anaheim-gazette 1931-12-31

THE ANAHEIM GAZETTE HENRY KUCHEL, Editor and Publisher ESTABLISHED 1870 ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY SUBSCRIPTION PER YEAR ... $3.00 SIX MONTHS ... $1.20 Entered at the Anaheim, California Postoffice as second-class matter. LOOKING AHEAD "The year is dying—let it die." We echo Tennyson's words. So far as we are concerned, anybody can have 1931 that wants it. We are all through with it, and we are thankful for that. It has been a tough year, but, after all, we still survive. It may or may not have been the worst year, from the economic point of view, in American history. Some say that it was, and some think that we have had worse. If there were any worse years we don't remember them. The important thing now is to look ahead and see whether 1932 is going to be any better and, particularly, what we can do ourselves to make it better. For one thing, we think that most people have dropped the idea that there is some easy way to get money without working for it. That is all to the good. The early American settlers had the right idea. One of the first rules laid down for the Pilgrims of Plymouth was "they that will not work shall not eat." That admonition, indeed, goes back farther than that. You can find it in the first chapter of the Book of Genesis. It seems to us that we have pretty well got over the foolish notion that we, as a people, had discovered a way to beat the game. There is no doubt that 1932 will still be a tough year compared with the year 1927. Everything isn't going to change for the better on New Year's Day. We have got to work our way back to a stage where everybody who wants to work will have a chance to work and nobody to speak of will be getting something without working for it. Everybody has got to work a little harder to pay off the debts that they run up in the boom times, and that on... American society had the right idea. One of the first rules had down for the Pilgrims of Plymouth was "they that will not work shall not eat." That admonition, indeed, goes back farther than that. You can find it in the first chapter of the Book of Genesis. It seems to us that we have pretty well got over the foolish notion that we, as a people, had discovered a way to beat the game. There is no doubt that 1932 will still be a tough year compared with the year 1927. Everything isn't going to change for the better on New Year's Day. We have got to work our way back to a stage where everybody who wants to work will have a chance to work and nobody to speak of will be getting something without working for it. Everybody has got to work a little harder to pay off the debts that we ran up in the boom times, and that applies to individuals, states and the national government alike. Everybody has got to keep expenses down, and that also goes for governments, as well as for individuals. We think that in 1932 most people are going to watch the national, state, county and municipal governments and their expenditures very much more closely than we have been accustomed to watching them, and that the election next November is going to be determined largely upon their success in cutting off unnecessary expenditures without laying too heavy a burden of taxation upon those who are least able to carry it. WE ARE A MUSICAL NATION It used to be said that America was not a musical nation. Nobody can say that now. Even in these hard times people are spending money for musical entertainment, and buying musical instruments almost as freely as ever. We are no longer satisfied with poor music. First the phonograph records, then the radio, and latest, the excellent music which accompanies the talking pictures, have certainly all served to elevate the popular musical taste. Not everybody has the musical ear or the natural skill to produce music either vocally or instrumentally, but everybody can command good music by merely turning on the radio or starting up the phonograph, or the player piano. But this music has to be produced, in the first place, by people of real musical talent. We were interested to read about the young New Jersey stenographer, Saida Knox, who has just won a $5,000 cash prizze for her singing over the radio. We were also interested to read that the most popular musical instrument today is the concertina, and that some of them sell for as high as $500 each. We heard not long ago about a young man who earned a quarter of a million dollars before he was twenty-one composing popular music. And we have heard Rudy Vallee crooning over the radio. It seems to us that it is a great deal more important to develop our own musical talent and bring good music and an appreciation of it to everybody than it is to import a lot of foreign singers for