"Well, seeing as how there has never yet beena car built that will run on water, I'll .makea wild guess that some one from Honolulucame to United States on ship board andbrought their car with them."

Former DecaturitesIt developed later that a former Decattir

couple now living in Honolulu, had comehome on a visit, driving from the west coastto Dccatur.

Speaking of the west coast, reminds us ofthe large number of California cars we en-counter. Undoubtedly the "Century of Prog-ress" is attracting many visitors to Illinois.

Decatur is almost in the center of the stateand two principal arterial highways gothrough the city.

Springfield, the state capital, is just fortymiles west of Decatur. On a visit there a fewweeks ago we drove out to Oak Ridge Cem-etery to revisit Lincoln's tomb and countedtwenty cars from different states in the vicin-ity of the tomb. This in a large measure ex-plains the presence in Central Illinois of somany out of state cars.

Interesting StudyThe visitors at the tomb of this great presi-

dent were interesting to study. An Oklahomacar stopped and the occupants alighted andentered the tomb. Within five minutes theywere back in their car and on the way to thesouthwest. In our musing we decided theybelonged to that great party of Americanswho came to the shrine just long enough tosay to the folks at home that they had visitedLincoln's tomb. Many tourists, however, re-mained an hour or more studying the relicsand listening to the custodian, who has beenthere for many years, and knows all there isto know of the tomb. He tells you of famousrulers and statesmen from foreign lands whohave come hundreds of miles to pay tributeto Lincoln's memory.

Price of PeaceThat we should do unto others as

we would have them do unto us —that we should respect the rights ofothers as scrupuously as we wouldhave our rights respected — is not amere counsel of perfection to individ-uals — but it is the law to which wemust conform social institutions andnational policy, if we would secure theblessings and abundance of peace.—Henry George

MOUSETRAP AND WORN PATH

A Trite Saying Causes Dispute As ToIts Author

For the past decade or more, writers, espe-cially advertising writers have used the phrase"if a man make a better mouse trap than hisneighbor, though he build his house in thewoods, the world will make a beaten path tohis door." This was intended to convey to aprospective advertiser that he had only to makea better something else than his neighbor, andhe'd pick the persimmons. In fact, he wouldn'thave to pick them. Excited hordes wouldbreak up the corn stocks and trample downthe oat crop getting to him. To us it alwayssounded like a mouthful of fine words strungtogether to stale a simple proposition whichmight have been more effective and under-standable by saying "make it better than theother fellow and you'll get the long green.

Credited to EmersonHowever, we are not looking for a quarrel

on phraseology. What's bothering us is theauthorship of the few lines which have beenprinted over and over again. This was origi-nally ascribed to Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Encyclopedias of quotations do not showthat Emerson made any such reference, but itseems pretty well established that the thoughtfrom which the mouse-trap story finallyclimbed into the lime-light was first promul-gated by the great essayist. Some three quar-ters of a century ago, in his "Journal" hewrote:

"If a man has good corn, or wood, orboards, or pigs to sell, or can make betterchairs or knives, crucibles or church organsthan anybody else, you will find a broad, hard-beaten road to this house though it be in thewoods."

Emerson amplifies this at considerablelength by applying it to other professions and

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14 M U E L L E R R E C O R D

High Up in the Sierras

Reedy washing bis uppers whileJolly looks on.

Emmett Reedy fishingfor trout.

j&a George Leach cooking the "game"be got the night before.

THE Decatur members of the Mueller or-ganization who transferred to the PacificCoast Factory at Los Angeles, are crowdingevery idle hour with enjoyment of the greatoutdoor pleasures in which California is sorich. The accompanying pictures show afavorite way of enjoying the open spaces.Emmett Reedy (seated) is shown in one pic-ture and back of him is Russell Jolly. Inthe other picture is George Leach. The sceneis at Silver Lake which is high up in theSierras and affords most excellent fishing.The. campers, George Leach and his brother,

Russell Jolly and Emmett Reedy, all of theLos Angeles factory, fished and camped atthe lake from July 18 to 22nd. This camp wasin Mono County, on Carson's Peak. Theyhooked a trailer on behind their car andloaded it up with tents, camping equipment,and fishing tackle, and it is reported that thetrip was quite a success. Emmett caughteighteen trout in one afternoon and we haveno record of what the others did. Silver Lakeis fed by icy streams from perpetual snowbanks and is known as a wonderland forfishermen, artists, and nature lovers.

(Continued from page 14)trades. Emerson died in 1882.

Preacher Comes CloseDr. John Paxton preaching in New York,

August 1889 on "He Could Not be Hid," said:"A man can't be hid. He may be a peddler

in the mountains, but the world will find himout to make him the king of finance."

It's different from Emerson, yet the thoughtis quite the same.

Elbert Hubbard Gets CreditIn latter years this "mousetrap" quotation

became a bone of contention when the lateElbert Hubbard, 1859-1915, editor of the Phil-listine and other books, pamphlets, and biog-raphies, put forth a claim to authorship of the"mouse trap" lines, and he was finally so de-clared by high literary authorities. With nothought of questioning the correctness of thefinding, it still seems to us that Emerson gavewings to the thought from which otherthoughts grew, which is quite natural. If itwere not, literature would become dull anduninteresting.

There is a homely saying that there are moreways than one to kill a cat, and by this crudeand coarse yardstick we add there are more

ways than one to express the same thought.In fact, in a comparison of ways, we think oldpussy would be out of the running.

SOMETHING FOR NOTHINGThe old adage that we can't get something

for nothing isn't entirely true.The t ru th is we get a lot for nothing — or

almost nothing. All that is asked of us iscapacity to enjoy them.

A sense of humor costs nothing, bv.t fewof us would exchange our ability to perceivethe comedy in human life for any sum ofmoney. The enjoyment of a sunset, therhythm of a dance, the roll of breakers on theseashore, the sweep of a musical composition,the grace of a bird in flight, the majesty of acathedral, and the delicacy of a precious jew-el, cost nothing. To capture the joy of theseeternal beauties is as easy [or the humblestas for the millionaire.

Mrs. Hayseed—It says here in the paper thatthe young girls today are abandoning all re-strictions.

Mr. Hayseed—Well, I'd better not catchMabel without hers on!

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Photo by O. C. Keil. Mueller Boy Scouts lend-ing parade of children.

Mueller employes annual picnic for 1934was fully up to the standard of years past.Old Jupiter Pluvius pirouetted around thenight before and Jove joined in with a fewwell aimed thunder bolts that did some smalldamage while Vaya blew his breath forcefullyenough to upset the "big top" at the picnicground and bowl over a few trees. There wereslight showers during the forenoon, but thepicnickers on the grounds paid no attentionto them.

From noon until 10:30 p. m. it was idealpicnic weather and Saturday, August 11, willbe pleasantly remembered by old and youngparticipating in the outing. The damage doneat the ground had all been repaired beforethe opening number at 10 a. m.

Company Makes It PossibleMueller Co. makes these picnics possible

through an employe committee. The companypays the bills and the committee spends themoney and does the work. Fair enough, is itnot?

Free bus and street car transportation isprovided for each employe and family.

Free inflated balloons are provided for allchildren.

A herd of fifteen or twenty Shetland poniesis provided for free rides for the children.

Each employe and each member of hisfamily is provided with five refreshmenttickets, (value twenty-five cents.)

All employes have to do, if they prefer todo so, is to bring their dinner, which most ofthem do because Mueller Heights offers somany delightful spots for an outdoor meal.

Some New FeaturesThere were several new features introduced

this year. The most important of these was anew up-to-date loud speaker system. WinstonWells, son of J. W. Wells, secretary of thecompany, has quite a flare for anything elec-

Below photo by O. C. Keil of children onponies in parade.

