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STALEYJOVmVol. XII.

JUNE1929 No. 12

PageMayonnaise and Salad Dressing . . . . 7

By M. M. Durkee

Cotton Mills Important 11

Well Known Southerner 12

Picnic Date 17

Golf Tournament I'-1

Women's Golf 23

Horse Shoe Meet 27

First Aid 35By Lucile May

Women

Man in the Moon

36

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Published monthly in Ihe interest of the employe? of the

A.E.STALEY MANUFACTURING CO.DE C A T U R , - I I _ L I N O I S

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See theHad Some Kick

Two knights of the road were walkingalong the railroad tracks and found a bot-tle of white mule. One took a drink andpassed it to the other, and so on until thebottle was empty.

After a while one puffed out his chestand said: "You know, Bill, tomorrow I'mgoing to buy this railroad. I'm going tobuy all the railroads in the country, allthe automobiles, all the steamships—ev-erything. What do you think of that?"

Bill looked at his companion disparag-ingly, and replied. "Impossible, you can'tdo it."

"\Vliy not?""I won't sell!"

*An alien, about to be naturalized, sur-

prised the court with the following answerto the following question:

Judge—Who gets the job if the Presi-dent dies?

Alien—The undertaker—sir.

Mother—Freddy. Aunt Mary will neverkiss you with that dirty face.

Freddy—That's what I figured.—Pyth-ian Senator.

Don't Be HardshellDon't worry if your job is small

And your rewards are few:Remember that the mighty oak

Was once a nut like you.

Teacher—Give an instance of a soulwithout a body.

Pupil—An angel.Teacher—Now give an instance of a

body without a soul.Pupil—A credit man.

Roll upward, roll upward, O sox in thyflight.

And cover her knees again—just for to-night.—Southern Indiana Poet.

His Last Wish"What is your last wish?" asked the

prison chaplain of the man who was tobe electrocuted the next day.

"I only wish that the warden forgetsto pay his electricity bill." answered thecondemned man.

Ralph—What are you doing. Mike,fishing?

Mike—Xaw. drowning worms.

Pathetic FiguresThere's something kind of pathetic

about a horsefly sitting on the radiatorof a truck.

And the installment collector who re-turns home after a hard clay's work tofind his wife out.

And the night watchman who on hisnight off. must sit up and watch fordaughter to come home.

"Sure," remarked Mike. "We shave al-together different in America than we doin Ireland. Here we mix the lather; therewe lather the micks."—Autopsy to beheld earlv.

Judge—What's the charge?Tough Cop—Attempted suicide.Judge—How did he try it?Tough Cop—He took a punch at me.

One night a burglar broke into theroom of a well known old maid, took a tendollar bill that was on the table, and kissedher. Now she leaves a twenty dollar billthere every night.

PointIn the Rough

When Harry Lander was playing golfin Xew Zealand he found a new caddywaiting for him the third day.

"How come?" said Harry. "Where'sthe other boy?"

"Him and me tossed up to see who'dcaddy for you," said the boy.

"Oil," said Harry, much impressed withthe apparent honor.

"And so you won, did ye, laddie?""No, indeed," said the boy. I lost."

Comic Artist—This joke oughta begood. I've had it in my head for tenyears.

Heartless Editor—Sorta aged in thewood, as it were.

*Ted—What is the difference between

a Scotchman and a storage battery?John—I dunno.Ted—You can't overcharge a Scotch-

man.

And His Sister's BobVisitor (speaking of little boy)—He has

his mother's eyes.Mother—And his father's mouth.Child—And my brother's trousers.—

The Family Magazine.

"I saw your wife in the back seat of acar last night."

"Was she driving?""Certainly not.""Then it wasn't my wife."

"What is meant by Cosmopolitan""William Randolph Hearst."—Cornell

Widow.

According to a novelist, thirty is theproper age for a woman. If she isn'tproper by that time, she never will be.—Purr.

Construction TermsBoss—Rastus, do you know what the

A. D. on the cornerstone of that buildingstands for?

Rastus—Ah sure does, boss; it standsfor "All Done."

Teacher—Name a liquid that won'tfreeze.

Bright—Hot water.

"I woke up last night with a start;I thought that my watch was gone."

"Well, was it?""No, but it was going."

Man runs his car into the one aheadand crumples its mud guard.

The irate flapper at the wheel of thedamaged bus speaks her mind thusly inindignant tones: "Didncha see me put outmy arm?"

Embarrassed Culprit (feebly)—"No,madam."

"Well," growls the angry lady, "I'll betyou'd aseen my leg if I'd astuck that out."

"Waiter, about half an hour ago I or-dered a drink. Now, did you bring it, didI drink it or didn't I order it?"—M. J. T.Voo-Doo.

Might Help SomeLecturer (in loud voice)—I venture to

assert that there isn't a man in this audi-ence who has ever done anything to pre-vent destruction of our vast forests.

Man in Audience (t imidly)—I've shotwoodpeckers.

EditorialA Busy Summer

Staley people are looking forwardto a busy summer, athleticallyspeaking. More events of a widervariety are being planned now thanhave been undertaken for sometime. The wide interest in thesevaried activities has seemed to war-rant the plans which are being made.

For many years Staley peoplehave been wild baseball fans, butafter the city of Decatur went backinto the Three-I League, Staley'salmost dropped out of the game.Last year, however, a good teamwas developed at the plant and thisyear the nine is showing signs ofwalking away with all IndustrialLeague honors.

It was about seven years ago thatthe first Staley golf tournament washeld, and that on picnic day. Itwas a success for the few whoplayed, and the next year was triedagain with a much larger numberof players out. Each year the num-ber increased so much that last sum-mer an additional tournament washeld with great success. This yearmore tournaments are being plannedand the interest is greater than ever.In time Staley players probablywill meet representatives from otherplants in the city much as our base-ball team does.

The youngest activity at theplant, and probably the most noisy,is horse shoe pitching. All winterthe men have pitched horse shoeson improvised courts. The interesthas grown so that courts were madethis spring and now the men arelaunched in their first tournament.We are anxious to see who provesthe best pitcher.

VacationsJune may have many meanings

to many people but to practicallyevery one it means the beginningof the vacation season. Maybe youare one of those who prefer to takehis vacation late in the fall or evenin the winter, but you still realize,if you are thrown with other peo-ple at all, that summer is recognizedas play time in America.

All sorts of people have all sortsof ideas about what constitutes agood vacation. It is traditionalthat while most wives want to spendtheir holidays in a place where theycan dress up and see folks, mosthusbands prefer to spend theirswhere they can wear their oldestclothes and see only a select fewsouls.

A vacation to one man means tak-ing plenty of time to work in theyard and maybe paint the car andthe screens: to another it meansdropping all responsibilities andspending each day fishing. One manwe know takes an all day motor tripfrom home each day during his va-cation. He likes to drive and prob-ably enjoys that sense of independ-ence he feels when he rides by hisoffice, on pleasure bent, duringworking hours. Then of coursethere are those who figure how farthey can drive and still get back,during their vacation period, and theones who disappear on the golfcourse or the baseball diamond anddo not come to the surface at alluntil time to go back to work.

No matter what type vacation hetakes, a man generally returns to hiswork benefited far more than heever knew. He may be pleasure

Commenttired and financially low, but it hashelped him. He has had a change,he probably has met new people, andhe has learned that to work sixdays in the week isn't such a ter-rible thing after all.

An Interesting RecordIt may be interesting to the gen-

eral public to know that the con-tractors who are building the newStaley office are out after a record.They are not determined to finishit in the shortest time possible, norwith the fewest men possible, al-though they will consider thosethings. They are making every ef-fort to complete that building with-out loss of life.

In a civilized world that soundsrather dramatic, but this is the case.During the last few years hardly abuilding of any size has been putup in Decatur without at least oneworkman being killed. This hashappened in spite of all the caretaken by the builders.

The Simmons company, which isthe firm in charge of the Staleybuilding, has had its share of suchtroubles although its accident his-story is an unusually good one. Onlymen who are known to be good andcareful workmen are hired, andcareless men are discharged. As anadded precaution on this job, theforemen gather their men togethereach morning before they startwork, and give them a few wordsof warning.

Each morning they are asked tobe careful, to obey the laws of saf-ety, and during the day these sameforemen are on the lookout for any-

thing which might cause an acci-dent. The contractor is making ev-ery effort to come through to theend with a clean record. So fartheir record has been unusuallygood.

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On Getting Along With FolksIf each one of us could go away

off and live by himself, if we couldbe entirely independent of every oneelse in the world—in short, if peopledidn't have to live together—lifewould be a much simpler thing.

But because the old world doesn'twag that way, and everybody is tiedup with and dependent upon every-body else, this thing of living withfolks is a highly complex business,requiring considerable tact and fin-esse.

In the struggle for existence andpursuit of happiness in which all ofus are engaged, a great deal depends,on our relations with our fellowmen. No man will succeed who cannot work smoothly with other men.

So it follows that of all the usefularts men may set themselves to mas-ter, none is more important than thegentle art of getting along with folksand winning friends.

"If I were asked to advise youngfellows who want to get ahead inbusiness," remarked a successful oldman the other day to a group ofyoung business men in a club, "Iwould simply say, 'Make friends.'

"Keep skid chains on your tongue ;always say less than you think. Cul-tivate a low persuasive voice. Howyou say it often counts for morethan what you say."—The Optim-eter.

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Life's MirrorGive love, and love to your heart will flow.

A strength in your utmost need;Have faith, and a score of hearts will show

Their faith in your word and deed.

Give truth, and your gift will be paid in kind.And honor will honor meet;

And a smile that is sweet will surely findA smile that is just as sweet.

For life is the mirror of King and Slave,'Tis just what you are and do;

Then give to the world the best you have,And the best will come back to you.

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STULEYJOUIQMLMayonnaise and Salad Dressing

Something of the Historical Growthof a Big Industry

By Maurice M. Durkee, Chem. Eng.

In scarcely more than fifteen years themanufacture of salad dressings, this giantindustry among the food products, hasgrown from a trifle to a volume of busi-ness worth over seventy-five million ayear. The chief products manufacturedby this new industry are mayonnaise andfrench dressings. Some side lines alsoare now well developed, such as cookeddressings, sandwich spreads, thousand is-land dressings and sauces of growing pop-ularity.

There is a vast difference between may-onnaise and cooked dressing and frenchdressing.

The french dressing of today is buta modification or improvement of theearly Roman's "jus simplex" or the earlyGrecian sharp sauce, composed of oil,vinegar (or wine) and salt, with a littlehoney added. Through the monks ofthe Medieval Ages these recipes werepreserved from the barbarians, and passedon to posterity.

A famous old proverb calls for a quar-tet to mix a salad dressing:

"A spendthrift for oil,A miser for vinegar,A counsellor for salt,A madman for mixing."

