The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-12
Frederick Haskin's Letter
A Hus,sassized Print Shop

8: pie and cake. s, and vegetsAla
are 5 and s cents. Even with thsis
low prices the association remit.
that It has replaced the $500 vAh
which it started and that It n,
made $1,000 profit in addition.
The 24-hour day on which. ii.
cafeteria 10 Obliged to operate. r,]ns
smoothly. The employee who come,
on duty for night work can get lsss
supper before he starts his shif
lunch in the early morning. AM
breakfast before he leaves the n.
lice; while the day worker can -
his three meals at the cafeteria il =
more usual order. Several han.
bred Of the employees do take "A.
vantage of this opportunity to %,
all Of their meals at the office, and
thus to save considerable money
Nearly every empldye in thu
printing Office eats lunch in thu
cafeteria. Before it was opened
those who brought lunch ate at ths
presses and machines where they
we're working. The cafeteria asso.
citation decided. however, THAI eyerv
worker should have a change O,
environment during the lunch Der.
iod. Accordingly. tables were pro-
vided in the cafeteria for persons
bringing lunches from, home. For
these employees, too, there is a short
order counter where they can
quickly buy a cup of coffee or a
piece Of cake to supplement their
lunches.
The entire eighth floor of the biz
red printing Office belongs to the
employees. There are rest rooms
shower baths, well equipped
bowling alley, and large Assem-.
bly, hall with a stage at one end
The employees bought a s14OO
grand piano for this hall But their
sense of fitness did not allow them
to use so dignified an instrument
for lunch time dancing. So a stur.
dy upright piano that could be
hammered without fear of injury
was added to the furnishings Of
Harding hall"
The Musical Scrub Lady.
Eplayer piano stands in one cor
ner of this room, too. by dropping
a nickel in the slot dance music or
a classical concert can be enjoyed
when there is no musician on hand
to perform.
This player piano is extremely
popular. Mr.. Carter says. Late the
other night he happened to pass
! through the assembly hall. It was
empty save for a solitary scrub
woman. who stood with hands on
her hips listening with blissful sta
isfaction to Beethoven's Minuet
Recently the instrument refused 70
work, to the great alarm of numer-
Gus employees. The manufacturing
company was appealed to. and the
suggestion came back that. while
| the piano had been in use only a
short time, it was just possible that
it might be suffering from super
fluffy of nickels. The box was
opened and the mysterious ailment
remedied.
When the eighth floor was plan
ned Mr.. Carter saw the possibilities
OF roof garden-nOt an elaborate
affair with potted plants and fancy
awnings-but shady railedin nat
. roof where employees could spend
their rest time out of doors without
going out into the noisy streets.
The roof garden plan was carried
out and. it is regarded as 2 great
success.
During extremely hot weather,
men who quit work at late hour
come up to the roof to cool of and
occasionally to spend the rest Of
the night sleeping On bench. The
view from this roof is one Of the
sights of the printing Office nov
Almost every public building in the
city can By seen plainly.
! Mr.. Carter's ideas of humanizing
business are somewhat like those
Of Will Hays. Both men Rave i'm
agination. The average admins
tration official these days can SCI
the efficiency value of we'll fet
working force. 1t takes a biggel
man to see that roof garden ant
a view are valuable accessories t
"a printing plant.