MUELLER EMPLOYEES

A Day of Rollicking Fun

Photo by E. H. Langdon. A section of the crtexercises.

trical, and he had the responsibility of as-sembling and installing the outfit. It \yorkedfine. The speaking, the singing, and' othermusic could be heard a long way from thestage.

Mueller Lodge and the open air theatreare separated by a small lake and a deep ra-vine. The distance is about an eighth of amile. This new broadcasting system makes itpossible to broadcast from the theatre to thelodge or vice versa. The installation is per-manent and will be of benefit at our ownmeetings, and to others which are occasionallyheld there.

Circus Day ParadeAnother new feature which caught the ap-

proval of the picnickers was the children's"circus day parade." The kiddies with theirgaily colored balloons assembled on the lawnat the Lodge where the parade was formed.First came the Boy Scout color bearers, thenGoodman's Band, Mueller Troop of BoyScouts, followed by five to eight hundredchildren. The line of march was over thebridge to the athletic field and back to theLodge lawn, where the children's contestswere immediately commenced.

Balloon RaceThe "balloon race" at the close of the after-

; IN ANNUAL OUTING

Despite Frequent Showers

in the open air theater during the afternoon

noon platform exercises drew a big crowd.Twenty balloons of different color were heldin leash by as many little girls. These wereextra large toy balloons inflated to a diameterof 29" to 30". They bore this legend as didall the other balloons:

MUELLER GOODS

Have the One Way Habit—The Habit of Giving

Good Service

The balloons when released at a signal, shotup in the air to a great height until theystruck varying air currents. The spectatorsfollowed the flight as long as a single balloonwas visible. Five of the balloons had a certifi-cate attached which entitles the finder to oneof Mueller Co.'s fine kitchen sink combinations.The other fifteen carried a "Message fromMueller."

Golf TournamentThe annual golf tournament for Mueller

employes opened the day's amusements. It wasplayed on the course of the Sunnyside CountryClub, said to be one of the sportiest coursesin central Illinois. Frank Mueller won firstprize, a silver cup for one year and an en-graved watch fob to retain permanently. His

Pbolo by O. C. Keil showing older children inthe parade,

score was 73 with a handicap of two, makinghis net score 71. Walter Bowan was secondwith a gross of 97, handicap 23, net score74. J. W. Wells was third, with a gross of101, handicap 25, net 76. R. H. Mueller andRoy Whitaker tied on 80 each, the formerhaving a gross of 87 and a handicap of 7,while Mr. Whitaker had a gross of 107 anda handicap of 22 strokes.

For the first low net score Frank Muellerwon but was disqualified as he had alreadywon a prize, and Raymond Bullas was declaredwinner with 85. W. E. Gould and J. M.Wilkins tied on highest number of strokes onNo. 5 hole, and Joe Brownback won low scorefor No. 6 hole.

The afternoon exercises at the open airtheater opened at 2 o'clock with band music.Then followed an address of welcome by Rob-ert Mueller and address by Adolph Mueller.These were friendly, intimate talks but con-tained .some statistical, and historical facts ofinterest to those in the organization.

Then .followed the program of picnic eventsas follows:

, The Children's ^GamesThe usual children's jjxftitests were held on

the:Lodge Iqwri immediately after the circusparade; There were'sixteen events managed byBurt Jackson.Cand the kids had a lively time.All prizes were refreshment tickets.

Horseshoesi The annual horse shoe tournament was wonby Earl Gustin and Leslie Cochran; secondElvis Musgraves and Joe Woodrum. JackBain managed this event.

BeanoBeano was in progress all afternoon and

hundreds of people had a lot of entertainment.Marshall Hobbs and Happy March handled

Below:—Photo by Helen Pope of smaller chil-dren bringing up rear of parade.

Photo by Helen Pope. The "Big Top" was apopular place throughout picnic day.

this feature. All prizes were canned fruits,vegetables, etc.

Croquet

The three newly buil t croquet courts whichalways provide entertainment for many couples\ .e rc vacant. The heavy rain the precedingnight and the morning showers left them toowet for playing, so Roy Whittaker, manager,had a good time otherwise.

Soft Ball Game

The Tool Makers beat out the Regulatorsin a seven inning game, watched and ap-plauded by a large crowd of fans.

Score by innings :R II E

Toolmakers 4 0 0 0 2 0 0—6 9 2Regulators 0 0 0 1 0 0 0—1 4 3

Batteries: Tool Makers: A. Flaugher andMarch. Regulators: H. Dash and Krum-siek.

Summary—Two Base Hits—C. C. Roarick.Three Base Hits—W. Salefski. Struck Out—By Flaugher 4, by Dash 5. Base on Ball-'Off Dash 4; Off Flaugher 2. Umpires-Augustine and Grossman.

Afternoon Program

The afternoon program at the Open AirTheater, newly equipped with the newest loudspeaker equipment drew a large crowd. Theprincipal events were interspersed with musicby Goodman's Band were:1 :30—Children's Parade about grounds led by

Goodman's Band."Star Spangled Banner" .... Goodman's Band

with Flag Ceremony by Boy ScoutsAddress of Welcome Robert MuellerAnnual Address Adolph MuellerSelection, Lkclele and Guitar

Clarence & Everett PippinBoy Scout Sketch

Directed by Howard Baldis, S. M.Comedy Sketch "Oh, No, No!"

Directed by Miss Margaret Clark, Deca-tnr College of Music.

"She" Marian Suleeba"He" Reed SchlademanMiss Van Dyke's Mueller Dancing Girls.Clown and Comedy Juggling .... A. C. KramerMusic McCarthy's String Quartette

Comic StuntsGirls' Balloon Blowing Contest.Boys' Cracker Eating Contest.The Human Ford—Charles Johnson and

others.Flight ol: large toy balloons from held back

of theater.Broadcasting of Music and other Records at

Open Air Theater.Baby Show.

Evening ProgramBand Concert on lawn at Lodge to be broad-

cast to Open Air Theater.Flag Lowering Ceremony Boy Scouts

Open Air Theater.Awarding Golf Tourney prizes

Adolph MuellerDrawing for Sink Combination and Tub

Shower at Open Air Theater. HarleyHimpstead, Mgr.

Moving PicturesDance. Music by Homebrook's Orchestra.

NotesCompany members and friends had their

annual picnic dinner on the Lodge verandaoverlooking Lake Decatur. The heavy rainshad soaked the lawn leaving it rather dampfor an outdoor social event.

There were thirty babies born to Muelleremployes since the last picnic and were enteredin the annual baby show. Each one was a prizewinner and was given a dollar with which tostart a saving account.

The parking arrangements this year wereexcellent. The grounds have been electriclighted. This improvement is to be madepermanent.

Half and HalfAgitator: "You should give me half of all

you have."Farmer: "All right. All I have is rheuma-

tism and toothache. Which one will -youhave?"

No Free WheelingBook Agent—"You ought to buy an ency-

clopedia, now your boy is going to school."Farmer—"Not on your l i f e ! Let him walk,

the same as I did."

Below an off stage photo by E. H. Langdon ofMueller dancing girls.

MEET AT WACO

Convention of Southwest WaterWorks Association October 15-18The Southwest Water Works Association

meets at Waco, Texas, October 15-16-17-18.The sessions wil l be held at Hotel Roosevelt,and a large attendance is confidently expected.

The officers of the Association arc:

President — W. H. Vaughn, Supt. WaterWorks, Fort Smith, Arkansas.

Vice-President — John B. Winder, Supt.Water Works, Dallas, Texas.

