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Stale^ JournalJUIIE. 1926 Tlo. 12

CONTENTSPage

Confectioners' Corn Syrup 5

By Howard File

The Journal Has a Birthday 8

Ten Years of Staley Editors 9

By G. E. Chamberlain

Dislocations 18

By Dr. M. W. Fitzpatrick

Editorial 2 1

Glucose as a Food 22

Cover Design Contest 23

Larsen Elected President 24

Man in the Moon 42

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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The Individual CcuntsA Wall Street man, commenting on the

failure of many intelligent people to vote,demolished the old argument that "myone vote wouldn't count" by telling thestory of a Scotch village which planned acelebration. In order to aid the festivi-ties, a large cask was provided, into whicheach villager was to empty a bottle ofwine, refreshments for all then beingdrawn from the keg. One thr i f ty house-holder, thinking that his contributionwould not be missed among so many,filled his bottle with water instead of wineand emptied it covertly into the cask.Later, when the cask was tapped, it wasfound to contain nothing but water. Allof the villagers had had the same thought.

The TiffSlimkins and his young wife had just

completed their first quarrel."I wish I were dead," she sobbed."I wish I was, too," he blurted out."Then, I don't wish 1 was," and the

war continued. Pearson's Weekly (Lon-don) .

SOME SOFT SNAPSA barber in Moscow.Horse doctor in Detroit.Keeping flies off a snow man.Killing the fleas on a goldfish.To be captain of the Swiss navy.Digesting the hole of a doughnut.Sweeping leaves f rom a hall tree.Manager of an ice house in Alaska.Keeping the dust off Niagara Falls.Being night watchman on a sun dial.Driving a street-sprinkler in Venice.Gathering the eggs that a rooster lays.Keeping the grass cut at the North

Pole.Bathing suit censor on the Sahara

DesertAssistant lineman for a wireless com-

pany.Running a clothes-pressing business for

Zulus.The Humorous Editor of the Congres-

sional Record. Truck.

Tom Munn of the National Steel Found-n-y, Erie, tells us that the Klu Klux Klan-will not get Scotchmen, for no Scotchmanon earth will pay $10.00 for a $1.50;sheet.

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Employer Why did you take downthat "DO IT NOW" sign hanging overyour desk?

Clerk 1 couldn't stand it the way thebill collectors looked at it when I toldthem to call again tomorrow.

Ray What is the most nervous thingin the world, next to a woman?

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What Pat Announced

Father Boyle was sick and unableto celebrate Mass. One Sunday morninghe called in Patrick, the old sexton, andtold him that he was sick and to informthe people, explaining that due to hisillness they couldn't hear Mass, and thatthat would be no sin on their part.

Patrick stood at attention, occasionallysaying, "Yes, Father". As Patrick wasabout to leave, Father Boyle said: "Pat-rick, you might as well make the an-nouncements for the week. Next Thurs-day confessions will be heard for the FirstFriday. Tuesday, feast of SS. Peter andPaul. Collection for the Holy Father,the Pope. A package has been found inchurch—owner can have same by callingat the sacristy. On Wednesday JohnClancy and Mary McCollister will be mar-ried in this church; anyone knowing whythese persons should not be marriedshould make known their reasons toproper authorities."

Patrick carried out Father Boyle's in-structions as follows: "Ladies and gentle-men: Father Boyle is sick and that is nosin. Next Thursday will be the First Fri-day. Tuesday will be the Feast of JohnClancy and Mary McCollister. The Popewill be here next Sunday to take up thecollection, and on Wednesday SS. Peterand Paul will be married in this church,and anyone what sez they shouldn't bemarried will find their reasons rolled upin a package by calling at the sacristy."

Doubtful

"Well, John," the doctor said onemorning on his arrival , "what is yourmaster's temperature this morning?"

"Indeed, sir," replied the servant, "Ishould not like to say, sir. He died dur-ing the night." The Mutual Magazine.

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Not ResponsibleEven if our plans do sometimes go

awry there comes to us a certain degreeof satisfaction if we did our best to makethem go aright.

Private Tommy Adkins peered alonghis rifle and carefully balanced the bull'seye on the tip of his foresight (as perinstructions) and squeezed the trigger.

Bang!Above the target a red flag waved to

denote a miss.Again he fired and again the red flag

wagged."I say, Adkins, where are your shots

going?" demanded the sergeant, angrily."Every one so far has missed the target."

Private Tommy Adkins glanced overhis shoulder at the irate sergeant.

"I don't know, sergeant," he replied ina mystified voice, "they left here allright!" Kablegram.

Would FitYoung Man I'm looking for a job.Grocer—Well, 1 like your looks but I

can't afford more help.Young Man—But I won't be much help,

sir. The Progressive Grocer.

Playing It SafePercy (to Station Agent) What time

does the next train leave for the east?S. A.—Six o'clock tonight, sir.Percy And what time does the train

leave for the west?S. A. Not 'till tomorrow morning, sir.Percy Come on, Fweddie, we can

cwoss the twacks, then.—Just Me.

Housewife — That was a very poorpece of beef you sold me yesterday ; itwas spoiled.

Butcher - I'm sorry,gave you a bum steer.

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Who would ever have suspected thatthe Police Gazette would have been drivenout of barber shops by the Ladies' HomeJournal. Tunica (Miss.) Democrat.

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Ten Years

Ten years have brought us much of gladness,Ten years have brought some of us tears,

And yet in gladness or in sadness,We've had ten years of life—ten living years.

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Let memory linger brief on troubles past;But warm itself before those embers bright

Of by-gone happiness—of friendships fast—Through summer's warmth and winter's white.

Yet of our troubles let us not despair,For good may come of sorrow and of pain—

Storms and harsh winds may purify the airAnd drive us on our way to happiness again.

High in the sky an airy bridge may rise,Its superstructure proud with careless grace,

But deep within the muck do not despiseThe stubborn mass that holds it all in place.

So in the building of our every life,Sorrow, defeat and troubles thick and fast

Instead of stumbling blocks or needless strifeMay prove themselves our corner stones at last.

—Cobb.

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Confectioners' Corn Syrup—Its Composition andCharacteristics

By Howard File, Chief Chemist

The composition of corn syrup in gen-eral has not changed to any extent forseveral years. By this we mean that cornsyrup is a blend of sugars, dextrines andwater. These are its basic ingredientsand have remained in about the same pro-portion from year to year.

The quality of corn syrup however,has been greatly improved over what itwas a few years back. And this improve-ment is reflected in the ingredients ofseemingly lesser importance rather thanin those ingredients present in largeamounts.

Corn syrup is sold on the basis of its"gravity". And for confectioners use itis generally 43 degrees Baume. TheBaume scale is not the same as specificgravity, although specific gravity can becalculated from it. It is a scale intro-duced by a French chemist, AntoineBaume. The scale was marked 0° at apoint up to which it sinks in "water, and10 at the point up to which it sinks ina ten percent sodium chloride solution.The distance between these points wasdivided into ten equal degrees. Thesedivisions were then carried on up thescale to 50°.

The "gravity" of corn syrup is reportedas the degree Baume (Be) at 100° F.Eecause of its extreme viscosity at 100°F. it is necessary to make the determin-ation at 142° F. and calculate the readingto that of 100° F. This difference in tem-perature makes just an even degree differ-ence in Be. Although the bulk of con-fectioner's syrup is sold at 43° Be, someis sold as 42° and some at 44° and someat 45°. The 42° syrup has a water con-tent of 20.07% and the 45° contains13.75%. However, the 43° Corn Syrupis standard as it is generally most eco-nomical to handle and its water contentis 17.97%.

This leaves a total solids contents of82.03*//- The solids are made up largelyof dextrine and reducing sugars the pro-portion of each being indicated by theterm "purity". By purity we mean thepercent of reducing sugar in the totalsolids. Most corn syrup on the marketat this time has a purity of between 40and 43 and will average close to 41 cal-culated as dextrose. Consequently wehave in the corn syrup 33.63% reducingsugars.

For convenience these sugars are cal-culated as dextrose. However, such isnot the true case as there is present an ap-preciable amount of maltose sugar. Theconversion or hydrolysis of starch followsthree more or less distinct steps. Dex-trine is first formed then maltose and fin-ally dextrose. Many c o m p l e x carbo-hydrates occur between these substancesbut the three products named show themain changes and measures their pro-gression. As the hydrolysis of starch tocorn syrup is one that is less than halfcomplete it follows that we have in it aportion of all three products. The mal-tose content is about one third that of thetotal sugars and amounts to about 10%.

The remainder of the total solids islargely dextrine. This dextrine is similarin nature to that made by breaking downstarch by Jieat. It is not so viscous asmany gums but is a very important andvaluable asset to corn syrup.

The body of the syrup is influenced bythe dextrine content and the "gravity" ordegrees Baume. A syrup having a par-ticular viscous body may have a high dex-trine content without being necessarilyhigh in gravity. The dextrine content isan important one for the reason that it in-hibits crystallization of cane sugar with-out causing inversion. This is especiallyadvantageous in warm weatker. The dex-

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Just like the old fashioned water wagon the boys used to fall off of are these new tanktrucks which the Chicago office claims. These tanks are filled with glucose and then the com'pany can deliver the sweet burden direct to the customer, pumping it from the tank truck intohis storage tanks. Delivering glucose in this manner is rather a new plan but in Chicago isproving most satisfactory.

trine content of 43° corn syrup is about47.9%.

The ingredients we have just mentionedaccount for over 99*/c of those that go tomake up corn syrup. The remainderamounting to less than \ / ( , though small,are very important and on them largelydepend the quality of the product.

The acidity of the corn syrup in thepast has always been reported as theamount determined by tit ration and cal-culated as hydrochloric acid. This is donefor convenience but is not entirely cor-rect. The acidity is due not only to min-eral acids but also to organic acids andto acid mineral salts. In good qualitycorn syrup this amounts to 0.0 l r r or less.This method of reporting the acidity isnot entirely satisfactory and the methodof reporting the Pn value or hydrogen ionconcentration has been adopted as givingthe true active acidity of the corn syrup.It expresses in numerical value the degreeof acid ionization. Water is neutral andhas a Ph value of 7. The acid numbersrun below 7 and above that alkalivity isindicated. Corn syrup has a Ph value offrom 4 to 6. Good quality corn syrupshould have a Ph value between 5 and 5.5.

It is essential in the manufacture ofcorn products that fumes of burning sul-phur absorbed in water be employed inthe milling of the corn. The starch ab-sorbes some of the sulphur dioxide and inthis way it is carried into the corn syrup.The hydrolysis frees most of the sulphurfumes and there is only a trace in thefinished product, so small an amount infact that it cannot be determined with ac-curacy. The amount should be less thanthree thousandths of one percent.

The ash content of corn syrup is about0.25 ' .1 and consists principally of sodiumchloride or common table salt. This isobtained by neutralizing the hydrochloricacid used in converting the starch withcarbonate of soda. From 5 0' >- to 75' '•-•of the ash is sodium chloride and the re-mainder is phosphates, chlorides, sul-phates and carbonate of lime that arepicked up from the water and the bonechar used for filtration.

In addition to these ingredients there isalso a small amount of protein and othernitrogenous matter that comes throughfrom the mill house with the starch. Theseimpurities should not be present in anyamount and by their presence one may

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judge to what extent the starch has beenpurified before being utilized for cornsyrup manufacture . There should be lessthan 0.3' ( of protein in corn syrup.

In summing up the amount of variousingredients of which 43 J confectionerscorn syrup is composed we have the fol-lowing analysis:

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Water \i'.97Dextrose 23.63Maltose 10.00Dextrine 47.90Acidity 0.010Sulphur dioxide traceProtein 0.240Ash 0.250Ph value of our syrup, 5.3 to 5.5

This analysis just set for th is that ofa good quality corn syrup. However,such an analysis of any sample is not t rulyindicative of its quality and the best testof actual worth is the results obtained byactual trial. The important features ofa good corn syrup are its color before andduring boiling; tendency toward foamingand sticking to the kettle; the degree towhich the cane sugar is inverted duringthe boil, and the color of the finishedcandy. These characteristics may be ap-parent from an analysis but such is notnecessarily the case.

The color of the syrup should be clear,crystal water white. Nearly all syrup issuch when it is first made but only thesuperior grades remain so. The color isthe result of the purity of the starch, thecondition of the bone char, and the careused in neutralizing the corn syrup liquor.

In connection with the color of thesyrup may be mentioned the nitrogenousimpurities such as protein. Corn syrupmade from starch that is not properly re-fined and having a high protein contentwill turn off color much quicker whenbeing boiled. The protein also causes ex-cessive foaming and sticking to the sidesof the kettle.

