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DENVER'S PICTURESQUE ELEVEN MILE CANON DAM AND RESERVOIR

MARCH, 1942 A SYMBOL THAT MEANS SOMETHING

As we go "all out" in defense of our American •way of life the Statue of Liberty stands as a sym- bol of hope to peace-loving people all over the world.

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MUELLER CO., Decatur, Illinois * OFFICERS MAIN FACTORY AND ADOLPH MUELLER OFFICE Chairman of Board and Decatur, Illinois General Manager MUELLER PACIFIC COAST WILLIAM E. MUELLER FACTORY President and Treasurer RECORD Los Angeles, Calif. LUCIEN W. MUELLER V. P. and Works Manager PUBLISHED COLUMBIAN IRON I. W. SIMPSON WORKS V. P. in Charge o( Sales AT DECATUR, ILLINOIS (Hydrant and Valve Division) J. W. WELLS BY MUELLER CO. Secretary Chattanooga, Tenn. R. H. MUELLER CANADIAN FACTORY Chief Engineer Plumbing, Water and Gas Brass Goods MUELLER, LTD. FRANK H. MUELLER Sarnia, Ontario Director of Research and 85th Year in Business BRANCHES Development New York, San Francisco Vol. XXXI MARCH, 1942 No. 293

BALFOUR WAS FIRST The recent prolonged visit of Prime Min- ister Winston Churchill has led to a query if any other English cabinet minister ever NEVER GIVE UP visited the United States. Quite naturally Where will we go, we forget instances of this character, re- And ivhat shall ice do, gardless of their importance, time of occur- When the Japs come in rence and object. We have only to recall And the Germans, too? the first war to remind us that Arthur J. Balfour, Foreign Secretary, came to this # * # country in 1917 on a mission similar to that Will ive flee like birds in of Churchill's. Balfour was the first English frightened flight, cabinet member to visit the United States. And run for shelter by day Churchill, in so far as we can ascertain, is or by night? the first prime minister to visit America. No! by all the Gods of war W ell stand in our place, And meet the heathens face to face. TIN GETTING SCARCE We'll shoiv them that men, Tin is one of the scarcest of necessary war American bred, materials. The OPM asked manufacturers Never give up until the last of cans to study the tin conservation prob- one falls dead. lem and submit recommendations. It is —C. N. W. proposed that tin used by the industry be reduced from 36,950 tons in 1941 to 31,900 tons in 1942, and to 28,750 tons in 1943. Tin comes from sources remote from the United States. The Encyclopedia's last report says: much; you can always hide it with your "The annual output of tin is about 103-149 shoe. Holes in your underwear are like short tons. Malay produces 65,565 tons an- those in your sock and need not give you nually, which is the greatest per cent of all any undue concern. However, if your gal- tin produced. Soinc comes from Bolivia, luses gave way and your trousers dropped Cornwall, and Australia." to the floor, the occasion might prove em- barrassing. In that dilemma the hole you need is one you may crawl into for the time being. This hole is much easier to get out HOLES of than the one you get into when someone If you have a hole in your pocket you keeps beating your threes and full houses may lose your pennies, nickels, and dimes, throughout the night. and as the hole increases quarters will slip There is one much desired hole—that is away. Therefore this is a losing' hole. If a hole in one, but it is a never ending story the wife's too busy with bridge to patch if told to you by the man who happened to it, call on the tailor. be the victim of the accident. There are different kinds of holes—in your Let him tell it to you if you have time hose, for instance. This need not worry you for a week off. THE MUELLER RECORD too severe for cultivation, but big garden plantations have sprung up around the hot Published at Decatur. Illinois, by MUELLER CO., Manufacturers of Vital Spots Products for the Plumb- springs and have been able to grow even ing, Water and Gas Industries. semi-tropical products. C. N. WAGENSELLEH, EDITOR One Sixth of Land Productive Agriculture engages 47,512 of the popula- PUBLICATION MONTHS tion. About six-sevenths of the land is un- productive, and about 65,000 acres are under The MUELLER RECORD is published cultivation, producing potatoes, turnips, and six times a year. The publication dates are: hay. Fishing is a leading industry and the January July catch, mostly cod and herring, is large. March September May November No Army, No Navy This statement is made to correct an im- It is admitted that Iceland has attained pression that the MUELLER RECORD is approximately absolute justice of the sterner a monthly publication. sort. It has neither army, nor navy, nor fortifications; no deficit and no unemploy- ment. The parliament is called the Althing, made up of not to exceed 49 members of NATURAL HOT WATER whom 38 are elected in constituencies, eacli electing one or two members of simple ma- Is Used In Frigid Iceland To Heat jorities, excepting the capital. There mem- Buildings bers are elected by proportional representa- tion, while a necessary number of supple- Our geographical knowledge increases mentary mandates is distributed among the with war. It is a terrible cost, but it just parties which have too few in proportion to happens that location of islands, peninsulas, their voting members. The King of Den- and out-of-the-way countries, cities, and mark appoints the president of a council of towns pop up in the news to keep us guess- ministers, all of whom are subject to ap- ing. Most of us know there is an Iceland, proval of the Althing. Herman Johnson has but we wager that few of us know exactly been president since July 29, 19.34. Men and where it is and possibly less about its people women enjoy suffrage. and its physical characteristics. It is a Oldest Parliament Danish island in the North Sea, close to the The Althing parliament is said to be the Arctic circle. It is about 500 miles north- oldest in the world. On June 23-28, 1930, west of the Shetland Islands, and about 250 the 1000th anniversary of parliament was miles southeast of Greenland. celebrated. The Icelandic language has Geographical Gophers Burrow maintained its purity for 1000 years. The Because of naval encounters and the pres- Icelanders have a high degree of culture with ence of our naval forces, Iceland has taken men who shine in prose, poetry, drama, and on new interest, and sent the geographical history. gophers burrowing for information. It has • • • an area of 40,000 square miles of which prob- Hunger is the mother of impatience and ably only 7,000 square miles are inhabited. anger. The surface consists of the ice clad plateaus from 1,500 to 2,000 feet in height. • • • Natural Scalding Hot Water PENNSYLVANIA ON GUARD There are many volcanos of which at least The advent of war gives an added impor- twenty have been in eruption during the last tance to the highways of the country. Here- twenty years. Hot springs are numerous, tofore, we have looked at them as avenues and the geysers are famous for their inter- for pleasure driving or for transportation of mittent eruptions of scalding hot water. goods by trucks. The thought did not occur The hot water from these springs and that some day they might become great mil- geysers, so Plumbing and Heating Industries itary thoroughfares filled with army trans- Bureau reports, is piped into homes and ports and troops moving east and west or office buildings of the capital, Reykjavik, fur- north and south. nishing them with acceptable heat. A public Such a thing, which would have been redi- swimming pool and laundry derive their heat culed three or four years ago, is now easily from this source. The flow of water is more within the realm of possibilities. Pennsyl- than 200 gallons a minute, with a large sup- vania has already inaugurated protective ply obtainable. measures on its great turnpike with its seven The temperature of Iceland is greatly tunnels. Special details of state motor po- modified by the Gulf Stream. The land is lice have been placed at these tunnels to treeless and there are no railroads. prevent any attempt to sabotage this vital Vegetables arc rare where the climate is link connecting the east and the west. MUELLER RECORD now? You've been talking for half an hour, and I haven't said a word." LEAVE IT TO THE LADIES The Henpecker: "No, you haven't said anything, but you've been listening in a most aggravating manner, and I'm not going to stand for it." • D • Too Long to Read Bookworm: "Have you a copy of 'Fifteen Decisive Battles'?" Saleslady: "No; but I've got 'Recollections of a Married Man'." • • • Henry Hcnpeck: "No, Mr. Photographer, I don't care to look pleasant for this pic- ture. 1 am to send it to my wife who is away on a visit, and if I look too cheerful, The census bureau has made a survey of she'll take the first train home." woman power in the United States. This • • • report lists peace time occupations of the feminine population but leaves to speculation An 111 Wind? how many would be available for war ser- Mabel: "Since I moved into this neigh- borhood I've been buying the most expen- vice. The United States employment ser- vice says this information will be needed to sive silk panties." increase war production workers from the Alice: "Ah, is prosperity around the cor- ner?" present seven million to seventeen and one- half million by early 1943. The Department Mabel: "No, but the wind is." of Agriculture is urging women to work on • B • farms this surmner. Representative Edith Ageless ! ! ! Noursc Rogers, (R. Mass.) has introduced Girl: "I maintain that love making is just enabling legislation for creation of a paid the same as it always was." uniformed women's corps to serve with the Sweetheart: "How do you know?" army, performing many rear line duties now Girl: "I just read about a Greek maiden done by men. who sat and listened to a lyre all evening." At the time the census was taken it • • • showed 50,357,892 females over 14 years of Learn by Experience age. Of this number 12,846,565 reported Boarding House Keeper: "Did you knock themselves "in the labor force." This 12,- on that fireman's door and wake him as I 846,565 are classified as follows: Employcd told you to do?" in regular work, 11,148,946; on public emer- New Maid: "Yes'm, but he didn't wake gency work such as WPA and NY A, 432,081, up, so I finally had to go in and shake him." and seeking work, 1,265,538. Of those seek- Boarding House Keeper: "Good heavens, ing jobs, 950,904 indicated they were ex- don't you know better than to ever go into perienced workers, and the others, 314,634, a fireman's room?" classified themselves as new workers seeking New Maid: "Yes'm, I do now." to enter the labor market. • • • Women over 14 reporting themselves out- side the labor force totaled 37,511,327 but AMERICAS GREATEST NOVEL 28,551,680 classified themselves as house- The greatness of a novel is, as a rule, wives. There were 4,455,971 in school or judged hj people of the period in which it college, 2,266,440 unable to work, 430,758 was written. But which is the greatest were in institutions, and 775,018 gave other American novel, or has it yet been written ? reasons for being outside of the labor force. This question is asked frequently. The an- The census classified 1,031,460 as unknown swer may surprise you. An authority says because insufficient evidence was given to Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter" has been justify classification. ranked as the first, if not the only great Approximately 2,100,000 of the 4,681,408 American novel. women in the group 21 to 24 years old, • • • inclusive, were in the labor force. The next Two Lines highest ratio was shown in the 25 to 29 year "Is this a high-class town?" group, where 1,992,648 of a total of 5,636,943 "Yeah. They even got two bread lines— were in the labor force. one for white and one for rye." • • • • • • No Words Necessary Defy all fetters though they be made of Henpecked Hubby: "What have I done gold. MARCH, 1942 BEWARE OF THE EVIL EYE "In the Gitano language casting the evil eye is called "Querelar nasula, which simply means making sick, and which, according to An Old Superstition at One Time the common superstition, is accomplished Widely Believed In by casting an evil look at people, especially children, who, from the tenderness of their Persons supposed to have an evil eye are constitution, are supposed to be more easily feared, avoided, and hated. The belief in blighted than those of a more mature age. this alleged evil dates After receiving the evil glance they fall sick, back for centuries and and die in a few hours. has been accepted by The Spaniards have very little to say re- thousands. While we specting the evil eye, though the belief is may look upon it as a very prevalent especially in Andalusia, superstition it has been amongst the lower orders. A stag's horn is fearedby intelligent per- considered a good safeguard, and on that sons in all grades of life. account a small horn, tipped with silver, is The eye is described as a power of exert- frequently attached to the children's necks ing an evil influence or fascination on any by means of a cord braided from the hair of one at a glance of the eyes. This, according a black mare's tail. Should the evil glance to an authority, is one of the most venerable be cast, it is imagined that the horn, receives and wide spread of human beliefs, sanctioned it, and instantly snaps asunder. Such horns alike by classical authors, the fathers of the may be purchased in some of the silver- church, medieval physicians, savage races smiths at Seville." everywhere, and modern visages in many Of those of higher intelligence the evil countries within the range of Christianity. eye is not much feared. It is put on the Especially powerful is the belief amoni shelf with other discarded superstitions but Neapolitans, and to raise a cry of "jettatore" there are those who still cling to it. in Naples is to create a panic. Poe came as near as one, perhaps, in de- scribing the evil eye in his line, "His eyes SWIMMING THE CHANNEL have all the seeming of a demon that is Since 1875, twenty-three persons have dreaming." swam the English Channel. Captain Mat- Various plans in various ages have been thew Webb was the first to accomplish this followed as a protection against the evil feat. Gertrude Ederle was the first woman. eye and baneful influence of which it is Thirteen men in all have a crossing to their thought capable. Ancient Egyptians painted credit. Their nationality: a huge eye on the bows of their vessels and Men Nine women as follows: wax and silver eyes are hung up in many English—6 American—2 foreign churches. Amulets of all sorts are American—2 English—4 worn, the most common being horns in some Argentina—1 South Africa—1 shape or another. In places certain positions German—1 Austria—1 and gestures of the hands are employed to French—1 Sweden—1 ward off the evil eye. One of these "is to Bohemia—1 extend the index and little finger, with the Bey—1 two middle fingers flexed and clasped by E. H. Temme, English, is the only person the thumb, making a crude imitation of a to swim the channel in both directions. horned animal." This gesture was quite Gertrude Ederle holds the woman's time common. record, 14 hours and 31 minutes. Miss Longfellow in "The Spanish Student," Emma Faber, Austrian, required 14 hours, makes reference to the evil eye in a dialogue 40 minutes. This record, however, is marked between Don Carlos, Mosquito and Chispa, "doubtful." Venceslas Spacek, Bohemian, act III, scene IV, at a post house, as fol- holds the men's time record of 10 hours and lows: 45 minutes. The usual course of channel Don Carlos:—"But tell me has a band of swimmers is from Cape Griz Nez, France, Gypsies passed this way lately?" to Dover, England, a distance of 19 miles. Mosquito:—"Yes, and they are still in the • • • neighborhood." Don Carlos:—"Now this is lucky. We will Had the Chicken Chasing Habit! visit the Gypsy camp." A short-sighted man lost his hat in a Chispa:—"Are you not afraid of the evil strong wind and was chasing it. eye? Have you a stag's horn with you?" Woman: "What are you doing there?" In explanation of this the poet, in a sub- S. S. Man: "Getting my hat." joined note quotes Barrow's Zincali, vol. 1, Woman: "Your hat! That's our black ch. IX, as follows: hen you're chasing." MUELLER RECORD Has Largest Capacity and DIVER RESERVOIR Unusual Scenic Grandeur The illustration on the front cover of this west of Denver. The population of Denver issue shows the picturesque Eleven Mile in the 1940 census is given at 318,415. Canon Dam and Reservoir, which is one of Enormous Storage Capacity the sources of water supply of Denver, Colo- rado. The photograph of the Eleven Mile Canon Dam and Reservoir shows only a portion of When we studied this photograph the lines the Reservoir, the total capacity of which from Keat's "Endymion" involuntarily made is 81,917 acre feet or 26,693,000,000 gallons of known their appropriateness to the subject: water. This is the largest of all of Denver's "A thing of beauty is a joy forever; storage lakes. It is located in South Park, Its loveliness increases; it will never altitude 8,564 feet above sea level. As in Pass into nothingness; but still will keep the case of Lake Cheesman, this reservoir A bower quiet for us, and a sleep was formed by constructing the dam across Full of sweet dreams, and health, the river bed, hence the South Platte River And quiet breathing." flows constantly through Eleven Mile Canon And yet all this beauty is combined with Reservoir from one end to the other. utility and service to man, a service un- equaled in its contribution to his well being, Sources of Supply "sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breath- Most of Denver's water originally comes ing." from melting snow, which forms rivulets, This water, pure snow water from the then larger streams which find their way to storage reservoirs. The South Platte water- mountains, would seem to be perfectly safe shed covers an area of 3,910 square miles, for human consumption without artificial the farthest point being about 125 miles by treatment, but the Denver Municipal Water stream course from the city. Water is Works takes no such chance. Denver ranks drawn from the South Platte River and its second to none in modern equipment for the tributaries, Bear Creek and Cherry Creek. purification of water. In addition, the plant The main supply is taken from the South in all details is as modern as money, science, Platte River at Intake, located 23 miles and experience can make it. It has passed southwest of Denver in Platte Canon. The through many phases of ownership and de- supply from Bear Creek is withdrawn near velopment. The first organization dates Morrison. Water from Cherry Creek is back to November 30, 1870, and delivery of taken from underground galleries near Sul- water began in January 1872. The popula- livan. tion at the time was about 4,759. By 1880 it Antero Reservoir, Eleven Mile Canon Res- was 35,629. The pumping station was near ervoir, Lake Cheesman and Marston Lake the present site of the Moffa,t Depot. The are available for storage of water from the South Platte watershed. The altitude of An- supply was obtained from a well near the tero is 8,978 feet, that of Eleven Mile is 8,564 Platte river. A few blocks of pipe are all feet, while Lake Cheesman is 6,842 feet that remain of the original plant. above sea level. Denver owns the rights to Became Municipal Plant use all of the water from Eleven Mile Canon Reservoir, Lake Cheesman and Marston It was not until November 1, 1918, that the Lake, but onlv part of the supply from An- city purchased the plant from the Denver tero. Lake Cheesman is 7 miles long, 18 Union Water Company. It is now operated miles around, and its capacity is 79,064 acre through a Board of Water Commissioners feet or 25,763,000,000 gallons of water. It is at the present time made up of the following: formed by one of the outstanding granite Karl C. Brauns, A. P. Gumlick, George R. dams of the world, built across the channel Morrison, H. S. Sands, and Richard Wensley. of the South Platte River. It is 212 feet The officers are: A. P. Gumlick, presi- high, and has 4 outlets controlled by valves, dent; H. S. Sands, vice-president; Karl C. of which the largest is 5 feet 2 inches in Brauns, vice-president and George F. diameter. It was constructed during the Hughes, executive secretary. period from 1900 to 1905. 2,700,000 cubic feet of masonry and 100,000 barrels of ce- Present Value $42,000,000 ment went into its making. The present valuation of the water system is $42,000,000. There are 916 miles of sup- ply conduits and water mains; 4,528 fire Poor Competition hydrants, and 74,909 service connections for homes and businesses. About 360,000 per- "What did they sock you in jail for?" sons are provided with water from the sys- "Competition." tem, including the population of Denver, "Whatdye mean, competition?" Englewood, Fort Logan, Aurora, Fitzsim- "I made the same kind of ten-dollar bills ons Hospital, Edgewater, and other districts the government does." MARCH, 1942 I'M TELLIN' YOU ©A.C.5. • Motto for March: "Beware of small ex- penses; a small leak will sink a big ship." A bit of wisdom uttered by Benjamin Frank- lin, more pregnant with meaning now than ever before.

