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<The Sialeq JournalUol Ull FEBRUARY, 1924

PageAs Decatur Knew Abraham Lincoln 5

Starch Dust Explosions 12

By G. E. Chamberlain

Journal Cover Design Contest 15

E. K. Scheiter New Sales Manager 16

How To Be Safe 18

By M. B. Rabinold

Editorial 20

Blood Pressure 21

By Dr. M. W. Fitzpatrick

Old Recipes Brought Up-to-Date 23

Plant Talk 24

New Master Mechanic 26

Roasts 32

Man in the Moon 41

Cartoons Van Hook

Published monthly in the interest of the employesof the A. E. Staley Manufacturing Co., Decatur, 111.

Editor, RUTH E. CADE.

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Mr. Ikenstein was discovered in themeeting of the Ku Klux Klan, and a com-mittee was appointed to wait upon himand find out why he was there.

"What is your name?" asked thespokesman.

"Ikenstein"."What are you doing in a meeting of

the Ku Klux Klan?""1 just wanted to see the man who

buys the white goods", Mr. Ikenstein re-plied.Another guarded railroad crossing,Another fool the dice is tossing."Oh, I can beat that darn old train'"A life to lose and ? ? ? to gain?

Mickey.

A little girl from the city had beenvisiting in the country. Someone said toher, "I bet you don't even know how tomilk a cow."

"Bet 1 do," she replied; "you take thecow into the barn and give her somebreakfast food and water, and then youdrain her crank-case.'*

Sponge: "I think that a street carhash just passed."

Wet: "How you know?"Sponge: "I can shee its tracks."

Alice for the first time saw a cat carry-ing her kitten by the nape of its neck.

"You naughty cat!" she cried, "youain't fit to be a mother! You ain't hardlyfit to be a father!"

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Not According to Sir IsaacA clergyman, accompanied by two

charming girls, stood admiring the beau-ties of a little stream.

An angler passing by said: "Anysport?"

"Sir, 1 am a fisher of men," replied theparson, with dignity.

"Well," retorted the fisherman, glanc-ing admiringly at the girls, "you've gotthe right bait."

First Convict: "When I get out of thisplace I'm going to have a hot time, ain'tyou?"

Second Convict: "I don't know, I'min for life."

An Irishman coming out of ether inthe ward after an operation exclaimedaudibly: "Thank God! That's over."

"Don't be to sure," said the man inthe next bed, "for they left a sponge inthe patient on the other side said, "Why,they had to open me, too, to find oneof their instruments."

Just then the surgeon who had oper-ated on the Irishman stuck his head inthe door and yelled, "Has anybody seenmy hat?" The Irishman fainted.

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An employer, noted for his energy andlack of tolerance for loafing in any form,visited his stock room and found a boyleaning idly against a packing case, whist-ling cheerily and with nothing at all onhis mind. The chief stopped and stared.Such a thing was unheard of in his estab-lishment.

"How much are you getting a week ?"he demanded, with characteristic abrupt-ness.

"Twelve dollars.""Here's your twelve. Now, get out.

You are through."As the boy philosophically pocketed

the money and departed, the boss turnedto the chief clerk and demanded:

"Since when has that fellow been withus?"

"Never, that 1 know of," was the re-sponse. "He just brought over ^a notefor us f rom Binx & Jinx."

That's Tellin' 'Em"Sir My typist, being a lady, can not

take down what I think of you. 1, beinga gentleman, can not write it. You be-ing neither, can guess it all."

"Is your wife a good cook?""You bet! She's the best little can-

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A Wife's IntuitionHe (attempting to start car) : "This

darned self-starter won't work! There isa short circuit somewhere."

She: "Well, why don't you lengthenit, dear?"

No, What?"Who's that guy you were talking so

nice .to?""Aw that's my old family druggist.""What did he say?""No!"

Made a Difference"Haven't you a lighter room than

this?" growled the hotel guest. "It re-minds me of a prison cell!"

"Well," said the bell-hop, "I've neverheard anybody complain about it before—maybe none of the others had been inprison." Farm Life.

The Customer Had One"Yes, sir," said the barber, "my poor

brother Jim has been sent to an asylum.He got to broodin' over the hard times,and it finally drove him crazy. He and1 worked side by side, and we bothbrooded a great deal. No money in thisbusiness now, you know. Prices too low.Unless a customer has a shampoo, itdoesn't pay to shave or haircut. I caughtJim trying to cut a chap's throat becausehe declined a shampoo, so I had to havethe poor fellow locked up. Makes mesad. Sometimes I feel sorry I didn't lethim slash. It would have been our re-venge. Shampoo, sir?"—Sydney (Aus-tralia) Sun.

Eph. "What am de difference betweena' old man. a young man, an' a worm?"

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"Your honor, I was not intoxicated.""But this officer says you were trying

to climb a lamp-post.""I was, your honor. A couple of cerise

crocodiles had been following me aroundall day, and 1 don't mind telling you thatthey were getting on my nerves."—Ar-kansas Utility News.

"Yes," said the specialist, "I can cureyou."

"What will it cost?" asked the sick manfaintly.

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

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

"Ulysses! Is pants a common noun?"Pants am an uncommon noun, Pro-

fessa.""How come, uncommon noun?""Becoz, Professa, pants am singular at

the top and plural at the bottom."

Elevation ?

The recent discussion of the severe bur-den placed upon Presidents has recalledthe old story of Lincoln, who, when toldhe looked tired and worn from his duties,remarked to a friend:

"Yes, I feel very much like the Irish-man who, after being ridden on a rail, re-marked, 'If it was not for the honor ofthe thing, I'd rather walk'."—New YorkEvening Mail.

"The slow thinkers live longest," says aprominent psychologist. Not if they crossthe street.

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LincolnBrave heart and true, with deep sunk eyes,His human touch, his virtues great,His judgment firm and tender, vastly wise,Endeared to all and won his high estate.

The people loved him who loved them;He felt their sorrows and their every pain;Those anguished eyes and furrowed cheeksWere not suffused and worn through greed

of gain.

His laughter cloaked a wistful heart—A man of sorrows but a man of will,He knew each grade of life, and choseThe heights—the hardest hill.

He won a place among the peers;He nobly freed the struggling slave;A martyr with undying fame, he sleeps,But lives beyond that hallowed grave.

—Cobb.

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As Decatur Kneu? Abraham Lincoln

Almost a hundred years ago, when De-catur was a small settlement occupying atract of twenty acres, a poverty strickenfamily straggled into the village one day,and camped near the square around whichthe settlers cabins were built. The miser-able scanty belongings, the coarse make-shift garments of the family, marked themas members of the poorest class which wasconstantly on trek to the new country.

But what the villagers did not know,was that in this family was one member

whose name was to ring through theworld and whose fame was to spreadthrough the ages, Abraham Lincoln, theboy still under age whose long arms andlegs never could fit into his crude gar-ments, was the member of the party whowas destined to bring fame even to thatmuddy corner of a back woods village.The square near which they camped isnow the center of a busy city and isnamed for that son.

The family lingered on the edge of the

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settlement only a short time—probablyjust long enough to give the beasts andpeople an opportunity to rest—and thenstarted on again. This last lap of thejourney was not long, however, for ashort distance out of Decatur, a bit of landlooked promising to Thomas Lincoln, thehead of the travel weary group, andwithout fu r the r ceremony he settled there.

NEVER OWNED ITAlthough various h i s t o r i a n s have

spoken of this place as the property ofT h o m a s L i n c o l n ,legal records, whichhave been t r a c e dback by Decatur peo-ple interested in thesubject, show thatthe first owner of thep l a c e w a s P e r r yStrickland, and theoriginal deed was notdated u n t i l 1 83 6.This l ega l p r o o fshows Thomas Lin-coln as a squatter,but as squatters wereplentiful in the earlyhistory of the middlewest, his neighborsp r o b a b l y t h o u g h tnone the less of himfor settling in thisway.

It was in 1830 thatthe Lin coins wan-dered i n t o Ma concounty. On t h e i rway up from theirold home in Ken-tucky they had stop-ped for a time inwhat is now Colescounty, Illinois, nearMattoon, and then,in a rather aimlessfashion, hadr driftedinto Ma con county.La te r t h e f a m i l ymoved again, but thegrowing son, unmusically called Abe,stayed for a while with farmers near thevillage of Decatur.

HIS FIRST TALKMrs. Jane M. Johns, in her "Personal

Recollections", gives to Mrs. Almira A.Powers the credit of an interesting storyof Lincoln's young manhood near Decatur.According to Mrs, Powers, young Lincolnwas working for a farmer who lived westof the village of Decatur, and her descrip-tion of the farm locates it as being aboutone block west of Lincoln square.

When Lincoln rode the eighth judicial cir-cuit as an Il l inois lawyer, his route took himout what is now West Main street in Decatur.This bronze tablet was put up in the ArtInstitute grounds to mark his route, by theStephen Decatur Chapter, D. A. R.

One day, so the story goes, he wa?ploughing when he heard cheering fromthe village. Knowing that nothing but afight or a political meeting could stir upsuch excitement, and wishing to see whatit was, the ungainly youth jumped thefence and loped down the road to thesquare.

He was just in time to hear a rousing.Whig-denouncing, Democratic speech ofthe kind which warmed the hearts of thoseearly Decatur politicians. He waiteduntil the speaker was through, and then,

climbing awkwardlyup onto a stump, re-plied to the Demo-crat's speech with atalk which champion-ed the Whig causeand brought himselfinto the public eyeas a possible poli-tician.

Although he is de-s c r i b e d as b e i n gdressed in a hickoryshirt, tow pants anda ragged hat, withno shoes on, he eventhen had the powerto attract and holdhis audience. Thiswas his first appear-ance as a p u b l i cspeaker, and almosthis first appearancein any crowd wherehe was noticed, butin six years time thissame young man wasa member of the Illi-nois legislature andthir ty years later hewas elected presidentof the United States.

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Successful as hisp u b l i c t a lk was,young Lincoln made

no further attempts to address the publicfor the next few years. Rather he, seemedengrossed in his fight to acquire an edu-cation and at the same time make a liv-ing for himself. His brief career as amerchant in New Salem is old history.

After Lincoln's admission to the barand his removal to Springfield, he was al-most constantly in the public eye. Andalways he was a leader of the group withwhich circumstances threw him. Soonafter he was elected to the state legis-lature he became a leader of the "longnine", the group of unusually tall men

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Buildings Sacred To Lincoln

Top—-Old Macon C o u n t yCourt House.

Left center--Old State Capi-tol, Springfield.

Right center-—Lincoln home-stead, Springfield.

Bottom—-Rut ledge t a v e r n .New Salem.

