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CONTENTSPage

Dolls 5By Harry Watson

Prize Stories 8

Headaches 10By Dr. M. W. Fitzpatrick

Editorial 13

Why of Parent-Teacher Assn 14By Mrs. E. J. Moreland

Candy Recipes 18

Going Up 20

Plant Talk 23

Roasts 34

Man in the Moon 40

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 Reason the Irishman Wears GreenMany years ago Ireland was visited by

a terrible plague of grass-hoppers. Theyate every particle of vegetation in sight,and they became a most serious menaceto the nation. At a special gathering ofthe people it was decided to send to Af-rica for a boat load of monkeys to turnloose all over the country in order thatthey might rid Ireland of the pests. Theresult was worse than before. The mon-keys ignored the grass-hoppers, and foundplenty of food elsewhere, with the resultthat the monkeys themselves became aserious pest, having multiplied rapidly.Another conference of the people follow-ed, attended by experts from other Euro-pean countries, the outcome of which wasthat the English were to send over sol-diers to shoot and kill the monkeysand in order that no mistakes would bemade, it was decided to tag the Irish-men with green.

A Scotchman thought that the bestmethod of saving money for Christmaswas to put a penny in a money-box everytime he kissed his wife.

This he did regularly until the holidayperiod came round. Then he opened thebox, and out came, not only pennies, butsixpences, shillings, and half-crowns.

The man was amazed, and asked hiswife how she accounted for it.

"Weel, Jock," she replied, "it's no iverymon that's as stingy as you are!"

SHE FAILEDJanie was returned from the Home for

the Feeble Minded to the Orphans' Home,as the doctor's examination had provedher merely "sub-normal." Saict Mamie toAnna in a burst of confidence and gossip:

"Janie was sent away to be an idiot, butshe couldn't pass and had to come back."

Harper's.

What was the hardest thing you foundin learning to drive your car?

A stone wall.—Awgwan.

Minister—"Why are you so crooked ?"Convict "I am merely trying to make

both ends meet."—Dirge.

"Twasn't stummick trouble wot killed'Enry. *E died of a broken heart.'

"How's that?"'* *E got so bad *e couldn't drink 'is

beer." The Bulletin (Sydney).

He: "My dear, it's no use for you tolook at those hats; I haven't more than adollar in my pocket."

She; "You might have known whenwe came out that I'd want to buy a fewthings."

He: "I did." Exchange.

"Is there anything you would like todo before I press the button?" asked thewarden at Sing Sing to the murderer inthe electric chair.

"Yes," said the latter, "I would like toget up and give a lady my seat." Hande-dus.

The Judge—"Now, are you sure youunderstand the nature of an oath?"

The Youth (scared s t i f f ) "Sure; ain't1 yer caddy down at the links." Mel-bourne Punch.

Rastus—-"Ain't yuh 'shamed fer yo'wife to take in washin'?"

Rufus "No, 'deed not so long as shedoes expert work." Life.

"Say, Jimmy, the stork left a new babyat my brother's house last night. D'yewant to come over and see it?"

"Naw. I'd) rather see the stork."

"That's thethe hen as theyardi.

guy I'mfarmer

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"This bootlegging must be a good busi-ness. You're probably making a for-tune."

said "Aw, it ain't de coinbarn- much wit' me, lady. It's

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LINGERIEEliza, ' said a fr iend of the family to

the old colored washerwoman, "have youseen Miss Edith's fiance?" Eliza pon-dered for a moment then bent over thelaundry tubs once more. "No, ma'am,"she said, "it ain't been in the wash yet."

She (indignantly)—"You had no busi-ness to kiss me?"

He (apologetically)—"But, hang it all,it wasn't business it was a pleasure!"

J o h n — I L I don't get rid of this coldsoon, I'll be a dead man.

Fred Did you go to Dr. Green as Iasked you to?

John No the sign on door raid " 1 0to 1 ," and I would not monkey w.th along shot like that.

Madge Why did you kiss me in thatawkward way?

Ted—It wasn't my faul t . You haven'tyour lips on straight.

Son Pop, can I ask you one morequestion ?

Father—What is it, my son?Son—Who's gonna preach for the last

man's funeral?

The Old Family Tooth Brush"What kind of a toothbrush do you

want," inquired the druggist."Why boss, gib me the biggest one

you have, dere's ten in mah family."

"Miss Curly cue," murmured the ofncemanager to the stenog. "I don't wannabe harsh. Nothing like that. I reallydon't."

"Let's have the answer," said the dum-sel nonchalantly. "What's gone wrongnow?"

"I just wanna ask you not to writeyour young man during business hours.Letters are apt to get mixed. Herb &Blurb report we have sent 'em a shipmentof love and kisses instead of the axlegrease they ordered." Pittsburgh Sun.

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Mrs. Nipp (from window)—Yes [ Justleave him on the porch.—Judge.

The lady shopper had ordered abouteverything hauled down from the shelves.

"I clon't see just the right thing," shedecided at last. "I want to surprise myhusband on his birthday."

"Well," suggested the exhausted clerk,"Why don't you hide behind a chair andyell 'Boo!' at him?"

"In the old days," said the hotel door-man, "if anybody missed a stage coach,he was contented to wait two or threec*ays for the next. Nowadays a man letsout a squawk if he misses one section ofthe revolving door." Boxes.

Detective: "I can find anything if IIcok hard enough."

"You certainly look hard enough."

M!ay I ha thiHe—"Pardondance ?"

She—"No. I'm too danced out."He—-"You're not too damn stout.

You're just pleasingly plump."

(Teacher showing class a picture ofWashington crossing the Delaware) -"Now can any little boy or girl tell methe name of this picture?"

Small Voice in Rear - "Sure. 'Sit Down,You're Rocking the Boat'."

"My husband is so good to his em-ployes."

"Is he?""Yes. He came home last night all

tired out, poor fellow, and I heard himmurmur in his sleep, 'Jim, I'll raise youten.* And business is so dull, too." — Ex-change.

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What were the presents the wise men old,Brought from the East away;To a little child in a stable cold,In a manger filled with hay?

Where are these gifts of a far-off day,From the weary miles of sands;To the humble spot where the Christ-child lay,For his tiny, helpless hands?

Oh, they -were precious—splendid and rare—Valued their weight in gold;Guarded and treasured with zealous care,By three of these men of old.

But vanished in dust are the presents now,After these many years;(Though still may grow on Olive's brow,The trees that knew His tears).

Not of the hand or the mind so keen—And not of the craftsman's art;But gifts of sacrifice—gifts unseen,And gifts of a loving heart—

These are the gifts beyond compare,To last to the end of time;So may we give thanks with humble prayer,For Christ and His gift sublime!

—Cobb.

DollsBy Harry IDatson, Chemist

All pictures by courtesy of the Bayless Mfg. Co., Louisville, Ky.

The early settlers of this country wereaccustomed to appropriate anything use-ful or novel, which was used by the In-dians, into their own scheme of house-hold economy. The moccasin and thebirch bark canoe are examples of articleswhich were borrowed from the Indians.However, an article even more universalin all early households was the Indiancorn-stalk doll. Many a little miss set upa wonderful made-belteve play house, inthe days of long ago. with houses whose

walls were rudely denned by a row ofstones or shells, and the interior of whichwere peopled with a multitude of corn-stalk dolls.

The Indian doll was a prototype forKipling's, "A rag, and a bone and a hankof hair." The doll's body was made froma stick, clothes pin or the drum stick ofsome ancient, departed fowl. The nudityof the form being modestly clothed in thinwhite corn shucks, the garment was gath-ered in the center by a sash of the same

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In this room the freshly "baked" heads are dipped in a glue which is allowed to dry, andthen they are sprayed with their flesh tint.

material. Facial relief was provided bymarking or carving the features on thehead. In those primitive, ignorant days,a head of hair was still considered awoman's crowning glory. This glory wasfurnished by the silks of the corn, therange of color from which to select be-ing wide enough to satisfy even the mostfastidious little dweller in the land ofmake-believe.

The child of today would look withscorn on such a makeshift for a real Mamadoll. The fancies of childhood must nowbe stimulated with only the most life-likeand beautiful dolls which designers canprovide.

While there is a vast difference betweenthe crude corn-shuck doll and the mod-ern machine made article, we still find theproducts of the corn used in doll fabrica-tion. A most interesting letter, detailingthe manner in which corn starch is usedin the manufacture of dolls, was sent tothe Staley company recently by a com-pany which makes such dolls on a largescale.

Part of the letter, which describes thisinteresting process, is given below:

"It may be interesting to you to know

that the unbreakable doll heads and armsand legs made in our factory and used inour American Maid dolls are composed ofabout fifty percent corn starch. The woodfibre composition of which the heads aremade is composed of wood flour, a veryfine, soft sawdust imported f rom Finlandto which is added Staley's corn starch anda small quanti ty of ground rosin. To thismixture is added a quanti ty of water suf-ficient to make the mixture slightly moist.The mixture is then put in the head bak-ing, or pressing machine and cooked inthe dies under great pressure for aboutthree and one-half or four minutes. Thedies hold from four to twenty-eight headsaccording to the size of the heads to bemade.

"The heads are pressed in two partsand these two parts are glued togetheraf te r they have been allowed to dry outfor about one day. After the two partshave been glued t o g e t h e r t h a t g l u eis allowed to set. The rough jointis ground off and the head is plas-tered an operation which fills upany small dents or defects which mightbe in the face of the doll. After this theheads go to the dipping room where they

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Here sirls who are expert in the art of make-up have an oppoi tunity to use their talent,for a f t e r the heads are dry again the finishing touches of carmine must be added.

are dipped In a hot glue composition whichcovers the entire head. This compositionmust dry out thoroughly; it usually takesforty-eight hours. After this the fleshcolor enamel is sprayed by air brush onthe face and neck of the dolls. If thedolls are to be finished as boy dolls,brown hair is sprayed on the tops of theheads by the air brush, otherwise the topof the head is not painted, but a wig isput on the head later.

"The eyes, eyebrows, and lips arepainted by hand work and the head is thenready to be attached to the body of thedoll.

"The legs and arms are made in thesame way as the heads and get the samedip and spray, but of course have no handwork.

"After the bodies have been stuffed andthe talking attachment placed in the bodiesthe arms and legs are attached to it.Then the head is glued to the body. Afterthis the hair dresser attaches the wig andthe doll is ready to be dressed, packed,and shipped to our customers.

"Practically ninety percent of our dollsare not sold for resale purposes but areused in the advertising business. That is,

they are sold to merchants who will givethem to their customers as a reward forbuying their merchandise in their stores.

"We manufacture approximately fivethousand of these dolls a day and overtwo-thirds of our production goes to fillmail reorders. Everyone from grandmoth-ers down to the youngest children are in-terested in dolls, and the merchants whohandle these dolls not only derive a profitfrom them, but he has the pleasure ofknowing that every doll he disposes ofmeans a world of happiness to somebright little youngster."

Anxious mothers with a scientific lean-ing, may rest assured that when "little sis-ter" with an atavistic tendency satisfiesthe cannibal urge of her nature by devour-ing her American Maid doll she is onlypartaking of a balanced ration. The cornstarch will supply the carbohydrates, thewood flour will supply the bulk for theration, supplanting a gar a gar in the diet,while the glue furnishes the protein.

After such a satisfying meal Little Sis-ter will invariably put her hands on herlittle fat turn my-turn-turn, gurgle a fewtimes with overwhelming bliss, then layback and go peacefully to sleep.

STORY PRIZE WINNERSFirst Prize $3.00—Margaret Fish-

er, 1 2, Decatur.Second Prize $2.00—Muriel

Owen, 15, Sussex, Wis.Honorable Mention — Maxaline

Humphrey, 12, Decatur.Miss Davida McCaslin, professor

of English at James Millikin univer-sity, read all of the stories entered,and decided that while all the storiesentered were excellent, MargaretFisher's was perhaps the best. MissMcCaslin writes stories herself, yousee, so we really were mighty fortu-nate in getting her to read over ourstories and judging them. Picturesof the prize winners will be used inthe January Journal.