• A man slipped into a music store to get a "God Bless America" record. Turning it over, he found it stamped "made in Japan." Now the Japs have changed the title to "God Blast America."

• A celebrated meteorologist says the sun's rays reaching the earth are hotter in winter than summer, but this did not mislead us to • A communist is a guy who would like to go without our muffler and galoshes during be a capitalist but can't. the winter just eliding.

• It is easier to learn to talk than to learn • An authority says—garlic is more of a how, when, and why not to. condiment than a food, but is valuable in stimulating the appetite, promoting digestion • The way to tell a gentleman from a dumb- and acts as a tonic—and it keeps people you bell is to ignore both of them. don't want to be bothered by at a distance— which to our way of thinking is its most • A black cat following you is regarded as valuable property. bad luck. It may be—all depends on whether you are a man or a mouse. • In the old days when the young gallant came sparking the object of his affections, • As we look back over the years we now mother lighted the lamp in the parlor. When realize that the first world's war was only a she came in and turned it down it was a curtain raiser. signal for the young gallant to vamoose. If mother did that now she would have to let • Last year's output of automobiles was the darning slide and spend her evenings in 5,100,000, which means 5,100,000 more a tavern. chances of being maimed or killed. • • • FERRY BOAT LUXURY • Hitler is said to be an enthusiastic and The "City of Midland," now in service on ardent admirer of Wagncrian music. Per- Lake Michigan, is a recent addition to the haps it is this that makes him such a rattle- Pere Marquette Railway Company's fleet of brain. ships, and said to be the largest and most modern car ferry in the world. It has a • A legalized turkey day comes home to length of 405 feet, and beam of 57 feet. roost. The bill making it the fourth Thurs- This vessel will carry 34 freight cars on the day in November has been signed by the main deck and 50 automobiles on the upper President. deck. The passenger capacity is 376. There is a large dining room, lounge accommoda- • There are 1500 patents in appurtenances tions, 74 state rooms, twelve of which are to the average automobile, and there arc parlor suites with shower bath and toilet 15,000 things can happen to an automobile, facilities. Even the dogs were not forgotten which no one can explain. —they arc supplied with steel kennels. In a word, this vessel is a combination of luxury • After all we are a good deal like herds and service. The "City of Midland" plies of cattle. In fair weather they separate and between Manitowoc, Wisconsin, and Luding- wander alone at will. When danger ap- ton, Michigan, during the summer season proaches they get in a huddle. and between Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Lndington, Michigan, during the winter. • March first thought—only twenty days • • • until spring—according to the almanac—but wait and sec what the old man weather has The smallest hair throws a shadow. to say about it. He's the bo}' that will de- • • • cide. Speech is the index to the mind. 6 MUELLER RECORD In this issue we give over the "Wisdom oj the Ages" to the four subjects uppermost in the minds and thoughts of the people of this country. These subjects are Fear, Courage, Loyally and Patriotism. The quotations are taken from deep thinking men of various periods in the history of the world. They seem appropriate to this period of a distraught world. You may find something in them that will stiffen your spine, renew your courage, fire your patriotism or banish fear. outays Ps. Elmes:—• The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not Courage, by keeping the senses quiet, want—yea, though I walk through the and the understanding" clear, puts us in valley of the shadow of death, I will a condition to receive true intelligence, fear no evil; for thou art with me; thy to make computations upon danger, and rod and thy staff they comfort me. pronounce rightly upon that wh i c h Rabelais:— threatens us. Innocence of life, con- Like the eels of Mclien; cry out before sciousness of worth, and great expecta- you are skinned. tions, are the best foundations of cour- Ps. LIII:5:— age. There were they in great fear, where Smollett:— no fear was. True courage scorns William James:— To vent his prowess in a storm of words, Fear is a genuine instinct, and one of And to the valiant action speaks alone. the earliest shown by the human child. Cicero:—• Milton:— A man of courage is also' full of faith. Leave them (fears) to God above, Him Plantus:— serve and fear. Courage in danger is half the battle. Shakespeare:— Regnard:— Cowards die many times before their It is in great dangers that we sec great deaths, courage. The valiant never die but once. Shakespeare:— By how much unexpected, by so much Horace:— We must awake endeavor for defense; The man who is just and resolute will not For courage mounteth with occasion. be moved from his settled purpose, Seneca:— either by the misdirected rage of his Courage leads to heaven, fear to death. fellow citizens, or by the threats of an Dante:— imperious tyrant. lie steadfast as a tower that doth not Shakespeare:— bend its stately summit to the tempest We fail! shock. But screw your courage to the sticking Colton:— place Courage is generosity of the highest And we'll not fail.—Macbeth. order, for the brave are prodigal of the most precious things. Our blood is You must not think nearer and dearer to us than our money, That we are made of stuff so fat and dull and our life than our estate. That we can let our beard be shook with MacDonald:— danger The worst foe of courage is fear itself, And think it pastime.—Hamlet. not the object of it; Emerson:— The man who can overcome his o\vu Fear always springs from ignorance. terror is a hero and more.

MARCH, 1942 Vaughn:— Virgil:— To God, thy country and thy friend be The noblest motive is the public good. true. Sir A. Hunt:— He who maintains his country's laws General Joffre:— Alone is great; or he who dies in the The German is the discipline of fear; good cause. ours is the discipline of faith—and faith Havard:— will conquer. Our country's welfare is our first con- II Timothy 4:2:— cern, I have fought the good fight. I have And he who promotes that best, best finished my course. I have kept the proves his duty. faith. T. Roosevelt (1917):— I want to see you shoot the way you John Adams:—• shout. The die was now cast; I had passed the Rev. E. J. Young:— Rubicon. Swim or sink, live or die, Our land is dearer for our sacrifices. survive or perish with my country was The blood of our martyrs sanctifies and my unalterable determination. enriches it. Their spirit passes into thousands of hearts. How costly is the Rufus Choate:— progress of the race! It is only by We join ourselves to no party that does giving life that we can have life. not carry the flag and I keep step to Woodrow Wilson:— the music of the Union. The example of America must be the Stephen Decatur:— example not merely of peace, because Our country! In her intercourse with it will not fight, but of peace because it foreign nations, may she always be in is the healing and elevating influence of the right, but our country, right or the world, and strife is not. There is wrong. such a thing as a man being too proud to fight. There is such a thing as a R. B. Hayes:— nation being so right that it does not He serves his party best who serves the need to convince others by force that country best. it is right. Homer:— Charles Sumner:— And for our country 'tis a blessing to Let the bugles sound the Truce of God die. to the whole world forever. to Sa to Ha to to Sa Pa S3 Sa Sa to ft POULTICES AND PLASTERS FIXING OVER FACES Dr. Cutter, writing in the "Chicago Trib- From the first day down to the present une" on the subject of poultices and plas- men and women have strived to improve ters, which were at one time in common their personal facial appearance. It may use as household remedies, as well as with as well be admitted in the beginning that the medical profession, goes into consider- they have had lots of room and reason for able detail. He calls attention to a rather doing this. Most of them have decorated powerful drug "Histamine" which is re- themselves with jewelry to attract attention leased whenever the epidermis is injured. or to satisfy their own vanity. These might This aids healing, because new fresh blood be classed as civilized in so far as they con- is poured into the injured locality. The same fine themselves to exterior personal embel- result follows when a liquid or ointment lishment but the uncivilized races go farther brings a sense of smarting. Therefore, one than altering their personal appearance by can understand why older authorities re- personal adornment. They try to make over ported cures subsequent to the use of plas- their faces by distorting their features. ters and adds, "perhaps grandmother's hot Whatever be the motive or the method it all poultice was best after all." goes to show an inherent phase of human desire to attract and impress fellow beings. In many cases these heathen decorations are Mrs. Smith: "You know my husband plays for the purpose of showing the individual's the organ." rank or standing. Mrs. Jones: "Well, if things don't im- prove, my husband will have to get one, • • • too." Idle brains are the devil's workhouse.