All home made, and most factory pro-duced french dressings are intimate mix-tures of a vegetable oil and vinegar, al i t t le salt and pepper with a variety ofother ingredients for flavor. Unless sta-bilized by a special gum, or other emulsi-fying agent, it will separate into twolayers in direct contrast to mayonnaise,which is a true emulsion and if properlymade, will not break clown or separatein the least.

Salad dressing of the cooked varietywas the first to be offered to the public

commercially. It was sold as a duplica-tion of the home-made boiled salad dress-ing which nearly every housewife knewhow to prepare. It consisted mainly ofwater, vinegar, corn starch, mustard, eggs,sugar and salt. In preparing, it wascooked until it was of the desired con-sistency, usually just thin enough to pour.The sales on this product grew to a tre-mendous volume because the housewifefound that she could purchase a preparedsalad dressing for little more than itwould cost to make it herself, and in ad-dition, she was saving herself the troubleconnected with it. This product was verypalatable and served its purpose; that ofgiving the housewife, in a commercialway, the product that she had been mak-ing for years.

As time went on people began to re-alize the necessity, and advisability, ofadding more salads and vegetables totheir diet. They naturally began to thinkmore about what to put on their saladsto make them palatable.

It was about this time that a com-mercial mayonnaise came to be known.Little did the pioneer manufacturer ofthis product know that its sales would farovershadow those of its predecessor, saladdressing.

Although mayonnaise has been knownfor only a little over a century, its originis shrouded in mystery. This deliciousand nutrit ious salad dressing is supposedto have been invented by the Due deRichelieu, marshal of France under LouisVI in the 17th century. He named hisculinary masterpiece "Mahonaise" afterPort Mahon, where he had won a navalvictory over the English. Mayonnaisebecame popular at once, and in theFrench golden age of culinary art wascrowned the queen of dressings. The

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sudden popularity of French chefs a halfcentury ago brought mayonnaise to theUnited States.

It differs from other salad dressings inits heavy consistency, high oil content, thepresence of egg yolk, and a mild and deli-cate flavor. It largely replaced in popu-lar esteem the highly spiced cooked saladdressings containing little oil and oftenowing their consistency to starch.

Up to about fifteen years ago mayon-naise was nearly always prepared freshfrom olive oil in the home, or by a chef,and no attempt had been made to make iton a large factory scale, or to merchan-dise it in volume.

Finally one enterprising delicatessenstore owner developed a formula using arefined cottonseed oil and a splendid bal-ance of spices to give a flavor that provedvery popular among his local customers.Soon he had a rapidly growing trade inthis new kind of mayonnaise and thebusiness became so large that a small fac-tory was needed. Necessity quickly de-veloped the machinery for making theemulsion, mixing and packing on a bigscale. The business grew so extensiveand profitable that three large factorieswere built, each kept as spotlessly cleanas the utmost care could keep them. Oneplant was located in New York, one inChicago, and a third on the West coast.This was done in order to keep retailstocks fresh, for after all mayonnaise isa perishable food product, and shouldstay on the dealers' shelves but a shorttime. The huge profits realized by thispioneer soon attracted many others intothe same line of business and now thereis plenty of competition. At least tenlarge manufacturers of this and allied pro-ducts are now firmly established. Up tothe present this industry has shown aconstantly increasing volume, and a grow-ing development of the side lines such asthousand island dressings and sandwichspreads.

Education of the public to the healthneed for the food accessories known asvitamines in the daily diet has shown thevalue of lettuce. This vegetable is richin vitamines B and C and even containsconsiderable A; but lettuce requires adressing to be tasty to most palates.

When the rapid growth of the indus-try was well under way, founded uponrefined and winterized or "de-stearinated"

cotton oil the pioneers began to wonder ifother carefully purified vegetable oilsmight not do as well, or even better thancottonseed oil. Tests made using cornor sesame oil gave good results at once.The later oil was often expensive and va-riable in quality since it does not origin-ate in this country, and usually has beenrefined in Europe, in small refineries. Do-mestic salad corn oil, however, provedespecially valuable in winter and withsome mayonnaise makers has entirely dis-placed cotton oil for year around use.

Mayonnaise is an emulsion of the "oil-in-water" type. Myriads of minute dropsof oil are enmeshed in a liquid networkmade up of the egg yolk, which is theemulsifying agent, vinegar, salt andspices. If the oil is "winterized" cottonoil, and the mayonnaise subjected to acontinued temperature of 37° or lowerduring shipment, tiny crystals of stearineform in the drops, distorting their shapeand causing them to coalesce. Soon larg-er drops are formed, the mayonnaise"breaks down" into curdled layers and isno longer palatable. Corn oil, however,is a natural salad oil and mayonnaisemade with it withstands a considerablylower temperature before "breakingdown." There are also other advantagesin the use of corn oil, one of the mostimportant being its ability to resist ran-cidity for a longer period when subjectedto the same conditions than does cotton-seed oil.

In contrast to the huge success of thepioneer who first put mayonnaise madefrom refined oil on the market, there isthe sad story of the company which in-sisted that expensive imported olive oilmust be used. Hundreds of laboratorysamples were made using olive oil to se-lect a mayonnaise that seemed to appealto the majority of tastes. Then a largefactory was built, a sales campaign or-ganized and all plans laid to put over thenew brand. Finally everything was run-ning smoothly, so olive oil mayonnaisemoved out to the distributors. At firstthe product seemed to sell very well andbe quite satisfactory, especially when onlya short time from the mixing bowl tothe consumer. Suddenly disquieting re-ports began to come in; many jars werebreaking down on the dealers' shelves,or even before reaching the retailers.Later carload after carload came backspoiled and the brand disappeared from

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the market. Had refined olive oil beenused the mayonnaise would have beenstable, but then the olive oil flavor forwhich people buy that oil would have beenlacking.

Only very recently has the reason beenfound as to why olive oil will not makea good commercial mayonnaise. This oilis only clarified after pressing. All suchunrefined vegetable oils contain somebroken down oil, called free fatty acids,as well as protein impurities characteris-tic of each individual oil. These impuri-ties will render a mayonnaise sensitive totemperature changes, vibration or shockin transit, and it will "separate."

A natural question often asked is,"What is the best formula for mayon-naise?" No one can answer that ques-tion. All the large producers carefullyguard their formulas, each one believeshis is the best. Then, too, there are somethree thousand small producers, manywith their own individual ideas as to theexact blend which is best from the stand-point of their own taste or that of theircustomers. In other words, it is still anart, just on the point of being subjectedto exact scientific control. Much researchinvestigation already has been carried onduring the past two years under the aus-pices of the newly formed MayonnaiseProducts Manufacturers Association. Afew important conclusions can now bedrawn, though vastly more remains to belearned.

The oil used must be highly refined andas pure and free from fatty acid as pos-sible for the mayonnaise to remain stable.This may have some bearing on the greatvariations in consistency through slightvariations in vinegar or lemon juice. Theacid of vinegar (acetic acid) is a simplefirst cousin, chemically speaking, to theweaker fatty "acid" of poorly refined oils.

Eggs must be fresh to produce a goodemulsion, and the ingredient in eggs ofvalue for the purpose is entirely in theyolk. Cold storage eggs lose much oftheir emulsifying power, and the higherbacterial content is quite apt to proveharmful.

Every housewife knows that the startis the difficult part in mayonnaise making.Perhaps many would be surprised tolearn that the emulsion often breaks downbecause their beating is too vigorous. Sci-entific tests using the microscope have

found that the mixing should be intermit-tent. There should be very brief pausesat first for the globules of the vinegarand egg yolk to reunite but not longenough for unemulsified oil drops to co-alesce. Commercial machines are de-signed so that the paddles both mix andstir at the same time. This is accom-plished by giving them a double rotarymotion.

Adding the oil too rapidly at the startwill also cause a separation later on, dueto formation of an unstable water-in-oilemulsion instead of the desired oil-in-water type.

A basic formula fairly representativeof commercial mayonnaise would be aboutas follows:

By WeightOil (corn, cottonseed, or sesame) 78%Moisture (water or vinegar and

added water) 10%Fresh egg yolk 8%Spices, sugar, mustard, salt, acid

of vinegar, etc 4%

100%

Starch to the extent of one to three percent is considered a very useful edible in-gredient by most producers. It is said toimprove smoothness and increase sta-bility.

The purchaser should be on guardagainst an article offered at a suspiciouslylow price. Often these brands are defi-cient in oil, with poor quality egg yolk,and contain much added water. To sta-bilize the emulsion and simulate the ap-pearance of a true mayonnaise, gum arabicor tragacanth have been used for adult-erants. The practice grew so rampantthat the government recently issued a setof standards to stop the unfair competitionagainst the legitimate producers.

The well known factory producedbrands are quite deserving of their popu-larity and success. They are invariablyproduced in immaculately clean surround-ings, are healthful, very nourishing andnot expensive considering the high energyfood value.

Note: The author wishes to expressthanks to Dr. John Glassford of McCor-mick and Company, Baltimore, for theearly historical data; to Mr. CharlesWright of Kraft-Phenix Co. of Chicago,and to Mr. J. A. Berry of the Blue SealFood Products Co., of Chicago.

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Our Army Wears Smocks

One day early in the spring all second floor stenog-raphers wore smocks. They liked them, too, judgingfrom the smiles. The girls in the tit'O big groups areall from the sales department. The two at the rightare in the personnel office, the two near the center werethen in the mailing department. I

The girls in the circle arc in thetraffic and feed sales offices. At thetime the picture was taken the fourbelow were in grain stiles. SarahHailey has since resigned.

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Cotton Mills Are ImportantIntroduction of Industry to

South Means MuchBy F. E. Lichte, Textile Eng. Dept A.

& M. College of Texas.Even those persons who live in the dis-

trict most affected do not realize the re-markable development of the cotton millbusiness in the south during the last fewyears. This development is one of themost outstanding achievements of thepresent generation.

At present the south has $850,000,000.00invested in cotton mills. Last year thesemills consumed 3,733,000 bales of cottonwhile the entire rest of the country con-sumed only 2,178,000 bales. The devel-opment of this industry is one of the ro-mances of American industry. In 1880there were 180 cotton mills, with an in-vested capital of $21,976,000.00 Now thereare 970 mills with $850,000,000 invested.

The Southern cotton mill has come asa missionary to the operatives. Beforethe mills were opened practically all ofthem were without work, now they allhave profitable employment. They haveinspired with new life not only the op-eratives but millions of other people. Inproportion to the wealth and newness ofthe industry they have done more for theeducational, religious and moral advance-ment of their employes than any othergreat business.

The mills have built splendid schoolsoften operated wholly at the expense ofthe mill. They have built great Y. M. C.A. and Y. W. C. A. buildings and com-munity houses; they have laid out at-tractive towns and buil t dwellingsequipped with modern conveniences andrented them at nominal cost to the em-ployes.