Sec.-Treas. — Lewis A. Quigley, Supt. WaterWorks, Fort Worth, Texas.

State GovernorsArkansas — Henry E. Nunn, Supt. Water

Works, Van Buren.Kansas — M. E. Linton, Water Commissioner,

Topeka.Louisiana — R. H. Brooks, Supt. Water

Works, Ruston.Missouri — Jasper N. F.veritt, Supt. Water

Works, Springfield.Oklahoma — T. G. Banks, Supt. Water Works,

Oklahoma City.Texas — Geo. J. Rohan, Supt. Water Works,

Waco.

The convention wil l be in session four daysopening Monday morning;, October 15. Therewill be four ha l f day sessions and one daydevoted to an inspection trip of the city. Theprincipal points of interest will be the citywater works plants and the city's water sup-ply reservoir.

The usual social events will include an in-formal dance Monday evening, and the d in -ner dance Wednesday evening.

A n d , says Secretary-Treasurer Quigley:"Everyone has been requesting a visit to

Supt. George and Mrs. George's FARMwhere we are informed the ORIGINAL'Down on the Farm' originated. The cows,chickens, the pigs, etc. — Bow YOUR head

while 'George' leads the water works em-ployes in the next verse."

That WARM, hospitable WELCOMEcharacteristic ONLY of the SOUTHWESTawaits all visitors Mr. Quigley assures us.

FOOT CAUGHT IN DRAINAt Springfield, Massachusetts, recently Aus-

tin J. Pratt, plumbing contractor, was calledupon to pe r fo rm an unusual service. A l i t t legirl of three years of age playing in the rear ofher home came across an old drain pipe whichprotruded a few inches above the ground. Thel i t t l e girl got her foot wedged into this pipe,and her frantic struggle only wedged the foottighter. The screams of an excited motherbrought a policeman to the spot, but he couldnot free the child. Mr. Pratt sent one of hisjourneyman to the scene when called up by thepoliceman. The child was made comfortable,her face shielded from flying chips and thepipe cut off with a cold chisel below the foot.In this way the shoe was made accessible andwas removed, which allowed the withdrawalof the foot. The little girl did not suffer anyserious injury.

Uncovered curb boxes in the street arc amenace to little folks, but when it's a curb boxthe trouble can be easily prevented by usingone of Mueller Service Box Repair Lids.

A CORPORATION STOPA corporation stop is used for beginning

a water service from the main to privateproperty. It is inserted in the main closedagainst the water and is l e f t closed until theservice is completed. It then becomes a per-manent part of the system. We make them.

No man should complain when measuredby his own yardstick.

Prudence is the parent of success.

Beware of the man of one book.

RECEDING NAVY

Mrs. M: "And how is your husband getting on withhis reducing exercises?"

Mrs. F: "You'd be surprised—that battleship he hadtattooed on his chest is only a row-boat now."

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'Half

"One Good Turn ""Don't you think, doctor, you rather over-

charged when Johnny had the measles?""You must remember, Mrs. Brown, that in-

cludes twenty-two visits.""Yes, but you forget he infected the whole

school!"

Not Uncommon Complaint"That man walking over yonder has been

given up by half of the town's doctors.""What's the matter with him?""He refuses to pay his bills."

Bad! Not On Your LifeDoctor: "I'm afraid I have bad news for

you. You will never be able to work again."College Student: "Whadda you mean, bad

news ?"—Jack O'Lantern.

Too 111!Friend (visiting hospital patient) : "Do you

know, old man, that's a swell looking nurseyou've got!"

Patient: "I hadn't noticed.""Good Lord — I had no idea you were so

sick!"

Getting Rid of The WartMrs. Mack: "I'm bothered with a little wart

that I'd like to have removed."Dr. Williams: "The divorce lawyer is at the

second door to your left."

Nothing to Worry About"Well, doctor, how am I?""Very well; your legs are still a bit swollen,

but that doesn't disturb me.""Sure, doctor, if your legs were swollen,

it wouldn't disturb me, either."—Comers Suc-cess fid A dvertising.

A TEXAN VISITS US

Mr. E. M. Ruhland of Dallas,Inspects Mueller Factory

E. M. Ruhland of Dallas, Texas, was a wel-come visitor to Mueller Co.'s factory on themorning of September 8th. He was on hisway home from a Century of Progress andwent out of his way to pay us this much ap-preciated visit. For many years he has beena consistent user of Miieller goods and saidthat he could not miss stopping in Decatur be-cause he felt that he must see the folk andfactory producing the Mueller line. Modestyprevents repeating all the nice things said byMr. Ruhland.

He has a most interesting family, consistingof a wife and six children. He is sending twoof the children through college, two throughhigh school and has two at home who are yettoo young to attend school. Mr. Ruhland isthis editor's idea of a good citizen.

Same to YouDoctor: Pat, you did a very bad job on my

walk—it's all covered with dirt and gravel.Pat: Yes, doctor, and a lot of your jobs

are covered with dirt and gravel, too.

Mistaken SignalDruggist: "Say, doc, can you fix this

twitching eye of mine?"Doctor:'"Is it troubling you much?"Druggist: "Well, yes, in a way. You see,

every time I wait on a man and he sees thattwitch he savs: 'Don't care if I do!'"

Plain SewingThe old tight-wad was suffering on the op-

erating table, both from pain and from fearat the sum the doctor would extract fromhim. Finally he could not restrain himself anylonger, and he blurted out from semi-consci-ousness, "Doctor, how much will this operationcost me?"

"One hundred dollars.""But, doctor, I want just plain sewing, no

hemstitching."

Good Bye AllDoctor: "I will have to amputate your left

hand and remove your stomach."Patient: "Well, good bye paw and good bye

maw."

Consultant Defined"Tell me, papa," asked Johnnie, "what is a

consulting physician?""He is a doctor who is called in at the last

minute to share the blame."

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ALWAYS SOMETHING NEW RAILWAYS TRY COME BACK

The "Nation's Business" tells us that:Here's something that was needed — an air

conditioned telephone booth. The electricventilation system gets into action automatic-ally when the door is closed, expelling smokeheat, and unwelcome odors.

A new device air conditions beds. It con-sists of an electric air-conditioning cabinet anda canopy supported from arms attached tothe cabinet.

A kitchen device slices, dices, or cuts intostrips apples, potatoes, cucumbers, chops andshreds vegetables for soups, salads, andcrushes ice at the turn of a crank.

Simplicity, positive results, and ease ofopening feature a new all glass preserving jar.A high vacuum seal is effected by cooling ofthe contents.

A new washing machine can be set to stopautomatically when the washing is done andsqueezes clothes dry by city water pressure.

Curved fingers on rubber gloves give thema more natural fit and a roughened finish givesa firmer grip.

A new vanity case serves as a door keycontainer. A small knob slides the key outready for use.

There is another new device for your auto-mobile dash. It holds twelve cigarettes, feeds,automatically lights and serves a smoke onthe press of a lever.

A new, light, non-warping, non-splitting ten-nis racket has a f rame made of strong alum-inum tubing.

A new, simple accounting system for smallbusinesses is contained in one loose-leaf book,is said to be self-proving, to eliminate generalledger posting, to show periodic balance sheet,and profit and loss statement to facilitate taxreturns.

A new stretchable paper permits typewrit-ten copy to be aligned evenly on the right handedges, allows lithographic production of books,briefs, etc. closely resembling printing, butcheaper.

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New Types of Trains CombiningSpeed and Lightness Expected

to Help

The general public has not yet begun torealize the magnitude of efforts being put for-ward by the railroads to retrieve the onceproud position they held for luxurious trans-portation.