8 MUELLER RECORD • !••!»•!••!• •!•.•.!••!••.!• ".I" •!••!••!••!• •IS! aiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Small vise for holding tools or small work made with angle adjustments on three planes. Mounted on lug base easily fastened to a machine table. Angular readings for • IB Always Something New BIB each adjustment are clearly marked. BIBBIBBIBBIBBIBBIBBIBBIBBIBBIBBIBBIBBIBBIBBB A hold down tool for drill presses oper- (From Nation's Business) ates pneumatically on presses having cylin- A light gray paint substitute for aluminum drical column. With it drilling jigs can be paint. Unusual penetrative and protective reduced to simplest form and built in clamps qualities, with approximately the same light and hold-downs can be eliminated. reflection of aluminum paint. Can be used over rust spots and galvanized metals. A small plastic screen which can repro- duce any advertising message in a miniature version of the moving electric letters used A plastic sheet material with a coating to on billboards is now made for counters and give effect of either silver or gold foil. Re- windows. The front is embossed with places thin gauge metal in many uses. De- numerous small lenses. spite the coating, it retains some transpar- ency, which allows novel decorative effects. A finger guard for workmen is now made with leather on one side, a lastex weave on Compact dust-filtering respirator for work- the other. It gives better flexibility and men. Does not interfere with downward or ventilation. side vision, and uses inexpensive throw-away filter. The outerside is porous to prevent A new rubber flashlight has a light me- large dust particles from clogging the finer tallic assembly completely enclosed in a section of the filter. soft rubber case. Has shatter proof plastic lens, is water tight, and safe around electric Glass building blocks that are transparent wires. It can be used safely in rain, mud, enough to give window-like vision. Sug- or salt water. gested for use in panels or strips built into • • • the walls of obscure glass. WHERE THE SHOE PINCHES There arc many wise sayings, pointed A new lining felt for linoleum, partially comparisons, epigrams, and quotations impregnated with asphalt, offers unusual re- handed down to us, but from and by whom sistance to sub-floor movements, and to we know not. Still we use them without bunching caused by heavy traffic. thought or care of their vintage or ante- cedents. There is that hoary old chestnut, A small electric device of two pounds "where the shoe pinches." In the absence weight to indicate to airplane pilots the of any originator to hang it on someone has intensity of electricity in nearby thunder picked Plutarch. The philologist who tracked clouds. A neon lube serves as a signal to the expression back to 40 A. D. was wise in selecting Plutarch. That eminent Greek the pilot. scholar thrived about 40 A. D. and has no chance of denying authorship. According to Racks for easy shop storage. Hold ordi- the story of the origin of the phrase, a nary shop boxes tilted down like a hopper Roman was criticized for having divorced storage bin. Racks interlock and can be his wife. built to any desired height or width. "Was she not chaste?" they asked. A helpful substitute for shortage of con- "Was she not fair?" tainers is a flexible corrugated sheet fold- The Roman held out his sandal and asked ing like uncorrugated paper. Serves as a if it were not new and well made. None cushion or wrapper, often saving weight. could deny it, and yet continued the Roman, "none of you can tell where it pinches me." An economical device for regrinding flat • • • seats in steam, water and air line valves, Telling a Mouthful sizes y-i" to 3". No special skill in using it. Stranger at crossroads store: "Who's the close-mouthed fellow over there in the cor- New goggles for use on snow. Polarized ner? He hasn't spoken a word for the last plastic for eye pieces. They cut the glare fifteen minutes." of the sun without appreciably diminishing "Him?" That's Pete Blackmore. He ain't vision. Very light and can be worn over close-mouthed — he's jess waitin" for the glasses. storekeeper to bring back the spittoon." MARCH, 1942 Died For His Country ...... Joe Brownback Made The Supreme Sacrifice, December 27 The Mueller family and the Mueller or- he went on a rigid diet for three months, ganization felt the first sting of the war in and again presented himself for enlistment all its stark reality and horror when on and was accepted. He enlisted as a cadet Saturday, December 27, brought to them the July 1941, and had been in training at the news of the death of Joe Brownback. He Santa Maria training school and Moffett was in the aviation service and would have Field, California. He had been at Luke completed his training in February, and re- Field four days prior to the fatal crash. ceived his officer's commission. He was at- He was a native of Decatur and educated tached to Luke, Field, Phoenix, Arizona, in the public schools prior to his graduation and while on a training flight with Winston from the University of Illinois in 1939. He V. Brunn of Salt Lake City the plane specialized in metallurgy. Prior to his ma- crashed shortly after the take off. Both triculation at the University of Illinois he young men were killed. had attended the Oulf Coast Military Acad- The news of the shocking accident was emy and Cornell University. When he fin- wired to his mother, Mrs. Leda Mueller ished at the Universe of Illinois he entered Brownback, Sarasota, Mueller Engineering Florida, and she imme- Department, with which diately telephoned the I he was identified until facts to her brothers, his enlistment. L u c i e n W. (Duke) Mueller, R. H. Mueller, Active in Athletics and Frank H. Mueller, Pic was active and Decatur, Illinois. widely known in ath- The body reached letic circles, including this city on Tuesday, golf, baseball, softball, December 30, and a and in fact everything military funeral was in that line calling for held on the day follow- energy and muscle. ing. The attendance was Boating also claimed large. his attention. With Earl Joe Brownback was Cline, Jr. he participated not only widely known in the National Cham- among the younger pionship sail boat races, folks of Decatur, but Michigan City, in 1940. his connection with two In 1939, he and Forest of Dccatur's most Kile made a seventy- prominent families gave mile canoe trip on the him an unusual, large, Great Lakes. These general acquaintance. little side lights are His grandfathers were Joseph M. Broivnback mentioned only to show J. M. Brownback, for characteristics of the many years vice president of the Millikin young man. Plad anyone waited for Joe to National Bank, and the late Philip Mueller. tell them they never would have learned of The details of the fatal crash of the plane it. Another of his characteristics was his were not given out, and may never be freedom from boasting of what he did. known. The two victims were as much in His untimely death in the service of his line of duty as if they had met their fate country has been a terrible shock, lessened on the firing line or on bombing duty. only by admiration of his pluck and game- ness in answering his country's call. Favorite In Our Organization Joseph M. Brownback was born July 15, Joe Brownback was a favorite in this or- 1914, a son of A. V. Brownback and Mrs. ganization. Small of stature, he was every Leda Mueller Brownback. He was a grand- ounce daring, which accounts for his pick- son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Philip Mueller ing the aviation branch of government serv- and a nephew of Lucien W., Robert H., and ice. As an instance of his determination to Frank PL Mueller. Besides his parents and do a thing after making up his mind, we uncles he leaves two sisters, Mrs. Mary J. cite his effort to become an aviator. He was Grain, wife of Dr. H. Grain of Long Island, found to be overweight. To overcome this (Continued on Page 12) 10 MUELLER RECORD MueUet /{en -/faire -fjoblrlel

way to a "flyer," trains setting in and out cars, making up trains and doing in minia- ture practically everything done by a steam train. The last thing he did gave him a great kick, winning a contest he did not know he was in. Recently he received a package from Hollywood, California, which upon opening proved to be a trophy about twelve inches high. The gold plated figure of a woman I holds aloft the symbol of "Reel Fellows," a friendly fraternity of movie amateurs spon- Charles Haywood, Sarnia, Ontario, ivilh his sored by "Home Mov- Power Driven Bicycle ies Magazine," and upon the gun-metal On another page is an article dealing with base is inscribed these the history and development of bicycles, words: "Harold which formerly went by curious names, and Moats, for Technical resembled the present day bicycle as a Achievement, Home World's Fair illumination resembles a black- Movies Magazine An- out. The accompanying illustration shows a nual Amateur Con- new style bicycle, built by Charles liaywood, test, 1941." member of our Sarnia Ltd., Ontario, plant. Harold had made FIc has a hobby of inventing and building two gadgets for movie something out of the ordinary. A corres- cameras, w h i c h he pondent at Sarnia gives us the following submitted to "Home description of Mr. Flaywood's bike. Movies Magazine," "This three wheeled electrically operated and which were fea- bicycle is the result of three months spare tured in that publication. He received many time hobbying. The storage batteries enable inquiries from other amateur movie fans all the wheel to attain a top speed of 20 miles over the country, and he had made up blue per hour. There are two speeds controlled prints and instructions for making this from a switch arrangement and the one equipment. No attempt was made to patent horse power motor shows very good results. or commercialize the two inventions. It is equipped with two wheel brakes. The "Home Movies Magazine," describing machine is made from bicycle frames and all wheels used are bicycle rear wheels. It is a Harold's gadgets, said: "Probably the most front wheel drive, driven with a V belt from notable amateur development for making a the motor to a countershaft using a chain wipe-off and wipe-on effect is the apparatus from countershaft to front wheel. This has designed and built for a Keystone 8 mm. all the conveniences of horn, lights, luggage camera by Harold Moats of Decatur. compartment and above all, there is NOT Also, Harold received recognition for an A RADIATOR to freeze up, and we see automatic fading device he built which en- Charlie gliding along to work these morn- ings while his fellow workmen may be seen abled him to make smooth, professional-like chugging along through clouds of steam es- lap dissolves. "This gadget is coupled with caping from the radiators of their cars." his camera and produces a fade mechanic- ally opening or closing the lens diaphragm, and a dial on the gadget enables measuring Harold Moats of Mueller Pattern Shop, length of fade to the exact frame; also wind- Decatur, puts in his spare time with hobbies ing back the film." of some kind. With toy electric trains, he Harold's brother, Alva, a Mueller machin- laid out a track with intricate switches and ist, builds small motor cars. The one he electric connections. This "railway system" uses is less than three feet high and less accommodates several trains, which he oper- than five feet long. It has a comfortable ates from a control base. He has trains scat, and his feet stretch out under the backing into switches to give clear right of hood. He has driven this tiny car about MARCH, 1942 11 Decatur and to and from work for five or six years. THE SHORTEST DAY It has a lot of speed, and when it comes to attracting attention the "scooter" is for- Generally Accepted as December 21st gotten. This car has a V-8 motor, and the But No One Certain About It engine has a 1^" bore, 154" stroke. It has standard shift, three speeds forward and re- What we know about weather is not what verse, four wheel hydraulic brakes, and a it is going to be or do, but what it has top speed of 50 miles an hour. It does already "done did." It is true that every- 4-9/10 miles on a half pint of gas. The one talks about it—Mark Twain's definition wheel base is 54", tread 29". The body is 26 is a chestnut and barred. Everybody, we gauge galvanized sheet iron painted red. presume, knows which is the shortest day The only full sized thing about this car is in the year. We must qualify this because the license plate, and it costs $6.50 a year. it is something that the smartest weather- In the accompanying picture is a miniature wise men don't know, and they admit it, threshing machine, mechanically perfect, and according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. which actually threshes radish seed, separat- A reporter asked the head of the weather ing the chaff and blowing it out like a regu- forecasting station if December 21 is the lar machine. The Moats brothers have a shortest day in the year. The weather shark well equipped machine shop in the basement gave up, admitted he did not know, but of Alva's home. Much of the equipment thought that it was among the shortest. The they made, and also made most of their own same question was then put up to a pro- tools. fessor in meteorology, and the answer was • • • practically the same. When the sun starts CAUSES FOR DIVORCE north after its trip to the equator, it hesi- There are many reasons for divorce. In tates, like some departing guest who never some states there are only a few. In others quite reaches "goodbye." That is to say dif- they cover a wide range from adultery to ference in time for three or four days is so vagrancy. In quite a few states sentence to nearly the same that it is hard to decide, penal institutions or insane asylums is which is the shortest day. However, the grounds for divorce under different limita- 21st is as good as any other date, and we tions. The primary cause in all states is are still content to take the word of our adultery. South Carolina is the only state favorite almanac. which does not provide for divorces. • • • • • • NO LONGER UNSPEAKABLE DIED FOR HIS COUNTRY The "Unspeakable Turk" was a favorite (Continued from Page 10) editorial cognomen some years ago. Maybe N. Y., and his twin sister, Mrs. Eloise Der- the editorial writers changed their minds ringer, wife of Paul Derringer, Sarasota, when they edited the cablegram "that the Florida. Turkish and Greek authorities were seeking On January 13 the will of Mr. Brownback to arrange transportation facilities for 500,- was filed for probate. It is estimated at 000 starving Greek children from Greece for $3,500 and was left to his fiancee, Miss Ber- adoption by Turkish families during the nadine Nemyer of Decatur. The couple were duration of the war." The "Unspeakable to have been married on February 13, which Turks" apparently now know how to speak was the end of his flying cadet training. in terms of human sympathy. 12 MUELLER RECORD THE FIRST BICYCLES CLEMENS BLANK DEAD

Some Odd Looking Machines Made to Leaves Record of 44 Years Service Save Walking With Indianapolis Water Co.