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who eventually were instrumental in hav-ing the capital removed from Vandaliato Springfield.

At that time Springfield was a town ofabout 2000 people, but it was the gather-ing place for well known lawyers andpoliticians of the day. Lincoln openedup his law office there before he wasthirty years old, and although he prac-tised with three or four different partners,he kept an office there practically the re-mainder of his life. Today bronze tabletson various buildings in the downtown dis-trict of our neighboring city, mark thesites of these law officers.

But practising law in the early part ofthe nineteenth century did not mean sit-ting in a comfortable office, nor evenriding over to court occasionally. It meantlong hard drags through muddv roads,endless weeks in so-called hotels, anddrawn-out cases heard in crowded courtrooms. And every one went to court forit was the year's biggest excitement.

Mr. Lincoln rode the eighth judicialdistrict for several years, and the routeover which he traveled so many wearymiles is now marked by stone and bronzetablets. Decatur, in the heart of that dis-trict, was visited each court week by thetall, ungainly man who was rapidly win-ning a name for himself as one of the bestlawyers and best loved men on the circuit.

OLD COURT HOUSEWhen he first came to Decatur to at-

tend court, Abraham Lincoln pleaded his

cases in a two story log building whichwas graced with the name of the MaconCounty court house. This building, whichwas later moved- away, was rescued a fewvears ago from the low estate of a cowstable into which it had fallen, and is nowenshrined on a sunny hill in Fairviewpark where Decatur people may alwaysvisit it.

Although, in his visits here, Lincolnmet and knew many Decatur people, Mrs.Johns was one of the few whom he knew•who has left us very clear word 'picturesof him. Mrs. Johns, who loved to tellof her first meeting with him in Decem-ber, 1 849, won his admiration when sheplayed for him on her piano, the first tobe seen in Decatur. Later she and Dr.Johns entertained him in their home, theold Johns mansion, which still stands onJohns hill, one of the few fine old resi-dences of Decatur which has been pre-served and kept in its original family.

But social activities evidently played asmall part in the life of this man. Com-panionship he enjoyed to the fullest andhistory is ful l of tales of his love of agood story. He much preferred an eve-ning in the village drug store in Spring-field, where his especial friends couldgather, to a ball in the Ninian Edwardshome, which was the social center of theIllinois capital then.

HERE MANY TIMESDecatur people who knew him, met him

generally in the court room or at .•«. politi-

This marker stands on the spot near Mon-'licello. 111., where Abraham Lincoln met Steph-en A Douglas in cne of their famous debates.

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Lease IPritten by Lincoln in 1847

cal meeting. These political meetings heattended more frequently as he grew older,and when a conference was called in De-catur by discontented Whigs and Demo-crats to form a new party, Lincoln was aguest, and attended the supper which fol-lowed, at the old Cassell House.

But the crowning bit of glory came toDecatur when the Illinois Republicans de-cided upon this city as their annual meet-ing place in 1860, to name their candidatefor the presidential race. The conven-tion was called for May 6, and the nearerthe time came, the more the Decatur lead-ers realized that there was no building intown large enough to accommodate thecrowd which was sure to attend.

Nothing was to stop the progress of theplans, though, for a vacant lot was foundand with what lumber could be rented,and a large circus tent which Richard ].Oglesby got from some place, the famousWigwam loomed up. This ungainly and

none too comfortable auditorium occupieda space about 70 by 100 feet on the cor-ner of what is now South Park and Statestreets. A bronze tablet on the east wallof the Millikin bank building marks thesite of the famous old place.

It was in this Wigwam that RichardOglesby and John Hanks brought forwardthe rails Hanks said Lincoln had cut, andstarted the campaign for "Lincoln, therailsplitter candidate". Lincoln was theredeclared the Illinois Republican's candi-date for president, but when the com-mittee started out to officially notify himof his honor he was hard to find. Hefinally was located, one old resident tellsus, in the back part of Jim Peake's jewelrystore, taking a nap.

ALWAYS LOVED PEOPLEIt was characteristic of Lincoln that in

his campaign for the presidency he wentabout among the people just as he had

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always done. Much of his time was spentin Springfield, the town which he loveddearly, and he established a prescedentfor a future famous campaign, by oftenmeeting large crowds of his friends andsupporters in the f ron t yard of his home,which still stands at the corner of Eighthand Jackson streets.

This home, and his monument in OakRidge cemetery in Springfield, are nownational shrines, visited every year bythousands of people. During the year1923 more than 94,000 persons from allparts of the world wiote their names inthe visitors register in the monument.The site of New Salem is now a state parkand many Lincoln relics are kept there.

In Decatur and its vicinity bronze andstone tablets mark spots intimately as-sociated with the memory of this greatman, and in the Decatur public library isa remarkable collection of pictures, lettersand other relics which were property ofthe Lincoln and Rutledge families. Manyof these have been given to the Decaturlibrary for the collection by Miss JaneE. Hamand.

Included in this Decatur collection isthe almost priceless grammar, tatteredand yellow, from which Abraham Lincolntaught Ann Rutledge when they weresweet hearts in New Salem. Two othervaluable manuscripts in the collection area verse written and autographed by JohnDrink water, writer of the famous play"Abraham Lincoln", when he was in De-catur in March 1 9 2 1 , and the poem "The

Man of the People" written by EdwinMarkham, the author, and autographed byhim in Decatur, the same year.

And thus Decatur, the city, pays tributeto the man who as a ragged youth slippedinto the village almost a century ago, andpassed out of its l i fe again unnoticed.

LINCOLNISMSTruth is generally the best

against slander.vindication

Let us have faith that right makesmight; and in that faith let us to the endaare to do our duty as we understand it.

I shall try to correct errors when shownto be errors, and I shall adopt new viewsso fast as they shall appear to be trueviews.

Let us resolve that this nation, underGod, shall have a new birth of freedom,and that government of the people, by thepeople, for the people, shall not perishfrom the earth.

It is not best to swap horses whilecrossing the river.

1 shall take the ground that I think isright—rifirht for the North, for the South,for the West.

Men are not flattered by being shownthat there has been a difference of pur-pose between the Almighty and them.

PICTURES ON OPPOSITE PAGE

At the top of the page is shown the interior of the Lincoln monument at Springfield, 111.The small room is filled with pictures and reminders of the great American whose body lies inanother part of the monument.

The inset to the left is the bronze statute of Lincoln which stands in front of the Illinoisstate capitol in Springfield. This is the famous O'Connor likeness.

The inset to the ri?ht is the old monument erected at the grave of Thomas Lincoln, fatherof Abraham Lincoln, in the small country churchyard near Mattoon, 111.

Below is the Lincoln monument in Oak Ridge cemetery, Springfield.

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Illinois Lincoln memorials

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Starch Dust Explosions5u, Q. E. Chamberlain

Editor's Note: Special attentionis called to this article on StarchDust Explosions which has beenwritten after long experience andcareful study, by G. E. Chamberlain,general superintendent of the Staleyplant. Mr. Chamberlain is a chem-ical engineer of recognized abilityand his opinion on any subject with-in the range of his interest, alwayscommands attention.

A great deal of the matter pre-sented is original with Mr. Cham-berlain, having been developed byhim here at the Staley plant in De-catur, as well as in other similarplants which he has previously man-aged. Due to his inventive abilityand intense interest in the subject ofdust explosions, the Staley plant hasfor years been conceded the mostmodern and explosion-proof built.

Mr. Chamberlain is not given toexaggeration. His opinions are al-ways carefully considered and con-servative. He believes that the rem-edy he proposes will prevent 90 per-cent of dust explosions. If he iscorrect, he has conferred an ex-tremely great blessing on this in-dustry and provided the Journalwith the most important announce-ment that has ever honored itspages.

The recent holocaust at the Corn Pro-ducts plant at Pekin repeats the warninggiven by the explosion at the Douglasplant in Cedar Rapids a few years ago.The enormous loss of life and propertywhich accompanies these accidents placesthem in the category of world catastro-phes. All the active minds connectedwith the starch industry are at this timeintent in the study of various deviceswhich may alleviate this terrific condition.Government statistics show that in theUnited States are 2 1,000 plants or in-dustries subject to dust production andexplosion and that these market goods ofthe value of seven billion dollars yearly.

In spite of the almost total destructionby explosions and fire, of building andmachinery, in the zone of the explosions,certain fairly accurate information hasbeen arrived at as to their cause. It isconfidently believed that carbonaceous

dust is divided under two classificationsexplosive and non-explosive. When ahandful of powdered starch is tossed inthe air the greater part of it falls to thefloor; this is considered non-explosive. Acertain small percentage remains float-ing in the air and is apparent when sub-jected to a beam of bright light. At timesthis floating dust remains in suspension fora considerable period. When atmosphericconditions are favorable, that is. tempera-ture, moisture and proportion of mixture,then this dust is explosive.

EXPLOSIONS NOT SPONTANEOUSIt is not believed that dust explosions

occur spontaneously. It is known thatthey can be created in a proper mixtureof dust and air by any sufficient source ofheat. The flame of a match, a heatedbearing, a spark of electricity, the flashfrom a broken incandescent lamp, asmouldering cigarette—all these and manyother similar causes may create an ex-plosion.

In the present state of the art of pre-paring dry starch for the market it is im-possible to entirely prevent the produc-tion of dust. The known field of effortfor the lessening of the hazard is as fol-lows:

1 . To decrease the number of dust pro-ducing operations.

2. To decrease the amount of dust atdust producing points which cannot beeliminated.

3. The immediate removal of dust assoon as it is produced.

4. The abolishment of all enclosed pas-sageways leading from a dust producingpoint to any other point. This embracesscrew conveyor boxes, elevator legs,bridges, tunnels, steel pipes containingdust, and connecting galleries. The ideais to isolate individual explosions and toprevent their spread.

5. To prevent sources.of ignition.6. To carry on dust producing oper-

ations in separate and well removed build-ings where a minimum number of men arenecessarily employed.

First In general it may be said thatevery point of t ransfer in the handling ofstarch is a dust producing point; whenthe drying wagons are emptied, the dis-charge f rom hopper into the boot of abucket elevator, the discharge of a bucketelevator into a hopper or conveyor, thetransfer from one screw or belt conveyor

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to another, or to a mill, reel, or hopper,the grinding, reeling and sifting of starchand the packing of starch in bags are allpoints of danger.

Beit conveyors are quiescent in thecourse of their travel but create consider-able quantities of dust at points of load-ing and unloading. They must also travelthrough an enclosed gallery from build-ing to building, which would readily carrythe flame of an explosion in either direc-tion.

The transportation of dust-bearing ma-terial by means of fans and blow pipeis not to be recommended. There areknown instances of fire being carried inthis manner and while the system is eco-nomical to install, cheap to operate, andbv its flexibility offers many other ad-vantages, the certainty that explosions canbe communicated through these pipes isa complete condemnation of the method.