Changed conditions of travel have much todo with the present active plans which revolu-tionize previous concepts of motive power andcar construction. Stream lined, light weightcars of new and odd shapes replace the fa-miliar passenger coach, chair car, and Pull-man.

Interurbans Came FirstOne man's guess is as good as another as

to the effect modern travel has had on rail-roads. Automobiles are the first thing blamed.The initial cause is farther back. Interurbansfirst began to make inroads on railroads. Theautomobile followed. It would not have cuta wide influence if states had not inauguratedhard roads. Had the use of the roads beenrestricted to pleasure cars it still would nothave been so bad for the railroads. But thecement roads looked good for bus lines andfreight trucks and now pleasure cars are con-stantly dodging those cumbersome vehicles.Added to all these contributing causes is theairplane.

Not a Happy LotThe result is that the railroads are like the

policeman of the topical song in the "Piratesof Penzance" — "their lot is not a happy one."

The railroads are not down and out by any(Continued on page 25)

BEWARE

He: "Your rouge is coming off."She: "No, it isn't."He: "It sure is."She: "I'm sure it isn't."He: "Say, listen, any time I get this close to a girl

her rouge is coming off."

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VACATION ECHOES

Back from Seashore, City and Moun-tains — Different Ideas Con-

cerning Annual ExodusVacation days are over. From seaside and

mountain the vacationists arc surging back tothe daily grind in home, store, office and fac-tory, while the resorts go into their long win-ter sleep and the owners count up the season'sprofits. Any one for tunate enough to take avacation in these days of depression will tellyou they had a "grand time." No "vacationer"ever admitted being bored to desperation asmany are, in strange scenes among strangepeople. There doubtless will be some pleasantmemories for the long evenings at the firesidewhich are on the way.

Leisure or RestWhat constitutes a vacation? The word is

defined as "a period of leisure or rest." Witha good many it is a period of rush and excite-ment. Every one has his own idea of what avacation is and how to get pleasure f rom it.

A Few SamplesFor instance the visit to a large bustl ing

city, with its roar of traffic, night clubs, thea-tres and beaches.

A camping t r ip where ants, sweat bees, chig-gers, wood ticks, fleas and flies try out yotirpaticnce by thei r overwhelming and persistentattention to your anatomy.

A visit to the seaside — generally AtlanticCity, where hundreds of thousands of peoplemill up and down the board walk, leaving youa leaf in the storm if you arc vacationingalone.

A long automobile tour is a popular formnow, and a good one if one travels sensibly buta hard one i f you are out to do three to fourhundred miles a day and live in TouristsCamps.

In our simple way of thinking, a steamertrip, even a river steam boat, but preferablylake or ocean — is an ideal vacation. Thereis nothing distract ing on a boat, only quiet andrest — that's a period of leisure and rest.

Photo by Helen Pope of Picnic Refreshment Stand.

To Win SuccessIf you succeed in life, you must do

if in spite of the efforts of others topull you down. There is nothing inthe idea that people are willing tohelp those who help themselves.People are willing to help a man whocan't help himself, but as soon as aman is able to help himself, and doesit, they join in making his life as un-comfortable as possible.—E. W.Howe

What Doctors Say

Some of the best medical authorities con-lend the average vacation is more detrimentalthan beneficial, because of change in habits,water, over-eating, crowding each hour ful l ofrushing excitement and restlessness. What thedoctors think will make no difference to mil-lions. The vacation habit is in our restless.American blood and we arc victims of habit.

Vacation GleaningsI t was in the summerOn Atlantic's strand.Fair the scene — majestic Rocks,Girt by dazzling sand.

I, who men call bummer,There won Sylvia's hand,Her's the majestic rocks,Mine the dazzling sand.

—o—She was a banker's daughterHe was an oil king's sonAnd throughout the summerThey flirted and danced and sung.

And when the summer was overThey went their d i f fe ren t wayShe to her old typewriterAnd he to his "5 and 10" pay.

Vacation days are over. By industry andsaving you may be able to do it all over againnext year.

—o—

The impression you made on the girls at theseashore may last as long as the impressionyou made in the sands of the beach. Thereis always hope.

—o—

And girls do not let your vacation followyou into the winter as did Minerva.

"Do you know," she said to her next officeneighbor, "that I can never forget that nightHarold told me his love was deeper than the

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lake on which we floated. How deep was thelake? Oh, I don't know, maybe ten feet.Anyway, the moonlight was jus t be-ut i - ful . Itdanced on the l i t t le wavelets as his rich, bari-tone rang out in "Sailing, Sailing" — it wasjust heavenly — a dream of rapture — I feltthat I was in "

"Minerva, when you get through with thatboat ride come ashore, I want to give you somedictation."

"Darn him, he does not know anything aboutmoonlight, boat rides, and Harold. All heknows is dictation. I'd hate to be so unroman-tic. Yes, sir, right away."

—o—

"Did you read any fiction on your vacationat the resort?" we asked an office companion."Oh, yes," he replied, some very interestingfiction."

"What for example?""The pamphlet describing the resort."

CHILDHOOD STORIES

Another Professor Comes Forth andStamps "Mother Goose" Drivel

Kvery now and then some high brow orprofessor condemns "A 1 other Goose" and fairytales as drivel. A professor of psychology ishardly to be expected to sit down in a cornerand seek mental stimulus in "Humpty Dumpty"or "Alice in Wonderland." If he did the pic-ture would be incomplete without a dunce capon his head. It seems that a lot of "highbrows" who perhaps missed the childish thrillof the gaily decorated "Mother Goose" untilmaturity put them beyond a love of the jingl-ing truths of some of the rhymes. Take"Humpty Dumpty" as an instance. HumptyDumpty was an egg and the story runs:

"Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.All the king's horses and all the king's

menCan't put Humpty Dumpty together

again."

It may sound silly, but there is sound truthin it just the same.

Louis Carroll, professor of Mathematics,Oxford University, was not above loweringhimself to the level of "drivel" when he wrote"Alice in Wonderland", and provided enter-tainment and enjoyment for hundreds ofthousands of children of all nations. The dif-ference between Louis Carroll and the pro-fessor of psychology, who condemns child-hood literature, is that the hard dry rules of

Charlie Johnson and Creiv in their "HumanFord" act at picnic.

mathematics did not rob him of his imagina-tion.

The Dime NovelWe are reminded of boyhood days when

dime novels were regarded as mental poisonwhich changed mind and character into lawbreakers, and enemies of society. We recalltoday our feverish excitement when we cameinto possession of the latest dime novel andsurreptitiously concealed it until we found agood hideout to devour its contents. Onceagain we feel our eyeballs protruding and ourmouth wide open as we read of "PawneeDave" as he turned a hand spring and withhis feet struck his Indian captor on the chest,knocking him flat on his back, and then:"Deftly seizing his hunting knife which theIndian had taken from him, Pawnee Dave,sank the blade deep into the painted body ofthe savage. Then with one quick, circlingsweep, he scalped his captor, bounded to theback of the Indian's pony and with a defiantyell, "Another redskin bites the dust, disap-peared over a neighboring hill in safety."

Gosh, we'd like to read it all over, but nochance. The books only cost us a dime each.They cost too much now.

And they are in the hands of collectors,some of them fondly preserved in privatelibraries standing side by side with the ac-knowledged geniuses of literature.

TRY NEW HOUSING ACT

"So you are building a new house, eh? How areyou getting along with it?"

"Fine. I've got the roof and the mortgage on andI expect to have the furnace and the sheriff in beforefall."

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1934-5 Officers for A. G. A.