In the height of popularity of the bicycle, The passing of Clemens Blank at his In- which was during the 90's, they were con- dianapolis home removes from the ranks a demned as a danger and a menace by many practical water because of the "speed" at which they were works man, who ridden. The driver was known as a "scorch- won his place in er." Under the most favorable racing con- the ranks through ditions, the two mile champion won in 3:43. hard work and Of course, the detested "scorcher" on an un- perseverance. He paved city street or a rough country road joined the Indian- could not approximate that speed. The pe- apolis Water Com- destrian's dislike of bicyclists back in the pany on Septem- nineties has been inherited by the automo- ber 18, 1897, and bile driver of today. Bicycles have a right died at his home on public highways, and even though they December 27, may be troublesome, those who drive cars mourned by all his must not assume proprietary rights on associates and a streets or highways, although many of them host of friends. His like to. duties were diver- Back In Big Volume sified, and it re- The popularity of the bicycle has returned quired a man with in greater volume than most of us ever sus- an active mind and a stout heart to pected or dreamed of. Clemens Blank Tracing back its history, it appears that make the circuit. man has always schemed and planned to es- He had to fire the furnace, issue tail pieces cape the job of walking. The conclusion is or couplings to plumbers, run errands, col- forced upon one that man is inherently too lect water bills, and help in any way about lazy to walk or to work if there is any ave- the office. In those days the office force nue of escape. consisted of four persons. It was this willingness of spirit and his First Called Hobby Horse loyalty to the organization which led to his The first man who tried to get along on advancement to the important position of wheels instead of legs was a Frenchman. He Superintendent of Construction and Mainte- constructed a two-wheeled vehicle with a nance. connecting bar curved into some faint re- semblance to a horse, and therefore it was In 1903 he went to Martinsville, Indiana, dubbed, "hobby horse." This genius strad- taking over the management of the Gas and dled this bar and propelled his contraption Electric Company, which was at that time by contact of feet with pavement, but his a subsidiary of the Indianapolis company. name is lost to fame—writers on the subject Mr. Blank returned to Indianapolis in say. 1912 to take charge of all pipe line work and later, beside new main construction, he Made Some Improvement took over the upkeep of general property Baron Von Drais, a German of Mannheim, around the plant and the maintenance and improved on the Frenchman's "go cart" in operation of the Canal. Control of all land 1818, and in 1819 Londoners broke into the purchased for the Oaklandon Impounding game. The machines of that day were Reservoir now under construction was in known as "draisnene," "pedestrian's curri- his hands. He was well known and liked by cule," "pedestrian's accelerator," and "dandy all of the farmers with whom he came in horse." All of these machines were pro- contact on the latter work, as well as by the pelled by the feet. hundreds of persons he met in daily life. A Real Improvement His 44 years of service speak more elo- Kirkpatrick Macmillan was the first to quently than words of his value to his com- make possible a continuity of motion on a pany. • • • balanced vehicle without touching the feet Close to Quints : to the ground. This was done by affixing "How's the wife, George?" to the "dandy-horse" cranks connected to "Not so well, old boy. She just had long levers that acted upon the rear wheel quinsy." center. This was about 1840, and Macmillan "Gosh! How many is that you've got (Continued on Page 18) now?"

MARCH, 1942 13 CAME WITH CIVILIZATION ONCE NOTED HUMORIST

The Inn and Its Successor the Hotel Henry Wheeler Shaw Discovered He Has Background of Romance Could Write After Failing In Other Lines The history of hotels is the history of civilization. Formerly they were generally Henry Wheeler Shaw was at one time a known as inns, defined as a place where noted American humorist, but few will rec- travelers are entertained with food and lodg- ognize the fact by his name. Even by his ing. A mere restaurant is not included; pen name, "Josh Billings," he will be remem- neither is a boarding house. In the earlier bered only by a few. His quaint style and days the innkeeper was liable without proof assumed homely philosophy were merely a of fault or negligence, for any loss sustained screen. Beneath it all and back of it was a by a guest through theft committed on his keen, brilliant mind. Here is just a sample premises. This rule was first laid down by of his style and wit: the Roman praetor on the theory that inn- keepers generally were a disreputable class "I thank the I^ord there arc two and often in league with robbers. things money can't buy—an easy con- This principle has long since been modi- science and the wag of a dog's tail." fied so that the inn or hotel keeper is not There you have truth, wisdom, and humor now generally liable for any loss unless in one brief sentence. Shaw was born in property has been specially entrusted to his 1818, and died in 1885. He was a native of care. Lancsborough, Massachusetts. His early Where Wits and Artists Met life was spent roving through the middle A lot of romance and sentiment about inns west, but in 1858 he settled in Poughkecpsie and taverns has filtered down through the as a land agent. He was not successful, centuries. This is largely due to the fact and he began writing, which proved to be that they were the congregating places of his natural talent. His style became widely men of letters, professional men, soldiers, popular. It was heightened by his system wits, artists, and travelers. The average of humorous phonetic spelling. His first American knows very little about them. In big hit was his book, "Essa on the Muel." poetry and prose the innkeeper is always The big publications of the time, such as depicted as a jolly, pot-bellied, good natured "The New York Weekly" and "Century host, and to offset this caricature the in- Magazine," were quick to grasp the fact evitable barmaid is always a laughing, that the public liked Billings, not only as a bright-eyed, rosy-cheeked chunk of femin- writer, but on the lecture platform as well. inity. The product of his brain remains un- Today's Tavern Different changed, but it is not the class of humor What we know today as a tavern or an that the world wants today. ' inn is like the pattern in name only. It is It has been our observation that "styles" a place to eat and drink, but with few ex- in humor change with succeeding genera- ceptions no place for over-night entertain- tions, just as the women's hats change with ment of guests. As a matter of common the. season. knowledge, we got back the names "inn" and "tavern" with the annulment of prohi- bition. The name "saloon" smclled bad, and CHINESE NOT SO SLOW the purveyors of drink wanted to get away from the odor. The Chinese are peculiar, but with one of • • • the oldest civilizations they should not be DEATH OF EDWARD V. LEVERETT regarded as dumb and behind the times. The following little news item indicates an Announcement is made by the Conway up to date, wide-awake, enterprising lot of Corporation of the death of Edward Vaulx merchants who know what they want, when Leverett, Conway, Arkansas, Thursday, Jan- they want it, and more than that, how to uary 1. Mr. Levcrett had been associated get it quickly: with the Conway Corporation for more than 30 years in the successful development of To far-off China went a shipment of Municipal Utilities in Conway. "He was," 576 fountain pens by Air Express re- says tbe Conway Corporation, "a model of cently. Consigned to a merchant in industry, efficiency and integrity." Hong Kong, China, the pens, weigh- ing 18 pounds, were flown from New • • • York to San Francisco for connection Shakespeare:— with Pan-American Airways clipper Present fears are less than horrible for the 8700-mile flight across the vast imaginings. Pacific. 14 MUELLER RECORD WELL BATHED NATIONS BIRTH RATE THE BASIS

With Plenty of Bath Facilities Prophetic Words of Edward E. Slosson Americans Lead In Cleanliness In 1927 Vindicated By Todays Conditions The claim that 95 per cent of all bath tubs are in the United States is accepted as true. There are many portions of the world where It is the birth rate of a nation which such luxury as we enjoy is entirely unknown. determines its war strength. This has long In America few houses are erected without been a favorite argument with us. At the bathrooms, toilets, and sinks. In govern- close of the world war of 1914-1918 Germany ment projects for cheaper but better housing started growing a new crop of soldiers. To- the tenants will find that bath accommoda- day Germany has an army largely made up tions have been provided. Even in many of young men born since the last war. modest privately owned homes the bath- Going through our files we came across a room has an accompanying shower, some- forgotten article by Edwin E. Slosson, di- times this may be found in the basement. rector of Science service, which is in line with the opening sentence of this article. Like Old Mill Pond It was published in Colliers, April 27, 1927. This location has its advantage of not re- The opening sentence of that article is: quiring any special care to prevent splash- "The contest for supremacy among Euro- ing of walls and floors. The basement pean nations is being determined now by the shower invites the bather to step under the courage of the women rather than by the shower head, turn on the water, and let it courage of the soldiers." splash at will. A shower is a sort of in- formal affair, anyway, and guarded by too The writer cites birth statistics of France, many rules, takes all the joy out of the England, Wales, and Germany for six years. sport. In every year the birth rate in Germany was the highest. The English birth rate One of the greatest blessings Americans in 1925 had fallen below that of France. enjoy is the bathroom, the toilet facilities, The statistics quoted covered six years, 1920 the sink in the kitchen, and laundry tubs in up to and including 1925. Tanks, bombers, the basement. All of these things are con- poisons, and other hideous helps in whole- ducive to cleanliness and health at all sea- sale slaughter arc useless without men to sons of the year. In these particulars, they build and operate them on the field of battle. have been a powerful influence in shaping Today the words of Mr. Slosson stand out in health}'- lives and fine constitutions of the prophetic vividness. young men called to the colors, and will continue as a necessary adjunct to defense plants. FISHING TOURNAMENT By Comparison Miami's ten thousand dollar fishing tour- A study of such facilities in other coun- nament began January 11 and continues for tries now embroiled in war shows their dis- 99 days. This is the greatest of free for all advantages as compared to the people of sporting events. There is no weighing in, America. The Japanese, always classed as that follows the catch, no special qualifica- a cleanly people, do not enjoy bathing lux- tions, except rod, line, and reel, no selected ury on the scale that we know and practice spot and no age qualification. The person in this country. Even England is not in catching the largest specified game fish takes the same class with us. In Russia a bath it to one of the 37 weighing places, and has tub costs more than 2,000 rubles—more than the fish officially weighed and recorded. The a grand piano. catch may have been made by a millionaire The time is not far distant when outdoor from the deck of his million-dollar yacht toilets will be unknown in this country. or by a colored boy fishing with a willow This will be true of smaller towns as well sapling, line and reel. At the beginning it as cities, because of the extension of watcr was estimated that there would be 250,000 works to villages and small towns during participants. Big fish stories arc in the the past ten years. offing. • • • • • • Mrs. Sigourney:— New Finish for Autos Fear is the white lipp'd sire of subter- A new type of auto finish has been de- fuge and treachery. vised as a result of shortage caused by the Thomas:— war. The new material, it is claimed, elim- Desponding fear, of feeble fancies, full, inates streaking. If this be true it will be weak and unmanly, loosens every power. welcomed by auto owners.

MARCH, 1942 15 Decatur's Admiral PearSSl Harbocrrdantar t Recent events in Pearl Harbor bring back to native born citizens of Decatur memories ********** of the late Rear Admiral Charles Brainard and was in the Pacific area again from 1901 T. Moore. His retirement came early in to 1908. During this time he was Com- Ihe first world's war, when he returned to mandant of the U. S. Naval Station at Tu- Decatur and was very active in doing his tuila, Samoa, and Governor of that island part in civilian movements possession. Tutuila is one of supporting the government. a group of 14 volcanic islands, His world wide knowledge situated about two thousand was an invaluable aid to those miles south of Hawaiian Is- engaged in war activities. lands, and 4,200 miles south- Much of his naval service was west of San Francisco. Ger- in the Pacific ocean; and he many and Great Britain re- possessed early knowledge of nounced the island in 1899, Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, and and the United States accept- Pearl Harbor, which com- ed the agreement in 1900. mand our anxious attention The harbor of Pago-Pago since Japan declared war. situated on the southeast Admiral Moore was a non- coast is the only good harbor committal man on public in the American group of the questions, as is expected of islands. men in the naval branch. The "In 1912 he was Command- writer once said to him: ant of the U. S. Naval Sta- "Your brother, Harry, says tion at Cavite, P. I., and in you know less about politics 1913 he was Commandant of than any man he knows." the U. S. Naval Station at "He's right," was the re- Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, ply, "the only thing I know T. H. anything about is the United "He was transferred to the States Navy, and I'm not retired list July 12, 1915, and supposed to talk about that died in the Naval Hospital with civilians." at Philadelphia on April 4, That one sentence is in- 1923." dicative of the admiral's un- His record is one which derstanding of the rigid rules justifies the confidence and and regulations to which he pride of his neighbors, friends, had sworn allegiance. Off the The Late Rear Admiral and fellow citizens of Decatur. record, however, he could talk Charles Brainard T. Moore It is not the province of a most interestingly of personal publication like Mueller Rec- experiences at sea and of the odd corners of ord to voice opinions or criticisms, but we the world where so many years of his life do feel, knowing Real Admiral Charles had been spent. Brainard T. Moore as Decatur knew him, And here is his record, not gathered from that had he been in Pearl Harbor on that his friends, but furnished us from the Office fatal December 7, he would have been alive of Public Relations (Secretary of the Navy), and alert to the warning of possibilities sent Washington, D. C. by the Secretary of the Navy. "Rear Admiral Charles Brainard T. Moore, U.S.N., was the fifth Governor of American Samoa, having served in that capacity from Will Claim Damages January 30, 1905 to May 21, 1908. W. Vance Baise, Chief Highway Engineer, "Admiral Moore was appointed to the North Carolina Highway and Public Works Naval Academy from the Seventh District Commission, places the damages to state of Illinois in 1869. He graduated in the highways by army maneuvers at $125,000. class of 1873, and for a number of years had When the details are completed a claim will the usual duty of a naval officer in the time be forwarded to the War Department which of peace. will later be placed before the Public Works Administration. "During the Spanish-American War he served as Executive Officer in the USS Ben- • • • nington, one of the vessels under Admiral No Cats Dewey's command in the Philippines. Australia is said to be the only country in "He returned to the United States in 1900 the world that has no species of cats. Rats! 16 MUELLER RECORD ********* ********** * * Flag Prose Poem Won Nation's Plaudits

