anaheim-gazette 1922-09-21

NEW WAY TO REPAIR DAMAGES TO OLD CHINA The old fashioned tale about Humpty Dumpty and the inability of "all the king's horses and all the king's men to patch him together again," does not apply to antique and treasured pieces of chinaware which are damaged by unavoidable tumbles. Formerly, the custom has been for the housewife to pick up the pieces and throw them away. The new style is to gather up the breakage and patch it together again. There is not any sleight-of-hand or magic involved in such work of restoration. All that is needed is the right kind of cement and liquid glue, plenty of plaster-of-paris, an abundance of time for the mended articles to set and the courage to tackle the novel job. Briefly, here is how it is done: A special cement known as "granomother's white lead," such as is used by artists working with oil paints has been adapted for the work of mending the broken and valuable pieces of chinaware. This cement fills the bill because it will withstand frequent and regular washing, it stands up well under careful handling and it is not effected by abrupt changes in climatic conditions. To start with, it is necessary to use a little emery paper to rub down the edges of the broken pieces of china or crockery so as to make room for the layers of cement, which, otherwise, would distort the shape of the dishes when the repair work was completed. Thereupon, the white lead should be rubbed thoroughly over the broken edges with the finger, exercising particular care not to apply too much of this tenacious cement. After the pieces have been patched together in restoring the damaged dish, sealing wax should be melted and dropped here and there on each side of the repair seam to hold the pieces firmly in place and to act as reinforcement. If suit of their labors they have done what they wished to do. Essayists of the Sophomore Free Trade club type deride this sort of ambition, but the poet Gray did not deride it. To him it seemed laudable for men to wish "To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes." Hamilton's longing to see American workshops spring up all over the country is not at all to his discredit. It was in his best days that Calhoun set his heart on a series of internal communications. De Witt Clinton made many a personal sacrifice to give the Empire state its soble canal, and the young man whose desire was to live in history as "the De Witt Clinton, of Illinois," wished to serve his countrymen as commissioner of the land office. If we blotted from our history Benton's long labors for a railroad out to the Pacific, if we had not had Morrill to toll for the factory and the farm, if there had been no Kelley to foreshadow the growth of our iron industry, if we had not had John Sherman in the treasury at the needed hour, if we had not had men with Roosevelt's zeal for conservation of natural resources, if we had not had vigilant watchers alive to all our material needs the eloquence of a thousand Websters could not have made us great. The ideal of a faithful and wise servant set over a household to give each one his portion of meat in due season is presented to us by the Redeemer. It has been in the minds of men by whom thousands of details were gladly welcomed because they entered into national prosperity as the countless rain drops and the innumerable sunbeams bring the harvest. We may add that as it is the object of some who enter public life to see more dollars in the savings banks and more land under the plow so it is the object of others. NO EVASION OF If the leaders road shopmen major candidates do, the issue is one nominees of the Revade. While these fundamentally, a strikers have the party issue by the crusade for the candidates as a registration. The course the criticism at the men, for, if anything erred in being too who struck against gaily constituted good At no point in his employer or as aATIVE, has Mr. Hardy except closest syne and a desire to put in the exercise of the promotion of fare. The honestest no better friend than cumbent of the prince. In his attitude dent Harding has of a vast majority people, who, them men, although now The love of a "squar characteristic of tha has always been m attitude of the public puts and strikes ion back of them, won many fights lation and for bet tions. If they ha back of them in th there would be no mate victory. The issue that I not merely resort ta means of protecti tort the shape of the dishes when the repair work was completed. Thereupon, the white lead should be rubbed thoroughly over the broken edges with the finger, exercising particular care not to apply too much of this tenacious cement. After the pieces have been patched together in restoring the damaged dish, sealing wax should be melted and dropped here and there on each side of the repaired seams to hold the pieces firmly in place and to act as reinforcement. If the dish or pitcher is broken into several pieces, one piece at a time can be worked into place in this way until the damage is righted as well as is possible. Then in order that the cement may set and harden properly, the valuable dishes or china bric-a-brac should be set away in a safe place from 18 to 24 months. Of course, the long time involved in the efficient hardening of the repair cement makes it inadvisable to treat any but treasured and valuable dishes—heirlooms which have been handed down from family to family—such as your great grandmother's old plates—in this manner. Thereafter, when the cement has hardened, the sealing wax should be picked off