Screw conveyors whip up dust theirentire length and especially at transferpoints. By the use of various types ofchoking devices it is possible to preventthe travel of the flames through conveyorboxes. The danger from screw conveyorboxes may also be minimized by keepingthe entire system under a slight vacuum.This is done by leading suction pipes fromthe box, at frequent interval, to a dustcollecting fan and receiver. Screw con-veyors are notoriously subject to heatedbearings. This is more particularly truein handling starch than in other materialsbecause the indiscriminate use of lubri-cating oil would spoil considerable quan-tities of starch and in actual practice con-veyor bearings are seldom oiled. Thefact that they do not all heat sooner orlater is because they are usually designedliberally and operate at slow speed. Theuse of self-lubricating bearings by the in-sertion • of graphite spots in the babbitthas recently been suggested and promisesa real improvement.

IDEAL CONVEYORSThe ideal method for conveying starch

from one point to another would appearto be in separate weather-proof and dust-proof containers, which would pass frombuilding to building on outdoor trolleysor rails. Methods have already been de-vised for the loading and unloading ofsuch dust-proof containers without crea-tion of dust. The detail of their trans-portation has also been perfected to sucha point as to render their use certain andsuccessful.

Second—It is rather generally concededthat large storage hoppers, packing hop-pers, etc., are to be avoided. The con-sensus of opinion favors small, round, gal-vanized, steel hoppers, holding perhaps

5000 pounds each, the sides of the hop-pers to be pitched nearly vertical. Itis contended by some that it is impossibleto operate the ordinary bag packer rapid-ly when working from a small hopper,that the pressure of the starch from alarge hopper is necessary in order toforce the starch into the bag with suf-ficient speed. Against this the claim ismade that in a large hopper the starchflows from the point of the cone, leavingthe principal amount of the contentsarched or hanging overhead, that whenthe hanging load breaks loose and ava-lanches, it will flow through the screw inthe packer and spread over the floor,creating a cloud of dust and compellingthe workmen to tramp through piles ofdust under foot.

It has been f requent ly suggested thatthe packing floor should consist of steelgratings, that beneath these gratingsshould be hoppers for gathering thestarch that falls thru, and conveyors forremoving it. This suggestions finds rathergeneral favor. It is also held that whensmall high-pitched hoppers are used itis entirely feasible and practicable to pro-vide each hopper with a vertical agitatorshaft drive from a point above and out-side of the hopper, that this agitatorshould carry agitator arms and should re-volve, perhaps, one or two revolutions perminute. This device would consume verylittle power and would completely pre-vent arching of the load and consequentdust production when the arch breaks.

HUMIDITY MOST IMPORTANTDecreasing the amount of dust unavoid-

ably produced is best accomplished byhumidity. It is well recognized that whenthe atmosphere aproaches saturation, theexplosive particles of dust unite to formaggregates that readily and quickly falland may be swept up. It is self-evidenttoday that every cubic foot of spacewhere dust is liable to be created shouldbe maintained at a condition of not lessthan eighty percent humidity, and underthis condition of humidity it is known thatexplosive dust cannot remain in the airlong enough to be a serious menace.Humidity is perhaps the most importantfactor in dust prevention. This will bereferred to later in another connection.

Third—Every dust producing pointshould be provided "with a canopy con-nected to the suction of a dust fan bya pipe of sufficient size to whisk thedust away the instant it is formed. Inhandling dust that has been humidifiedcertain difficulties are encountered suchas lodgement in pipes, etc., but these areminor difficulties and must be considered

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as a price we are compelled to pay forincreased immunity.

Fourth-—Doing away with flame carry-ing ducts can apparently be accomplishedin only one way and that is by the methodof transportation outlined above; in sepa-late dust-proof containers. Choked screwconveyors are not recognized because ofother inherent faults .

Fifth Workmen should be required tochange their clothes before beginningtheir duties. No spark or flame produc-ing materials should be allowed. Nomatches should be carried. No smokingpermitted within a certain distance of dan-ger zones. All electric lamps should carrydouble globes sealed.

It is very important that every work-man be thoroughly impressed with thegreat need of continually guarding againstthe possibility of creating dust or fire.1 his mental training is of great value andcan only be brought about by unending,pat ient suggestion.

TRACE CAUSE TO STATIC

Numerous explosions have been traceddirectly to static electricity generated incentrifugal reels by the hair brushes rub-bing against the silk dressing. It hasbeen suggested that the Gyro sifter typeof bolting machine would be considerablysafer than the centrifugal reel. The mat-ter has not yet been definitely determinedand a certain diversity of opinion existsas to the efficiency of this type of sieve inthe separation of starch from its grits.The writer's experience has shown that iunit area of silk in the one device was asefficient as in the other. It is to be hopedthat this suggestion will be thoroughly in-vestigated in a number of different plantsat once,

A careful study of the explosions whichhave been reported in some detail is con-vincing that a large number have beencaused by sparks of static electricity.Static sparks may be produced in a widevariety of ways, and every possible sourceof static sparks should be thoroughlygrounded in a permanent manner. Inspite of the most exacting mechanical pre-cautions there are points where it seemsnearly impossible to provide perfectgrounds. Starch passing through themeshes of a wire screen, or the brushesin a centrifugal reel revolving against thesilk bolting cloth are both difficult andalmost certainly dangerous.

HUMIDITY ONLY REMEDYHere again we must turn to humidified

air. No other means is so all-pervasiveand so thoroughly preventitive. Staticcharges are immediately dissipated inmoist air and it is impossible to build upa charge unless the air is dry. Belts, pul-

leys, bearings, screens of all descriptionmay be kept in a neutral condition byproper humidity. Statistics which havebeen collated recently indicate the prob-ability that 90 per cent of these accidentsare caused by static sparks.

When we take into consideration the re-markable efficiency with which humid airlays dust, coupled with its completeinhibition of static sparks, we cannotbut be surprised that this general methodof explosion prevention has not beenseized upon many years ago and thor-oughly developed. The suggestion hasbeen discussed, analyzed in a scientificway and relegated to the discard ontheoretical grounds. As a consequencethere is not today, so far as we know,a single dust producing plant where hu-midity has been thoroughly tried out.There is no panecea nor can there be, forthis class of accidents—the causes are toodiversified. However, it seems evidentthat any ordinarily well-managed plant, ifproperly protected by humidifiers andflooded with humid air will eliminateabout 90 percent of the chance of itsblowing up.

ISOLATE BUILDINGSSixth Such operations as grinding,

sifting and packing should be carried* onin small buildings well isolated from therest of the plant. The walls of thesebuildings should be of glass or some othermaterial equally as yielding to the blow ofan explosion. The starch grind house atPekin was a splendid illustration of thistype of construction. The walls were al-most all glass and the roof was of tile.All the glass blew out and all the tile blewoff without damage to the large amountof machinery which the building con-tained. The interior of these dust pro-ducing buildings should be perfectlysmooth and coated with enamel paint.The floors should be arranged with slopeand drains. The dust should be removedby washing with brushes and a hose. Thestarchy water would flow away throughfloor drains and could be collected andre-used. This would also tend to ad-ditional humidity. No other device re-moves dust so completely and so safely a^washing with water. Inasmuch as walls,ceilings and floors can only be washed a'certain intervals a dust collecting fan ofample size should be installed in con-nection with each dust producing building,with dust gathering suctions whereverdust is liable to be created.

This dust should not be blown into thaold-fashioned cotton bag house but shouldbe separated from the air by washing withwater. The only satisfactory device forthis purpose that has yet been discovered

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is the one manufactured by the Bay leyMfg. Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.Two units of this design are in use at thePenick & Ford plant at Cedar Rapids.The reports from these installations arehighly gratifying and it is doubtful if bagfilters will ever again be built. In thisGyro process the starch is collected inthe form of a solution, concentrated andentirely re-claimed without any possibil-ity of fire or explosion.

The U. S. Government recognized theimportance of this subject many years agoand detailed Mr. D. J. Price to studydust explosion causes and prevention. Thischoice was a happy one. Mr. Price hascarried to his subject a skilful and wel!trained mind and an enthusiasm and per-tinacity that has refused to yield to ob-scure and baffling problems, prejudicedopinions and conflicting testimony. Hiswork is rapidly reducing the investigationfrom a condition of hypothesis to one sub-ject to the ordinary rules of science andreason. Too much credit cannot be paidto Mr. Price and his co-operators for theirindefatigable labors and invaluable con-clusions. Their further efforts in con-junction with the very able investigationsnow being carried on by Mr. Hoxie of theNew England Mutual Fire Insurance Com-pany and the active support of each mem-ber of our industry will within a few yearsreduce this Frankenstein which we havecreated to defined bounds and discipline.

TWO MORE PROGRAMSThe last two numbers of the Lyceum

course will be given this month, closinga most successful season for the Fellow-ship Club. On Feb. 19, the Soule Con-cert Company will give a program in thehigh school, and on Saturday, Feb. 23, theplay, "Six Cylinder Love" will be given.

Both of these programs promise to beextremely interesting. The Soule com-pany is composed of four young womenwho play the piano, harp, violin and cello.They give a program which is variedenough to please all.

The olay, which will also be given inthe high school, is from a stage successof a year ago and is as full of laughs asany play can be. It is the story of ayoung married couple who meet with allsorts of funny incidents in their effortsto make the family pocketbook cover alltheir wants.

In connection with the play the Staleyorchestra will play between the acts.Both of these promise to be high classentertainments and it is hoped that theyare well attended by Fellowship Clubmembers and their families.

JOURNAL COVER DESIGN CONTESTStudents in the art school of James

Millikin university, the Chicago Academyof Fine Arts and the Commercial ArtSchool of Chicago, will be eligible to enterthe annual intra-mural cover design con-tests which the Staley Journal is nowready to announce. Three prizes eachyear will be offered to each of theseschools.

The first prize in each case is to be$50.00, the second $25.00, and the thirdprize $10.00. The students of each schoolwill submit their designs for Staley Jour-nal covers and each school's group willbe judged separately. A group of threecompetent judges will decide upon theprize winners,

Of this group Mrs. Maude C. Myers,head of the art department of the Decaturhigh school, and Warren F. Hardy, editorof the Decatur Herald, will be permanentmembers. The other member probablywill be picked from the faculty of theschool submitting the designs.

These prizes are being offered in aneffort to encourage art students to bringtheir best to the commercial field. Asart and industry are becoming more close-ly allied it seems only fitting that youngart students should be given an opportun-ity to try their wings before they actuallyembark upon a life work.

