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Cartoonist's Review
~ t r iand will
B. R. Reyor two an?
s reported that cause was on account of
having a family washing t o do. I s that
sufficient warning to the singIe fcllov~s?
Ve are very sorry to have lost our
~nographerin the Master Mecllanic's ofl l i s s Norine Polsorn. ~ 4 1 ohas taken a
ition with some other compally. W e
wish her success in her new work.
ilso have a ncw face in tlrc kIcchanical
nartment, Miss Mable Steward has acted thy positLo?as F e e Cl:rl<! tak-ing t h e
~ d ,who has
I left vacant
r
.
quarters a t Sapulp:i. This appoint
fectivc March 1, 1920.
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KANSAS CITY.
,
( W.
C
J. Findley.)
James liruce ha* just rctrtrned f'rotn Topeka, ICansxs, where he claims t o h ave gone
t o hear a mini?tcr. There is sc>mething
wrong with Jim. T h a t cxcuse won 't g o for
liansas City \:as too many churc:hes and
ministers of h r r own.
bliss Nellie Davis, our efficient stcnographer in Ihe Car Uepartnlcnt, 1?as been
OR duty sevcral days lately on ac count of
the illness of her m o t h e r , but is 11low back
in her usual plarr axaln.
T h e Store l)cpartt?ent !ias add!? l another
new
tace t o therr o ~ b c etorce, ivltss Helen
Uogard, comptometer opcrator.
0. L. Butler, formerly c n ~ p lycd
o a t Rosedale, has been transferred to Clhaffce, Mo.
W e hope he \\;ill lind as many Ilriends therc
as he Icft. and xvc wish for hi s cvery success in his new location and p remotion.
Messrs. MI. J. Folcy, C. 1). 'roler, Frank
Ellis. T. A . Flenshaw and A. \V. Nelson
were' in Kansas City Tuesday, March 9. to
m a k e out the usual 104 report . Ask Miss
Forster whcthcr they evcr cau se any commotion or not.
Miss Eleanor Forster's mothler has been
quite ill again, rcsr~ltingin thcI ahstnce of
Eleanor, whom we missed per) much.
\Ye understand that I,. J. 1x t g h is the
proud owner of a new car, but the girts all
cmphis girls
a n d the Kansas L I I ~grrrs nave a t least creatcd a bit of mutual interest between them
over tbis little "Dispertscr of Knowleclge,"
alias Dispenser of Sncets." and as our
girls are of a very optimktie nature they
still feel thcy have somcthiug t o look forward to.
Rut here comes the greatest disappointment. \Ve understand from very good authority that another point on the System
has entered this "Candy Race," namely; the
hlastcr lIcchanick oftice a t Sapnlpa, and
they, too, are recciving a n occasional box
of sweets from this particular party. However, knowittg I<ansas City to he such a
popular place, we fcel confident our titnc is
close now, s o somc across,
number
H a s anyone lost a dog? C:all No. 39, as
that is headquarters.
Machinist Apprentice GIlen Reynolds
claims hc is qutte a busincss rnan. For particulars see Glenn.
C. R. Kew, Martin Whel,an., and Ir-oe
Bruce have bee11 s e r v i n ~on t tte jury. W h a t
is all the row about? Comc ;icross and tell
the truth.
We arc wonberina where Mrs. Irene Plenler got her new blouse. Oh, yes, someone
~ e p o r t sthat it was taken out of a box containing sonre cilk shirts belonging to this
particular party.
T. H. Curry, mil1 foreman, has asked
For a leave of absence to visit his home
for a while. Have a good time and regain
your health while gone.
THE F R I S C O - h l ~
SPRINGFIELD-L.
(C.
& D. F. C. DEPT.
E. Martin.)
H e r e we are, uncicr t h e colors of the
I.'risco again, a f t e r b r i n g under the guiding
hand o f Uncle Sam f o r s o m e considerable
spcll. S o t h a t placcs 11s all o n o u r h o n o r
to work likc the n1ischic.f i o r the good of
the company, if we d o n ' t want t o get talked
almrt-grandly explosively a n d detrimentally txlked about. l\'e don't even have the
y a r R S a scapegoat for o u r sins of oniiss o n , or c o m ~ u i s s i o n . Possi1)Ey some havc
i ~ tthc p : ~ t a t t r m p t c d t o pass the buck a l o n g
:vhcn things were rotton. by l a y i ~ i git o n t o
t h e Govcrnrnrnt a n d a s s r r m i n ~t h a t ivr, the
indivklrtal, it1 come n.ay xvcre not to I h n i e .
I<ut from here o n o u t t h r traveling public
xnd the s l ~ i ~ > p~rl)lic
~ ~ i t ~will
, ~ rcasc "blankety
l l l a ~ ~ k e t i n gthe
" Clnited States Railroad Administration a n d c c ~ ~ t r z l i zand
e
crystalize
their views o n t h e individual railroad a n d
railroadcr. So we have g o t to h u m p s o m e
to kecp the p t ~ b l i coff o u r hump, f o r t h e y
a r c s u r c s o m e spoilcd, and rightly so. by
tlie trite saying. "The F'uhlic Be Pleased."
\Vhat a g r a n d and glorious fecling we all
will havc if we can turn o u t t o he thc hcst
puhlic plcasers in the s c n s e of riyliteo~ls
pleasing.