L. B. Denning P. S. Young William J. Welsh

The nominating committee of the AmericanGas Association has announced to the member-ship the following recommendations whichwill be made to the annual convention inAtlantic City, October 29—November 2.

For President—P. S. Young, Vice-President,Public Service Electric and Gas Company,Newark, N. J.

For Vice-President—L. B. Denning, Presi-dent, Lone Star Gas Co., Dallas, Texas.

For Treasurer—William J. Welsh, Presidentand General Manager, New York and Rich-mond Gas Co., Staten Island, N. Y.

For Directors—Two-Year Terms :Addison B. Day, President and General

Manager, Los Angeles Gas and Electric Corp.,Los Angeles, Calif.

B. J. Denman, Vice-President and GeneralManager, The United Light and Power Co.,Chicago, 111.

Henry L. Doherty, President, H. L. Doherty& Co., New York, N. Y.

O. H. Fogg, Vice-Presidcnt, ConsolidatedGas Co. of New York, New York, N. Y.

Arthur Hewitt, Vice-President and GeneralManager, Consumers Gas Company of To-ronto, Toronto, Ontario.

N. C. McGowen, President, United Gas Pub-lic Service Co., Houston, Texas.

Wm. T. Rasch, President, American GasProducts Corp., New York, N. Y.

Thos. E. Roach, Vice-President and GeneralManager, Washington Gas and Electric Co.,Tacoma, Wash.

W. Frank Roberts, President, Standard GasEquipment Corp., Baltimore, Md.

The Nominating Committee was composedof the following:

W. B. Tuttle, Chairman; William C. Bell;H. C. Blackwell; H. L. Dickerson; DonaldMcDonald and James L. Stone.

The following members have been nominatedby Section Nominating Committees to serveas section officers for the next Associationyear:

Natural Gas Department: For Chairman—John B. Tonkin, President, The PeoplesNatural Gas Co., Pittsburgh, Pa.

Accounting Section: For Chairman—A. S.Corson, General Auditor, The United GasImprovement Co., Philadelphia, Pa.

Commercial Section: For Chairman—F. M.Rosenkrans, New Business Manager, GasService Co., Kansas City, Mo.

Industrial Gas Section: For Chairman—J. F. Quinn, Supervisor, Industrial Gas Sales,The Brooklyn Union Gas Company, Brooklyn,N. Y.

Manufacturers Section: For Chairman —John A. Fry, Vice-President and Secretary,Detroit-Michigan Stove Co., Detroit, Mich.;Apparatus Division—Merrill N. Davis, Vice-President in Charge of Sales, S. R. DresserManufacturing Co., Bradford, Pa.; for Vice7

Chairman, Appliance Division—J. Scott Fow-ler, President, Lovekin Water Heater Co.,Philadelphia, Pa.

Technical Section: For Chairman—C. A.Harrison, Gas Engineer, H. L. Doherty &Co., New York, N. Y.

Plans for the big convention are well ad-vanced with indications of a large attend-ance. The convention and the manufacturersexhibit will be held in Atlantic City's vastauditorium located in a prominent place onthe famous board walk. Two hundred ormore manufacturers of gas appliances will bethere to display their wares. This will be thefirst display of its kind in three years and allthose connected with the trade are lookingforward to it with great interest, because itis claimed that greater advancement has beenmade in the past three years than in the pre-vious fifteen years.

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To Be Directors of A. G. A.

Arthur Hewitt Henry L. Doherty O. H. Fogg N. C. McGowen

Addison B. Day W. Frank Roberts Thomas E. Roac B. J. Denman William T. Rasch

(Continued from page 21)means. They have been the back bone of thecountry's transportation system for a century.They are still in high favor, a little disfiguredperhaps, but still on their feet.

Few Facts Tell Story"Nation's Business" gives some interesting

facts about railroads.Last year passenger earnings were smallest

since 1900.Freight earnings picked up a little but were

lowest since 1915.Only 24 miles of new lines were added last

year, and 1876 miles were abandoned. Addedto the figures of 1932, the abandoned mileageexceeds by 3000 miles the new mileage built.

At the beginning of this year we had thesmallest railroad mileage since 1911.

Last year operating companies bought 42locomotives, 6 passenger cars, and 1685 freightcars.

These few eloquent facts show what hasbeen happening to railroads.

New MethodsThe new aluminum train of the Union Pa-

cific is perhaps the best illustration of the newmethods of railroads. The Texas and Pacifichas a simlar train. It's all steel and weighsabout as much as an ordinary sleeper. Thesetrains are looked upon to do 100 miles an

hour. There are many other styles of electricand gas operated single cars. Lightness,strength, and speed are the controlling factors.

But stream line lightness and speed are notconfined to the new type of trains. The Dela-ware and Hudson is applying the principle tosteam locomotives with concealed smoke stack,sand box, steam dome, bell, whistle, and safetyvalve.

Drive wheels and rods and cowcatcher areabout the only marks left by which the newengine may be identified.

JUST LIKE A DOG

Mrs. Ncxtdoor: "Do you know that your confoundeddog barks all night?"

Mr. Nab or: "Yes, but don' t worry, he sleeps allday."

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BOWLING SEASON OPENS

Eight Teams Competing for HonorsIn Mueller League

THE MUELLER BOWL-ING LEAGUE got under wayfor the 1934 season Tuesdayevening, September 11. F. A.March is president and LeoWiant, secretary - treasurer.The league consists of eightteams. The League and indi-vidual teams will be membersof the American BowlingCongress. This is a handicap

league, consisting of 75% of the differencebetween the teams total pins. No new mancan enter the league during the last five weeksof bowling, except when agreeable to all cap-tains.

Blind for the league will be 140 pins. Ateam must have three men to be able to bowl.If a team does not have three men, the op-posing team, after waiting f i f t een minutes,may bowl for averages, and individual andteam prizes. The scores made will go onrecord. The team not having three men tobowl forfei ts the game to the team withwhich they were matched. No man is al-lowed to bowl his game except with his teamand at regular time. A bowler to qualify for•>ny prize must bowl one half of the gamesscheduled. Two sweepstake matches will beheld at the close of the season.

There is much enthusiasm this season, andit promises to be the best one in the historyof the league.

The following is the make-up of the eightdifferent teams. The first man named ineach team holds the position of captain.

UTILITY ENGINEERS:—B. Mason, F.Mueller, I. Morrison, H. Fairchild, W. Groblc,F. Tratzik.

PLUMBING DIVISION :—H. VanVleet,O. C. Draper, L. Kramer, L. Adams, C. Kelley,L. Clark.

WORKS MGR. OFFICE:—W. Behrns, C.F. Roarick, L. Wianit, J. Bain, M. Curry, M.Chaney.

PATTERN SHOP:—C. Morenz, G. Krag,II. Leipski, A. Lindamond, R. Lusk, E. Foley.

REGULATORS:—!". March, W. Smith,J. Pollock, A. Olscn, G. Hutchins, G. Pollock.

GROUND KEY DIVISION:—E. Stille, L.McKinncy, H. Gragg, J. Taylor, H. Taylor,G. Edwards.

TOOL ROOM:—C C. Roarick, A. Radke,F. Galka, M. Stratman, C. Rubican, L. Siloski.

SPECIALTY DIVISION:—K. Blanken-

burg, A. Flaugher, R. Hill, E. Hartwig, C.Hill, A. Grossman.

All League games to be bowled at the De-catur Bowling Parlor, location on NorthWater Street. On Tuesday evenings startingpromptly at 7 :00 P. M. and end at 9 :00 P. M.

END OF CONTESTJ. R. Zimmer, dealing in plumbing, pumps

and windmills, Creighton, Neb., is interestedin the long German words we have publishedin previous issues, as are many other readers.The interest is manifested by the letters andsuggestions we have received.