More Than 6,000,000 Copies of Minnesotan's * Masterwork Circulated In 1918 * Of the thousands of bits of prose and poetry written by Laurence C. Hodgson, none is as famous as his tribute to the American Flag. * Published first in a weekly column he conducted for the "Winnebago Enterprise" in May 1918, within a year more than six million copies had been circulated. In a magnificent frame it decorated the •walls of Rec- tors in New York City, it was to be found in every school room in Iowa, and it was circulated nationally by the American Red Cross. This gem of prose poetry with which he concluded a Memorial Day address in the final * years of the World War follows: Excerpt from St. Paul Dispatch, 3-25-37. *

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TRIBUTE TO THE AMERICAN FLAG * by Larry Hodgson T is no fabric of silk or bunting—no mere beautiful cloth woven by * human hands. It is a living thing, pulsing with the throbbing ardors of humanity, glowing with the fervor of immortal hopes, leaping out in ecstasies of love and dream. It is a song — the song of upward-looking men. It is an altar fragrant with sacrifice. It is a garden wherefrom a nation grew, watered by the pure blood of * heroes. It is a heaven wherein the sanctified are gathered. It is the home where free men dwell. It is the battlefield •whereon honor strikes its blow for * the cause of God. It is a flame springing up to consume injustice and wither the hosts of •wrong. It is a voice that speaks with the eloquence of graves •where sleep those who died to make it mean purity and righteousness. He who looks on that flag with ransomed eyes beholds within its folds the valor and the faith of Lexington and Gettysburg — the blazing of the embattled farmers at Concord Bridge — the fierce splendors of the ocean that was the cradle of John Paul Jones — the clarion death cry above the ruined Alamo — the prayer of Washington at Valley Forge — the agony of Lincoln as he paced the mid- night hours — and, crowning all, the wind-swept faces of boys who die today * along the thunder-smitten hills of France. The flag of the United States is the glory of God shining in the faces of * those who dream of a world made clean enough to be the dwelling place of God. It turns our sorrows into exultation and our sacrifices into melody of service. For such a flag true men will always gladly die — for such a flag good men will always nobly live. *

********* ********* * MARCH, 1942 17 APRIL ANNIVERSARIES THE FIRST BICYCLES (Continued from Page 13) Some Famous Dates in Our National died in 1878. His machine was copied by History Appear one Gavin Daniel, who was acclaimed its in- ventor. It was not until 1892 that the Mac- The month of April has more to it than millan claim was definitely established. April Fools' day. It is rich in anniversaries, Later cranks and pedals were fitted to the some of the greatest in our history. Here front wheel of a "dandy horse" by Pierre arc a few of the most outstanding: Lallement, of Paris, 1864, and the idea was April Affairs later adopted by London as the "bone- April 2, 1792—The first U. S. Mint was es- shaker." tablished. Rear Wheel Drive April 4,1925—American Telephone and There were various changes and styles for Telegraph Company began many years, but all finally gave away to the commercial transmission of safety type produced by J. K. Starkey. This pictures by wire. was a reversion to the rear driving principle April 6, 1909—Commander Robert E. Peary with a substitution of a chain for the levers discovered the North Pole. of Macmillan's machine. Like the auto, the April 9, 1865—Lee's surrender, Appomat- final touch to make the vehicle popular was tox, Virginia pneumatic rubber tires and these were pro- April 12, 1861—Fort Sumptcr, Charleston, duced and patented by J. B. Dunlop in 1888. South Carolina, was fired Col. Pope Big Manufacturer upon. It was about this time that Colonel A. A. April 14, 1865—President Lincoln's assassi- Pope, a manufacturer in Boston, took on the nation. safety bicycle and soon the country was April 16, 1918—Americans repulsed German flooded with them. attack near St. Mihicl, Through Mueller Co. they were introduced France. to Decatur and the surrounding country. At April]?, 1704—"Boston News Letter," first that time we had a gun and sporting goods permanent newspaper in Kng- store in the business section, which was op- lish America, was established. erated and managed by the late Fred B. April 18, 1775—General Gage gathered troops Mueller. to destroy stores at Concord. Don't get gay and laugh at the bicycle. Alarm given by Paul Revere We all may be riding them again according and William Dawes. to the newspapers and the radio. It is April 19, 1775—Battles of Lexington and claimed there will be a larger output this Concord, first hostilities in year in anticipation of automobile problems American Revolution. facing the country. The new bicycle as de- April 20, 1777—New York adopted a state scribed will be a strictly for service—no pol- constitution. ished parts, no extra weight, nothing attrac- April 21, 1836—Texans defeated Mexicans at tive—but it will save us from walking. San Jacinto. • • • April 22, 1794—Pittsburgh incorporated as a Root Hog or Lie? borough. Texas is a big and great state. Everybody April 25, 1775—People of Philadelphia agreed knows that, even the Texans. As one resi- "to associate for the purpose dent of the state said, "that if all the hogs of defending with arms their of Texas had been one big hog he would lives, their property and their have dug the Panama Canal in three roots." liberty." And today we arc • • • doing much the same thing. Save the Soap April 26, 1777—Lafayette sailed for America. Consumers should be economical in the April27,1822—Ulysses S. Grant, 18th Presi- use of soap. This is the advice of the OPM. dent, born. Many ingredients going into soap come from April 28, 1758—James Monroe, 5th president, the Dutch East Indies and the Philippines, born. and imports may be limited. It is not neces- April 28, 1788—Maryland, fifth state, ratified sary to tell little boys about this—they'll take care of it without cautioning. U. S. Constitution. • • • April 30, 1812—Louisiana admitted to the The Real Cause Union. "I'm worried—it's raining and my wife is • • • downtown." Pastor: "Are you troubled with improper "Oh, she'll probably step inside some thoughts?" store." Sinner: "Naw, I rather enjoy "em." "That's why I'm worried."

18 MUELLER RECORD COMMONPLACE FACTS But "They ate Dnteleltina

Now Over Seas Inaugurated in 1927 overseas radio service soon became world-wide in its reach. When not affected by war conditions, this service, supplemented by that provided by land lines, makes it possible for every Hell telephone to connect with about 93% of all the world's telephones. Emory a Pioneer What marvelous strides and efficiency since that day 65 years ago, in May 1877, when Charles Emory's faith in the then new instrument prompted him to become the first person in the world to pay real money for the rental of a pair of instruments. There were, perhaps, richer, more power- "This is Uncle Sam, calling Hitler, Musso- ful and maybe smarter men in that day lini, Japs, and the rest of their ilk. Just want than Charles Emory, but they belonged to to tell you boys thai I've rolled up my sleeves the "can't-be-done" class, and looked upon and will be stepping on your tails presently, the telephone as a scientific toy. and ivhen you begin to squeal I'll plant my brognns on your anatomy where they belong." MONUMENT TO COW From the United States we can reach 95% Here we have "old bossy" on a pedes- of the users of phones in the world. We tal. This monument to a cow, was erect- have more automobiles than any country in ed at Seattle, Wash- the world, and we have more telephones. ington, to the mem- We have only 6% of the world's population, ory of Segis Pieter- but we have 23,000,000 telephones or about Je P r o s p e c t, a one-half of the world's total. All phones in world's champion. use can be reached from one in this country. What w o u 1 d the The phone is an inestimable necessity in world do without business, in social and domestic life and "old Bossy,'' a within certain secret necessities in war. source of life to the Not Extravagance h u 111 an f a 111 i 1 y . No one is too poor to rent a phone in this Think of the infantile mortality, whose country. Maids, laundresses, nurses have mothers are unable to provide natural food. them so that they can be reached quickly by Important as the cow is, its exact origin has regular patrons and new prospects. This is not been definitely known, but has been not an extravagance—it is just good business. generally assigned to two wild species. The history of the telephone reads like ro- Our dependence on cattle for life is so mance. Its phenomenal success and growth common that it commands little thought or began when the correct underground cable attention, but thinking men say "they arc was perfected. First experiments with this perhaps the most useful of domesticated ani- sixty years ago were only partially success- mals." Their flesh is part of the daily food ful, but gave promise enough to justify con- of man—butter, cheese, and milk are on tinued experiments. every table; their hides go to make leather; Came In 1892 their hair forms part of plaster; their hoofs In 1892 lead covered paper insulated cables are used for glue; their bones for fertilizer, were perfected so as to justify removal of ornaments, buttons, and many other pur- wires in some larger cities. By 1912 an all- poses. Cattle have been domesticated in Asia cable telephone, route Washington to Bos- and Europe from prehistoric times, and arc ton, was partially completed and in service mentioned in writings at least 4,000 years in 1914. By 1932 the East and Dallas were old. The principal breeds in America are the connected. Aberdeen, Angus, Galloway, Hereford, and Cable connecting New York to Chicago Shorthorn (formerly Durham). They are was completed in 1925, to St. Louis in 1926 all popular, each having certain points which to Omaha in 1931. appeal to breeders. It appears that these in- MARCH, 1942 19 dividual points are not combined in any one than that ordinarily used. The modern Ro- strain. The most popular and widely dis- man cement was developed during the early tributed of beef cattle, are the Shorthorns, years of the nineteenth century. Artificial which originated in northeastern England. hydraulic cement was first manufactured in They were imported into America in 1783. France in 1813, and in England in 1822. Cherry, a Shorthorn, is the world's record About 1825, Portland cement was invented. milk producer. This cow, owned at Red The ingredients of concrete are cement, wa- House Farm, Limesbury, Wiltshire, Eng- ter, and aggregate. Any kind of hydraulic land, broke all records by producing in one cement may be used, but as a rule Portland year 41,644^4 pounds of milk. cement is preferred, an artificial cement pro- • • • duced by the calcination and subsequent pul- verization of a carefully proportioned mix- PRODUCTION JUMPS ture of carbonate of lime and clay or slag. Smoke pouring from factory stacks is a The other ingredients of concrete are sure sign of production, but not always ma- known as "fine aggregate" and "coarse ag- terial domestic pros- gregate." The first consists of sand, crushed pcrity. Today it stone, or gravel screenings. Coarse aggre- means tanks, bomb- gate may be gravel, broken stone, blast fur- ers, shells, and ships, nace slag, or other inert materials. symbols of war. In something over elev- en months, since the defense program got under way, industry's output increased 24%, Poets Always the largest increase in physical output in any period in our history. This is only the be- First to Step ginning. Some of the biggest plants—auto- mobile—manufacturers are not yet going at On the Pedal full capacity. They are just beginning. Di- verting orderly manufacturing processes to one purpose, means that the public will have to make sacrifices. These, perhaps, will THY MERRY STEP DRAWS NEAR prove disappointing and inconvenient to thousands. It will be, in a measure, like Gentle spring! in sunshine clad, taking from a child his favorite toy. With Well dost them thy power display! the automobile output limited, including For winter makcth the light heart sad, tires, there will be thousands who will feel And thou, thou maketh the sad heart gay, and understand what war really means, and He sees thee, and calls to his gloomy train, how eventually it touches each of us. Chins The sleet, the snow, and the wind, and the up, be a good soldier, and don't crab. May- rain; be it is a blessing- in disguise in making us And they shrink away, and they flee in fear, realize that legs were made to walk with When thy merry step draws near. before automobiles were dreamed of. • • • Winter giveth the fields and the trees, so old, IN NAME ONLY The beards of icicles and snow; And the rain, it raineth so fast and cold, Concrete, cement, and Portland cement We must cower over the embers low; are all closely related. Portland, Oregon, And, snugly housed from the wind and or Portland, Maine, weather, have nothing to do Mope like birds that are changing feather. with the name. It is But the storm retires, and the sky grows so called, so a leaflet clear, of the National Cham- When thy merry step draws near.

Winter maketh the sun in the gloomy sky Wrap him around with a mantle of cloud; ber of Commerce tells us, because of its But, heaven be praised, thy step is nigh; similarity to Portland stone. In the middle Thou tearest away the mournful shroud, ages little advance was made in building ce- And the earth looks bright, and winter surly, ments. The modern cement industry dates Who has toiled for naught both late and from the last half of the eighteenth century. early, John Smeaton, (1742-92) in his work on the Is banished afar by the new-born year, Eddystone Lighthouse, found that an impure When thy merry step draws near. clayey limestone furnished a better mortar —Longfellow

20 MUELLER RECORD one way and the man the other. Later the J£ Animals In The News'I % bear was smoked out of a sewer tile by its ^'* The cat will mew, and dog will have hii, ^'^ owner, a visiting trailcrite. It was a pet 9jS day.—Shakespeare.—Hamlet, Act V. 8j8 and tame. VlV •^^^^^^^••••••••••^^^^^^^^••••^•^^^^^^^^^••••••MMBMM WlV • Among the new animals in the New York • "Idaho l.'ete," warc- Zoo are two baby pandas, sent from China liousc cat of a Malada, by Mmc. Chiang-Kai-Shek and Mmc. H. H. Idaho, flour mill gets Kung to American children in appreciation into the news through of Chinese relief aid. Two cases of live "The Express Messen- bamboo shoots were brought along to nour- ger," excellent publi- ish the baby pandas until they become cation of the Railway accustomed to their new fare — orange juice, Express. "Idaho Pete" milk, honey, and raw eggs. made a trip in a freight car routed to the navy and dry store divi- • Officers at Fort Ontario, plagued by mice nibbling on valuable records, secured a cat, sions warehouse, San Diego, Calif. He sur- but the nibbling went on. One night officers vived an eight day ride without food or made an investigation and found the cat and water. The navy members immediately mice scampering about the room in friendly adopted Pete and were disappointed when frolic. an air mail letter came from the flour com- pany that Pete's return by express collect would be greatly appreciated. The navy • Pupils in the Decatur city and county supply department built a three-room feline schools have been organized as a Junior Hu- mane Society. It is intended that this or- house cage, equipped with a rest room, liv- ganization cooperate with the adult society ing room and a kitchen stocked with cat in protecting animals from brutal and in- food. It was painted red, white and blue. human treatment. The county superintend- And a note was attached: "In this package ent cited an Illinois law that all pupils in is a tomcat, "Idaho Pete." He was fed and public schools shall receive one-half hour a cared for by the workers who supply the week of "humane and moral education." U. S. fleet. We will miss him."