and the excess of cement scraped away along the seams. If the average woman does not wish to attempt this repair work herself, she can take it to the crockery repair shop where at small expense, the broken dish—if it is not too badly cracked and shattered—can be made to look almost as good as new by skillful workmen. These professional china menders use rivets of silver or copper wire as reinforcements for the liquid cement. The riveting work is outside the province of the amateur as its use involves special equipment and expert skill. These crockery artisans are so expert that often they can fabricate into place artificial pieces of china to take the place of missing pieces which have been lost. They not only restore lost pieces, but they also tint them to correspond to the original design and then glaze them so that they look like new. Even the average housewife can gain success in working up substitute pieces of china to replace lost bits if the holes are not too large. For such homespun repairs, plaster-of-paris is worked up into a stiff putty with an adequate amount of good grade liquid cement. Then some of this stick putty is molded into place where the hole occurs. After it is set in proper position, it is rubbed with a wet finger servant set over a household to give each one his portion of meat in due season is presented to us by the Redeemer. It has been in the minds of men by whom thousands of details were gladly welcomed because they entered into national prosperity as the countless rain drops and the innumerable sunbeams bring the harvest. We may add that as it is the object of some of those who enter public life to see more dollars in the savings banks and more land under the plow so it is the object of others to win honors. Let this not be said reproachfully of any who seek to win them fairly and to be worthy of them. The instinct was in man long before St. Paul saw the wrestlers training for the Olympic contests, long before the Psalmist noted that the successful were calling their lands after their own names. In one of his best speeches Lord Beaconsfield told of the Englishman who will explore a distant and dangerous land, who will give years to sanitary reform, who will serve a long apprenticeship to science without any reward save a title or a decoration showing that what he has done is recognized by the crown. There are Americans, no lack of them, who have sacrificed income and leisure for the public welfare, but to whom life without honor would be disappointing. What fees lawyers have rejected to go to the bench. What opportunities for investment have drifted by while posts abroad were filled. If the most covetous man between the oceans saw a small portion of the money that might have been earned had legislators and cabinet officers given their whole time to business he would say that it was beyond the dreams of avarice. Julius Caesar found in his journeys men in private station who were more powerful than the magistrate. In every age and under every government there has been those who cared nothing for titles, who were indifferent to fame, yet who hungered and thirsted for power. There might be in a lonely hermitage or in the cell of a cloister an austere recluse who rarely left his abode, yet to whom barons and prelates came for advice. In palaces there have been officials never seen at feasts or in cavalcades, and yet consulted on grave matters of state. There were those in Scotland who knew scarcely anything of Lindsay except that he was the instructor of the convicts in a large prison, and there were others who knew that scientists from the four points of the FLORIDA-CALIFORNIA We recently commenced and California citrus production. Even the average housewife can gain success in working up substitute pieces of china to replace lost bits if the holes are not too large. For such homespun repairs, plaster-of-paris is worked up into a stiff putty with an adequate amount of good grade liquid cement. Then some of this stick putty is molded into place where the hole occurs. After it is set in proper position, it is rubbed with a wet finger tip until it is firm and smooth. After this puttied-up aperture is thoroughly dry, the woman may then the repaired portion of the dishware with artists' oil paints to correspond as closely as possible to the original design. After the paint has dried, it is recommended to apply a coat of light-colored water-proof varnish or enamel as a wearproof armor which will enable the rejuvenated piece of crockery to stand up under the strain of active service and still continue to look well. THE ALLUREMENTS OF POLITICS It is not cynical to say that many who have entered on public life have been influenced by material reasons. The phrase should be taken in a large sense. In a city council or a state legislature, in congress, or in a federal bureau there are or may be opportunities of starting or hastening a movement of great importance. Perhaps those who do most for these projects only share in the benefits as the entire community shares, perhaps they do not derive any personal advantage, perhaps they serve at a financial loss; but they have done their part in a great work. If there are more homes, more farms, more factories, if more materials are bought and more wages paid as a re-hermitage or in the cell of a cloister an austere recluse who rarely left his abode, yet to whom barons and prelates came for advice. In palaces there have been officials never seen at feasts or in cavalcades, and yet consulted on grave matters of state. There were those