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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-11
On the Vanity Of Human Glory

Former Kaiser William Second of Germany is reported
to be III and the doctors in attendance said be
red No wonder Any of 81 has rather tenuous hold
on fe and furthermore maybe the onetme monarch has
lost the will to live For his shows how feeting
human power and glory
To have lost a throne to have traded rule of powerful
nation for exile have exchanged Potsdam and half dozen
other magnificent palaces for the less simple
to the final act in the drama that Napoleons fe
But the cases are not on all tours
William ruled Germany and merely sought wider
sphere through force of Napoleon had actually
through war extended French rule great stretches of
Europe.
William preserved astonishing strength and health
through long of exile Napoleon died after long su
fering from agonzing disease.
William treated with great Difference by the Dutch
government Napoleons reainers have placed record
the foolish and senseess treatment accorded him by the
Englshmen charged with the duty of being his jaers,
TO speak.
Even Williams life cannot have been bed of roses
to of his temperament and upbringng "Haus
Doom is comfortable place in itself but to look from its
windows il to get the shvers especially the bleak Dutch
winter Deep snow on the ground. Wind moaning its
melancholy in the dark pine Lonely roads de-
serted by human beings
None of human hustle that he used to see from his
palace Windows looking out the Berlin streets None of
the veteran regiments brave housekeeping for him to the
crashing march music of splendid military bands. None of
the huzzahs of the faithful when he rode the Tergare
None of the Difference accorded him when clothed in white
and gold, he took his seat at the opera
Nothing left but his books his thoughts Long long,
ashen thoughts Regrets, perhaps that he plunged
Europe into Puzzement perhaps, to how he could
have managed things betterand Envy perhaps that
an upstar corporal from obscure Austrian village has,
80 far, accomplished what he failed to do
And, last thought of all before closing his weary
sleep last thought cued from his frequent Bible reading
Vanity of vantes all is vanity.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-11
Stamps
Chinese Oregon Dance
Marks Jopon's Birthday

THE Chinese dragon dances for
Japan in the stamp design
above, one OF two Manchukuoan
issues honoring the 2600th BIRTH
day OF the japanese empire. The
second stamp of the issue marks
the seventh year in the reign Of
kang Ten, puppet emperor. and
continued friendship between
Manchukuo and Nippon.
Ancient japanese legends re-
late the story of Jimmu Tenno,
first japanese emperor, and his
conouests. Two OF these have
been used for designs of japanese
stamps commemorating the ami
versary One stamp pictures the
golden kite which dazzled jim
mus enemies. the other pictures
the tipsy fish that forecast success
OF his empire.
Modern historians, however.
place the birth Of the empire at
the beginning Of the Christian era.
Little was known Of Japan in Eu-
rope until the 18th century when
traders and missionaries reached
the islands. Persecution OF Chris
tisns was followed by an edict
excluding all foreigners, forbid
ding trade with western countries.
For 200 years the doors Of
Japan were closed until 1855.
when commercial treaty with
United States was signed
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-11
WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER IL

