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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1922-06-22

coming in when it rains; and finally,
the cooperation of every single per-
son concerned. And as st. Paul
used to say, the greatest of these is
cooperation; for our guards might
fail sometime, and our education be
forgotten in a tense and strenuous
period; but the spirit of cooperation,
when once developed, stays on the
job, and pulls us through when
nothing else could.
How to develop this spirit of CO.
operation is a problem whose solution
varies in different conditions. The
du Pont Company has made use of
the competitive feature, encourag-
ing a friendly rivalry between
groups; for instance, the several
dynamite plants of the company are
each striving to hang up the best re-
cord, a regular contest being con-
Quoted, with trophy for the winner;
and on the individual plants, each
of the operating departments is
grouped as unit, each one working
with heart and soul to prevent any
injury from marring its record. The
interest which the men take in safety
matters is not conventional, or
matterof- form interest; it is actual.
and alive, and has been demonstrated
in so many personal incidents that
there could be no doubt of its ex-
istence, even if the record did not
offer sufficient proof.
When any department. of the
Barksdale plant, or the entire plant,
rounds out an even period of immun-
ity from accident, the event is sig
nalized by celebration put on by
the Company. These celebrations
take the form Of a banquet, or an
outdoor picnic, or a social evening
with movies, dancing and other
popular amusements, or combina-
ton of two or more of these. AS
"a rule, the entire force is invited to
he the guests of the department in
whose honor the "shindy" is given.
and these parties are among the
most enjoyable gatherings imagin-
able. They are looked forward to
by all, and made the occasion for
great rejoicing.
A word as to our illustration. Some
time ago, the company had safety
flag made, with picture of jubil-
ant, Growing rooster, and the word
"Barksdale" printed across it in
red letters: each department has a
distinctive pennant, the Powder De-
partment having a red pennant; the
Acid yellow one; Power, white,
With a red bolt of lightning; Me-
chanical, navy blue with white
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1922-06-22
This Cat Very Much at Home.

A Nova Scotia farmers wife was
working about her house one morning
when she was surprised by seeing the
latch Of the door lift several times.
On opening the door che found one Of
her cats at the latch. Since then the
cat does not wait to be let In, 1t just
lifts the latch and walks in. The
same cat invariably goes with her at
noon to the henhouse and has lunch
with the fowls. 1t sleeps In front OF
one Of the horses at night. and is fire.
Quently seen seated on one Of the
cows backs taking its morning sun
bath. The cat takes it's breakfast d.
rect from the COW. One case of farm
product going straight from producer
to consumer.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1922-06-22
THEY WHO ARE CHILDREN

They who forever are children inherit the
earth!
They & whose eyes is the freshness Of
permanent morning,
In whose cheeks the magnificent light
of a day that IL dawning-
Their glories are more than the lordliest
palace IL worth!
They who can laugh with tho ardor of
children at play,
Rejoice In the breeze. and be raptur-
Gus over the flowers.
Sing with the robin, and dance their dis
dain of the hours
Oh. the wearers Of jewels more priceless
than diamonds are theyl
They who can love like child without
wondering why,
Who measure no satin or. gold In the
scales with devotion,
But give OF themselves like river en-
bracing the ocean
Oh. theirs are the richest treasures-the
earth and the sky!
Stanton A Cotlentz. in New York Sun.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1922-06-22
HOW ASTOR SKINNED BARBER
Foxy Millionaire Saved Tip Once In
the Course Of Every Six
Weeks

According to story in Forbes
John Jacob Aston, father Of the pres
ent Vincent Aston, used to have a
Fifth Avenue hotel barber go to his
house every day to shave him. He
didn't tip the barber every day, but
gave him 80 cents each week. But
instead Of paying the barber on the
same day each week, he systematical-
ly paid the tip one day later each
week. Thus, If he paid the tip one
week on a Monday, next week the bar
Der got his tip on Tuesday, the fol-
lowing week on Wednesday, and SO
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1922-06-22
Claims Record for Hen.

