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Staley Fellowship JournalA. E. Stalevj M% Co., Decatur, 111.

Vol 2 A P R I L , 1919 No. 10

FLETCHER AND FLETCHER

THE M E C H A N I C A L TWINS

SOME hold with Shakespeare—"What's sweeps and eddies of folk lore arid pro-in a name? That which we call a verbs, signs and superstitions, take a

rcse by any other name would smell as certain curious delight in tracing resultssweet." from causes neither relevant nor logical.

THit we who love to float with the cur- Before gun powder became popular therent of broad humanity, responsive to the bow and arrow wore the chief imple-

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ments of both war and sport. The a.rtof making bows and arrows was highlyregarded. Only the most skilled of woodworkers could find favor as arrow mak-ers. In fact, this occupation representedpossibly the highest form of mechanicalskill in those early days. So we feel thatthe word fletcher, nomen for arrow-maker, may well be applied to one who isdistinguished as a craftsman. It wasformerly said of a provident man that liehad two strings to his bow. We go s t i l lfarther in preparedness,—we have twoFletchers on our mechanical staff.

Jack Fletcher, superintendent of mill-wrights and carpenters, came to us near-ly four years ago and has establishedhimself as a master of his trade. Jackwas born on a farm near Indianapolis,now the country home of the millionaire,buggy-maker, Parry. At an early age hebegan work for Nordyke and Marmon inthe millwright department. While still amere boy he went on the road for thaicompany as an erecting engineer. In afew years he became well known and hisservices were in strong demand by thevarious manufacturers of milling machin-ery.

He worked under steadily improvingconditions for Allis Chalmers, Wolf, The

JACK FLKTCHEIl

Hammond Distilling Co., and the Amer-ican Hominy Co. He had charge of theerection of many important plants in theUnited States, Canada and Mexico.Among others may be noted the Port Col-burn flour mill of 10,000 barrels capacityat Port Colburn, Canada; the 3,000-barrelSparks mill at Alton; the 1500-barrelDominion Flour Mills at Montreal; the1500-barrel mill of the Valentine el Coreyin the City of Mexico; for the SperryFlour Milling Co., a 500-barrel mill at LosAngeles, and a 1500-barrel mill at Ta-coma, Wash., and the Robin Hood mill of2500 barrels at Moosejaw, Saskatchewan,Canada. In Deaatur, he built the originalSuft'ern Hunt mill which was destroyedby fire and also rebuilt the present UnionSt. mill of the American Hominy Co.

Besides the mills specifically mention-ed, Jack built, or was employed on, alegion of smaller mills all over the NorthAmerican continent. At one time heconstructed at Paraz, Mexico, a 100-barrel mill for the ill-fated FranciscoMadero, later assassinated while presi-dent of the Mexican Republic. Jack camein close personal contact with both theMadero brothers, Francisco and Jose,while in charge of this job. and preservesmany pleasant recollections of theircourteous friendship.

Jack has always found time for hisone hobby—athletics. Baseball is hisspecialty. For a season he was a profes-sional playing on the Abilene team in theTexas league. In addition to his otherduties he has managed the Staley teamsince its beginning and has received de-served credit for bu i ld ing up a remark-ably strong aggregation of talent that iswell recognized through the CentralWest.

Jack is a highly skilled and resource-ful mechanic thoroughly informed in theintricacies of his craft and is besides aforeman popular not only with his su-periors but also with his men. He ismaking an enviable name for himself inthe starch business and has a bright andpromising future before him.

Claude Fletcher.Claude Fletcher, Jack's slightly older

brother, is a recent acquisition to our or-ganization. Apprenticed as a machinist,Claude developed remarkable skill withtools and for several years was employedas a tool and die maker.

In 1900 he went with the AmericanBeet Sugar Co. as master mechanic oftheir Chino, Cal., plant. He remained inthis position five years then returned tohis old home, Indianapolis. Here he helda number of responsible positions: su-

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CLAUDK FLETCHKil

perintenderit of the Climax Machine Co.,of the Advance Stamping Co., and of theColumbia Meter Co.

About this time he became infectedwith the automobile bug and collaborat-ing with Mr. .Delano, produced one of theearliest reliable electric engine starters.This device is now manufactured andsold by the Gray-Davis Co. After dis-posing of this invention he and Delanodesigned the Simms starter now used bythe Maxwell Co. Still later they pro-duced the Hendricks starter which is being installed on thousands of used cars.

He next accepted the position of super-intendent of the Milholland Machine Too]Co., makers of screw machines andlathes. This was a large and up to dateplant, occupying an entire block and em-ploying 375 hands. Unfortunately for allconcerned, this plant burned, a total loss,a year ago. Claude was quickly hired asmanager of the Bemis Tool Co., fromwhich position he came to us.

With his wide and valuable experiencesupplemented by a sunny disposition anddecided executive ability, Claude willmake a splendid running mate for Jackin the other end of the shop. If therewere any more Fletchers to be had, wewould certainly go after them.

NO TIME WASTEDThe kirk in a certain Scottish village

wa,s in urgent need of repair, and SandyMcNab, a very popular member, has beeninvited to collect subscriptions for thepurpose.

One day the minister met Sandy walk-ing irresolutely along the road. He atonce guessed the cause.

"Man, Sandy," he said earnestly, "I amsorry to see ye in this state."

"Ah, weel, it's for the guid * o' thecause," replied the delinquent, happily."Ye see, meenister, it's a" through thesesubscreeptions. I've been doou the glencollectin' fun's, an' at every boose theymade me hae a wee drappie."

"Every house! But—but—but surely,Sandy, there must be some of the kirkmembers who are tee-totalers?"

"Aye, there are," said Sandy, "but 1tellyphoned tae those!"

Hotels vary as much in degrees ofcomfort as the haughty hotel clerks doin degrees of flippancy and efforts toplease the guests. It was midnight in ahostelry in an Arizona town, when aguest called up and in an angry voicesaid:

"There are a couple of mice fightingup here."

"What room have you?" inquired thesleepy clerk. He was told and then heinquired, "What are you paying for it''"

"Two dollars," was the reply."Well, what do you expect for $2—a

bull fight?"

The joke is on the guy who marriedto escape the draft.