The Christ Child Pays for aQood Deed

Bvj Margaret Fisher"O-ooh!"A shrill scream of pain and agony

reached the ears of the Christmas shop-pers in the downtown district of one ofour large cities.

A mist hung low and heavy over thecity and the night was very dark andstill; thus such a scream aroused muchexcitement.

No one knew whence it came until achauffeur found him buried quite deep inthe snow where he had run over him,breaking his leg.

"Oh, Heavens! I thought it was some-thing," said a lady, noting his raggedclothes and bare feet.

Many of the people turned up theirnoses and taking their children, walkedoff, saying, "I wouldn't have my childrennear such a ragged child from the slums."

After these people had departed therewas still a vast crowd of lookers-on f romthe poorer classes. But from all of thesethere "were none so poor as this littlechild appeared to be.

A policeman pushed his way through

the crowd. His face showed an angryexpression for this was Christmas eveand he had intended to go honie and helphis wife get things ready for the juniormembers of his family. Great as "washis anger, his face softened and showeda look of pity when his eyes fell on thepit i ful form of the little child. Histhoughts wandered back to his own chil-dren, romping and playing around a rosyfire, listening to the good-night story thattheir lovely little mother was telling them.

He picked the child up and snuggledit close to him in his big comfortable arms.He took the injured leg and held it inhis big warm hand to keep it from fur-ther injury. The crowd parted to lethim pass. The people in the crowd werevery much astonished to see this man,who a few moments before had seemed- tohave a heart of stone, turn to a soft-hearted man, tender as a woman.

He took off his coat, wrapped it aroundthe child, and carried it home to his wife.His wife was a lovable little lady andwhen her eyes fell upon the helpless littlechild her thoughts wandered to her ownchildren, as had her husband's.

She bathed the broken limb andchanged the child's clothes. She laid himon a couch near the fire and nursed hiswound tenderly.

After he had recovered to a certain ex-tent they asked him questions about hisformer life, but he would tell them noth-ing.

The man and his wife put the little boyto sleep and then divided their own chil-dren's Christmas presents evenly with thenew member of the family. The nextmorning everyone was pleased with his orher gifts, especially the policeman's chil-dren who had been blessed with this newbrother.

The boy grew stronger day by day andin a few weeks he was able to romp withthe other children. He lived these daysin joy and comfort.

He was having such a good time in hisnew home that he didn't realize that oldfather time was using his airplane insteadof his horse and buggy. The first thinghe knew Christmas had rolled aroundagain for the sixth time since he had beenin his new home.

On Christmas eve the whole family was

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sitting around the fire, talking of happytimes they had had.

Suddenly an unfamiliar light filled theroom. Everyone looked around untiltheir eyes rested on the child. He roseand said:

"Kind friends, since you have treatedme so good 1 shall grant you one wish,for I am the Christ Child."

The parents needed no time for con-sideration. "Just make our children likeyou," they said.

The Christ Child answered, "It shall beso."

And so it was.

Angel's Santa Claus5g Muriel Maxine Owen

"Thanta Clauth will come," said four-year-old Angelia.

"But, listen, Angel, maybe he doesn'tknow "we're here. Now, Angel, don't cry.1*11 get something for you and we'll havea nice Christmas."

"But Thanta Clauth won't forget me,Jimmie, cauth mamma thaid tho," shelisped.

"Listen here, kiddie, mamma's gone toHeaven. Maybe papa's there too. I'vegot to get all your Christmas myself."

"Will you buy me a big dollie with blueeyeth and curlth?" she questioned eagerly.

"O, I guess so. Now I'm going outto play. Perhaps some one will give aquarter or maybe a dollar to me," Jimmiesaid.

"And then I'll get a dollie, won't I,Jimmie ? "

"Yes, you shall. Goodbye, Angel," hecalled, taking the old violin out into thestreet.

"Goodbye, Jimmie," sang out Angel.Not always had Angelia and Jimmie

Garland been poor and motherless. Onlya month had passed since their motherwent to Heaven. The last words she saidwere, "God will take care of my darlings,and bring father home soon."

Jimmie could not remember his fatherwell. Mother said he went to sea whenJimmie was only five years old. No newshad been received from him for over ayear. Perhaps he, too, was dead.

Jimmie began work in earnest when hismother took sick. Every day he wouldtake the old violin and play songs andChristmas carols. Often some kindhearted person gave him a dime or aquarter. Rarely, very rarely, he got adollar.

On this Christmas Eve he trudgedlight-heartedly down the icy streets.When he came to the corner, he took hisviolin and started to play. Forgetting all

else but the beautiful songs, he playedcarol after carol.

Suddenly some one touched his should-er. He turned around when a lady saidto him, "Here is fifty cents; go and buya hot breakfast."

"Thank you, lady," he said with apathetic smile of gratitude, "but I'drather get a doll for Angel. She's mysister and I have to get her a Christmaspresent."

"Here's something to buy a dollie with,"she said and was gone.

Jimmie stared after her. Who was she,anyway? When he looked into his hand,there lay a dollar! He could not believeit! With a last lingering look he put itin his pocket. Again he started to play.

All day he wandered through thestreets. Few noticed, him and fewer gavehim anything. The chilly winds began toblow; the people hurried toward theirhomes and the darkness crept in slowly.

As he was entering a store he heard avoice say, "Yes, 1 believe this is the boy."Turning around he saw the lady who hadbeen so kind to him in the morning. Atall, hard-looking man was with her.

"Good evening," Jimmie said with asmile.

"Yes, my boy," she answered, "this ismy brother. He wanted to hear you play.Will you play for us?"

"Yes'm, indeed, I will," he answered.Softly and skillfully he played the song

he liked best, "Silent Night, Holy Night.""Say, child, where did you learn that?"

the man asked. "Can your name pos-sibly be Jimmie?"

"Why, yes sir. How did you know?""Well, I have a little boy named Jim-

mie. I'm trying to find him now. Letme see—Jimmie is seven and Angel willsoon be four and—well, listen, Jimmie,I'm your father."

"You! My father!" was all Jimmiecould say. After recovering from hisastonishment, he exclaimed, "Oh! won'tAngel be glad! Santa Claus didn't for-get Angel after all. O come, father, let'sgo home to Angel."

Quickly they reached the old housewhich was all that the children could call"home."

Running into the room he called "An-gel, Angel." On the floor she lay asleep.Mr. Garland picked her up in his arms.Slowly she opened her eyes, "Oh! ith ityou, Thanta Clauth."

Worse Yet"The only thing for you to do is to go

around and ask her to forgive you.""But I was in the right.""Then you'd better take some flowers

and candy with you, too."

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HeadachesBig Dr. HI. 117. Fitzpatrick

Some symptoms have a way of assert-ing themselves so vigorously that they as-sume almost the dignity of a distinct dips-ease. Headache in one of these. It isnot a disease; it is only a symptom, butoften a very prominent one. Who has notheard the remark from a friend: "1 havea headache this morning." And the mat-ter stops right there. Neither one givesa thought to the causative factor. It isonly when the headache persists for a longtime or becomes so severe as to threatento undermine the health that any seriousthought is taken as to its nature and thepatient studied carefully to discover theunderlying cause.

Fortunately most headaches are onlytransient and do not demand a great dealof treatment, but a sufficient percentageof them are founded on organic diseasesto impose upon the physician the duty ofmaking a careful inquiry into the healthand physical condition of his patient socomplaining.

There are many diseases inducing head-ache but it would be unprofitable here togo into detail as to the nature of all ofthem.

Anemia, or a poor condition of theblood, the so-called impoverished blood,is responsible for headache in many of itsvictims. Here the brain, as well as theother tissues of the body, is hungry foroxygen and manifests its want by head-ache.

Nephritis, or Bright's disease, causesheadache by allowing waste products toaccumulate in the blood. These head-aches are rarely severe, although thereare marked exceptions. Usually the painis a dull thumping ache of a very pro-longed nature.

Eye strain from overuse of the eyes ordefective vision is a most prolific causeof headache. This discomfort is enduredby its victims for months or even yearsbefore relief is sought and then only toooften they appeal to some one who hasnot had medical training and cannot knowthe true relationship between physicalfindings and their headache. Our littlefolks in school especially are victims ofheadache f rom defective vision but notknowing the significance of their pain goon and on without making much com-plaint. Many a child in former years hasbeen rated as backward, deficient, orplain bad, when his real trouble was de-fective vision with a constant nagging dis-

comfort keeping him out of the channelsof normal childhood.

Infections about the nose, the throat,or the sir.use connected with the nose areresponsible for many headaches closelyresembling those from eyestrain. Ade-noids obstructing a child's breathing actsimilarly.

Constipation and indigestion may causesuffering an-ywhere from a vague discom-fort to the most excruciating pain in thehead. Every physician has had the ex-perience of being called to a patient withextreme headache and seeing complete re-lief come immediately after the victim'sstomach was emptied by vomiting. Ab-sorption of poisons from the stomach orbowels is responsible in these cases.

Displacements of the abdominal or pel-vic organs give rise to many reflex dis-comforts, prominent among which areheadaches. These are particularly per-sistent and constant and bring the victimto the point of chronic invalidism untilthey are relieved, usually by surgery.

Certain diseases, svich as typhoid, small-pox, meningitis, and in fact nearly all theacute contagions may bring on headachesmore or less severe and continuous. Withmost of these, however, the headache isan early symptom, and passes off as thedisease progresses to termination. Oneparticular exception is in meningitis. Inthis disease we usually encounter the mostexcruciating headaches. Once a physic-ian sees such a patient the picture of hissuffering is indelibly impressed on hismind. He never forgets it. It takes enor-mous doses of morphine to give these pati-ents with meningitis any relief, and thenit is only temporary. Fortunately in agood many cases nature intervenes with amore or less profound stupor to give thepatient relief.

Brain tumors and abscesses are to a cer-tain degree similar to meningitis in caus-ing pain.

Then there is the gfeat number of head-aches due to hysteria, neurasthenia, men-tal strain, etc. This condition has ledone prominent author to say: "In spiteof the improvement in the general healthof the community, due to more hygienicliving, more healthy food and better ven-tilation, headache, instead of decreasing,has increased to a great degree." A care-ful study of these patients gives a clue asto the cause of their indisposition. Mostcases occur in women who have no regu-

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lar occupation to divert their attention andwith whom wealth has afforded an abund-ance of leisure. With these same patientsanything that comes up to occupy or di-vert their mind seriously stops their head-ache. Apartment hotels in the large citieshave increased headaches enormously.When a woman has practically nothing todo but get up some time in the morning,with breakfast served without effort 011her part, with nothing but social dutiesto attend to, it is no wonder her headbothers her. For these sufferers the bestthing in the world is to find some outletfor her energies in the way of welfare orsimilar work. Many of these women, eventhough independent financially, would bemuch better off to be employed regularlyin an office or a store on a salary. Peo-

ple who worry, men or women, suffermuch from headaches and are quitepromptly benefited when their worry isrelieved. Marital difficulties, wives worry-ing about their husband's inattention, orhusbands worrying about their wives ex-penditures, cause many a headache. Thecure is obvious.

Headache remedies are advertisedeverywhere. The newspapers are full ofsuch advertisements. They are found inmagazines, in street cars, on fence posts.Every druggist has his favorite headachetablet. Yet with all this little or no bene-fit may be expected until a careful in-vestigation is made as to cause of theheadache. These discomforts should besubmitted to the careful study of a physic-ian.

DecemberOver the oaks the storm clouds fly,And the biting wind blows strong and chill;Deep is the snow and the waters lie,Fast encased in their ice-shroud still.

But deep in the oak is a valiant heart,That fears neither storm nor bitter cold;For the wind may come and the wind may go,But steadfast and sure the oak will hold.

And down 'neath the snow there are soundasleep,

Flowers and herbs and grasses fair;Dreaming perchance of trysts to keep.With a fairy prince in the Springtime there.

And you may be sure that the water sprites,Are snug and warm in their winter dress;On even the coldest of winter nights,In their robes of wild-fern and water-cress.