Then, too, there was a desire upon thepart of the Staley Journal to bring to itsreaders ever fresher ideas in cover de-signs. With an endless line of youngartists coming on each year, the Journalcovers should never be guilty of usingtrite nor obvious sketches.

Every design which is awarded a prizewill be used on a Journal cover. In ad-dition to this the Journal probably willbuy many of the other designs submittedin the contest, for it is altogether likelythat many of them will be excellent evenif they are not considered prize winners.

So far in its history the Journal hasbeen able to live up to its aim in alwaysHaving individualistic covers. For severalyears most of these designs were made byH. N. Stadler who was within the organ-ization and who did much for the Jour-nal through Kis work. Later, af ter Mr.Stadler's work took him away from.Staley's and his time was more limited,he was unable to design the covers.

Since that time most of the designshave been drawn by commercial artists,with the exception of a few which havebeen made by art students. The Januarynumber cover was designed by Miss Mar-jorie Neilron, a student in the art schoolat James Mil l ik in university, and the de-sign for March has been drawn bv MiseFrances Post, from the same school.

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E. K. Scheiter Neu? Sales manager

Effective January first, 1924, Edwin K.Scheiter became general salesmanager ofthe A. E. Staley Manufacturing company,according to the announcement recentlymade by Mr. Staley. Mr. Scheiter, whohas been with the Staley company for fiveyears, has for the last year been managerof the starch sales department. His ap-pointment as salesmanager came when Mr.Staley decided to withdraw from the real,active administration.

Although Mr. Scheiter is the youngestman, in actual years, who has ever heldthe position of salesmanager of the Staleycompany, people within the company andcustomers who have had dealings withhim, have no doubt but that he is decid-edly the man for the place. He has anunusually keen business sense, a winningpersonality, is an untiring worker, and hasan ability to get and keep business.

CHANGE PLANDuring the year that Mr. Scheiter has

been in charge of the starch sales, thesales department developed until a changefrom the old plan of management wasnecessary. When J. L. Anderson cameto the company as general salesmanager,that department was divided into threedivisions. After Mr. Anderson's death,the three men in charge of these divisionsacted as a committee in charge of allsales, with Mr. Staley as the head of thedepartment.

The three men who thus served wereR. M. Ives, in charge of glucose and sugarsales, E. W. Martin, feed and oils, and E.K. Scheiter, starches., Up until that timethe starch sales had been handled by thegeneral salesmanager.

During the last year this committee hascarried on the activities of the sales de-partment, aided greatly by the valuablehelp of Mr. Staley, who from his ownwide experience and knowledge of sales-manship, has been a fa i thful and helpfulteacher. He prefers, now, to withdrawhis activities from this department andgive over the active management to Mr.Scheiter, whom he has trained and whohas proved himself possessor of wideknowledge and ability to handle the wholedepartment.

NEW STARCH MANAGERWhen Mr. Scheiter took over his duties

as general salesmanager, his position asmanager of starch sales was taken byH. T. Morris. Mr. Morris has been with

the company for some time, as Mr.Scheiter's assistant.

Mr. Scheiter is truly a Decatur product,having been born here, receiving his edu-cation in the public and high schools ofthis city, and marrying Miss Alice McDon-ald, a Decatur girl. For a short time afterfinishing high school he took up somebusiness courses in a local business school,and then started out into the world bytaking a position in the circulation de-partment of the Decatur Review.

This, he soon decided, was the slowestpossible route to his highest aim, and heleft the newspaper office for the purchas-ing department of the Illinois Tractioncompany, where he was brought more di-rectly in touch with the world's business.Here again things moved too slowly forthe young man, and he took another step—this time into a rather untried country,but one which promised much.

ORGANIZES DEPARTMENTHis new step brought him to the Staley

company and he came here to organizeand install a cost accounting system forthe new Decatur factory which was grow-ing into a world-wide fame almost in aday. It was no easy job which this youngman found waiting for him, but it seemedto his liking. All his life the easy jobshad been the cnes he had passed up.

For four years he worked away in hiscorner desk in the general office build-ing, organizing his department and start-ing it smoothly on its way. Then oneSunday morning (he never even acquiredthe habit of working by the clock) Mr.Staley strolled in, walked over to his deskand said calmly, "You will take charge ofthe starch sales tomorrow morning."

SALES MANAGERAnd as usual Mr. Staley had picked a

winner. In his quiet way he had seenthe results which thi? young man hadbeen getting, and he had watched him.When a sales manager was needed for thestarch department, Mr. Staley knew atonce where to get the man who couldtake over that work. More than likelyMr. Staley saw in this young man a fu tu regeneral salesmanager, for this keenstudent of men had often proved to hisassociates that he sees possibilities in themwhich they do not know themselves thatthey possess.

At any rate, Mr. Scheiter took over themanagement of the starch sales -with suchvigor that that department grew visibly.

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It was through his efforts that the sales-men representing the Staley companywere called to the home office in Decem-ber, I 922, for their first convention.That meeting meant so much to the menon the road and the "home base" thatit has been established as an annual event.

Now, when many big factories findbusiness dull, Mr. Scheiter is inspiringhis salesmen on to efforts which are keep-

ing the mills and motors of the Staleyplant humming prosperously.

Because he has grown into his job andhas made it grow with him, because he isa worker with a vision and an ability tomake this vision a reality, and because hehas common sense and is charminglyhuman, his friends are sure of his con-tinued success in the long life which theywish for him.

SflCCTY IDCOS

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ROIP To be Safe. B. Rabinold, Foreman 16 Building

Safety in a starch or glucose manu-facturing plant is not obtained whensigns and posters on Safety First areposted about the buildings. Many andvaried factors enter in to bring about arecord free from accidents, and foremenand men must work together to get thedesired results.

Perhaps one of the biggest steps to-ward safety is taken when the proper re-lationship is established between the menin the plant. Keeping men in a goodhumor at all times, and congenial amongthemselves makes for a safer plant, forwhen men are friendly toward their fel-lows they will work more eagerly for theirown and their fellows' good.

In a group of men in which no fr ic t ionexists, plans of all sorts, which work forthe good, are easily carried out. If aforeman is able to make friends of hismen, and make his men fr iends with eachother, he has practically established safetyfirst in his department.

One of the first things which must beimpressed upon men in the plant is thenecessity of dressing suitably. Many menthink that because of the starch dustwhich accumulates on their clothing, anyold clothes are good enough to wearabout the plant. As far as looks are con-cerned this is perfectly all right, but whensafety is to be considered "any old thing"will not always do.

An old suit is fine for plant wear IF itis not ragged and loose. Clothing whichhangs loose, so that there is danger of itbeing caught in machinery, is one of thebiggest hazards in the business. Perhapsit is human nature to slip into a flappingold jacket in the plant, but if that jacketmight possibly lead to serious in jury forthe wearer, there is no doubt but that itshould be discarded, or, if possible,mended. Any woman, no matter howbusy, would take time to sew up a tornsleeve, if she thought it would save herhusband from in ju ry or death.

Then too, in many cases, men mustwork in buildings in which a great deal ofwater is used. Unless they are properlydressed for this work their health will suf-

fer. When a man, through his own care-lessness, has taken a cold which resultsin long illness, he not only injures him-self, but he injures his whole departmentby breaking down its working strength.

In my own department, especially,where we are particularly concerned withthe manufacture of modified starches, menmust handle acids and they must handlethem intelligently. New men coming intothis department are instructed in theproper methods of handling acids, but wefind that we must constantly be on guardto avoid accidents which can be broughtabout by carelessness.

Everywhere there are little things whichmen and foremen alike must watch. Un-guarded machinery must be guardedwhen possible, machinery must be kept inrepair, floors, walls and stairways mustbe watched for loose boards, protrudingnails, long splinters and stair treads wornsmooth. More than one man has suf-fered serious in jury because some care-less fellow failed to knock down a nailwhich pointed up in the floor.

The danger from allowing a starchplant, especially, to become dirty, is al-ways being impressed upon all of our peo-ple. Constant vigilence and unendingwork is needed to keep it free from thedust which can cause such great suffering.

While the foreman must be the leaderin this campaign for safety first and al-ways, his work will be in vain unless hismen are with him wholeheartedly. Hecan tell his men to be careful, and hecan be careful himself, but unless eachman does his own part , some one is sureto be injured, and perhaps killed.

And always, in all departments, menmust report accidents, or conditions whichwill prevent accidents. Machine orbui ld ing repairs must be reported as soonas found. Injuries must be reported assoon as they take place. If the foremanis notified when a man is injured, troubleand suffer ing then and later, are generallysaved. Minor wounds, if reported at onceand properly treated, seldom cause fur -ther trouble, but if neglected, often re-sult seriously, causing the injured onemuch pain.

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Our Neu> Sign

PAINTING LETTERS A BIG TASK

High up in the air, letters fifteen feet high, stand out on the tall grainelevators at the northern side of the plant property, proclaiming to theworld as it rides by on the Wabash railroad that this is Staley's. The sixletters which form the name of our president and the firm, are painted,one on each elevator, a hundred feet from the ground. 1 hey can be seenonly from the north.

Dead white with a narrow outline of black, they stand out boldly onthe stone gray walls, by far the largest sign in Decatur. Fifteen feet inheight and twelve feet wide, each letter measures, and to paint them specialswinging stages with block and tackle were put up.

The work was done by Thomas L. Price of the A. E. Price Co., ofDecatur, and was far from the simple job a novice might take it to be.Once a rope slipped and the aerial painter experienced a fluttering moment,but equilibrium was restored, and the work went through without anyaccidents.

To paint the sign about 500 pounds of white lead were used. Ordi-narily this amount would paint a large building.

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IPork for a QoalPlodding along day after day on the same job, doing the same thing

week in and week out, too often in exactly the same way, our work be-comes a dull routine and we fail to see over the daily task. When thatpoint is reached, something is decidedly wrong.

When each morning starts with an effort, when there is nothing, abso-lutely nothing, good about the job we are doing, the reason generallylies with us and not with the job. As a rule the seat of all the trouble liesin the fact that we are looking straight down at the path we are walking.We are never glancing back to see how useful a road we have built, norlooking forward to see the possibilities of the way ahead.

Men are not machines but too often they grow to think of themselvesin that way—and they become mechanical. They start work because thewhistle blows and quit for a similar reason. Between whistles they havebeen going through motions, and getting tired, and hungry and dirty, butit means just that to them.

Such men are the ones, too often, who continue through life gettingout of each day's work just a day's pay. They are the men who areseldom lazy but whose hard work seems to bring them always, up againsta blank wall.

The kind of a job he may have makes no difference if a man willnever raise his eyes to look over it. The amount of money and influencehe and his family may have will not help him to find his work anythingbut a task, unless he trains himself to work toward something more thanthe end of the day.

