The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-29
NOW
Listen!
"sIvmber copitol"
Moy Be AL Right
Hos Cricket. To
Sing Him To Sleep
Young OF Species
lmitote Elders
BY HOWARD WOOD

Highway 90 cuts through,
there are two groups of dec
orative poles. And across one
OF these is a sign which says
Capitol of the
World"
AL Of which Is fine and fitting
but some wag. disgruntled per
haps. has penciled an - before
the ~ in the word. humber. He
thus makes Tacoma the "slumber
capital of the world"
Well. our enemy the wag. n he
were here in Tacoma these crisp
winter nights. could realize the
import of his tomfoolery. Tacoma
Is indeed the slumber capital of
the world, as all early birds realize
too well when they crawl from
under warm covers before sunrise
The world knows Tacoma
for its stately forests, its wood
produce, Its mills, Its water
borne lumber shipments 10
the far corners of the globe.
But only those who live here
IN Tacoma are aware of the
magnificent "slumbering" pos
sibilities of the area.
The wag started something.
really! The boomerang-well,
mayhap he h not In a climate
10 conducive of slumber as
n ours, and perchance he will
return one day 10 apologize.
This IA your column, friends.
DE. Pm the conductor. II You
have any little yarns, own
pet flea. mountain hon OF
cricket, mail in the facts 10
.Now LISTEN Mayhaps You
have a pet peeve. a good yarn
on your friend. Mail IL In.
Harry Carter. living out Ia
coma ave. way. keeps q half
dozen crickefs In a little reed
basket over his fireplace.
They chirp him to sleep O.
nights. he says, and will often
keep time with the radio. He
feeds -em lettuce, apple, to-
matoes. They're great pals"
says Carter.
Remember, aoaOl
Described has been the great
broad jump of an Oklahoma farm
er, who was standing on the porch
Of his farm house when a cyclone
struck 1t. He jumped-and landed
On his feet 80 feet away
Quite jump, But the
fumberjacks mp yonder near
Morton tell a better one. A
gang OF Ioggers. falling
giant fir, made bed OF small
At trees on which the monster
was 10 fall 10 prevent splint-
ering. A logger stood on the
butt Of one of the small down
trees to watch the big fellow
zoom earthward. He missed
the final crash because he
was catspulted skywsrd when
the falling FIR hit the down
trunk on which he was
perched.
They say the logger went sky
ward like a rocket and finally lit
feet first in 8 pile of brush away
off m the distance. A bit iater
he was back on the job as n
nothing had happened.
Log9erS are hike that!
Pioneer Ray Bogue says the bird
VINO is always going around brag-
ging to the high heavens that he
runs things around his house is
generally right. But the things
he runs are the lawnmower, baby
buggy and errandsl
Food for thought for all parents
who have child problems is the
old saying that coming events
east their shadows before. Many
parents are wondering how their
offspring can survive the snares
of a world like the present, and q
world in prospect for the future
And while they wonder many &c
on and on in the same old way.
Listen 10 a wise judge discus
sing the problem of children before
q large gathering Of parents. he
said in part:
1T l. against Nature to
teach that the young OF a
species should not initiate
their elders. II a child has 10
be cautioned to avoid all that
was instilled in il by the par
ents who created II, IL II like
asking a duckling to flee from
water. to be q hen, a canary
or an eagle"
What the judge meant Of cours'
Is for parents 70 be good examples
to children and then let natur'
take its course.
think 7 can give a little ysri
that will point 10 the moral O
this. Said the minister 10 m
little boy. Can you count N.
little man ?"
And the little fellow began
Zone. two. three. four. five,
six. seven. eight. nine, ten,
jack, queen. king"
Although Amer. can seamen ar
now able n receive mail iron