—•—Sister Smith was called upon for testi-

mony in a revival meeting. She humblydeclined in these words: "I have been atransgressor and a black sheep for agood many years and have only recentlyseen the light. I believe that my placeis in a dark corner behind the door."

Brother Jones was next, called upon.Following Sister Smith's meek example,he said:

"I, too, have been a sinner for morethan forty years, and T do not think 1ought to stand before you as a model. Ithink my place is behind the door, in adark corner, with Sister Smith."

O LEO MARGARINEWhether the years prove fat or lean,

This vow I here rehearse:I take you, dearest Margarine,

For butter or for worse.—Punch.

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OUR aoon LOOKING OFFICE BUNCH.

INDUSTRIAL MORALEM. P. O 'Hrion, Safety Engineer.

To paraphrase a slogan used duringone of the recent national drives, "Moralewon the war"—there can be no doubtthat the feeling among our soldiers thatthe Nation was behind them as a unithad as much to do with their victory ashad any other thing. There is a sort ofindustrial morale that must be maintained in order that both employer andemploye may prosper as they should andthat feeling should extend throughoutthe entire organization. As in the armythere are certain rules or practices to beobserved and their disregard is one ofthe first things leading to a breakingdown of morale.

In the army no one thinks of disobey-ing orders. Each soldier realizes thatin order to carry out the plans of thecommanding officer, he must do his in-dividual part and must do his best evento risking his life. In our plant we haverules for the safety and welfare of theworkers and in every case they arestated as plainly as possible.

Instead of asking anyone to risk evena loss of time through accident, they aremade in exactly the opposite spirit. Asmost of us know, our Company has spentthousands of dollars in providing me-chanical safegards and there can be nodoubt that it has been a profitable in-vestment for both the Company and forthe employes. The accidents from mov-

ing parts of: machinery have been so fewas to be virtually negligible.

The Company has benefitted from thisin keeping experienced men on the joband in the orderly conduct of the process.The men have escaped the loss of timeand consequently wages. But the acci-dents resulting from carelessness are theones that can not be prevented by anymechanical guard and must be eliminatedby the employes themselves. It is in thecombatting of these accidents that themorale of the plant shows its benefit.

The spirit of the plant, as indicated inthe different departments, is wonderful.There can be no question as to the loy-alty of the organization to the employer.But if that loyalty is confined simply togetting out the product or handling anyof the numerous other branches of activ-ity leading toward output, then it is notgoing far enough. It is ridiculous to saythat the employer receives no benefitsfrom the practise of safety. He profitsgreatly and in many ways. But the em-ployes also receive great benefit. Col-lectively, the benefit is probably greaterto them than to the employer. The idealto be aimed at is that spirit or moralethat has the interests of the employerand the worker in mind at all times andin spite of the Bolshevism that seemsrampant in some parts of the country,there can be no doubt that these inter-ests are identical.


THE TABLE HOUSEDEPARTMENT NO. 4

THIS department is different in thatthe buildings which contain it are

the largest in the plant and the numberof employes in them is very small. It isthe one branch of the business which op-erates silently. Here one finds a per-petual Sabbath quiet. There is no whirof belts or crash of gears, no vibration,nothing to divert the contemplativemind.

Story piled on story of long, wide,open floors filled with wooden troughsT O O feet long, this is the least spectacu-lar and probably the most important de-partment in a starch factory. Into theend of each trough, a slender, creamyyellow stream of starch and gluten isflowing day and night from week end toweek end. And all but unseen by theeye, during the hundred foot journey agenuine transformation is accomplished.

The mixture of white starch and yel-low gluten has previously passed throughmany violent manipulations. It hasbeen drenched with sulphur fumes. Ithas been violently torn in fragments by-great steel mills running at enormousvelocities. In the grip of the remorselesscorundum mills it has been submitted to

a most vigorous drubbing. It haswhirled through centrifugal pumps andmade long hurried passages throughheavy iron pipes.

Now it emerges into the restful quietof the starch tables for its last anjl mostdifficult separation. Gluten and starchare linked together most intimately.Nearly all their physical characteristicsare the same. Yet in commercial forms,gluten destroys the value of starch, andstarch vitiates the greatest value of glu-ten.

This difficult separation prevented thesuccessful manufacture of corn starchfor many years. The process is still animperfect one and depends upon theslight, difference in specific gravity be-tween starch and gluten. If certain con-ditions of strength of solution, tempera-ture and acidity be very carefully established, then in the absence of vibration,irritation by the presence of coarseparticles or other agitation, the starchwill settle nearly pure while the glutenremains in suspension and can be drawnoff. In this way the trough graduallybecomes full of starch which is removedby shoveling or flushing.

NO. 2 TABLE HOUSE PHOTOGRAPHED FROM A POINT 75 FEET ABOVE THEGROUND.


NO. 1 TABLE HOUSK SHOWS HOW A DEFECTIVE BUILDING WAS MADE SAFEAND SUBSTANTIAL.

Every industry has its own brand of another, it is an electrolytic method forperpetual motion. In our instance it is purifying sewage, etc. For many yearsburning ashes along with the coal; in the philosopher's Stone of the starch in-

VIEW IN THE TABLE HOUSE S H O V V I X G METHOD OF REMOVING STARCH BYMANUAL LABOR.


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STARCH TABLES F, PLOWING 'WITHOUT A RIPPLE OR AN EDDY.

(Justly was a mechanical means of re- the tables and pouring out the starch asmoving starch from the troughs or i'rorn a dish and many others equally im-tables, as they are technically called. possible. Every man of an inventiveMany grotesque solutions have been pro- turn of mind has studied out a differentposed for this problem, such as inverting scheme. The nead was genuine. Starch

EVERY WASTE WATER DISCHARGE IS SEPARATE AND ELKVATED FOR EASYINSPECTION.

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shoveling is the heaviest hand work inthe plant. It is usually very difficult tokeep a full force of shovelers and intimes past it was the most prolific strikeproducer the starch maker had to con-tend with.