A man to enjoy his work, to find a real joy in living and working,must have some goal—some reason for working other than a desire to makea living, and he must give his job personality. If a man is driving a truck,he may just start and stop the engine, steer the car about the streets, andoccasionally put on or take off a load.

If he does his work in this way he probably hates it. But there isanother way he may do it. He may start and stop his engine, and steerthe car about town, but he can like it by studying his engine, by studying hisload and destination, by remembering he is a human being and not amachine, and that he is doing an important part in a big work.

Abraham Lincoln probably would have lived and died in the nowvanished community of New Salem had he not put his personality into hisjob. While he was clerking in a miserably small grocery •he made it apoint to know the people, to learn their desires, and their hopes. When,after he had studied by night and started on his political career, he wasable to put to practical use this knowledge he had gained of human nature.In his campaigns he built his platform of the desires of the people.

Few of us may have the same desire he had, but we can all have onegoal in common—that of learning to like the kind of work we are doingso well that we will improve the job and ourselves, or we will grow out of itinto a bigger and better job.

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Pumps TTlade in Our TTTachine Shop

Above—Two 6-inch doublesuction ball bearing cen-trifugal pumps. One atleft has upper casing re-moved. John Gentry atmill ing machine.

ove — Ten-inch lower casingbeing machined on planer. CarlOnkes, operator.

Above—Twelve pump cas-ings, sizes 4 to 10-inch,planed and drilled readyfor boring machine.

Right-—Finished parts in-cluding pump shaft , bear-ing brackets, ball bear-ings, etc.

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C. A. Keck, known the plant over as Boob,has recently been made master mechanic. Mr.Keck is a general favorite with the men in theplant which fac t is best shown by their elec-tion of him, year a f te r year, to the position oforesident of the Staley Fellowship Club.

OUR FRIENDS REMEMBER USDuring the last few weeks the editor

o5 the Journal has received several let-ters from friends in various parts of thecountry, who have sent most welcomecontributions to the publication whichthey all say they enjoy reading.

One friend, from New York City, whosigns himself a Constant Reader, sent anumber of mighty clever stories whichwill be used in the Journal from time totime. We know they will tickle you asthey have tickled us. Many, many thanks,Constant Reader.

Then from Berwyn, 111., came an en-velope fu l l of beaut i ful ly colored pictures.The pictures had been cut from the Jour-nals of the last two years and had beencolored most artistically. A picture ofthe grape arbor at Mr. Chamberlain'shome, used in the Journal several monthsago, has been colored beau t i fu l ly enoughto be used as an il lustration with a de luxeedition of The Rubaiyat. They are alllovely, Berwyn. Wish we could use themin the Journal.

Showing that he is going to do his partto make the Journal more interesting,Clarence Bowers, one of our salesmen,writes f rom Roanoke, Va., to tell some

Neu; TTlaster mechanicOn January I, 1924 , Mr. C. A. Keck

was appointed Master Mechanic of theDecatur plant. The position had beenvacant since the death of Charles Mitchellin 1 9 1 3 .

Mr. Keck was first hired as a fitter f romthe Wabash by Master Mechanic Mitchell.In a short time he was promoted to fore-manship of the gang, and on January 1 hereceived his f u r t h e r step to the head ofthe mechanical department. .Charlie'smany friends in the plant and outside aremuch gratified at this well deserved pro-motion. The men on his own gang feelthat there is nothing too good for "TheGaffer".

Mr. Keck is succeeded as pipefitter fore-man by Ed Willis.

good stories he has heard on the road.Mr. Bowers says he knows several otherstories which he has heard while out onthis trip, but he thinks he had better notsubmit them for publication just now.But wasn't it nice of him to remember theJournal and write that letter ?

Of course, our New York correspondentwrote in. In the January number W. H.Randolph, Jr., was suggested as the right-ful holder of that office, since he has al-ways been most kind to send in variousitems of interest to the editor, and helived up to his name by writing one ofhis characteristically friendly letters.

And E. L. H. of Chicago, has takenupon himself the task of sending us everygood story and poem he reads. To himthe Journal is indebted for a number ofthe good stories and poems you readersare always talking about. We thank you,Brother E. L. H. Please keep remember-ing us.

NEW SALESMAN

Clint McTaggert has recently beengraduated from the School of Experienceand is starting out as a Staley salesman.Mr. McTaggert has spent several weeks inthe plant becoming famil iar with the pro-cesses of manufacture and will soon be-come a ful l fledged Str.ley salesman, trav-eling in the North Carolina territory. Mr.McTaggert is a graduate of the Universityof Illinois.

GUY CHAMBERLAIN RETURNS

Guy Chamberlain, assistant superintend-ent, has returned to the Staley plant a f te ra three months' leave of absence. Mr.Chamberlain employs his "vacation" byplaying winning footbal l with the CantonBull Dogs.

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Mary Jane Ives, the four and a half year old cJaughLcrof Roy Ives, syrup sales manager, is the darling little bride-groom in this picture. She is shown with Martha AlleneBlakeney dressed for a dance they gave on a Decatur Musi-cal College program at the Lincoln Square theater in Decem-ber. Their act was quite the hit of the evening, and fromthis picture one might be led to th ink that their looks hadno small part in its success.

MRS. HUTCHESON TO LEAVEMrs. Nell Hackley Hutcheson, who for

six years has been a bookkeeper in theauditing department, will leave the Staleycompany the last of February. Mrs.Hutcheson is leaving Decatur to go toPeoria to make her home. Her husbandhas recently been transferred to that city.

Her many friends in the Staley organi-zation regret her leaving but send her onto her new home with their best wishes.

Robert Urfer, who worked in the storeroom for a while, is now employed in theauditing department.

NEW STENOGRAPHER

Increasing business in the grain depart-ment has made necessary the addition ofa new stenographer to the staff there.Miss Dorothy Schimanski has been em-ployed for the position, joining Mr.Augur's office force about the middle ofJanuary, Miss Schimanski worked in thesales department for about two weeks be-fore starting work in the grain depart-ment.

MR. NAYLOR RETURNS

Edwin L. Naylor, who worked in thegeneral offices about six years ago, hasreturned to the Staley company. Mr.Naylor is working on the salesmen's bonusplan which was introduced at the meetingof salesmen in December. He came to

Under the new parking laws, the auto- us from the Paries Manufacturing Co.,

Margaret Hebert took Marguerite Doo-ley home with her to Assumption for aweek-end in January.

mobilist practically walks to work. where he has been for the last few years.

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Herron-Russell

The marriage of Miss Faye Herron andCarl R. Russell, head of the Staley costdepartment, took place in St. Louis Satur-day evening, Jan. 1 9 at 6 o'clock. Dr.C. E. Jenney, pastor of the First Presby-terian church of St. Louis, formerly of De-catur, read the service in the Manse. Mr.and Mrs. G. H. O'Hara of St. Louis, were(he attendants.

Mrs. Russell is the daughter of Mr. andMrs. J. S. Herron, 1 0 1 2 West Maconstreet, Decatur. She was graduated fromthe Decatur High School and later at-tended Millikin conservatory. Recentlyshe has been the executive secretary forthe Decatur Motor Club. She is a mem-ber of the Lamda Tau Delta sorority.

Mr. Russell is the son of Mr. and Mrs.W. T. Russell, 1296 West Wood street.He is a graduate of Millikin university andalso studied in the Millikin conservatory.He is a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilonfraternity. During the war Mr. Russellwas an officer in the air service and henow holds a commission as a reserve of-ficer.

After a short honeymoon the younepeople returned to Decatur and are nowat home in an apartment at 520 West Wil-lir.m street.

Smith-MarmorMiss Anna Smith End F. S. Marmor

were married in the First Methodistchurch Dec. 19, at 7 : 1 5 in the evening.Rev. Chesteen Smith, pastor of the church,performed the ceremony. Mrs. Marmorformerly worked in the tray room. Mr.Marmor is employed in the starch pack-ing. They are making their home at1900 East William street.

Kellington-Trafton

Announcement has been made of themarriage of Susanne (Wellington andGeorge Trafton, which took place in Chi-cago in December, 1923. Both Mr. andMrs. Trafton formerly lived in Decatur.

Mr. Trafton played on the Staley foot-ball team in 1920 and 1 9 2 1 , and at thattime was employed in the plant. Duringthe last few seasons he has been playingfootball with the Chicago Bears. He is inthe real estate business in that city.

Club Watch Party

The Staley Club house never lookedprettier than it did on New Year's evewhen the Fellowship club had its annual

dinner dance. Mr. Bailey had planned thedecorations which carried out the Christ-mas holiday idea most beautifully.

Dinner was served at long tables andduring the dinner hour the orchestraplayed and a male quar te t sang a numberof popular songs and balads.

As soon as the tables were cleared awaythe dancing began. Early in the eveningpaper caps, aprons and neckties weregiven all the dancers, and before mid-night confetti and horns were distributed.The party was well attended and was al-together a most del ightful affair.

Club Has Party

A club of which Mr. and Mrs. K. D.Sherman are members, enjoyed a boxsupper and dance in the Staley club houseJan. 25. Irene Dressen's orchestra playedfor the dancing which followed the sup-per.

Dance at Club

Vernelle March entertained a numberof guests at an informal dance at the clubhouse Jan. 5. Dancing was from 9 until12. A number of out of town guestswere present.

Wedding Anniversary

Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Pennington cele-brated their nineteenth wedding anniver-sary with a party in the club house Jan.2. Their guests were the men, with theirwives, who work with Mr. Pennington inNo. 1 7 building.

Dinner was served at 6 o'clock, fol-lowed by music and- dancing. Thoseserving were Miss Evelyn Milligan, MissMaxine Summer and Miss Grace AmazaPennington. The guests presented Mr.and Mrs. Pennington with a silver plate.

A Royal Welcome

Forewarned of his return, the youngwomen in Carl Russell's department wereready with a hearty welcome when hereturned to his desk from his honeymoon.Arrows, in bridal white, pointed the wayto his office, and appropriate verses, pic-tures and slogans covered the office wall.;and Mr. Russell's desk.

That he may never cause his wife anysorrow by forgetting his wedding anni-versaries, someone had marked eachmonthly anniversary on his desk calendar.

Wrapped carefully in many layers oftissue paper, he found a silver, gold lined,cream pitcher and sugar bowl. This washis wedding gift from the people in hisdepartment.

Cheer up! Coal will be cheaper nextspring.

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Ben J. Tolin, who has been a mo tor man onthe Eldorado line for the last three years, wast ransfer red to the Edward line Jan. 1 , Mr.Tclin has brought so many Staley people outto work in those three years, that he feels asif he were one of us. We hate to have himleave but think he may get homesick and askfor a return to his old post.