grand opera in the big cities. And we noticed the other day that some of the wealthy people who have been supporting the opera have got tired of putting up money for shows which nobody really understands, and which are not interesting to the general public. More than eight tons of peace propaganda has been collected by a New Jersey man, according to press reports: We suggest that it be boxed and shipped special delivery to Tokio. preciation of it to everybody than it is to import a lot of foreign singers for grand opera in the big cities. And we noticed the other day that some of the wealthy people who have been supporting the opera have got tired of putting up money for shows which nobody really understands, and which are not interesting to the general public. More than eight tons of peace propaganda has been collected by a New Jersey man, according to press reports: We suggest that it be boxed and shipped special delivery to Tokio. The next time Freddie Libby and his professional pacifists get an especially good bit of propaganda ready we suggest that they try it out on Japan. We are afraid that General Ma will be General Grandma before he succeeds in getting the Japs out of Manchuria. A good slogan for the Young Crusaders would be "Every day in every way we are getting wetter and wetter." Maybe by the time the League gets ready to investigate Manchuria there wont be anything left to investigate. All the farmer used to have to listen to in the way of bunk was the vocal line of the lightning rod agent. But now he has to listen, over the radio at least, to the statesman was a new program for farm relief. According to the New York Times, a new process which converts grass into cloth is expected to revolutionize the textile industry. Nothing new about that. The South Sea Islanders have been using it for years. The only thing gloomier than a neglected seaside resort in December is a New York financial "expert" in December. What both political parties seem to need now is fewer leaders and more dough-boys. CONTROL OF BUGS MORE DIFFICULT Best Methods of Killing Insects Told by Entomologist Warning growers not to look for inexpensive methods of insect control. E. O. Essig, professor of entomology at the University of California, and entomologist in the experiment station of the college of agriculture, points out that there are no shortcuts to efficient pest control. "Insect pests," states Essig, "are more serious than ever before. Pest control like fire insurance. Failure to apply proper control measures is comparable to failure to carry fire insurance. After the crops are destroyed, it is too late to think of apply control and remedial measures." Among the new methods now being employed in insect pest control according to Essig, are vapors, gasses, airplane dusting, vacuum suctions, fumigation and oil emulsion sprays. Home-made tank-mixed oil emulsions are here to stay, said Professor Essig, when growers learn proper proportions for mixing and methods of application. Included in the insect pests now spreading widely through the state finds Essig, are the elm leaf beetle, corn ear worm, which has appeared this year on lettuce for the first time, the bark beetle, and mealy plum aphis on prunes. To eliminate the last pest, Essig states, it will be necessary to get rid of the alternate hosts, reed grasses and cattails. Because of recent dry years and deficient irrigation, the bark beetle has become more serious than ever although it has been in the state for approximately 50 years. This insect is very prolific, and has a 24-day life history, each adult producing 40 young beetles during that period when not controlled. Rivals for Republican Honors Rep. Bertrand L. Snell (left) of Potsdam, N. Y., is shown shaking hands with Rep. John Q. Tilson, of Connecticut, whom he defeated in the caucus to name the Republican candidate for Speaker of the House. The contest was a formality only, although bitterly fought, as the Democrats have a House majority. HINTS FOR THE HOME BY NANCY HART Stuffed Potatoes Stuffed potatoes are a delicious main-stay for luncheon. Of course, you need rather large potatoes for stuffing. One well-known restaurant makes a specialty of mealy baked potatoes which are are a meal in themselves, though they are not staffed. They are served split open both ways, with a big table-spoon of butter in each, a tablespoon of grated cheese. The result is really a stuffed potato. And delicious. Round Sandwich Here is a delicious sandwich: Slice skinned tomatoes that have been thoroughly chilled, quite thin. Butter rounds On the Sidewalks of New York By OBSERVER (Correspondence to The Gazette) Little Theater Opera— The Little Theatre movement is very strong in New York and has an important