May 25, 191 



Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 



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Hen Gets Acquainted with His New Job 

 and Other Things 



June 24. 1917. 

 Dear Jim. 



I been on this job a month and its all hunkadory. 

 Wood have riten sooner but this town is cios to Chicago 

 and I been there every sat an sun for three weeks. Wood 

 be there today only it rained like billybedamed and 

 there woodent be no fun trapsin around in the rain. 

 The first sat Phil Johnson ast me how wood 1 like to 

 look em over in Chi. Phil is boss finisher and a good 

 scout. We put on our best duds and hit the burg at 

 '/ 2 past 6. Some place. Me and Phil was going down 

 the street when we met two skirts and Phil says hello, 

 hows sisters tonite? TTiey lafed and sed they was fine 

 and how was we. Phil sed we was happy but lonsom 

 and we wisht we had some company to eats. They 

 lafed some more and sed they wood be company. So 

 we went to a place that might a been a cellar once, but 

 now its all fixed up fine and lit up better than a church 

 at Xmas. 



The girls sure was classy under the brite lites. One 

 was dark and the other lite. I cottoned to the blond. 

 Both had on powder, but a woman woodent be drest 

 now days if she dident doll up her face a little. The 

 lite one had it put on so prety and even that 1 wanted 

 to ast if she used a spray machine. The other one was 

 prety. but it must a been a little dark in her room caws 



her stuff showed up heavier on one side than the other 

 and was sort a streeked. Her face made me think a 

 little of a couple a bad matched face oak veneers. 



We sat around the eats for near 2 hours and saw a 

 reglar voodvil show. Then the girls wants to go where 

 theres dancing. So we went out and climed in a taxi 

 that made me think of a big yellow bumble bee and the 

 girls sed to go to the green mill. That sure is some 

 place, and we had a grate time. We danced until 

 I a clock sun morn. Then we took the girls home in a 

 bumble bee. They live together and work at Racys. 

 We made a date for the next sat and then I ast the little 

 blond to meet me alone last sat. She did and we went 

 to a show insted of a dance and then to a little dinner 

 by ourselfs. When nite school opens Im goin even if I 

 am 26. Sue, thats the girl, says that theres no limit to 

 how far a feller like me can go if he gits some egication. 

 She sure has me going. I like her and if she wants to 

 git out of that store and be took care of by a veneer 

 room boss she can have the job any time. 



Well Jim, mabe youd like to hear less about a girl 

 and more about my new job. Its a good one. Theres 

 work and responsibility and lots of chance. We have 

 about all kinds of veneers and 1 have to see that they 

 are matched proper and that the panels are made right. 

 The supt is all right only hes all the time harping about 

 keeping down waste. The first day he told me how 

 every thing was costing so much and how hard it was 

 to get good poplar cross banding and chestnut core 