in Scotland who knew scarcely anything of Lindsay except that he was the instructor of the convicts in a large prison, and there were others who knew that scientists from the four points of the compass wrote to him or called on him. It may happen today that a lawyer's death will not call for ten lines of print, and yet twenty years hence we may hear that counsel of nation-wide fame often asked his advice. There are physicians who rarely go to conventions yet write valuable notes to treatises. In a country parsonage there may be a man who does not want to address the graduates of his almo mater, but who would be called on if a translation of St. Shrysostom was desired. As it was in the days of our fathers and as it will be in years to come so now public life appeals to characters of different ambitions. Now, as of old, there are those who wish to see land rise in value, those who long for distinctlinand those to whom power itself is a jewel that needs no setting. LET EVERYONE GET HIS! Coal profiteers are said to play no favorites. And it is to be hoped that the time will come when a retributive justice will recognize no favorites among the profiteers. It's always funny to watch a "bossy" man trying to "boss" a railway ticket agent. We recently commenced California citrus production. Especially to California's grape which many in Florida late, further, to the Florida, where orange duced, a fact not full many California grow did we comment on Cardization of one or the large number of from Florida. Editor Florida Grower, com the Florida viewpoint. "Editorial was very you will always have grapefruit market. That even our Marsh $ with our other varieties California will ever (market) many grape through the winter with Florida, Isle of Rico grapefruit. You fair to the Temple as been marketed in quite never a carload of course it has not to make a place for it firmly believe. Also years yet before we re tion in oranges that C retained. I think you like 20,000,000 boxes of oranges alone will 000,000. However if you time to have taken NO EVASION OF STRIKE ISSUE If the leaders of the striking railroad shopmen make war upon Republican candidates as they threaten to do, the issue is one that few, if any, nominees of the Republican party will evade. While the strike issue is not fundamentally a party issue, the strikers have the power to make it a party issue by following up their crusade for the defeat of Republican candidates as a rebuke to the administration. The course the Harding administration has followed is not subject to just criticism at the hands of the shopmen, for, if anything, Mr. Harding has erred in being too patient with men who struck against a decision of a legally constituted government tribunal. At no point in his record as a private employer or as a legislator or executive, has Mr. Harding shown anything except closest sympathy with labor and a desire to protect laboring men in the exercise of every right and in the promotion of their common welfare. The honest laboring man has no better friend than the incumbent of the presidential office. In this attitude toward labor, President Harding has the hearty support of a vast majority of the American people, who, themselves, are workmen, although not all wage workers. The love of a "square deal," which is characteristic of the American spirit, has always been manifested in the attitude of the public toward labor disputes and strikes. With public opinion back of them, labor unions have won many fights for protective legislation and for better working conditions. If they had public opinion back of them in the shopcraft strike, there would be no doubt of their ultimate victory. The issue that is now presented is not merely resort to the injunction as a means of protecting life, liberty and property. The Fair Labor Standards Act was passed in 1934. NATIONAL PARK ROADS HAVE GONE TO PIECES Vacation season is not over yet. thousands of motorists are taking delayed trips into the mountains and to the coast, according to the Automobile Club of Southern California. But one of the saddest facts, as the summer draws to a close is the terrible condition of the roads within the national parks of California, according to authoritative testimony. In Sequoia, General Grant and Yosemite national parks the roads have been allowed to go to pieces toward the end of the summer because the park officials believed that auto travel was practically finished. Hundreds of auto owners returning to southern California report to the auto club that the limit of endurance has been met in the great national play-grounds by the laxness of the park officials and resort owners in letting the roads become nothing more than dusty by-paths, full of holes. Motorists are asking that the routes in the big parks be kept in good shape for the public until summer travel is completely over. Other states are keeping their national parks in good repair. Yellowstone has had 94,361 visitors this year and yet no complaints are registered from that quarter. The issue that is now presented is not merely resort to the injunction as a means of protecting life, liberty and property. The fundamental issue is the right to protection while engaged in legitimate occupations. Most of the shop workmen quit their jobs and other men took their places. Some of those who quit have gone about their own affairs and have been law-abiding. Many others have not pursued that course—they have hung about the entrance to shops, intimidating workmen; they have endeavored to interrupt interstate traffic; they have