Corn syrup is beneficial in candy be-cause it prevents the cane sugar fromcrystalizing. This is accomplished in twoways. First the dextrine in the corn syruphas an inhibiting effect on crystalizationand prevents the crystals from forming.And secondly there is a slight inversion ofthe cane sugar that forms non-crystalizingsugars. This slight inversion is essentialbut should not go too far otherwise thecandy is hydroscopic and becomes stickyin warm moist atmosphere. One natur-ally thinks of abnormal acidity when sucha condition occurs. And acidity, if ab-normal, will cause excessive inversion.However, high inversions will occur attimes when the acidity is normal, and itis often due to a weak cane sugar. The

ash content also has an important bearingon the inversion and sticky candy. It isnot so much the amount of ash as thenature of the ash, a preponderance of limesalts and nitrogen salts are conducive tohigh inversion.

It is a general practice to make an in-version test on each lot of corn syrup.This is accomplished by boiling a candytwo-thirds cane sugar and one-third cornsyrup. This is done under standard con-ditions and length of time and temper-ature. The amount of cane sugar in-verted during the boil is then determined.A good qual i ty product should invert from2 to 3 f r of the cane sugar.

During this open kettle test samplesare taken off to determine the color pro-duced during the boil. Beginning at atemperature of 280 F. samples are takenevery ten degrees to 340" F. Such acandy ordinar i ly begins to show discolor-ation at 300 F. It is possible now, how-ever, to obtain corn syrup that will notshow an appreciable discoloration at 320F. providing a high grade cane sugar isused with it.

In closing may we again call to your at-tention that fact that although an analysisas generally given is a valuable adjunctin arriving at the quality of corn syrup,the most important tests indicating qualityare the Ph value, the nature of the min-eral content, the protein impurities andthe candy inversion and color test.

LUNCHEON SPEAKERR. O. Augur, assistant secretary and

treasurer, spoke at the meeting of the De-catur Kiwanis club May 12, telling some-thing of the work and development ofthe A. E. Staley Mfg. Co. He sketched theearly history of the company, telling ofMr. Staley's dreams and their realization,then he told briefly of the process ofmanufacture of corn products.

Included in his talk, too, was an ideaof the amount of money paid in wagesand taxes and in the purchase of coaland corn, each year. Accustomed asmost of his hearers were to dealing inlarge amounts, they were for the mostpart astonished at the large scale uponwhich a home industry does business.

Mr. Augur ^closed his talk by telling afew of the many industries to which iheStaley company sells its products.

GOES TO EUROPEMrs. Herman Herbert lef t Decatur May

I 5 for New York, sailing from there forGermany May 1 8. Mrs. Herbert was bornin Germany but has lived in Americamany years. This is her third or fourthvisit to her native country since she cameto America to make her home. Her hus-band is stone dresser in the mill house.

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The Journal Has a BirthdayBecause with this month The Journal

begins the tenth year of its existence, thisseemed a fitting point at which to pauseand look back. And glancing back overthe life of The Journal one sees at thesame time almost the entire l ife of theStaley company. For the company wasstill an infant industry when The Journalfirst came into being.

When the first Journal made its ap-pearance in June, 1 9 1 7 , plant publicationsin factories of this size were not such ausual thing. And it was such a venturewith the Staley company that the job ofhandling it was turned over to the safetyengineer as a sort of a side issue.

This safety engineer, C. E. Murphy,happened to be a man who was capablenot only of taking care of his own work,but of handling in a thoroughly compe-tent manner the new publication, and forthat reason The Journal got off for a goodstart.

The first Journal is not a very spec-tacular affair, but it is of interest to anyone interested in the Staley company.Perhaps the thing which one notices morethan anything else is that, of the twelvemen mentioned in the first issue, eightare still with the company. They are Mr.Staley, C. A. Keck, K. D. Sherman, Dud-ley Boren, John Englehart, W. H. Broad-bear, Jack Fletcher, now on a leave ofabsence, and Joe McGinnity, who is withthe Brooklyn team this summer.

The cover design on this first issuewas four photographs—three at the toplabeled Our Presidents, and being those ofWoodrow Wilson, A. E. Staley and C. A.Keck, who was president of the Fellow-ship Club, and at the bottom a picture ofA. H. Kelling, who came to take chargeas general superintendent the month TheJournal came out.

Inside was a baseball story illustratedwith photographs of Jack Fletcher andKotzelnick. On the next page wereletters by K. D. Sherman and DudleyBoren, each letter accompanied by a pho-tograph of the writer, telling how theywon prizes for safety suggestions. Theother five pages were devoted to safetyarticles and cartoons.

It was not until the second issue, theJuly, 1 9 1 7 , number, that the Man in theMoon made his appearance, but he hasnever failed a month since.

In glancing back over the life of TheJournal one sees outstanding the editorswho have guided the publication in yearspast. Mr. Murphy has remained withsafety work and is now employed by thesteel interests.

He was succeeded by Dorothy Baker,to whom goes the credit of putting TheJournal onto its present basis. She hadbeen trained in one of the best schoolsof journalism in the country—that of theUniversity of Missouri, and had done somenewspaper work before she came to theStaley company. But even her excellenttraining could not have helped her to anygreat extent had she not possessed an in.-born talent and ability for making friendsand for organization.

In the year and a half that she waswith the company she made a real maga-zine out of a safety bulletin and estab-lished high ideals for fu ture editors tostrive to live up to. She left the Staleycompany in 1920 when she married FredSuddarth and went to South America tolive. Now she and her husband, withtheir two children, are living in KansasCity.

Mrs. Suddarth was followed at TheJournal by Natalie Hankemeyer, anotheryoung woman of excellent training andpreparation. Miss Hankemeyer did justwhat succeeding editors have done shecarried on the work as Mrs. Suddarthhad started it—but leaving upon it theimprint of her personality.

Miss Hankemeyer left the company in1921 to return to New York and she hasbeen in publicity work there ever since.This summer she is planning to take aEuropean tour, and her many Staleyfriends are wishing her all sorts of joyson her vacation. ,

When Miss Hankemeyer left she wassucceeded by a young woman whose per-sonality was so admirably fitted for thiswork that the powers gnashed their teethand raged when she decided to resign infavor of matrimony two years later. Thisyoung woman was Edna Coyle then, butsince November, 1923, she has been Mrs.B. J. Moody.

By the time Mrs. Moody took chargeThe Journal had grown to be a settledinstitution, but like many other growingthings, it was bigger than its surround-ings. Mrs. Moody did some reorganizing,increased the number of the pages andthen gave the mechanical side of the of-fice some attention. She installed filingsystems for used cuts and photographs,clippings and letters until The Journaloffice had a "morgue" which could wellbe the envy of many a country newspaper.

Then she suddenly announced that shewas being married, and for the last twoyears and a half she has been Mrs. Moody.Last October she took on another respon-sibility when her daughter was born.

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Ten Years of Staley EditorsBy G. E. Chamberlain, General Superintendent

Each of our editors has added his orher bit to the continuous story of thegrowth and prosperity of The Staley Jour-nal. It was given to me to preside overthe various changes in Journal manage-ment and thus, in a certain way, I canfairly claim to be the "missing link".

Its inception was not as our good friendMurphy wanted it a safety-first recordand a medium for propogating the ex-cellent principles and details of thatwork. It was, however, intended thatsafety work should have an importantpart in the activities of The Journal.Murph was a splendid safety man but hisvision was rather restricted to accidentstatistics and insurance costs. In his easy

club house, the band, the annual picnic,The Staley Journal and liberal wages.Owing to Murph's willingness — hisacknowledged experience and the furtherand more potent fact that no one elsehere needed the additional work to keepout of mischief, he was named editor.

The initial number came out the firstweek in June, 1 9 1 7 . Anticipating cata-clysmic results from Murph's "maiden"effort I had resigned from the organizationon May 31. Murph apparently took um-brage at this although he may have beenacting in a manner that he thought wouldplease the greater number for he failedentirely to mention my leaving the com-pany. Fortunately for my own peace of

These three pictures were used in the first Journal. Jack Fletcher, at the left, was themanager of the Staley ball team. This picture of Mr. Staley, in the center, was used on th-jcover of the first Journal, and Dudley Boren appeared as you see him at the right.

take-it-for-granted Milesian style he ad-mitted that he had often operated a plantorgan and had no doubt that he was theonly one present who could get away withit.

In the spring of 1917 the Great Warwas raging domestic affairs were inchaos, labor was scarce and rebellious,otherwise happy organizations were beingunionized by White House edict, profitswere large, interruptions in operationsmust be avoided. We in control of theorganization were puzzling our brains inthe attempt to abort labor troubles, con-solidate our organization and create aspirit of unity—of oneness with theowners that would benefit all.

Many various devices were employed.Plant athletics, the Fellowship club, the

mind I never knew this until last week.It was really funny. He detailed the in-stallation of a new general superintendentbut made no comment on how the positionhad become vacant. I cannot but wonderhow Murph missed a strong local newsitem. Perhaps my eleven letter namewas hard to spell. Anyway I was slightedand did not know it for ten years.

Along in 1 9 1 8 1 came back and foundThe Journal dragging very badly. Theyoung journalistic plant refused to grow•when fertilized with statistics and "don'ts"only. Just at this time Murph beat it forChicago. We did not want to lose himbut it was the only hope for The Journal.

It was now up to me to have a neweditor, I wanted one that did not chewtobacco and talk Back-of-the-yards-ese.

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Several girls applied. Now I have alwaysheld to the theory that feminine pulchri-tude was not incompatible with brains.Of course chorus men and sheiks are onlyin demand as cake eaters. But womenare different. I proved this when I mar-ried and have been firm in the fai th eversince. On this principle I selected theprettiest from among the applicants. Ithappened that she was a graduate froma school of journalism and on the staff ofthe Decatur Herald. Apparently EditorHardy worked on the same principle Idid for we had a merry time biddingagainst each other but The Journal won,and Dorothy Baker never went back tothe Herald. Then this man Sud-darth in-truded himself into my harmonious organ-ization. I did my humble best to back-fire him and believe I would have beensuccessful, but at the last minute hetopped my best argument with the offerof a trip to Buenos Aires and I was againin the market for an editor.

My daughter Clara, while at Smith col-lege, had chummed with Natalie Hanke-meyer. I also became acquainted withthe young woman at a steak dinner atNorthampton, given by me as proudfathers there are wont to do. Natalie wasthe brilliant star in that galaxy of brightfemininity, had studied journal ism at Col-umbia and wanted experience. She hadno faults. Her only misfortune was heryouth. She was really about ten yearsyounger than she looked and acted andshe worried about imaginary shortcom-ings in an entirely useless and painfulmanner.

This condition was rapidly outgrownand soon she was as carefree, insouciantand hard-boiled as every successful editorshould be. I nearly omitted her oneother failing—perhaps I should substitutethe term obsession — that the East (capi-tal E) embraced within its mythical bor-ders all the desirable things of earth.Finally she succumbed to the Village lureand The Journal was again headless.Natalie had developed into a first-classeditor, knew her technique, was a goodmixer and her term with the office shearswas successful and creditable in everyway.

Now came a swarm of applicants. Inorder that we might not lay ourselvesopen to the charge of favoritism weselected Miss Coyle from the staff of theReview. She had specialized on flyingjust before taking charge of The Journaland felt ambitious to essay still loftierflights. So she came to us. Edna's

knickers proved one of the outstandingevents of her term. Ben Moody saw themone day and like the famous black birds,"Then there were none". I mean thenthere was no editor left. Edna in everyway lived up to the standards established—charming, lively, witty, a good mixer,loyal to The Journal and the Staley or -ganization. The humble little folder hadnow grown to a real magazine with a realmailing list. The picture of the wadingepisode which was published in The' Jour-nal without her knowledge attracted alarge amount of very favorable commentI would hesitate to say exactly how manyoffers of marriage resulted from it but I mam sure she found it a wonderful curtain ™raiser for the short skirt fashion period.We all could anticipate in her case withgreat certainty.

She has now come out with a Juniorpublication and works on her dummyevery day instead of once a month. HerStaley friends all wish that she run alarge edition.

In as much as Edna had imbued TheJournal with a well defined Gaelic bright-ness and flavor we decided it would bewise to perpetuate the racial contact.With this as the principal specification weproceeded to cast an appraising eye overthe flock of maiden entries for the vac-ancy. The result was a foregone con-clusion to those familiar with the entries.The present incumbent received my u n -animous vote—brogue, wit, vocabulary,self-possession, experience she had it all.Irish daring combined with Centralia de-corum.

