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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-27
Wooins With a Summons

There day when any presentable young sutton had
pretty fair chance of winning the Light of His Eye If he
armed with nothing than dozen roses box Of
bon bons and broad smile for the madens mother Now
he has to bring along writ of habeas corpus
George Lowther Ill New York insurance broker, wanted
TO marry attractive Eileen Herrick but Eieens father
wouldn't hear of it. Miss Herrick got breakdown
and Mr. Lowther got mad Instead of presenting Daddy
Herrck with bank statement to prove he able to sup
port the young lady n the style which she
toned" young Mr.. Lowther sent a court summons
The young Lotharo didn't exactly get his writ of habeas
corpus but he his point The court ruled that Eileen
being 90 old enough to know her mind and that
papa would have to hand the key to her UNCOVERED
tower
This modern design in wooing may be in the best
romantic tradition but 1t works And baffled sutors all
over the land may be hiring lawyers to get their fair
ones out Of parental hook.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-27
Wrona BY 5000 Mile.

Winston Churchill first lord of the admiralty, speaking:
america may become the last defender of democracy
and human liberties in the world If the Allies lose the war"
Churchill Is without doubt the driving force of Britain
II this
Long before the opened he against appease-
mint When did come the government forced i'm
meately to give high office to this who had been
thorn In Chamberlain's side.
He has always been doer. In the Boer he served
fighting correspondent and staged thrilling escape from
the enemy.
In 1911 he put into the admiralty to prepare the
feet for The fleet well prepared that Germany
was any real naval threat in the
Failure Of the Dardanees campaign forced him out Of
the admralty-but that failure many experts agree,
due to faulty execution by those in charge rather than fault
IN Churchilrs plan.
After the he served brilliantly chancellor Of the
exchequer
Truly, Churchill is with a splendid record Of
achievement
But
In starting the DID, creaking propaganda mill going
along the line of America the-word Churchill
Is doomed to failure.
Next time America is forced to defend democracy it
will be right here American soil against any possible
invader-it won't be 5000 miles away in Europe.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-27
BRIGHTENERS

One Of the gloomy aspects Of
the war is the increase in the
glass-eye industry. Most of the
worlds supply comes from Ger
many, although Britain makes
some. Soda glass is most COM
monty used, being chemically re-
sstant and good for several
years. Such oxides as cobalt for
blue. chromium for green and
manganese for mauve are used
for coloring. The oxides must be
exceedingly pure. The glass is
specially prepared and ground.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-27

ward church singing need not
be on account of the char
acter Of the music. In every
church hymnal there win be
found arrangements Of the
choicest music Of Bach, Bee
thoyen, Schumann, Haydn,
Handel. Weber, Mendelssohn
and Gounod. A bit toward
the modern trend are the
works Of Sibelius, Sir Arthur
sullivan, Carl Price, and many
others. There Ia music for
all occasions.
In the last decade or so, under
inspired leadership, public school
music has made wonderful pro-
gress. In both vocal and in
strumental fields there has been
artistic as well as technical
achievement. A large number
of these school trained music
ians are members of or attend
the churches. II seems like
overlooking a bet not to be
using them in a revival of con-
gregational singing.
Smile a1chile:
Thirty days hath Septem-
Der, April, June and Novem-
her. All the rest have thirty
one But wait till we
hear from Washington.
Lady of the house-Lilly, do
you sweep behind the door?
Lilly, the new maid-Yas'm,
I allus sweep everything be-
hind de doah.
Betsy had been hearing q
good deal about table ETH
quette, and when she was
reprimanded for inadvertently
scratching her nose with her
spoon, she replied:
"What a silly goose I am,
aren't L? OF course l should
have used my fork"
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Continued from Page u

