POPE & TALBOT, lNC. LUMBER DIVISION

In Defense Of Gravy

The old-fashioned fellow who liked to fix his plate to suit himself, finds the women of his household ruled by a certain stern person known as Emily Post.

What Emily says, goes. She decrees how the food shall come onto the table, how it shall be served, and the slant of the little fingers when tea is sipped from a fragile cup. Most rrien have found Emily's decrees fairly tolerable. Most men know that when they pull up to the table and beam with delight on the savory meal, they mustn't leap at it and gorge. They are willing to accept the basic principles of civilized dining.

Most old-timers have ceased saucering their coffee. They have learned to use their knife as a knife, and their fork as a fork. But they are not unmindful of the fact that many of the sturdy gentlemen who placed the foundation stones, lifted the roof trees, and laid the sills of this countrl, rv€r€ men who liked to do most of these homely things.

Men are willing to abandon the reach and take system for methods more refined, to please the persons of nicer tastes. But look out for a revolution now. Emily has finally gone too far. She has decreed against the old custom of placing a piece of bread on a plate and drowning it in good, rich gravy. Listen, Emily. When the mothers of long ago baked those great loaves of bread that bellied over the ends of the pans into runovers so delicious when broken off and buttered while hot, she had in mind great, generous slices that would just about cover the bottoms of plates. She baked that bread with a picture in her mind of her entire sturdy brood reaching, and saying "Pass the gravy, please." She knew how to feed that bunch and keep them happy and growing like young shoats. She couldn't have done it on the family income if they had stuck to fancy fixin' and Emily Post table manners.

She knew that when Pa came home in the evening with a slab of beefsteak which she'd pound on the corner of the kitchen table with the back of a hatchet, that she could get enough gravy out of that meat to fill a huge bowl. She knew that a little meat and a lot of gravy would make the quantity of homely fare that kept the family aglow with happinesS. Those mothers fetched up strong men of this nation and sent them forth in marching armies, down the rural furrows, through factory gates, or off to war. Some of them became great leaders of men.

Emily infers a.plate of bread and gravy looks like something for Fido. Well, remembbr Fido of those old days was the dog that chased the freight train off the farm ! The men were the kind who could support a ten per cent mortgage, a wife, and eight children.Topeka State Journal.

Personal Patriotism

When the rest of her family urent to church to pray for the soldiers, sailors, and marines, the old maid daughter stayed home and prayed for a soldier, sailor, or marine.

Thought It Was A Gag

A youn-g colored draftee had been made the victim of so many army gags and practical jokes, that he was expecting them all the time, so when he was walking his sentry beat, and an officer approached, he halted him with the demand:

"'Who goes dah?"

The reply came: "Major Moses."

The recruit said: "Glad t'meetcha, Moses. Advance an' gib de ten commandments."

Mistook Him

"What's that ugly insignia I see on the side of that big bomber?"

"Shush ! That's the commander looking out of the porthole."

Funny About Folks

Ain't it funny that some folks you don't miss, And some folks you just miss a mile, And the folks you don't miss, you see lots of, And the other folks. once in a while.

An Expert

She entered the private office of a notorious divorce lawyer, and said:

"I came to see if you think I have grounds for divorce."

The lawyer asked: "Are you married?"

She said, "Yes."

"Ah," said the lawyer. "What more grounds can a person ask for than that?"

. SIGNS OF THE TIMES

This sign is reported displayed in a night club in San Francisco: "In case of an air raid, crawl under the slot machine. The jackpot hasn't been hit in 6ve years."

Private Builderc in Critical Areag Get Represents Distribution Yardr in High Priority Ratings South Paciftc Lumber Office

San Francisco, Dec. 2G-Private builders today were assured of the same high priority ratings given publicly-financed conversion projects to provide additional dwelling space in critical areas, the National Housing Agency announced today.

Eugene Weston Jr., NHA regional representative, said that added impetus to private building has been afforded private owners since OPA agreed to give prior opinions on rents to be charged taking into consideration capital expenditures, before the conversion projects are started.

"Privately-financed projects in critical areas will get an AA-4 rating," lVfr. Weston said, "which now is the highest granted for housing construction of any type; but it will be a few weeks before the War Production Board can send the necessary regulations and forms to the field.

"In the meantime, home owners and private builders planning such conversion should go to the FHA office in their community to obtain answers to questions they may have regarding proper procedures to follow."

Mr. Weston added that the regional FHA office through its war housing centers will do everything possible to tr.'romote privately financed conversion in critical areas.

San Francisco Visitor

Gordon W. Cudworth, Ganahl Mill & Lumber Co., Santa ' Barbara, was a recint San Francisco visitor.

W. E. (Bill) Davis, for the past several years with Pope & Talbot, Inc., Lumber Division, San Francisco; has been assigned to duty in the South Pacific Lumber Office, 405 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, representing four San Diego and three of the Los Angeles distribution and remanufacturing yards appointed by the Office of the Chief of Engineers, IJ. S. Army.

IVIr. Davis is liaison man between these yards and the South Pacific Lumber Office, which is in charge of Roy Paulus.

The yards he represents are the following: W. E. Cooper Lumber Co., Los Angeles; E. J. Stanton & Son, I-os Angeles; Pope & Talbot, Inc., Lumber Division, Los Angeles; American Products, Inc., San Diego; Benson Lumber Co., San Diego; Patten-Blinn Lumber Co., San Diego, and Western Lumber Co., San Diego.

Mr. Davis is on leave of absence from Pope & Talbot, Inc., is spending his full time in this work, and will continue to do so as long as the distribution yards are operating on the present basis.

Visit San Diego

Roy E. Hills of Wendling-Nathan Company, San Francisco, and Mrs. Hills left December 22 to spend the holidays in San Diego, where they will visit their son, Roy E. Hills, Jr., who is an Ensign in the Navy and stationed there.