Mingled good and evil planet
airy influences are discerned in
the horoscope for today. The
morning Is propitious for mer-
chants. II Is a fortunate day for
shopping. Labor is under an un-
favorable rule of the stars.
Heart and Home: Under this
configuration happiness comes
by deferring to the male men,
bers of the family. Father should
be made comfortable. for the
stars presage problems that may
be disturbing to his business. In
the home there should be vigi-
lance to maintain cheerfulness
and contentment. For the young
the winter will bring both ex-
tremes of gayety and lack of
amusement. Ii is well to study
hard in preparation for exacting
service for the nation,
Business Affairs: Trade should
be good and merchants should
enjoy fair profits. but labor
troubles are prognosticated for
manufacturers and employers in
many lines OF business. Warm
ing Is given OF a serious clash
among strikers the first of the
year. Wise adjustments of in
dustrial difference between en-
ployers and employees will be
numerous.
National lssues; Public health
Is TO assume special interest in
coming months, for great deal
Of illness Is foretold at the end
Of winter. Imperative need of
surgical instruments and medi-
cines viii be felt in Great Brit
ain. as well as subjugated coun-
tries where there will be cpl
denies and great mortality. The
care of the poor In our own
country should be marked by
wise and scientific aid.
International Affairs. Italy
and Mussolini are under sinister
planetary influences that bode
Ill for the winter. The death OF
q leader in government affairs
may precipitate trouble of far
reaching effect. Defeat in naval
engagements is prosnosticated,
The Mediterranean is not to be
dominated by the dictator. who
10 to meet more than one great
disappointment in the second
world war.
Persons whose hirthdate IL In
have the augury Of success.
especially for those in the arts
tic professions.
Children born on this day
probably will be emotionally In
tense and physically strong.
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Wheat, for instance. is Italy's
most important crop. The
Italians are the greatest bread
eaters per capita in Europe.
Wheat furnishes the base for
the national spaghetti
and macaroni. But the 1e41 sup
ply, with imports shut off, will
fall at least 40 per cent short of
the required total. Such inn
ports as cotton, coffee. rubber,
oil. coal, iron, hides and skins
have been cut off entirely. And
Benito's payroll crops-exports
like wine. olive oil. silk. cheeses.
fruits. nuts. tomatoes-will rot
in the fields or be sold to Ger
many on barter basis.
Food prices have recently been
hiked above the pre-war level of
May, 1e40. when II Duce jumped
into "a short war" At that
time the humblest In Italy. where
the average wage for industrial
workers Ia only ten cents an
hour. were paying II cents a
pound for sugar, 81 pound for
coffee. 81 cents pound for but
ter, A cents a pound for cheese.
80 cents a pound for olive oil.
Now there is strict rationing of
plain foods, with meatless.
coffee less, spaghettiless and
suearless days even for those
who have the price.
Housewives who find that
1889 budgets will not finance a
1e40's week supply of family
food cannot understand House
wife Perkins periodical reports
of stable or lower level of
prices. They think that some
thing must be wrong in some
body's pantry-in theirs or Miss
Perkins. Here is the answer:
In her summaries the secre-
tary of labor Jumps the cost of
all commodities. She lists bulk
articles which the lady of the
house buys only rarely or in
finished products ton,
wheat. tobacco. peanuts. Both
wholesale and retail prices for
these non domesticated pro-
ducts are way down. But
Miss Perkins also includes COM
modities which are consumed in
volume every day in the average
household-rib roasts, fresh and
frozen vegetables. fruits and
dairy stuff. Despite discrepan-
cies depending on geography,
these dinner table staples have
hit sharp upturn.
The answer is that the things
consumers buy in bulk tend 10
drag down the general price
level. II YOU want bale of cot
ton-or a steer on the hoof-
the first lady secretary of the
land will sell you one cheap. But
II you're such a small-bore per-
son that you buy in small guam
tities--a cotton shirt or a bit
of round steak-you are out of
luck. price-wise
The problem of American bat
ueship conveys Of shipments 10
Britain has become more
acute question In the inner
councils than the American
people realize. They ought TO
know the facts because the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-11
Petticoats Rule the Roost

Dover. little community of 700 souls down in North
Carolina is going to be place well worth watching And
If all goes well it may be village well worth matching
For it has a complete petticoat government.
Not only is the mayor but the board of alder
men is completely female, the lone chosen having
declined to 20 with the job. Now the ladies have a
chance to show what they do all by themselves Ii
they don't balance the budget get dollars worth of sup
plies for dollar expenditure, the oafers of town.
and keep the streets cleaner than they have been
before. sadly miss guess.
For running q town is just form of good house.
keepng-womans specially
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-11
Turning Tables on the Senate

1t is old newspaper wheeze that If dog bites
that's nothing, but if bites dog, that's So
similar reverse Engshing has made in Washington
As the capitol badly needed repairs the United States
senators beook themselves for safety the old Supreme
Court chamber in which in precvi days the upper
house of congress used to meet
Many and many time bull-voiced senator utterng
what pleased the people in the gallery has brought the
roof down.
This time the roof has brought the senators down.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-11
QUESTIONS TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Can you answer seven of these
test questions Turn to the
woman's page for the answers.
l. Name the motion picture
star. now dead. who played the
leading role in the silent picture.
The Sea Hawk
2 Does heavy cannonading
and bombing in military opera
tons influence the amount of
rainfall
3. What type airplane is the
German "stuka"2
4. Who composed the opera
''Cavalleria Rusticanan
S. Name the three grand di-
visions Of the Federal govern
ment.
8. Does each star in our flag
officially represent q particular
state in the Union9
:. On account of an early
manual vocation, Abraham Lin
coin was given the sobriquet
s. Mother" Jones was q
prominent labor leader. sponsor
Of Mothers Day" or woman
suffragist
@ Are Canadians required TO
have passports TO come 10 the
United States
10. Who said. a horse Is q
vain thing for safety"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-11