lContlnued from rage
four-year record in this field.
War or no war, depression or
recovery, the fiscal issue threat
ems the Democrats control more
seriously than any other.
The four New Deal sessions
have appropriated a total Of
500. 216, 356,113. Agriculture got
$685.. 015,3s2. Supplies and re-
lief ate up the amazing sum of
$13. s22, 107, 462. The army's
share was $2,5S6, 531 ,4S4. while
the navy-the presidents ia
vorite establishment = benefited
to the tune of $3,106, 064, 1853,
without including an additional
1890, 000,0 900 authorized but not
spent. Tremendous national de-
Tense appropriations are forecast
for the next session.
The interest on the public
debt-carrying charges for past
borrowings-will be $1,000, 000,-
900 year by next June, although
Secretary Morgenthau boasts
that the present rate of interest
is the lowest in history. That is
more than the total cost OF gov
eminent operations before the
World war - and more than
Uncle Sam collects in individual
income taxes each year.
Administration economists
have reached the startling
conclusion that the Ameri-
can peoples spending habits
have shifted since the 1929
depression. They are pay
ing out more dollars for
consumer than production
goods - for articles that
benefit the light rather than
the heavy industries.
II means a sensational change
in our domestic economy. In
stead of directing their purchas-
ing power into channels which
stimulate the manufacture of
railroad cars, trucks, heavy ma
chinery. tremendous factories,
they are buying clothes, radios,
automobiles, services, luxury
goods. Some of these things
an automobile, for instance
stimulate the heavy industries
somewhere in their process of
manufacture, but the majority
of the articles sold under this
transition do not. And if-as
private and public economists
prediet-population changes in
crease the number of old folks
at the expense of youth. this
movement viii accelerate sharp
ly.
Fresh capital investment has
until now been the basic hope Of
New Deal economists for COM
plete and permanent recovery.
They have begged and longed
for some new invention like the
motorcar or the radio to stimu-
late new issues. relieve the I'M
employment problem. cheer the
nation. But if their new find
proves correct. it may furnish
strong arguments for their
theOries-the Coyle-Currie-Cor-
corsn Philosophical the way
to strengthen a nation. economic
ally, is for the government to
keep on borrowing and lending
and spending.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-27
SCIENCE NEWS
KEEPING UP-TO-DATE

What killed off the dinosaurs ?
Disappearance of the massive
animals. said by scientists TO
have erawled over the earth
25. OOO. 600 years ago, is still a
mystery. Cold has been recorded
as the cause by many evolution
lists. DR.. Raymond Cowles of the
University OF California recently
stated, however. that he believes
heat was the cause OF their dis
appearance He has found that
surviving relatives of the dino
saurs are extremely sensitive 10
sii~ht rises in heat. but that the
family is little affected by
Colu.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-27

AN APPRECIATION

Editor. The Times: In behalf
of the board Of directors of the
Washington State Graduate
Nurses association and the mem
bers of the Tacoma district, l
wish to thank you for the splen-
did publicity given the sssocia-
ton during the institute held IN
Tacoma Nov. and 3.
Especially was the picture
taken at the Country club ap-
preeiated.
GLEE C. MARTIN. X. N,
Executive Secretary.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-27
BLACK AND WHITE
BUT READ ALL OVER
Black rhododendrons are found
I'm some parts of Tibet.

in some parts of Tibet
Swans have been known to
break a mans leg by a blow Of
their wings.
In Holland. jackets are sup
piled 10 cows Go protect them
from the cold and damp Of win
try weather.
South and Central America
present q strange array of bird
life in winter. Birds whose
summer habitats are entirely diff
ferent hobnob together during
their stay in the tropics.
In 1891. Sir James Ross de-
termined the location Of the
north magnetic pole at 70 de-
grees minutes north latitude
and 80 degrees IS minutes west
longitude.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-27

stu dehleriHg, stiH phTsbihI
What II They Did Sing
Out OF Tune7
Hymn Singers Brought
Interest 10 Service
Modern Church Overlooks
Good Bet
ONE of the questions that
" frequently arises in the
minds Of the older generation
Of church goers concerns con-
gregational singing. They Won
der what has become of the
old song service, when the
minister's message was only
about ten or fifteen minutes
long and the rest Of the hour
was devoted to congregational
singing.
It was not always such sing
ing as would appeal to the
ear tuned to grand opera.
Brother Moon or Brother Fitch,
or Sister Conrad might either
one or all three be off the key.
Sometimes each of the three
would be on different key,
with the penetrating voices Of
Brother Doubleday and Brother
Agens still in a different key,
and the congregation dividing
allegiance between the five. But
1t was wholesome, whole-hearted
singing, with the hallelujahs
ringing to the rafters.
Not all of the congregational
singing was off key by any
means. In much of 1t there
was evidence of trained voices
and understanding Of music.
And memory goes back to
such occasions as when the
scholarly Fred Fisher, thorough
musician who for several years
directed the music in the
evangelistic services of the late
BILLY" Sunday came to town.
Fred Fisher had q way with
people. Twenty-four hours
after he arrived he had as
sembled a chorus of anywhere
from fifty to a hundred of
the best voices In town, re-
gardless of denominationai
affiliations. An hour under
his leadership and the group
would be singing in perfect
time and in tune and ready
to provide the inspiration
which brought many a sinner
down the sawdust trail to the
penitent's bench. And for
months after the meetings
closed every church choir In
town showed the effects of
Fishers influence and there
seemed to be q new inspira-
ton in the congregational
singing.
It's not only the absence of
the song service that the older
generation misses but there
seems to be a tendency to re-
duce congregational hymn sing
ing to the minimum. If the
sermon runs a little long, it's
easy to cut out the last hymn
entirely. The opening hymn
may be one of those first-and-
last-verse things, with the mid
die versus cut out regardless OF
their connection with the first
and last. In some churches
congregational singing seems to
have become a lost art. The
job has been taken over by the
choir.
The seeming antipathy to-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-27