Mr. Zimmer sends us this one: "Esistya-garkiusedasmeresprechendutedeamarikanis h e-geselshaftsverineistdegrosteverincinamer i k a,"a n d asks : "Wellhowisthisforalonggerman-word ?"

It's too long for us. We called in our Ger-man interpreter who has translated numerouswords for us. As we watched his futilestruggle with Mr. Ximmer's contribution, wenoted a strange, blank, agonizing look com-ing into his eye, and a convulsive twitching ofhis lips. Alas, poor Fritz! He is now in astraight jacket in a padded cell. A hopelesscase—absolutely hopeless.

Having no one else who can translate Ger-man words into English for us, it becomesnecessary owing to Fritz's tragic fate, to closethe contest.

UNLIKEABLE TRAITSWhat causes a man to be dis l iked? Donald

Laird lists the following traits:Failing to keep his promises.Being unwilling to go out of his wajr to help

others.Indulging in exaggerations.Being sarcastic.Showing off how much he knows.Exhibiting superiority.Bossing people whom he does not employ.Reprimanding people for acts he disap-

proves.Being caught at making fun of people be-

hind their backs.Dominating people openly.

A StatisticianTeacher: "Johnny, if five sheep were in a

field, and one jumped out, how many wouldbe left?"

Johnny: "There wouldn't be any left. Youknow arithmetic, but you don't know sheep."

BITTER SWEETFirst Co-ed: "Isn't Schopenhauer bitter?"Second Co-ed : "I don't know, I've never

eaten any."

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BIG BORING MILL

Views of the big boring mill in ColumbianIron Works, Chattanooga, Tenn. (Division ofMueller Co.). This is the largest machine ofits kind in the south. The men shown in thepicture, reading from le f t to right are BurkeBurt, foreman of the machine shop, H. E.Kellcy, operator of the mill and Paul Jacka,plant engineer. The picture at the right showstwo thirty-eight inch gate valves ready forshipment.

These photographs taken by our Mr. E. H.Langdon, give a very good idea of the char-acter of the products turned out by this di-vision of the Mueller Co. Tons of iron aremelted and poured into the products sent outby the Columbian company to many cities inthe United States and foreign countries.

Columbian fire hydrants stand on many cor-ners of the large and small cities of this coun-try. Heavy and substantial as they are theyare so made that in case of collision by anautomobile they break at a certain point whichmakes it the least expensive to replace thepart. This is of the utmost importance toevery municipality. Before the introductionof automobiles this expense was almost un-known but now it has become a big item ofupkeep.

Madge: "What do you think of a fellowwho is constantly deceiving his wife?"

Gcoffrefl: "He's a marvel!"

Telegram to Friend : Wash-out on line, can-not come."

Reply: "Come anyway; borrow a shirt."

"Has my daughter ever offered you any en-couragement?"

"Oh, yes, sir. She said if I married hershe'd let you pay the rent."

A PERMANENT PAVILIONOut of the picnic comes a good permanent

improvement at Mueller Heights. Every yearit has been necessary to erect a temporarypavilion for the refreshment stand. This en-tails a lot of work and expense. f t has beendecided to end this by building a permanentpavilion. The supports will be trees cut fromwooded sections of the Heights and trimmedup like telegraph poles. The roof will be ofboards and made rain proof. The pavilion wil linclude the oven just east of where the re-freshment stand is always placed. This willnot only be an added convenience to the pic-nic, but also to picnic parties and vvcincrroast parties.

Pure FictionCustomer: "Have you a book called 'Man,

the Master of Women?' "Salesgirl: "Fiction department on the other

side, sir."

Prosperity Located This TimeDulwit: "As soon as the coroner decides

Jones died by accident, his w i f e will get $10,-000 insurance."

Halfwit : "Aha, prosperity is jus t aroundthe coroner!"

Wise Old Noah"What makes you think that Noah was the

wisest man?""Well," said Henry, "my dad says a man like

Solomon, with 600 wives and 800 porcupines,is a blamed old fool, while Noah knew enoughto get in out of the wet when it began to rain."

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<zr~ritm&t

Pa Is Still the SupportNeighbor: So your son got his B. A. and his

M. A.?Hiram: Yes, indeed, but his P. A. still sup-

ports him.—Ans^vers.

So ConsiderateCity Friend: "How is the boy since he came

back from college?"Farmer John: "Fine! Still treats us as

equals."

Fast Worker"Does your son Josh ever come back to

visit you, since he got in the movies at Holly-wood ?"

"Every summer," answered Grandma Tut-tle, proudly; "every summer of the three yearshe's been gone."

"And did he bring his wife with him?""Each time," she answered. "And they were

three as purty girls as you ever laid eyes on."

The Black SheepA Kentuckian had seventeen children, all

' boys. When they came of age they voted uni-formly the Democratic ticket—all except oneboy. The father was asked to explain thisevident fall from grace.

"Well," said he, "I've always tried to bringthem boys up right, in the fear of the Lordand Democrats to the bone, but John, theonery cuss, got to rcadin'."

home for a week. When he was ready toleave, he asked:

"How much is my bill, Hiram?""Wai," figured the farmer, "you had twen-

ty-one meals, and you kissed my daughterabout twenty times. Do you think seventy-fivecents would be too much?"

Si Knew His WorthA farmer, in great need of extra hands at

haying time, finally asked Si Warren, a towncharacter, if he could help him out.

"What'll ye pay?" asked Si."I'll pay what your worth," answered the

farmer.Si scratched his head a minute, then an-

nounced decisively, "I'll be darned if I'll workfor that!"

Shine On, SonCity Slicker: "What does your son do?"Farmer: "He's a bootblack in the city."City Slicker: "Oh, I see, you make hay

while the son shines."

Hens TellCity Girl: "How do you tell when the hens

lay eggs?"Farmer: "Well, now, I don't tell—they tell

me. They used to do it by cackling but Icrossed them with parrots and now they walkup to me and say: 'Hank, I just laid an egg.Better come get it'."

Not An EnemyOldest Inhabitant (to vistor) : "I be 94 and

haven't got an enemy in the world."Visitor: "That is a beautiful thought.""Yes, miss, thank God, they all of 'em dead

long ago."

First SystemThe first electric transmission system in the

United States was at Folsom, Cal. The powerlighted Sacaramento.

TypesMovable types were invented in China in

the tenth century; by Coster in Europe, in1438. Cut metal types were invented by Gut-enberg, in Germany, about 14SO.

Air Tight Bulbs"Dumet" wire has taken the place of plat-

inum in the manufacture of light bulbs. Ithas the same coefficient of expansion as glassand enables the bulb to remain airtight.

Farm ReliefThe salesman had stayed at the farmer's

Parental Consent NecessaryIf a Frenchman marries an Englishwoman

in England without the consent of his par-ents, the marriage, though valid in England,is invalid in France.

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MEET IN BOSTON

New England Water Works Associa-tion Convention Sept. 18-21

The annual meeting of the New EnglandWater Works Association will be held at theHotel Statler, Boston, September 18-21, andan excellent three days program has been ar-ranged. Various technical subjects will bediscussed by engineers and others prominentin the water works field.

The social events include a theater partyfor the ladies, a smoker for everybody, anda theater party. Indications are that there willbe a large attendance. The program includesthe following:

Forenoon—Tuesday, Sept. 189:00 — Meeting of Executive Committee.11 :00 — Reports — Secretary, Treasurer,

and Editor. Closing of polls.Noon

1 :00 — Luncheon, Georgian Room, HotelStatler. Address of welcome — Mayor Fred-erick E. Mansfield.

