Diamond Dust from Topeka, Kansas • 2

Page 2 Diamond Dust April 29, 1922 iiiiiiiiiiiiiDiiiiiiiiiiiioiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiniHOiiiiiiiHiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiiQiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiMaiiiiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiuiiiitiiiiiiiiMiiitiiiiiiimMiaHiiiiiimic COMPOSING ROOM awwmHoiHiuiMiHaiiiUHHirtaiiiiiiiiiiuaiiiiiiiiiiiiDiniiiiiiiiiDiiiiiiiiiiiioiiiiiiiiiiiiBiiiiiHiiiiioiiiiiiiiiinoiiiiiiiiiiiiDiniiiimimmiiiiiitiinniiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiimiiit The Eastern Star proceedings will give Lino. Thomas a steady run for an indefinite period. Kansas Official and Diamond Dust, take numbers and wait. jectionable figure and Gene Woodruff sold it for me. 0.

K. S. Chet Patterson was induced by tall persuasion of Phranque Porsch to go fishing, Porsch assuring him that he knew where there were some fish waiting for his kind of bait. They dropped off the brick yard bridge and wandered along the banks for half a day. Result One orphan minnow, about IV2 inches long.

It is not recorded who got the fish. The tracer boxes in the composing room sre being rapidly filled, and the press room will tke up the slack with overtime if indications count for anything. One of the the office force declares there is no such thing as type lice. The D. D.

ed- i itor will demonstrate the truth of his claim to all doubters any Saturday afternoon, or noon hour. DESIRABLE HABITS. The habit of work. The habit of honesty. The habit of attention.

The habit of politeness. The habit of happiness. The habit of cleanliness. The habit of promptness. The habit of appreciation.

The habit of thoroughness. The habit cf thoughtfulness. The habit of accomplishment. The habit of correct speaking. The habit of neatness in work.

The habit of enjoyment in worE The habit of telling the exact truth. The first milestone to skillful workman-ship is cleanliness. A little effort spent in putting waste paper in the waste can instead of throwing it on the floor to be picked up by another, is one way of tidiness and co-operation, as well. So says Jackson. It wont do to have two Deacons for they are liable to get wrong credit.

Deacon Brown is justly entitled to the title, for he is a deacon, Bro. House will be Parson in D. for he is mistaken for Dr. Kulp on the streets. When youngsters get at loggerheads the fond parient bumps their heads together, and warns them they must cultivate peace and harmony, and they finally come to same conclusion.

But you cant do that with grown-ups that refuse to fraternize. Theres no excuse for any such feeling among peo-nle in the same office or shon; ye4- it is found. Come on, folks, get that idea of pulling apart out of your system. Some peoples bump of order is sadly defiicient. A glance is all that is necessary to convince you.

Look at the even piles of paper that come from the cutting machines, denoting tidiness and order, then compare with other spots in the factory. Printing is known as the art preservative of all arts because it furnishes means for recording knowledge for future generations. All thats worth preserving in art, literature, craftsmanship, and science is disseminated by the printed page. Argument between Frank Porsch and Mono. Beyer: Can a short, fat man bend easier than a tall, slim man? Beyer says the tall man has further to bend; Frank maintains that it isnt how far, but how much one bends, that counts, and illustrates his idea thus graphically: ROOM FOR DOUBT.

Ore would naturally think that an ex-service man would have learned the meaning of loyalty during the recent worlds war, since the penalty for disloyalty meant death for extreme violations of allegiance. Yet I know an ex-service man who violated his allegiance to his employer after signing a contract in which loyalty was an essential condition of his service. He agreed to it when he signed the contract. He secretly joined an organization opnosed to his em-nloyer, and pretended loyalty and honorable service to the one from vThom he received his weekly pay-check, and for many months attempted to srve two masters, a -etense that was easily discernible during those months ha he evaded the straight and narrow nath of honorable dealing. Now I am ondering if he was true to his oath of al-lpo-iace over there.

and vrh ether he will bo true 0 Hs other se ious obligations over here. 0. K. S. Once upon a time I subbed for the proofreader at Halls years ago.

Annie Swayze was the proof-reader. She had a contract to stand all spoilage in lieu of a lesser wage. The first week I was caught for an $18 blank book, the first charge against the proof room under her contract. I took the book home, carefully erased the ob.