Within a week she had the foremeneating lumps of sugar out of her hand.In a month she knew the names of theirwives and children. Now she is the chosenconfidant of all our social reverses andfamily jars. She also sports knickers andwere it not for a well established fastid-iousness regarding serious applicants ofthe male persuasion we could hardly hope Mto keep her as long as we have. And she •is a good cook too. (No this is not apaid adv.)

In any case she is right. It is muchbetter to interest and please her manythousands of readers than 16 concentratethat wealth of charm on one poor humanman. It would not be fair. My wife ac-cuses me of consistently insisting that theactive Journal editor is the best yet. Irefute this charge. I am impartial andjudicial. But I do hope I do not haveto hire any more editors.

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C. E. MURPHYEditor 1917—1920

It "was a pleasure for me to hear ofyour anniversary number, commemorat-ing the tenth year of The Journal.

Upon my visit to the plant this springI was pleased to see and talk with a num-ber of my old friends, and I was surelysurprised at the vast improvements inthe plant in the past six years.

After reaching home and thinking overmy visit, I could not but think of themany old timers still on the job, espe-cially at this time when a man feels un-easy and thinks that he is not gettingthe breaks or that his company or fore-man is not treating him right and heneeds a change of employment, whichis principally the cause of labor turnover.Your plant family must be a congenialone, otherwise a man would not stay.

My purpose of starting The Journalwas to promote safety and fellowshipamong all my fellow workers. It is evi-dent that fellowship was created and keptin our little family. As to safety, I am

sure that all that was done to protectyou or your fellow workers was done witha good heart and only hope that thoseto whom safety was preached will remem-ber and follow in my footsteps and preachit at home, at work and in fact everyplace, and in so doing you are doing adeed that, if it does not mature immedi-ately, will in the near fu ture .

A happy man is one that on one occa-sion was able to save the life or limb ofa fellow being.

In my travels after leaving Decatur,which were from coast to coast andthrough hundreds of industries, I cantruthful ly say that the ever misused word"cooperation" has showed itself and re-sults most conspicuously in the pro-nounced prosperity of the A. E. StaleyManufacturing Company plant and its em-ployes.

In conclusion, I wish to congratulatethe company, club and the managementof The Journal at this anniversary andwish all a successful future .

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DOROTHY BAKER SUDDARTHEditor 1918—1920

Dear Staley Folks:

It was in November, 1918, just afterthe close of the war, that I went to Sta-ley's to edit the Staley Fellowship Journal.At that time it consisted of 1 6 pages andWas devoted chiefly to "Safety."

Mr. Chamberlain employed me with theunderstanding that I should work halftime in the purchasing office and half timeon The Journal. C. L. Bunting was pur-chasing agent, and he used to poke funat The Journal because he wanted meto spend full time on his work. I wasmuch more interested in The Journal, ofcourse, and after a few months Mr. Cham-berlain allowed me ful l time on editorialwork. He had a roll top desk placed inhis office, which then occupied the north-east corner of the frame office building,and it was quite a privilege for me tobe within earshot of the directing forceof the plant. It was fascinating to watchthat mind work.

Mr. Chamberlain's plan for my firstnumber of The Journal was ambitious.

He wanted to surprise Mr. Staley with astory of his l ife and he "wanted a goodlynumber of photographs of processes inthe plant to include in the story. Whata time I had to get a photographer totake the pictures! It was near the Christ-mas season, and all were too busy to taketime for that work. Eventually, however,the number for January, 1919, with Mr.Staley's likeness on the cover, was readyfor distribution. I believe the size wasincreased to 40 pages that time, and alarge number of copies was printed.

From upstairs, in the engineering de-partment, Morgan O'Brien brought a cam-era and taught me how to use it. SoonI was taking the most of the pictures forThe Journal myself and I always enjoyeddoing it. But the pictures and their platesfor reproduction seemed very expensiveto me. Somewhere in my ancestry theremust have been considerable Scotch. Atany rate, I set about to increase theamount of advertising and also the rate,to offset the expense of the pictures.That was interesting work, too, although

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I doubt if it repaid the time and ef for tinvolved.

When I went to Staley's the companywas just launching a huge building pro-gram. First came a new machine shop;then the offices between it and the store-room; then the thin boiling starch build-ing; enlargement of the boiler house; con-struction of No. 10 building, where glu-cose is made; the syrup house, the pump-ing station and club house, huge tunnels,sewers, paving, and even the founta in inthe courtyard. In fact, all the time I wasthere, I could run a construction story asthe feature of each issue. But the pro-gram was nearly completed when I leftJuly I , 1920.

The new offices were ready for occu-pancy the first of May, 1919, and in-cluded in them was a private one forThe Journal. The editor was about themost pleased person in the United States.

1 remember that Howard File came aschief chemist early in 1919. At thattime the laboratory staff consisted ofLowell Gill and Charlie Burkey, the irre-pressible. And also that "Bill" Morrisoncame about that time to be second assist-ant superintendent. Then began thegreat "Munchausian" contest with hon-ors still undecided.

The arrival of Harry Stadler as purch-asing agent was a great boon to TheJournal. He designed splendid covers andpage headings and contributed clever car-toons. A little later one of the men ofthe plant told me that there was a car-toonist \vorking in the reclamation plant.So 1 treaded my way down there and dis-covered Van Hook, who has been illus-trating the magazine ever since.

Then came C. M. Cobb as assistantpurchasing agent. When I saw a coupleof his short poems, very modestly sub-mitted, 1 was simply elated. 1 can't claimdiscovery of "The Man in the Moon," butno Journal went to press without it,though considerable urging was neededto get it sometimes.

With so much talent contributing, The

Journal just could not help but grow.And the mailing list grew until the taskof addressing thousands of envelopes onthe typewriter was impossible. So ma-chines were ordered to handle that.

One of my duties from the beginningwas to attend the daily foremen's meetingto take notes. At first that was veryhard. 1 didn't even know the men'snames, and the technical terms were justso much Greek. Besides, Fred Klumpp,who always had a long list of repairs,spoke so 'gently that I couldn't under-stand. But it was a good way to get ac-quainted, and Mr. Galloway could alwayshelp me out with the notes.

I'll never forget the first Christmasthere. The foremen presented Mr. Cham-berlain and Mr. Galloway with gifts atthe foremen's meeting. 1 was thoroughlyenjoying the pleasure and surprise of therecipients when a five-pound box of choc-olates was deposited in front of me. 1was too amazed for utterance,—that wasbecause I didn't know them yet. Theywere a jolly bunch, and they are thesame bunch still.

While 1 was there I rather objected to"Fellowship" in the title, "Staley Fellow-ship Journal," because it was long andalso because the magazine was not a pro-duct of the Fellowship club. The wordwas not taken out until after I had gone,and now I deplore the change, because"Fellowship" expresses the keynote of theStaley organization. It tells in one wordthe spirit which pervades the plant.

What a splendid place the world wouldbe if the head of every organization couldhave such a spirit as Mr. Staley's! Forthe spirit of any institution begins at thetop and spreads on down. And when anindustrial plant is imbued with the spiritof good will as it is at Staley's it meansthat a goodly number of people have con-tented lives. To my way of thinking,that is a greater achievement than to buildup a million dollar business from a zerostart, at least more unusual and moreworth while.'

So long live the Staley Spirit!

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NATALIE HANKEMEYEREditor 1920—21

I haven't been receiving recent issuesof The Journal, probably because my ad-dress has changed so often (that soundsas if 1 were a bootlegger, but really,I'mnot) anyway, what I started to say was,since I haven't seen The Journal lately Idon't know how many old-timers are leftat Staley's who will remember the dayswhen I was editor.

In those days, Building 1 0 was just fin-ished, the club house also "was just com-pleted, and "Staley lake" yet to be. BobPatton and Jack Howley reigned overthe stock room, "Hank" Potrafka was"The Tool Room King" and Jerome Heg-er and Ed Smith presided in the Timeoffice. Walter Grant ("young Turkey")•was office boy in the manufacturing de-partment and assistant Journal editor.

Avory McGlade and Windy Lotshawkept the editor well-stocked with materialfor the "Roasts" section of The Journalby telling her jokes on each other; Mr.Cobb always had a delightful poem ortwo for each issue, and Harry Stadlerdrew the covers. "The Man in the Moon"

saw everything that went on in the plant,and some things that didn't, and theywere all duly recorded on the last pageof The Journal.

Fred Klumpp always had the mosttroubles to report in Foremen's Meeting,and he also had other difficulties of amore personal nature, having to do withhis Hupmobile and a certain lady whowent riding in it, who was, I believe, awidow. Some of the other foremen Iremember were Kay Sherman, HenryDewey, Earl Leek, Homer Neale, E. C.Ragsdale, Bill Ooton, Henry Dubes, andJack and Claude Fletcher.

Staley's had a great baseball team inthose days. The editor considered it oneof her responsibilities to attend all thegames. Howard Millard of the Reviewwrote them up, and on one occasion,when the team was away on a long trip,and he went with them, he borrowed theeditor's portable typewriter so that hiscopy would get in on time. About a weekafter the copy was due, not a line havingbeen received, the editor decided to send

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Millard a telegram, but the telegraph of-fice wouldn't take the message she wantedto send.

I wonder if Charley Burkey is still inthe laboratory, and if he continues totake courses by mail? He must be aPh.D. by this time. And I wonder if AliceWhite still blushes as prettily as she usedto? Some of the other girls I would liketo send a greeting to, if they are stillJournal readers, are Marie SchurmanBeaghan, Ella Lacey, Marilla Adams, andLydia and Mabel Ferber.

Some of the great events that happenedwhile I was editor, and which may beremembered by the oldest inhabitants, in-clude the flood in the Time office, AvoryMcGlade's trip to Panama, the time JimGalloway bet a cigar on the ball game andlost his best (but did that ever reallyhappen?) and the completion of the Sta-ley dam.

Two men who were having their namesspelled lots of different ways on thesporting pages last fall, George Halas andDutch Sternaman, were at Staley's when1 was editor. Dutch was John Kuhn's as-sistant, and George was athletic director

and had some other duties somewhere inthe plant that necessitated the wearing ofthe worst looking pair of overalls I eversaw. George and Dutch also helped fillthe "Roasts" section, telling me jokes oneach other. The best one they ever pulledwas once when George said to Dutch,"Dutch, if it weren't for me, you'd bethe dumbest person in the world," andDutch said, "That's all right, George, I'mperfectly wijling to let you have firstplace." 1 forget now whether that reallyhappened, or 1 made it up. but anyway,it's plausible.

Probably the present editor wants touse other copy besides my reminiscencesin this issue, so I won't go on. I justwant to say one more thing. I have hadseveral other jobs since I left Staley's,and am very happy in my present one,at Columbia university, but I never founda pleasanter place to work in than theStaley organization, or a better boss thanG. E. Chamberlain—a sentiment I feelsure is echoed by all you Staley folks.Best wishes to you all.

P. S. (for Jim Galloway) I'm goingabroad this summer, and I'll send you acard f rom Scotland.

A Culinary Tragedy

I don't feel well, the kettle sighed.The pot responded, eh?

Then doubtless that's the reason, ma'am,You do not sing today.

Just what's amiss? the kettle sobbed,Why, sir, you're surely blind,

Or you'd have noticed that the cookIs shockingly unkind.

I watched her make a cake just now—If I'd a pair of legs

I'd run away—oh, dear, oh, dear!How she did beat the eggs.

Nor was that all; remember, please'Tis truth I tell to you

For with my own two eyes I sawHer stone the raisins, too!

And afterwards—a dreadful sight—1 felt inclined to scream

The cruel creature took a forkAnd soundly whipped the cream!

Now can you wonder that my nervesHave rather given 'way?

Although I'm at the boiling point,I cannot sing today.

Illinois Central Magazine.

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EDNA COYLE MOODYEditor 1921 —1923

Every day from my home I can see thetaller buildings of the Staley plant. Atnight 1 look from my windows and enjoythe friendly greeting of the Staley "moon"as it signals to Decatur and surroundingterritory. Sometimes, when the wind is inthe right direction, I catch the odor ofcorn products.

Whether I'm planting garden, hangingout the "washing or trying to quiet a rest-less baby at nignt, these greetings lightenthe homely task as they bring to mind thetwo happy years I spent with Staley folks.

The Staley plant will never seem com-monplace or hum-drum to me. Today asI whizzed in the south gate in one ofthe company trucks, I felt the same oldthrills 1 used to feel, and once moreseemed a part of it all. 1 kept "Red"Thornborough busy answering questionsabout this and that development, for inthe two months which have elapsed be-tween visits, there have been manychanges about the yards.