IN SALES DEPARTMENTMiss Margie White is the newest ad-

dition to the famous Petticoat Lane ofthe sales department. Miss White cameto the Staley company early in Januaryfrom the American Hominy Co., in De-catur. She was in the wheat sales de-partment there, a position which fittedher well for her duties here.

PHI OMEGA PSIMiss Mabel Bass, of the sales depart-

ment, was one of the hostesses at thedance given by her sorority, Phi OmegaPsi, Jan. 24. The party was in the na-ture of a snow festival, with decorationsand favors suitable to the occasion. Itwas given in the ball room of the Elks'club.

Mrs. E. C. Larsen, wife of the chiefengineer, is recovering from a seriousoperation which she underwent early inthe year in the Presbyterian hospital inChicago. She probably will be in Chi-cago a month longer.

Miss Viola Goodman, of the purchasingdepartment, was ill for two weeks, but isback at her ^*>sk again.

CARDS OF THANKS

It is with a deep sense of gratitude andappreciation that we thank the men in(he tool room and yard department fortheir thoughtfulness in our bereavement.

Mrs. Amelia Casey,Rudolph Jagusch,Charles Jagusch,Herman Jagusch,John Jagusch.

To Staley SalesmenYou can never realize the joy that you

brought to me out here in the sanitoriumwhen you remembered me during yourralesmen's meeting by sending me flowers.The flowers and the thoughts whichprompted their sending did me worlds ofgcod and I am looking forward now to(he time when I can soon be back onthe road and taking orders again for carload lots.

Yours sincerely,A. W. Clarkson,

Ma con County Tubercu-losis Sanitorium,

We wish to thank the foremen and em-ployes of the mill house for the beautifulflowers sent us during our recent sorrow.

Mrs. Cora Sanders,Henry Sanders, Jr.

Mrs. Isaac McClain, 243 East Olivestreet, wishes to extend her heartfeltthanks to the employes of the A. E. StaleyManufactur ing Company for the kindnessand financial assistance shown her and hertwo small children at the death of herhusband, Dec. 3. The kindness shownMrs. McClain was doubly appreciated be-cause it was given through pure friend-ship, as Mr. McClain was employed else-where at the time of his death.

I wish to extend my most sincere thanksto the men in the plant who so generouslyremembered me during my illness atChristmas time.

C. E. Goodman.

We wish to express our heartiest thanksto the girls of the tray room and the menof the packing house for the wedding giftswith which they remembered us.

Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Marmor.

I wish to thank the Fellowship Clubfor its t imely and practical remembranceof me and my family at Christmas time.

Chester C. Whaley.

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HONESTYWithout it you \vill neverAmount to anything.You need it in your make-upBe you pauper or a king.

Without it you will missLots of the finer things in life.Perhaps the love of childrenOr devotion of a good wife.

Its lacking in the manWho likes to stall and shirk;Its missing in the fellowWho's a stranger to all work.

Its not there In the workmanWho likes to hide awayThen holds his hand out greedilyWhen there's a chance of drawing pay.

'Tis a fine thing to be honestIn the things we do and sayAnd to give honest laborEach and every working dayDo your work right and gladlyAnd then draw honest pay.

"Honesty is the best policy"Good old Ben Franklin said,He that wrote "Poor Richard's" proverbsHad a mighty level head.

Were Franklin here today,These words he'd say, and true,Give your employer honest labor,"Don't bite the hand that's feeding you."

L. B. H.

C. E. Coyle began work as a switch-man in the plant yards, Jan. 15. Mr.Coyle, who has recently been living inTexas, is a brother of the former editorof the Journal, Edna Coyle Moody.

William Whit ley, jani tor in the manu-factur ing department offices, was out sev-eral weeks because of illness. In his ab-sence Sam Robison took care of the of-fices.

Betty June Lee is the nine-months-oldcanghLer of H. E. Lee of the boiler house anda niece of Claude Thornborough, boiler houseforeman. When her name is mentioned itshard to tell whether her father or her uncle ismore proud of her.

Fiank McCann is back at the refinerypumps after an illness of some time.

Waiter Knackmuhs, of I 7 building, wasill early in the month.

Ira "Jimmy" Dunham is back at workaf ter his illness.

John Klumpp spent a week on his plan-tation in Greenwood, Miss., in January.

Elmer Pennington has returned toto work after a short illness.

Miss Anna Mary White, who has beenin the office of the purchasing agent, hasrecently been transferred to the office ofthe assistant superintendent.

Carl Simroth, shaker repairman in themill house, is ill in St. Mary's hospital withpneumonia.

This chubby little chap is the six months old son ofFrank Saloga, machinist. He has been named Jack, andif his disposition runs true to his smile, he should be pre-fixed "Happy".

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You have heard of that devil in his ownhome town Well, here he is, just as he lookedat the height of the most devilish season. Fromthe scenery one might be led to think he wasmotoring through a beautiful land, but don't bedeceived. He was calmly sitting in a photo-graph gallery and there wasn't a wheel or an(*ngine in sight.

Oh yes, it's Claude Thornbo rough, boilerhouse foreman. Almost forgot, but probablyeveryone recognized him anyway. He's mar-ried now and more calmed down, but he stillkeeps his good looks.

Police Courts (Almost)

Howard File reports tKat the rumorsconcerning Bill Dippold's tendency to takethings is true, he fears. Bill, that jollyNew England salesman, has recently writ-ten Mr. File a letter on stationery fromthe Orlando hotel, Decatur, enclosed inen envelope from a hotel in Portland, Me.,and mailed from New Haven, Conn.

We are sorry to hear this for FriendDippold is quite one of our favorites. Butif the law steps in and locks him up, wewill do our Christian duty by sending himinteresting Journals to read during histerm.

Red Owens is too generous. He triedto force a woman to take a half barrelof glucose recently when he went out onthe truck to deliver it to a candy factoryand got his addresses mixed.

C. M. Cobb "Let's see his name beginswith W. Oh, I know what it is. It's Hen-derson."

IMPORTANT DATES IN HISTORY! 492—Oct. 1 2 Columbus discovered

America.1 776 July 4—Declaration of Inde-

pendence.1 86 1 —April 1 5 Beginning of Amer-

ican Civil War.1918 Nov. I I—Armis t ice signed.1924 Jan. 1 5—Pay Day.1924—Jan. 19 Carl Russell Married.

For the first time in 1 6 months, CharlesFrance of 1 6 building, took a night offand now his friends are all curious toknow what the attraction was. Some ofthe men said they saw him with a mightygood looking young person in a stunningdress. His "playmates" in 1 6 buildingare hoping he realizes this is leap year,and is on his guard.

Conversation overheard in an Eldoradocar^—

Al Lukey — "Roxie was 28 years oldwhen she came to work at Staley's. She'swen se came o wor a a e y s . esbeen here three years and now she is 26."

Roxie - "Well I'm not worrying aboutit."

Al Crabb-worrying."

-"It's about time you were

"Did Crystal Fall?"Jack Howley—"Yes, Crystal fell."

When Ernie -Gentry, machinist, was twelvevears old, he looked like this. This jauntypicture of him was taken one day when he wasall dressed up.

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OUR CARTOONIST AT HIS WORK

WERE GONNAG-ETTA- CAR.A INT we PA '

OWN CASTLE IS THE PROPER PLACE FOR.ART \voi2KSHop- FOR THEN THE \^HOLB

CAN ENJoy HIS GENIUS-HE QUIET DOMESTICATED ATMOSPHERE 1550 UNLIKE THE DULL LIFE OF THE STUDIO-

THE POET WORRIESHigh diddle diddle,It's quite a riddle,Why two editors* namesHave an "E" in the middle.

"E" stands for early,Not meaning late.It's the last in loveAnd the same in hate.It's the last in marriageAnd then, of course,It's a tail ender in the word divorce.Though first in editor as you can seeIt's the business end of a bumble bee.I'm so confused and all at seaAnd so bewildered and up a treeAll because of that letter "E".

L. B. H

Bill Ooton says he was working nightsthe time the big fan was down in the feedhouse. It was d-own two months. Billevidently works by an Alaskan clock.

Otto Hertrick, of the feed house, isthinking of getting married even if hecan't tell what love is.

J. H. G. "I wish you would go aheadwith those repairs and quit calling me upin the middle of the night. Why last nightsome one called me out of bed at 9o'clock."

Boys will be boys. L. B. Humistonpunched the new time clock twice onenight just to see how it worked.

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Model of Foremen's Meeting

(This is being printed especially for thebenefit of the men who in time will be-come foremen and will attend the regularmeeting each morning which all foremenattend.)

Scene Foremen's room. Fo remenseated around long table, with J. H. Gal-loway at the head of the table.

When the curtain rises the foremenare waiting impatiently for the meetingto begin but the opening hymn is not sunguntil Fred Klumpp comes dashing in, gen-erally about five minutes late.

Mr. Galloway — "Well, let's begin.How's Mud- Island?"

Homer Neil—"Still on the map andhard roads all the way as long as thefreeze lasts."

Mr. Galloway—"Any news from Van-dalia?"

Bill Ooton—"Town's rather quiet butthe "free" farm is doing fine. Lots of myfriends out there."

Mr. Galloway—"Well Gene, what aboutPaxton?"

Gene Morrow—"Some fine town. Stillthere, you bet."

Mr. Galloway—"And how about thegoat farm, Rags?"

Ragsdale—"All r igh t . " ( G e n e r a l l yRags doesn't have so much to say but themorning this was staged he was especiallytalkative.)

Mr. Galloway—"All right, Harry, can'tleave you out—."

Harry Casley "Yes, I know. Youwant to ask about Turkey Run. Well, itsstill running and Bill Morrison and I aregoing over there aeam next summer."

Mr. Galloway—"New that the morninghymn has been sung we can proceed. Goahead Fred."

Ask Miss Pearcy how she enjoys"strolling" along the I. T. S. when it's be-low zero. But then, it probably dependsupon whom she is with.

"Somebody said they thought theearth's surface was gradually cooling,"Harry Casley remarked the first morningthe thermometer reached I 8 below.

Boob Week and Doc Kutsch never gotenough sleep lately, but its not insomnia-Its radioitis. Boob has an awful case,having reached the stage where he sendstelegrams to his favorite broadcastingstations, asking for some special pro-grams.

Clara Bauer says it isn't Tuscola anymore it's Monticello.

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Just to remind you shivering ones that ther^is a warm season. Frank Rucker, the Bath-ing Beauty, posed for this picture when htwas out in the stronghold of the motion picture—California. The Pacific makes a lovely back-ground, doesn't i t?

