Evening star., 1922-05-10
George johnson
On The Star 0S Years.

ploye OF The Star. with service of
sixty eight years to his credit. works
in the mailroom. He can look out at
the long line Of waiting automobiles,
each of which can carry 5000 forty
when. as a boy. he could pick up the
entire days edition under his arm and
walk off with it. George came to
The Star in 1854 and. barring one
brief period spent as a sailor in the
Navy. has been with 1t ever since.
The circulation department main
tains a special delivery messenger
service for the benefit of subscribers
whose copy of The Star fails for some
reason Of being delivered by the reg
ular route boy. Such can make COM
plant over the telephone as late as
whereupon motorcycle messenger is
dispa tched with another copy to the
address given.
Next to the mechanical departments.
more or less similar in every big
newspaper office. one of the most ia
teresting things about The Star is
it's variety of welfare and recreation
activities. A cafeteria. where excel
lent food is served at cost to en-
ployes and tenants of the building
alike, Is located on the ninth floor.
1t is provided with the latest models
in two different rooms. will accom-
modate eighty persons at one time.
1t is located in the enlarged gallery
Of the old composing room.
Spacious Quarters
OF Evening Star Club.
The main floor Of the old composing
room. completely remodeled and redeco-
rated, provides quarters for The Eve
ming Star Club, an organization COM
posed entirely of employees and officers
of the company. Club offices, however,
are always held by employees; the presi-
dent for the year may be a reporter, a
clerk, a solicitor or a member of one
of the mechanical departments. The
equipment includes not only pool and
billiard tables, card tables. Fictrola, big
comforta BILE chairs and lounges, periodi-
Gals and all the usual appurtenanccS.
but also a removable stage for enter
tainments, while at the entrance is
small counter stocked with tobacco,
candy and other incidentals.
: So constant is the use OF this big
room that in case of piece of big news
outside Of regular hours. enough en-
ployes representative of the various de-
partments can usually be found there
to get out a necessary extra paper.
Adjoining tho clubroom Is COM
plStelS equipped Qe1ltdl OlllCe III Charge
Of an expert dentist and an assistant
during certain hours of the day. There
the teeth of every employe are inspect
ed, cleaned and X-rayed at stated inter-
walls, and advice given as to work that
should be done by the family dentist.
The Evening Star Newspaper Com
pany several years ago put into
operation an employees pension. dis
ability benefit and death benefit plan,
whereby. in case of illness. accident,
retirement or death, faithful service
with the paper is substantially re-
warded. The company also, under
proper circumstances. finances the
buying Of homes on the part of it's
employees, and. in times of fuel short
age, helps it's housekeeping employees
to obtain adequate coal supply. At
certain intervals all the route boys
are given treats in the form of the
ater trips. excursions and picnics. On
one of the lower floors is a woman's
rest room. which has proved of con-
stant value, and on an occasion when
nrst.aid treatment is needed in any
part Of the plant the services OF the
Instructive Visiting Nurse Society,