The structural part of the plant haschanged radically in the two and one-half

years 1 have been away. There are sev-eral new departments and many newfaces. But the old Staley spirit remainsand it doesn t take long to become ac-quainted with the newcomers who soonenter into the spirit of fellowship whichcharacterizes the Staley employe group.

When 1 stepped into The Journal of-fice as editor in August, 1921, after onlyan hour or two of instruction from mypredecessor, Miss Hankemeyer, my kneeswere shaky. I felt as if the whole plantwere upon my shoulders. I felt 1 wasamong strangers and m4ny of them. Butnot for long! In another week or twoStaley's annual picnic came off at NelsonPark and from then on I was at home•with the gang.

Fred Klumpp was my escort on thefirst trip through the plant. I didn'tknow until later that I was supposed tobe embarrassed because Fred is an eligiblebachelor. That was one of Jim Gallo-way's many little jokes. What editorescapes them?

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the plant, its workings and its "workerswas afforded in the foremen's meetingsheld each morning. It was the editor'sdelightful privilege to attend these ses-sions, and save for the "embarrassingmoments" which occurred now and then,the meetings were enjoyable and fu rn -ished rich sources for Journal news.

The greatest embarrassment of my stayat Staley's perhaps the greatest of mywhole life was the joke framed on meby G. E. Chamberlain, in the presence ofMr. Staley, Dr. Fitzpatrick and others.There was no Lake Decatur then andbathing girls were not so numerous, sothat a picture in The Journal of a girlwading in a creek called for th much com-ment. It took me a long time to recoverfrom the shock, but I finally decided itwas a good joke on me.

The scariest job I ever tackled here wasthat of climbing on the framework of thebridge between No. 10 and 1 7 buildingsto snap pictures of some pipe-fitters. Iwonder if they ever suspected how hor-ribly frightened I was. The hardest thingI did was to appear for the first time inknickers, though I had "G. E.'s" approval.

The Journal was quite well establishedwhen I undertook its editorship. I simplytried to keep it up to standard and tointroduce a few new features. I want tospeak my appreciation of the work doneby Dorothy Baker Suddarth, the secondJournal editor. All succeeding editorsowe her a vote of thanks for she tookThe Journal when it was a mere infantin swaddling clothes, carefully tended itand nursed it along through the ills ofchildhood until it was a sturdy youngster,able to stand up for itself. We editorswho followed her have had it compara-tively easy.

There was some up-hil l work and occa-sionally some one's feelings needed sooth-ing, but mostly the editor's l ife was ajoy. Most of the employes showed a finespirit of cooperation; the editor wasshown every courtesy and kindness andshe still values highly a number of sweetfriendships formed here.

Stored away in my memory are pleas-ant thoughts of the bright Journal officewith its lovely fern; interesting tripsthrough the busy, throbbing plant; chatswith some of the plant philosophers; Mr.Staley's visits to The Journal office withhis word of praise and cheer; the treatof sit t ing in Mr. Chamberlain's office onone of his busy days and watching hiscapable direction of the work; bouquetsand remembrances received now and then

f rom employes; gay Fellowship club par-ties at the club house; hot, but happyannual picnics; the store-room quartet;noon hours with the general office folks;a piece of Bob Sattley's delicious pie; aride on the Staley locomotive one of thehottest days in summer; the time TomGogerty and Met Craig kept office forme; watching the tray room girls poundnails like experts; listening to some ofthe wild tales told by "Windy" Lotshaw,Earl Stimmel and Bill Heer and so onand on.

Dare I "get even" with a few of youStaley folks?

I suppose Ed Smith has forgotten thetime he could have "cussed" the editorfor insisting upon his picture for TheJournal. Johnnie Shyer berated the editornow and then because she didn't use ev-ery one of the items he gave her—-butreally, Johnny, we just had to have a littlespace left for pictures and articles. Onejust can't get angry with gentle-manneredDr. Fitzpatrick, but he surely did keep theeditor worried for fear his article wouldnot be ready on time. Sometimes "TheMan in the Moon" was the one who pro-crastinated.

On days when The Journal came off thepress the editor had many "special"friends who thought they should beslipped a Journal before closing time. Doyou still have those same friends, MissCade? I presume we should feel flatteredthat they are so eager to get the maga-zine.

Now that I am no longer editor I cansay this with more ease: I wonder if theStaley folks appreciate what a fine thingthey are getting in The Journal. I knowof no other company so generous in thetype of publication it gives its employes.The Journal is high-class in the news ituses and expense is scarcely consideredin its mechanical make-up. It is an ex-cellent medium for holding the employegroup together. How much would youknow of the other workers in the plantif you did not have The Journal to read?Through the pictures, articles and jokesused, the office worker becomes ac-quainted with the man who shovelsstarch, and vice versa. The Journal large-ly creates the spirit of fellowship whichexists in the plant.

To me now that I am away f rom youall The Journal is like a letter f romhome folks. I grab it just as eagerly andread every item. May The Journal flour-ish! May it continue another ten yearsto cheer and entertain the Staley employefamily. Best wishes to you all!

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DislocationsBy Dr. M. W. Fitzpatrick

Dislocations are bone injuries secondin number and importance only to frac-tures. Not only the bones are involvedbut to an even greater extent are the liga-ments, capsule and other soft tissues sur-rounding the affected joint torn, stretchedand disturbed. Whole volumes have beenwritten on the subject of dislocations,and yet there is such an endless variety ofthese injuries, and so many complicationsassociated with them, that the subject isnever exhausted. New aspects are pre-senting themselves all the time.

The classical definition of a dislocationis "the persistent separation of the twoarticular surfaces of a joint". In otherwords it is a bone out of its place.

Some joints are more liable to dis-location than others because of theirnature and their location. The two prin-cipal kinds of joints are the hinge jointand the ball and socket joint, the elbowbeing an example of the former and theshoulder of the latter. The shoulder jointis the one most liable to dislocation be-cause of its exposed position and the shal-lowness of its socket.

As in fractures there are many causesfor dislocations, most of them being dueto violent injuries, but a few are theresult of disease of neighboring structuresor of the joint itself wherein so muchfluid accumulates as to dislodge the bones.These latter dislocations would hardlyinterest anyone but a physician for theyare not emergencies, and one is not calledupon to render the sufferer aid as in thecase of an accident.

To make a diagnosis of a dislocation isnot always easy, although some are soprominent and so marked as practically tostare one in the face. But even here itis always safest to have an X-ray pictureof the affected part for in addition to thedislocation there may be a fracture nearthe joint. Under these circumstances itis even more necessary to have an accur-ate knowledge of the true condition thanin a simple fracture for in the combinedinjury of dislocation and fracture it ismuch easier to effect proper reduction ofboth immediately af te r the injury than itis twenty-four or more hours later. Whenexamining a patient with a dislocation itis necessary to have the clothing removedso the injured part may be compared withthe uninjured side. In dislocation it isfound there is a flattening at a point overthe joint where normally there is a prom-inence while the head of the dislocatedbone causes a prominence in a new and

abnormal location. In the case of thearm or leg, the limb is held in an un-natural position depending on the natureof the dislocation. And it is rigidly heldthere; there is marked restriction of itsmoton. In this it differs from fracturewhich allows a greater range of motionthan is normal.

Certain dislocations have especially dis-tinctive symptoms which are consideredpositive evidence of the kind of injury and •position of the dislocated end of the bone. ™For instance in a dislocation of theshoulder the elbow is held rather far awayfrom the body, and if the hand of theinjured arm is held down on the oppositeshoulder the elbow cannot be made torest on the chest. If the elbow is forceddown on to the chest the hand will beautomatically raised from the shoulder.This is known as Duga's sign and is heldas the distinguishing feature between adislocation of the shoulder and a fracturein that vicinity. In the case of the hipjoint there are several possible positionsfor the dislocated head of the bone totake, but the most common one is back-ward. This throws the leg in such aposition that the knee is bent slightly andthe toes of injured side rest on the backof the opposite foot. In fracture of thehip bone the limb lies limp and- helplesswith the toes turned outward. Thepatient with a dislocation of the hip is notnearly so helpless as is the one with afracture without impaction of the bone.In fact, patients with dislocation of eitherthe hip or the shoulder which is not re-turned to its normal position will ultimate-ly develop a new socket and will havequite a serviceable limb, not as good asthe original but yet one that can be putto a great deal of use. ^

What are the disabilities of a dislocation? •That is really the important question. Cer-tainly the dislocated bone should be re-turned to its normal position as soon aspossible. But even this has its exceptionsin the case of," for instance, a hip or ashoulder that has been out of place for aconsiderable time. Here there are suchstrong adhesion scar tissue formed that itis practically impossible to disengage thedislocated bone from its new position, andthen a new socket is forming whichusually gives fa i r service. The greatestdisability in connection with the ordinarydislocation which has been properly re-duced is the tearing and stretching of thejoint capsule and the surrounding tissues.It takes a long time for the joint capsule

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to heal up and to regain anything like itsoriginal strength and tone; in fact it is aquestion if it is ever returned entirely tonormal as is attested by the comparativeease with which dislocation recurs in ajoint which has suffered a previous similarinjury. Along with this there is seriousdanger of the tearing of a neighboringartery, vein or nerve, or they may beseriously pressed upon and cause varyingdegrees of pain and disability. It is notat all unusual for a patient to suffer pain,and because of this, be unable to put theinjured member to ful l use for a year ormore when there has been a severe tear-ing of the soft tissues in a dislocation.One particularly distressing injury alongthis line is upward dislocation of the outerend of the collar bone. Fortunately thisis not of f requent occurrence, and when itdoes happen, may be missed unless thephysician is familiar with the symptomsand is on the look-out for it. One suchcase comes to mind of a man injured in acoal mine in a neighboring town, the truenature of the disability not being recog-nized for several weeks, when he wasbrought to the hospital for X-ray pictures.Even then when the exact nature of histrouble was recognized and the correctprinciples of treatment employed it wasfound impossible to maintain the properposition of the bones until they were wiredtogether. The patient then made a slowbut complete recovery in about a yeai'and a half . While minor dislocation suchas those of the fingers or toes, may causelittle if any disability, those of the largerjoints may be the cause of total inabilityto work for many months.

The treatment of these is primarily re-duction and then such applications of heator cold, massage, electricity, etc., as willbe found from experience to afford reliefof pain and to stimulate the healing pro-cesses. In the reduction of the dislocationit is essential that the operator shouldhave an accurate knowledge of the an-atomy of the joint and the surroundingtissues, of the nature of the force causingthe injury, and the mechanism operatingto retain the bone in its dislocation. Thegeneral rule is that the dislocated limbshould be placed in the position in whichit was at the time of injury and then theforce reversed. Special dislocations havespecial methods for their reduction.

A major dislocation is a very seriousaffair and every injury about a jointshould be given most careful study todetermine its exact nature. Having madea definite diagnosis, usually with the aidof the X-ray, then very painstaking treat-ment should be employed.

Our Hello GirlBe mice Scott, whom we have always

contended was a perfect whiz of a tele-phone operator, was featured in a Sunday story in the Decatur Herald April 25.Miss Scott, chief operator at the Staleyplant, has the largest private branch ex-change in Decatur, and all Staley peopleknow how well she handles it.

Part of the newspaper story follows:"One must be a mind reader, a diplo-

mat, a bloodhound and possess the tech-nique of a piano player to be a first-classtelephone switch-board operator in a bigfactory.

"At least, that is what one gathers fromthe description of one by the man whoemployes her. But, according to thissame man, it isn't impossible to find onewith all these qualifications.

"They have one out at the Staley com-pany, which firm has the biggest privatebranch exchange of any concern in De-catur. She is Miss Bernice Scott.

"Miss Scott operates 1 5 t runk linescoming into the plant, with 70 privatestations. The private stations are situatedthroughout the whole factory; the phonesat the pumping station a mile and a halfaway on the lake are even operatedthrough this private switchboard.

"Operating a switchboard doesn't meanjust connecting numbers, one sees, afterwatching the Staley hello-girl a fewminutes.

"Frequently phone calls come in forthe men when they are out of their ownoffices. It doesn't occur to the operatorto say, "He isn't in just now", until shehas trailed him, by phone, all around thebuildings in places he might be found.

"Miss Scott keeps literally hundreds ofnumbers in her head. "Call me So-and Sois a frequent request she gets from peopleall over the plant. She holds in her headthe number of all these people who arecalled f rom time to time."