Jack Grabenhofer, general office helperin the auditing department, is in great de-mand. He's already worn out a pair ofshoes chasing from one desk to anotherhelping out the other people in the de-partment.

H. McArty, oiler in 1 6 building, isthinking of getting a job as cartoonist onsome local paper. If one may judgefrom the samples of his work which coverwalls and doors in his building, he mayrome day succeed.

Ask Leo Schultz who "Kelly" is. Heshould know, for he calls, "Oh Kelly,Kelly, come out of there."

New Year's morning John Gollambackcame to work feeling pretty sick, butwhen he asked to go home, and was re-fused, he got well at once.

Billy Miles, I 7 building, complainedbecause some one took five cigars he hadcarefully hidden. The obvious questionis why Billy brought the cigars out to theplant, where he can't smoke, instead ofleaving them at home where he can.

Roxie Poland has been the last to fallbefore the barber's scissors. Her lockshave been shorn and she has emerged acharming young flapper, fortunate enoughto have bobbed hair which curls of itscwn accord.

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Because Mr. Galloway thought that last month's cover baby might take cold in our pre-valent zero weather, kind-hearted Mr. VanHook has dressed the child up good and warm. Nowwe are sure Mr. Galloway will rest easier, knowing the child is well cared for.

Herbert BushI ronized a fish fi: ight recently.

and Turkey Grant pa-ry in Bethany one Friday

The auditingduel when RayEverett says Mr.ber anyway.

The tiny twin;names LutherFrank McCann

department almost saw aBass cut Helen's hair.

Bass is no kind of a bar-

i of the refinery have newHumiston is Tubby ands Chubby.

Maggie Prell says since all of herfriends know thet she is going into themovies she has started to read the moviemagazines. She thinks she will double forLila Lee.

The girls have begun to leap early thisyear, but we haven't noticed Louie Brand,Al Crabb nor Fred Klumpp standing inline to catch any of them. Ray Schererseems to be edging toward the linethough. Now that Carl Russel is over themark, all attention is being centered onMr. Sherer.

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DP KUTSCH SE2.FOB TH' HEAD-AcHE N' AO A D C O L O THERE isEQUAL TO A HOT FOOT OATH

AN E V E M I N &

Stir in Traffic OfficeExcitement ran rife about the general

offices during the first cold wave whenlumor brought the report that a youngwoman was working in the traffic depart-ment. That haven of attractive youngbachelors has long been the mecca to-ward which many young women havegazed in vain, and now, it seemed, awoman had at last been admitted to thesacred place.

With beating hearts the auditing de-partment and inhabitants of PetticoatLane ranged themselves in the hall to seeHER emerge. At last they could hearthe gentle flapping of golashes, the scrap-ping of chairs as the gallant young menin the office rose, and their subduedvoices as they said "good night, dear."

Then the door opened and Al Lukeycame out leading a strange creature bythe hand. He stepped carefully aroundthe flapping golashes of his companion,handed HER onto the street car, tippedhis hat, and then SHE turned and facedthe crowd!

It was only Vernelle trying to keep hisfeet warm, af ter the fashion of the uni-versity boys! Everyone fainted but CarlWaltens. He knew if he fainted he mightmiss something.

(Written by the tray room girls whenMrs. Facius got Dave's lunch by mistake.)

Mary had a little man,Hungry as a bear;Off she ran with his lunch,Afraid he'd famish there.

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISINGFor Sale—Several Newfoundland bird

dogs. Apply Big Bill, Syrup House, Illi-

For Sale—One large, full grown jay-bird, in full feather. Can be seen anyafternoon near tbe Decatur Dry GoodsCo. corner. See Billy Frew, keeper.

For Sale—Or will exchange for pain-less dentistry, one "quadruped" mule.Apply Owner, Refinery.

For Sale — One large dirk knife.rey Google, Cinder Pit.

Bar-

For Exchange Three rows of rabbittracks and a bale of rent receipts in ex-change for a machine that will elevateand distribute coal without labor on thepart of the operator. Apply DolittieBros., Bone Kiln, Illinois.

Wanted—A girl with natural color inher cheeks, to accompany model youngman to movies, church entertainments,etc. Ask for George, Filter Floor, Illi-nois. References given and asked.

Notice to Car Owners—If you get stuckin a mud hole call Frank Harless of theFeed House. His charges are reasonable.

Wanted Several barrels of potato bugserum. Deliver at East Side Apiary.Farmer Apricot.

Wanted At once, dates for all dancesand picture shows. Sales Department.

Wanted to Rent—Dog house, suitablefor a family of ten, strictly modern. Wil-liam Weidner.

For Sale—Cheap if taken at once.Stocking Cap. See Spud Moran, mill-wright. Buyer must promise to take capaway from shop AT ONCE.

Wanted—A wife who can cook, takecare of a farm, and drive a Ford. AlCrabb.

In a close race Jan. 18, John Austinwas elected president of the Flue Blow-ers' Association, defeating Virgil Jacobsby three votes. The records do not sayhow many votes were cast. To makethe defeated candidate feel better, how-ever, he was elected. Night Flue Blower,Harry Lee was namd secretary and RoyLewis as organizer.

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R. S. Pattern -S% Staley Mfg. Co.

This old envelope, which had been used for the background of a fitting drawing,found in the store room one morning.

Thoughts upon hearing of the marriageof Carl Russell.

If Carl Russell is a second lieutenant,who is the captain?

Which one of the men in the organiza-tion will accept the vacant chair in theAuditing Department Bachelor Club?Carl Waltens has been mentioned as apossible choice.

Now the Auditing Department surelywill have a tug of war between the mar-ried men and the single fellows.

A girl is never satisfied until she hasher beau tied in a knot, is she Carl?

"'*-,./, HERMAN HUPPS' GUN KlCK'b•so HARD HE S^EAR^ A PAD

ON HIS SHOULDER A^DTo 6ir oow/~i ON-

GENERAL SYMPTOMS OFAPPROACHING MARRIAGE

(By Carl R. Russell)

Absolute preoccupation of mind.Patient is startled when spoken to.Extremely nervous at all times.Extremely forgetful.Rather irritable.Serious and thoughtful.Troubled with insomnia, indigestion,

lack of appetite.Inclined to be late to all appointments.Purchase of new closed model car, gen-

erally an Oakland.Patient often has jewelry cleaned up.If bald head-ed, or that way inclined,

chows desire to grow hair.Shows need of a guardian.Has a thousand and one things to do in

a very short time.Purchasing a tent and lot in "Terrible"

Gardens.Alwsys hunting something he has ab-

sent-mindedly misplaced.Always hearing bells ringing.

Red Owens, 1 7 building loading gang,takes his lady love and goes window shop-ping at Bachman's quite often.

After Frank Collins ate onions for suo-per he decided to go to see his girl. Hewent to the drug store *to get some sensenbut was so excited- over his date that hea?ked for incense. Do you suppose heate it?

Tony Thean, of the mill house, says hedoesn't believe in getting married tooEoon. He is just 42, and says he isn'tthinking of marrying for some years yet.

Herbert, you must quit star gazing onMonday mornings.

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SEE ED If) CAPTAJ0' THIS POLICE FORCE<ST l'/v\O T' 5TAYBACK. IN TH' PEAR-

KEEP AN ENE ON THATCLAUDE THORNBORO A-iHE'S A BAD CHARACTER

STALEV PoliceITS THE POLICY OF ALL AI3MTITTO

•SAVE THE OFFICERS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLENOW-A-DAYS- THEY bONT LEADTHEII2(V\EN IN THE CHAR&E - COUNTED ON

A F IREY STEED

The charter member of the rollickingoffice boys has been suffering with a wis-dom tooth of late. The girls who worknear him are so afraid Tom has forgottenthat this is Leap Year, and will desert theBachelor League before he realizes whathe has done.

Neil Moore celebrated an anniversaryJan. 15. He had been with Staley's justthree months that day and was terriblydisappointed when his associates in 1 7building didn't give a party for him.

So that he may keep safely all the rab-bits he "catches" in the future, M. B.Rabinold's men have built a rabbit penfor him in building No. 1 6.

Alice, of the tray room, is sitting upnights to learn German. She is also tak-ing a conversational course in that lan-guage. She Icves her teacher, the girlssay.

The men in I 7 building are not satisfiedwith Spicer's explanation that he goeshome early to see his mother in daylight.

No one can get Frank Rucker to tellwhy he was so late coming to work onemorning.

UNCLAIMED MAIL

Chestnut, Illinois,December 29. 1923.

Dear Friend Lelah:I received your letter with much sur-

prise as I had not heard from you in thatlength of time after writing you, but !will say what I wrote you still goes pro-viding we agree, I will be back in Decaturnot later than the third of January andyou can call me up. I cannot recall thetelephone number at present, but you willfind it in the directory and you can tellme when you call me when to meet youas I do want to meet you and have a talkwith you.

Trusting this will be satisfactory, as 1will not be here before Wednesday, youcan answer this letter as soon as you getit and that way I will get an answer. Ibeg to remain,

Your friend,Please answer at once.

Milly and Tilly, from the sewing roomin the starch packing house, can't seewhy anyone would want to work in thetray room. They don't.

"As soon as Ford puts out an airplaneI'm going to buy one," Homer Neil an-nounced to the crowd- in general af ter abattle through the mud and snow to reachthe plant f rom Mud Island.

Margaret, you can't beat Arthur whenit comes to punctuality, can you?

VEAHA

TICKET T'D E E C A T U R -

1—-/HENDECIDED

To LEAs/E THECITY OF RAYMOND

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One of the social events of the ruralcommunity east of Decatur was the partygiven by Homer Neil at his home on Mudisland. His guests were few, Joe Pal-luck, Smitty and Armentrout, and someof them have only a vague idea of the de-tails of the affair. Joe, especially, has ahard time remembering just what hap-pened. He knows he got home, and hethinks one of his children took off hisshoes. He also knows that his wife hadplenty to say when the sack in which hewas supposed to bring back fresh pork(they had gone to help Homer butcher)was opened and contained only crack-lings.

Schumaker and his girl won the prizeat the party which Mr. and Mrs. Penning-ton gave in the club house. The prizewas a life like doll which says "Mama."

Jake Lappin is all worked up over thatchicken transaction he had with JohnMartin. Martin sold him five chickens,but he got only four. That deal maycause trouble yet.

Frank Garrett, who works on the reelnat the packing house, has a typical Egyptstory to tell. He says that back in 1874he baled hay down in God's country(southern Illinois if you please), and hebaled it with wooden hoops. He saysthey were generous, too, putting 300pounds in each bale.

Alex Turner is still buying cand-y forthe tray room girls. Maybe some dayhe will center his attentions on one youngwoman.

Art Waltens, of 1 6 building, says he isgoing to get married next summer andgo to the horse races in Canada in July.He is still holding on to that $35 ring,however.