The solution has been found. In fact,two solutions entirely different in prin-ciple appeared about the same time. Oneis a heavy powerful machine propelledby an electric motor which imitates inits operation the movements of the handshoveler. This mashine represents sev-eral years hard work and a great manythousand dollars investment as well asthe outlay of a very considerable amountcf high class gray matter. Its design-er. Mr. F. L. Jeffries of the Corn Prod-ucts Company, has been in the starchbusiness all his life. He is a mechanicwith few equals and no superior. Hisoriginality of concept and daring in exe-cution have long marked him as a manof exceptional ability. He has manyother mechanical achievements of highorder to his credit, but this one accom-plishment—the solving of the great prob-lem of the starch industry—in itself

J. H. THOMPSON, TABLE HOUSEFORKMAN

GROI1OK LONG, TABLK HO US 10FOREMAN.

ranks him among those masters of thepast like Dr. Giesecke, Dr. Behr andThomas Gaunt. Mr. Jeffries was ablysupported in this work by Mr. Bedfordand Mr. Moffstt who demonstrated a wellfounded confidence in his ability by sup-plying large amounts of money for thecarrying cut of the necessary experi-ments. It is a kesn pleasure to congrat-ulate these gentlemen and their asso-ciates on this most happy consumma-tion.

From the financial side the discoveryhas not bsen so succsssful for the reasonthat a very simple and inexpensivemethod fcr {lushing the starch was de-signed ard made practical at almost thesams tiim. This latter device originatedin the mind of one cf the foremen of theIrwin Starch Company at Bdinburg, In-diana. Starting from the observed fact,familiar to every starch maker that it isa comparatively easy matter to washtable starch from the tables by the useof a stream of cold water, this humblegenius conceived the idea of a furtherstep. Instead of using fresh water,which makes a very thin solution ofstarch, he used a certain definite quan-

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tity of water and pumped It over thetables again and again until it had be-come heavy enough for conversion pur-poses. The great beauty of this plan isits simplicity and its low first cost. Be-cause of these conditions it appears thatthe flushing system will entirely sup-plant the use of the mechanical starchshovel.

We fancy that the thoughtful readerwill very easily find a definite con-nection between the thought conducivecalm which pervades the Table Houseand these brilliant inventive develop-ments which have occurred in this de-partment.

'Twas the night before pay-dayAnd all through my jeans

I searched in vain forThe price of some beans.

There was no two-bits stirring,Not even a jit;

The kale had all vanished,Milled edges had quit.

Onward, rush onward,Oh, Time, in thy flight—

Let tomorrow be todayJust for tonight!

—Shortfellow.

This is one that a salesman told:When the "Work or Fight" order was

issued, a loafer in San Francisco decid-ed that he had better have at least theappearance of working. He applied at aship yard and was given a job. He puton overalls, shouldered a sledge hammerand started off. All day long he wouldwalk about the yard from one place toanother. At night he would leave withthe rest of the gang, and with the restof them would draw his ten dollars aday.

But a serpent entered his garden ofEden. One day he noticed that a manwas following him wherever he wen I.This continued for several days, and hewas unable to shake the shadow on histrail. Finally he became desperate, andr-odging around a corner, lay in wait. Asthe trailer came around the corner, horaised his hammer to strike, but the mancalled out, "Wait a minute. You're get-ting awfully harsh all of a sudden.What's the matter?"

"Well you have been following mea,round now for several days and 1 wantto know what you mean by it."

"Why," explained the man, "I'm yourhelper!"

"Pa, what are cosmetics?""Cosmetics, my son, are peach pre-

serves."

THE VICTORY LOANThe Victory Liberty Loan will be the

real test of American patriotism. It wasnot hard to give money to help the boyswhen they were pushing the Germansback. We were all enthusiasm then. Nowthe war is ended and the excitement isgone.

Nevertheless, as we are Americans,we will not leave the job unfinished. Thisloan will yield the funds that are neededto complete the war task ol' the nation.The boys can hardly wait to come home.We are surely grateful enough to thosewho fought for us to a victorious end towant to do something for them. TheVictory Liberty Loan is the opportunityto show our gratitude.

The loan will be the best investmentever offered by any government. It willhave less risk, pay better interest, andhave more advantages than any securityobtainable. The Staley employes havemade a fine showing in the previousLiberty Loan campaigns. Now, al-though the plant is shut down, you havenot lost your work. You will have to "gosome" to be as generous as your employ-er. The loan campaign starts April 21.Begin to save now so that you can buyyour share of bonds.

It was evening and several callerswere chatting in the parlor, when a pat-ter of little feet was heard at the headof the stairs. Mrs. K, raised her handfor silence. "Hush, the children are go-ing to deliver their good night message,"she said softly. "It always gives me afeeling of reverence to hear them. Theyare so much nearer the Creator than weare, and they speak the love that is intheir little hearts never so fully as whenthe dark has come. Listen!" There wasa moment of tense silence. Then—"Mamma," came the message in a shrillwhisijer, "Willie found a bedbug."

Happiness is a by-product of industry.

U.E.YOHE

IO8 EAST PRAIRIE AVE.D E C A T U R , I LL.

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Mil. STALKY TURNING THE FIRST SRADK OF EARTH FOR BUILDING NO. 16.

JIMISICAL STORIES1. SKEETERS

"Yes, sir," said Jim, ''mosquitoes areworse in Texas than any placa else inthe world. Why one morning I V/PIIC outearly to the oil field, and there I saw abig bunch of mosquitoes lined up at agrind stone, each waiting his turn tosharpen his proboscis.

"Two Irishmen, living in a tent on theoil field, were trying every way theycould one night to escape the viciousbites of these mosquitoes. Not-even thesmoke of both their pipes could rout theenemy. Finally Pat ventured to peepoutside the tent and there he saw a fieldfilled with fireflies.

" 'It's no use, Mike,' he said, turningmournfully to the interior, 'They're outlooking for us with lanterns'."

„ 2. THE SHEEP DOGAn Englishman having gone up into

Scotland to buy sheep, asked the Scotch-man to lend him his sheep dog to helphim drive the sheep back home, a dis-tance of 70 miles.

The Scotchman agreed; but at the eudof the journey, the Englishman had be-come so fond of the dog that instead ofreturning him as he had promised, hetied him up for six weeks hoping thedog would then remain with him. As soonas the dog was free, he drove all thesheep back to his master in Scotland.