Afternoon2:00 — "Activities of the New England

Regional Planning Commission," Victor M.Cutter, Chairman, Boston. "Public Works forEconomic Stabilization." Col. Willard Cheva-lier. U. P. McGraw, Hill Pub. Co., N. Y.Abel Wolman, Chief Engineer, State Dept. ofHealth, Baltimore. A. S. Meriam, Prof, ofBusiness Economics, Harvard University.

Evening8:30 — Theater Party (Courtesy of Water

Works Manufacturer's Assn.) " S p r i n gFreshet," by Owen Davis, Plymouth Theater(Stuart Street).

Forenoon—Wednesday, Sept. 199 :00-9 :30 — Committee Reports.9:30-12:30 — Symposium: "Experiences

with P. W. A. and other Governmental Agen-cies for Public Works Construction." Direc-tion of Frank A. Barbour, Consulting Engineerand past president of N. E. W. W. A. Par-ticipants: T. B. Parker, State Engineer, P.W. A., Boston; A. D. Weston, Chief Engineer,Dept. of Public Health, Boston; A. L. Shaw,Metcalf & Eddy, Boston ; W. J. Scott, Director,Bureau of Sanitary Engineering, State Dept.of Health, Hartford, Conn.

Noon12:30 — Ladies' Luncheon and Bridge.

Afternoon2:00-3:00 — "Taste and Odor Control in

Public Water Supplies." Symposium of ex-perience in New England and New York.Participants: R. G. Yaxley, Supt. of WaterCommissioners, Waterford, N. Y.; James M.

Gaird, Chemist & Bacteriologist, Troy, N. Y.;George C. Houser, Asst. Engineer, Metcalf &Eddy, Boston, Mass.; Gordon M. Fair, As-sociate Professor of Sanitary Engineering,Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.

"The New Filtration Plant at Braintree,Mass." by Robert S. Weston, Honorary Mem-ber of N. E. W. W. A., Consulting Engineer,Boston, Mass.

"The Development of a New Filtros PlateFilter Bottom," by T. R. Camp, Prof, of Sani-tary Engineering, Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology, Cambridge, Mass.

Evening9 :00 — Smoker. Ladies included.

Forenoon—Thursday, Sept. 209:00-9:30 — Committee Reports.9 -.30-12 :30 — "Status of Boston Metropoli-

tan District Water Supply Extensions" byFrank E. Winsor, Chief Engineer, Metropoli-tan District Water Supply Commission, Bos-ton. "Tuberculation and Incrustation ofSupply Conduits and Distribution Mains inRelation to their Carrying Capacity," by Rob-ert Horton, Consulting Engineer, Voorhees-ville, N. Y. "Experiences with the WaterWorks of St. John, New Brunswick," by Hon.Rupert W. Wigmore, Commissioner of Waterand Sewerage, St. John, N. B.

2:00-5:00 — Superintendents' Session: "TheBetterment Assessment Method for FinancingWater Works Extension," Sydney R. Wright-ington, Esq., Town Counsel, Lexington, Mass."Improvements in the Centrifugal CastingProcess," by H. W. Stuart, U. S. Pipe &Foundry Co. "Status of Cross ConnectionRegulations," by C. W. Mowry, Manager ofInspection Dept., Factory Mutual Fire Ins.Cos., Boston.

Evening7 :00 — Dinner and dance. Introduction of

newly-elected honorary members, and awardof the Dexter-Brackett Medal to Caleb MillsSavillc, Manager and Chief Engineer, Water

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BEGINNING LIFE

Boss: "Do you know that I began life as a barefootboy?"

Clerk: "Well, I wasn't born with shoes on, either."

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BooksExcept a living man there is nothing

more wonderful than a book! A mes-sage to us from the dead — fromhuman souls we never saw, perhapsthousands of miles away. And yetthese, in these little sheets of paper,speak to us, arouse us, terrify us,teach us, comfort us, open theirhearts to us as brothers.

REGULARS VISIT DECATUR

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Bureau, Metropolitan District Commission,Hartford, Conn, for his paper : "Some Phasesof Southern New England Hydrology."

Forenoon—Friday, Sept. 21Superintendents' Round Table. Conducted

by David Heffernan, past president of N. E.W. W. A. and Supt. of Water Works, Milton,Mass.

Topics: "Spacing of Gates and Hydrantswith Particular Reference to their Insertion inOld Distribution Systems," Thomas E. Lally,Water Division, Boston. "Metering" — HaroldW. Griswold, Deputy Chief Engineer, WaterBureau, Metropolitan District of HartfordCounty, Hartford, Conn. "Materials to beUsed for Service Pipes" — F. WellingtonGilcrcas, Div. of Laboratories, Dept. ofHealth, Albany, N. Y.; Arthur V. Harrington,Asst. Engineer, Mass. Dept. of Health. "Thaw-ing and Freezing of Water Mains and Ser-vices" — Albert A. Ross, Supt. of Water &Sewer Dept., Lexington, Mass. "Responsibil-ity of Water Utility for Collapse of HotWater Boilers Resulting from Drop in MainPressure," William F. Sullivan, Pres. Penni-chuck Water Works, Nashua, N. H. "JointUse of Service Trenches for Different Utili-ties" — Leon A. Goodalc, Water Commis-sioner & Registrar, Worcester, Mass. Reportof tellers of election. Presidential Address.

Full Time RoomerSweet inquirer to hotel clerk: "How much

are your rooms?"Clerk: "Five dollars up to twelve.""How much for one all night?"

BangShe: "Let's go for a walk tonight, dear."He: "Walk! What for, when I've got the

car out in front?"She: "It's the doctor's orders. He told me

to exercise with a dumb-bell every day."

Regiment from Jefferson BarracksSpend Day and Night Here

The s t i r r ing scenes and memories of thosedays when America's young manhood marchedaway to foreign war were vividly recalledto Decatur residents when a United Statesregiment of regulars marched in to FairviewPark and camped for a day and a night. It-was the 6th U. S. infant ry marching with ful lequipment from Jefferson Barracks, Missouri,to ('amp Cusler, Michigan.

It was a great day for Decatur residents.Fairview Park is historic ground in this sec-tion. It was here that two or three I l l inoisregiments were recruited for the Civil War.

The 6th regiment of regulars tramped intothe park during the forenoon and in remark-ably brief time the pup tents were up instraight lines, guards stationed, and the kitchenunder way for the noon day meal.

Fine Band ConcertDuring the afternoon and evening there

were concerts by the regimental band of fiftypieces, guard mount at 4 p. m. and retreat at5 p. m. Thirty-six regulars were detailed toassist the park force in keeping t r a f f i c mov-ing.

There were 10,000 visitors to the park duringthe afternoon and evening. At sunrise nextmorning west end residents were awakened bythe reveille, and an hour later the regularsheaded for the next stop, Farmer Ci'y someforty miles northeast of Decatur. Not a scrapof paper could be seen on the park- lawn norwas there any evidence of the fact that aregiment of regular soldiers had campedthere for nearly twenty-four hours.

Ride and WalkIn this march across the country ha l f the

column marches ten miles while the otherhalf rides thirty.

How'd you like to be a regular soldier andmarch ten miles on a cement highway undera blazing sun and 104 degrees. That's whatthe 6th U. S. infantry did in their trudgeacross broad Illinois prairies.

2000 Year Old SewerA SEWERAGE system installed in the

"Golden Palace" of the Emperor Nero near-ly 20 centuries ago is still in good workingorder. The palace, now in ruins, is 'being re-stored by the Italian government. The workis in charge of Dr. Terenzo, who merely hadto clear the pipes of earth and rubbish to putthe drainage system of the palace back inworking order as good as it ever was.