This alert dep artm en- t
conducted is own private
poll among the female Of
the species. and as is al
ways the case when We
start messing around with
the weaker - sex. We
learned something.
The principal thing we learn
ed and the only one we intend
To write about vas that the
great and abused sorority which
calls itself The Sorrowful Lit
tie Sisters Of the Sea. or more
commonly Yacht Widows en-
JOY one season Of the year They
say - unanimously = that their
plight does have its compensa-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-11

costume jewelry from clothes
pins and noodle letters. selling
them for 25 cents each.
Strange As II Seems continues
to pay 81 for each job Inventor
featured. finding that many
readers have benefited from
original ideas illustrated in the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-11

cartoon on the front page say
ing only II shopping DAYS till
Christmas. or words to that
effect.
Harrased. like all other NOR
tails. by the problem of what
and whom to include in their
shopping list. the yacht widows
declare that by the very virtue
of their long-sufferine position
in society they find their task
lead-pipe cinch with regard to
their respective spouses.
Therefore. we draw the con-
clusion that all. whether yacht
widow or otherwise. can profit
therefrom.
II Is well-established fact
that nothing tickles the yachts
man SO much as a gift for his
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-11

answer To this question may
decide whether the United
States draws out of or jumps
further into the war
Months ago, before he became
secretary of war, Henry l..
Stimson declared that we should
use our war vessels to safe
guard shipments to Britain In
a private memo Secretary Knox
has made the same recommen-
dalton to the White House. The
maritime commission has point
ed out In confidential memo
randum that 1t would be fool
ish TO sell merchant ships to
Great Britain If they were to
be torpedoed by the Germans
while on their way to delivery.
The pressure on the White
House for one more step-per-
haps a fatal step-on Britain's
behalf has been built to the
fever point. The William Allen
White committee. pro-English
interests and seemingly disin-
terested groups are demanding
that this country use its navy
To protect transatlantic ship
ments. So far the all-high Off
cials have held off because they
know that the sinking of
single American convoy ship
might mean long years of ut
most war.
Charles Evans Hughes - as
first reported here-has inform
ed the president that he would
like to resign at the first op-
portunity. The distinguished
head OF the court is 70 years
old. and he thinks il is time for
him to retire. The president
asked him TO serve through the
January goth inauguration. and
Hughes agreed.
Knowing that the cher is
about TO retire. the five New
Deal appointees have engaged
in rather unseemly contest for
his post. They are racing for
the highest judicial Job in the
nation as if they were fighting
among themselves for the post
Of alderman. Associate Justice
Stanley Reed. as the first New
Deal appointee. thinks he ought
TO get the c. Us seat. But he
IL being pushed and pressed BY
such New Dealers as Associate
Justices Black. Douglas and
Murphy. And TO their supposed
~ non-political ears comes the
report that Attorney General
Robert jackson. who has never
sat on a court. may be named
as the inheritor Of Hughes s125
black robe.
Roosevelt probably won't poll
the court on the question OF a
successor 10 Hughes man
hard 10 replace. But If he did.
he would find that none Of his
fsvorites would come out on
top. A secret court ballot On
the next c. J. would probably
result in a tie between Harlan
Stone OF New York and Owen
]. Roberts OF Pennsylvania
They are tope in the highest
court Of the land
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cherished vessel That goes for
all types. classes and breeds Of
mariner.l
Cold statistics we took an
other survey among the gents1
disclosed that out Of 100 yacht
ing gents questioned. % said
named items for their boats as
their No. l choice for Santa
Claus list. the other gent
wanted a nautical pen and PEN
Gil set for his desk
And yacht widows know these
things. They don't have 10
worry at all about what to get
for their puttering helpmeets.
There are millions of things
from protractors through paint
to engines and all the way back
again with stops at binoculars,
harometers. lamps. stoves. an
ohors. books. long-handled un-
derwear. etc.-of which the
yaehtsman never has enough.
Thought we'd just mention 1t
inasmuch as its getting along
toward that time. We take the
tip from the yacht widows.
In the mailbag was note
addressed to The Old Man OF
the Sea"
The salvage-diving firm Of
r. f. Wizard is still in business.
and in fact Is making plans to
acquire new floating equipment
10 the tune Of one motor driven
barge and two divers suits,
including decomposition
chamber and a bigger and bet
ter hoist"
The note was signed THE
Young Man Under the Sea"
Presidential campaigns come
and go. but Tommy Saddler
goes on forever. Or at least so
it seems.
Capt. Saddler - every year
about this time-gets himself
into terrific amount of fog
trouble.
Because. after all these years
as tugboating skipper.
Tommy gets utterly. totally and
completely lost when the fog
shuts down on the bay, we tried
to aid him in his dilemma. We
suggested the highway depart
ment paint yellow lines around
the harbor. which Tommy could
easily enough follow on his long
and perilous land mysterious)
voyages from. say. the 18th st.
bridge to the st. Regis wharf.
We forget just why that idea
didn't work. But we're not to
be easily discouraged.
In his tugboating around the
harbor during foggy sessions.
Tommy never gets more than
three or four miles off his
course. AS matter of fact.
when he's heading for the Foss
landing, his usual procedure is
TO head due west until he comes
to the beach and then it's lust
a simple matter of following the
shore in one direction or an
other. Pike-pole stuff
However, in order To save
time all the way around we
now suggest that Foss COM
pany have a telephone installed
on the old coal bunkers, for in
stance, and several other points
along the harbor's shore which
are haunted by the wandering
vice presidential candidate.
Then, no matter where Capt.
Saddler ends up in the fog, he
could always get in touch with
civilization.
Of course, Tommy has offered
to send postcards to the office
after he's found land despite
the fog, but then that's kind of
slow.
Just to prove how varied are
the wonders Of the sea. whales
serve as a good example. Some
whales weigh as much as seven
tons when they are born. while
others weigh only so pounds
when full grown.
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tons At least
once per an
nun
The time of
year which so
a p p st o
yacht widows
Is right now
That is to say,
dtirin the
perennial per-
iod W h e n
n e " g papers
display promi-
nently a little
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-11
PULSE OF
THE PU BLIC
oUT-oF-ToWN LABOR