It is natural to expect that followingthe cotton mills will come textile ma-chinery plants and a varied line of manu-facturers. These will inevitably developaround this great industry, for the cot-ton mill industry is now firmly establishedin the Southland. This will spread tomany other lines of human activity.

There is still room for an enormousgradual expansion of the cotton mill in-dustry in the South.

*White—Jones says his wife jumps

whenever he speaks.Black—Yes, she does—all over him.

Cover DesignsDuring the next few months The Jour-

nal will use a number of cover designswhich were awarded prizes in the annualStaley Journal cover design contests. Eachyear three prizes for such drawings areawarded three different schools. Theschools are the Chicago Academy of FineArts, The Commercial Art School of Chi-cago, and the Decatur High school. Thesedesigned are judged in May.

The winners this year at the Academywere Dick Adkins, Edouard Herrmannand Marjorie Snyder. At the Commer-cial Art School the winners were WilmerKreger, Horace Randall and Paul Taran-tolo, with honorable mention to ArnePhilpula, Raymond Bianchi and CharlotteMcEnelly. The Decatur High schoolwinners were Claire Cressler, who wonfirst, third and an honorable mention, andLucile Wheeler. Other honorable men-tions were given Ravard App, LucileConlon, and Geraldine Young.

It is probable that the first of thisyear's prize winners will be used on theJuly cover.

^FROM SPARTANBURG

George A. Dean, our handsome manag-er from our Spartanburg, S. C., office, vis-ited us in May. Coming as he did fromthe land of summer and sunshine, Georgeappeared wearing a straw hat—and wehere in Decatur hadn't even put our win-ter coats away yet. But he had a goodeffect on the weather for it turned beau-tiful ly warm and spring-like from the mo-ment of his arrival (we are hoping itdoesn't snow the day we come off thepress).

MRS. LULU BELLE LILLYMrs. Lulu Belle Lilly died in the Nor-

bury sanatorium in Jacksonville May 27.Although she had been ill for some timeshe had been in the hospital only tenclays. Death was caused by heart trouble.

Mrs. Lilly was born near Oakley, 111.,May 19, 1875, and was married to M. C.Lilly in Decatur in 1900. She lived inDecatur most of her life. Her husbandfor years has been an employe of theStaley company. He has charge of theround house.

She leaves her husband and twobrothers. Funeral services were con-ducted in Decatur May 29.

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Well Known SouthernerOne of the Staley company's valued

customers in the south is George A.Pearce, president of the City Mills Co.,of Columbus, Ga. For more than fiftyyears he has been connected with the com-pany which he now heads.

When he first arrived in Columbus heapplied to J. N. Embry, of the City Mills,for work. Mr. Embry gave him the jobof setting a water wheel, and the workwas done so well that the young manwas at once added to the force, and with-in a very short time was in charge of themill for its proprietor. He has been incharge there ever since. It was little real-ized at the moment when this sturdy, re-spectful young man asked for a job thatit was the beginning of a most interestingbusiness and personal romance. In thecourse of a few years the young man hadnot only acquired the mill, but had mar-ried the miller's daughter.

In 1885 Mr. Pearce bought the CityMills. After several years of personaloperation, he decided to substantially en-large the enterprise, and so the City MillsCompany was incorporated in 1890, quitea number of the leading citizens of Co-lumbus being associated with Mr. Pearceas stockholders. He has been presidentof the company ever since with the excep-tion of the first two years. The newcompany at once built a new mill andelevator, and since then the plant hassteadily enlarged. In 1906 the companybuilt a stone dam 700 feet long across theChattahoochee river, and this is said tobe the third best constructed dam in theUnited States. When Mr. Pearce wentwith the original City Mill its capacitywas only 100 bushels per day. Today theCity Mills Company has a magnificent,modern plant with a daily capacity of 600barrels of flour and 6,000 bushels of meal.It is one of the most successful manufac-turing plants of Columbus.

Mr. Pearce was married Nov. IS, 1877to Ida Embry.

He has always been an important manin community affairs. He was instru-mental in causing the building of the suc-cessful municipal water system in Colum-bus. He is a director of the Merchantsand Mechanics Bank and the Home Sav-ings Bank.

Homer Grider, of the boiler house, hadhis tonsils removed in March.

G. A. Pearce, of Columbus, Ga., is atime honored friend of the Staley company.

'Possums Have FeastAlthough they are inclined to keep se-

cret the proceedings of their gatherings,members of the Possum club are willingenough to talk about the wonderful foodthey have. The spring meeting of theclub was held Saturday night, May 25,in the Staley club house with a good at-tendance of members.

Charley Long presided in the kitchenand was responsible for the wonderfulfried chicken dinner which has been thetopic of conversation among the membersever since.

There were three out of town guests atthe affair this time, all from the Mon-santo Chemical Works in St. Louis. Theywere Dr. Nichols, H. H. Harker and U.H. Deffry.

•••Making the Grade

"Make it short and snappy," cried thecity editor. "Boil it down."

And when they handed the new re-porter the Ten Commandments to tryhim out, he wrote:

"Don't."

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Married Early In May

The marriage of Mary Louise Staleyand John Keelin took place in ChicagoMay 13. The ceremony was performedin the Fourth Presbyterian church, bythe assistant pastor of the church, at 9o'clock'in the evening. The bride woreher traveling frock of blue crepe andcarried spring flowers. Miss Edith Chap-man of Decatur and Thomas W. KeelinJr. brother of the bridegroom, were theattendants.

Immediately after the ceremony thecouple left for Asheville, N. C. Later inthe season they plan to spend some timeon a ranch in the west.

The bride is the youngest daughter ofour president and his wife, Mr. and Mrs.A. E. Staley. She attended Ogontzschool, in Pennsylvania, and for the lasttwo years has been studying in the Good-man Theater school, at the Art Institute,Chicago. It was while she was playingin a Goodman theater production lastfall that the young people met.

Mr. Keelin is a son of the late ThomasW. Keelin, who was president of theKeelin Grain & Hay Co., of Chicago. Hewas educated at Princeton and at pres-ent is with Halsey-Stuart Co. of Chicago.

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Off For Western Coast

Just before they started on their gypsy jaunt to California. Mrs. Delia North is inthe car, wliilc Pern Murphy stands beside it and I.ila Jane North sits on the fender. Ofcourse Lila had to take her dog along.

Fern Murphy resigned her position asfile clerk in the sales department whenshe suddenly decided, early in May, togo to California. Fern is making thetrip to the coast in the most interestingmanner possihle—by motor and with noset schedule to follow.

Mrs. Delia North and her daughter,Lila Jane, who formerly worked in thesales department, decided to take such atrip to California and shortly before theyleft, suggested that Fern accompanythem. With only a few days in which tomake up her mind, Fern decided to takeadvantage of the opportunity and whenMrs. North and Lila left Decatur Fernwas with them.

They planned to be on the road justas long as they found it interesting andhave no definite idea how long they willbe gone.

How to Identify HimThe boss is the fellow who comes too

early when you are late, and too latewhen you are early.

Young Wife DiesStaley friends were shocked to hear of

the death May 7 of Mrs. Phillip Wills.She had been ill only a short while, andwas taken to St. Mary's hospital a fewdays before her death.

Mrs. Wills was the youngest daughterof the late Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Leslieof Elwin, and was 33 years old. Shepassed most of her life in Elwin. Herhusband is assistant superintendent in 16building. She leaves four children: JuneKater, Jeanette Kater, Phyllis Wills, andJoseph Wills, all at home. She alsoleaves three sisters, Mrs. Fred Wiegand,Macon; Mrs. C. F. Scott, Pana; and Mrs.Homer Henry, of Decatur.

She was a member of the First Metho-dist church.

Funeral services were conducted May 9in the Dawson & Wykoff funeral home.Burial was in Fairlawn.

George Hewitt, of the sheet metal shop,returned to work in April after a longillness.

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Graduate Is HonoredWalter Reed, whose father, Harry

Reed, works in the refinery, was electedvaledictorian of the Decatur High schoolgraduating class this year. This is oneof the highest honors which can he givena high school senior. The student iselected to that position hy the faculty,from a group of the high honor students.Scholastic standing and the general char-acter of the student enter into his selec-tion.

Walter has had all of his schooling inDecatur, starting in the first grade atOakland building, and then going on toRoosevelt Jun ior high. He has alwaysheen an outstanding student and a leaderin school activities.

In High school he has been assistanteditor of the Observer, the school paperwhich recently won first place in a na-tional contest. He has also been presidentof the Forum literary society and wasrecently awarded the Forum honor pinfor being the most valuable member ofthat organization during the present sem-ester. His interests are varied, for he isan ardent baseball fan, and makes a hob-by of collecting United States stamps.

Walter plans to attend James Mi l l i k inuniversity next year, and then the fol-lowing year to go on to the Universityof Illinois, where he hopes to enter theschool of Commerce and Finance.

Valedictorian

BALTIMORE GUESTA welcome guest at the plant early in

May was E. W. Welker, who has fora number of years traveled out of ourBaltimore office. Although Mr. Welkerhas been with the Staley company forseveral years, and has known a numberof home office people, this was his firstvisit to the plant. Wre hope he liked uswell enough to return soon. Mr. Welker'shome is in Scranton, Pa.

"Do you know Lord Heathemoor?I've often shot at his country seat."

"And did you ever hit i t?" — Bystander.

Mother — This letter from Charlie isvery short.

Father — Yes, so is Charlie, or hewouldn't have written.

Roy Hartman is being part icular ly care-ful to observe all traffic regulations now.Ask him why.

ll'ultcr /An/ ti'd.v voted highest honors inthe Decatur graduating class this year.

Early VacationJavais Cochran, grain office, and Lu-

cile Schultz, feed sales, took one weekof their vacation in May. They tookJavais' good old Ford, which is still sea-worthy, and motored to St. Louis andMaiden, Mo. With the latter place astheir base they took several interestingside trips, one of which included a visitto Memphis.

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WOMEN POWERSo far Rubymae and Helen have kept

rather quiet about the evening, not longago, when they pushed an automobiledown Merchant street. We wonder whytwo such attractive girls had to push thatcar themselves. Surely there are somegallant men left in this world.

Coming to This"I feel terrible. I th ink I'm dying.""Well, you can't die here, this is the

living room."—Life.IS

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Our Team Ten Years Ago

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Tins picture of the Stalcy baseball team appeared in The Journal for -I/ay, 7979. Mr.Staley is easily recognised in the back row. Rollin Stalcy U'as the team mascot andalways appeared in uniform it'lien the ball players did.