• Out of eighteen lost advertisements in a • Strongheart, the dog well known in the metropolitan paper one-half were for dogs movies, is a super-intelligent police dog. lost. Strongheart is a one man dog and performs only for his master. This is true of most all clogs. Being trained by one person it • Duke is a Boston bull equal to any "see- seems that the commands he uses are not ing eye" dog in leading and protecting his understood by the dog when given by any blind mistress who is 85 years old. She lives one else. in Oakland, Calif. Duke is seven years old and was missing two weeks, but finally lo- cated in Chattanooga, Tenn. A couple found • Superintendent of the Edinburg Zoologi- with the dog claimed to have taken him by cal gardens says more lions have been born mistake. The dog was in Dr. Guy P. Hat- and raised there than any place in the world. chett's small animal hospital until returned Three hundred and sixty-eight lion cubs is to California by Railway Express in a spec- the figure given. One lioness, "Nigeria," ially constructed crate and, after a fast 2600- lived 23 years in the gardens and bore 32 mile trip, is again serving its California mis- cubs, and these cubs had given birth to 46 tress in her home and about the streets of cubs before "Nigeria" died. Oakland. • Fifty tourists in Yellowstone Park this • To rescue a crying puppy which had year were bitten by the bears by August 1. fallen into a sewer trench one Decatur po- This is more than were bitten during the en- liceman went in head first, while his mate tire year of 1940. The bear attacks were held him by the feet. Residents nearby had nearly all the result of tourists trying to take sent in to headquarters a hurry-up call for pictures of the animals. help. • • • "I heard you let your maid go and are • A Decatur man, wandering through a city looking for another one." cemetery, came face to face with a big black "Yes, I'm looking for one that won't han- bear. One brief glance and the bear went dle china like Japan does bombs." MARCH, 1942 21 FIRST AID CALL A faculty member in a London medi- cal college proudly wrote a notice on the blackboard in his classroom. "Professor Jennings informs his stu- dents that he has been appointed honor- ary physician to His Majesty, King- George." When he returned to the classroom in TTTTTTTTTTTVTTTVTTTTTTTTTTTY' the afternoon he found beneath, this line: MUST MEAN BEAK "GOD SAVE THE KING." Doctor: "May I kiss you?" Nurse: "Certainly not. Do you think USUAL SYMPTOMS [ want to have a doctor's bill thrust in Doctor: "Have you any idea how your my face?" wife caught this terrible cold?" Husband: "I think it was on account SAFETY FIRST of her coat." Doctor (to patient who is opening his Doctor: "Too thin, eh?" purse): "No, don't bother to pay me in Husband: "No, it was last winter's advance." coat, and she didn't wear it." Patient: "I'm not. I was just count- ing- my money before you give me gas." SHOE ON WRONG FOOT Doc: "I can't quite diagnose your case. I think it must be drink." LITTLE BY LITTLE Old Soak: "All right, Doctor, I'll Tonsils: "I got my whiskers on the come back when you're sober." installment plan." Adenoids: "The installment plan?" • • • Tonsils: "Yes; a little down each AND SHE GOT MAD week." Absent-mindedness is an embarrassing af- fliction or habit. It is a temporary state in AHA! THE SECRET'S OUT which the mind fails to respond to the Patient: "Have you been a dentist ordinary demands on one's attention. It is very long, Doc?" due largely to extreme concentration and is Dentist: "No, T was a riveter till I not confined to professors as the jokester got too nervous to work up high." would have you believe. Anyone may be a victim and frequently bring down wrath or trouble upon one's SMART OR SARCASTIC head. There was the young motorist who Nuts: "Dr. Jiggins, the lunacy expert, took his girl into a fashionable cafe for is my uncle." dinner and said to the attentive waiter: Smarty: "Oh, how nice. You probab- "Fill 'er up. She'll hold about ten gallons." ly get cut rates on his services, don't And the young lady arose and left in a state you?" of virtuous indignation. The young- man never has been able to A TENACIOUS LIVER explain it as an instance of absent-minded- Doctor's Clerk: "Yes sir, that medi- ness. The young lady insists that absent- cine sure is powerful. Best stuff we mindedness is a disease and restricted to have for the liver. Makes ya peppy." college professors. Patient: "Well, can you give me any • • • specific references, I mean people who Lot of Feet have taken said medicine with good re- The yearly production of shoes for civilian sults?" use in the United States is about 400,000,000 D. C.: "Well, there was an old man pairs or eight million individual shoes. Big- living next to us who took this liver Saturday foot laundry? medicine three years." • • • Patient: "Well, did it help him?" Zangwill:— America is the crucible of God. It is D. C.: "He died last week." the melting pot where all' races are Patient: "Oh, I see." fusing and reforming — these arc the D. C.: "And they had to beat his liver fires of God you have come to— with a stick for three days after he died Into the crucible with you all, God is before they could kill it." making America. 22 MUELLER RECORD WATER WORKS WEEK ********** President Howson Names Prominent Man on Committee

President Louis R. Howson, of the A in eric a n Water Works Association, has asked H. A. Van Norman, general man- ager and Chief Engi- *********New Amusement Tax * neer Bureau of Water Judge: "I fine you $1.10 for beating your Works and Supply, Los wife." Angeles, to act as chair- Defendant: "Yer overcharging me." man of a committee to Judge: "That extra dime is for amusement consider a National tax." Water Works Week. This movement origi- Agreeable to Boss nated in the convention Clerk: "I am grieved, sir, to hear of your of the Association at partner's death. Would you like me to take Toronto last summer. his place?" President Howson has Boss: "Very much, if you could get the Louis R. Howson asked the following to undertaker to arrange it." serve on the committee: Warren J. Scott, Director Bureau of San- One Guess Only itary Engineering, State Department of "Daddy and I won't be home tonight, Health, Hartford, Conn. Johnny, do you want to sleep alone or with H. H. Brown, Superintendent, Milwaukee, nursie?" Wisconsin. Johnny: "What would you do, Daddy?" Alexander Lindsay, Superintendent, Spo- —Rotary Felloe. kane, Washington. R. W. Reynolds, West Palm Beach Water Safely Anchored Company, West Palm Beach, Fla. "So that second-hand car you bought is shaky?" There is no doubt that the public has ".Til say it is. Since I've been riding in become more water conscious since the war. it, I've had to discard my belt and fasten The wrecking of a water works by a bond) niy trousers to my shirt with safety pins.." would endanger the lives of thousands, especially in the larger cities. There arc Beats Most of Us other dangers, such as polluting the water Employer: "Anything you can do better supply. than anyone else?" A lesson conies from far away Hong Applicant: "Yes, I can read my hand- Kong, where the vicious Japanese smashed writing." water mains, reservoirs and otherwise worked complete failure of the water sup- Beggars Not Choosers ply. These were factors forcing surrender. "Why do you feed every tramp who comes A water works week, sure, why not make along? They never do any work for you." it a water works year? "No, but it's quite a satisfaction to see a man cat a meal without finding fault with the cooking." LAUNCH FOR WATER TREAT- Ethics MENT "Vot is ethics? Veil, I vill show you. At the Crystal Springs Reservoir, San Fran- Suppose a lady comes into the store, buys a cisco water supply system, a pretty little lot of goods and pays me ten dollars too launch is a part of the equipment. It is much when she goes out. Then ethics comes used for treatment of water to rid it of algae in. Should I or should I not tell my part- and other marine plants which frequently ner?" taint the water with an unpleasant and dis- agreeable taste, as well as discoloring it. Helpful Hints As the little launch chugs about the reser- He: "If you keep looking at me like that voir, the water is sprayed with copper sul- I'm going to kiss you." phate from treating equipment in the boat. She: "Well, I can't hold this expression Other reservoirs are treated by dragging the much longer." copper sulphate in bags.

MARCH, 1942 23 as- NOT LIKE AMERICA Barnyard Humor Germans Live in a State of Distrustful Fear of Others

There is "an American way" different from DISSATISFIED that of any other country. It's a funda- "That's the guy I'm laying for," mut- mental principle handed down to us, by our tered the little black hen, as the farmer wise and far-seeing forefathers. It's a fun- crossed the yard.—The Bee Hive. damental conception of freedom—individual freedom. TIMES CHANGE It means freedom of speech, of worship, Insurance Agent: "What do you think a free press and the right of assembly and is the trouble with farming?" of residence. Farmer: "Well, in my day when we It gives us the right to choose our own talked about what we could raise on 60 occupation, to embark upon an enterprise acres, we meant corn—not loans." individually or by combining our talents with those of others. AT A STANDSTILL Pretty Much as We Please Farmer Hayc: "That Jones boy who We have the right to participate in our used to work for you wants me to give government by selection of representatives him a job. Is he steady?" to carry out our wishes, and if they prove Farmer Seede: "Well, if he was any themselves unworthy, to retire them and steadier, he'd be motionless." choose men who will obey the mandate of the voters. And there are many other liber- TWO IN ONE ties and rights so common that they are Visitor: "Is this a good farming given little thought. Free speech is held to country?" be a right that no one may interfere with. Farmer Fuddlemuch: "Why mister, Fear—Day and Night this land grows potatoes so big that it How different from other countries!— only takes six to make a dozen." Germany, for instance. We talked with a German woman, who in middle life aban- OFF TO GOOD START doned her native land after the first world Farmer Applcknockcr retired and war and came to America. She still main- moved to the big city. In the morning, tained a love of her homeland, but the con- after spending the first night in the new ditions under which she lived—Ach! Nein! home, his wife said: "Well, Pa, hain't Afraid to trust her neighbors and friends. it about time you was getting up to Dared not even to whisper what she thought build the fire?" of the government for fear of betrayal and "No, siree," replied the old gent. "I'll punishment. Living in constant dread and call the Fire Department. We might as fear. That's what is the matter with Ger- well get used to these city conveniences man citizens today. The fear they feel by right now." day and night. It was bad enough in the other war— PAREGORIC QUICK but nothing to what it is today. Tourist: "Why are those trees in the • • • orchard all bent over?" GALVESTON DOCKS GUARDED Farmer: "You'd bend over, too, if The Intercoastal Canal between Galveston you were full of green apples." and Corpus Christi, Texas, has been com- pleted, according to the "Galveston Wharf PASS THE MAIL PLEASE Magazine," but will not be navigable until Farmer Jenkins: "Anything for me, some time this spring. Postmaster?" Another item of interest regards the pre- P. M.: "Don't see nuthin1." cautions that are now being taken at sea- Farmer J.: "I was expectin' a card ports. Along the Galveston water front from Aunt Jinny, tellin' me when she's every approach to the wharves is being comin'." guarded. P. M.: "Hannah did you see a card Additional police have been placed in ser- from Sile's Aunt Jinny?" , vice and no one is permitted on the docks Hannah: "Yes, I give it to Mirandy except those who can show that they have Jones to read. She should uv brought business there. All roads leading to the it back before this." docks are also carefully guarded. 24 MUELLER RECORD Pa fa S» fa fa fa

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fa Tfee /irst Pullman car was built by George M. Pullman for the Chicago and Alton. This road employed him for that purpose. He did not actually build the cars, but reconstructed two old day coaches. This was in 1859. In 1864 he built his first modern sleeper, calling it the "Pioneer." It cost $18,000. It was first used on the train which carried the body of Lincoln from Washington to Spring- field. and industrial undertaking as railroading. WHY DIDN'T THEY? The tremendous responsibility for human lives compels every safety precaution known Railroads Did Not Do Certain Things in the operation of trains. Because of Conditions No Chance, No Guessing Every experienced and practical manager In a little booklet entitled "Science Rides of a railroad will take no chance on any the Rails," Mr. J. J. Pelley, president Asso- innovation, until assured beyond reasonable ciation of American Railroads, gives some doubt, that the step forward is a safe one. very interesting information in answer to This care is not confined to any one item or the oft repeated query, "Why didn't the rail- division; it covers a big array not only roads do that years ago?" What the public mechanically, but also in plans, policies, etc. overlooks is the question of time and experi- These include purchased supplies and such mentation essential to safe and practical things as draft gears, couplers, brakes, and development of new steps in railroading. other mechanism of which the public knows The streamlined train is an instance. At nothing. These have cost millions of dollars the turn of the century a train appeared in research work. which bore remarkable resemblance to the present day streamliners. More for Your Money Because "Science Rides the Rails," the Adam's Windsplitter public today travels faster, safer, more com- It was known as "Adam's Windsplitter," fortably and for less money than at any but tests proved it would be a waste of time period of American railroad history. and money to streamline anything which Mr. Pelley in closing his article says: traveled less than a mile a minute. Eventu- "In 1930, the total mileage run by passen- ally, scientific research and improvements ger trains at average speeds of 60 miles an made travel at high speeds possible. The hour, or more, was only 1,100 miles a day. streamlined train of today should not be Today passenger trains operating at 60 miles classed as a revolutionary step in railroad- an hour or better, cover an average of ing. On the contrary, it is a convincing 65,000 miles daily—and passengers travel reminder of the evolutionary process of with economy in comfort, even luxury, un- change which has marked railroading since dreamed of even a few years ago. The pas- its earliest days. senger's dollar today will carry him 57 miles; The First Pullman whereas, in 1921, it would take him only As an instance, look at the illustration of 32 miles." the first Pullman sleeper, and think it over • • B when you crawl into your bed in a modern Satisfied sleeping car of today. Research and ex- Personnel Director: "Have you any ref- periment are today behind advancement in erences?" practically every line. Ideas are not ac- Applicant: "Sure, here's the letter: 'To cepted until they are proved up. This is whom it may concern. John Jones worked particularly essential in such a commercial for us one week and we're satisfied.' "