Editor The Times: Harry
Lohrie writes in to express his
disappointment at the apparent
practice of the Washington En-
ployment Service In placing
outsiders in jobs to the discrimi-
nation of local residents. He is
evidently laboring uncer the
theory that local resident
who has lived here, paid taxes
and contributed to community
welfare should be given more
consideration by the employment
service He may also have
faint hope that a generous citi-
zenry in donating land to the
government would in turn be
favored some in employment.
Especially now that there is con-
siderable construction work GO
ing on at Fort Lewis and Camp
Murray
The practice of discriminating
against local residents in the
matter of jobs is unsound, for
the outside citizen who Is en-
ployed usually drifts out of the
community after the job is COM
pleted or when he acquires
stake sufficient for his needs.
One can observe over at the
shipysrds many cars with out
of-county and out-of state Ii
censes.
The PWA in this city also
makes a practice Of importing
out-of-town job seekers when
vacancies in the administrative
department occurs. Recently.
the WPA imported from Aber-
deem and Chehalis two men to
be added to the administrative
staff. However. this is an old
WPA custom of passing the top
jobs around among a chosen and
favored gang who have been in
control of the administration of
WPA for the past four years.
l would suggest 10 Lohrie that
he go TO the employment SER
vice and announce that he has
just hitch-hiked into town from
Oopaloosa. and is seeking en-
ployment. Chances are he will
make il.
PAT WRIGHT.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-11

series. If you, or a friend. have
found way 10 make money
through inspiration of the job
Inventor series. please let John
Xix know Write to him care of
this paper.
Tomorrow: Balloons I'm War
fare.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-11
JOB INVENTOR