A man living in Union Rock, near
Belvidere, N. J., has Plymouth Rock
hen which Is ready to meet all corners
as claimants for the title of champion
egg producer of the United States and
Canada. According to the owner this
bird lays two eggs day on most days,
and is so ashamed Of her performance
when she produces single egg that
che withholds the usual boastful
cackle. He says she has maintained
the two-a-day speed since last spring.
with very few holidays. The eggs, ac-
cordlng to the owner. are well formed
and Of normal size.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1922-06-22
A DANDY RECORD

On April 30, 1922, the Barksdale
works of E. /. du Pont de Nemours
& Company completed period of
two years, during which no person
on the plant force suffered a pers IN
al injury which caused him or her to
lose more time than the balance of
the day during which the injury
took place. An injury which causes
person to lose more time than this
is defined as major accident" and
major" is Stunned nd abhorred
at Barksdale like the plague.
During the two years in which the
record was made, the Works force
averaged one hundred and eighty in
number, and was composed of crews
making large quantities of nitric and
sulfuric acids, nitro-glycerine, T. N.
T. and dynamite, together with the
necessary power house operators,
mechanics, laborers and clerical
force. In the popular mind, work
ing in a dynamite plant is not con-
sidered exactly synonymous with
safety, but the record of du Pont dy-
mantle plants and of the Barksdale
Works in particular, shows that if
the hazards are recognized and
guarded against in the p roper man
ner this industry is as safe as many
-
Thought of as dangerous in the
least. Examination of the safety
statistics of almost any ordinary in
dus rial establishment, such as the
wholesale mercantile house, the
woodworking factory, or even the
innocuous creamery, would tend to
convince reasonable person, work
ing in one of these places, that ne
ought to pull out of there, and get
himself job in a nice, safe dynamite
plant.
Any practical safety man will adj
NIT that d record such as this one
deos not fall on plant like mamma
from heaven, but has to be vigorous
ly sought after by bunch of real
go-getters." The management, the
departmental executives, and the
workmen themselves, must all be
thoroughly imbued with the safety
spirit, because if there is any in
difference on the part of either of
these, accidents will start popping
up like dandelions on your pet front
lawn.
Certain standard elements in
safety campaign are always recognize
ed as essential; the thorough guard
ing of machinery, and the removal
of all hazards; the education of the
plant force to the point where safe
pyactice becomes automatic, like
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1922-06-22
INDIVIDUAL RssscaslsILlTx

Whenever anything goes wrong
They pass q law precise and sirens.
To operate without delay
And make things run the proper way.
And when there seems to be q haw
In the mechanics art,
wish that they would pass q law
To make the fivver start /:
Yet when a law gets under way
1t often works SO fast they say
That II induces some mistakes,
And has us reaching for the brAkeA
When on a reckless speed hurrah
The motor seeks to hop,
I wish that they would pass a law
To make my hivver stop.
Alas. though laws show brains intense,
A lot depends on common sense
Shown by the individual man,
Who tries to DO the best he can.
While legislative wisdom deep
May elevate the soul,
The driver Is the one T. keep
The fivver meath coatrcL
Washington Star.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1922-06-22

on. In the course Of six weeks he thus
skinned the barber out Of weeks
tip.
The Fifth Avenue hotel shop was
favorite haunt Of politicians and
other notables In the old days. The
late J. p. Morgan gave only Eve
cent tip when shaved. William
Waldorf Aston, who owned the Wal
dorf hotel, and who befriended George
Boldt, who made that hostelry famous,
always gave the barber dollar for a
shave and S. every time he had his
hair cut.
Jay Gould never tipped.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1922-06-22

border; and Miscellaneous, green and
white. Each time department
adds month to it's record, the safety
flag is flown from the flagstaff, with
the department. pennant below it..
And on May 1, 1922, the rooster and
all five pennants were flung to the
breeze, with Old Glory at the mast
head, apparently well pleased with
the company she found herself as
ISOLATED with; thus Barksdale "told
the world" that the second year Of
freedom from major accidents had
been attained.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1922-06-22
What IA Charm

Movie directors have been attempt
Ing to define charm In woman. No tive
Of them advance the same definition.
Sir ]. M. Barrie In "What Every Wom-
an Knows" says that ITS a sort Of
bloom on q woman. IF you have IL
you don't need to have anything else;
and If you don't have 1t, 1t doesn't
matter what else you have" That ex-
plains 1t generally. But q special
providence has seen to It that no two
men agree on detailed definition.
Otherwise our lives might be devoted
entirely to gun fighting for tho priv
ilege of marrying the same charmeR.--s
Toledo Blade.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1922-06-22
A Doc for a Dime.

An Indianapolis physician on his
way downtown one evening recently
was approached by man who asked
for lift.
"Say, Doc, can you let me have q
diner asked the man.
"Why, certainly" said the physi-
clan. 'but where have ! known your"
'.You don't know me-" said the man.
''Then how did you know ] was a
doctorT
"Oh, l call everybody Doc."-In-
dianapolis News.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1922-06-22
Russla,s snarIed Finances.