A HOLE IN ONEBilly Poe skipped ever lightly to her

work in the tray room the other morningbut she made one skip too many andlanded square in the middle of the soapy-looking fountain near the mill house. Yes,it was a perfumed bath but hardly theper fume which any young woman wouldselect.

Editor But Mr. Smith, if I don't getthe picture of that ball team today 1 can'tuse it until the July Journal.

Banning Oh, that will be all right.That team won't be warmed up beforeJuly anyway.

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Safety First

.— WITH APOLOGIES TOT/HE BUDD Mfa.co.If you break every match between your fingers after

you have used it, you will never throw a lightedmatch away.

Millions of dollars in fire loss can be avoided bysmokers who observe this simple safety precautionand make a habit of it.

—This page by courtesy of the Atlant ic Seal, Atlantic Refining Co.

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On Birthdays

"Age is a quality of mind—"If you have left all your dreams behind,"If your blood is cold,"If you have ceased to look ahead,"If all your ambition's fires are dead—"Then you are old!"

To one celebrating a birthday as The Staley Journal is now celebratingits anniversary, this can be a most heart-breaking or encouraging verse.In the case of The Journal, we like to feel that it is far from heart-breaking.

In the terms of a factory magazine The Journal, starting now on itstenth year, is no longer young. It started when factory magazines werenot such an accepted fact and has lived to see the field fill rapidly withhealthy growing publications, much younger but quite as sturdy as itself.

"If you have left all your dreams behind."But, measuring by the rhyming yard-stick above, The Journal is not

at all old. It, like the Staley company itself, was the out-growth of dreams.Someone dreamed of a more perfect fellowship among the Staley workersand decided upon a magazine as the most ideal way to bring about thatfellowship and help it to live.

Then after the dream came true, after The Journal was started, thedreams continued and the ideals set by them have been the ideals to whichThe Journal has ever been striving. It has not left its dreams behind.

"If your blood is cold."

Can anyone really live who is cold—whose attitude toward his com-munity is frigid? True, he may exist—but with a publication exclusivelyfor one big family existence, eve/i, if the publication is cold, is impos-sible.

If you have ceased to look ahead."It is the ability to always look ahead with eagerness, to greet each

new day and new task with new enthusiasm which is the very life of anyperson, business or publication. Ever planning for its future growth withthe growth of the company, The Journal is living equally in the future andthe present.

Then it is not old.

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Glucose As a FoodEditor's Note The following editorial, ness of sucrose is rated as 100, glucose

Glucose as a Food, was published in the has a value of 74 and fructose of 173.Feb. 27, I 926, issue of The Journal of The unique sweetness of fructose (levu-the American Medical Association. The lose) and the fact that glucose approachesanswer by Dr. Harvey W. Wiley was cane sugar so closely in this respect willprinted in the April 24, 1926, issue of come as a surprise to most persons,the same publication. Both are repub- For reasons that inherent conservatismlished here by permission of The Journal. toward dietary innovations and psychol-

°gy will for the most part readily explain,A layman's dictionary defines sugar as a popular prejudice was early developed

a sweet substance obtained by crystal- against the products prepared by hydroly-lizing the evaporated juices of certain sis of starch and commonly designated asplants. The chemist, on the other hand, commercial glucose or corn syrup, be-has long employed the term to designate cause of its most common cereal source,a group of carbohydrates having certain The objections have been directed againstresemblances in molecular structure. the circumstance that it is produced bySweetness does not form the foremost "chemicals," without apparent recogni-criterion for his classification. To the tion that the acid employed is necessarilyuntutored person ordinary sugar is es- removed before the product is marketed,sentially sucrose, the carbohydrate ob- It may be recalled that our stomachs alsotained most commonly in commercially secrete a "mineral acid" comparable topure form from the sugar cane and the what the glucose manufacturer uses tosugar beet. He may recognize other car- convert his starch to sugar. And glucosebohydrates as "sugars," but is accustomed has been decried because it is an "arti-to give them a clearly distinguishing des- ficial" product without recognition ofignation, such as milk sugar or malt the fact that glucose is actually derivedsugar. He will even specify less refined in the alimentary tract from starch, su-preparations of sucrose itself by similar crose, malt sugar and milk sugar, andappellations, designating the source of the furthermore that it represents the formmaterial referred to, as in the case of in which carbohydrate circulates in themaple sugar. In the latter instance it blood. Glucose is thus par excellence theis the accompanying "impurities" in the physiologic sugar.form of maple flavor quite as much as With the use of glucose as a food pre-the sucrose that determine the culinary servative or dietary ingredient, the physi-use and the descriptive name of this fa- cian cannot find any fault . Even the crudermiliar chemically crude "sugar." In products, including some maltrose andpopular parlance, the expression sugar dextrins from the incomplete conversionhas also at times been applied by exten- of starch, have already found widespreadsion to natural substances resembling application in American households. Thesugar in taste and appearance but having debate at present centers about the pro-neither chemical nor physiologic relation- visions of the so-called pure food lawsships to it. that militate against the application of the

In contrast with such carbohydrate sub- term "sugar" to glucose or fructrose. Itstances secured in greater or lesser purity is argued that, since the public is underfor dietary use directly from natural the impression that every sweet-tastingsources are carbohydrate products pre- product derives its sweet taste f rom canepared through the intervention of chem- sugar (sucrose), deception can be avoid-ical reactions in the factory manipula- ed only by special notice on the label ortions. Prominent among them is the sim- by exclusion of other sugars. Legisla-ple monosaccharide glucose, CJhiuQ* va- tion involving both requirements is nowriously designated also as dextrose, grape in force in many places. If a special labelsugar or corn sugar, which is produced is required, the used of glucose (dex-readily by the hydrolysis of starch. Less trose) is at a distinct disadvantage, sincefami l i a r is the sugar fructose, also de- in the public mind such special mentionscribed as levulose or f rui t sugar, and ob- is associated with deleterious substancestained by the hydrolysis of the polysac- that should be avoided by a careful andcharide inulin, which occurs in some discriminating purchaser.tubers. Thanks to the development of Legislation now under consideration inour industries, both glucose and fructose Congress aims to modify the interpreta-can now be produced in abundance in tion of the federal Food and Drugs Actcrystalline form and excellent puri ty at so that food products shall not be deemeda low price. Both substances are sweet. adulterated or misbranded "because ofAccording to a recent study, if the sweet- having been preserved or sweetened with

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an article commonly kno\vn as corn sug-ar, also with an article known as f ru i tsugar or levulose." From the standpointof nutrition and health, no reasonableobjection can be offered to this proposal.Care should be exercised, however, thatthe "sanctity" of the labels on food pro-ducts shall not be violated in any respectlest the way be paved for abuse andfraudulent adulteration. The time has ar-rived when the public should be ful ly in-formed about the physiologic significanceof the sugars and the proper place thateach may find in the dietary. The man-ufacturer should abandon the neverwholesome methods of surreptitious prac-tice in the introduction of any sugar inthe guise of a "substitute." Glucose nolonger needs or deserves to be maskedwhen it appears on the market. Cornsugar and cane sugar may properly be-come rivals on their intrinsic merits, eco-nomically, dietetically and physiologically.

GLUCOSE AS A FOODTo the Editor:

I read with much interest the editorialon "Glucose as a Food" (The Journal,Feb. 27, 1926) . I was greatly surprised tofind that this editorial was cited as oneof the reasons before the Interstate andForeign Commerce Committee of theHouse of Representatives favoring the ap-proval of the bill already passed by theSenate, permitt ing the use of glucose asa component of sugar under the generaltitle of sugar, and without notice to theconsumer. I notice that your approvalof this measure is not because of its re-pealing some of the most important pro-visions of the food law, and the legaliza-tion of adulteration and misbranding, asit is because of the value of glucose,which you describe as par excellence thephysiologic sugar.

It is t rue that the only sugar found inthe blood and tissues is glucose. Youmay be surprised, however, to find thatthis pending legislation is urged becauseit is hoped to supply two billion poundsof this sugar to the American consumerby reason of the permission to adulterateordinary sugar without notice to the con-sumer. In order to make this amountof sugar, in round numbers, two billionpounds of starch must be extracted f romits natural surroundings, converted intoglucose vi et armis, and given in thisform to the American consumer. Starchnever exists free in nature. All thestarches are parts of food products con-taining practically all the essential ele-ments of nutr i t ion. Starch by itself buildspractically only one tissue, namely, fat . Itis entirely deficient in vitamins and min-erals, and as a food product, fed in any

considerable quanti ty, would tend to de-velop diabetes, beriberi, zerophthalmia,scurvy, and many other diet deficiencymaladies. It would present to the humanstomach two billion additional pounds ofprechewed and predigested starch, thustaking away from the natural digestiveprocesses a large part of their functions,and in accordance with the well knownprinciples of physiology, injuring to thisextent the ability to digest starches andthus threaten the health and welfare ofthe whole body of American consumers.

When starch is converted into glucoseby the natural processes of digestion,which at the same time are exerted onother necessary food products containingboth vitamins and minerals, we have anatural production of glucose in which allthe functions of mastication and digestionhave received their full exercise.

By the pending measure all of thesenatural functions are obliterated, with thedangers to health and vitality alreadyenumerated. It is extremely painful tosee so excellent and scientific a journalas that of the American Medical Asso-ciation quoted in support of such an un-ethical pending legislation.

Harvey W. Wiley, M. D.,Washington, D. C.

Cover Design ContestCover designs for the coming year were

selected in the annual contest which wasconducted in three different art schoolsagain this spring. The schools enteringwere the Decatur High school, the Chi-cago Academy of Fine Arts and the Com-mercial Art School of Chicago.

Each school had an unusually fine ex-hibit and the task of selecting three fromeach group was a puzzling one for thejudges. In each case the debate was longand heated and the judges had the high-est praise for all work entered.

At the Decatur High school contestthe first prize was won by Frances Hayes,the second by Harold Bramble and thethird by Flossie Myers. All three areDecatur people and do excellent work.The judges in this contest were Mrs.Charles G. Powers, W. F. Hardy and G.E. „Chamberlain.

At the Academy of Fine Arts the win-ners were Luella Pierce, Clark T. Mc-Donald and Roy Nelson. At the Com-mercial Art school the winners were Ver-non R. Johnson, Marvin Woodward andWilliam E. McDonough. At each schoolthe first prize was $50, the second $25and the third $10.

In the two Chicago contests the judgeswere Mrs. John Wesener, a devout pa-tron of the arts, Emil Zettler, famoussculptor, and Mr. Chamberlain.

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Larsen Elected PresidentWith the usual keen interest the Staley

Fellowship club held its annual electionat the plant April 27, and when the bal-lots were counted it was found that E. C.Larsen was the new president. Mr. Lar-sen and C. A. Keck were the only candi-dates for the office and the voting wasclose, Mr. Larsen winning by three votes.

C. A. Fitch was re-elected vice-presi-dent, Ed Smith was re-elected secretaryand J. H. Galloway and Frank Moorewere re-elected governors. Sam Seibertwas elected as governor also. When thenew board met for the first time May 13,Mr. Galloway was re-elected chairman.

Our new president is a man who is ad-mirably fitted for the position. He is theengineer at the plant in charge of designand construction, a position he has heldwith the Staley company for eleven years.But in spite of his important and imposingposition Mr. Larsen is a good fellow toeveryone and from the Big Boss on downto the newest messenger boy he is calledChief.

He has the affairs of the Fellowshipclub at heart, and although he made noelaborate campaign promises, for we donot have that kind of a campaign, every-one knows that his administration will bea most satisfactory one.

Our retiring president, C. A. Keck haswell deserved the praise which he hasreceived for his years of service. He waselected president of the club at its firstbusiness meeting in April 1 9 1 7 and wasre-elected each year following. He hasalways been deeply interested in the cluband its affairs and has devoted himselfwholeheartedly to its activities.

It was through his efforts that the clubhas added to the joy of children in variousorphanages in Decatur. Always a greatfriend of children Mr. Keck has alwaysurged the club to do all possible to makehappier the little ones in Decatur whohave no homes. Gifts through the yearand invitations to various entertainmentshas been the way the club has helped thechildren. Club members who have beenill or in need have always found the clubpresident their best friend.

Mr. Fitch, again the vice-president, hasheld that office for several years. He isthe tinner foreman at the plant and isalso known to practically everyone con-nected with the organization. Ed Smith,the secretary, seems to have a life timejob, which pleases all the other memberswhether Ed is well pleased or not. Atany rate he has made a most excellentsecretary. He has held the job ever sincethe club was organized. R. O. Augur

always takes care of the club money,another thoroughly satisfactory arrange-ment.