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THE NEXT BIGGEST VALVE TRAIN IS THE SAFEST PLACE

Columbian Iron Works Turns Out a17,000 Pound 42" Gate

THIS BIG VALVE was recently completedat Columbian Iron Works (Division of Muel-ler Co.), Chattanooga, Tennessee. It is a 42"A. W. W. A. valve, and next to the largestever made by ColnmHrn Company and thelargest made since Mueller Co. took over theplant. The weight of this big valve is approxi-

mately 17,000 pounds. I t was tested by waterpressure of 300 pounds per square inch, whichmeans about a 320,000 pound load on thedisc alone. The valve is operated by a systemof bevel gears, and has an 8" by-pass valvewhich permits a small portion of the waterto go around the main valve if it is closed.In case on'y a l i t t l e water is desired insteadof the 42" flow, the by-pass valve is opened.

Hugh Baker of Decatur is seen in thephotograph. He had a part in designing thisbig valve.

JOURNEY'S END FOR BABEThe great Babe Ruth has come to the end

of his baseball journey. The game is a hardone. Few men stay in a f te r thirty-five years.The "Babe" makes the retirement statementhimself, saying, "I'm definitely out of the gameas a regular player at the end of this season."But his name will live in the game's historyfor many years to come. He says he will visitJapan this fal l , and after that will accept"the best of fe r if any". Ruth was purchasedfrom Boston Braves by New York Yankeesin 1919 for $125,000. In the course of hiscareer he has made 704 home runs up to date.His best season was 60. The "Babe" claimsthat during the last few years his financeshave been handled so that the only home runhe has to make now is to his apartment fordinner.

At present it looks like New York Giantsand Detroit would be contenders in the annualplay off this fall — but many things canhappen in baseball in a month or six weekstime.

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Traffic Man Points Out There is LessRisk Than At Home

Before the general public acceptance of theautomobile as means of transportation, weused to "view with alarm" the number of rail-way fatalities each year. It seemed to be aninseparable penally of operating steam carson two iron rails.

Every year there was a hoarse gasp of hor-ror when the statistics for the year showed10.000 or more deaths.

Compared to 28,000 automobile fatalitieseach year, the railways do not shock us asthey once did. Conditions have changed andwith them public sentiment changes also. Mr.C. C. Cameron, vice president of the IllinoisCentral in charge of traffic, points out withconsiderable satisfaction, no doubt, that rail-way travel is a safe way to get about thecountry. Statistics now show that fatal ac-cidents in the home, are of greater frequencyand greater numbers than those attributed torailroads.

Train Safest Place"People are beginning to realize that they

are safer on trains than any other place —even their homes," says Mr. Cameron. "Thereis no other form oE transportation today sosafe and reliable."

Mr. Cameron then proceeds to support thesestatements, pointing to the enviable safetyrecord of the Illinois system.

There has not been a passenger fatality dueto a train accident on this railroad for nearlysix years. During that time 185,000,000 per-sons have ridden 3,750,000,000 miles on 2,000,-000 passenger trains.

In 1933 Illinois Central System operated297,000 passenger trains, which safely carried29,600,000 individuals 547,000,000 miles, or theequivalent of more than 450 times around theworld.

Food To The Mind

Facts are to the mind the samething as food to the body. On thedue digestion of facts depends thestrength and wisdom of the one, justas vigor and health depend upon theother. The wisest in council, the ablestin debate, and the most agreeable inthe commerce of life, is that man whohas assimulated to his understandingthe greatest .number of facts.—Burke

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ENLISTED THREE TIMES

Leo Chalcraft Had Fun and GainedWeight with Conservation Corps

Leo Chalcraft, son of John Chalcraft ofDept. 8, was honorably discharged from theCivilian Conservation Corps, af ter a triple en-listment which kept him occupied since May27, 1933.

He enlisted at Decatur and was sent toSutico, Washington, on reforestation work.Leo drove a truck. The work consisted offighting fire and road building on logged-overland. He was then moved to San Jacinto,California which is ninety miles southeast ofLos Angeles in a very arid and hot region.Here the boys were building a levy to controlflood water on irrigated land. They were onthis job seven months. Early in May he was

Leo Chalcraft is the 6th man in the picture

moved again to Enterprise, Oregon. Here a"spy-camp" was built from which the forestrangers watch the territory to protect timberagainst forest fires. This is in a region wherethere is a heavy stand of fir and affordsmarked contrast from levee building opera-tions in southern California.

On this work Leo completed his fifth "calen-dar quarter" or three months term of service,which is the maximum allowed one man. Hewas given transportation to Fort Sheridan andthere received his honorable discharge on July7th and was at the Employment Office onJuly 9th looking for a job. That is how wegot this story.

Leo liked his C. C. C. experience, gainedtwenty pounds in weight, and a considerablevariety of travel.

In these camps were about two hundredboys from Illinois. He reports that in gen-eral the boys gained in health and weight, andenjoyed the experience. They worked fivedays a week, eight hours a day which includedlunch time and travel to and from work. Oncea week they had movies and on Sunday therewere religious services in camp or they could

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go to church in town. The citizens of the sur-rounding country and towns were in generalfriendly.

Leo spent the month of August 1932 in theCitizens' Military Training Camp at JeffersonBarracks, where he had a taste of militaryl i fe . The C. C. C., while officered by army andnavy men, has a milder discipline. The ideawas not to make soldiers out of the boys butto help them occupy their time profitably tothemselves and the government. He regardshis experience very much worth while. Hewould not have missed it, but neither wouldhe exactly wish to repeat it.

RATTLING OVER THE RAILSDown in Memphis lives Charles J. Barrett,

a veteran engineer of the Illinois Central, whopulls fast trains between Memphis, Tennesseeand Canton, Mississippi. Since November 12,1899, Engineer Barrett has travelled more than3,000,000 miles. Mr. Barrett, we should say ispretty well tied together or he would havebeen shaken apart before this. The smoothestrailroad and the best running engine do notcombine to make riding in a cab the acme ofease and comfort . There are a lot of engineerswho have stuck to the cab until old age cameupon them, but there are lot more who havequit early in l i fe because they could not standthe "gaff." Mr. Barrett is not yet of a mindto climb down from the cab. He is all agogover a new fast train he is to pilot afterDecember 1.

Good Time To Sell ShowersThere was never a better time in the world

to sell shower baths. Added to the fact thatpeople are already shower bath conscious, thesizzling heat of the summer just ending hasemphasized the cooling satisfaction of ashower. While these facts are still in the pub-lic mind the sale of shower baths is an easymatter. Try it, Mr. Plumber.

THE PARTY LINE

"Telephones are great time savers, aren ' t they?""Evidently, you never were on a party line."

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Redesigned H-9045 Relief Valve. Size i/2" with %" outside inlet threadand i/>" inside thread outlet. In ordering state point at which pressure is tobe set.

^^^^HH^^H^^HMI This MUELLER Relief Valve should be on every hotwater tank installation. Positive, accurate and reliableour redesigned H-9045 gives absolute protection withinan extremely small variation.

Study the sectional view and you will find the reason.A light auxiliary spring is used to keep the valve seatedinstead of depending entirely on the heavier diaphragmspring. The load of the heavier diaphragm spring is car-ried by a stop in the body of the valve.

Some of the largest and most exacting users of reliefvalves are convinced of the superiority of this MuellerH-9045 Relief Valve and have standardized on it to theexclusion of all other types of relief valves.

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H-9045 combined withcheck valve. ) Pre-vents return of waterin system to city main.Protects both fixturesand meters.

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