effect on similar companies in other cities. Five years ago the movement was broadened out to take in light opera and many creditable presentations are now given here every winter. One of the best of these is the Opera Comique, which presents many of the less known comic operas. One of their recent operas was Albert Lortzing's "The Poacher." The company claims this was the first time the opera had been produced in this country in English. Encourages Talent— The comic operas are great things to develop American talent, particularly operas like "The Poacher." The score does not make too great a demand upon voices, in the matter of difficult singing, while it affords ample scope for those with pleasing voices. The cast we heard consisted of well-trained singers who went through their roles splendidly. Such operas give budding singers a chance to become familiar with stage work and earn money at the same time. In Europe, nearly every small city has an opera company from whose ranks are drawn the famous singers who eventually appear at the Methopolitan and Chicago Civic Opera Houses in this country. For a few years it looks as rather large potatoes for stuffing. One well-known restaurant makes a specialty of neatly baked potatoes which are a meal in themselves, though they are not staffed. They are served split open both ways, with a big tablespoon of butter in each, a tablespoon of chili sauce, and a tablespoon of grated cheese. The result is really a stuffed potato. And delicious. Round Sandwich Here is a delicious sandwich: Slice skinned tomatoes that have been thoroughly chilled, quite thin. Butter rounds of bread the same size as the tomato slices. Sip one slice with mayonnaise and the other with very finely minced celery, onion or parsley. Put one slice of tomato between these two slices of bread. Press neatly together. These were very successfully served at a tea the other day. Easy Apple Sauce An easy way to make apple sauce is to wash the apples, pull out the stems, and cut the apples in quarters or eighths. Then put them over the fire with enough water to cover stew until tender, press them through a sieve, sweeten to taste, return to the fire for a couple of minutes until the sugar is dissolved and if necessary add a little more water to make the apple sauce of the right consistency. Stuffed Lamb Cutlets Prepare six lamb chops by trimming and removing fat and skin. Have ready a generous four ounces of chopped veal mixed with the yolk of an egg, tablespoon of milk, pepper and salt. Broll the chops for two or three minutes on one side only. Place generous spoonfuls of veal mixture on the cooked side of each chop. Place the chop with the uncooked side down in a baking dish which has been well oiled. Do not add water as there will be sufficient moisture for the dish to cook in its own juices. Cover the baking dish or caserole tightly and bake for about fifteen minutes. Serve on toast with any desired sauce, tomato, mushroom, or some other savory vegetable. To keep a fruit cake in good condition wrap it in waxed or parchment paper after it is entirely cold, and place it in a tight container. Some people like to put in with the cake a nipple cut in half or a piece of cheesecloth saturated with elder. Look at the cake from time to time to see that no mold is appearing. To make hard sauce a little different, use brown sugar instead of white, and grate in the rind of an orange for flavoring. Hard sauce is good with almost any hot steamed pudding. Fry sausage cakes and canned pineapple, and serve them one on top of the other. The tartness of the pineapple offsets the rich flavor of the sausage. Citrus Surplus Is Turned to Profits With agriculturists generally giving increased attention to the subject of disposal of unmarketable surpluses, more than ordinary interest is attached to the recent annual meetings of the California Fruit Growers Exchange's by-products organizations. These companies, known as the Exchange Orange Products company at Ontario, and Exchange Lemon Products company at Corona, are striking examples of the way citrus growers of the Sunkist organization have attacked the problem of surplus citrus fruits. During the sixteen years of its existence, the Lemon Products Co. has received nearly 32,000 cars of lemons or 15 percent of all lemons produced by Exchange ship is during that time. Returns of over $4,500,000 have been made to its grower owners, with over $750,000 yet to be paid. Tonnage of fruit processed last year was second only to the record-receipts of 1926-27. Over 15,000 cars of unsalable oranges have been salvaged by the orange products plant since its organization in 1920, for which a return of about $1,-250,000 in cash has already been made, with over $500,000 