3. GLADSTONEOnce upon a time, he (Jim) visited the

largest wax works in the world, locatedin England. In it are the wax images ofnoted persons of all times, from QueenElizabeth down to the late Edward VII,and even the presidents of the UnitedStates.

As he passed the image of Gladstone, itmade a profound bow to him, much tothe astonishment of the good Scotch-man. Doubtless the great English states-man realized that Jim was a mighty manlike himself and chose to recognize himin this way.

A man who had been born and broughtup on the range and had never seen orknown woman, rode in to a border townto see the sights.

Immediately he fell in love wi th abuxom waitress and they were married.The cowpuncher bought another horsuand the couple rode away to the far-offranch, supposedly hapny and content.

Two days afterward the cowpunchercame back, looking very sorrowful—lead-ing the other horse.

"Why, where is your wife? ' ' asked allthe men about, the hotel in concert as hi 'rode up.

"She broke her leg the second day out,"answered the cowpunche r as the tearsran down his face, "and I had to shoother."

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IT STOPPEDA man went to a restaurant one summer

day,And called for a beefsteak in imperative

way.In haste he sat down and impatiently

frownedAs the minutes elapsed e'er the beef-

steak was brown.

He hurriedly grabbed it, and was gulpingit down

When to the front doorway a farmerdrove 'round.

"Whoa," shouted the farmer; and as iusvoice broke

The man in the restaurant most sud-denly choked.

The farmer, not knowing the mischiefhe'd made,

Went calmly on with his produce totrade.

But Ihe man in the restaurant jumped tohis feet—

"Whoa" had stuck in his throat; hewas eating horse meat.

Diner—"This ham doesn't taste right."W'aitress—"Well, the cook said that

this ham was cured last week."Diner—"Last week, eh? WTell, you take

it from me, it had a relapse!"

HIS TUNEFUL MESSAGEIncluded among the passengers on

board a ship crossing the Atlantic re-cently was a man who stuttered. Oneday he went up to the captain of theship to speak to him.

"S-s-s-s-s-s" stuttered,the man."Oh I can't be bothered," said the cap-

tain, angrily; "go to somebody else."The man tried to speak to everybody

on board the ship, but none could waitto hear what 'he had to siy. At'last hecame to the captain again.

"Look here," said the captain, "I cantell you what to do when you want to sayanything; you should sing it."

Then suddenly, in a tragic voice, theman commenced to sing:"Should auld acquaintance be forgot and

never brought to mind?The blooming cook's fell overboard and

is twenty miles behind."

ON THE PAY-ROLL"My son Moses is a fine boy, Bern-

stein," said Isenberg proudly. "He's en-listed, and I bet you he goes right up tothe top of that army, too."

"Did he get a commission so soon al-ready, Isenberg"? asked *,he friend.

"No; straight salarj '" replied theproud father.

Ti l 10 MACHINE SHOP NEARLY COMPLETED.


P L A N T T A L K

WILL HP: EVER LOOK THE SAMEAGAIN?

WEDDING BELLS

Landreth-TowersThe wedc'ings of two very prominent

members of the Staley plant took placethis week. The first was that of JimTowers to Mrs. E. C. Landreth at 8o'clock Monday at the home of the bridein Indianapolis. Mr. Towers has beenemployed as chief of police of theStaley plant for two years and is there-fore well known to every one. He istaking two weeks off for his honeymoon.

Bril ley-BroadbearMiss Grace Urilley and Mr. W. H.

Broadbear were married at 6 o'clockThursday evening, March 27, at the homeof the bride on North Charles St.

"Sic G lo r i a M u n d i t "Heinle was the Achilles of our unmar-

ried men. Hut Achilles proved vulner-able. Year after year, he floated on theidle wing of fancy pausing here andthere to sip to/ a moment the sweet nec-tar of some charming flower, but alwayson the wing.—He never l i t .

His graceful step and endearing man-ner won1 him many bright glances a l -though they cost the givers many a bit-ter sigh and briny t'.-ar. Electricallyspeaking. Heinie was well insulated. Thehottest of live wires failed to penetratehis well baked enamel. With a confi-dence founded on long imperviousness,he seldom passed up an opportunity tostill further demonstrate his immunity.

But all things human have an end.The pitcher that goes too often to thecistern is sure to break. Heinle's insula-tion softened and gave way under a too

heavy strain and the intense arc of Mslong repressed affections grounded himat last.

We congratulate him on his choice;may the bond between them be electri-cally welded and may the arc of lovenever cool.

—»-—Mr. William Richee, who was Table

House foreman bafore his long illnessthis winter, res-'o:ned from the Company '.•>service March 15.

Mr. Richee is a well recognized expert;n the manufacturing of special starchesa^d sugars. His retirement will leave a,vacancy hard to fill both in the organ-ization and among his friends. He ex-"eats to engage in business for himselfin Chicago. The Journal ettends the wellw'shes of his many friends in the Staleyplant. *

Well, Henry bl:-w in again about themiddle of March. His full name isHenry Rudolph Pctrafka, and he used tobe assistant storekeeper before hejoined the Navy last July. He was onthe II. S. S. New Mexico before thearmistice was signed and was latertransferred to the Pennsylvania. He wasen the sick list for about a month, andthen, just after he had been assigned toa trip to Belgium, he was released. Heexpects to come back to work with theA. E. Staley Company soon.

—<y—"O wad some power the giftie gie usTo see ourselves as others see us."

A ROSE BETWEEN TWO THISTLES


NOTICEA prize of one thousand dollars is of-

fered by the National Industrial Confer-ence Board for the best essay on anyone of eight subjects such as unemploy-ment, the fixing of wage rates, tradeunions, etc. 'The contest is open to allpersons except those who are memberso.f or identified with the National Indus-trial Conference Board. For definite in-formation consult the editor.

A son was born March 15 to Mr. andMrs. William Welch. Mr. Welch worksin the Feed House.

—»—A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Ora

Pumphrey Sunday, March 16, at BlueMound. Mr. Pumphrey works in theTable House.

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An Irishman, telling his friend of anarrow escape in the war, said: "Thebullet went in me chist and came out meback."