Since last issue, Miss Jewcll Jones and
Bob Tistlale have been vainly t r y i n g t o qualc c h a n l p i o ~ rclass sneezers,
ify as ~ r ~ i i r p tant1
to st~cccetl J1. C. flarlcss. Jebvell has a
~voirdcrful s ~ ~ c c zall
c richt. a n d if properly
c~rltivaterlantl wit11 a littlc prunin,? it !nay
Ix that s o m e t i n ~ cit can equal Mr~lo's."
Tisdale's s u c r z e is cntirely t o o "mnch," a s
t o quantity a ~ l t l not c n o u g h a s t o q ~ r a l i t y .
- I-lis o u g h t to he f a m e d o u t in a 1)oilcr
s h o p o r a similar q ~ ~ i corner,
et
w h e r c it will
n o t s t a r t l e the natives t o o much.
T h c famous CaI. S t e w a r t library of F r e i g h t
Claimism is s t r a y i n g promiscuously a r o u n d
t h c officc. C. J. B o w m a n a n d C. F. Smith
a r c custodians, b u t they don't kecp it in
v c r y g o o d custody. T h c y will gladly sho\v
you t h r o u g h t h e wonderful five-foot library
if tlicy think there is a n y chance of selling
it to you. A s for C. J. B. and C. I:. S.,
t h e y have all of it storcd a w a y In t l t e ~ r
ccrehellum. P r o m here o n suspensc a n d
r1cl)its will hc o n a strictly cash basis.
T h c sevc.!iteenth of March is n o reasonable excusc o r alibi for R. T. Tisdale t o
icopardizc, harass a n d otherwise e n d a n g c r
t h e eyesight and mental equilibriunl of ye
corrcsponctcnt, b y wearing s u c h a disgraceful, d i s t ~ ~ r b ia n d~ distracting g r e e n neck
tie. T h e r e is such a t h i n g as green. A l s o
thcrc is a green t h a t is g r e c n c r than green.
N o w said tic h a s none of t h e s h a d e s of Old
Erin o r t h e shamrock, a n d it is disturbing
t o t h c p o o r pulse of s o m e t o be shocked
b y such suddcn rcvclations of color. 1:urthcrmore, w h o said R. T. T. w a s entitled
t o wear g r e e n ? .\.~ain. furthermore, C. F.
S m i t h had t o g o consult D r . C a m p o n the
m o r n i n g of the sc\-entecnth of ?darcIi conccrning thc condition of his eyes, which
helps my contention a lot t h a t neckties with
such a loud rrputation should hc ahrog;rtcrl.
eliminated, squelched and s a t up011 and
othcrwisc discouraged.
\V. A. Cripps should he required t o wear
a skirt, sl~ectaclcsand procnre a ccrtilicate
i f IIC iritrntls t o act as a pedagogue. H e is
s u r c a busy 1111mana m o n g the 0. S. k L l .
!iindergarten.
Tisdale i ~ ~ s i ~ i u a tMclCinuel
cs
is a bum
horrsekecper. \Vhen T i s moved into Xlcl<.'s
desk, it took him two days t o move the
Carncgie lil)rary annex. clcan o u t the hardware novcltics a n d rcnlovr the bird nes:r
il-o~nthe tlran.ers and in~niecliate environs
of the dcsk.
\I'hcn C. F. Smith moved t o his rtcw
c!esk hc took his trick f r o g along. H e was
afraid to Irave it for Scwell a s he (Sewell)
Girls of t h e File Department. Ii%eisht Claim
Office. PlwlnsAeld. A Smile for every purpose.
is a qttict s o r t o f fcllow. and it would not
Ilc iuzt r i r h t t o cxcite him t o o much, cspccally d u r ~ n gwork hours.
.\fter a s o i o a r n of a h o u t a ycar, J. C.
( I l i q h ) Ilichherjicr has lcft us to move his
habitat t o K a t ~ s a sCity. S o H. C. \\'chking
is l o o k ~ n qlor a new side-kick. "High" WOII
tlie c5teein a u d friendship of the fellows
from thc word go. II'hen it c a m e t o l o n g
black s t o ~ i e s "High" w a s thcrc, o r the
dignity of a town m a r s l ~ a l"High" had it,
antl the ~ i i of
t g a b found "High" a world
I>catcr, a n d t h a t he always had s o m e t h i n g
t o say. S o t only sonlething, h u t s o m e t h i n g
I I O R E t o say. Way hc be kind t o K a n s a s
City a n d n o t trcat them rough.
.\I1 aboard! Stoutland hound! Since a
certain circular h a s g o n e the rounds, stlch
a call a s this d o c s n o t even caiise tlie quiver
of a n eyelash b y \\:. N. Doss. All a t once
the Stoutland stock h a s taken a n awful
s l u n ~ p . H o w e v e r , by stickilly t o it, a roundtrip c o r ~ l dhe made in a b o u t eight d a y s o u t
o f each weck and W.N. D. could spend the
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Reconstruction work t o be done. in
Europe and expans~onof o u r foremn
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Great plants working o v e r t i m e - r a w
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B. S. MeMullen was a freight checker on t h r
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Two yean nfter bminninw the L a l a l l c
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s
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