The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-08
NOW
Old Homes Could
Tell Thrillers
Well-Monoeed FERN
Al~oys Hos Cot
Preparing Outlets
With Drown Butter
Preparing Outlets
With Drown Butter
BY HOWARD WOOD

Many of us who wander
INTO the outdoors often STUN
BILE onto the bones of the tum-
bled homes of the pioneers
who lived and loved and la
bored here in the West in the
days of long ago.
Most often these forlorn ruins
are but piles of fallen chimne.
stones. bits Of pottery, dented TOYS.
What thrilling stories these old
homes could tell. They were crude
affairs hewn from logs by the
broadax; shake roofs. tiny win
dows. The builders long since
have been called TO their fore
fathers.
To be found also around the
countryside are the lone graves
Of pioneers. They too now are
tumhled 10 ruin.
This writer found one of these
silent reminders of the past while
roaming the woods up in the high
lands overlooking Enumclaw A
worm-eaten cedar headpiece. on
which a worn and rusted horse
shoe was nailed, was the only
marker.
Who hes buried there?
Perhaps no man no1C hUing
knO1Cs or cares!
I like to write about cats: any
eats-Angora, spotted, siamese.
Persian, white, black, tortoise
shell, plain alley cats.
A lot OF folks, 1 know, detest
cats, others tolerate them and still
others have them around for vari-
Gus and sundry reasons.
The coal black cat, poor fellow,
comes in for lot of abuse. If he
crosses your path, alas Some
thing terrible is going to happen
to you. Scientists call this aelor-
phobia, cat fear.
But, Hike the dog and horse,
the cat is a friend of man.
Now i ask YOU, have you ever
seen q well-managed farm
without Its cat? Neither have
L. And you'll always notice,
when you visit farm. that at
least one fine old cat will he
taking 1t easy, In the kitchen
behind the stove, enjoying the
sizzle of ham and eggs frying
In the pan.
Old Egyptians mummified
their cats and inferred them
with their dead. To them
cats were as gods and you'd
have a better chance killing
a human than killing a cat.
Of course, the ancients went
little too far!
Cats, think, are not selfish as
many claim. A good cat is as
faithful as a good dog, but not
30 eager in showing affection.
But relegate cat to barn where
he is unfed and unnoticed. Surely
you wouldn't blame the cat for
being distant toward you Tether
your dog out in the yard, ignore
him. and he'll act just about the
same.
remember the old cat which
used to follow me through the
mountains s-hunting, at times
travelling miles away from our
home. When there was a gun
along, this cat knew what IT was
for and acted accordingly. He
liked to flush game. especially
skunk and rabbit.
And has name Wos Buzz.
Looking over my kitchen library
for a tempting supper dish I ran
onto Dreaded veal outlets in
drawn butter sauce. Yum, yum,
yum
As usual, though, the old dark
cloud hangs inside the silver lin
ing. How in tarnstion are you
going 10 draw butter? Can an
artist do justice to the beauty of
real butter? Ugh Why. don't
even suspect you could paint but
ter and make il look anything like
the real thing.
And furthermore, I've al
most forgotten what real but
her looks like-so / reckon it'll
be hamburger again for sup
per.
Down in Louisiana q farmer
was washing mis- false teeth in the