Ten Years Ago(These items appeared in The Journal for

June, 1919)

The new manufacturing department of-fice building was opened. That is thebuilding now being used for such pur-pose but which will be given over en-tirely to the stores department as soonas the new administration building iscompleted. Concerning the office build-ing just completed in 1919, The Journalsaid:

"The space vacated in the main officewas quickly appropriated by the variousdepartments of the main office which werealready overcrowded."

(Since the main office then was abouthalf as big as it is now and the depart-ments moving out included general su-perintendent, purchasing office, labora-tory, drafting room, and Journal office, itis not to be wondered at that the mainoffice "quickly appropriated the space.")

Fred Klumpp had a long garden articlein The Journal.

The thin boiling plant, No. 16 building,had just been started.

Announcement was made of the addi-tion of Joe McGinnity, the Iron Man ofbaseball, to the Staley team.

Pictures of the kiln house and the kilnhouse workers were shown. Bob Hin-ton was foreman there then as now andappears in one of the group pictures.

Staley's had just played the ChicagoWhite Sox and made sporting history inDecatur. The fact that the score was 8to 4 for the Sox did not ruin the eventat all.

Mistress to Maid—Haven't we alwaystreated you like one of the family?

Maid—Yes, and I'm not going to standfor it any more.

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PICNICThursday, August 1

Save the Date!Begin To Plan NOW

Arrangements are being made to have the an-nual Staley Fellowship club picnic on Thursday,

August 1. \ \ h i l e no definite plans are made it isprobable that much the same program of formeryears will be carried out. The main events of theday will be held in Nelson Park, ending with abig dance in the evening. One reason the datewas set early was to give the dance committee an

opportunity to secure a good orchestra for thatdance. Anyway, it's going to be a grand party,so plan your vacation so that you will at least bein town that day.

Cr*— — te5

REMEMBERThursday, August 1

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The trowel in the center is the evidence Billy Morrow has that he has actuallyworked for the Staley company the last sei'en years. When he started using it, thecenter trowel was the size and shape of the large one shoit'n in the picture. The smallestof the three is a painting trowel hut Hilly can almost use his own worn one for thatpurpose. Hilly, son of Gene Morrow, brickmason foreman, has worked here with hislather most of the time since 1913.

On the StageAlthough he makes it a rule to refuse

all invitations to speak in public, ourpresident, Mr. A. E. Staley, did consent,at the urgent invitation of the Maroa, 111.Community club, to address their Maymeeting. Evidently his talk was impres-sive for in speaking of it a Maroa papersuggested that Mr. Hoover might do wellto name Mr. Staley on his cabinet.

Bob Fatten has tried every way heknows to interest Doc West in trees andvines and things, but Doc insists that theonly thing of the kind he cares for is thewell-known clinging vine.

"Why don't you like rice?""It's associated with one of the greatest

mistakes of my life."

Oil Chemists MeetMaurice M. Durkee, superintendent of

the oil refinery, attended the meeting ofthe American Oil Chemists Society inNew Orleans in May. In connection withthis there is always held a meeting ofthe Interstate Cotton Seed Crushers As-sociation. Mr. Durkee is chairman ofthe free fatty acids committee and inthat capacity read a report before themeeting.

Hank Collins says he is all off Banning.That gentleman promised to give him acoat when his was stolen last winter and,fai l ing that promised him a light suit forsummer. Banning simply says, "If I giveyou a suit it will be light, you may de-pend on that".

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In one corner of his lovely garden Henry Dubcs lias a rhododendron in bloom. Thisplant is a native of the eastern mountains, If we remember correctly, but Henry'sdaughter, Carrie Dubcs Geddis, sent one to her father a year ago and now it shows thatit will bloom in the prairie country.

Extend Time on Golf EntriesQualifying Rounds in Men's Tournament Must

Be Finished June 19

Golfers have been given unt i l June 17to play their qua l i fy ing rounds in theStaley Fellowship club Mid-summerHandicap tournament. This extension oftime was granted because of the rain andunseasonable cold weather through mostof the month of May. Each player ent-ered in this tournament must qual i fy byturning in three cards on the 18 holesat Nelson park course. From these cardsthe handicaps will be figured.

Prizes will be given in this qualifyinground to the first, seventh and fifteenthman. These prizes will be respectivelyfive, four and three golf balls. Duplicateprizes will be given in case of ties. Byawarding these three prizes in this man-ner the committee feels that it will giveas many players as possible an opportun-ity at a prize and it will also give thecommittee an opportunity to obtain asrepresentative a score from each individ-ual as is possible.

The tournament, which will begin assoon as possible after June 17, will beplayed in two flights. Again this ar-rangement was made to give more menan opportunity at prizes. In the first

fl ight the winner will receive the More-house & Wells cup, a trophy which isbeing offered for the first time this year.The runner-up in this flight will receivea five dollar club.

In the second flight the winner will re-ceive a five dollar club while the runner-up will be given a three dollar club.

The committee in charge of thesetournaments hopes to have two or threemore during the season, and it is expect-ed that practically every golfer, regard-less of his ability, will be entered.

In the qual i fying round each playermust turn in cards signed by himself andsome other member of the club whoplayed the course with him at the time.Turn in these cards to a member of thecommittee, or The Journal office. Thecommittee members are P. D. Rollins, L.R. Brown and P. E. Wills.

Lloyd Spiccr has announced his inten-tion of going into research work ratherseriously. Recently he issued a bulletinin which he discusses the kick which cer-tain ingredients will give a glass ofwater.

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Four-fifths of the Percival Family

Andrew Jackson Percival, personnel manager, never lacks for something to talkabout because when all else fails he has this lovely family of Iris for a subject. Mrs.Percival is holding Andrea Jacque while Patricia stands beside her; June, the oldestgirl, didn't find the antics of the camera man so funny.

ENTERTAIN NURSESGirls who are graduating this year from

the training school of the Decatur andMacon County hospital were entertainedby the Graduate Nurses club in the Sta-ley club house May 20. The affair wasa hard times party and was most enjoy-able. Mrs. A. J. Percival and Mrs. EdLarrick, both members of the GraduateNurses club, were two of the hostesses.

Since Lowell Gill has gone into themotor car owning class, he is getting al-most fat. If this keeps up he will haveto join the famous Staley dieting squad.

*There was a party and they wanted

coffee and Roy Hartman made some forthem—almost.

Mrs. R. B. Elrod, wife of one of oursalesmen, is recovering from a serious ill-ness in her home in Nashville, Tenn.

MAY BREAKFASTMembers of the Mystikum club enter-

tained at a May breakfast in the Staleyclub house on the morning of May 12.Several former members of the club whonow live in Chicago were guests at theaffair. One of these guests was HelenKoscielny, who formerly worked in ourauditing department. After breakfastbridge was played.

W. R. VanHook objected to having toopen the gate of the store room everytime he went out onto the platform, sothey had the top cut off. Now he canstep over.

Returned Tourist (to his family)—Well,I like Paris and Rome, but the best partof the 'whole thing was the trip over.Don't miss that, whatever you do, if yougo to Europe.

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Bride From GermanyThe day after she arrived in Decatur

from her home in Wiesbaden, Germany,Miss Elizabeth Dietz became the brideof Karl Patisch. She arrived in Decaturthe afternoon of May 18 and the marriagetook place the following day, Sunday, May19. The bridegroom had been in thiscountry several months.

A number of intimate friends of thebridegroom attended the marriage, whichtook place at 4 o'clock Sunday after-noon in St. Johannes Lutheran church.Rev. William Heyne officiated, and thewedding march and recessional wereplayed by the church organist. Thebride wore a suit of dark blue cloth withbiege accessories and carried bride'sroses. Following the ceremony an in-formal reception was held in the homeof the minister.

Mr. Pansch came to the Staley companya few months ago to do some specialwork in the efficiency and time study de-partment. He is a mechanical engineer,graduated from a Germany university, andis in this country temporarily.

His bride, the daughter of a GermanEvangelical missionary, was born in Bra-zil, but has been educated in Germany.She was also graduated from a Germanuniversity. She is a chemist and recent-ly has been working in an industrialchemical laboratory in Wiesbaden.

The young people have taken an apart-ment in East William street.

Cousins

Charley Burkey made one of his fa-mous non-stop flights to Chicago in May.He went up to meet Mrs. Burkey andtheir small son, who had been visiting inWisconsin.

The morning after Mrs. Burley ap-peared in the tray room all dressed up asto teeth and hair, she and Mrs. Parjaniwere sent over to 21 to sew. Maggiesuggested that a chaperone be sent along.

Jim Galloway may not be able to talkso well since he has his teeth out, but hecan still smoke—and that is all that mat-ters.

*George Leonard, night fire chief, has

been suffering with an infected hand forsome time,

Two girls, and until a few years ago,with but a single name—both MargaretMorthland. Now the one on the left isMrs. Kenneth Shafer, of Decatur. Hercousin, •while she is still Margaret Morth-land, is better known as Peggy. Her homeis in North Dakota but she called at theplant while visiting her uncle, Cap SamAlorthland recently.

To Meeting In OhioFour men from the research depart-

ment attended the American ChemicalSociety meeting in Columbus, Ohio, April29-May 3. They were Dr. R. E. Green-field, Harold Baker, Don Hanson andWilliam Bishop.

Rex Klumpp and Harry Gepford driveto work these days in extremely snappylooking new roadsters.

Dave Bender is not bragging muchabout it, but they do say he is somewhatof a dog catcher.

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Guess Who He Is

HAPPY BIRTHDAYWhile H. P. Dunlap was not going to

mention it, we feel that he might be a bithurt if we did not tell the world aboutthe grand birthday party some of hisfriends gave for him in May. It was asurprise and so were some of the presentshe received. He adds, too, that the sur-prises were not all on one side—that atleast two of the guests had a surprisesprung on them during the evening.

*•They do say that Lisle Brown planted

about 2,000 tomato plants in his gardenthe other day. It looks as if he reallyis going to use those empty bottles forcatsup.

ENTERTAIN AT DINNERA. P. Kane, president of the Kane

Engraving Co., entertained the employesof both his Bloomington and Decaturshops at dinner in the Staley club houseMay 8. The affair was in celebration ofthe t en th anniversary of the company.Following the dinner various guests gavea most enjoyable stunt show.

Lew Hill of the Lew Hill Grain Co.of Indianapolis spent the week end ofMay 11 with W. H. Barnes of our graindepartment. Golf was on the program formost of the time but rain most of theweek end ruined that part of the party.

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Women's GolfSome woman around the Staley plant

is going to have a silver golf trophy toput up on the mantel in her parlor aboutthe middle of the summer, according toplans announced by the committee incharge of women's golf. This is the firsttime that a cup has been offered for wo-men golfers at the plant, and it is ex-pected that every woman at Staley's, whoplays golf, will get out and try for thecup. Tliis cup is the prize for the win-ner in the women's Mid-Summer Golftournament. The runner-up will be givena golf club.