tried to prevent the employment of a sufficient number of men to maintain an absolutely necessary public service; they have resorted to violence against persons and property; they have denied to others the rights they claim for themselves. The injunction is merely one means by which the administration is endeavoring to perform its duty in protecting interstate commerce. The real issue is the right of one man to work without unlawful interference from others. That is the issue which the radical leaders threaten to carry to the ballot box in November. The attitude of the Republican party was clearly stated by President Harding in his Fourth of July address when he said: "Men must be free to live and achieve. Liberty is gone in America when any man is denied my anybody the right to work and live by that work. It does not matter who denies. A free American has a right to labor without any other's leave. It would be no less an abridgement to deny men to bargain collectively. Governments can not tolerate any class or grouped domination through force." The striking shop men take issue with that declaration of American policy, and that is the issue they threaten to carry to the polls. The Republican party will stand by President Harding. FLORIDA-CALIFORNIA We recently commented on Florida and California citrus conditions and production. We especially did not refer The striking shop men take issue with that declaration of American policy, and that is the issue they threaten to carry to the polls. The Republican party will stand by President Harding. FLORIDA-CALIFORNIA We recently commented on Florida and California citrus conditions and production. Especially did we refer to California's grapefruit possibilities which many in Florida did not appreciate, further, to the immense field in Florida, where oranges might be produced, a fact not fully appreciated by many California growers. Especially did we comment on California's standardization of one or two varieties and the large number of varieties shipped from Florida. Editor Wright, of the Florida Grower, corrects and gives the Florida viewpoint as follows: "Editorial was very fair. Of course you will always have the summer grapefruit market. I do not think that even our Marsh Seedless compare with our other varieties. I doubt it California will ever be able to send (market) many grapefruit to the east through the winter in competition with Florida, Isle of Pines and Porto Rico grapefruit. You were not quite fair to the Temple as it has never yet been marketed in quantity; there has never been a carload of it shipped and of course it has not had opportunity to make a place for itself, but it will firmly believe. Also it will be a few years yet before we reach the production in oranges that California has attained. I think you ship something like 20,000,000 boxes. Our shipments of oranges alone will hardly reach $,000,000. However if you had given me time to have taken you down the modern scheme for redeeming the Holy Land from desert wastefulness and turning the hills and vales and shores which He trod while on earth into a fruitful region, where sustenance for multitudes could be produced. Any peaceful enterprise for the comfort and welfare of mankind is not, in itself, a desecration of the Holy Land. WHY VOTE A MORTGAGE ON YOUR OWN HOME? "It would amount to this, should the water and power constitutional amendment carry," said Leslie S. Smith, general manager of the Kings County Packing company, in addressing the Guernsey farm bureau meeting. "If there are four members in your family, you will find that it had placed a mortgage of six hundred and forty-four dollars on your home. California now has a net debt of $15.66 per capita, as compared with $6.47, which is the average per capita net debt in thirty-three states, as shown by the last available statistics. The bonded indebtedness of California is today greater than that of any other state except New York and Massachusetts." "If the water and power bonds of $500,000,000 are added to the present debt of California, the state debt would represent forty-five per cent of the aggregate debt of all the states in the union. Your individual per capita of this debt would be $161.67, a jump of $145.90 from your present per capita, and the sum per capita applies to your wife, your child and your baby. If there are four members in your family, the family portion would be $647.04, constituting a first lien on your property—for state bonds are a first lien on your property, and your portion of them is a mortgage on your home." EATER THAN EVER RANGE COUNTY FAIR 100,000,000 PRODUCTS SHOW 100,000,000 PRODUCTS SHOW HOME OF THE FEATURES WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 Special Opening, 2 p.m. San Diego Marine Band. Municipal Program and Vaudeville. Evening---Beauty Contest and motion picture stars. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 Program by Mexican residents. Mexican Band, Spanish dancing. Evening---Langley Orchestra, Fashion Vaudeville. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 Big Beach Municipal Band. Evening--Livestock parade and rodeo. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 Big Beach Municipal Band. Evening--Livestock parade and rodeo. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 ing day of Fair. ical and Vaudeville program. ttier, Pomona, Riverside and San dino day. fic Electrac 35-piece band. ning---Fair closes at midnight. skin and a Troup of Trained Horses and Daily. See this greatest Fair Orange County has ever known. ANTA ANA