more yet to come. Sales, the past year showed a quite satisfactory volume of business in view of generally lowered purchasing power in both domestic and foreign markets. mand upon voices, in the matter of difficult singing, while it affords ample scope for those with pleasing voices. The cast we heard consisted of well-trained singers who went through their roles splendidly. Such operas give budding singers a chance to become familiar with stage work and earn money at the same time. In Europe, nearly every small city has an opera company from whose ranks are drawn the famous singers who eventually appear at the Metropolitan and Chicago Civic Opera Houses in this country. For a few years it looks as though these light operas in English will have to serve as the proving ground for most of our own young singers. Many an American girl and boy has risen to operatic fame through a start in such companies. A Great Show— One of the annual events on Broadway is the balloon parade staged by Tony Sarg for one of the large department stores here. This year the parade was nearly half a mile long and consisted of such characters as a fifty-foot hip-popotanus, Felix the Cat, almost as large, Happy Hooligan and other noted comic strip characters. The balloons, which require ten to thirty men to hold them down, are filled with non-explosive helium gas. At the finish of the parade they are released and belong to the finders, some of them being found from 200 to 300 miles away. Rewards of $25 each are paid for the return of the larger balloons. Clarence Chamberlain, the aviator won one of the prizes this year by spearing one of the balloons with the wing of his plane. A Massachusetts professor says that college-girls are apt to be "sloppy" in their manner of dress. But it's not sloppy dressing the colleges have to worry about but sloppy thinking—and it isn't all done by the student body. A man in Virginia the other day fainted when he paid his taxex. If some folks we know of were to pay theirs, the tax collector would faint. Build beauty from inside out. Pomegranate Selected Milk. Phone 4401. To make hard sauce a little different, use brown sugar instead of white, and grate in the rind of an orange for flavoring. Hard sauce is good with almost any hot steamed pudding. Fry sausage cakes and canned pineapple, and serve them one on top of the other. The tartness of the pineapple offsets the rich flavor of the sausage. PARKING IN 1660 Parking problems are not new. London had one as far back as 1660, according to an order issued in that year by King Charles II, which read: "Whereas, the excessive number of hackney coaches in the city of London are found to be a common nuisance, the streets and highways being thereby made impassable and dangerous: "We command that no person or persons permit or suffer said conches to stand or remain in any of the streets. "Given at our court at Whitehall the eighteenth day of October, 1660." Fred C. Rimpau and Miss Sophie Rimpau entertained a number of relatives at a Christmas dinner in the Pickwick hotel at noon Friday. The afternoon was spent at the Rimpau home at 309 South Palm street where a large Christmas tree laden with gifts for each of the guests was enjoyed. Those present were Miss Sophie Rimpau, Mr. Fred C. Rimpau, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Alexander Jr., and Miss Janet Alexander of Los Angeles, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rimpau and Jake Berlin of Alhambra, Mrs. Beatrice Smith of Corona, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Alexander and Miss Zolla Smythe of this city. Must Take Count of Ten Every Night Gene Lauder Tunney, son of the heavyweight pugilistic champion and Polly Lauder, has been given the nickname of his dad and his mother's surname. Like Lindbergh, Tunney called in the press and proudly handed them this picture of his two-weeks-old boy, to stop the photographers from crashing into his home. OBSERVATIONS THE CHIP ON THE SHOULDER During a preliminary hearing in a court two lawyers exchanged heated personalities. Said one of them: "If you want to settle this, step outside." And then everything was quite on the beligerant front. IT SEEMS TO BE CATCHING While some of the folks got het up over the Moratorium for a foreign country, just take a peek at some of the delinquent tax lists at home. SAY, THAT'S LIABLE TO MAKE A FELLA CROSS EYED A fashion note says the wimmin are wearing hosiery, the left one being light colored, the other dark. ROCKA BYE, BABY When they hypnotize a human being people sit up and take notice. But there is a brave young man down Florida way who can hypnotize an alligator. SAY, JENNIE FIX UP THE SPARE ROOM Back there, in June, when the heat waves were pelting down on