So Ho! for the frosty, biting days,And Ho! for the wind so bold—For skating days and jingling sleighs!We'll laugh at December's cold!

—Cobb.

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IDhere Stalei] People Liue

Right—Sam Seibert, 1091E. Prairie.

Left—Tom Longbons, 215South Fifth.

Right—Harry Mier, 2102E. Main.

Left—Joe Palluck, 2 1 1 9 E.Main.

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Real Chrislmas Joy"What do you want for Christmas?"

Yes, the time-old question, creating the time-old desires. Long be-fore they are old en-ugh to know the why of Christmas, children have theidea of wanting closely associated with that holiday, and as they grow olderthey generally want more, and more, and miss the true joy of the season.

For in giving, more than in receiving, is the joy. You parents whogive and give forever—do you realize that you are unthoughtedly selfishwhen you cheat your children of this joy by educating them only to want?

If you are pleased most with the unexpected gift, which is received, theunexpressed wish which is gratified, why not so teach your children? Ifyou get your greatest joy in planning for the pleasure of others, in forgettingyourself in others happiness, why not let your children share with you?

It is the gift which is accompanied by the giver which is the only truegift. Mere presents, tossed off as one does a payment on a regretted debt,sent without any love or desire, cannot carry the true spirit of Christmas,no matter how perky their holly-sprigged wrappings.

It is the gift which we want to give, the present which is selected withcare, which really goes "with love", which is the real gift. Price has nobearing on the real value of a real gift.

Our Christmas MessageTo our many friends, those who have helped us through the year

just past, our customers and our large and closely united business familywe send out the heartiest and cheeriest of greetings for the Christmas sea-son. «

Through the coming New Year our best wishes for prosperity andhappiness will accompany each and every one of you.

A. E. STALEY MFG. CO.

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of interest

'WomenlllDhi|" of Parent^Teacher Associations

"By Mrs. E. J Moreland

Editor's Note: Mrs. E. J. More-land, who has consented to write aseries of articles for The Journal, isthe president of the Decatur Par-ent-Teachers' association, and StatePress and Publicity chairman for thestate association. Mrs. Mo re land'shusband is a mechanic at the Staleyplant and it was partly because ofher close connection with us, andpartly because she knew of the greatinterest among wives of Staley em-ployes in the Parent-Teacher work,that she has promised these articles.

The idea of the Parent-Teacher Asso-ciation has been on the market for twen-ty-seven years, but it has not been com-pletely sold to all communities. Fivehundred and fifty thousand of the averageparents have recognized its national im-portance and sound business value. InAmerica today we are dealing with theaverage millions rather than the favoredfew.

At first mothers were censored for neg-lecting their job, by going out of thehome even to mothers' clubs, but whenshe discovered that children were just asimportant to study and as interesting aspigs and calves and chickens, a new lightwas thrown upon the subject. When thevision of a possible intelligent parenthoodbegan to dawn upon her, she discoveredthat her child was none the less her's be-cause the door of the school house hadclosed behind him. She learned that thehome is where the child is, for his careand guidance but must also follow him tothe school and to that still more powerfuleducational institution, the street.

The idea of bringing the organizedforces of home, school and community tobear upon a child as a whole and not insections, sprang up in several localities atonce, and today has reached its most sat-isfactory expression in the Parent-Teacherassociation, an absolutely non-political,non-sectarian, democratic body. Its exist-ence is due to the public schools and from

them reaching forward into the relation-chips of the community and backwardinto the l ife of the home. Like all greatmovements, it is still subject to improve-ment, but the fact that more than halfa million parents, teachers and lovers ofchildren are united in this effort wouldseem fair proof that they at least, haverealized the opportunities and advantagesof co-operation between home and school.

Life at school does more than merelyteach spelling, writing, arithmetic and his-tory. Life at school forms character. Inthe public school made up of all kinds ofchildren, the child early in life begins theeducation that later will enable him tounderetand and deal with all kinds of men.Interest yourself in the school to whichyour children go. Listen to what they sayabout it and about the teachers. To theextent of your ability make it your busi-ness to know, to receive at your homeand become acquainted with the publicschool teachers. If you had a man build-ing you a house or a small stable, or evena dog kennel, you would talk with him,consult with him, and interest yourself inhis work. In the public school teacheryou have the man or woman building thecharacters of your children, building uptheir knowledge, their fu tu re success, andyou certainly should interest yourself inthat. We are striving for greater ad-vantages for children, for modern build-ings, larger appropriations and higher sal-aries for good teachers and only in thegatherings of parents, of meetings of theParent-Teacher Associations, is it possibleto reach the minds, the heart, and thepurse of the American citizen, who willhelp cheerfully as soon as he has seenthe value of his assistance. The childdevelops through the pupil, into the cit-izen, and the community is vitally con-cerned in the quali ty of citizenship whichis produced for its service. Only bymeans of the close association and agree-ment of parents and teachers and citizenscan the ideal community be created andmaintained.

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, Send in Ijour Pictures QThe Beauty ContestThere are still ten days left in which

wives of Staley employes may enter thebeauty contest announced in last month'sJournal. Some pictures have already beensent in, but we want more.

Remember, we promised that no onewould know that your picture was sent inunless you won the prize. We will pub-lish the name and picture of the winneronly. So you modest souls need notworry about undue publicity. The pic-tures will be returned to the owners, un-damaged.

The contest was suggested by the wifeof a Staley employe and has found favorwith several others. Of course it wasstarted rather more in fun than anythingelse, but we are going to make a successof it.

The prize has been decided upon and itwill be a good one. We are not going totell you what it is though, but you candepend upon it it is no joke.

All you have to do is to send in yourpicture with your husband's name andthe department in which he works. Youhusbands—if your wives won't send intheir own pictures, send them in your-selves.

We want lots of pictures. Already wehave some and they are good lookingwomen. From that we know that thereare others as good looking, and maybeeven better looking, whose pictures wehave not received.

So send them in and then watch theJanuary number of The Journal for thepicture of the winner. Nobody, not eventhe winner herself, will know to whom theprize is to be awarded until the JanuaryJournal is out.

Our wives have been invited,And have answered, "We're delighted;"We think it fine and great,"And we'll all participate.

"Like stars we'll shine and twinkle,When we've cold creamed each wrinkle;There s be none so sweet and fair,When we dames take the air.

We'll go to the camera man,Looking as sweet as we can.We'll say to him, 'Now do your stuff,And make us look quite good- enough.'

'We have a chance to win some fame,'In this beauty contest game';And he'll take the warts and pimples,And dope them up to look like dimples.

"It matters not if our hands and feet,Are quite as big as hams of meat;He'll make them look as small and neat,As any you'll find on the street."

The camera man can change and fixA fifty figure to a thirty-six;Like a fox he's fu l l of tricks,With lights, cosmetics and lip sticks.

So come on Maude, come on Grace,Dust some powder on your face.Didn't you hear our editor call,The volunteers? She wants you all.

Go and get your "pitcher took,"We want it in The Journal book.We have heard how you can cook,Now let us see how you can look.

L. B. H.

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Maggie Prell CroumedQueen

When the votes at the Indoor Circusgiven by Headquarters Company werecounted on Nov. 15, it was found thatMaggie Prell, the Staley candidate was theleader. And Maggie was presented witha lovely diamond ring as her badge of of-fice.

Of course, Maggie's victory was no sur-prise to anyone for it is a foregone con-clusion in Decatur that when a Staley girlis entered in a popularity contest shewins. And Maggie is really popular. Shehas been in the tray room at the plantfor seven years and for the last year shehas been the forewoman there, and in alldepartments where she is known, and sheis known in many, she is a favorite.

Although the contest did not close untilthe fifteenth, the Fellowship club paradecommittee anticipated Maggie's election afew days early and arranged a lovely floatfor her in the Armistice Day parade onNov. 1 1. And for the occasion Maggielooked every inch the queen. Seated upona throne against a background of flowersand palms she attracted much attentionand applause.

She wore a white sequin gown and car-ried a wonderful arm bouquet of roses.Her hair was arranged with a bandeau ofsilver. On this same float were the mem-bers of the Moose quartet whose songsproved a popular part of the parade.

HORSE PLAY

We have made quite an effort todo away with horse play, but it ap-pears that we have not succeeded.Only a few days ago a good one wasstaged in one of our buildings whichmight have taken a life. Experi-ence sometimes is costly.

We hope that this lesson will beheeded by all and that hor"se playwill not appear again in our midst.

FLOAT WINS PRIZEThe float "Buddies," entered by the

Fellowship club in the Armistice Day par-ade was awarded third prize by the judges.The float, which was one of two enteredby the club, represented a cemetery inFrance, the low, grass covered moundsmarked by simple white crosses "row onrow." A low stone wall, and flowers onthe graves added to the artistic whole.Charles Schultz and Maurice Armentrout,as sailor and soldier, stood silent guard.

The whole idea of the float struck asolemn note which is rather missing inmost Armistice celebrations but for whichthere is an appreciated need. The ideawas originated and carried out by HarryWalmsley and T. J. Gogerty, with the as-sistance of some of the other men fromthe plant.

January ContestFor the January contest I want you to see how many words you

can make out of the word "President." All you boys and girls, whoare not yet 1 6, and who have people working for the Staley company,must try this word game. It's loads of fun. We will give a real prizeto the one who gets the most words out of this one word. When youhave your list finished send it to me at the A. E. Staley Mfg. Co., De-catur, 111., but be sure to sign your name, age, address and the nameand occupation of the relative you have with the company. Sendthem in by Dec. 1 5.

COUSIN SUSIE.

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Our Armistice Day Parade

Above—Our prize winning float. Charles Schultz and MauriceArmentrout were the sailor and soldier who mounted guard.

Left—Maggie Prell was charming as "Our Miss Decatur."

Below—Maggie seated on her throne on the float, with themembers of the Moose quartet who sang as the parade movedthrough the streets. This float was built on the rooi: of the smallgasoline engine and ran on street car tracks through the businessdistrict.

OUR HISS Dfcu.rUSTALEY FELLOWSHIP CLUB

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Some Candy Recipes IPorth TryingThere is no better way to get into the

real Christmas thrilly spirit than to startin making Christmas candies slightly inadvance of the annual visit of Santa Claus.Half the joy of any event is in the plan-ning, and this is even more true of Christ-mas. The let-down feeling of the morn-ing after is much more pleasant if theplanning has been jolly.

Most candies are really easy to make,and af ter you are once started you findmany interesting by-paths to follow.With a plain fondant as a foundation al-most any number of candies can be made.Flavoring, coloring, candied f ru i t s andnuts in small quantities are all that areneeded to add to this variety.

The whole family can have a finger inthe candy making (figuratively speakingonly, however). Nuts must be crackedand picked out and candied f ru i t s cut. Iffather and the boys can be torn awayfrom the radio and the cross word puz-zles long enough, they are generally rathergood help. Perhaps it is best to stationa reliable guard nearby to see that not allthe nuts and fruits are consumed in theprocess.

These candy recipes are all simple andmany of them are the kind which can beused as foundations for several varieties.

FUDGE4 cups sugar.2 cups milk.4 squares chocolate.2 lumps of butter size of a walnut.Cook until it forms a soft ball. Remove

from the fire. Add flavoring and beata few moments, then add 2 tablespoonsof marshmallow cream and beat until itis thick. Pour out on buttered platesto cool.

Doris Hill.

PEANUT BRITTLEThree cups sugar, 1 |/2 cups syrup, 1 1/3

cuns cold "water.Cook until it forms a firm ball in wa-

ter. Then add 1 pound of raw Spanishpeanuts and cook until the nuts tastedone. Add a pinch of salt. Remove fromthe fire and add 1 J/2 teaspoons of soda ina teaspoon of water, and 1 teaspoon ofvanilla.

Pour out on a buttered slab and leaveto cool.

Marie Rice.