Last summer a small but interestednumber of women took part in the firstsummer tournament ever held for Staleywomen. This has encouraged the com-mittee to plan more events of the kindfor this year. As a starter this Mid-Summer tournament has been announced.

All women planning to play must playtheir qualifying rounds by June 24. Thesequalifying rounds consist of playing thefirst nine holes on the Nelson Park coursetwice, and turning in a card for eachround properly signed by the player anda witness. Handicaps will be figuredfrom these cards. Two prizes, one tothe first and one to the sixth player,will be given in these qualifying rounds.As soon as the qualifying rounds are fin-ished the tournament proper will beplayed.

Turn in cards on the qual i fy ing roundsto a member of the committee, JavaisCochran, Helen Harder or Ruth Cade.It is urged that every woman golfer atthe plant enter this tournament. If youare a poor player it will improve yourgame, and if you are a good player itwill make you better.

Graduates

Bill Robinson, recently graduated fromsample carrier to lab work, refuses tosleep on a pillow, but he has a dog whoappreciates the feathers even if the masterdoesn't. So when Bill gets into bed hetosses the pillow on the floor and thenhe and the dog are both comfortable.

Curry says that unless all signs fai l hischickens will soon be ripe for frying.

Tommy Moral] (rushing into library)—I want a western story—lot of action.

BirdeHa Gilbert ^i'on one of four scholar-ships offered for flic 1'iiircrsity of Indianarecently, and "{.'ill enter that school nextfall. She. i(.'as graduated this spring fromthe Dana, Ind. liiyli school. Her father,Carl Gilbert, is tcciyluiiastcr in the Staleycorn elevator.

BROTHER DIESLuther C. Crow, former Decatur resi-

dent , died May (>. He had been ill sincelast September. His illness was the re-sult of his military service.

When a young man in Decatur he hadsome local reputation as a baseball play-er. When he was discharged from thearmy he was married to Miss FernThompson of Peoria and since that timehad made his home in that city, being inthe service of the Allen Lumber Co. Heleaves his widow, his mother, Mrs. MaeCrow, and sister, Mrs. Neta Wisher. Mrs.Wisher works in the office of 17 bu i ld ing .

Johnn ie—I got Greece on the radio lastnight.

Mother—Well, you wipe it off beforeyour father sees it!

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Afraid of PigeonsHoward File, our generally calm chief

chemist, startled the Chicago office forcehy appearing there one morning all ex-cited. He refused at first to tell justwhat the trouble was and the boys wereworried. Although he has spent most ofhis l ife in a small city, Mr. File is notexactly unaccustomed to city ways, andthe boys felt sure that it was not thebig city which had frightened him. Theyquestioned him.

No, it wasn't the traffic, although thestreet cars made a lot of noise. No, itwasn't the tall buildings, although he didlike to see the sunshine. Oh, well, itwas this:

He had spent the night in a loop ho-tel, and the street noises kept him awake.Of course he didn't like that, but he reallydidn't mind it. But after he was wellawake he got to worrying about thepigeons which fly around the loop. Hewas so afraid one of them would fly intohis window that he got up and closed it,and then the room was so stuffy, hecouldn't sleep. That was why the ex-citement! Of course they believed him.

Fred liin inert can be seen hauling thislittle car about the plant most any day.Only these cans do not contain milk, as onemight think, but oil of various grades, forhis duty is to see that nothing in the plantgoes without its quota of oil. He worksfor Leonard Smith.

ELOISE HANSEN WEDSEloise Hansen of the Staley print shop,

and Carroll E. Cowger were married at 4o'clock Saturday afternoon, May 25. Theceremony was performed by Dr. J. A.Melrose of Millikin university in theWestminster Presbyterian church. Thecouple were attended by Miss Juanita Mc-Daniel and Walter W. Hansen, a brotherof the bride.

Mrs. Cowger wore an ensemble of or-chid georgette and chiffon velvet. MissMcDaniel wore a white crepe ensemble.

The ceremony was followed by a wed-ding dinner in the home of the bride's par-ents for only the immediate members ofthe two families. The colors of orchidand white were used in decorating thehouse.

The bride is a graduate of the Decaturhigh school of the class of 1926 and forthe last two years has been employed atthe plant.

She is a daughter of Adolph Hansen,mechanic, and a sister of Walter Hansen,mechanic, and Don Hansen, chemist, allof whom work at the plant.

Mr. Cowger graduated from the Deca-tur high school in 1922 and is now in theengineering department of the A. W. Cashcompany. He is a son of H. W. Cowger,1167 Sunset avenue.

After a short automobile trip the couplewill be at home at 1567 North Collegestreet.

SHOBE-YOUNGDorthy Shobe and Carl Young were

married in St. Petersburg, 111., May 13.The bride is the youngest daughter ofOwen Shobe, who works in the plant.

The bride has been employed at theDecatur Garment Co. The young couplewill live in Springfield.

Henry Scherer has recently gone towork in the personnel office. He is ayounger brother of R. C. Scherer, audi-tor. He was graduated from high schoollast spring and has been attending busi-ness school during the last year.

Ed's Wife—You gave your seat to apoor Irishman last night, didn't you?

Ed—Why, no, what makes you saythat?

Ed's Wife—Well, I distinctly heard yousay in your sleep, "I'll stand pat."

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When he posed for this hiyltly Interestingpicture, Dudley Borcn, electrician, had noidea it was going to be given any publicity.This is just to show him that life does haveits little surprises.

Tiny Band MasterAlan Burwell may not be as old as

Sousa but he is quite as important to hisband, for Alan is the tiny conductor ofthe Millikin kindergarten rhythm band.Alan is finishing his third year in kinder-garten this year and is considered an ex-tremely competent leader for the smallmusicians.

Recently in a Millikin university chapelprogram Alan conducted the band in sev-eral of its favorite selections and thencontinued to conduct while the bandplayed "Millikin Loyalty" and the entireaudience sang.

This accomplished young musician isthe youngest son of T. C. Burwell, ourtraffic manager, and Mrs. Burwell.

Charley Long still says that his Fordis the best car in the country. The factthat it blows up once in a while meansnothing to him.

«*"How did you find yourself a f te r last

night's party?""Oh, I just looked under the table, and

there I was!"

Off to the DerbyPredictions were for storms in Louis-

ville, Ky., during derby week, but thatdid not keep a group of Staley peoplefrom attending the big racing event. In-cidently most of those who did attenddid not just get wet, they got a soakingwhich they probably never will forget.Al Crabb spent the week in Louisville,visiting his brother and attending all theraces at Churchill Downs. Then whenthe big race was pulled off in a heavyrain he felt that he already had his mon-ey's worth, so he stayel safely undercover.

Tom Hildebrand was stiff for a weekafter he got back, and Skinny Balancesaid he almost shank from the wettinghe got. Frank Moore admits he had agood time, but he said the beds were toonarrow. Smitty and Al Lukey were soworried about the trip back that theycouldn't enjoy the race. Milton Williamssays it is an advantage to be small insuch a crowd, but even his size didn'tkeep him from getting soaked. Sam Sei-bert, our veteran follower of races, saidit beat anything he ever saw, and he hasbeen in on some bad ones before.

In the future, F. J. Parr requests, Sta-ley people are asked to speak of his "of-fice" at the south gate as BuckinghamPalace. No, we haven't any idea why.

Ed Monical of the oil refinery under-went a mastoid operation May 21 in De-catur and Macon County hospital.

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CONFIRMED

Billy Butler was confirmed at St. Patrick'sCat/iolic church this spring. Billy's fatheris Charles Butler of 17 building, who isbetter known about the plant as Scotty.

CHOIR MEETSMembers of the choir of the Central

Church of Christ enjoyed a party in theStalcy club house May 17. A dinnerwas served and later games were played.V. J. Rosier of the laboratory, is a mem-ber of the choir.

I w i s h to thank the Staley Fellowshipclub for the kindness shown me whileI was ill.

Ed Bucchler.

W. H. WALMSLEYW. H. Walmsley died in the Wabash

hospital May 11 after a long illness. Hewas the father of W. Harry Walmsley,superintendent of 17 building. Mr.Wamsley had been a passenger conduc-tor on the Wabash for many years, butfor the last two years had been retiredbecause of ill health.

He leaves his widow and two sons,Harry and Carl, all of Decatur. Funeralservices were conducted May 13 in St.James church.

MRS. R. F. KRETZERMrs. R. F. Kretzer died in the family

home in Warrensburg April 17. She wasgrandmother of Hollis Hise of the pur-chasing office, and an aunt of PercyRobinson of the store room.

I want to extend to all Staley peoplein the various departments and to theFellowship club, for the many kindnessesand the lovely flowers sent at the timeof the death of my wife, my heartfeltthanks.

Phillip E. Wills.

Your kind expression of sympathy atthe time of our bereavement will long beremembered.

Mrs. William Walmsley and Family.

Gratefully acknowledging and thank-ing you for your kindness and help dur-ing our recent bereavement.

R. F. Kretzer and Family.

We wish to thank the Staley Fellow-ship club for the flowers sent us and thekindness shown while Mr. Hawkins wasin the hospital.

Mr. and Mrs. David Hawkins.

We wish to express our sincere thanksto the Staley people who remembered usduring our recent sorrow.

Mrs. S. C. Crow.Mrs. Mae Crow.Mrs. Neta Wisher.

In loving remembrance of John White,who died one year ago.

Family and Friends.

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

Charles H. Pollock.

Many of the old-time clinging vinesnow have granddaughters who are ram-blers.

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Horse Shoe MeetVery little effort was necessary to in-

terest horse shoe pitchers in the tourna-ment being planned for them. Threedays after the tournament was announcedsixty men had signed for it.

The tournament will start about thefirst of June and will be carried out ac-cording to a schedule which is beingplanned. This schedule is being postedin various places about the plant and isbeing worked out carefully, with regardto the working hours of the men entered.Most of the matches probably will beplayed at noon and in the evenings.

All matches will be played on thecourts in the space under the viaduct.This is where the men have been pitch-ing horse shoes all winter and has beenideal for that purpose. The viaduct actsas a protection from both sun and rain,so that weather need not be taken intoconsideration. The seven courts havejust been rebuilt with wooden frames andwell tamped dirt surfaces.

HERE'S *A POME"Was quite sick,Had the flu.For pretty nursesAnd flowers, too,Most sincerely,I thank you."

Samuel Morthland.

All of which means that our fr iendCap was quite sick for a long time, butis better and we are all glad.

Shall We?Far be it from us to ever be guilty

of disturbing the peace of this quiet com-munity, but we have thought often, late-ly, of organizing a harmonica band. Yes,we realize that it's a noisy suggestionand that only people with little to doshould ever think of such a thing, butas a woman we know often remarks, itjust came over us.