Less than five per cent of the
public schools in the United
States have been built since
1880. More than one-third Of
them wire built between 1870
and 1888.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-27

Contrary to fanciful tales of
snakes that blcat like deer. or
purr like kittens, no species Is
known that can utter more than
the commonly known kissing
sound.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-27

Let rs then be up and doing Nth heart for any fate
sH oebjepn0 stu pursuing learn to labor and to ioat
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-27
MONDAY. NOVEMBER ~

This is not an important day
in planetary direction. 1t Is
wise to defer significant deci-
sions, for there may be disturb
ing news which will affect BUSH
ness. Labor continues under sim
lister aspects, although 1t will
be less difficult to deal with.
Business Affairs: Holiday
trade will reflect American cour-
age and optimism. The acme of
manufactured products and i'm
portations will be seen in what
is likely TO be an historic exhi-
bition of world achievement.
Demand for jewels and costly
gifts will be great.
National Issues: As the close
of the year draws near there
will be unusual political align
ments and determined efforts to
prepare for the national cleo
tin OF 1910. World events will
emphasize the need for strong
government leaders in the
United States in this period of
stress. The older generation
will be reluctant to give way TO
the younger. Men holding Of
flee viii wish TO continue in
power
Persons whose birthdate 1t Is
have the augury of a prosperous
year. Promotion for men and
legacies for women may be nu-
merous. There viii be much
social interest.
Children born on this day
probably will be extremely gift
ed. Many Of these subjects Of
the Archer are inventive but
those who are not trained to be
practical may have difficulties.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-27
ToDAY's COMMON ERROR

Never Sy. they ro-o1ersted
to-~.f,-~ - write the book.
omit 'togelnef.'
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-27
HOROSCOPE
SUNDAY. NOVEMBER ae

Mingled good and evil planet
airy influences are active today.
In the early morning benefic
aspects encourage a philosoph-
ical outlook. There may be
anxiety about the future, but
people will find solace in re-
ligidn.
Heart and Home: This IL not
a fortunate sway for domestic
power. Members OF the family
will disagree regarding plans
for the future and parents may
be inclined to dictate to their
children. This is day to MAIN
tain a diplomatic silence wher-
ever arguments are started. II
is not an suspicious date for
young people to meet new
friends Of the opposite sex.
International Affairs: Public
opinion on the policies of France
and Great Britain will veer
with each report from unreliable
sources. Double-dealing among
dictators Is again presaged with
Mussolini gaining temporary ad-
vantage. although Stain Is the
personality most to be feared.
Persons whose birthdate il is
have the augury of a year of
good fortune. but social interests
may bring disappointment. The
young will be exceedingly sus-
ceptible to romance.
Children born on this day
probably will be cautious and
able to prepare for future con-
tingencies. They usually have q
sense of public responsibility.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-27

CONGRESS AND HORSE
RACE
Strange as it seems. so great
was the interest in the great
sweepstakes at Pimlico, Nd, in
1877, that the United States
congress adjourned so as not to
miss 1t. This race brought to
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-27
MR.. FIxIT
He Fixe, Things