The budget OF the soviet govern
ment for 1922. presented to the con-
gress of soviets by M. Krestinsky, the
commissar Of finance, and finally
adopted by 1t, carries appropriations
aggregating 1877. 100000 gold rubles.
The estimated income from railways,
licenses, leases, customs, is 575.O0OO 900
gold -ubles, leaving an expected deficit
Of 1902, 100000 gold rubles. "a gold
ruble is equivalent to about 81 cents.)
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1922-06-22
Remarkable Animal Freak.

A strange animal Is on exhibition in
the ST. Johns museum, says a New
foundland reader. 1t is cat with
the wings Of bird and was killed at
(lreenspond. 1t may be stated that
the animal could not fly.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1922-06-22

"A librarian has to know all the
books In the world, supposeT'
eyes, and many that do not exist.
A lady just asked me for the Count
of Monte Carlo louisville Courier
Journal.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1922-06-22
We Eliminate Bad Accounts and EXPENSE

and this saving the people, Half the of
store due loss delivery
and the inability purchase goods
the extensive credit system From July
credit books laboring
a millionaire will make difference to no
goods will without the money being paid for
them.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1922-06-22
Man o. Mixed Emotions.

A Newark man went home with q
white carnation wreath ito my be-
loved wife, from her loving husband
and then tried to kill her with
Observation-Disclosures.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1922-06-22
WHICH

WHICH
aPeek's wife told him this morning
that she was never going TO speak
20 him again."
'Was she mad or trying 60 be con-
eIderate."
The New York herald., 1922-01-09
Schwab Is Not the Man.

From the World. January \.
A few misguided Pennsyivanlans have
made the mistake OF booming Charles
NJ. schwab 10 succeed Boies Penrose in
the Senate. Mr.. schwab IA a good busi-
ness man and an excellent citizen, but
he would never do AS a Senator from
PENNSYLVANIA. Senators from Pennsyiva-
MIA have to meet some difficult require
ments they have 20 be dyed in tho wool (:
they have 20 belong. somehow. as Mr..
schwab never did and never could.
II IS Mr. Schwabs business. anyway.
to stay outside and make the money.
Somebody has 90 make the money or
there would bc no campaign funds. and
n there were no campaign funds the
organization would naturally GO all %
thunder, with political leaders out of
jobs. henchmcn starving and no end OF
destitution. No II n Mr.. Schwab's duty
20 stay where he Is and send checiu IN
good tImo TO tho State committee.
Besides, IL Mr.. Schwab got into the
Senate he might try 20 put the Govern
ment on an efficient basis and thereby
ruin everything. Tho risks arr great.
once break tho great line OF Republican
Senators from the Keystone state and
no one oan cav what might happen.
Mr.. Schwab isn't In the tradition he
wouldn't understand.
The New York herald., 1922-01-09
Rebating Grain Commissions.

Under the Capper-Tincher future
trading act only grain exchanges
designated as contract markets by
the Secretary OF Agriculture are per-
mitted to transact business without
paying a tax of twenty cents a bushel
on the turnover. Most of the leading
grain exchanges were designated as
contract markets under the act. The
Chicago Board of Trade, the largest
Of them all, has just been designated
under an order of the Supreme Court
which limits the enforcement Of the
future trading act with regard TO
the admission of representatives of
cooperative societies to the trading
floor as members.
A paragraph of section Of the
act provides for the admission Of CO.
operative representatives and per-
mits them to rebate commissions to
the societies they represent. This
has been for long time contrary to
trading rules, not only on grain ex-
changes but in nearly all produce
and security markets. On it's face
rebating commissions is an unseemly
business practice because it enables
the broker who gives rebates when
his competitors do not to gather in
his hands enough orders to give him
a practical monopoly Of the market.
With such a monopoly 1t would be
easy to influence prices arbitrarily.
The cotton trade is just now under
a cloud because of The unfortunate
miscalculation made by the Govern
ment in its crop forecasts last fall.
It would be misfortune il the ex-
emption we have cited should open
the way in the grain markets for the
formation of fictitious cooperative
societies, and thus make the market
prices of grain less direct reflection
of actual supply and demand than
they now are. Without linking them
selves up with such societies there
would be no way for legitimate bro.
kers to cope with rivals who enjoyed
such an advantage.
The Supreme Court has directed
that the Chicago Board of Trade
shall be designated as a contract
market without being compelled to
admit the representatives Of coopera-
tive associations with special priv
ileges. Rebating commissions in
grain brokerage, even where the
money goes back to the original pro-
ducer through the cooperative organ
ization, is not the proper way to pro-
vide an equitable market for the
farmers crops.
The New York herald., 1922-01-09
What an Accident Is.
A Judicial Definition of n Word
Often LOOSELY Used.