Perhaps we thought of it because itseems that it would be less painful forthe organization at large if all the so-called harmonica players were breathingtheir fancied tunes at the same time. Theagony might be more acute but it wouldbe less drawn out.

As to suggested members they are few,so far, but we are sure the number willgrow. We, if we had the authority, wouldband together Eugene Rhodes, Al Miller,Charley Burkey, Bill Robertson andCharley Long. Then we would take themoff to a far-away part of the plant andleave them to play as they pleased. Theyprobably would start with Bill's favoritetune, "I Love My Mama," and end withGene's favorite "Home Sweet Home."

Mrs. Miriam Kent of the personnel of-fice, is taking part of her vacation duringthe first week in June. She plans tospend it in Decatur.

Mac—How gracefully Cushman seemsto eat corn on the cob!

Eph—He ought to. He's a piccoloplayer.

WELLVVHAT HAVE

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A Summer Snow Storm

One of the heaviest snow storms of the year fell on May 2 and eoi-cred the treesand buildings with a heavy white cloak. The steel work for the neiv office building,•which was partly up, u'as transformed into a fairy palace.

KINMAN-WIELANDMiss Florence Kinman, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. William J. Kinman of Clinton,and Ivan F. Weiland of St. Louis weremarried in the First Methodist church inBloomington, May 19. Mr. Weiland wasin the sales department of the A. E.Staley Manufacturing company until May1. Now he is with Seele Bros, in St.Louis. Mrs. Weiland has been employedat Block & Kuhl's in Decatur.

Mr. and Mrs. Weiland will live in St.Louis.

Grain MeetingGeorge Reed and Bert Muthersbaugh

of the Staley grain office, attended theIllinois Grain Dealers Association meet-ing May 14-15. The meetings were heldin Peoria.

Charley Burkey broke into society sev-eral times this spring and he insists thatit didn't cost him so much.

Pat Mathews says if the weather evermakes up its mind just what it is goingto do he is going to have a garden thisyear which will knock 'em silly. Wearen't surprised, for Pat's garden is al-ways a good one.

Dr. Karr, night watchman at the cornelevator, says he sees lots of sights whichare really good for sore eyes.

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Everyone Looks Happy Here

We arc sure now that Karl Pansch was telling Mrs. Lynn Davis about his weddingplans. That's why they both look so happy. Lynn has an ear turned in their direction,too. Karl came from Germany a few months ago.

STEAK FRYThe purchasing office had a steak fry in

Lincoln park late in May, which endedup as a card party in the home of Mr.and Mrs. Urfer. Viola Goodman waschief broiler-of-steaks, and showed her-self to be a master of the art. C. M.Cobb proved that one can play marbleswith radishes beautifully.

WITH OHIO TEAMBuster Woodworth is playing ball with

the Springfield, Ohio, club this year. TheSpringfield club is in the Central league.

«•Excitement ran high among girls at the

plant when they saw a wonderful Buickcoupe parked in the yard one day. Laterthey discovered that it was being drivenby Claude Fletcher, whose former meansof locomotion had been a Ford. Butwhen they also discovered that the Buickbelonged to Claude's wife and he was onlydriving it on trial, as it were, they re-signed themselves and continued to rideon street cars.

OVER-AMBITIOUSProbably because they were too anx-

ious to get back to work right after lunch,Claude and Jack Fletcher ran into troublewith the Decatur police one noon latein May. They were in Claude's fast Buickroadster, but he insists that it was Jack'sfaul t for he wanted to get back early.Anyway, he says the police have a funnyidea of what is too fast. He says the onlyperson who ever objected before to hisspeed was Bob Patton.

In case there are a few people whohave not heard it, we would like to an-nounce here that Glen Hott, sample car-rier, has a new niece, the daughter ofMr. and Mrs. Jack Bowman. Hello,Uncle Glen.

Catherine Nauman has been trans-ferred from the mailing department tothe sales department. She succeeds FernMurphy, as file clerk.

Ray Wylie and Harry Blades, electri-cians who formerly worked at the plant,are back on Heinie's gang again, work-ing on the electrical work on the newoffice.

William Foster, whose father, RobertFoster, works in 17 building office, isone of the Decatur High school grad-uates this year.

Born—To Mr. and Mrs. Pete Bailey, ason.

Staley salesmen traveling in southernterritory have had all kinds of troubleduring the recent floods. None of themso far have had to swim about their ter-ritory but in several cases they have hadto walk through districts where their carsrefused to travel.

Billy Randolph, whose father, W. H.Randolph Jr. is manager of our Atlantaoffice is recovering from a serious ill-ness. For a while he was in an Atlantahospital but is now at home.

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"Hitck Finn to the Life", Arory McGladesaid ii.'hen lie stnv his son Jack starting outon a fisliiiig trip. Jack n'as all ready tohare a good time even if his fonts leysdon't match and his fishing fo/e is crooked.Is it necessary to say that Jack's father isa millwright at the plant, and that his aunt,Maggie Prell, is forewoman in the trayroom?

GIRLS HAVE PARTYGirls of the Standard Telephone com-

pany had a party in the Staley club houseWednesday night, May 22. Wilma El-lis was one of the hostesses. Her par-ents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ellis, werechaperons.

Herman Herberts, stone dresser, is re-covering from an operation late in April.He was a fair ly patient patient in St.Mary's hospital for a few weeks, and heldthe record there for the number of callershe bad.

Several ardent Staley golfers are go-ing to investigate weather conditions inan attempt to have more bright Sundays.This epidemic of rainy Sundays has ruinedthe dispositions of all golfers.

They're OffIf a good start means anything the Sta-

ley baseball team should sweep the boardthis season. Its first game, played May16, resulted in a 2 to 16 score for Sta-ley's while the second, the following week,gave Staley's a 7 to 1 victory.

The first game of the season for theStaley team was played with the LeaderIron nine. The following week Staley'smet the Decatur Brass contingent. Itwas in this game that Hollis Hise dis-tinguished himself as a pitcher.

Industrial League games promise to beinteresting this year and it is hoped thata number of them will be played on theStaley team's new practise diamond. Thediamond is located east of the new admin-istration building.

ENTERTAIN DEPARTMENTR. P. Roseberry of the grain office and

Mrs. Roseberry entertained the grain de-partment in their home in Oak Crest May22. In the bridge play first prizes wereawarded to Mr. and Mrs. Bert Muthers-baugh, while the consolations went toJavais Cochran and George Baum. Sup-per was served at small tables decoratedwith spring flowers.

•Born—To Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bowman,

April 30, in the Decatur and MaconCounty hospital, a daughter. Mr. Bow-man works in the laboratory.

Born—To Mr. and Mrs. Ben J. Moody,May 22, in St. Mary's hospital, Decatur,a daughter. This is their second child.Mrs. Moody before her marriage wasEdna Coyle, editor of The Staley Jour-nal.

Born—To Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. War-ren of Chicago, in Decatur and MaconCounty hospital, May 20, a daughter. Mr.Warren is a salesman in our Chicago of-fice.

DRINKING CUPSNo longer will those who drink at the

new electrically cooled fountains in themanufacturing offices drink from glasses.Cases containing sanitary drinking cupshave been installed at each fountain.

Anyone wishing to buy gooseberriescan get them by calling Adrian Bush orRichard Jackson of the packing house.

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Weather ImportantOrdinary industr ies know nothing of

the effect of weather on business, accord-ing to G. D. Stcele, who for fifty yearshas been legal advisor with some of theworld's largest circuses. Mr. Stecle, drop-ping into this office just after a big circushad struck Decatur in the midst of threedays of hard rain, was full of informationon the subject.

This circus arrived in town in a hardrain which had been falling for twelvehours. It struggled for 24 hours in rainand mud to get the show ready and thenfor another 36 getting it down and out oftown. A litt le unusual, but not at all justa once-a-season happening, according toMr. Steele. Bad weather costs a circusbetween $100,000 and $150,000 each season,our friend insists, but it is part of thebusiness and they take it without growl-ing.

Mr. Steele, whose home has been in De-catur for years, has been forced by illhealth, to remain away from the showmuch of the time this season, but he stillkeeps in touch. We told him of our ideafor a circus cover design for this month'sJournal.

"Very nice", he remarked, "but the pub-lic has no idea how much it costs inmoney and labor to get that lovely effect.Take the wagons alone—like those thatgot stuck in the mud here the other day.The circus builds its own, of white oakand hickory. They are sturdy to resista great deal of force. The wheels alonecost $150 each and a completed wagonoften cost $2,500. The expenses for evena small circus run up into the thousandsdaily."

This does not discourage the circusmen, though, for according to Mr. Steelethey have a scheme now which will costmore than any so far attempted, andwhich will probably bring into consider-ation more types of weather than anyother one enterprise. This is a worldcircus tour.

European agents for the American cir-cuses are now planning a five year tripwhich will include a visit to every civilizedcountry in the world. The show will leaveAmerica with all American artists, andwith every possible animal obtainable inNorth and South America. These NorthAmerican animals will all be sold in Ham-burg, Germany, and in their place the

This dainty little girl is the daughter ofClaude Stone of the boiler room. Hername is Hainiic Mac and she is just ayear old. She wasn't quite sure slit caredfor the camera, but she ?im too much ofa lady to voice her objections.

circus will bring back to America ;ill therare animals of the other four continents.The performers will also be exchangedand the circus will return an all-Europeanshow.

NEW OFFICE BOYRalph Clifton has recently been added

to the manufactur ing department officeforces as messenger. He conies fromArgcnta where he was recently graduatedfrom high school.

He succeeds Alfred Miller, who hasbeen promoted to the personnel depart-ment.

Singer—Oh-h, w-would I were a dove,I'd flee—

Friend—Heaven! Stop! What on earthis a dove-eyed flea?

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"You men may kid my daddy but I thinkhe's fine", is the way we translate tinssmile of Mary Helen Penny's. Her dad isI'rank Penny, boiler maker at the plant.There are some who think that she got anunusually good break because Tomin\ her father's cousin, was selected to

be her god-father when she ivas christenedin St. Patrick's church.

MANY TALENTSWhile he watches at the west gate of

the Staley plant now C. E. Goodman hastime to reflect upon the many occupationswhich he has had during his life. Prob-ably no other man in the company hasbeen connected with a greater variety ofbusinesses than has he. He has, at onetime or another, been connected with thefollowing occupations: Farming, machinesalesman, flour mill, drug store, doctor-ing, butcher, shoe store and clothing,grocer, newspaper, billiard hall, liverybarn, lumber and store, draying, tombstone salesman, saw mill, planing mill,well driller, caretaker, extract salesman,restaurant, threshing run, traded horses,mowing machine operator, painter, andWabash.

CHICKEN DINNERCharley Long, laboratory porter, en-

tertained a number of friends at a chick-en dinner in the Staley club house May29. Guests from Bloomington, Peoriaand Springfield were present.

Charles H. Pollock, carpenter, was illin May.