"But," said ths fr iend "it would gothrough your heart and kill you."

"Me heart was in me mouth at thetime." —»—

The fellow who loses his head neverseems to miss it.

Miss Lillian Chandler entertained thegirls of the office at the Empress The-ater early in March. The girls saw the"Suffragette Revue" and learned somevery radical doctrines. After the show,Miss Chandler continued to be hostessat the Princess.

Miss Lydia Ferber entertained thegirls with a card party last Tuesdayevening at her home, 1312 East Prairie.Dainty refreshments were served.

BASEBALLIn its first season of indoor baseball,

the Staley team has lived up to its repu-tation in the outdoor sport, for it suc-ceeded in winning the championship.The championship was well earned sincethe team had twice defeated every otherteam in the commercial league and hadnever suffered defeat itself.

Already four games have been bookedfor the outdoor season. The first gamewill be with the Fairbanks-Morse teamof Beloit, Wis., April 12. The Maroonsof Rockford, 111., will play here May 30,31 and June 1. Among the other gamesof the season, it is probable that theCleveland club of the American leaguewill be included.

Practice begins the first of April andprospects for the season are fine. Big.7im Lambrick, pitcher, is back with us tostay, and "Windy" Lotshaw is expectedto come in about a week. Windy is thehard hitting left fielder of the Indianap-olis club of the American league. Hewon the pennant for them two years agoby Ms hard hitting. Lotshaw has thereputation of making more noise on theball field than our old standby, AvoryMcGlade.

George Watkins and Stubby Hawkinswill be behind the bat this year, andT^uster Wood worth will be on short.Charlie Dressen. hard hitter, will nlaysecond base and "Old Reliable," ClydeSonger will b° on third.

The right field is open for a few daysyet. Several applicants for the positionare beiner considered with the possibilityof Criu Star getting; the job. With Was-sem and Meinert takin<r c^re of the lef tand center fields and Lotshnw on firstbase, the infield should be faster thanever.

Mr. Staley. Mr. Chamberlain and Mr.Fletcher have nicked out and orderedsome niiihty classv suits for the firstteam. The suits are grav. trimmed withred. and the outfit includes a jacketwhich is red, trimmed with gray.

ppr ev'rv man tinldin ' dnwn a irvh THB THREE FINE LOOKING CHILDRENi er evry man nowm clown a job op BILL WHITE. FOREMAN IN THEthere s a big bunch only holdm' onto 'em. PACKING HOUSE.

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FROM OUR BOYS IN SERVICEGOES TO RUSSIA

HarryWalmsley, on Duty in France,Goes to Archangel.

After receiving a letter from HarryWalmsley about the first of March inwhich he said he expected to be home inApril, Mr. Chamberlain received anothera week later saying that he had volun-teered for service in Russia and probablywould not be home for a year or more.

HARRY'S OFF TO RUSSIA

Every one was disappointed, of course,but we balievs Harry will gain as muchfrom his experience in Russia as hehopes for, in spite of the cold and theBolsheviki, and wish him luck. The let-ters follow:

Nevers, France, Feb. 23, 1919.Dear Mr. Chambsrlain:

Since last writing you I have volun-teered to go to Russia. The Army calledfor volunteers and I am anxious to seethat country so signed up and am going toleave February 25th. The town we areto be Stationed in is Archangel, in thenorthern part of Russia.

They tell me it is colder there than inAlaska—that the temperature averages50 degrees below ?ero. I'll take a chance,1'or I believe it will be a wonderful ex-perience, full of adventure, more thanlikely. I will be in Europe for anotheryear, and possibly a little longer. How-ever. I think I shall profit by my act, fortraveling, if you keep your eyes open, isgood education.

More than likely we will be routed via

the North Sea, Arctic Ocean, White Seaand Archangel Gulf. Will, no doubt, seea few icebergs on the way. That countryis noted for the six months daylight andsix months night time, so you can seethat it will be a curiosity.

In my estimation, Russia will be Amer-icanized within a few years, and to knowsomething of that country will be bene-ficial. Perhaps I will get a chance to trymy luck on the Bolsheviki if they insiston fighting. Will write you as soon as 1arrive there, which will be in about twomonths, as the trip is 3,000 miles and itwill be slow sailing through the ice. Ad-dress my mail for the present as usual.

February 16. 1919."No doubt you know how the French,

mademoiselles are, so I shall not endeav-or to advise you, but will say that a mancan make all the good resolutions hewants to and when he meets the Frenchlassies he will fall and fall hard," is thesentiment voiced by Harry Walmsley ina recent letter to Mr. Chamberlain.

"Have been sight seeing for two weeks,visiting southern France and must say1 had a very pleasant trip. My head-quarters was in Nimes, in the depart-ment Gard, a city of 80,000 populationand rather ancient.

"The main things of interest which Isaw were the old Roman structures. Nodoubt you have often heard of the'Port du Gard,' a large aqueduct canstructed in the early days. There is alarge Roman arena at Nimes which wasused before the war for bull fights, andas soon as things again become normal,these fights will be staged again. Thereis also an old arena at Aries and ruins ofa Roman ampitheatre.

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"Visited Palavas on the Mediterranean,also the commercial city of the South,namely Montpellier. Visited Lyons, thesecond largest city of Prance; surely isa lively town. Will, however, state thatI have not lost my heart in this countryas yet. Another city visited was Avig-non where the old Papal Palace is locat-ed. This city, like many in France, isentirely surrounded by a huge wall, pro-tection against the enemy in old; n days.

''Prospects are becoming brighter withregard to our returning to the States.Really believe we shall be home beforemany months, possibly in April. Had aposition offered to me as private secre-tary to a large mechanical concern. Iam going to investigate it, but it willhave to be a mighty good proposition be-fore T accept it."

Yours truly,HARRY VVALMSLBY.

\ \ O R Y McULiADU GOTTEN UP FOR HISCOON ACT

"Long ago I found out that there is tobe no more fighting so 1 joined a showand a fellow from Kentucky and myselfhave a negro act that is making thewhole Army of Occupation smile,"writes Avory McGlade from Neuweid onthe Rhine. McGlade was a millwrightand a star on the Stalgy baseball teamin the days before he started out to fightthe Kaiser.