From decision by the Appellate Dsuts,os.
Third Department, Supreme Court
The word accident" is derived from
tho Latin verb accldere. signifying "fall
upon, befall, happen. chance" Century
Dictionary. and denotes an event which
occurs upon the instant rather than
something which continues, progresses
or develops. In Marshall VS.. East Holy
well Coal Company, Ltd. q w. C. c..
19). it was held that beat hand or
beat knee" a minor injury. caused by
The gradual process of continual fric-
tion, was not an accident Collins. NJ
r., said that "the accident must be
something which is capable OF being
assigned to a particular date" Ma
thews. l.. j., said: ''It seems to me
that it would be as reasonable to call
the occurrence an accident as to say
that 1t was an accident when a man
ceased to be able to work because he
was worn out by long. hard work" In
Steel VS.. Cammell, Laird & Co., Ltd
q w. G. G. 81, it was held that lead
poisoning. being due to gradual proc
css, could not be accidental in its origin
One OF the reasons assigned by the
court for its decision was the fact that
the statute (6o and 61 Wet. chapter 81.
section p required notice OF an acci-
dent to be given within stated period
after It occurred, and that from this it
was to be inferred that the accident
contemplated must bo one having a
definite moment of origin. The same
conclusion can be drawn from our stat
ute requiring notice of an accident to
be given within thirty days thereafter
1t seems to me. therefore. that as the
injuries in this case arose from the ap-
plication Of a poisonous solution during
the working hours of claimant for a
period of more than seven days. and as
the application was voluntarily made,
she received no accidental injury for
which an award could properly be
granted.
The New York herald., 1922-01-09
EVENTS TO-DAY

Aero Club of America, fourteenth annual
dinner. Hotel Commodore. p. NJ.
Col. William J; Donovan will review the
tional Guard) at the armory. Lexington ave-
nue. and Twenty sixth street. $40 T. NJ.
Henry Morgenthau, Cleveland H. Dodge
and Dr. Taicott Williams will speak at
meeting under the auspices of the Near East
Relief, Town Hall. 123 West Forty-third
street, Sis Z. VI.
Prof. Frederick Tlney will speak on ''Ths
Higher Mental Faculties" at a meeting OF
the section OF biology. American Museum OF
Natural History, seventy-seventh street and
Central Park West. s:iJ +. NJ.
Representative Ogden l.. Mills viii discuss
The Revenue Law OF i92f'' before the West
End Association. Hotel Ansonia, $3.50 p. M.
Or or Nathan r. Van Etten and John Kirt-
state Regulation OF the Profes~s.--" at a
meeting OF the Society OF Medical .,-sGpru.
deuce, New York Academy of Medicfns, IL
West Forty-third street. $50 p NJ.
Plans OF the New York Port Authority w-n
be discussed AZ meeting OF the Society OF
Terminal Engineers. Engineering Societies
building, 20 West rhirty-ninth street. S:l5
T.. NJ.
Intercollegiate Chiropractic League, meet
ing. Hotel McAipln. 4 T.. NJ.
Filing Association. annual dinner, Con
farone's Restaurant. Macdougai and Eighth
Prof. Charles zueblin wifi lecture on "Puri-
tan and Pilgrim" Town Hall, f23 West
forty-thlrd stret. IL A. n.
John Cowper Powys will lecture on HARDY
and Meredith" under tho auspices OF the
Brooklyn Institute OF Arts and Sciences.
Academy OF Music. $50 y. NJ.
Leon Volkmar will lecture on ''T'rench Inn
pressions on Ceramic Art" Society of Cera-
mic Arts Mt the home OF Mrs BENJAMIN IT,
Vanderhoof, rs East Ninth street, $3.50 y. NJ.
Mgr. Joseph pinol y Batres Bishop OF
Guatemala, VIII begin "a series OF daily con-
ferences In Spanish at the Cenacle of ST.
Regis. 10th street and Riverside Drive, for
women at $3.50 +. NJ. and for men at Z 80
+. NJ.
Meyer Padve will lecture on "The Noun
tain States StraGs Auditorium of the Edu-
catlonai Alliancc. 1877 East Broadway. s
l.. NJ.
saven walsv.ch viii sing Russian folk
songs and ?, p~N ballads nt a meeting OF the
Cultural q cb Hotel Plaza. 3:45 =. NJ.
Motion pictures OF the port OF New York
will be sho. y at meeting OF the Ohio So.
cieiy, Wald Jrf- Astoria. s p NJ.
Prudential Insurance Company. dinner.
Hotel McAlpin. T.. NJ.
United Real Estate owners Association.
meeting. Hotel Astor, 3 T.. NJ.
Rubber Association Of America. Meeting,
waldorf Astoria, . v. NJ: dinner =. NJ.
Automobile Pody Builders Association, OK
position. Twelfth Regiment Armory. Courn.
bus avenue and Sixty-first street, all day.
Certified Public Accountants, meeting, wal.
dorf-Astorla, y II. NJ.
Clothing Designers. exhibit. Hotel MoAipin.
all day.
Friendly Sons OF ST. Patrick, meeting.
Hotel Astor. +. NJ.
The New York herald., 1922-01-09
The Original Cunman.