STALEY SYRUP FUDGE1 cup brown sugar.2 cups white sugar.1/2 cup Crystal White syrup.1 j/2 cups milk or condensed cream.3 teaspoons cocoa.Cook until it forms a soft ball in cold

water, stirring constantly. Remove fromfire, add two good tablespoons of butterand a teaspoonful of vanilla, and set thepan in a pan of cold water to cool slightly.When it has cooled beat unti l thick, thenpour into buttered dish.

Javais Cochran.

DIVINITYThree cups granulated sugar, ^ cup

Staley Crystal White Syrup or % CUP Sta-ley Glucose, J/3 cup hot water.

Mix and boil until it threads and formsa fair ly hard ball in cold water.

Two whites of eggs, '/$ teaspoon fullof salt, ^4 teaspoon ful l vanilla.

Beat until very stiff.Pour syrup over beaten eggs very

slowly always stirring. After syrup is allpoured into egg whites add cupful choppednuts. Any variety unsalted nuts are sat-isfactory; even peanuts provided the hullsand salt are carefully removed.

If desired to serve at once stir untilvery stiff and set out in toads. If thecandy is to be kept over night, stir untilit begins to set and then pour 'out on abuttered dish and cut into squares. Thislast process keeps the candy from becom-ing too hard and dry if kept for a day ortwo.

A delicious flavor i^ also obtained bysubstituting Staley's Maple Flavored syrupfor the Crystal White Syrup. However,if using the maple only boil the syrupuntil it forms a soft ball in cold water.

W. H. Walmsley.

NUT FUDGEBoil two cupfuls of granulated sugar,

half a pint of milk and a lump of but tersize of a walnut together for half an hour,taking care not to let it burn; add a cake

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of chocolate scraped fine and stir until thechocolate is melted. Remove from thefire and beat until it gets very thick, thenstir in one cupful of walnuts, mark insquares before it gets cold in the pan orplate, in which it should be smoothlyspread to the depth of one inch.

en, add a small half cupful of sugar toeach quart of syrup. When it is brittle,pour it out. Broken nuts and gratedcocoanut may be addied.

PEANUT CRISPMelt two cupfuls of light brown sugar

in a saucepan and as soon as it is meltedstir in one heaping cupful of rolled pea-nut kernels. Turn at once into a shal-low buttered tin and when cold break intoconvenient-sized pieces.

MARSHMALLOWSI envelope Knox Sparkling gelatine.1 '/4 cups water.2 cups granulated sugar.Few grains of salt.I teaspoon vanilla.Soak gelatine in ]/2 cup cold water five

minutes. Put % cup water and sugar insaucepan, bring to boiling point and letboil until it spins a thread. Add soakedgelatine and let stand until partially cool,then add salt and flavoring. Beat untilmixture becomes white and thick. Pourinto pans thickly dusted with powderedsugar, having mixture about one inchthick. Let stand in cool place until thor-oughly chilled, then turn out on board,cut into cubes and roll in powdered sugar.

Fruit juice may be added in place ofpart of the water, and chopped nuts orfruits, or chocolate may be used. Plainmarshmallows can be rolled in cocoanutbefore being sugared.

FONDANTMake a fondant by boiling two cupfuls

of granulated sugar and half a cupful ofwater without stirring. Do not use tinfor boiling, it candies much quicker in anyother kind of a saucepan. Let it boilover a hot fire just four minutes, thentake from the fire and with a dry spoonput a few drops of the boiled sugar in acold saucer and stir. If it turns at allmilky it is done quite enough for icingcream dates and all kinds of candies. Setthe saucepan in a basin of cold water andin a minute begin to beat. It ought to becreamy if you commence beating whilehot. If not stiff enough for candy whencold, return to the fire, do not stir, butlet it come to a boil, remove from fire andtest in a candy saucer. With a good fon-dant you can make many varieties ofcandy.

MAPLE CREAMSUse maple syrup and boil it as you

would molasses. When it begins to thick-

CREAM PEPPERMINTSYou will need for this recipe one pound

of confectioner's sugar, six tablespoonfulsof water, eight drops of oil of peppermint,scant quarter teaspoonful of cream oftartar. Take out one spoonful of sugarinto a cup, drop into it the oil of pepper-mint an'd stir, adding also the cream oftartar. Boil the rest of the sugar forthree minutes or until it forms a threadat the end of a teaspoon, then add themixture from the cup and stir briskly.Drop from the end of a spoon on a but-tered plate.

That your Christmas may not be allcandy, a few more practical recipes havebeen suggested. Mrs. G. E. Chamberlaindeclares that turkey dressing is never bet-ter than when made of half corn breadand half white bread. She says:

"Make your corn bread the day beforeand then make your dressing of half cornbread and half stale white bread. It maybe used plain, or with oysters, onions, sageor chestnuts."

To Mrs. Chamberlain we are also in-debted for this ice box cake recipe:

Line a mold with sponge cake. Putover this a layer of apricots cut in smallpieces with a thick layer of whippedcream. Continue in this order until themold is filled with the cake on top.Then pour over this the apricot juicecooked until thick with half a cup ofsugar, and cooled.

Put in the ice box for twelve hours,turn out on a serving dish and garnishwith \vhipped cream and cherries.

For cooking goose, those specially fat-tened Watertown geese, Mrs. Simon Bur-stein gives the following directions:

Prepare and- joint goose as for stewedchicken. Remove the skin and fat fromeach piece, then place in kettle in layerswith salt, pepper and three sliced onions.Pour in enough "water to keep from burn-ing and to make steam. Cover tightlyand cook slowly from four to five hoursifl steam, if necessary pouring in morewater to keep up steam.

If dressing is wanted place dressing inbake pan. About half an hour beforeserving put the goose in the pan "with thedressing and place in the oven.

The goose grease, which can be ren-dered out by boiling in hot water or byslow heating can be kept in covered jarsand is excellent for frying steaks and inmaking. It is also good to give babieswhen they have colds.

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Some of Our Neu; Buildings

Right—New boiler house.

Below—New tile in StaleyField.

Below, left-—Refinery.

Right—New chimney

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Qoing Upl

With a long stretch of wonderfulautumn weather the various constructionsprojects under way at the plant maderapid progress. Now, when winter isshowing unmistakable signs of stopping offin central Illinois, our builders have agood start.

The big chimney is nearer completionthan any of the other work under way.By Christmas it is expected that it willhave attained its finished height of 352feet. This is 25 feet higher than it wasoriginally planned, but for several reasonsit was thought best to carry it up thatdistance.

Already the chimney is towering abovethe other smoke stacks and it is almosteven with the plant's high point—the topof the refinery. This additional 25 feetwill put the Staley chimney fourteenth inthe list of the world's tall chimneys aslisted by Kent's Handbook.

Working on this chimney now is becom-ing more of a stunt each day, as sectionafter section of the wooden form is movedup. ' A framework inside the finished sec-tion carries "workmen and concrete up,thus affording shelter from the strongwinds which sweep down from all direc-tions.

Probably next in order of completionwill be the big drainage proposition. Thelarge concrete tiles, which are made onthe ground, are already spread out inmass formation over the largest part ofthe north end of Staley Field and thevacant lots to the east of the general of-

fice'The ditcher, which digs the trench in

which these tile find their permanent rest-ing place, is working toward the plantfrom the east. To speed matters up asmuch as possible the men are workingon this part of the job day and night.

The other two big jobs are the new re-finery and the boiler house addition. Ofthese two the boiler house is the mostadvanced but it has reached only the steelframe point. Concrete foundations wereput in there several weeks ago.

The foundations for the refinery arejust being started, but this work attractsa great deal of attention. It is being putup near the garage, where practicallyeveryone at the plant passes at some timeduring the day, and because of the steeltower from which the chute runs whichcarries the concrete, rises above the sur-rounding buildings, everyone sees it.

Next to the big chimney, this towerand its long chute are the coolest places

one can find to work just now. But themen climb around on the tower, and scam-per up and down the slender chute in themost offhand and carefree manner. Noneof them seem to mind the distance fromthe ground, and the high winds whichoften swirl around suddenly, evidentlyplease them mightily.

While it is not just our own, the newpaving in the neighborhood of the plant,and the Eldorado street sidewalks haveadded to the appearance of our part oftown and to the comfort of the peopleliving and working here. The paving ofEldorado, Fifth and Seventh streets hasbeen the cause of much thanksgiving onthe part of more than one Staley workerfor no longer must we bump along overrough lumps in dry weather, or splashthrough hub-deep mud in wet weather.

With the completion of the Seventhstreet pavement to the corner of Eldoradostreet, street car service up Seventh wasresumed, much to the joy of the unfortu-nates who depend upon that means of get-ting to the plant. No one realized thedistance from the Staley plant to the cor-ner of Seventh and William, until thecars ran no farther than that point.

Now plans seem to be materializing forthe long-talked of viaduct over the Wa-bash tracks at Seventh street. That willbe the final touch in the improvement inthe streets surrounding the plant, andwill be welcomed joyfully by the plantpeople who live in the northeast districtand must allow an extra half hour, often,for time out waiting for slowly draggingtrains.

And "while all these big jobs have beengoing on, several little ones, which add tothe completed whole, have been underway. A new metal fence and gateway onthe south, were finished some time ago,the south drive has been filled and rolledand W. H. Broadbear's men have put upa whole row of new poles for their electricwires. Although they did it for safetyreasons, they did not detract from theNjoks of the new poles when they paintedthe lower parts white.

IN HIS OPINIONMaisle was showing off her new even-

ing frock. "Don't you think it ratherbecoming?" she asked.

Her young brother eyed it with misgiv-ing. "It may be coming, but some of itseems a bit late in arriving," he said.Pearson's Weekly.

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Mrs. Mary Facius for some time has beenone of the tray room group and recenUy shehas been assisting each month with the largetask of mailing out the Journals.

NEXT ENTERTAINMENT DEC. 22Put this down in your date book and

don't forget it. One of the best enter-tainments of the whole Fellowship Clublyceum course is booked for Mondaynight, Dec. 22. This is the programwhich is to be given by the Royal Trou-badours.

The Royal Troubadours are all music-ians who play various instruments andsing songs which we can all enjoy,

This entertainment will be in the highschool auditorium, and will begin at 8o'clock. Like all of the other lyceumnumbers, it is free to all members of theStaley Fellowship club and their families.

Come and bring your family and enjoyan evening of music and fun.

MOTHER DIES IN KENTUCKYA. C. Taylor, of the refinery, has just

returned f rom Mt. Vernon, K.y., where hewas called by the illness of his mother.She died shortly after he arrived, Oct.2 I . Funeral services were conducted Oct.23, with Rev. Mr. Gentry in charge.

Mrs. Taylor, who was the wife of W.T. Taylor, was the mother of ten children,seven sons and three daughters. She wasprominent in her community and had beena leading member of her church for fortyyears.

When you chance to see Ed Lah-niers busy with one of those perfectly huge books heis forever writ ing in, you may know that there are four reasons why he takes such joy in hiswork. They are all lour shown here: Mrs Larmiers is holding the bady, Lyle, who is nine monthsold; Velma Laura, the only daughter is nearly five, and Edward is not quite three.

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Cupid in Surprise AttackAlthough they were married in August,

Bessie Anderson, our plant nurse, andJohn Shyer, electrician, did not condes-cend to take the rest of us into theirconfidence until Nov. 12. On that morn-ing the bride walked into the office ofthe general superintendent, held her lefthand out for him to gaze upon and said,"Johnny and 1 are married." One lookat the pretty little diamond studdedplatinum band convinced Mr. Chamber-lain that Bessie was telling the truth, andhe groaned, "I suppose we will lose agood nurse now.*'

The romance began last spring whenBessie came to the Staley plant to takecharge of our emergency hospital. Sincethen, at weekly intervals, in spite of thedenials of the two young people, rumorshave floated around that they were mar-ried. But always these rumors have beendenied and generally most emphatically.

Then early in November the nurse tooka day off to visit in Peoria and Johnnytook the same time off to go hunting, andthe plant buzzed again—but again denialsflew thick and fast.

Naturally, then, we were like the peoplein the fable who failed to heed the realcry of "wolf, wolf," and we needed some

convincing when the real announcementcame. But now we know they are mar-ried. They slipped away last August andthe ceremony was performed.