Of the three governors who wereelected this year, two had already beenserving. J. H. Galloway, assistant super-intendent at the plant, and Frank Moore,millwright foreman, were on the boardlast year. Sam Seibert, who -was newlyelected, is foreman of starch packing.

The election this year was held in thenew carpenter shop down in the yard.This was a central place and made an Aexcellent voting place. Always before ^the election has been held in the welfarehouse.

Judges and clerks this year were CarlSutter, Tom Hildebrand, A. E. West,Everett Dickey, and Syl Ivens. Joe Lahmcwas present all day but the opinion wasdivided as to his official capacity. Somesaid he was a judge and others insistedthat he was the official bouncer. But hedid very little judging and so far as wecould learn no bouncing.

PROPOSITIONS CARRYAll four propositions voted on carried.

The four were: Shall We ContinueLyceum Courses, Shall We ContinueDances, Shall We Have an Annual Picnic,and Shall We Continue Moving Pictures.

Each year these four forms of enter-tainment have proved more and morepopular. The attendance at the lyceumentertainments has been greatly increasedthis year, the motion picture shows arealways well attended and the halls arenever too large for the dances. But thepicnic is always the most popular. Everyclub member always attends and bringswith him every member of his family.

ELECTION ECHOESJim Galloway pulled the usual crooked -

work and got by with it in the same way. •He used his position as a member of theDecatur Park Commission to have agroup of students brought over from theUniversity of Illinois, and voted them solidfor himself, of course. ,

Carl Russell, again defeated candidatefor governor, admits that he is gettinginto the William Jennings Bryan class, bmhe will not give up. He has so far failedto figure out why he was defeated any-way. He had 163 persons promise tovote for him, and he spent the wholeafternoon taking the girls and boys downto the polls one at a time on the handlebars of his bicycle, but when the returnswere counted he had only 89 votes.

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Our Annual Election

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Try Serving Cheese DishesMaybe Eve, in her open air apartment in the Garden of Eden served

no cheese, but practically every cook since her time has served it. Forcheese is almost a universal dish, but there are so many varieties that someof them seem hardly related.

In many European countries, especially, cheese is often the main dishof at least one meal each day. In America we are still prone to use itonly as a salad or a relish. Since cheese is rich in protein it is a sensiblemeat substitute, but whether it is used for the main dish, or a relish, itlends itself to a variety of treatments.

Perhaps the cheese most commonly known and used in America isthe plain American cheddar cheese—firm and yellow—which is sold inevery tiny cross-roads store in the United States. In the rural districtsof our country, especially cheese often means that inimitable home-madedainty cottage cheese.

But we are learning to love the imported cheeses or their Americanimitations which are often almost as good as the original. In this list comeRoquefort, Swiss, Cammenbert, the soft Dutch cheeses and the harderItalian ones. Then we have that delightful soft white cream cheese whichlends itself to all sorts of artistic handling.

Cottage Cheese

Until a few years ago there was onlyone approved way of serving cottagecheese. That was to put it on the tablein a big bowl and pour over it thick yel-low cream. And for the folk who liketheir cream thick and yellow and who arenot afraid of the extra pounds they maybe adding, there is no better way of eat-ing this cheese.

This cheese, without the added cream,can be rolled into a ball, and served onlettuce with French dressing. If desiredchopped nuts can be mixed with thecheese or the balls may be rolled in chop-ped nuts. Chopped pimentoes or olivesmay be used also. This makes a saladwhich, served with thin white or ryebread sandwiches makes a delightfulluncheon or Sunday night supper.

As an informal dessert cottage cheeseis most effective. Serve it with preservesor jelly and crisp crackers, and coffee andyou will want nothing better as a fittingending for a good dinner.

cheese grated

Cheese Souffle1 cup bread crumbs1 J/2 cups sweet milk'/2 teaspoon salt3 eggs^/4 pound soft AmericanDash of cayenne.Pour the milk over the bread and let

stand 15 minutes. Beat the egg yolksand add with seasoning to the soakedcrumbs, then fold in the stiffly beatenwhites and the grated cheese. Sprinklewith buttered crumbs and bake in a but-tered dish unti l the eggfs are set, or aboutI 5 minutes. The oven should be hot, butif it is too hot the souffle will not bakeevenly. Serve at once.

Cheese Croquettes1 cup boiled riceJ/2 pound grated cheeseCracker crumbs.Mix rice and grated cheese, shape into

balls, roll in cracker crumbs and fry indeep fat.

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First Three-I Game at Staley's

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Before her marriage to C. W. Snoke she wasMrs Lloyd Spicer was formerly Helen John- Gladys Lillian McDonald. The marriage took

son of Decatur. They were married in the Dlace Mav 8bride's home May 12.

JOHNSON-SPICERMiss Helen Johnson and Lloyd Spicer

were married in the home of the bride'smother Wednesday evening, May 12, at8 o'clock. Rev. H. R. Applegate, pastorof the First United Brethren church, per-formed the single ring ceremony. Mrs.George Heinz played the wedding march.

The bride wore a frock of peach col-ored crepe, and carried a shower bouquetof lilies of the valley and roses. Especialsentiment was connected with this bouquetfor it was made by a girl who is an inti-mate friend of the bride.

The bride is the daughter of Mrs. OscarParks. She attended Decatur High school,and for the last two years has been em-ployed as a saleswoman in the Gushardstore.

The bridegroom is the son of Mrs.Leona Blakeney. He has been employedin the syrup shipping department at theStaley plant for some time. Following ashort trip the young people returned toDecatur and will make their home for thepresent with the bride's mother.

RANDLE-MANNINGPansy Randle and Jack Manning were

married in Decatur May 18. Mr. Mann-ing works in No. I 7 building on the syrupgang.

McDONALD-SNOKEMiss Gladys Lillian McDonald and

Charles Wesley Snoke were married Sun-day morning at 9 o'clock at the home ofMrs. David Obrist, northwest of CerroGordo. The double ring ceremony wasused with Rev. W. E. Thomas of theBrethren church of Cerro Gordo officiat-ing. The attendants were Miss Iva Hen-ricks and Roy Currans, the latter being acousin of the bride. Only immediaterelatives attended the wedding. Mrs.Snoke wore powder blue silk crepe andcarried a shower bouquet of pink rosesand blue forget-me-nots.

The bride is the daughter of Mrs. DoraMcDonald of Cerro Gordo. She attendedBrown's Business college in Decatur andfor the last four years has been employedin the Millikin National bank.

She is a member of the, Tau SigmaDelta sorority.

Mr. Snoke is the son of Mr. and Mrs.Arthur Snoke of Cerro Gordo and is em-ployed at the A. E. Staley Mfg. Co.

The young couple left immediately fol-lowing the ceremony by motor for Sikes-ton, Mo., and after May 15 will be intheir new home at 2284 E. Wood street,Decatur.

Gale Garret demanded a recount andgot it—and then found that he wasn'telected.

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Lined up like the "merry merry," are these men from the corn elevator, plant B. Left toright they are Carl Sutter, Harold Hudson, Oscar Aukrum, Gerald Sutherland, Peters, CharlesSutherland, Oscar Williams and Murray Kincaid.

NEIGHBORHOOD PARTYNeighbors in the 900 block in West

Main street, in which Mr. and Mrs. JohnKlumpp live gave a party in the Staleyclub house May 12. There were 75 per-sons present. A pot luck supper wasserved, followed by an informal programand cards.

On the program Miss Aileen Dunnsang, Miss Mildred Bucholz gave a read-ing, and there was a Charleston contestand a mock wedding.

In the card play prizes were won byMrs. Roe Mueller, Mrs. W. J. Wehmhoffand J. Uft.

CLUB SPEAKERHoward File, chief chemist, was the

speaker at the Young Men's club inBloomington, 111., May 1 I . Mr. File spokechiefly of the various products "which canbe made from corn and soy beans.

Marjorie Robb may not need rollerskates when she goes motoring but shedoes need a compass and road map.

John Rodger thought the Illinois GrainDealers were school teachers and frantic-ally asked for a razor to shave when hesaw them coming.

Henry Trent wasn't home when callerscame one evening. When he came in hesaid that he had been next door in theneighbor's chicken yard. Is that theneighbor that has been missing chickens?

Bill Price thought his car was complete-ly drowned during a recent big rain. Hehad to turn it upside down and pour thewater out,

C. M. Cobb, our purchasing agent, wasin Chicago for several days in May forspecial tooth treatments.

Not long ago Red Hettmger of thelaboratory came to work with his facebadly scratched. When his friends en-quired about the motor accident whichhe had evidently been in he was silent butit was later discovered—oh "well—just saytelephone girl to Red.

Alice White caused much commotion atthe polls when she started back to heroffice carrying the pencils from the votingbooths. After much persuasion she gavethe pencils back to the officials.

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Long before the golf courses were opened this spring this trio enjoyed the ancient game downin Spartanburg, S. C. The man on the extreme left is John Ervin, of the Ervin Grocer Co., ofSpartanburg, the one in the center is A. E. Staley Jr., who was in the south on a business trip,and the happy chap on the right is our Spartanburg manager, George A. Dean.

DANCE AT THE CLUBClara Prell, of the tray room, enter-

tained about forty couples at an informaldance in the club house May I 9. Late inthe evening refreshments were served.

It is with great regret that club officialshave decided that Tom Hildebrand cannever be a judge at another election. Hespent so much time talking to the womenvoters that he never got caught up withhis work.

BIRTHDAY PARTYWilliam Pollock, carpenter foreman,

was the guest of honor at a party givenin his home May 1. The occasion washis birthday. During the evening theguests played Five Hundred.

Carl Sutter made an excellent judgeuntil the photographer appeared, then hewas so busy posing that he forgot to foldballots.

Dorothy McGraw is one of the latestadditions to the sales department staff.

Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Chamberlain mot-ored to Louisville, Ky., May 14 to attendthe derby.

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F. L. Stoddard was one of the best likedsalesmen with the Staley company and hisdeath, this spring, was deeply felt. He died inhis home in New Haven, Conn.

FRANK L. STODDARDFrank L. Stoddard, a salesman with th«

Staley company, died in his home in NewHaven, Conn., Sunday morning, May 2.Mr. Stoddard had contracted a heavy coldwhich later developed into pneumonia andthen double pneumonia which caused hisdeath.

Mr. Stoddard had been with the Staleycompany for five years, traveling fromthe Baltimcre office, and in that time hadmade many warm friends among Scaleypeople and Staley customers. He wasa conscientious, sincere, hard worker,and a man well loved by all with whomhe came into contact.

Before coming to the Staley companyMr. Stoddard had traveled through NewEngland for a grocery house and was onaof the best known men in that territory inhis line of work. He had been unusuallysuccessful as a representative for theStaley company in Connecticut.

WILLIAM RODGERWilliam Rodger, 1 4 4 1 West Wood

street, resident of Decatur for 14 years,died in his home Friday morning April 30,of a heart ailment.

Born in Eldershire, Scotland, January 2,1865, he came to America with his par-ents when a boy. He was married toMiss Sarah Jane Price of Braceville, July3, 1886. He came to Decatur from Gard-ner about 1 9 1 2 and has lived here since.He operated a barber shop in Merchantstreet for years.

He leaves his widow and four children,all of Decatur. They are: Mrs. MaryJanet Menaugh, Mrs. Sarah Margaret Ol-son, George A. Rodger and John P. Rod-ger. John Rodger is a chemist at theStaley plant.

Funeral services were conducted in thefamily home May 2 and following theservices the body was taken to Bracevillefor burial.

We wish to acknowledge with sincerethanks the kind sympathy of the Fellow-ship Club and the men in the laboratoryshown us at the time of our recent sorrow.

Mrs. William Rodger and Family.

I want to thank the people at the Staleyplant who were so kind to me at the timeof the death of my mother.

Walter Page Isaacs.

I want to thank the boys of No. 1 7building and the others at the plant fortheir many expressions of sympathy andthe lovely flowers sent at the death of mysister. Lon Sutton.

Naturally Mr. and Mrs. William Pollock thinkthat their grandson, Bobby Mier, is about thefinest child that ever lived. Mrs. Pollock andBobby were having a grand time when theyhad this picture taken on Bobby's second birth-day. April 20. The baby's grandfather is thecarpenter foreman at the plant.

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This fu tu re belle has already started herreign by ruling the family home, accordingto her father, J. E. Lappin. The young ladyis Dorothy Maxine Lappin and she is tenmonths old. Her father works on the copperconverters in the refinery.