There are at least $4,000 sep
arate occupations, the United
States government reports i.
yet men and women of America
are constantly inventing new
ways of earning money Joyce
Hamilton, for example. makes
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-11
TIcuT An Inside Picture OF Finon.
II u II i ciol and Political America
Bv RAY TUCKER
by M L 1oShER
WASHTNGTON-R Mussolini's II

Observation-Disclosures Mussolni's popuace has been
hit by the where these European epcureans feel it
most-in the stomach. Despite Battles of Wheat"
Battles of Meat and Battles of Corn"-Benito bonn
bastc equivalents of AAA II Duce has failed
wretchedy the farms he has the battlefield He
is neither Egyptian Joseph Corscan Napoeon.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-11


Editor. The Times: MANY a
weary hour I have wasted look
ing at the governors official
budget. II you were TO ask me
how budgets should not be pre-
pared. l should pull Martins
budget out of my drawer. Throw
into one pot any imaginable
money in-go and take out any
imaginable, or fake. or unneces-
sary out-go. and call the minus
difference a deficit. then you
will have Martins last budget
OF 1889. How 1871 will look. only
his deposed Excellency and his
budget authority know The leg
islators anyway Will have whole
90 days 10 bother with this bud
get hodge-podge and with the
ten thousand and one lines of
proposed laws and such.
The federal congress keeps its
budget committee az work the
year around: the state. not long
enough 10 read the budget. This
Is political harikiri and 7 for one
wish that the newspapers and
the politicos would shut up rsth-
er than revile the legislators for
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-11
MR.FIXIT
He Fixes THINGS

re receive attention In fhis col
umn iettsrs must Eivs name and
address Of writer. Onlg Initials
vii Be published when requested
Mr.. Fixif; ] have some aue~-
lions I'd like answered. What
das did June 10. 1919. some on
Il u correct 10 put your re-
turn address On Christmas
cards. Could husba a.
wages be sarnisheed for . debt
made by HE wife before they
were married. he.
June 10. 1912. fell on a We'd
nesday. It's correct TO put your
return address on any mail you
send out. Your question on Law
should 20 TO an attorney; the
prosecuting attorneys office
will give you the correct answer
II you have no other legal
counsel.
Mr.. Fixit: In there . place In
Tacoma where one can obtain
the natural wnve" haircut de-
signed 10 make hair perma nently
wavy1 v. 3.
The expert at Rhodes Bros.
says the system In used there.
but only In cases where the
person has the proper type of
hair for it-heavy. coarse hair
and where the person will be
satisfied with a plain wave. IL
isn't, he says. a method that can
be used on any type OF hair.
better check with him II you
are still interested.
Mr.. Fixit: Would you print
In your column the names Of
someone In Tacoma that raises
parakeets. both N q hobby and
for commercial purposes
ID. h.
Paul Walker. skipper of the
Pet Shop, TAG Pacific ave. says
he's sure there isn't anyone In
the parakeets business here
now. because he'd rather buy
the harder Washington raised
birds than those raised In Cali
fornia. II it's parakeets you
want, he has them, but they're
not raised here.
Mr.. Fixit: Would appreciate
An explanation n TO who was
Henrick 1bsen. his profession
and why In the bronze bust of
him located In Wright park?
u. \. A.
Ibsen was the noted Nor
wegian dramatist and poet, born
at Skien. Norway, 1923. and died
ieoo Al Osio. lie studied chem
istry and medicine at first until
1880, but afterward devoted
himself almost entirely to litera-
ture and the stage. Ibsen direct
ed Ole Bulls theater at Bergen
and later the national theater at
Christiana toslo). He wrote
dramas based on ancient Morse
sagas. and social dramas, mark
ing a new epoch In this field.
His work has been rated among
the best in any language. That
justifies a memorial bust of
him In any public park, especi-
ally In a community where there
are so many of Morse ancestry
and so many admirers of Ihsens
work
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THE BATTLE OF OLYMPIA"

144e East 10Th ST
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-11

Just to prove how varied are
the wonders Of the sea. whales
serve as good example Some
whales weigh as much as seven
tons when they are born. while
others weigh only so pounds
when full grown.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-11

The problem of American bat
tleship conveys Of shipments TO
Britain has become q more
acute question In the inner
councils than the American
people realize. They ought TO
know the facts because the