The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-02

TT doesn't make the head lines
L on the front pages and -
only occasionally the subject Tor
editorial comment, but as big as
the international issue itself Is
ire question Of what we are go
Ing 70 do when the war boom
breaks as II surely will the
break may come in three years
or five: II may be postponed
twenty years. but break II Will
In the connection there Is re-
called the story Of Joseph, IA
vorite son Of a well-to-do Isreal-
itish farmer. Joseph also was
the youngest of the large family
and was granted many favors'
He got out Of lot Of the farm
drudgery and wore ports
clothes that aroused the envy OF
the entire countryside. That,
more than getting out of pro-
portionate share Of the farm
work was what made his
brothers sore and they decided
To get rid of him.
One hot day when the brothers
were out in the fields tending
the cattle and sheep Joseph
came strolling along in a coat
OF many colors and looking as
cool as a cucumber. That so
exasperated the brothers that
they risked parental ire BY
pushing Joseph around.
Hey" said Joseph, whats the
big idea ?" You fellows can't do
that to me-lay Off"
I'VE cant, can't we ,"
chorused the brothers. We'll,
we're dom it-see?"
With that they grabbed Jo-
seph and threw him into a pit.
The fall knocked the wind out
of him and when he came TO the
brothers had gone home and it
was dark.
While Joseph was trying to
figgure way out of the pit
without too much hard work,
there came along a bunch OF
fellows who took life as they
found it and never looked a gift
horse in the mouth. Joseph,
hearing them going by. hollered,
and they pulled him out.
So far so good, but instead OF
turning Joseph loose the bunch
decided he looked good enough
to bring a good price in the
Egyptian slave market and they
took him along. That's how
little later Joseph found himself
installed as a sort Of assistant
to the head butler in the palace
of Potipher. king of Egypt.
1t wasn't bad job for one Of
Joseph's temperament. He wore
good clothes and the work
wasn't hard. so he had plenty Of
time for dreaming. Then one
day Joseph fell from grace and
the king threw him into jail. A
couple OF days later, in bounced
the head butler and the kings
baker for some infraction OF the
rules. The first night in Jail the
baker and the butler had bad
dreams. They told Joseph and
he interpreted the dreams to
mean that the baker was going
To lose his head and the butler
would soon get his old job back.
And that's just what happened!
A few days after the butler
was back on the job. Potipher
had a bad dream. He dreamed
the same thing several times and
il worried him. In his dreams
he saw seven lean, scrub cows
jump over the barn yard fence
and eat seven Of the finest cat
tie in the royal herd. The funny
thing about il was that while
the skinny cattle ate the fat
ones, they remained just as skin
ny as ever.
While the king was telling the
cabinet meeting about his bad
dream, the butler overheard,
and he told how Joseph was
making quite a reputation over
in the Jail as a dream inter-
prefer. So they sent for Joseph
and told him the kings dream.
That's easy" said Joseph.
"Your dream. King. means that
the country is going to have
good crops for seven years. Then
fhere1l be a famine for seven
years and probably a lot Of your
folks will strave 10 death
The nexf thing Joseuh knew