MARCH, 1942 25 Prof. Abel Wolman Named President . . . The recent meeting cember 31, 1938, 3,359; December 31, 1939, of the American Water 3,710; December 31, 1940, 3,957; December Works Association was 31, 1941, 4,177. one of interest to all Honor For Mr. Newkirk water works men as For the most outstanding service rendered well as to the general during the last year, the American Water public. The importance Works Association awarded the J. M. Diven of this gathering is best Medal to Samuel F. Newkirk, Jr., engineer shown by the attend- and superintendent of the Elizabethtown, ance. Of the thirty-three N. J., Water Works. This is one of the members of the board, most coveted honors this great association thirty-two were pres- has to bestow. The findings of the first two ent. In accordance with years were cited as "being of substantial the requirements, the value to the entire water works field." Mr. Mr. Abel W olman following officers were Newkirk has been associated with the Eliza- nominated for 1942: bethtown city water department since its For President: Abel Wolman, Professor of organization in 1931, and for four years prior Sanitary Engineering, Johns Hopkins was water engineer for the Elizabethtown University, Baltimore. Water Company. He is a graduate of Penn- For Vice-President: Samuel B. Morris, sylvania State College with bachelor of sci- Dean, School of Engineering, Stanford ence and civil engineering degrees, is a University, California. member of the American Society of Civil For Treasurer: William W. Brush, Editor, Engineers, director in the American Water 24 W. 40th Street, New York, N. Y. Works Association, and a member of the New England Water Works Association. In case no other nominations arc filed prior to March 1, these nominees will be • • • considered elected to office for the period FOUR FULL PAGES beginning at the close of the 1942 general conference and ending with the close of the 1943 conference. An Exhaustive Treatise On Clarksburg, The board gave serious consideration to W. Va., Water Reservoirs the subject of sabotage as affecting water works and water supply, making numerous We have before us a copy of the Clarks- recommendations of steps to be taken for burg, West Virginia, Exponent-Telegraph of protection. February 1, 1942. Editorial and news con- The following water works men were tent speak plainly of the character and qual- named for honorary membership: ity of (his paper which measures up favor- James M. Caircl, consulting chemist and ably with some bearing metropolitan ear bacteriologist of Troy, N. Y., a member marks. Four full pages are given over since 1900. to publication of the "Clarksburg Water Wilford W. DcBerard, city engineer of Board's Treatise on Water Reservoirs." The Chicago, and a member of the association introduction says: since 1912. The report is an exhaustive treatment of William E. Vest, manager Water Works, the water supply in the West Fork Con- Charlotte, N. C., member since 1911. servancy district. No detail is overlooked Winner of Diven Medal for 1942 and the article because of this is of interest S. E. Newkirk, Jr., Elizabethtown, N. J., to all water works men and the public in for his leadership of the committee on me- general. ters during the past two years. The introduction to the report says: "Pre- Winner of Goodell Prize for 1942 pared by Scotland G. Highland, Secretary R. F. Goudey for his paper in the March and General Manager of the Clarksburg Wa- 1941 issue of the Journal of the American ter Board for presentation at a public hearing Water Works Association, Volume 33. This held in the Criminal Court room of the Court paper was on the subject "Practical Aspects House, at Clarksburg, on December 4, 1941, of Cross-Connection, Inter-Connection and at 2:00 P. M. on the subject of the Prelim- Back-Flow Protection." inary Examination to be made of the West The Association has had a healthy growth. Fork River and tributaries, West Virginia, The membership total at the end of each authorized by Act of Congress, Approved of the past six years was: December 31, April 18, 1941, Public Law 228—77th Con- 1936, 2,734; December 31, 1937, 3,064; De- gress." 26 MUELLER RECORD The National Capital The Center News Notes of Akin to Feverish Activity Defense and War A 45,000 ton battleship requires some 20,- 24-hour mission is about equal to the amount 000 tons of steel; an aircraft carrier, about an average automobile would require to 17,000 tons; a cruiser, 5,500 tons. The fig- make five trips around the world! ures arc exclusive of the steel in the ship's * * * guns. "So far as history relates, free enter- * * * prise and democracy have grown hand "We must accept the disciplines of in hand. I do not think we can have democracy as well as its freedoms. And the one without the other. I think any those disciplines must come from our- effort, therefore, to destroy free enter- selves, they must be reflections of prise . . . . , will be destruction for our our own attitudes."—Harry Woodburn democracy."—A. W. Birdwell, President, Chase, Chancellor, New York Univer- Austin Teachers College. sity. * * * * * * The average consumption of steel in this The amount of money that the United country equals 600 pounds a year for each States has already spent on defense is esti- American. The comparable average for tex- mated at twice the value of all the farm- tiles is 30 pounds, and for oil products, 2,500 lands in the original 13 states. pounds. * * * * • • "American industry has discovered Substitution of materials in regular course that whatever can be done to improve of business is not looked upon as ethical, but the health of its workers and executives war conditions make it not only a virtue, is a sound investment for both employer but in some instances may prove better and and employee. Now it becomes also a more acceptable. The quarter master's contribution to national defense."—Dr. corps of War Department is said to have Victor G. Heiser, Medical Consultant, already introduced 800 substitute articles for National Association of Manufacturers. metals and oilier materials now hard to ob- * * * tain. Among these are: Bronze, zinc, nickel, copper, aluminum, There arc more than 400 transports in our linen, cork, chromium, cadmium, steel, rub- commercial airlines. In a recent month, ber, manila, fiber, magnesium, silk, lead, our domestic airlines flew more than 10 mil- asbestos, and paper. lion miles—the equivalent each day of a trip Plate glass, soft annealed steel, malleable to the moon plus four trips around the iron, and ceramic ware have been substi- earth's circumference! tuted for brass. Instead of copper, the * * * quartermaster specifies sheet lead, steel, gal- "Show me an American and I'll show vanized iron, or ceramic ware. you a man who not only has courage, Paint, synthetic enamel, and porcelain but who is honest, generous to a fault, enamel have been used to save galvanized has a sense of humor, has common finish or nickel plating. sense; in short, he's a man. He may These examples indicate the length to be a clerk or a capitalist, a student or a which we may have to go to keep the wheels professor, a steel mill employee or the flying. owner of a steel mill. He's first, last Recommendations concerning revisions to and always for America, and the Ameri- the United States standards for drinking can way of living."—Dan F. Griffin. water qualities soon will be referred to Sur- * * * geon-General Thomas Parran. A commit- One large, four-engined bomber of the tee appointed about a year ago is about lype American industry is now building for ready to make a final report. defense carries tip to 11,000 gallons of gaso- The government take off from the new line when fully loaded for flight. This ca- lax law on slot and pinball machines from pacity is more than that of a standard rail- October 1 to December 31 was $4,708,696. way tank car. And the gasoline used on a Wisconsin led all states with $477,000. MARCH, 1942 27 MAN'S A MAN FOR A' THAT OUR LIGHT HOUSES

Different Measuring Sticks to Determine We Have 83 on American Coasts— Prince of Wales' Example Three in Hawaii