"We have a good chance to go to gayParee with the show, and if 1 don't takea notion to play baseball, which startsnext month, I am going over. We haveplayed in about thirty towns where sol-diers are located, and we have the besttown of all. I have a real bed to sleepin, which is not so bad when a couplemonths back I would liked to have had abed of soft rocks. At present I am writ-ing in the kitchen of this old Germanfamily's house.

"I am getting fat over here and if 1don't play ball this summer I will be thepicture of a certain Mr. Leaser, head andall. 1 could stand a letter from some ofthe boys. Girls, I am sorry that I couldnot fill my promise to bring back theKaiser, but he ran away from me, andhe sure went some. Luck to everybody.

CORP. A. O. McGLADE,Co. R 4th M. G. Hn.. American B. F.

A. P. O. 710. 2d Division.

KAY SCH10UKR.

Ray wa^ back for a short v i s i t wi th usabout a month ago. He is now on the U.S. S. Wheel ing, but earnestly hoping- thathe can como hack to the office at Staley'sbefore long".

A joker put a sign on a penny-in-theslot machine: "If you will push hardenough you will get your money back."

The next morning a Scotchman wasfound dead at the foot of the machine.

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No doubt about it. Jim Towers is aregular heart breaker. At least half thewidows in Decatur had their hearts seton him. When he told his housekeeper(who is a widow) that he was going tobe married, she threw up her hands andburst into tears saying tnat she had hadher hopes set on him. Then she criedso hard that he had to leave the house.

Adolph is very well pleased with thesuccess he has had in raising a mous-tache, according to Mr. Smith. But somefolks think a microscope is needed tofind it.

Johnny Keane is raising rabbits sothat when he can't bag a wild fox, he canat least have a game of hare and hound.

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Mr. Chamberlain will have to begin colook for another office boy. Anna EvaFay, fortune teller at the Empress, toldMartha that she was going to get mar-ried about the first of June! So Marthais planning for her trousseau.

"Well," drawled Bill Morrison, "I wassurprised to hear that Heinle was goingto be married. I didn't think he hardlyever went with the girls."

Doesn't a squirrel know a nut when hesees it? And didn't a squirrel sink histeeth into Tom Thornborough's hand theother evening?

The bookkeeping department begs 1,0announce (according to Mr. Walker) thatit has been so busy it has not had timeto think what the news is, or to noticeany jokes. We all know how hard thedepartment works.

Goldie says the reason she called Mr.Burwell "dear" over the telephone wasbecause she was so in the ha,bit of sayingit to Gertrude. Oh, very well.

So abstracted and contemplative hasthe storekeeper become that at times helooses all consciousness of his surround-ings. One morning not long ago heboarded a street car and sinking deep inhis newspaper forgot ail else. He camesuddenly to discover that he was on aUnion Depot car, just leaving the station.And now Bob is sore at the street carcompany for not having signs people canread.

Marie caused a good deal of commentlast week. Mr. Staley says it must havebeen a "real, long, lingering kiss."

Even the clock in the bookkeeping de-partment is about tour hours»behind tima.

Buddy Robb returned from a visit withhis Ohio girl at 4:30 Tuesday morning.Some folks in the auditing departmentwere hoping that he would be marriedbefore he got back, but apparently hegot back safely.

—-»—Henry Dubes was just all fussed up the

other day—he had a necktie on! HowardFile took pity on him, thinking he neverwore a necktie because he could not af-ford to buy one. So Mr. File, being kind-hearted, brought one of his own necktiesand very carefully tied it about Mr.Dubes' neck.

Jim Towers feels the responsibility ofthe A. E. Staley Mfg. Co. resting on himso heavily that when he was in TerreHaute last week, he could not enjoy him-self because he was worrying all thetime about the plant. We are wonderingif he can enjoy his honeymoon?

Some people buy Thermos bottles tokeep the milk warm for the baby, butRagsdale bought one so that he wouldhave hot water for his Ford.

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STALEY FELLOWSHIP .JOURNAL

This Li t t le Pig Went to MarketOnce upon ;i time there lived a man

who raised a fine big hog. This man'sname was Troy Harris of the PackingHouse. And when the hog was just asfat as could be, the man decided tobutcher. He asked his friend, G. W. Gal-lagher, also of the Packing House, tohelp him do this.

So one morning early, Mr. Gallagherstarted out with a basket on his arm togo to the home of his friend to helpbutcher. His mouth watered at thethought of the fine pork chops and sau-sage with which he would fill his basket.But when he got there, the pig pen wasbare,—for Mr. Harris had sold the hog tothe slaughter house.

— «—Jack Fletcher is the greatest valetudi-

narian in the plant. Monday he was suf-fering from toothache; Tuesday, lum-bago; Wednesday, catarrh; Thursday,falling sickness; Friday, his legs weregetting weak; Saturday, general debility,Sunday is a day of rest.

Miss Bloomquist is the champion ath-lete of the main office. Yesterday whenin a playful mood, she threw a Stoneweighing 165 pounds, out of the officewindow.

Paymaster Robb should be advised bysome happy benedict to get a telephoneoperator of his own.

Mabel must have noticed a decidedfalling off in the number of her restaur-ant customers after the appraisers left.

The sorrow, the terrible grief whichcame to the Bishop early in March! Theapple of his eye, the new sedan, sufferedinjury to its rear left wheel. Besides theagony which the poor dear had to en-dure, the wheel really looked unsightly.Some one said that the accident hap-pened when Bishop had a Free Meth-odist jag on.

But Bishop is guilty of further abuse tohis beloved car. He put the brakes onwith sudden harshness one evening, andsuch strength did :he exert that he loos-ened the front seat from its fasteningsand nearly pushed himself over to thefloor in the back. He savs he is goingto bind it with steel so that it can't getfractious again.

A petticoat and two shirtwaists ar-rived at the Purchasing Department onemorning. Mr. Augur claimed them.

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It is a well known fact that Sir ThomasLipton, owner of 400 retail stores in theUnited Kingdom, always made it a prac-tise to have a fat man dressed in whiteoveralls parading back and forth in frontof his stores as a living advertisementfor the hams and bacon.