Johnny has long been prepared for theevent and owns a cozy little brick homeat 2213 East Prairie avenue. The youngpeople have gone to housekeeping there.

Mrs. Shyer will keep her position hereat the plant until the first of the year.

The entire plant, now having recoveredits surprise, wishes Bessie and Johnny thehappiest kind of a married life.

MORAN-STOUTMargaret Moran, formerly of the tray

room, and George Stout, were marriedin the rectory of St. Patrick's church onthe evening of Nov. 12. Rev. FatherMurphy performed the ceremony. Theywere accompanied by Bessie Reilly andRaymond J. Aman.

The bride wore a dress of tan can-ton crepe trimmed in Bourbonne lace andostrich feathers, with hose and slippersto match. Her hair was arranged witha bandeau of gold and she carried andarm bouquet of white roses. Miss Reillywore a frock of brown cut velvet andcarried sweetheart buds.

Following the ceremony there was a re-ception in the bride's home for membersof the families and intimate friends. LaterMr. and Mrs. Stout left for a trip to Chi-cago. They will make their home at 325Burtschi Court.

The bride is the daughter of Mrs. SarahMoran, 1332 East Prairie avenue, andduring the several years that ?he has beenemployed in the Staley tray room, hasmade many friends in the plant. For thelast several months she has assisted eachmonth in mailing out The Journal.

Mr. Stout is a member of the firm ofStout Bros., grocers, who have a largestore at the corner of Grand and Morganstreets.

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RAMMELL-MAYLucille Rammell and Chester May were

married Nov. 6, in Springfield. News ofthe marriage came as a surprise to mostof the friends of the couple, who knewthat such a marriage was planned but towhom the date had not been made known.

Mrs. May has been superintendent ofthe obstetrical department in the -Decaturand Macon County hospital. She was amember of the first class graduated fromthe training school in that hospital andhas been on the nursing staff there eversince her graduation.

Mr. May is in the Staley blacksmithshop and is one of the best known andmost popular men in the mechanical de-partment. The couple spent their honey-moon in Racine, Wis. They are makingtheir home in an apartment at 821 NorthCollege Street.

PARTY FOR BRIDEMrs. Chester May, wife of Chester May,

blacksmith, was the guest of honor at ashower given by the nurses of the Decaturand Macon County hospital, Nov. 20.The party was given in the nurses home.Mrs. May, before her marriage a shorttime ago, was head of the obstetrical de-partment in the hospital.

DINNER DANCEThe S. & G. club gave a dinner and

dance in the club house Nov. 24. Guestsat the affair were Mr. and Mrs. MarionGodwin who have recently moved to De-catur. Mrs. Godwin has just returned tothe States after several months' visit withrelatives in England.

O. I. W. CLUBMrs. C. E. Pennington entertained the

O. I. W. club in the Staley club houseNov. 1 7. The affair was a hard timesparty, prizes being awarded to the guestswearing the best costumes. The winnerswere Mrs. Mattie Graybill, Fred Olson,Lester Conder and Harry Winters.

Margaret Moran, who for several years hasbeen working in the tray room at the plant,became the bride of George Stout, of Decatur,on Nov. 12.

J. B. FLETCHERS GO EASTMr. and Mrs. J. B. Fletcher, accom-

panied by their daughter Jacqueline andtheir son Russell, left Nov. 19 for a visitwith relatives in New England. Theywill spend most of their time on Cape Codwhere Mrs. Fletcher's relatives live. Thetrip was made necessary at this time bythe death of Mrs. Fletcher's grandmother,Mrs. Su;an Eldredge who died severalweeks ago. Matters pertaining to theestate made it necessary that Mrs. Fletch-er make the trip east.

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May we present Mr. and Mrs. John Mintun? Most of us know them as Delcie and Jackbut up in Racine where they have been spending their honeymoon while Jack plays on theHorlick's football team this fal l , they are known by the more dignified title. Before her mar-riage in September the bride was Delcie Chandler, of the sewing room. They will return toDecatur about the first of December and Jack will return to his work in the Staley mlilwrightshop.

GAME DINNERMr. and Mrs. K. D. Sherman entertained

thirty friends at a game dinner in the clubhouse, Nov. I 4. Earlier in the month Mr.Sherman had been on a hunting trip in thesouthern part of the state and when he"brought home the bacon," the party wasarranged.

This dinner of the Sherman's is an an-nual affair which is always looked forwardto by friends.

Following dinner the guests danced.Music was furnished by Dressen's orches-tra.

CARD PARTYDoris Hill, of the sales department, was

one of the hostesses at a party given inthe club house Nov. 5. The others, en-tertaining with her were her sister, Mil-dred Hill and Angeline and Arlowyne Eck-ert.

The party was given for Mrs. G. R.Howard of Bloomington, a bride of a few•weeks, and was a shower for her. Dur-ing the evening Five Hundred was played.

HOBO PARTYRags and tatters were the proper cos-

tumes for the guests who were invited tothe hobo party given in the club houseNov. 19. The hostesses were DorothySchimanski of the grain office, MaryLoftus, Ruth Reedy and Mary Helen Wet-zel.

The Thanksgiving idea was carried outin the decorations and refreshments.

BIRTHDAY PARTYElla Koslofski, of the tray room; was

the guest of honor at a party given Nov.21 by Clara Prell and Oscar Koslofski.The occasion was Ella's twentieth birth-day. There "were thirty young peoplepresent, who spent the evening in 6/anc-ing and playing games.

When the refreshments were served thecenter of interest was the big cake withtwenty candles on it. The guest of honorreceived many gifts in honor of the occa-sion.

NEWCOMERS PARTYA real Hallowe'en f ro l ic was enjoyed

by the Newcomers' club in the Staley clubhouse Nov. 1. Hallowe'en stunts wereenjoyed and there was dancing.

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OYSTER SUPPERMr. and Mrs. Sylvester Ivens enter-

tained with an oyster supper in the clubhouse Nov. 7. After supper games andmusic were enjoyed.

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Born to Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wheeler,2245 East Prairie street, Nov. 2, in the De-catur and Macon County hospital, a son,Dean Wilfred. Mr. Wheeler is employedin No. 1 6 building.

Mr. and Mrs. James Blades announcethe bir th of a daughter, Nov. 24. Mr.Blades is our oil chemist.

ENTERTAINS CLUBSTwo clubs were entertained by Mrs.

E. G. Eckhoff in the club house Nov. 2 I .In the afternoon she entertained the Laf-a-Lot club, and in the evening she enter-tained this club and the members of theU-No-Y club at a chicken dinner.

After dinner the guests danced.

Marshall Turner is the two and a half yearold son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Turner. Hismother is in the audit ing department. Atpresent he is showing signs of becoming agreat reader of books.

PARTY FOR PARENTSSales people in the H. S. Gebhart Co.

store entertained their fathers and moth-ers at a pot luck supper in the StaleyClub house on the evening of Nov. I 1.Miss Anna McNamara, daughter of Mr.and Mrs. Tom En lows, was in charge ofarrangements. After supper games wereplayed and music enjoyed.

BANK CLERKS FROLICEmployes of the Millikin National Bank

had a par ty in the club house on the even-ing of Nov. 6.

POT LUCK SUPPERMr. and Mrs. Frank Prui t t entertained

forty of their fr iends at a pot luck sup-per, followed by dancing, in the club houseNov. 15.

Dan Moore, cooper in No. 1 7 building, declares they don't make them any cuter than histwo grandsons, Raymond and Roy Moore of Chicago. Raymond is the one year old who seemsto have found this spot in the garden just to his liking. Roy is three years old, and thenamesake of his father.

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Nothing but the loss of a bit of his hair to show that Charle Ellis Charley.this earlier picture to be viewed by all his friends to prove that he once did have hair, andlots of it. By the way — the first picture was taken in Monticello.

LONNIE WRITES OF TRIPLonnie Dillahunty, who was with the

Staley company for a long time, but wholeft with his family last fall for Califor-nia, has written an interesting letter toMr. Chamberlin. The Dil lahuntys madethe trip west in their car, and had someinteresting experiences along the way.The letter follows:

Dear Mr. Chamberlin:

I just thought I would write and tellyou of my trip out here. I am feelingmuch better in every way, and think I willlike California fine. Huntington Park islocated in the center of a manufactur ingdistrict, steel works, sash and door, lum-ber, and plumbing supplies. There are allkinds of factories here and lots more com-ing.

California is pretty in some places andsome it is not so good. There are lotsof flowers, some trees, but very littlegrass. The ground is pure sand and ittakes lots of water to grow anything. Wehad quite a rain here one night last week.

The weather is as fine as you wouldwant. Every night after the sun goesdown it is very cool and you need an over-

coat. It gets warm about nine in themorning. There is some fog here at night,but it is not bad. There seems to be nofurnaces or stoves, or anything to burnin them. Every one uses gas to heat with,which is cheap.

1 saw quite a stream of water in the LosAngeles river, the first it has had in itfor some time.

Last week we drove down to LongBeach and San Pedro, about fifteen miles,took in the beach and were on board thebattleship California. San Pedro is wherethe fleet winters. The Los Angeles har-bor is a great piece of work. It is alsolocated at San Pedro. On the way toLong Beach we passed Signal Hill Oilfield.

In the summer months Illinois will beatCalifornia or any other state that I haveseen for beauty. Some parts of Missouriare pretty, but western Kansas, New Mex-ico and Arizona are the nearest to noth-ing I have seen. Desert and mountainsuntil you are sick of looking at them.They sure gave this the proper name whenthey named it the Scenic Route to Cali-fornia. It is a big hump and then a littlehump. Some places you get sea sick rid-

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ing the small humps. It is like ridingthe Jack Rabbit at Riverview Park, Chi-cago. Coming through western Kansaswe saw jack asses, jack rabbits, eagles,prairie dogs and snakes of all colors andkinds, and some rattle snakes.

In the desert we saw several tarantulasas large as your hand, and lizzards till 1dreamed of them at night. I stepped onit so often I wore out my right shoe sole(not the spiders or snakes, but the gas).One evening coming through Kansas, 1stopped at a place I thought would be anice quiet place to make camp, and about8 p. m. a man drove in with I 5 coyotes,10 badgers and several other pests, andcamped right beside us. Well, we got agood night's rest (nit) .

Those were the first mountains I ever?aw, and it always happened I drove overright a f te r eating. It is hard for yourstomach to behave when you look down.We went over five passes that will keepyou on edge if you are not used to it, andwe were caught in the worst storm I wasever in on top of Glorietta Mountain.Snow, sleet and a hurricane wind. We

These three fine lads are the sons of Mr.and Mrs. W. R. Van Hook. Mr. Van Hook isin the store room, and as a side line drawsthe Journal cartoons. The boys are Jack,seven years old; J. F., who is eleven, and Floydwho is thirteen.

Rozella Black has reason to be proud ofthis wonderful big doll which is almost aslarge as she. She won it as a reward forsecuring fifteen subscriptions to the DecaturHerald. The doll is almost like its youngmother in other ways, too, for it walks andtalks and sings.

Rozella is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.William Black and was eight years old onThanksgiving day. Her father is a machinistin the Staley plant. The little girl is in thethird grade at the Gastman school, and is tak-ing piano lessons at Millikin conservatory.She has named her doll Betty Jane.

first went over Raton Pass between 8000and 9000 feet, and then Glorietta Moun-tain, and then La Bajada Hill, 7000 feet,and Gold Roads, 7000 feet, and CaponPass in California. Some of these placesyou don't know you are going up untilyou get to the jumping off place, and thenyou go straight down and I sure have seenenough Christmas trees to do me for sometime.

The only places I got stung was inArizona. I paid 35 cents for gas and 45cents a quart for poor oil. The realestate men are sure slick out here. Oneman from the east came out here andbought a lot and when he got his deed thelot was 3 miles out in the ocean. 1would liked to have fished on the wayout, but all the rivers were dry. In NewMexico they ask five dollars to fish oneday. We were also caught in a bad sandstorm between Gallup, N. M., and Hoi-brook, Arizona. It took nearly all thepaint off the car.