The measure of a man is something of The World Almanac lists 87 light houses in a problem, the solution of which depends the United States territory, three of them be- upon your object, and purpose. If it is ing in Hawaii. The candle power given ranges height, breadth or circumference, a tape line from 200,000 to 9,000,000 at Navesink, N. J. or a yard stick will come nearest to giving The Fire Island, N. Y., light is 167 feet high facts. Measuring him for his intelligence is and is visible for 19 nautical miles. There not so easy. He may be as wise as Solo- are many devices for signaling. A typical mon, but make you think he is as dumb as fog signaling installation consists of gasoline an oyster. Otherwise he may be as dumb as or oil driven air-compressors, discharging an oyster with just enough veneer to fool compressed air into a large storage tank. you into thinking that he is a Solomon come From this the air is allowed to flow to the to judgment. sounding device under the accurate control of a signal timer, which coordinates the fog DiEerent Measures signal, the light in the tower, and the radio Measuring him for his breeding may be beacon signals. done by his genealogical background or by his self-acquired habits and culture. If the Radio Beacons measurement is on his training or manners Radio beacons are part of the equipment give him a knife and fork and study his use of some of the lighthouses. They are an of those feeding implements. If you wish effective type of marine signals. These do to measure his gentlemanly qualifications, not send spoken words, but dot and dash study his unassumed courtesy or lack of it signals, repeated over and over again. The to men of all degrees. A gentleman is al- ship master, hearing these dot and dash sig- ways a gentleman, who puts those he meets nals, can immediately tell which lighthouse at ease with no show of deference or con- is heard. A radio direction finder tells ex- descension but with a reserve which leaves actly from which direction the signal comes, no doubt of his own self-possession. and enables him to plot his position on the As Webster Sees Him chart. Valuable In Fog Webster describes a gentleman as one well bred or of refined feelings. He is also one These radio beacons are particularly valu- who can by his treatment of others put them able in fog because a vessel may steer for at ease, thus disarming them of any feeling the signal when everything else is shut off of inequality as did the Prince of Wales, from view. These beacons are said to have when entertaining an eminent commoner greatly increased the efficiency and effective- dining with him. ness of our lighthouse system. The Highest Guests Tittered The highest light maintained by the United The table was surrounded by royal per- States guard is atop of the Island Lehua, sonages. When coffee was served this Hawaii, 707 feet above sea level; on the Pa- guest drank from his saucer. An almost in- cific coast at Cape Mendocino, California, audible titter went around the table. The 422 feet above sea level, and on the Atlantic prince, however, gravely poured his coffee coast, Marcus Hook, Delaware, 278 feet. into his saucer. The other guests accepted the rebuke and did likewise. Douglas and Cicero WELL! WELL! Stephen A. Douglas, abused in the Sen- The name of Dr. F. Scott McBride ap- ate, said: "What no gentleman should say, pears in the papers for one of the few times no gentleman should answer." Gentleness since the days of prohibition, when he was always outranks power or position. a head-liner almost daily. Now he shows It was Cicero who was called a plebeian up in a little filler lucked away in an obscure by a patrician and his soft reply was: "I am corner of the "Chicago Tribune." It is a plebeian, for the nobility of my family be- "dry reading," of course. He announces a gins with me, while that of yours ends with campaign to "conserve grain and man pow- you." er," during the war, and indicates the first Quoting the first Roosevelt, it pays "to step would be to seek a ban on beer and speak softly but carry a big stick." This liquor in and around army camps. Believe applies to peace, politeness, and manners, as it or not, the "Doc" said "there is no im- well as war. mediate plan to ask total prohibition." 28 MUELLER RECORD fa fa fa fa te fa fa fa fa fa On the Home Front Mrs. Dinocan: "They say the war is caus- ing a great increase in the number of mar- riages." In The Dinocan: "I thought we had agreed not to keep dragging up the horrors of war." Army Now Have a Care fa "Hi, What are you doing, Jim?" fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa "Sharpenin" a bit of pencil." "You'll 'ave the union after you, me lad. Spy as Bear ' That's a carpenters job, that is." At Basra, one of Ihe ports of entry into Iraq, an Arab with a dancing bear on a chain Credit on Next Term on the water front attracted attention. The Prison Governor: "I'm sorry; I find we bear excited an officer's suspicion. Giving a have kept you here a week too long." quick tug at the bear's hide, he exposed a Convict: "That's all right, sir. Knock it man said to be an enemy spy. off next time." • • • Just Like Last War 1st Pvt.: "How come the black eye?" H. L. CAREER'S RECORD 2nd Pvt.: "That widow I met last night ain't no widow." Has Made Fine Showing As Superintend- ent At Belleville. Ohio Saturday Night Soldiers Harold E. Garber is in his twenty-sixth Two young negroes, Atlanta, Ga., applied year as a superintendent of water works in to the recruiting officers for a job guarding Belleville, Ohio. In fact, he has always been "dat Binning road." superintendent, having taken charge Sep- "You mean Burma road; know where it tember 1, 1916, when the system was in- is?" stalled. "Yas sur, 'tween here and Birmin'ham." Now the system includes 1,859 feet of 10" "Oh, no, it's in China." cast iron mains, 1,024 feet of 8", 8,906 feet "Just tear up dem papers; we thought of 6", and 8,619 feet of 4" cast iron mains. we could get into Birmin'ham every Satur- There are 38 fire hydrants, and 28 main line day night." , valves. In the beginning the system had 33 consumers, and now has 295. Speaking New Kitchen Policeman of his early service, Mr. Garber recalls that Picket: "Halt! Who goes there?" he had to transport his tapping machine in R. G.: "Regimental commander." a wheelbarrow. The water supply is ob- Picket: "Dismount, sir, and advance to be tained from two wells, but a new well will recognized." have to be drilled in the near future and The colonel dismounted and came over to equipped with a larger capacity modern the picket, who presented arms with a snap. pumps in order to meet the increased de- Picket: "Proceed, sir!" mands for water s'ervice. Mr. Garber is a R. G.: "By the way, who posted you firm believer in good construction material there?" and good installations. He has found that Picket: "Oh, nobody, sir. I'm just prac- this pays in the long run. In a quarter of a ticing." century he has encountered the minimum of complaints from the plant's patrons. Belleville, Ohio, is an excellent example Admits It of small town development of a water works Hard Boiled Captain in Home Defense plant. The small town residents are just Corps: "Your name?" as eager for running water as residents of The Private: "Joe Connolly, sir." a larger city. They will do their part in Captain: "Your age?" patronage whenever a small plant is well Private: "Twenty-four, sir." managed and efficiently maintained, together Captain: "Your rank?" with, cordial and friendly relations. After Private: "I know it, sir." all, supplying water is a question of good merchandising. Uniform Off Balance • • • Captain: "Don't you know how to stand A good cause makes a strong arm. at attention?" Rookie in oversized uniform: "I am, sir. A good law without enforcement is like an It's my uniform that is at ease." unperformed promise. MARCH, 1942 29 a noted artist was a REMBRANDT PEALE pioneer in gas industry Baltimore Gas Co. "Folks" gives us a painters. His flair for showmanship was in- good story about gas. It is still an inter- herited from his father, Charles William esting subject. It was first discussed in 1739 Peale, the artist, whom he assisted in the ex- by Dr. John Clayton in a paper presented hibition of skeletons of two mastadons, to the Royal Philosophical Society. It was which the elder Peale dug up in New York not until 1797, however, that its practical state. value as an illuminant was demonstrated by Rembrandt Peak, the gas and museum William Murdoch, a Scotchman. The first man at the age of 13, painted a self-portrait. gas company in London was organized in His fame as a painter spread, not only in 1810. Westminster bridge was lighted by America but in Europe as well. In 1795 at gas in 1812 and the Guild Hall in 1813, when the age of 17, Peak began a portrait from the new company had three plants and 15 life of George Washington, but his work miles of mains. Paris was similarly lighted claimed much of six years time before he in 1820. was willing to relinquish it. This portrait The manufacture of gas in this country now hangs in the vice president's room in dates definitely from 1813 when it was begun the national capitol. in Newport, Rhode Island, by David Mel- So close was the association between ville. Rembrandt Peale and his most famous sub- First gas company was organized in Bal- ject that in 1823 the artist painted from timore in 1817, and streets were illuminated memory the equestrian portrait of Wash- in 1821. Boston followed in 1822, and New ington which evoked Chief Justice Mar- York in 1823 to 1827. Today gas is one of shall's comment, "It is more like Washington the greatest and most necessary of domestic, himself than any portrait I have ever seen." commercial, and industrial needs. Early Lithographer Going back to the introduction of this article, we quote from "Folks" article on the Aside from his brush and palette, his life "original Gas House Gang." was busy and progressive. In 1820 he painted the largest canvas yet done in this In a Museum country. In 1842 he inaugurated a system "This story begins on a warm June evening of graphics and drawings in the public in 1816 when the people of old Baltimore schools of Philadelphia. In 1825 he was snuffed their candles and made their way president of the American Academy of Fine through dimly-lighted streets to Rembrandt Arts, and was also a member of the Na- Peak's museum on Holliday Street. But tional Academy of Design. He was one of stuffed birds and Indian relics were not the America's first lithographers, but the de- attraction on this night, as that morning mand on his artistic talent did not prevent Peale had caught the public fancy with his him from writing a number of books. newspaper announcement of "Gas Lights— Peale's residence in Baltimore was during Without Oil, Tallow, Wick or Smoke." the period he operated his museum. He Organize Company spent most of his life in Philadelphia, where Rembrandt Peale may have planned his lie died at the age of 82. exhibition on that June 13th, primarily to attract the curious—and their admission fees. • • • To at least four prominent Baltimore-avis, Tourists Turn, to Carlsbad Peale's exhibit of gas lighting was more than Tourist business ranks as the leading a "show"—it was a glimpse into the future. source of income in New Mexico, and Carls- On June 19th, an ordinance was signed by bad Caverns is one of the biggest drawing the Mayor, granting permission to the Gas cards for tourists. Light Company of Baltimore—William Lor- man, William Gwynn, Robert Gary Long, Col. James Mosher and Peak—"to more ef- Old as the Hills fectually light the streets of the city." The United States during the past few years has awakened to the need of soil con- The introduction of gas was undoubtedly servation which was a familiar problem in as great a, sensation as was electricity over ancient China and Persia. a half century later. Rembrandt Peale is given credit by "Folks" as being the first to lighl an Ameri- La Fontaine:— can city with gas. From a distance it is something; nearby Peale a Noted Artist it is nothing. Peale, however, was far more than a mu- Quintus Rufus:— seum owner. He was one of our foremost Fear makes men believe the worst. 30 MUELLER RECORD HIGH IN PLUMBING The year 1941 marked a new all time high in plumbing and heating sales, says the Ads, Plumbing and Heating- Industries Bureau. This was due to the increased volume of Signs, residential building. Added to this was ma- terial for camps, cantonments, battleships, Names and army and navy bases. Plumbing and heating equipment has been shipped under the lease-lend plan to all embattled democ- racies. While Prime Minister Churchill was ad- Another source of demand was the fac- dressing Congress, the Churchill Cabinet tories, tank and truck works, shell factories, company at Chicago was doing business at and powder plants. the old stand. The housing plan likewise called for much material. In 1942, as in 1941, the first con- A Chicago barber shop shows this signifi- sideration of the plumbing and heating in- cant window sign: "Japs shaved free—we dustries will be the victory program of the are not responsible for accidents." government, and it now appears that this year will see as much or more activity as Personal in Los Angeles paper: "Gentle- was prominent in 1941. man would like to meet young lady with • • • four good tires." DEATH OF PIONEER PLUMBER Names on a hotel register: John I.. E. Firmin died at his home in San One of them: Pat Murphy—Irish, and Francisco recently at the advanced age of proud of it. 93 years. He came to this country from The other: Jock Mcfntosh—Scotch, and England in 1849, first residing with his par- fond of it. ents in New York. At the age of 18 he went to San Francisco, where he has since made On a country road fence:—No fishin', no his home. He was prominent in Associa- luintin', no nothin", stay out. tion affairs, and a familiar figure at National Conventions, and was known to hundreds of Wanted — Girls — age 20-30; tall; for the plumbing industry. folding. • • • No Tears for Nature Classified advertisement from an Orlando, If thou art worn and hard beset Pla., newspaper. No comment is necessary With sorrows that thou wouldst forget, HOTEL CLERK — Young man with If thou wouldst read a lesson that will keep pleasing personality; must be strictly sober. Thy heart from fainting and thy soul from Do not apply unles sexperienced. P. O. Box —, Orlando. sleep, Go to the woods and hills; no tears Sign before a country house: Agents, soli- Dim the sweet look that Nature wears. —Longfellow. citors, collectors, etc., keep out. Hewa.ro of • • • the wolf at the door. Tall Timber Talk Classified advertisements in a San Fran- A superintendent of one of the northern cisco newspaper announce: "Air raid and Ontario mines says they grow big vegetables black out supplies." up his way and submits the following as evi- dence of the fact: The young farmers were boasting about Spotty Boom the size of the vegetables they had grown. "It now seems probable that a business Finally, one of them turned to LJncle Seth. boom will be under way in this country "A squash." throughout 1942," forecasts General Leonard "Well, how big was it?" P. Ayers, chief statistical officer of the War "We never measured it," drawled Uncle Department. "But it will be a spotty boom," Seth, "but we used the seed for snow-shoes." he says, "quite unlike the periods of peace- • • • time prosperity we have experienced so many How Two Halfs Live times before." Two classes of people have filled the world • • • in all ages: those who live for essentials and "Can I touch you for five dollars?" achieve character and those who live for "For five dollars you can sock me on the non-essentials and perish with the "things" jaw." which possess them. MARCH, 1942 31 Darhtown Stuff

HUSH YO' MOUTH Mose: "Congratulations on your mar- riage to 'Liza. Are you going to take a bridal tour?" Rastus: "A bridle to 'er? What do you think I married, a mule?" AN' I PICKS 'EM Rastus: "Mah girl's divine." Ephriam: "Youah gal may be de vine, but mah gal's de berries."

WENT THE LIMIT Lawyer: "You mean to imply that Mandy then cut his acquaintance?" Witness: "Wusscr clan dat, suh! She cut his throat." The very design of Mueller-Columbian Gate EVERY LITTLE HELPS Valves eliminates the most frequent cause of Mose: "Sister Jones, I'se takin' up a frequent repair due to leakage, binding, etc., collection fo' de benefit of our worthy pastah. You know, he's Icavin' us fo' through the use of the exclusive FOUR-POINT to take a church down in Mobile, an' wedging contact principle. Mueller-Columbian we thought we'd get together an' give parallel seat, double disc gate valves have the him a little momentum!" wedging action applied near the edges at4 LOTS OF PUBLICITY points on the discs with equal pressure and Mistress: "How do 3'ou like my new thus prevents sprung discs that would cause off the face hat?" "It's a right pretty hat, but it suah do leakage and binding. make yo" face public." Since constant removal of gate valves from BATTING PRACTICE their under ground position is expensive, it Rastus: "Dat's better. I don't like to will pay you to steer clear of this trouble by in- see yo' all frowned up. But docs dat smile mean yo' forgives me, honey?" stalling a valve that eliminates this expense. Mandy: "Stay away, man, I'se just The extremely low maintenance cost of Muel- smilin' to rest my face." ler-Columbian Gate Valves is generally recog- LIKE FATHER nized by waterworks men. If you are not ac- "Wot you doin', chile?" quainted with all the facts, write us today for "Nothin", mammy." full information. "My, but you is gettin' more like yo' father every day." HOW COULD SHE? Tilda: "Pass the 'lasses." Educated Lizzie: "Don't say 'lasses, MUELLER CO. say molasses." CHATTANOOCA.TENH Tilda: "How come I say mo' lasses when I ain't had none yet?" MUELLER RECORD OM

IS NATIONAL DEFENSE

The first line of national defense is strong, vigor- ous citizens with a will to win. Healthy men and women must have healthy homes in which to live. And the best aid to a disease-free home is GOOD PLUMBING.

Traps are a vital part of your plumbing. A poorly made trap is easily a catch-all for germs and dirt, and is a health hazard. Soldered joints that break loose and castings with rough interiors in- vite disease-bearing germs . . . MUELLER TRAPS are made of heavy 11-gauge tubing with a really smooth interior that prevents waste matter from clinging to it. Twice to three times as thick as H-7470 ordinary trap tubing, the threads are deep ma- chine-cut directly into the tubing. No solder, seams, or loose joints . . . Avoid trap troubles for all time with MUELLER TRAPS.

We are cooperating with the government all we can in conserving metal for vital defense needs. But we will, as long as is possible, continue to supply American homes with the best traps made. If you cannot get them from your regular source, write us—addressing Dept. P-2. H-7260

V MUELLER CO., Decatur, Illinois For a neat and permanent installation there is nothing that equals the Mueller Rigid Bar Meter Connection with the Bevel Connectors as shown at the left and diagramme'd below.

H-II287 U-type inlet—Top outlet. SUPPLY PIPE SOCKET

H-II280 End inlet—Top outlet. HANGAR SUPPORT

H-II285 Elbow inlet- Top outlet. UPPER BEVEL

LOWER BEVEL BEVEL CONNECTOR NUT COUPLING

End inlet with lock-wing SWIVEL stop— Top outlet. TO METER

Top inlet with lock-wing stop—Top outlet. The bar first slides over the supply pipes. Next the couplings are screwed securely on the pipe ends, and fastened rigidly to the bar by tightening up the malleable connector nuts. The swivels are then inserted into the lower threads of the coupling and the meter installed. . . . This insures a leak-proof H-l I 160 H-ll 162 H-ll 164 installation and there are no union couplings. By means of the patented bevel feature, the connector nuts when Mueller Meter Swivels are tightened force the supply pipes into axial alignment This made in both malleable iron assures permanent rigidity and protects the threads and and brass. The offsets are evenly curved, assuring full swivels from strain due to settling and shifting of pipes. pipe opening from end to The heavy, close-fitting sidewalls of the sockets further end. Shoulders and threaded support the threads and protect them from corrosion or ends are in accurate align- damage. . . . There is a type for every piping arrangement. ment. Write Dept. G-IO for details.

DECATUR UELLER CO ILLINOIS