What Is This Golf?Golf is a form of work made expensive

enough for a rich man to enjoy it. It isthe physical and mental exertion madeattractive by the fact that you have todress for it in a $200,000 clubhouse.

Golf is what letter carrying, ditch dig-ging and carpet beating would be if thesethree tasks had to be performed on thesame hot afternoon in short pants andcolored socks by a gouty-looking gentle-man who required a different implementfor every mood.

Golf is the simplest looking game in theworld when you decide to take it up andthe toughest looking after you have beenat it ten or twelve years.

It is probably the only known game aman can play as long as a quarter of acentury and then discover that it was toodeep for him in the first place.

The game is played on carefully selectedgrass with little white balls and as manyclubs as the player can afford. Theseballs cost from 75 cents to $25.00 and itis possible to support a family of tenpeople (all adults) for five months on themoney represented by the balls lost bysome golfers in a single afternoon.

A golf course has eighteen holes, seven-teen of which are unnecessary and put into make the game harder. A "hole" is atin cup in the center of a "green". A"green" is a small parcel of grass costingabout $1.98 a blade and usually locatedbetween a brook and a couple of appletrees or a lot of "unfinished excavations".

The ball must not be thrown, pushed orcarried. It must be propelled by about$200.00 worth of curious looking imple-ments, especially designed to provoke theowner.

Each implement has a specific purposeand ultimately some golfers get to knowwhat the purpose is. They are the ex-ceptions.

After each hole has been completed thegolfer counts his strokes. Then he sub-tracts six and says, "Made that in five"."That's one above par. Shall we playfor fifty cents on the next hole, too?"

After the final, or eighteenth hole, thegolfer adds up his score and stops whenhe reaches eighty-six. He then has aswim, a pint of gin, sings "Sweet Adeline"with six or eight other liars and calls it theend of a perfect day.—Brooks & StaffordCo., Cleveland Ohio.

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CARD CLUB ENTERTAINEDA club of which Mrs. J. W. Morrison is

a member, entertained for husbands ofthe members at the Staley club houseMay 27. Following a pot luck dinner,bridge was played.

ENTERTAIN IN CLUBMaggie Prell of the tray room and her

sister, Mrs. Anna Cones, entertained inthe Staley club house May 23. Most ofthe girls in the tray room, and a numberof other friends, were guests.

E. K. Scheiter restricted his diet tosoup and his conversation to nods of thehead for a few days after he had a wis-dom tooth extracted.

One night recently when they had com-pany the Bill Mossmans were disgustedwith the static on their radio. FinallyMrs. Bill suggested:

"Go outside, Bill, and start that elim-inator."

Bill went, and presently the staticceased but it was replaced by such adeafening roar that the program was en-tirely lost. At this point one of theguests went out to investigate and foundthat Bill had started the engine of hisFord.

He—Where is my fraternity pin?She—I have it on my chiffonier.He—Your chif—well, don't forget to

take it off before you send it to the laun-dry.—Virginia Reel.

WHEN HE USED

-To VT rE<NO THE. <*)ORI3I5ONVILLESOCIAL- FOfMCTIOe«l5-

WEDDING ANNIVERSARYMr. and Mrs. D. O. Keilman enter-

tained a number of friends in the Sta-ley club house May 31, in celebrationof their twenty-f i f th wedding anniversary.

Anda F. Burwell of the traffic officeand late (too late) candidate for countyclerk, is to be traffic manager of DougWilliams' new railroad. Andy says thatany man who will run for office thesedays ought to be able to run a railroad.

BRIDGE CLUBMr. and Mrs. W. R. Van Hook enter-

tained their bridge club in the Staley clubhouse May 24. A pot luck dinner wasserved preceding the bridge play.

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'NOW YOU TELL ONE"

One of these fat jolly babies who willgrow up into a plump jolly woman is Imo-gcne KIcKoum. Although she is just twoyears old, she is having a perfectly grandtime gossiping au'ay there with her dolly,which is almost as large as she is. Imo-gcne is the daughter of Morris McKown,of the garage.

GIRLS HAVE PARTYA group of Senior girls of the Decatur

High school had a May breakfast in theStaley club house Thursday morning,May 30. Mary Anna Barnes, daughterof W. H. Barnes of the grain office, wasone of the group.

After he has been driving in Decatur,where traffic lights operate in connectionwith bells, Dr. Kutsch got into a bit ofa jam in Bloomington where the signalsare silent. His only friend in that citywas out of town, but finally he prevailedupon the police to let him go his way.

ENTERTAINS CLASSFloyd Van Hook entertained his Sun-

day school class from the First Chris-tian church at a party in the Staley clubhouse May 7.

When you are spending the day at homeand wish some friends would drop in—trytaking a bath.

EPWORTH LEAGUE PARTYMembers of the Epworth League of

Grace Methodist church had a party inthe Staley club house May 6. Gameswere played during the evening. EugeneRhodes of the manufacturing office, is amember of the League.

Newt Simpson says it is simple. Noone needs to ask him who is boss—justwatch him when he arrives at the plantin the morning. If he comes riding inin his car he is boss. If he comes peggingin on shanks' pony someone else is boss.

Adolph Hanson, coming in one morningwith a flat tire, was heard to remark thathe was part Scotch—saving on air.

^"BLOOM IN THE SPRING"

Henry Dubes has held an informal re-ception in his garden practically ever sincehis iris started blooming. He has a widevariety of these flowers, some quite rare,and his garden this year has been a sightworth seeing. Incidently the ones whichhe has cut have brightened a few Staleyoffices most of the month of May.

•If his stories are to be believed, Har-

ristown Bentley has the fastest car inthese parts. He tells of making the trip infrom Harristown in four minutes flat.That beats Bill Morrison, who goes toCerro Gordo and back to his house, mak-ing two long stops, and being gone fromhome less than half an hour.

Windy Philips is looking for a fewmore high class cars, such as the ones healready has, so that he can open a junkyard.

ERrOlTr'HivEk.y'PICK.S THI

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Dry Cleaning

There has been a lot of propaganda dur-ing the last two years on dry cleaning inthe home, yet people continue to docleaning with inflammable solvents, re-gardless of the deaths that have resulted.

Few people realize that it is not neces-sary to have a flame, such as in a gasstove or oil heater, to ignite gasoline. Aspark as tiny as that made by rubbing acat's back is all that is necessary to "setoff" the vapor given off from gasolineused as a cleaner. Gasoline and similarcleaners evaporate readily, and the sparkof static or frictional electricity caused byrubbing a cat's fur may similarly becaused by rubbing two pieces of fabrictogether. Friction between any two ob-jects, themselves non-conductors of elec-tricity, causes electrical charges to formon each object. When the charges arebig enough, a spark passes from one ob-ject to the other.

If you should attempt to remove a spotwith gasoline, using a small piece of cloth*saturated with the liquid, and rubbed iton the spot, the friction would charge thetwo pieces of fabric, and a spark wouldprobably be the result, which would causean explosion or fire.

In the dry cleaning industry it is nec-essary to maintain a relative humidityabove 60 per cent to prevent the build-ing up of electrical static charges, and inorder to do this it is necessary to installexpensive equipment. The fact that youdo dry cleaning out-of-doors on a nicebright day does not prevent static chargesfrom building up on the materials you arehandling, and causing a fire. It mustalso be remembered that when a fire ofthis kind occurs, the clothing of the in-dividual who is doing the dry cleaning isgenerally saturated with gasoline fumes.

The latent destructive power of a pintof gasoline has been likened to a poundof dynamite. To bring either of thesetreacherous substances into the home isas unnecessary as it is foolish. Thereare many non-inflammable cleaners onthe market which can be used. Drycleaning, however, should be done by aprofessional dry cleaner in a plant wherethe hazards of inflammable solvents areunderstood and properly guarded against.—A. L. Armstrong in Kodak Magazine.

rap ATO]|By Lucile May, R. N., Plant Nurse.

Each day should be divided into threeparts—work, recreation and rest. Eachis an important factor in health. Theseshould be varied and adjusted in theright proportion, however. Few peoplelook upon daily toil as an ally to health.All except a favored few have to workand those who do are generally benefitedby it.

If the work an individual does is in-spiring and stimulating and profitable, bishealth will be better. If he fails to liveup to these requirements his health islikely to suffer. Mental attitudes playan important part in body ills.

Strain is the thing to avoid in work,be it either physical or mental. Thereare many ways to avoid excessive fa-tigue, which lowers efficiency and causesaccidents. Good posture helps to pre-vent it, and faul ty position does much tobring it on. Work should be so arrangedthat one does not spend all his timestanding or sitting in one position. Aman working at a desk should get up andwalk around occasionally, or stand fora while.

Working conditions have a certain ef-fect on health. Offices and shops shouldbe kept clean and as free from dust aspossible. They should be well ventilatedand airy.

Many people can not choose the placesin which they must work but if sanitaryand hygienic conditions are defective, theycan be reported. Generally they will beremedied at once.

There is a medium point between idle-ness and work which everyone shouldtry to attain.

*A woman motorist whose car had

swerved across a suburban street andcrashed through a plate glass windowwas being questioned by the local policesergeant after the accident.

"Surely on such a wide street as this,"said the interrogator, "you could havedone something to prevent this accident?"

"I did," the delinquent assured him quiteearnestly: "I screamed as loud as Icould!"—Exchange.

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Of InterestMake Your Own Costumes

Modern Summer Clothes OfferedIn Wide Variety

By Muriel Lee

It takes so many clothes to be well-dressed, nowadays. I think I hear youmoaning, "How can I ever have enough?"

True, the good old days, when one's bestsilk could be worn to everything fromthe county fair to a funeral, and one's"second best" to the Ladies' Aid, are goneforever. But modern clothes are so muchmore fun! Cheer up, anyway, for modernstyles are so simple, you can make themyourself. And this season, cottons andother inexpensive fashions are the smart-est possible ones to choose. Yes, really!And don't forget that the real secret ofbeing well dressed is to have exactly theright garment for every occasion.

Are you going to the beach or themountains this summer? In either caseyou'll want the little printed cotton dressthat turns such a pert little back to youhere.

The chic little tennis dress next has thecircular skirt sponsored by Paris for sport,and the bow you've heard so much about.Yet you can make it of cotton pique, fora trifling cost.

A light weight coat is a summer ne-cessity, and here's a light beige woolen

one that follows the modern fashion ofgoing unlined. This is one of the new"dressmaker" types, that is wrapped,rather than tailored, and has a soft jabot-style collar. It's an encouraging name,isn't it, for a garment to be made athome? The frock is one of those printedsilks that makes a charming ensemble, orcan be worn separately, most anywhere.