Address me at 182'/2 S. Cottage St.,Huntington Park, California.

L. J. Dillahunty.

Opal Roley is the newest addition to theclerical force in No. 1 7 building.

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For several weeks Edward Sinnott lias beenthe messenger boy in the manufacturing de-partment offices and the longer he has thejob the better he is liked. He is quiet but heis also quick and he has a racuity of winningand keeping his fr iends. He is the brother ofJohn Sinnott who at one time had this samejob but who is now learning to be an electricianin the plant shop.

MRS. ADALINE F. BANNINGMrs. Adaline F. Banning, mother of L.

M. Banning of the time office, died in herhome near Lakewood, 111., Nov. 1 0. Mrs.Banning, who was 7 1 years old, had livedon this same farm for fo r ty - four years.

Funeral services were conducted fromthe residence Nov. 1 2 by Rev. O. P.Wright, of Westervelt, 111., and burial wasin Red Bank cemetery.

Ed Brindle has returned to the Staleycompany as section foreman. He servedthe company before in that capacity butleft several years ago.

Otto Sutter, who during vacations andat other odd moments is connected withour laboratory, was a member of the af-firmative team in the Brown debate atMillikin university in November. Al-though this team was defeated, Otto dem-onstrated that he was something of aspeaker as well as a chemist in the mak-ing.

Oklahoma is the most wonderful place in theworld, according to Joe Rippe, who now gracesthe store room. Joe hasn't been in Illinoisvery long, but he thinks he can soon introducesome of Oklahoma's methods here.

BIRTHDAY PARTYClara Bauer was completely overcome

the evening of Nov. 1 9, when upon ar-riving home from work she found five ofthe girls from the auditing departmentwaiting there to help eat her birthday din-ner. It was a good old fashioned dinner,too, where you could eat all the friedchicken you could hold, and could ask foras many helpings of everything as youwished. (Refer to Marguerite Dooley forproof.)

The cake was a dream. It was abeaut i ful ly iced lamb. Ask Margaret He-bert about it, she got the best part.

Favors were boxes of candies, and whitecarnations.

After dinner the girls player Bunco,Marguerite Doolay winning first prize,which was a pretty picture with a calen-dar attached in order that she might keepher "dates" O.K., and Grace Bales wonBooby prize, which was a cute Little EmmyLou (pincushion).

The girls presented Clara with a boudoirlamp.

Those present were Margaret Hebert,Marguerite Dooley, Dereatha Devore,Edith Muirheid, Grace Bales, Clara Bauer,Wera Bauer.

Helen Harder and Ruby Keily visitedNell Hackley Hutcheson in Peoria overthe week end of Nov. 22.

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For several months now we have been men-tioning off-hand-like, our big cooling waterdrainage system and J. M. Weir, the new civilengineer who is in charge of the work. Nowwe have the pleasure of showing you what ourreal Irish engineer looks like. This is notat all the kind of a picture we should like toshow you of this man but he is camera shyand we had to take him one day when hedropped into the Journal office for a shortvisit.

Doesn't Larry Yunker look well at a desk?Larry, of the famous store-room quartet, reallyhated to stop work long enough to smile intothe camera, but he did.

Roy Clark is one of the newest additions tothe store room force. He doesn't talk muchbut he seems to have a way of handling thewo r k.

When Howard File and G. E. Govier, of thelaboratory, were in the south early in thefall, they saw many of these signs which theydecided were the secret of the success whichClarence Bowers enjoys as a Staley salesman.We think Mr. Bowers might have taken us intohis secret earlier.

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INFORMAL DANCEAn informal dancing party was given

in the club house Nov. 22, by Mr. andMrs. Walter Knockmuks.

John McDonald, Roy Denz and JoeThompson spent a few days in Chicagoduring November. They made the tripespecially to see the Follies, they toldtheir friends.

Dr. M. W. Fitzpatrick attended a medi-cal convention and clinic in Milwaukeeearly in November.

Mrs. William Lowen has been quite illfor several weeks, but at present is slowlyimproving. She was able to leave thehospital and return to her home early inthe month.

Herman Hupp, of the laboratory, whohas been in the tuberculosis sanitoriumfor several weeks, is gaining weight andshowing a decided improvement.

Lost On Seventh street, near the gen-eral office, a pair of shell rimmed specta-cles. Finder please return to FrancesHodgins Wheeler, sales department.

TTlany Thanks, QirlsDear Editor:

We girls here, in the Rhode Island CardBoard Company office, felt that we wouldlike to tell you how much we appreciateand look forward to your journal comingevery month. In fact, we can hardly waitfor the other to finish with it. And wefeel that we just about know the differentgirls in your general office.

Most sincerely yours, '

Office Employees,Rhode Island Card Board Co.

Words are inadequate to express ourappreciation and the thanks due ourfriends at the Staley plant for their kindexpressions of sympathy, and to the Fel-lowship Club for the beaut i ful floral trib-ute sent at the time of our deep sorrowin the death of our mother.

We wish also to make special mentionin our letter of thanks to those who suf-fered the ill effects of motoring throughthe chilly weather to Lakewood to presentthemselves at the funeral as living trib-utes of friendship and sympathy.

L. M. Banning, Brotherand Sister.

Geraldine and Anna Mary Holler are the tiny nieces of Mrs. Hall, in the restaurant. Geraldineis the young miss sitting so comfortably on the steps while her sister Anna Mary hides withinher sun bonnet.

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BILL HEER GOES HUNTINGIn company with his friend, George

Sharp of Decatur, our far-famed syrupmixer, Bill Heer, took his annual autumnvacation during the early part of Novem-ber and motored down into Illinois' Egyptto hunt quail. Mr. Sharp's father's farmnear McLeansboro, in the southeasternpart of the state, was headquarters forthe hunters, and the surrounding autumn-brill iant hills were their hunting ground.

Quail were plent iful and each day, byearly afternoon the Decatur men had theirlimit for the day. Then, after a longramble over the rocky hills, they founda kingly meal just ready for them.

"We generally cleaned the quail andsent them on to the house," Bill says,"then we took our time on the way in.As a result we had baked breast of quail,or quail pie, or quail and dumplings eachnight for supper.

"Sometimes we even had quail for ourmid-day lunch out in the field. Cookedthe day before, these were unspeakablygood when warmed over our open fire.But bacon, broiled over the camp fire, goodrye bread and black coffee didn't taste sobad. You see, we got up at 4:30 eachmorning, and by noon starved 'was fartoo mild a word to describe our condi-tion."

1 want to thank all of the Staley peoplewho gave time and money to help me winthe honors of "Miss Decatur" at Head-quarters Company's circus. I shall cher-ish the lovely diamond ring which 1 wonnot only because it is a beautiful ring,but because it is a symbol of the fr iend-ship of all my Staley associates.

Maggie Prell.

About thirty years ago when this man wasprominent in railroad circles, this picture wastaken. Now he is well known around theStaley plant. Can you guess who he is ?

T. C. Burwell, traffic manager, attendedthe national convention of the NationalIndustrial Traffic League in New Yorkin November.

Howard File, chief chemist, and E. K.Scheiter, sales manager, both made busi-ness trips to New York during November.

It looks like a toy and sounds like a motor boat but it works like a real engine. In fact,this is a real engine, gasoline driven, which has recently been put into service hauling carloadsof cinders Th i s picture was taken while it was still new. Red Thornborough was acting asengineer while Bill Pollock and Slim Mullins posed as scenery.

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KIND PE-RSON'DIN/ E ME .

MILLION DOLLARSFon? X'/MAS 'MID CO

Buy MOJUST FORKeep SAKE -

Robert Lawrence says he never did likerats anyway.

Jim Swigart has just moved into hisnewly built home at the corner of NorthSeventh and North streets. The house isan attractive bungalow.

"Bozo' Heer has a queer idea of econ-omy, his friends think. When a watchrepairman charges too much here, hesends the watch out of town to be re-paired, paying express charges both ways.

Hedinger, who is running the elevatorin 5 and I 0 building at present, sayshis job is all right but it has its ups anddowns.

Now that she has filled her hope chestClara Bauer is learning to cook. She saysit does not take long to fill a hope chestafter you get two quilts into it.

Al Crabb, of the traffic department, hasbeen awarded the cut-glass fountain penfor showing the most bravery inthe face of adversity. Because he has noovercoat, he comes to the office on coldNovember mornings, fanning vigorouslywith his straw hat. We admire his spiritbut we are afraid in time he will freeze.Donations are now in order.

"Spicer, the boy who works like ahorse," some one said as the brown eyedbeauty of No. I 7 came down the platformpulling a heavily loaded syrup truck.

RADIO NEWS

John White has a new radio whichstill trying to learn.

Viola Goodman and Vivian Pierce aresitting up till the early morning hours try-ing to see which can get the most stationsto report at their regular morning ses-sion.

W. R. Van Hook is devoting his sparetime to his family this year instead of tothe question of radio.

Some of the draf t ing room boys havedecided that it is easier to listen in on afootball game than to call certain of theirfriends who are listening in. Generallythe friends are rude, not even answeringthe phone.

The general public may be relieved toknow that the terrible thud which washeard recently was not the new chimneyfalling. It was just Joe Lahme falling offhis chair.

The Id"! i i on L whr t - l of this car is muteproof of the condition of the roads near Spar-tans burg, S. C. The picture was taken soonafter "Stonewall" Dean had been trying tolive up to his name and had failed, more orless. Mr. Dean survived, but he, like the car,had several damages.

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HE BILLED fc8 SQUIRRELSTH' OTHER DAy-

The latest periodical to which the gen-eral office's eligible bachedor, Tom Hilde-brandt has subscribed is "Cupid's Direc-tory." Tom read it one day until he be-came dizzy, for the pictures of winsomewomen and the stories of their wealth andaccomplishments was too much for him.When he finally fell off his chair hisfriends carefully removed the magazinewhich he was clutching, and laid it awayin his desk.

Otto Hertrich of the feed house, whohas taken six cans of Staley's corn syrup,finds that his feet hurt as badly as ever.In a last attempt he is thinking of buyinga car to come to work in. His friendssay the car will be a forerunner of matri-mony.

Since Sheets, of No. 1 7 loading ganghas his new rifle he spends so much timeshooting rabbits that he is late to worknearly every day.

E. L. Smith, who runs the elevator in 5and 10 building is visiting for a few weeksin Kentucky.

When the tray room girls returned towork recently Loretta Condon was lateand gave as her excuse that she couldn'tremember whether she was supposed toreport at 7 o'clock or at 8.

Dale Tish has a new Ford, having wornout his other one on his frequent trips toNiantic. He has given George Leonardfair warning, however, that he need ex-pect him to bring in no more vegetablesnor chickens now that he has the new car.

John Warren, sales office manager, hasfound that football tactics as applied torabbit hunting, are most effective. Hetook his brother along when he went hunt-ing recently, the brother acting as inter-ference, and John actually shot a rabbit.

John Golombach is wondering whereall the old paper is which Louis Borchersof 1 7 building has been promising him asa fee in return for rides to the plant eachday for the last year.

Russell Overly, of the kiln house, wenthunting recently, but so far he has failedto give a satisfactory answer to friendswho ask how many rabbits he got.

Ella Koslofski couldn't have any morefun out of that diamond if it really wereher's.

Everett got some exercise when the"Wood street bus" ran out of gas oneevening recently.

Louis Burstein attended the christen-ing services for his new nephew RobertHarold Goldman, in Springfield, Nov. 1 7.

Since George Stephens and Van Hookare drinking the same medicine, they areboth talking at random.

Kennie Keck: "What was the greatestevent that ever took place in this coun-try?"

Spud Moran: "I'll bite—what was i t>"Keck: "The birth of Avery McGlade."

Joe Lahme, of the general office, is get-ting to be a regular ladies' man.

Theodore Davis, of No. 1 7 building, isnot only the champion rat catcher there,but he tames them as well.