The employes in the Staley Restaurantfrom the proprietors down to AnnieRooney, the fat lady, are the best adver-tisements in the city of Decatur for thegood substantial food they serve. Theyare noted for their cheerful smiles andgood natured dessert.

—*—Wanted: A small sized, intelligentmonkey equipped with a red cap andjacket and trained to play the hand or-gan, collect the donations, and performsome monkey tricks. Apply to EiboFrerichs. Department No. 3.

You might think that Earl Leek isvain when you hear that he sits in theEngine Room with a mirror in his handalmost all morning. He has the ap-pearance, however, of playing tag withthe sparrows which flit about beneaththe roof.

A passenger elevator is needed to therestaurant now that the style of long-tight skirts has come back again.

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One day, Stiffey called all his men to-gether and told them he had a soft snapfor the laziest man iu the bunch. Hedrew a line on the floor and told the mento step over it. Every one did so exceptFritzie. When Stiffey asked him why hedidn't come over, he said it was too muchtrouble.

"Well, then," says Stiffey, "You've gotthe vacuum pan. Re good to it for I hadit saved for the laziest man on the job.You other fellows get back to work."And Fritzie still has the job.

—*—Rufus Sowash says he wishes Mr.

Chamberlain would sow dwarf grass infront of the office building so that hewould not have to use the lawn mowerevery week.

—o—"Little boy," asked the well-meaningreformer, "is that your mamma over yon-der with the beautiful set of furs?"

"Yes, sir," answered the bright lad."Well, do you know what poor animal

it is that has to suffer in order that yourmamma might have the furs with whichshe adorns herself so proudly?"

"Yes, sir. My papa."—New YorkTimes.

RESTAURANT DAILY BULLETINMonday—no news.Tuesday—no news.Wednesday—no news.Thursday—no news.Friday—no news. ,Saturday—no news.Sunda;, —Hopeful.

—Mabel Leaser, Correspondent.

Wanted—Soni3 one to put gome life(meaning entertainment) in the Fellow-ship Club.

Signed, The Electricians.—$-—

Smith, our blond headed timekeeper,is sure the asroplane was first inventedby some Kentucky colonel. At least,that is one of the excuses he makeswhen taken to task about his ascen-sions. On an average, he makes threeflights daily and 23 pay day.

Everyone admits that the work ci!cleaning, repairing and building in thelast few weeks has been very strenu-ous. But the change sf?ms to be mostnoticeable in Stiffey. Hard work hasreduced his weight by 15 pounds atl°ast.

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A Christian Scientist, one of the fore-men of the Peed House, while walkingabout the plant, met a man in the PumpRoom doubled up with pain.

"My man," he said, "What is the mat-ter?"

"I was out last night," moaned tlieman, "And, on, how I ache!"

"You don't ache," answered the apostleof Mrs. Eddy. "Your pain is imagination.It is all in your mind."

The man looked up in grave astonish-ment at such a statement and then re-plied in a most positive manner:

"That's all right; you may tliink so, butI've got inside information."

Lcng of the Table House says thepadfilers of the new house have provedthemselves very good painters andought to be finished acrobats by thetime they are through with their job.

Lowell Gill: You want to know thename of the woman Jim Towers is goingto marry? Well, come around tomorrowmorning and I will tell you.

(Tuesday morning.)Editor: Well, what is her name?Mr. Gill: Mrs. Towers.

It is whispered about that Gifford,Boren and Thornborough are all on thewater wagon.

—«—Nathaniel Smith, night electrician, isbeginning his flight into high society, Lojudge by the purchase of his new car.

They arrived hurriedly at the fifthinning.

"What's the score, Jim?" he asked afan.

"Nothing to nothing," was the reply."Oh, goody!" she exclaimed. "We

haven't missed a thing!"

CONTINUE TO DO YOUR BIT

BRING down the cost of living by rais-ing a Victory Garden. Last year,

America produced in backyard gardensand vacant lots, crops valued at $520,-000,000, and these crops were the meansof saving Prance and Belgium fromstarving.

The Victory Garden is now as impor-tant to the world as the War Gardenwas. Almost all European peoples aresuffering from lack of food, and are notyet able to produce all they need. Amer-ica must continue to feed them that theymay more quickly adjust themselves to

the conditions which face them. Re-member it was they who held back thehordes before America entered the war,and it was they who had to endura in-vasion. With every seed which Americasows should go our lasting thankfulnessthat our lands are left fair and whole-some, unspoiled by the fearful polutionwhich fills the fields of Belgium andnorthern France.

The size of your garden may be small,but a great many small gardens will in-crease the world's food supply so thatmany will be saved from starvation.

Buy the seed for the Staley Garden Contest of

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Buy in Large Orders and Save Money.

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Here Is a Good PlanThis is a garden plot 50 by 65 feet, in

which careful attention has been paid to

Rows are 30 inches apart. If soil isvery fertile rows may be closer.

Planting was begun with the lettuceproper relation of the season's crops and and radishes, and plantings were made ato a continuous supply of the more im-portant vegetables.

few days apart to insure a constant sup-ply of vegetables.

ARRANGEMENT OF SEASON'S CROPS

Lettuce Radishes Asparagus Rhubarb

Teas, followed by late Tomatoes

Peas, followed by Celery

Onion Sets

Beets, '/•> row; Carrots, y, row, followed by Corn

Turnips, followed by Bush Beans

Potatoes, followed by Spinach

Spinach, followed by Potatoes

Cabbage, with Lettuce and Radishes between

lieans, Bush Lima

Chard, % row; Parsley, % row

Parsnips, % row (radishes to mark row)

Peas, followed by Corn

Beans

Early Potatoes, followed by late Cabbage

Early Tomatoes, followed by late Cabbage

Early Tomatoes

Peppers, Vi row; Potatoes, Okra or Eggplant, i/, row

Potatoes

Potatoes

Pole Lima Beans

Pole Beans

Corn

Corn

Corn

Cucumbers Squash

(bush

crook neck)

Squash

.winter)

Musk-

melon

If your backyard garden is not as large as you would like to have it, you may beable to get a vacant lot in the east part of town by calling on Mr. Dwight Stamper,Railroad Y. M. C. A. secretary.