For evening, flowered chiffons, geor-gettes, and nets are immensely popular.There's a new flowered cotton net thatis very effective, and so is flowered or-gandie. You might choose any of a scoreof attractive patterns for your eveningfrock, just so it has a fu l l skirt, and anuneven hemline. Lots of women makeextra sleeves, that can be basted in toconvert it into an afternoon frock.

The evening wrap is the cleverest thingyou ever saw! It's just a circle of ma-terial that falls over to form a cape—with two holes for the arms. You canmake it in a j i f fy , and it needs only 3->6

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yards of silk. With an outfit like this,you'll be ready for any summer occa-sion, at home, or at the smartest resorts.

to "Wo menTemperature has, without a doubt, a

most noticeable effect upon appetites, andthe rising thermometer of springtimemarks the time when appetites are mosthard to please. Foods which tasted, ohso good, in the winter, simply do notappeal now. It is the job of the personin charge of the meals, then, to think ofmore pleasing meals and new ways tocook them.

Fried foods have no especial appeal inhot weather, and there is no reason forserving them often when there are somany ways of cooking food which arejust as easy and much more pleasing. Thisis especially true of meats. Broiled chopsor steaks, or roast meats served eitherhot or cold, are ideal for summer meals.

PAN BROILINGIf the broiler in your stove is not in

order, try pan broiling. Heat and dryiron skillet very hot. Place the chops orsteaks in it, sear quickly on one side, thensear on the other and then cook moreslowly until done. Do not salt or flourthe meat before cooking. Lamb chopsare especially good when cooked this way.

ROAST LAMBFlour, season leg of lamb and place in

roaster with a little water. The ovenshould be hot. As soon as the flour be-gins to brown, baste the roast, and con-tinue this every fifteen minutes until meatis cooked. Serve with currant jelly sauceor mint sauce.

CURRANT JELLY SAUCEBrown two tablespoons of butter and

when brown add 2 tablespoons of flour.Let brown and add two-thirds of a cup ofgravy from roasting pan. While hot adda quarter of a cup of currant jelly andcook until the jelly is dissolved. Servehot with lamb.

MINT SAUCENo. 1. Add one tablespoon of pow-

dered sugar to one-half cup vinegar andwhen dissolved pour over a fourth of acup of chopped mint leaves. Let standover a slow fire thirty minutes to diffuse.Serve hot with lamb.

No. 2. Boil together a half cup of vine-gar and one-half cup strained honey. Adda fourth of a cup of chopped mint leavesand let it boil up once. Serve cold withlamb.

LAMB WITH ONIONSPlace lamb in dutch oven or in roasting

pan. When partly done place severalmedium size onions around the meat andcook until meat is done and onions arewell cooked.

ASPARAGUS AND PEASCook asparagus and peas separately.

When done combine, add butter and heatuntil butter melts. This is an ideal vege-table to serve with spring lamb.

ASPARAGUS POLONAISECook asparagus. While it is cooking

melt two tablespoons of butter in a fry-ing pan and add to the melted butter ahalf cup of soft bread crumbs. Fry un-til a golden brown. Remove from fire,add a chopped hard cooked egg and pourover the asparagus. Serve hot.

ROLLS1 pint milk1 cake yeast2 tablespoons sugar4 tablespoons melted lard

\/2 pints flourScald and cool milk. Add yeast, which

has been dissolved in a little warm water,sugar, lard and flour. Beat until smoothand let rise in warm place for \/i hours.

Add 2 teaspoons salt, little more than1 pint of flour and knead well. Put ingreased bowl and let rise for several hoursin warm place.

Roll to a half inch in thickness, cut withbiscuit cutter, butter with melted butter,fold together and let rise in warm place,in buttered pan, for f£ of an hour. Bakein hot oven.

If you wish you may set the dough orthe rolls, ready to bake, in the refriger-ator over night to retard the rising untillater.

"I knew your first husband—a fineman—he died too soon."

"That's what my present husband says."37

-\ feManintheMoonI Hear In the Moon—That Joe I 'ol luck had a miraculuos

escaj>e from being stung to deathby a swarm of bees ;

That his next door neighbor com-mandeered Joe to help corrall thethousands of bees who were try-ing to make a home for themselvesin his yard;

That a f te r the battle was over hishead was twice the normal size;he had eighty-three darts in hiscranium, all the queen bees, work-ing bees and drones operated onhim.

That Fred Klumpp says the Gardenof Fden was not half as beaut i fulas Henry Dubes' garden;

That Fred is a bachelor and cannotunderstand why history and tra-dition made the Garden of Edenfamous;

That when Adam blamed Eve foreating the apple, he lost cast asa gentleman, says Fred. Evident-ly Fred is having trouble with hisAdams apple.

That Mohammedans make an an-nual pilgrimage to Mecca, and allkinds of Christians go to Canadaon an annual pilgrimage;

That it is a well known fact whenthey cross the border they startto feel very dry, and the naturalresult is a good drink of Rye sat-isfies their thirst;

That several of the plant foremenare planning to go to Canada fora vacation. All of them claim it isthe best place in the WesternHemisphere to rest and refreshyourself.

That Doug. Williams is positive inhis statement Bob Patten and Cap\\ 'bi t ten are graduates from theSchool of Scandal;

That they circulate falsehoods aboutWill iams and he wants the worldto know they are prevaricators;

That Will iams refuses to prosecutethem for criminal libel; he saysboth of them are good fellows inmany ways but they are Demo-crats and don't know any better.

That all the world is a stage and allthe men and women inhabitantsof Mother Earth are merely act-ors ;

That if every mortal told the truthat all times imagine how societywould suffer;

That Private Judgment may be allright, but the moment you giveutterance to it, it is not pri-vate. Don't forget speaking yourthoughts out loud is liable tobreak up happy homes, and makehappy humans miserable.

That Bob Patten is always singingthe praises of his bosom friend,L. J. Wylie;

That Patten had a great laugh overWylie when he saw him pushinga gasoline motor driven ploughtrying to save gasoline;

That L. J. is of Scotch descent andan economist. He might be sav-ing gasoline, Bob, but he neverwould think of wasting fourteenhours looking for the nickel youlost on your farm, as you did.

THE MAN IN THE MOON.

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WorthCrowingAbout**

For Li/e Insurance SeeRICHARD H. HUPP

Special Agent /or The Equitable Li/eAssurance Society

Office: 600 Standard Life BuildingPhones: Office M. 5914; Re.. 8105

For Sale—10-room modern house, 1411 WestU'uncl street, 3 blocks from Millikin, 1 blockt'rom school. 2-car garage, cistern, slate roof,third floor finished. Write J. H. TMades, 1461Tutwiler, Memphis, Tenn.

Woman would like to invest in a businessthat would furnish her part time employment.

Box 533, El Paso, 111.

Husband—Isn' t it appalling? My wifeinsists (in taking tbosc wretched cats ev-erywhere we travel.

Fellow Traveler—Does she make youput them out at night?

Husband—Invariably.Fellow Traveler—Take her to Venice.

Yes, He TraveledWhat has become of the Scotchman

who had his name changed by court or-der to "Pullman" so that it would corre-spond with the name on his towels?

Mr. Tit—So, you're working on an in-vention that will make you rich?

Mr. Tat—Yes. It's a phonograph rec-ord that will explode after it's played thesixth time straight!

—*—Foreman—And in that large room in

the rear we have several dyeing vats.Lady Visitor—Oh, isn't that a shame!

And can't you do a thing for t h e m ? —I.ehigh Burr.

And That's ThatVisitor in Printing Office—What is

your rule for punctuating?The Apprentice (lately promoted to the

case)—I set as long as I can hold mybreath and then put in a comma, whenI yawn I put in a semi-colon, and whenI want a chew of tobacco I make a para-graph.

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Rules for Motor DriversThese rules are suggested by Capt. Tom

\Vebl), head of the traffic department ofthe Oklahoma City police force:

Drive as close to right as practicable.Don't cut corners.Don't argue with a traffic officer. Re-

member, it takes too fools to argue.Don't fail to signal when turning, or

when starting from curb.Don't drive with improper lights.Don't drive unless your brakes are

properly adjusted.Don't park in restricted zone.Remember, you must drive slowly in

passing schools or school crossings.Remember, the right-of-way never re-

turned a life or paid a hospital bill.Remember, some children play in the

streets, and govern yourself accordingly.

StatisticsLong ago we learned that statistics

could be made to prove anything.The chairman of a local council in Ire-

land was not an educated man. He wasgiving his account of the year's splendidwork done by the council. He read thereport by the medical officer of health,and quoted the death rate as 12.9 perthousand.

"Mr. Chairman," said one of his oppon-ents, thinking to make capital out of hislack of education, "what does 12 point 9mean?"

"What does it mean?" replied the chair-man, looking severely at his questioner."It means that out of every thousand in-habitants twelve have died and nine areat the point of death."

First Constable—Did you get that fel-ler's number?

Second Constable—Naw, he was toogoldarned fast for me.

First Constable—That was a prettybrown-eyed gal he had in the back seat.

Second Constable—It sure was.

Waiter (at the club)—There i> a ladyoutside who says that her husband prom-ised to be home early tonight.

ALL (rising)—Excuse me a moment.

When the cat's away the mice will play—but maybe the cat's not having such apunk time, either.—Life.

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Collector—It took five generations tocomplete this rug.

Buyer—Can you beat it?Collector—Heavens! No. Never beat

a rug of this sort!

Peddler—Is the lady of the house in?Mr. Newlywed—Yes: but there isn't a

th ing in the wide world we want.Peddler—All right, I'll call again when

the honeymoon is over.

I.—Did you ever break a date?C.—No, but they have often broke me.

Riley—What's the easiest way to raisepotatoes?

Bill—With a knife.

Or Staley'sHopes—Where does maple syrup come

from? Elm trees?Virg—No, you're wrong; from spruce

trees.Ode—You're both wrong: maple syrup

comes from the grocery.

Like Father, Like SonJohnny (asking for third helping of

potatoes)—Mother, pass the potatoes!Mother—Johnny, you're a little pig.Dad—Johnny, you know what a pig is,

don't you?Johnny—Sure! A pig is a hog's l i t t le

A little girl who had been out walkingwith her aunt beard the latter complain-ing that her feet were tired. "My feetget tired, too, when I go out walking."said the small maiden, "but I alwaysthink what a nice ride my stomach ishaving."

His Favorite Story"There are four requisites to a good

short story," explained the English teach-er to the class. "Brevity, a reference toreligion, some association with the royaltyand an illustration of modesty. Now, withthese four things in mind, I will give youthi r ty minutes to write a story."

Ten minutes later the hand of Sandywent up.

"That is fine, Sandy," she compliment-ed, "and now read your story to theclass."

Sandy read: "My Gawd, said the Count-ess, take your hand off my knee."—Kreo-lite News.

A woman has to be pretty sure of herhusband to wear out ing f lannel night-gowns.

*"I left my money at home." said a lady

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