Either Bill Heer is getting thin Ella Hehir says if she has two birth-«-»M«M ^i •- v gciiing nun or "<= Liia nenir says ir sne nas iwo Dircn-bought those new overalls in a terrible days each year between now and the nexthurry, or maybe he thinks they will shrink. presidential election she will be able to

vote for president in 1928. And weJohn Record was one of the "lucky" thought child labor was regulated in Illi-

men who drew a petit jury number. nois.

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SAWDUST WON'T FATTEN CHICKENSNot long ago our good friend, Joe Pal-

luck, went to Chicago, and while he wasgone, Ragsdale looked after his chickensfor him. The first evening Rags and the"missus" went over to do the chores, theymixed the chicken feed from some "feed"they found in a box in the corner. Thechickens refused to eat it, and, upon exam-ination, Rags found that it was sawdust.

"I wonder what Joe's idea is," Ragssaid to his wife. "He must want his chick-ens to lay croquet balls or have woodenlegs."

"You never can tell," Mrs. Ragsdalereplied. "I knew a woman once who sether hen on a chunk of ice and four lemonsand hatched out lemonade."

"Well, come on," said Rags, "let's feed'em their shavings and head in home.These chickens are queer anyway."

—Contributed.

For Sale—"Elgin Super-Six" with fournew cord tires, $15 spot light, spare wheeland windshield wiper. Just overhauled.New paint. Sacrifice for quick sale.$25.00. Inquire "Nubbins," No. 10.

Reference was made in an item in a De-catur newspaper recently to "Mrs. AliceWalmsley." We wonder, do we knowher? We are sure of one thing. OurAlice's initials are A. W.

Lost—A razor. Finder please returnto Jack Howley, in the store room atonce. The sooner it is returned thesooner Jack can shave.

Floyd Wycoff, of the tin shop has acar with "some speed," according to itsowner. He thinks it would even pass aFord.

The general public may be interestedin knowing something of the plans whichare being made by friends of Fred Klumppfor his marriage. No, don't get excited,the girl has not been named yet—but theother plans are being made. Henry Dubesrays he will willingly marry the couplefree of charge, and Ragsdale says he willfurnish the music (L. O. Gill remarkedjust here that at least Rags would fiddle—call it music if you like) and E. C.Larsen says he is more than willing togive the groom away. Several friendshave offered to do that but Fred says hewould rather have Mr. Larsen—he per-haps doesn't know as much of his pasthistory as Boob Keck for instance. Dr.Kutsch is to broadcast the ceremony. Sonow everything is ready but the girl andthe date.

Although his friends thought that BozoBallance had been going to Little Egyptto hunt quail, the papers say that he wentdown on a visit. Perhaps his kills "werenot noticeable.

Louis Brand wants to know if a womancan run a house and dress herself on $ 1 00a month. Caution is a good quality in ayoung man.

Dorothy—"Mr. Scherer, do you thinkyou can unlock my door for me?"

Van Leer, the light-weight "who hasbeen working on the new chimney, hasdecided that if the windy weather con-tinues he will have to wear an anchoron each foot.

Spicer advises Staley's syrup as the verybest thing to make the hair lie flat tothe head.

-/'GOSH,''(SPOSE ILL GET IS THAT FAT f /

DDIE LAHNIERS

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CRISP)EM HOT OR COLD HE DOMT

CARE WHICH-HE is PERFECTLYFAMILIAR NA/ITH ALL THE LATESTHOOK-UPS

Have you met "Banty Rooster?" Itsnone other than Thomas Maher, of thetinshop.

No satisfactory explanation has beengiven by Goopie Cannon for his absencefrom the tinshop one day recently but hisfriends who found plans for a garageamong his belongings think they know thereason.

Where is a safe place on a stormy day?"Not my shack anymore," Cap. Whittensays. To prove that he really believesthis, he streaks down the drive towardthe plant now when a storm comes up.

Homer Neal: "Just give me enoughsalesmen and I'll fix all the broken win-dows in the kiln house."

Who is the most popular man in theplant? The name of Louie Brand hasbeen suggested. (This suggestion wasmade on pay day.)

John Shyer and Spud Moran say they•wear glasses for protection.

Buster Woodworth, of starch shippingo f f i c e , says he really would like to readgome library books but they all have suchlong words in them. For his special bene-fit we are trying to arrange to get somegood snappy novels in words of one sylla-ble.

Tom Hildebrand of the general office,is christened the "Hollywood deserter."

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Jack Hawley: Where are thosecastings Bob?

Bob Patton: Search me, I thought 1knew where everything was, but chargethem out.

Dr. Kutsch says that the water towerat Moweaqua is now so high that if it wasblown over that the roof would fall out-side of the city limits. Bob Patton saysDoc is jealous. Bob hails from there.

Joe Rippie the Oklahoma flyweight,says that down there whenever they shoota man, they are put underneath heavybond until they are tried.

Otto Falk says "Uncle Tom's Cabin" isa very sad play.

The credit manager absented himselffrom work one day immediately afterthe election of the credit association. CarlRussell says it was to buy himself a newhat.

"There's no car like my car," says G.E. Chamberlain since he has successfullydemonstrated that his big grey sedan cannot only bump brick buildings, but canback away and- on the return trip breakthrough brick and stone walls and smashplate glass windows beautifully. The rea-son he is so proud of his car is that, whilethe wall and the window had holes inthem, the car came through without ascratch. Dan Tail's building, however,looked) like a part of war-torn France.

This man and his dog seem perfectly con-tented out on what appears to be a desertedhillside. Do you think you know the man.He works in No. 17.

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Here is our master mechanic, C. A. Keck,reading over the foremen's report one morningwhen he had no idea there was a camera nearby.

Otto Hertrich, of the feed house, iscontemplating the purchase of a coupe,not coop (as he does not intend to haulchickens in it, he says). If the purchaseis completed in time, he plans to give awiener roast at the club house on Christ-mas eve in celebration of the event, it issaid.

Abie, of the tin shop, is said to havehad a temperature of 1 20° the day hewent down town to see a doctor about aprescription.

To ward off a return engagement ofpneumonia, W. R. Van Hook has acquiredthe latest whisper in fur- l ined coats.When he and George Stephens and J. M.Weir march out now in their winter attirethey are easily mistaken for a companyof Eskimo soldiers.

Said Miller, the Moon Mullins of No. 1 7building, "If I had been Bob's campaignmanager, he would be on his way to theWhite House right now."

Health NotesEddie Lahniers is drinking "half and

half" (half milk and half cream) everytwo hours in an effort to gain flesh. Thatis why the thermos bottle has the placeof honor on his desk.

Ruby Keily went without lunch for sev-eral days to reduce. Mid-afternoon nib-bles on peanuts and chocolate bars coun-teracted the fast at noon, though,

Viola Goodman, who has been suffer-ing with insomnia, has acquired a radioand now she doesn't mind the loss of sleep.

In the Sunday Review's feature, "Po-licemen I have Known," Harry Wheelerhinted at a good story in 1 urkey Grant'spast. Turkey says if we are a good littlegirl he will tell us the whole story someday. Again we have a reason for"crossing crossings carefully."

The storeroom force is going to have aRound-up some one of these days as soonas Dead-Eye Yunkers and Alkali Eye Pat-ton get their O.K. for service f rom theoptician.

Jack Swartz went duck hunting, but,although he got into the midst of somefarmer's flock of tame ducks, he didn'tshoot one.

Discussion: "Wedding Dresses"Mrs. Muirhead to D. Devore: "What

would you think of a black wedding dresstrimmed in red?"

D. Devore to Mrs. M: "Well, I thinkthat would be a scream."

Mrs. M. to D. D.: "That's what Iwore when we were married."

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Our dear friend, J. P. Love, who oftenvisits us in the manufacturing departmentoffices, never leaves until he has caughtus on at least one good story. The lasttime he was here he approached C. M.Cobb, purchasing agent, with the state-ment :

"1 simply can't get enough cabbagenow-a-days. 1 eat it for lunch and din-ner and I am thinking of eating it forbreakfast."

Mr. Cobb wanted to be polite, but healso wanted to know why anyone shoulddevelope such a love for cabbage, and inthe end he asked:

"But why, Mr. Love, do you eat somuch cabbage?"

"Well, you see I wanted to get a headand that is the best way 1 know of doingit."

lost.Ask Boob Keck how it feels to be

The reason that there is no background inthis picture is that the girls are standing ontop of the refinery and the only thing behindthem is space, which does not photograph well.The refinery is the highest point in Decatur,so the girls were up in the world that day.Those in the group are Elsie Mann, JavaisCochran, Margaret Ryan, Doris Hill, and ElsieParker, and when the picture was taken theywere all in the sales department. Since thenMargaret Ryan has left the company.

A CHRISTMAS GIFTMay these be yours

The Gifts that make the Dreamers intoDoers;

The Gift to work,Through Joy and Sorrow,

Light or Murk.To play, with all your soul and heart,

A manly part.

The Gift of Discontent, to keep you driv-ing

Forward and up, forever strivingFor something better in the days here-

af ter :

The Gift of Kindness and theGift of Laughter,

And all the Gifts of Love and Faith andFriends:

Of Justice and of Truth.

And in your heart, until life's journeyends,

The priceless Gift of Youth,Hope that inspires and

Courage that endures.May all these Gifts be yours.

M. D. to C. R.: "Louie Brand heardHavana, Cuba on his radio last evening.'

C. R.: "That's nothing, I stuck^ myhead out the window and got 'Chili'."

Ray Bass read Ruby's shorthand notesall right.

You're RightProf: "Who were the three wise

men ?Soph: "Stop, Look and Listen."

"Can you spell 'avoid', Jakey?""Sure, teacher. Vot is der void?"

A man is as old as the tune he whistles.

Clerk Boss, I'm taking a correspond-ence course on how to get more money.

Boss It you't do you any good. 1 mtaking a course on how to keep downexpenses.

*He—Dearest, no one will ever know

how I love you!Voice (from under the sofa)—Huh,

Dad'll know unless I git about a quarter.

What a charming baby! And how itdoes resemble your husband.

Gracious, 1 hope not! We adopted it.

The barbers will have to learn a newstory now that they are bobbing so manyfeminine heads.

I Hear in the Itloon—

That your Purchasing department has negotiated a friendly relation's treaty with thePolar Ice Company.

That the break was caused by your department's insisting that the name of the ma-terial order should be camouflaged on the invoice.

That after a long distance wordy war, both parties agreed to the name. The spreaderloaned with the order -was to be returned freight prepaid.

That Henry Dubes says there are saints and sinners, land sharks and sea sharks inthis world of ours, but there is only one Bill Morrison.

That Henry is very friendly to Bill and when questioned about his associate, he ex-claimed "I will be good to Bill in this world because I don't expect to meethim in the next."

That Henry does not believe in that story about the Pharisee and the Publican. "Youcannot convince me," says Henry, "that a story teller can enter into the King-dom of Heaven." Yet he has not lost confidence but is praying every nightthat Bill will be admitted to the home of the 'Patriarchs'.

That the Illinois graduates who listened to the radio last month when Minnesota andIllinois were battling for supremacy on the football field were a sore and dis-gruntled type of humans.

That Dr. Kutsch raced around the different offices looking for a fight. John Kuhnshad a heart attack! Raymond Augur had the blues and Brusso and Bradfordhad nervous prostration.

That old Lady Luck is very fickle. Today she smiles, tomorrow she frowns. Hersuitors must grin and forget her tantrums.

That Fred Klumpp is a great booster for the Community Chest.That Fred sets aside five dollars per month for a special fund which he calls "Con-

science Money".That it is not surprising evil-minded mortals circulate the story that Fred's conscience

is troubling him.

That the mighty hunters organization are becoming active again since the frost is_ on the pumpkin.That they are out to kill game birds or tame birds, jack rabbits and retrievers dressed

like wolves in sheep's clothing.That Doc West, Charles Fitch, K. D. Sherman are wall known to the birds and beasts

in the forest, not forgetting the domestic feathered tribe and quadrupeds.