Born—To Mr. and Mrs. Byron May,May 7 in St. Mary's hospital, a daughter.She has been named Mary Virginia. Mr.May is a millwright at the plant.

Born To Mr. and Mrs. Walter Peter-son, Mattoon, on May 5, a daughter. Shehas been named Carrol Ruth. Mrs. Peter-son was Miss Grace Wollerman of De-catur before her marriage, and workedin the sales department at Staley's.

Born—To Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Wills,1023 West Prairie avenue, May 7, son.He has been named Phillip Joseph. Mr.Wills is chemist in the thin boiling starchbuilding at the plant.

Born—To Mr. and Mrs. Ed. LahniersMay 16, a daughter. She has been namedHelen Jacqueline. Mr. Lahniers works inthe auditing department.

Born—To Mr. and Mrs. Hershel Hend-erson May 5, a daughter. Mr. Hender-son works in the kiln house.

Dizzy Wills was so happy when theytold him that it was a boy, that he rushedto the phone, at midnight and called upall his friends to tell them the news.

When Betty Ellen Jones started out af terEaster eggs she took plenty of baskets along.She also took her own rabbits. Betty Ellen isthe small daughter of Maurice Jones, assistantto Mr. Martin, and is not quite two years old.Naturally this was the first time she had everhunted Easter eggs and she was properlythrilled.

SALESMEN HEREGeorge Radasch, who has supervision

of Staley sales in some neighboring states,was at the plant for a short time in May.He was accompanied by W. W. Daly, oneof our salesmen from Iowa. They weretraveling in a car which left no doubt inanyone's mind as to its ownership for ithad vivid pictures of Staley's syrup canson both doors. After they left Decaturthey went to Springfield to attend a statemeeting of traveling salesmen.

BACK FROM THE-RACESThere was great rejoicing in the traffic

department the Monday after the Ken-tucky Derby, for all three of the boysfrom that department returned sane, soberand in funds. The three who made thetrip were Al Crabb, Vernelle March andNorville Smith. They went down in Ver-nelle's Ford and made record time bothways, they say, and they tell that AlCrabb made such good guesses on thewinners that he is fair ly rolling in wealth.

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Down in Mexia, Texas, they have novel ideas about printing programs. When the textilemen of Texas met there recently they had their programs and menus printed on cotton duck,a perfectly logical material for them to use since they are all interested in the making of suchmaterial.

BIRTHDAY PARTYMrs. Maggie Prell was the guest of

honor at a party given on her birthdaySaturday, May 8. The affair was givenby her three daughters, Mrs. Avery Mc-Glade, and Maggie and Clara Prell, in Mrs.McGlade's home. All three of Mrs.Prell's daughters work in the Staley trayroom.

Mrs. Prell received a number of lovelygifts. One of which she prizes highlywas a floor lamp, given her by the trayroom girls.

SISTER IS KILLEDMrs. Bertie Nichols, 330 North Main

street, wa.s struck and instantly killed atthe Wood street crossing May 10 by anorthbound Illinois C e n t r a l passengertrain.

Mrs. Nichols was a sister of AlonzoSutton, who works in No. 1 7 building.She leaves four children, four grandchil-dren, five brothers and two sisters.

Miss Lillian Chandler, secretary to Mr.Staley, returned the first of May from avacation passed with relatives in Texas.

SISTER DIESWilliam Heer, syrup mixer, was called

to St. Louis April 30 to attend the funeralof his sister.

Mud Guard "Like to go for a spin?"Flapper "Do I look like a top?"

Joe Rippie had a long, long wait onenoon recently. John Rodger told himhe would meet him at Irwin's drug storeand Joe waited at Bell's, two blocks north.

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Russell Trowbridge and his "buddy", T. H.Maher, are a cheerful pair of tinners, aren'tthey?

BEAUTY AIDSHaving read some place that milk

baths were great beautifiers R. P. Rose-berry, of the grain department, decidedto try them. But, being of an impulsive

nature Mr. Roseberry did not wait unti lhe got home to try it. Instead he walkedinto the Staley restaurant, picked up abottle of milk, and with a dextrous twistof the pasteboard cap, showered himselfwith creamy milk.

The beautifying effect was noticeableat once. First a white milky substancecovered his face and clothing but gradu-ally as the milk ran down his face showedthrough a healthy rose pink.

In fact, the milk bath which Mr. Rose-berry took not only beautified him but itadded to the general good humor of theentire crowd present. Mrs. Hall laughedin a carefree manner and everyone elseseemed happy—but Mr. Roseberry.

NEW CANDY FACTORYMrs. Mary Licek has recently moved

her candy factory to the house at thenortheast corner of Wood and Seventhstreets. Mrs. Licek has been manufac-turing candy on an increasing scale forsome time, and a few months ago herfa ther , George Kochendorfer, gave up hisposition with the Staley company to helpher. He drives the truck and takes careof the outside business while she super-intends the work in the factory. ,

John Sinnott wants to take a vacationthis year and go back to his old home inIndiana. The only reason he hesitates isthat he will have to walk forty miles tothe old home town after he leaves therailroad. It is decidedly an inland town.

Henry Potrafka is rushing about townin a new Ford sedan. He said he gota sedan particularly for his wife, but sheis too busy cleaning house to use it andit must have exercise.

George Cole, blacksmith, returned towork early in May after an illness of nineor ten weeks. Mr. Cole was sufferingfrom heart trouble and was ordered byhis physician to take a complete rest. Heis greatly improved now.

Walter Morenz has not lost his youth-ful spirit even if he is rather fat. He isplaying ball every Sunday with the I. T. S.team.

Viola Goodman has at last found theroom which she thinks would be an idealsetting for the wedding. Yes, yes, Viola,go on.

BOBALMOST DROWNSIN A BOTTLE OFMILK WHILE INTHE RESTAURANT

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Mac Gentry and August Sablotny of thegarage come out into the sun at noon.

O* D* Sutter PromotedOtto D. Sutter has recently been named

as assistant to H. T. Morris, sales man-ager in the starch department. This po--sition comes to Hr. Sutter as a promotionfor he has been with the company forseveral years. In that time his work hasbeen an exceptionally good training forhis new position.

Mr. Sutter first came to the Staley com-pany for years ago. He was in school atthe time and wanted work for his vacationmonths. As he tells it the employmentoffice showed no great eagerness to takehim on, but the brickmasons needed help-ers and as he looked rather husky theygave him a job wheeling bricks.

At that time the new table house wasbeing built and he insists that he wheeledevery brick that was used in the con-struction of that seven story building.Later he was given a job as sample car-rier and then, because he showed thaihe had native sense and ability, he gradu-ally worked into a place in the laboratory.

All during his days as student at JamesMillikin university he kept his job in thelaboratory and through this work he be-came thoroughly familiar with the pro-cesses in the various departments. Fromtime to time he has worked in the variousdepartments.

He was educated in the Decatur Highschool and James Millikin university. Hispersistence in working his way throughcollege marked him as a young man ofdetermination and his acquaintance withthe process from the point of view of theworker as well as the laboratory man,seemed to fit him ideally for the positionas Mr. Morris* assistant.

SHOWER FOR BRIDEA miscellaneous shower was given May

8 by Mrs. Clifford McKelvey and Mrs.Otto Butts in the home of Mrs. Butts, 837West Waggoner street, in honor of MissHelen Johnson, who became the bride ofLloyd Spicer, May I 2. The guests weretwelve intimate friends of Miss Johnson.

The house decorations were in pink andwhite and the same color scheme wascarried out in the refreshments.

Mrs. Anna Butts won high score prizein bridge, while the consolation prize wentto Miss Mona Sneller.

Doug Williams Where's Banning?Ed Smith—Oh, he's gone out for a

little walk. Said he wanted to straightenhis legs a bit.

Doug Williams Say it would takemore than a walk to straighten his legs.A 200 pound weight on each one wouldbe more like it.

Jesse Might's car thought it was a boatduring a recent rain and started to floataway from its parking place in Seventhstreet. Only the fact that the messengerboy in the grain department climbed intoboots and waded after it prevented itfrom floating away.

A. E. Banta, from Texas, came in to theplant for a short business visit late inMay. Mr. Banta, who had charge ofTexas sales for the company, made thetrip in his automobile.

Nina Thompson, the ten year olddaughter of R. C. Thompson, is ill in ahospital in Atlanta, Ga., her home.

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NEW EQUIPMENTRecent additions to the office equip-

ment in the auditing department havebeen a bookkeeping machine and two bignew safes. The new bookkeeping ma-chine, Burrough's latest model, the sales-man tells us, does practically all the work.The two safes, perfectly enormous things,will supplement the big vault.

Jim Blades said this advertisementmade him sit up and take notice:

Gem Blades—Double Life.

Newt Crolla said he needed that file tofix the clocks about the plant. J. W.Morrison thinks differently.

Have you seen the new spectacles?Leonard Smith and Henry Potrafka arethe boys who are wearing them and itgives them both the most brainy and highbrow expression. Both boys are runninginto trouble with them, though. Leonardfinds that his nice fireman's cap doesn'tfit so well, and Henry simply can't sticka pencil over his ear when he has hisglasses on.

Rodger Dawson of the sales departmenttook his vacation the last two weeks inMay.

Attractive New HomeIn a recent real estate edition of The

Decatur Review the following story con-cerning the new home of our syrup salesmanager, Roy M. Ives, appeared:

The handsome new colonial home ofMr. and Mrs. Roy Ives at 5 I 2 South Boydstreet, has attracted a great deal of favor-able comment. It has just been com-pleted and the lot was sodded only lastweek.

The house has six commodi6us rooms,conveniently a r r a n g e d and beautifullydecorated. The wood work in the livingand dining rooms is brown mahoganyfinish. The dining room walls are ivory,panelled in imported black and gold tap-estry. The black and gold scheme is alsocarried out in the draperies in this room.

The living room walls are in ivory, andthe draperies are mulberry. The kitchenis finished in Nile green and ivory, and isfitted with every built-in convenience. Thewalls of the breakfast nook are papered ina Chinese red background with ivory andNile green design. The woodwork of thenook is finished in Nile green.

There are three large cross-ventilatedbed rooms and bath room on the secondfloor. They are finished in oyster whiteenamel with brown mahogany trim.

BURWELL IS HONOREDT. C. Burwell, second vice-president

and traffic manager of the Staley com-pany, was elected third vice-president ofthe Associated Traffic Clubs of America atthe annual meeting held in Dallas, Texas,April 13 and 14. He was also electedchairman of the board of directors. Thepresident is T. T. Webster of the MeadCompany of Dayton, Ohio.

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Mr. and Mrs. Henry Potrafka and their three fine boys make a good picture of an idealAmerican family. The oldest boy is John, the next is Robert and the baby of the family isWilliam. Only every one calls them Jack, Bob and Bill. And practically every one at Staley's,where he has charge of the company houses, calls their father, Hank.

FAREWELL PARTYWilliam Stewart, who had worked in

the Staley machine shop for three years,was given a surprise party in his homeMay 8, shortly before he left for his newhome in Missouri. Guests at the partywere Staley machinists. They gave Mr.Stewart a radio as a farewell gift.

Mr. Stewart has recently purchased aneighty-acre farm in Missouri south of St.Louis and he and his family moved thereearly in May.

LITTLE GIRL ILLDorothy Jane Kuhns, the small daugh-

ter of Mr. and Mrs. John Kuhns, was illfor some time in May. She was takenill with a severe cold which later devel-oped into ear trouble. For a while thelittle girl was a patient in the Decaturand Macon County hospital.

Mr. and Mrs. Syl Ivens entertained anumber of their friends at a pot luckparty at the club house May I 0.

ONE BIG DANCEThe biggest affair since the picnic

dance last August was given by the Sta-ley Fellowship club on the evening ofApril 29. This was a dance in the ElksCountry club, and was attended by threeor four hundred persons.

Monk Watson's orchestra, which hadjust closed a three months' engagementat the Lincoln Square theater, played forthe dances, and between dances membersof the orchestra gave clever bits of enter-tainment.

ATTENDS CONVENTIONC. L. Walker, credit manager, attended

the annual meeting of the National Asso-ciation of Credit Men in New York Citythe last week in May. Before going toNew York he had visited the Staley officesin several eastern cities.

Some one has discovered that our oilchemist, James Blades, has a Mr. Gilletteliving at his house. A close shave, couldit be called?

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It looks as if these four were advertising a hair tonic, the first two before using and thetwo on the right after using. But they are not. These four men just stepped out of the gar-age one bright day recently. From left to right they are Monty North, George Smith, FredGentry and Walter Morenz.