Staley Fellowship JournalPublished monthly in the interest of the

employees of the A. E. Staley Mfg. Co., Itera-tor, 111. Ten cents a copy, one dollar a year;Driven to members of the Fellowship Club.

Edited by Dorothy Baker.

Vol. 2 No. 10 April 1910

GARDEN CONTESTS

1. For Boys and Girls

Either a Boy Scout tent or abathing suit will be the first prizein the boys' and girls' contest. Thesecond prize will be either a tennisracket or a pair of roller skates.

1. Those who enter the contestmust not be younger than 7 yearsold or older than 14 and must bothe children of Staley employes.

2. Five different kinds of vege-tables must be raised, but the gar-den does not need to be large.Keep your garden looking clean.

3. The contest wil l close themiddle of August when threejudges will inspect the gardens ofthose who send in or give theirnames and addresses any time be-fore August to the editor, MissDorothy Baker, care the A. E.Staley Mfg. Co., City.

2. For Men and Women

Either a tea set, including a teapot, cream pitcher, sugar bowl andsix cups and saucers, or a cut glassbowl will be the first prize for themen's and women's contest. Thesecond prize will be either a waterset, including a pitcher arid sixglasses or a half dozen sherbetglasses.

1. Any man employed by theStaley Mfg. Co. or his wife mayenter this contest.

2. Ten different kinds of vege-tables must be raised in the sea-son. The garden should be free'from weeds.

3. About the middle of Augustthree judges will inspect the gar-dens of those who send or givetheir names and addresses beforeAugust to the editor of the StaleyFellowship Journal.

The man who never smiles has miscon-ceived the duty of faces.

BIJOU CALANDERAPRIL 1V19

Tues. Wed., Thur., April 1, 2, 3ELSIE FERGUSONIn His Parisian Wife.

Fri., Sat., April 4 and 5VIOLA DANA

In Satan Junior

Sun., Mon., April 6 and 7ENID BENNETT

In Happy Though Married

Tues., Wed., Thur., April 8, 9, 10WILLIAM S. HART

In Breed of Men

Fri., Sat., April 11, 12BERT LYTELL

In Blind Man's Eyes

Sun., Mon., April 13, 14CHARLES RAY

In The Girl Dodger

Tues., Wed., April 15, 16VIOLA DANA

In the Gold Cure

Thur., Fri., April 17, 18VIVIAN MARTINIn Mirandy Smiles.

Sat., April 19ANNA NISSON

In The Way of the Strong.

Sun., Mon., April 20, 21BRYANT WASHBURN

In Venus in the East

Tues., Wed., April 22, 23DOROTHY DALTON

in Quick Sands

Thurs., Fri., April 24, 25LILA LEE

In the Secret Garden

Sat., April 26HALE HAMILTON

In That's Good

Sun., Mon., April 27, 28ETHEL CLAYTONIn Maggie Pepper

Tues., Wed., Thur., April 29, 30,May 1

MARGUERITE CLARKIn Three Men and a Girl


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HAROLD CAUDLE WINSHarold Caudle, 11 years old, succeeded

in winning in the contest which wasconducted for the children last month.His article showed thought and care insubstance and in appearance. The sub-ject was "Playing Marbles." He wroteas follows:

"Playing marbles is a great sport. Itteaches boys many traits, some good,some bad. One of the good things itteaches you is accuracy, for you shouldbe a good shot to win the game. It alsoteaches you to be watchful as you shouldbe on your guard all the time. It teachesyou to be careful. Careless shooting willlose you the game. In a marble gameyou should be fair to other players ifyou want clean sport. These are some ofthe good things playing marbles teachesyou.

On the other hand, it makes some play-ers cheat; cheat boys smaller than theywho are not able to protsct themselves,

also cheat in the kind of marbles theyplace in the ring. The worst feature ofplaying marbles is that it is the firststep into gambling if you play keeps. Butwhere is the boy who likes to playfuns?"

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Butter a baking dish. Place in it alayer of the meat, then a layer of onions,then a layer of spaghetti, then tomatoes.Repeat these layers again; sprinkle thetop with bread or cracker crumbs andbits of butter. Bake in a moderate ovenabout an hour. This dish is almosta meal in itself.

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Alice—1 imagine! It's so hard to con-ceal anything with the present styles!

"Can you claim any rich relations?""Yes, T have an uncle who is a farm-

Physician: Tell your wife not to worryabout that slight deafness, as it is mere-ly an indication of advancing years.

Mr. Meek: Doctor, would you mind tell-ing her yourself?

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TITBITS FROM THE MAN IN THE MOON

I hear in the moon—

That smiling spring has paid you an earlyvisit,—

That the spring chickens are parading in theirfine feathers,

That the young roosters have started to crow-ing, "Sweet Marie."

That man's inhumanity to man makes count-less thousands mourn,

That Gene Morrow and Biliy Broadbear areliving examples;

That too much imagination is worse than de-lirium tremens.

That the screams and howls of the museumexhibits in the new garage is something-damnable,

That one of the sirens sounds like the Wabashwreck whistle;

That St. Peter won't refuse to admit any mortal who had hell on earth.

That Bob Patten, your storekeeper, has a brand new officeThat he positively states that he gets it sprinkled every day.That Robert is such a shy and reserved mortal he refuses to go into details.

That Freddy Klumpp is going to marry, yum, yum. yum, yum,That his friends are going to give him a linen shower,'1 hat Dr. File is going to present him with a box of ambition pills.

That John White won't have the process help loafing in the Welfare House whileworking for him,

That it is a fact that that beautiful building belongs to the yard laborers,That the Great Mogul has issued an edict barring both sects from their happy

Home during working hours.

That Eibo Frerichs has purchased a brand new hand organ,That the only tune it will play is "Molly and I and the Baby,"That he is going to adopt the baby and name it Phantom.

That Bill Morrison's Brisco has contracted a malignant, diseaseThat like Bluebeard's skeletons, you can hear the bones rattleThat the only hospital in town that would take care of it is the Jewish hospital.

That you have a modern Hercules in your plant,—That when he nods he shakes the office building,That Bunting is going to move his desk so that he can ba seen, not heard.

Yours truly,

THE MAN IN THE MOON.

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