TO receive attention IN this COL
umn letters must give name and
address Of writer. Only initials
VIII be published when requested.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-14

for an extended stay. Susie sat down on the top porch step of Mrs. Johnson's rooming house. Funny about her knees. They had an inclination to buckle. After 3 while she went to her room and packed suitcase with her for- lorn best. In an old trunk she placed the rest of her belongings. She gave up her room and Mrs. Johnson, upon being asked, con- sented to. store the trunk in the basement.
 Taking her suitcase Susie went to the Waffle Shoppe and re- signed. The manager, at first irate, finally humbled himself and begged. When this failed he offered Susie an unbelievable increase in salary. Dazedly she stuck to her resolve. She was in 8 trance, or was 1t @ nightmare? Walking out of the room she had called home for five years, throwing over the best job she's ever have, 1t had all the earmarks of a nightmare. And all because some lunatic in Chicago had said he could make her beautiful. Suddenly she shook with hysterical laughter.
 Then came reaction. Her mind swung back and forth like a ter- rified pendulum. Doubts assailed her. When she presented herself to John Harker he would take one look and change his mind. The thought of being observed so critically, being discussed, her bad points of which there were so very many, talked about, made her cringe.
 T don't care," she said to her. self. T won the contest, didn't I? They can't kill me for being ugly"
 Going to a pay staion she called John Harker.
 "This is Susie Lambert" she said, when the connection was completed
 "Oh, yes, Miss Lambert" The cordial kindness of his voice bol- stered her shrinking courage. Thank you for calling. May we expect you soon?" Susie's spirits lifted miraculously She hadn't been imagining things after all. MT. Harker expected her.
 "I'll reach Chicago at 6 this eve- ming" she told him.
 Good" He asked for particulars At what sation would she arrive9 At 6, did she say? Someone from the office would meet her. Hotel accom- citations would be made for her. A conference in MT. Harker's office at in the morning. Trembling vio- lently Susie went to the pus station.
 It might be an insane adven- ture, but 1t was an adventure and the first in Susie's life. Her heart lifted, her feet seemed not to touch the ground. At long last Susie was one of the chosen. (To Be Continued)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-14
. STORIES
 IN STAMPS
When Africo Discovered Its Gold and Diamonds

T'URMoIL swept the whole of
 \ South Africa in 1867 with the discovery of diamonds near the Orange river. Native tribesmen were aroused and foreigners fiocked to the scene to complicate the picture. Before long, blood soaked the ground and law was lost in the mad rush for wealth.
 But diamonds were only the be- ginning. For years men had found gold in small quantities. In 1886 1t was struck in abundance. Pros- pectors located rich lodes on the Witwatersrand. The diamond rush was a trickle compared to the boom that greeted the new Edo. rado.
 Caught in the maelstrom was President Paul Kruger of the Transvaal. Kruger hated the British. So when Cecil Rhodes turned up as one of the first to exploit the gold find, Kruger locked horns with him. The two men fought each other intermit- tently for many years. But 1t was useless to try to stem the tide of that rush. The foreigners surged Sra and stayed.
 Today the Union of South Af-, rica Is still one of the richest dia- mond and gold-producing areas in the world. It produces approx iynately $400,000,000 in gold an-' nually. and more than. 600,000 carats of diamonds. Nearly 50 Der cent of the worlds supply of rold comes from South Africa. coal. iron ore. chromite, manga ucse. copper, asbestos, tin. silver, erd platinum are mined as well.
 south Africa issues stamps in lyro languages, English and the, oid Afrikander, due t. the pow erf.1l Boer influence. Two cur- rcnf values showing South Atrica's roId mines are shown above. v fcooyrighf, l93e. Ni1A eerxioes Incl.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-14
SERIAL STORY $ WOMEN WANT BEAUTY ..- ax5oYsa @ E. ao4%ss :..S.s .