IS HE MARRIEDAll the neighbors say that Louie Brand

is married. Louie refuses to say whetherhe is or not but anyway we think he is.He blushes a beaut i fu l pink when oneasks him if he is. When asked whenthe ceremony was performed he refusedto tell, but we have suggested late win-ter as the probable time.

Notice how red Lyla Jane's lips are?Well, it's a new kind of lip paint. Askher about it if you are interested.

They sing a new song in the grain de-partment now—-"Sleepy Time Bill" andBill gets sleepy.

"Arkansas," who works down in No.I 7 building, carves the most elaboratecanes imaginable. All he needs is aknife and a piece of wood. Several menabout the plant are proud owners ofcanes which he has made and presentedto them.

Hollis Hise says the girls in the pur-chasing office are jealous of him when-ever he goes down to the tray room andstays very long.

SURPRISE PARTYWhen her brother asked her to go rid-

ing on the evening of May 3, MableLeaser went, but when she came homeshe found a house fu l l of company await-ing her. Then she discovered that hermother had planned the affair as a sur-prise in honor of her birthday.

The guests played Five Hundred, afterthe first excitement of surprising the guestof honor had subsided. Prizes were wonby Mr. and Mrs. Harben Chandler, Mrs.Mont Leaser and Marjorie Robb. Mablereceived many lovely gifts.

T. C. Burwell has recently started theerection of a lovely new home in ParkPlace, one of the choice residence dis-tricts in the west part of Decatur. Thehouse which he is building is to be aneight room brick place, and promises tobe one of the lovely new homes of De-catur.

Carl Russell has promised himself thathe will not shave his moustache until heis elected governor of the Fellowship club.

Doc West said he made his old car humhymn tunes on the way over to Mattoonon Ascension Day.

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Bill Ooton actually consented to hold a cat while this picture of the feed house men wastaken. He says it is not a black cat though.

Summer MoviesOutdoor motion picture shows for Fel-

lowship club members will be shown againthis summer in the Staley ball park. Thisyear the pictures will be shown each Mon-day night, admission for club membersand their families being by membershipticket.

The program for the season has beenselected with care and an effort has beenmade to get good pictures which will beof interest to all. The first show will beon Monday night, June 7 and probablywill be "Frivolous Sal". This is a westerndrama featuring Eugene O'Brien and MaeBusch. On the following Monday, JuneI 4, the picture probably will be thecomedy drama, "A Self-Made Failure"with Ben Alexander and Lloyd Hamilton.The other two pictures shown in Juneprobably will be "The Girl in the Limou-sine" with Larry Semon and Charles Mur-ray and "Sundown".

Sundown" is billed as a super-westernpicture and promises to be a great favori tewith Staley audiences. The stars areHobart Bosworth, Bessie Love, Roy Stew-art and Charles Murray.

Later it may be necessary to makeEome changes in these dates but if thesepictures are not shown in June they willbe shown later in the season. At anyrate there will be a good show each Mon-day night during the months of June, ]u\yand August, and if the weather is warmenough, the first two weeks in September.

Texas Textile MeetingWhen the Texas Textile Association

met in Mexia, Texas recently, some ofthe men who attended made the trip fromtheir homes in a thoroughly modern man-ner in an airplane. One man, accord-ing to a Mexia paper, flew from Wacowith three guests for the convention.

The convention itself was well attendedand most interesting this year. Varioustechnical subjects were brought up fordiscussion, but the Texas men showed thacthey were thoroughly modern by devotingpart of one session to the discussion ofsafety work in the mills.

Entertainment of a most interestingnature was furnished by Mexia. A motortrip took the visitors through the oilfields surround-ing that city, and throughthe Mexia Textile Mills; there was a ballgame and a big banquet. The lastevening was given over to a supper and

theater party.

Clarence Brewer spent the last part ofApril and the first part of May visitingthe grain dealers and shippers throughIllinois. Mr. Brewer is in the grain de-

partment.

Margaret Hebert says that just as soonas she is 1 8 years old she is going to startgoing regularly with the boys.

Lloyd Thompson of the kiln house wasill dur ing May.

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AFTERNOON PARTYMrs. J. W. Morrison and Mrs. Lester

Davidson entertained at the Staley clubhouse on the afternoon of May 4. Theaffair was a farewell for Mrs. J. G. LePerewho is planning to leave Decatur soon tomake her home in the east. There weresixteen guests.

Here is one of those bets which mightbe called a dud. If the fellow loses hedoes pay and if he wins he is pretty sureto die and be unable to pay. Here it is—

W. Gordon down in the mill house likeseggs. In fact, he likes eggs so well thathe is willing to bet anyone that he caneat I 00 in five minutes. Only no onewill bet with him.

When Ray Bass of the general officefound out that the Kentucky derby wasa horse race and not a new style of head-gear, he decided to take the affair in,it is said. One friend says that he de-cided to go down on his bicycle, butgave up the idea when he found that EdSmith had taken his "hoss" and had al-ready started.

Bob Urfer was caught slipping into thepoles the third time and questioned as tohis reason. He explained, through sobs,that he thought it was a wet and dryelection and he wanted to vote dry.

CLUB ENTERTAINSThe Kit-Kat club, of which Mrs. Harry

Bechtel is a member, entertained themembers of two other clubs in the Staleyclub house May I 7. At noon a delightfulpot luck luncheon was served and duringthe afternoon Five Hundred was played.There were seven tables in play.

Out of town guests "were Mrs. WilliamWhitsitt, of Los Angeles, Calif., and Mrs.Grubbs, of Rock Island, 111.

Mikkus, he of the broad grin, whoworks in the mill house, isn't quite sureyet what happend to the locker key.His favorite way of telling it is,

"You see, I lost the key and turned itin to you, Mr. Turkey."

H. J. Andrews is the latest addition tothe garage force. He formerly was amotorman on a Decatur street car.

When Al Crabb went to the derby atChurchill Downs. Marjorie White gavehim a nickle for luck and Al says itbrought it all right. He is going tocarry that nickle all the time now andmaybe his own horses will win a racesome day.

Thomas Longbons of the auditing de-partment made a business trip throughthe south late in May.

Daylight SavingsGeneral office folk all set their alarm

clocks up an hour when they went to bedMay 4 for the next morning they startedto work on daylight savings time. Theplan of starting the day an hour earlierhas not been generally adopted by De-catur this spring but several industriesin the city are trying it.

Because the grain "wire opens an hourearlier under the Chicago summer sched-ule, it "was necessary for our grain de-partment to come at 7 instead of 8. Thatdidn't look so attractive until it was dis-covered that people 'who come to workat 7 can leave at 4. That was muchbetter, and the sales and auditing depart-ments voted to try the same plan.

Now it is working beautifully. Every-one is on the job at 7 and at 4 he is readyto play golf or go swimming.

SEVERELY BURNEDC. A. Keck, our master mechanic, suf-

fered severe burns on his right hand andon his face when a bucket of hot tar hewas carrying splashed over him. He haddecided to patch a place on the roof of hishouse and had climbed up safely with thetar, "when he slipped. The tar splashedand in trying to save himself he wasbadly burned.

Maggie Prell, forewoman in the trayroom, was off a week suffering with aboil on her face.

Mrs. H. T. Morris, wife of the starchsales manager, has been ill for severalweeks, but is showing some improvementnow.

Everyone in the sales department knowswhen Ernest Dempsey, the telegraph oper-ator, has a date. On the morning afterthe date he always brings the DecaturHerald to work with him. He meets theboy bringing the paper as he comes homeso he just takes it and comes on to theoffice.

Fred Wand attended a meeting of soybean growers in Kirkville, 111., early inMay. After the business session was overthe guests were entertained at an old-fashioned barn dance.

Among the Staley people who attendedthe Masonic Ascension Day services inMattoon May I 6 were Mr. and Mrs. LigeLeaser, Mr. and Mrs. Mont Leaser, Mr.and Mrs. Jack Leaser and Mrs. EthelRobb. They motored over to Mattoon forthe services.

Milton Williams returned to work themiddle of May after having an operationfor the removal of his tonsils.

OUR GARDENSAny one who doubts that there is

beauty in industry would soon change hismind after seeing the tulip beds at theStaley plant in ful l bloom. This yearthey were lovelier than ever before, butCarl Simroth, the faithful gardner, insiststhat they had no special treatment.

The fountain in the center of the court,was massed in crimson blooms, and thesmall plots at the entrance of the welfarehouse and tool house were glorious redblankets. Then, to cheer the suffererswho had to visit the hospital, more redtulips bloomed.

Already Carl is working on the latergardens and as soon as the tulips havebloomed their last for the year he willhave some later flowers coming on. Oneof his choicest gardens is the new one infront of the hospital, and everyone is•waiting eagerly to see what floral sur-prises he will have for us during the;summer.

R. M. Ives, syrup sales manager, at-tended the convention of the AmericanWholesale Grocers in Atlanta, Ga., inMay.

Javais Cochran, of Mr. Martin's office,started her vacation the last week in May.She is spending it with her sister in Mai-den, Mo.

The night was dark and the rain waswet so Viola decided to stay at her cot-tage at Paries Park all night. That wasall right—but in the morning her trustyFord refused to stir and Viola had noother choice than to race down the hilland catch a speeding interurban car onthe wing. She got to work all right, butspent her day trying to find a buyer forher Ford.

CLUB DANCEThe regular May dance of the Fellow-

ship club was given in the Elks city clubMay 26. Gene Bradley's orchestra, ofSpringfield, played.

And After 2:30?Marjorie Robb—I'd like to have a book

to read Sunday. I won't have a thingto do from the time Sunday School isover until 2:30 in the afternoon.

Carl Russell says he saw W. R. VanHook standing out in the yard paintinghis house. When he saw him Mr. VanHook was stooping over painting thechimney.

Mrs. Abie Cable, formerly PaulineNolen, who has been working in thestarch sales department, has resigned herposition.

I Hear in the Moon—That Feb. 1, 1926 is the date of the reformation of the traffic office. *That Al Lukey, Crabb and Company were very, very careless in handling traffic in "

a t ru th fu l way.That since the reformation under the watchful eye of an ever present lady the male

quartet in the traffic department is much embarrased when anyone blunders.

That Dudley Boren is very anxious to know why his chief, Billy Broadbear, left Decaturso mysteriously.

That Broadbear and George Klein left Decatur one Monday night bound for New Yorkand the latest news received is that both are in the pen.

That Boren has changed his famous expression, "Did you see Billy?" to "When isBilly coming back?".

That Edmund Smith loves baseball, Knute Simpson loves gold and Doc West dearlyloves lawn tennis.

That at lawn tennis or hard court tennis, volleying or serving, West can wield aracquet with a master hand.

That Doc is the proud possessor of seventy-five championship cups and his better halfspends hours each day polishing his pets.

That Sam Seibert has reformed. He won't bet on the ball games, he won't bet oilthe election, he won't bet on races.

That the only exception is that he is willing to bet his Studebaker will make fifteenmiles per hour on any hard road around Decatur.

That Sam says an honest man has no chance to win from the bunch of crooks in theneighborhood. They will bet on a ball game when they know the score. Theywill bet on the world series championship when it is past history. So you blameme for quiting?

That Henry Dubes says he will request Herman Herbert to return the Holy Bible hegave him if he doesn't forgive Ed Borchers.

That Dubes cannot understand why Herman is so stubborn. He gave him a Bible to Aread and study. He talked to him and pleaded with him to forgive his enemie? ̂but the only answer from Herbert was, "1 cannot forgive or forget that manBorchers".

That Herman is a much changed man and Dubes should be congratulated on the goodwork he has done in bringing back to the fold such a man. He has madeHerman a lovable Christian.

That Red Thornborough has returned from Kentucky where he spent the week endsight-seeing and watching the Derby.

That Thornborough is very much enthused about the beautiful thoroughbreds and thebeautiful women he saw in the blue grass state.

That whether he won or lost on the races is immaterial. His friends would like toknow if the water at West Baden agreed with him or if he has been dietingon anti-fat pills.

Yours truly,

THE MAN IN THE MOON.

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How Disappointing"I hope that's a nice book for you to

read, darling, said a conscientious motherto her engrossed school-girl daughter.

"Oh, yes, mummy," said Miss Thirteen."It is a lovely book, but I don't think youwould like it. It's so sad at the end."

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"I've got the travelinest animules thatever had geers on 'em," he would assert."I kin naturely go any place whar beastskin navigate. I kin git to places wharnary a mule team nor hoss team kingo a-tall!"

"How do you manage that, UncleDick?" the village postmaster asked themountaineer one day.

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