Col. R. W. Stewart
Chairman Board of Directors, Standard Oil Co. Of Ind., Chicago
When he was a student at Yale,
He burned midnight oil by the pail,
And while it was burning,
He must have been learning
How oil could be earning him kale.
C. Pruyn Stringfield
Physician, Chicago
This boy is a regular doc
With patients in every block,
But if you fall sick
And want him right quick,
You’ll find him bo-peeping his stock.
J. M. Sullivan
Pres. Standard Paper Bag Co., Chicago
This gent in the picture here shown
Was not to our bankers well known
Till he put his whole soul
In “bags on the roll.”
Now he has a roll of his own.
W. J. Sutherland
Mooney & Boland Agency, Chicago
He can follow a clew in the dark
And I recently heard him remark
That he hoped in good time
To abolish all crime
And do nothing but ride in the park.
Robert M. Sweitzer
County Clerk, Chicago
You almost won out, but not quite, sir.
You put up a heluva fight, sir.
Next time you go in,
I’ll bet you won’t win,
And you will, in a walk, Robert Sweitzer.
A. J. Thatcher
Toledo Athletic Club, Toledo
Remember the Fourth of July,
When Dempsey closed Jessica’s eye?
Well, I lost on the bout,
But I met a good scout.
Ad Thatcher’s a regular guy.
Max Thorek
Physician, Chicago
He’s got us all skinned by a block.
We have to go down in the sock
For tickets to see
Mayilynn and Marie,
While they pay their dough to see Doc.
Edward J. Tobin
County Supt. Schools, Chicago
Ed favors outdoors as a means
Of developing human machines,
If kids will work hard in
The veg’table garden,
He think they’ll have pretty good beans.
Phil. R. Toll
Lumberman, Kansas City, Mo.
“I wonder,” they heard Philip say,
“Which car I’ll drive down in today,
The Packard, the Jackson,
The Marmon, the Saxon,
Or my new Minerva coupe.”
Fred W. Upham
Treas. G.O.P. National Committee, Chicago
Safeblowing is scarcely an art he
Would look on or speak of with hearty
Approval, save when
It’s time for good men
To come to the aid of the party.
Egbert Van Alstyne
Song Writer, Chicago
He has written three thousand and three
Pretty tunes, each a riot with me;
But they tell me he won
His place in the sun
With “The Shade of the Old Apple Tree.”
Henry Veeder
Lawyer, Chicago
He doesn’t defend any speeders
Nor yeggmen nor Bolshevik leaders,
But his well-worded briefs
Add much to the griefs
Of opponents of Hen‑er‑y Veeder’s.
John Z. Vogelslang
Restaurant Man, Chicago
His kid went to face shot and shell,
Which I’ll say is H-E-double L;
A Blackhawk was he,
So his daddy, John Z.,
Thought he’d put up a Blackhawk Hotel.
Wm. F. Von Sennet
Dept. Mgr. Illinois Steel Co., Chicago
Oh, yes, he likes golfing; it’s fun.
But he makes straighter shots with a gun.
When he’s having good luck,
He can putt at a duck
And frequently hole it in one.
Charles H. Wacker
Father of the Chicago Plan, Chicago
When the Lake Front’s a place we can play,
When the Boulevard System’s OK,
With no missing link,
Charley Wacker will think
It’s the end of a perfect day.
John Wagner
Promoter of Athletics, Racine, Wis.
Does the boxing game pay when it’s clean?
Just take a run up to Racine
And get your reply
From a look at this guy,
So poverty-stricken and lean!
William M. Walker
Wholesale Fish Dealer, Chicago
When you go out to fish and no spot one,
See Bill; he’s undoubtedly got one.
As for catching ’em, he
Would much rather be
Out watching Chuck Deal catch a hot one.
Thos. J. Wall
General Agent C.P.R. Chicago
I’m nearly stone deaf to the Call
Of the Wild; I’ve no craving at all
To slaughter Big Game.
But I’d go just the same
On any old trip with Tom Wall.
Harry B. Wallace
Diamond Importer & Mgr. Wheel Trueing Tool Co., Detroit
Each year he imports quite a gob
Of diamonds, for that is his job,
But he’s happier far
With his clubs or his car,
Or when rooting for Tyrus R. Cobb.
Augustus J. Wampler
Dept. Mgr. Health & Milligan Mfg. Co., Chicago
He loves to go fishing, which ain’t
Original, curious or quaint
But he uses a great
Line of chatter for bait,
And he catches big contracts for paint.
Col. Charles B. Warren
Lawyer, Detroit
He used to be some politish
In my native commonwealth, Mich.
His hobby, they say—
Why, he’s on it today,
And sugar’s his favorite dish.
G. M. Weeks
Capitalist, Evanston, Ill.
He’ll tell, if you’ve time for them all,
The tale of each head on the wall.
With him at the trigger,
They tell me the bigger
They are, why, the harder they fall.
John N. Weinand
Cash Grain Dept., Ware & Leland, Chicago
While others just speculate rash
Or frantic’ly tickerward dash,
He’s old Safe and Sane
When it comes down to grain:
He buys it and he always pays cash.
Albert G. Welsh
Lawyer, and Chairman Press Committee, Bar Assn., Chicago
With print paper scarce and so high,
P.A.’s find it hard to get by,
But Welsh, of the Bar,
Seems to get pretty far,
So he must be a regular guy.
Charles A. White
Banker, Chicago
He once held the Elks’ money bag
And didn’t make off with no swag,
So I b’lieve in him, folks,
When he counts up the strokes
He had twixt the tee and the flag.
Fred H. Wickett
Lawyer and Oilman, Chicago
I wish I’d paid heed to you, Wickett,
When you said, “If you’ve