faced. He noted the negative hair, scowling eyebrows, ridicu- ious glasses on Q crazy little nose, the thin, wide mouth. Susie was terrific. If the Chief wanted hrTneliness he had his wish = wowiel But the girl could make wafflesl
 While enjoying one of her mas- terpieces he saw Susie move pon- Gerously across the floor to the telephone, heard her say, "Is there a letter for me, Mrs. Johnson?" and saw her face fall as she hung up the receiver. As if her face could fall any lower, he thought.
 After paying his check he went to the counter beside Susie. T beg your pardon" he said. "Won- der fl you can help me out?"
 "I'll try Her voice was pleasant, extremely pleasant in fact. She raised her eyes questioningly and Je1 gazed into clear gray blankness, then the thick lids fell again. (,
 I'm looking for family by the name of Lambert" he told her. Someone sent me to you, said your name was Lambert" This was Jeff's ruse to observe Susie for his report to John Harker.
 I'm sorry" she said quietly. My family lives on a farm up- state. The Lamberts here are strangers to me-"
 "Well-thanks just the same" Jeff went away and Susie looked after him. He'd been friendly. Like Dick, he had looked at her, not through her. Like Dick? There was no one in the world like Dick.
 Much of Susie's enthusiasm over becoming attractive had faded in the past two weeks. Shed been a fool to go off the deep end that way. In retrospect she was litle ashamed of her letter. Nevertheless she bought a Chicago paper each day and knew that the model had not yet been chosen. A tiny, quivering hope still lay behind her thoughts.
 Jeff went back to the office and reported to John Harker. At last he got around to Susie. He stopped, shaking his head, not knowing how to begin.
 "Well-?" Harker gave him a verbal nudge.
 "The best I can say is that Susie isn't deformed, that she has a pleasing voice and the average number of features. Maybe you can do something for her but, man, you'll be letting yourself in for something"
 That's what I want" said Harker eagerly. "Tell me about her.
 "She weighs a ton, maybe half a ton, her eyebrows come out over her eyes like ragged awnings, her mouth is this wide," Jeff went on. stretching his thumb and small finger. "She has three chins, dust colored hair and her nose - it's helpless.
 John Harker touched button. Susie 1t is," she said. "When we get through with her she'll be Suzanne" His secretary came in. "Take leter, Miss Griggs. My Dear Miss Lambert.
 Susie received the letter on the following day. As the winner of the contest, she was to report to John Harker at her earliest con- venience. She was to make plans
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-14

German trade is reported to be decreasing in Guatemala.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-14
CHAPTER VIII

It was ten days after Susie read Harker's ad that Jeff Bowman started out to investigate the i've homely applicants for Harker's. Jeff was what is commonly called a swell guy. To Edna, his mother, he was the dearest boy in the world. His big frame was loosely hung together, his red hair was none too smoothly brushed. He tried to brush 1t, but 1t was that kind of hair. He had nice, healthy skin, sprinkled with @ few freck- les, and sparkling blue eyes. His eyes laughed, there were little wrinkle fans at the outer corners from laughing. His chin was stub- born, his mouth could be very tender.
 Jeff did not go over in big way with the girls, perhaps be- cause they utterly failed to inter est him. His mother said the girls didn't know what they were miss ing and gave thanks that they did not.
 To hasten things Jeff went on his mission by plane. He found a girl in Denver. She was well past 40, precise, dull. He marked her off the list. Two dime store work ers, one in Detroit, the other Cleveland, met the same fate.
 The fourth applicant was a faded housewife with a none too attentive husband. Jeff did not mark her off the list. She Tad very little personality, Jeff thought her a weak sister, but he couldn't help thinking how much fun 1t would be to fix her up and flash the result on her no-account hus- band.
 At last he arrived in Rivertown, the small University city where Miss Susie Lambert dwelt at 1919 Elm street. Jeff hoped Susie was a stu- dent. He had a great respect for ed- ucation and, if the Chief was set on Susie, 1t would be fine If she weren't too dumb. Going to the old frame house on Elm street he waited for the door to open with pad and pen- cil in his hand. When the landlady answered his ring he announced that he was taking names for the city directory.
 When, among, others she men, toned Susie, he asked, "1s Miss Lambert employed?"
 ~Yes, she works at the Waffle shoppe just west of the campus"
 Tnwardly Jeff groaned. Betak- ing himself to the Shoppe he straddled a stool and ordered waffle, meanwhile glancing about.
 "Syrup or honey?" he was asked by Q waitress.
 syrup, please"
 He heard her say, Waffle and syrup, Susie," and took a good lcok.
 So that was Susie. Oh, Lordy- Lordy-. Fat, awkward, pasty
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CRANlUM CRACKERS

Some of the following statements are true. Some are false. Which are which?
 1. A maverick is Q sea-going bird.
 2. A pinnacle is 6 box for @ ships compass.
 3. The late Ivy Lee was @ prize fight manager.
 {. Dizzy Deans right name is Elmer Dean.
 s. An erg is a measure of energy.
 Answers on Back Page.