That af ter the election the would-be politicians are becoming normal again.That reason is supposed to be God's greatest gift to man, but when the political pot

is boiling reason vanishes.That a f te r rain there is sunshine no matter which political party is ruling the United

States of America.Yours truly,

THE MAN IN THE MOON.

LIFE ON THE FARMThe story is told about the boy who

left the farm and got a job in the city.He wrote a letter to his brother, whoelected to stick by the farm, telling thejoys of city life, in which he said: "Thurs-day, we motored out to the Country Club,where we golfed until dark. Then wemotored to the beach for the week-end."The brother on the farm wrote back:"Yesterday we buggied to town and base-balled all afternoon. Then we went outto Ned's and pokered until morning. To-day we muled out to the cornfield andge-hawed until sun-down. Then we sup-pered, and then we piped for a while.After that we staircased up to our roomand bedsteaded until the clock fived."—Handedus.

It has been said that the nearest thingto perpetual motion is a Jew chasing aScotchman for a debt.

Two darkies were on their way to theState penitentiary at Columbia, S. C., andthe following conversation took place:

"Brudder, what fo' yo' all gwine jail?""Ah done t'ief gol' watch fum sto'.""What Jedge tell you' all?""Jed'ge tell me two years, what yo all

done?""Done cut a man in t'roat wit' razor.""What Jedge tell yo' all?""Jedge tell me 'Fum now on'."

Old Jacob: "My son, are you wearingthose new shoes vich 1 bought you yes-terday?"

Little Sol: "Yes, Fadter."Old Jacob: "Veil, take big strides!"

An English girl called her Scotch broth-er-in-law "A near Relation." She claimedhe talked through his nose to save thewear and tear of his false teeth.

During the late war an old Germanstood outside the London mint. He saidto himself "Ach, Himmel, it iss carefulI must be, odderwise a Mint spy 1 shallbecome."

There is no difficulty to distinguish aScotch vessel when at sea. No sea-gullswill be following it.

"My little boy is sick this morning,"observed Abie.

"Is he," remarked his fr iend sympa-thetically.

"No, Ikey."

A SLOGANA butcher in a certain town had read

considerable about the "Milk from Con-tented Cows," and wanting to keep upwith the times, he placed this sign in hiswindows: "Sausages from Pigs that DiedHappy." Exchange.

The world looks very dark to me today.1 have a cold.And more than ordinary cold it is.For it has settled in my head. Ah woe is

me.Why not my foot ? Or hand? Or even

my finger?Or some place else than where, with every

breath,A million red hot needles prick my throat,And all my cranium seems filled,With devilish imps whose sole delight it is,To tickle my poor nose to make me

sneeze.My nose, heckled and blown,Until it feels a thousand times its ordin-

ary size.My nose, through which to get one little

breath,It seems 'twould take a blast of T. N. T.My eyes are bleared,My muscles weary and sore.My food all tastes alike, and that taste

like naughtSo much as clods, flavored with ashes and

a dash of kerosene.I chill, I flush, and shiver in between,I drag myself about and see no light,In a weary, dreary world.Ah me! Wretched am I.I have a cold.

L. E. W.

"George did you hear that joke aboutthe Egyptian who showed some touriststwo skulls of Cleopatra—one as a girland one as a woman?"

"No; let's hear it." Exchange.

The wife of a man who had enlisted inthe navy handed the pastor of a churchthe following note: "Peter Bowers, hav-ing gone to sea, his wife desires the pray-ers of the congregation for his safety."

The minister glanced over it hurriedlyand announced:

"P. Bowers, having gone to see his wifedesires the prayers of the congregation forhis safety."—Exchange.

"What? You say you can tell whatis in other people's minds?"

"1 do.""Then you know what I'm thinking?""Yes.""Then why the deuce dont you go

there?"Doctor You cough easier this morn-

ing.Patient 1 ought to I've been practic-

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"Mary, see whether I've got a flat tire.""It's flat on the bottom, but the rest

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HE DIDN'T SHAKE—MUCHSam had passed through a harrowing

experience. He had seen a ghost."Ah jes' come out of de cowshed," he

said, "an" ah had a pail o' milk in mahhand. Den ah hears a noise by de sideof de road an' de ghost rushes out."

"Did you shake with fright, Sam?"asked one of his dusky audience.

"Ah don't know what ah shook wid.Ah hain't sayin' for suttin' ah shook atall. But when ah got home ah found allde milk gone, an' two pounds o' butterin de pail."—Progressive Grocer.

Flo—"Daphne declares she likes amus-ing husbands best."

Fluff "I know. She's always amusingmine."

Phil—"How long have you been mar-ried?"

Ben "Let's see, I bought this suit fouryears ago."

Mrs. Facius—"Would you marry a manto reform him?"

Maggie—-"I suppose I shall have to—•there isn't one of them that suits me theway he is now."

Speaker: "Think of poverty on theother side. Think of it! How would/ youfeel if your family were composed of awidow with little orphans?"

Casey: "I'd feel like a corpse."

November EleventhIt was the eleventh of November, and

a darky down south was asked if he knew•what was being celebrated that day.

"Suttinly, suh," he replied; "Mistusday, suh."

"Armistice day, Sam," he was cor-rected.

"No, suh—Mistus day, suh. You see,we was ordered tuh go over de top datmorning, when along comes de news datde war was over; so de Germans donemistus, suh; dey done mistus."

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GIVE ME THE M\There are men in this world who are

dashing and gay,And they'll lead a poor maid a mad

dance,For they break women's hearts almost

every dayWith a smile, with a sigh, with a

glance.

But give me the man who's above all sucharts,

The man whom the world would callslow,

The man who would toy not with otherfolks' hearts

And whose own is as white as the snow.

Yes, give me the man whom the worldthinks too good,

Who never has learned how to flirt,Who would never hold hands, e'en sup-

posing he could,With the most irresistible skirt.

Yes, give me the man whom the fetching-est miss

With the languidest longing to spoonCouldn't tempt to the teeniest-weeniest

kiss'Neath the meltingest, mushiest moon.

Yes, give me the man who is good to thecore

And whose heart for naught femininemelts.

Oh! give me this man, as I've stated be-fore,

And I'll pass him to somebody else.

FRUGALITY, ALWAYSA Scotchman, wishing to know his fate

at once, telegraphed a proposal of mar-riage to the lady of his choice. Afterspending the entire day at the telegraphoffice he was finally rewarded late in theevening by an affirmative answer.

"If I were you," suggested- the operator,when he delivered the message, "I'd thinktwice before I'd marry a girl that kept mewaiting all day for an answer."

"Na, na," retorted the Scot. "The lasswho waits for the night rates is the lassfor me."—Selected.

"You are concealing something fromme," snarled the villian. ,

"Certainly I am," replied. Little Nell,the beaut i ful comptometer operator,"Whadaya think I am—Salome?"

Poor GrammarTeacher (to boy sitting idly in school

during writing time)—"Henry, why areyou not writing?

Henry "I ain't got no pen."Teacher "Where's your grammar?"Henry "She's dead."

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CorrectThe teacher was examining a class in

physiology. "Lucy, will you tell us whatis the function of the stomach?"

"The function of the stomach," the lit-tle girl answered, "is to hold up the petti-coat."

The tramp knocked at the farmhousedoor and asked for the farmer. To thatworthy he presently recited a tale of woeand asked for a job.

"Yes, you can have a job," said the far-mer. "You could gather eggs for me ifyou are certain you won't steal any."

The tramp choked with gratitude andemotion.

"Sir," he said, with eyes brimful of un-shed tears, "you could trust me with anymortal thing on earth. For twenty years1 was manager of a bath-house, and Inever took a single bath?"

If the woman who dresses quite properDoesn't soon find something to stop herFrom wearing men's clothes,The Lord only knowsThe kids won't know Mommer from Pop-

per.

There was a man in our town,And he was a speedy guy,

He turned the corner on two wheels,Crossed crossings on the fly.

But yesterday, the Extras say,This wise man saw the light.

His flivver stalled on the railroad trackToot, toot!! Ding dong! Good night.

HIS STOMACH FIRSTThe picnic party had progressed as far

as the interurban station. He carried thebasket, she looked after Willie, who grewfrant ic as the train finally approached.

Willie—"Daddy! Daddy! Get off thetrack. The train's coming!"

Mother—"Be quiet, Willie, Daddy willbe careful."

"Willie—"But Daddy, get off the track.Mamma, make Daddy get off the track.He's got the lunch."

Passenger—'"Why are you stopping?"Conductor—"There is a cow on the

track."Passenger (later)—"Why are you

stopping this time?"Conductor "There is a cow on the

track."Passenger—"What! Have we caught

up that cow again?" Phoenix.

She Could you eo over that dam with-out hurt ing yourself?

He 1 d'no; why?She Fish do. Sun Dial.

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As Goldberg Says, "It Didn't MeanAnything"

"How did you happen to get hit?"asked a friend of the much bandaged vic-tim of a collision between a truck and aflivver.

"Well, I was rolling along in my oldbus watching the road and driving as Ishould when along came a truck with asign on the windshield, 'Howdy, half theroad is yours'. 1 though to myself 'thatfellow's a gentleman' but I didn't find outtill later that by half he meant the out-side quarter on each side."

SpeedingShe—-"You certainly drive fast, don't

you iHe—"Yes, 1 hit 80 last evening."Dumb—"Any casualties?"

A Color SchemeA colored farmhand, in the suburbs of

this city, was burning dead grass in prep-aration for June planting. A city "wiseguy," passing in a flivver, stopped longenough to say:

"You're very foolish to do that. Why,you'll make that meadow as black as youare." "Don't worry 'bout dat, sah,"slowly replied the good-natured coloredman. "Dat grass'll grow out agin and beas green as "you is!"—Punch Bowl.

"The average young lady has a vocab-ulary of only 500 words."

"It's a small stock, but think of theturnover."—Notre Dame Juggler.

She—"I hear he drinks something aw-ful!"

He "Yes, I've tasted it."

Fresh air is free; get plenty of it thiswinter.

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OR WERE YOU PUSHED"Did you fal l?" asked a man rushing

to the rescue of a woman who slipped onthe cement pavement.

"Oh, no," she said, "I just sat downhere to see if I couldn't find any four leafclovers."

IRISH AND RED HEADEDA Contemporary relates that a red

headed Irish boy once applied for a posi-tion in a messenger office. The manager,af te r hiring him, sent him on an errandin one of the most fashionable districts.Half an hour later the manager was calledto the phone and the following conversa-tion took place:

"Have you a red headed boy workingfor you?"

"Yes.""Well, this is the janitor at the Oak-

land apartments, where your boy came todeliver a message. He insisted on com-ing in the f ront way and was so persistentthat I was forced to draw a gun."

"Good heavens! You didn't shoot him,did you?"

"No, but I want my gun back."—Clipped.

Her Father: "Young man, the lightsin this house go out at ten o'clock!"

The Young Man i "Fine, that suits me;don't delay on my account."—Exchange.

A hardened motorist ran down a jay-walker. "Hey," he shouted, "while youare under there take a look at my brakerods."—Ex.

IT NATURALLY WOULDThe maid had been using surreptiti-

ously the bath tub of her employer. Hewas a bachelor very fastidious about histoilet, and desired the exclusive use of histub.

He reprimanded the maid with muchindignation. "What distresses me most,Mary, is that you have done this behindmy back."

Marjory—"Mamma, were you at homewhen 1 was born?"

Mother—"No, darling, I was at grand-ma's in the country."

Marjory "Wasn't you awful s'prisedwhen you heard about it?"

"Just had my watch fikshed an' it'shshtill wrong."

"Why, wha'sh matter with it?""Blame thingsh point' to noon, an' it'sh

midnight.'

Probably Gaves it a Weigh"All my life I've been unfor tunate

when still a child I was left an orphan!""What did you do with it?**

"Why did Ikey invite only married peo-ple to his wedding?"

"Well, in that way he figured that allthe presents would be clear profit."

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ELECTIONI S O V E R

with President Cool idge

at the helm for another

four years, probably satis-

fies a great majority of us

as indicated by the tre-

mendous p o p u l a r vote

given him throughout the

land.

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