Upon learning the common appli-
cation in the East of the name gun
man one from the gold mining re-
gions of the West is shocked. Out
there the word was first used, we
gather from tales of the old timers,
to describe the armed guard who sat
by the side OF the driver of stage
coach carrying bullion to the near
est railway for shipment to a mint
or bank. This guard carried the
sawed OFF shotgun which has since
come into wider use and with which
American troops serving in trenches
in France were armed.
who's on the box?' an eager
waiter at stage Office would ask of
an experienced observer when the
stage was discovered swinging with
suddenly quickened pace out of the
road cut through sagebrush or tow
ering pines. The answer might be
"Only the driver and the gunman.
There was the process of language
building. "Only the driver and the
guard" would have but partly re-
ported the fact. 1t would have lacked
that dramatic quality necessary In
the Offering OF new word IL 1t is to
enjoy popular prosperity.
Before the shotgun, rather than
pistol or rifle, was proved by expert
ence In the haunts of highwaymen
to be q highly efficient deterrent Of
desperate deeds, a developer OF dis
cretion rather than valor, the armed
custodian of the bullion box was
called a guard; name no more racy
OF the soil OF the western slope of
the Sierras than would be the name
OF an English ballad hero. The shot.
gun advanced the man on the box
into the spotlight; he deserved a
more discriminating name and his
new weapon gave it to him. Thus he
became the gunman.
Soon the name, without losing
caste. became generic; not only those
who rode on the box by the side OF
the driver were gunmen but also
those who guarded mines coveted by
claim jumpers, those who insured
the safety OF gold dust before a
cleanup gathered It from the inter
stices OF a gravel mine sIuice box,
OF bullion in the assay Office or OF
costly merchandise hastily stored.
These too we're gunner; quiet,
generally slight, pleasant spoken,
mild Dyed men; the kind a top SER
geant would pick out II his favorite
lieutenant wanted a rife team foa a
The New York herald., 1922-01-09
Bridge Building by Airplane.
A New Development in Great In
dusfry Suggested.

To THE New YORK HERALD: In the
exercises marking the beginning Of con-
struction Of tho Delaware River bridge
connecting Philadelphia and Camden
an army aviator flew from one bank OF
the stream to the other. dropping rib
bon as he passed through the air, and
thus establishing the first physical union
of the States of Pennsylvania and New
Jersey at this point.
This incident suggests the practicable
ity of using airplanes for the construc-
ton of suspension bridges in remote
spots to which 1t is difficult to trans
port bridge material, workers and the
machinery usually employed in erecting
such structures. Airplanes of capacity
sufficient to carry the wire needed for
cables are easily obtainable: they can
start their flight from practically any
distance from the site Of the proposed
construction. and by flying in circles.
unreeling wire as they go, they might
almost weave the suspension cables of
moderate sized bridge from the air.
There are many parts of the world
in Alaska and in the western noun
tains of the United States and Canada,
for instance-where such expeditions
means OF bridge construction should be
of the greatest value.
Obviously bridge builders might be
transported by airplane from distant
camps to any spot which provided land
ing facilities. ENGINEER.
HoBoKEN, January Z.