Spanhook, a shark at pocket billiards,is trying every night to make Pet, of thekiln house, pay for a game of pool.

Ask Frank Cain what Claude Thorn -borough had to say when he got a coldwater bath on the day the thermometerreached 10 below zero.

Shubert, the famous bell man, says thatwhen spring comes, he is going to get acart and peddle bananas. He is asking allhis friends to come and buy from him.Nothing like a few extra pennies, he says.

Scribner has gone back to working onthe third floor of No. I 7 building. Sayshe is tired of being a tunnel rat.

Alex Turner of the packing house, isnot going to marry until he can find awoman who can support him. So far hehasn't been able to find such a person.

Elmer Pennington has reason to resentthe fact that a bridge company man builtmuch like him, dresses as he does. If thebridge company men will carry laddersand climb over the dividing fence, Elmerwants them to wear some distinctive cloth-ing.

Otto Butt, 1 7 building loadi gang, sud-denly lost his desire to leave Decatur whenhe met a charming young woman. Heeven turned down a good railroad job inWilliam Jennings Bryan's own home townof Salem. If it was such a good job,though, why didn't he marry HER andtuke her with him.

As Elmer Penningtcn swung around acorner on Prairie street recently in his1 880 model Packard, he was bumped by aFord. He and his car were tossed care-lessly to one side, and in passing, tooka sign board up by the roots. NeitherPennington nor the Packard has reallyrecovered yet.

"Terrapin" Ibbenson, of 1 7 building,won the diamond studded doughnut thismonth with the biggest snow story. Hetays that in West Salem there was a snowso deep that when one of his friends diedthey tunneled under the surface of thissnow, for three miles, from the house tothe church. Then when the snow meltedil washed a 250 pound anvil f rom thevillage blacksmith shop to the river, twoand a half miles away.

Lige Leaser, when he wants exercise,lakes a walk now. The last time he wentout in his Ford he got stuck and had tohave a truck pull him out. The garagemen took the car apart to see why thewheels wouldn't go round and found asmall bit of mud in the engine. Theycharged so much for their investigationthat he told them to keep the car.

When Adams came to work New Yearsmorning he couldn't find the sugar house.He said he wasn't lost but that stigarhouse certainly was.

I work with SAFETY on my mind,It's so with ALL my kin,And when but ONE day old—hear me!I wore a SAFETY pin.

Bolshevism is the theory that tramps aretrumps.

Neu? gear's "Resolutions I Hear—That Hank Potrafka has developed a chronic case of valitudnarianism.That Monday he was suffering with headache, Tuesday backache, Wednesday liver

trouble, Thursday nervousness, Friday shell shock, and Saturday toothache.That Sunday being a day of rest the hookworm pays Hank a friendly visit and some-

how he forgets to go to church.

That Lowell Gill is proud of his old home town of Flora, 111., and is convinced theGarden of Eden must have been located there thousands of years ago.

That Bill Morrison says that the Garden of Eden Gill talks about has degenerated intothe Garden of Frogs.

That the modern age of reason has cast a shadow of doubt on all traditionary storieshanded down from generation to generation, especially that Flora story.

That it is recognized as a fact among mortals nowadays, that it is possible for thepupil to excell the teacher.

That when the pupil does excell the teacher and is ambitious to become a teacher him-self he should never forget the man that made him.

That man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn.

That Joe Palluck is developing into a modern Sherlock Holmes since he became chiefinvestigator.

That he has filled many responsible positions in this organization and is well likedby his fellow employes.

That "Don't bite the hand that feeds you" is Joe's favorite motto, yet he never forgetsthat all humans are depending on each other for protection and security.

That Charles Ellis says he likes Decatur and the people that live here, but, oh, forMonticello where they make syrup of pepsin.

That Ellis worked in the syrup of pepsin factory until he lost all sense of smell andtaste.

That Charley's cure for all ills is 3 tablespoons of the famous syrup before going tobed and you are sure to wake up hale and hearty next morning, sometimesbefore the cock crows.

That Bob Patton after listening to a discussion between two well known foremenwas heard to exclaim, "I wish I knew the story about the fox and the grapes.I would tell it to those birds. It would do them good".

That the following is the story, and a good one:A hungry fox some grapes espied *As over a branch they hung on high.He sprang to reach them but in vain,Again he tried and failed again.Turning away, "too sour" said he,"Such trash is not the food for me."

MoralHow many like the fox despiseThe heights to which they cannot rise.

Yours truly,

THE MAN IN THE MOON.

DISCOURAGED?A young man ran for legislature.He was defeated badly.He entered business and failed.He spent seventeen of the best years of

his life paying bad debts of a worthlesspartner.

He ran for Congress; and met defeatagain.

He tried to secure an appointment tothe U. S. Land Office without success.

He was a candidate for U. S. Senator—defeated again.

He became candidate for Vice-Presidentof the U. S., failing.

He tried again for office, and waselected as President of the United States.

That man was Abraham Lincoln.Failure is servant to success.Don't be discouraged.

The Stranger

A stranger knocked at a man's doorand told him of a fortune to be madesays the Atlanta Georgian.

"Um," said the man, "it appears thatconsiderable effort will be involved."

"Oh, yes," said the stranger. "You willpass many sleepless nights and toilsomedays."

"Um", said the man, and "who areyou?"

"I am called Opportunity.""Uh," said the man, "you call yourself

Opportunity, but you look like Hard Workto me."

And he slammed the door.

Free Lunch

"Your dog just bit a piece out of myleg, madam."

"Glad you mentioned it. Now 1 won'thave to feed him."

Not Guilty

"Who led the children of Israel intoCanaan," asked the Sunday School teach-er.

No answer."Can no one tell me?" she asked more

sternly."Little boy in the back seat, youtell us."

Little Boy (feel ing rather fr ightened) :"Please ma'am, it wasn't me, I just

moved here last week from Kansas."

Weigh 'Em UpShe was new, as a driver. She just

missed the fire hydrant, ran over the curband finally brought her car to a stop infront of a filling station.

"Bring out your scales, please," shesaid.

"Scales?" queried the tank tender, puz-zled.

Yes, ' she replied. "See how manypounds of air I need in my tires."

Plenty of Room

"Young man, can 1 get into the parkthrough that gate?"

"Guess so lady, 1 just saw a load of haygo through it."

Long Distance

Mr. Barnum recently saw a death no-tice of a man whose name was the sameas his own. He called up a friend andsaid:

"Have you noticed my death notice inthe papers?"

"Yes," replied the friend: "where areyou speaking f rom?"

One of the attractions at the countyfair was a fortune teller's tent. A womanhad taken her son inside and the seeressbent over the crystal ball.

"Madame," she murmured in a deep,mysterious tones, "your son will be anoted man if he lives long enough."

"How wonderful!" breathed the lady."What will he be noted for?"

"For his old age."

We shall not fail—if we stand firm weshall not fail.

A Natural Request

"Are you the trained nurse mama saidwas coming?" asked four-year-old Bobby.

"Yes, I'm the trained nurse," she an-swered him, smiling.

"Let's see some of your tricks," saidhe.

A Sad Tale

This is not a story about the dog whoswallowed a tape measure and died byinches. It is not about the dog that wentout the back door and died by the yard.It is about the death of the dog whojumped on the bed and died by the foot.

DignityA small boy was sitting next to a rather

fussy woman in a crowded car, and hekept sniffing in a most annoying way. Fin-ally she asked:

"Boy, have you got a handkerchief?"The small boy looked at her for a few

seconds, and then, in a dignified manner,replied: *

"Yes, I have; but I don't lend it tostrangers."

A teacher was instructing her pupils inthe use of a hyphen. Among the exam-ples given by the children was "bird-cage."

"That's right," encouragingly remarkedthe teacher. "Now, Tommy, tell me whywe put a hyphen in 'bird-cage .

"It's for the bird to sit on," was thestartling rejoinder.

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"I do not think much of a man who isnot wiser today than he was yesterday."—Lincoln.

The Idea

"Let me See," said the minister, whowas filling out the marriage certificate,and had forgotten the date, "this is thefifth, is it not?"

"No, sir," said the bride, with some in-dignation, "this is only my third."

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Party's Getting Tame

De Kid Himself: "Aw, c'mon out fer aride—I'm harmless."

De Poifeck Lady: "Aw, fer de love o'Pete, who wants to go out fer a ride wit'a guy what's harmless?"

The Passing of George

(A tragedy in one act)"George, if you don't stop, I ' l l screamI'll call Mother"Mother Mother

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The canoe scarcely moved.The man allowed his paddle to skim

the quiet surface of the water as hewatched the girl "who sat facing him. Herslender head and shoulders were broughtinto shadowy relief by the yellow path ofmoonlight which stretched far out into thelake.

The lazy thread of blue smoke from theman's pipe rose into the somber mysteryof the Indian summer night and disap-peared ghost-like.

A star fell.A bird awoke and sang a sleepy little

story to its mate.Then—awed quietude.Suddenly the girl spoke"This ain't half bad, is it?"He knocked the tobacco from his pipe

and killed her.—Lino-o-Type or Two.

Absolutely

To prospective employees a certain De-troit automobile plant issues a question-naire asking the person's age, place ofbirth, etc.

After a new applicant for a job hadfilled out his card it was found that hehad answered "Yes" in the square marked"Descent." —Forbes.

"If I were you," he said, during a lullin the domestic storm, "I would havemore sense."

"Of course you would," she retorted,decisively.

Out of the Mouth of Babes

Affable clergyman (pinching a littleboy's bare leg)—"Who's got the niceround chubby legs?"

Little boy—"Mamma."

Skull — "A man told me I looked likeyou."

Bones - "Where is he? I'd like to knockhis block off."

Skull - "I killed him."

I like to see a man proud of the placein which he lives. I like to see a manwho lives in it so that his place will beproud of him. Be honest, but hate noone; overturn a man's wrong doing, butdo not overturn him unless it must bedone in overturning the wrong. Standwith a man that stands right. Standwith him while he is right, and part withhim when he goes wrong.—Abraham Lin-coln.

Time Moves OnA Negro called upon an old friend,

who received him in a rocking chair andcontinued to rock himself to and fro ina most curious way.

"Yo' ain't sick, is you', Harrison?"asked the caller anxiously.

"No, I ain't sick, Mose," said Harrison.There was a moment's silence, during

which the caller gazed wide-eyed at therocking figure.

"Den," continued Mose, "why does yo'rock yo'self dat way all de time?"

Harison explained:"Yo' know Bill Blott? Well, he sold

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Of CourseMay—Would you wear a rented bath-

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Cop — "Hey, where are you going?Don't you know this is a one way street?

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