the midwest, and the cooling breezes were coming in from the ocean out here, the broadcaster, in telling of the suffering of the people in those sweltering areas, remarked,—"Why don't poor folks come to California." AND, THEN, THEY HURRIED TO GET ONTO THE BAND WAGON The president's moratorium took like wildfire, excepting one nation over there. All agreed. The sulking one held out for something. Then the president said: "Oh, well, we'll go without you." And then the halting one got busy with the hot foot. HEY, EDDIE, FETCH THE ATOMIZER They say over in a town in another state where a feller gets his personal liberty 'n' everything, the gambling joints are smelly. AND, THEN, THEY HURRIED TO GET ONTO THE BAND WAGON The president's moratorium took like wildfire, excepting one nation over there. All agreed. The sulking one held out for something. Then the president said: "Oh, well, we'll go without you." And then the halting one got busy with the hot foot. HEY, EDDIE, FETCH THE ATOMIZER They say over in a town in another state where a feller gets his personal liberty 'n' everything, the gambling joints are smelly. WELL, GET AROUND THAT CORNER SO WE ALL CAN GO TO SLEEP They say that prosperity is just around the corner, and it is believed the politicians will pick that up as a slogan or something. TERRIFIC STRAIN ON HIS PUBLIC A man says he is undecided whether to run for vice-president or seek a seat in the senate. GETTING THE BREAKS With a year holiday in which to pay the war debts and a native champeen prize fight of the world, Germany should be sittin' pretty. HEY, EDDIE, PUT OUT THAT LANTERN A report comes in that when a man sent the wash to a laundry up state it included a sock with $1700 in it. And believe it or not the laundry man returned the currency to the hosiery owner. AS GOOD AS A CIRCUS When a fella reads about the salaries paid to some of the stars, he says to himself, says he, why don't they turn over the U. S. Mint to them and let nature take its course. HOLD IT! One of the pastimes in a big eastern city is to go to the top floor of the highest building in town and look over the burgh through spy glasses. Of course you can look at the ocean, the statue of liberty and what nots; but the real thrills is when you catch a glimpse of some maidens taking a sunbath atop one of the adjoining lower buildings. If you crave excitement this latest fad offers the best inducements for an eye opener, and is said to be a sure cure for walking in your sleep. BUSY AS A HEN WITH A FLOCK OF DUCKLINGS If (ahem, hey) If several of the other states would follow in the footsteps of Nev Ada what would you uncle do about it? Y—E—S S—I—R! In another state a justice of the peace was tagged for speeding. He was taken before the township J. P., Said the subject: "Judge, I'm always lenient with speeders, be as easy as possible." Said the J. P. "That's the first time I ever heard that excuse. Your license will not be revoked and you will not be sent to jail, but I'm warning you not to do it again. Case dismissed." So long, Judge, I'll be seeing you. Y—E—S S—I—R! In another state a justice of the peace was tagged for speeding. He was taken before the township J. P., said the subject: "Judge, I'm always lenient with speeders, be as easy as possible." Said the J. P. "That's the first time I ever heard that excuse. Your license will not be revoked and you will not be sent to jail, but I'm warning you not to do it again. Case dismissed." So long, Judge, I'll be seeing you. DEEP BE HIS SLUMBERS There awhile ago they dedicated President Harding's monument. HEY, SIS, GOT A MATCH In a big town up the way they have passed an ordinance permitting smoking in theater lobbies. Now, just why they did that is as deep and mysterious as the identity of the guy who struck Billy Patterson. MAYBE HE THINKS IT'S A VACCUM CLEANER It is said an Indian in a Southern state who became a millionaire over night when they struck oil on his place will not live in a modern house built for him, but prefers to live in his teepee! And he will not pose before the camera. IT ALL DEPENDS HOW YOU'RE RAISED A young man was shown in the movies eating razor blades, electric light globes and brass tacks. And he seemed to like them. Once a feller sat on a tack and he got as mad as the dickens. TIME WORKS WONDERS When the soldier bonus was up for passage a large number of senators and congressmen voted in favor of the bill believing that the amount would not exceed 500 million dollars. But in reality the sum will be about one billion eight hundred million dollars. The plot thickens. As the tax payers will eventually have to pungle up, what will the constituents of those legislators say when the next election rolls around. SAXOPHONE SOLOISTS DO YOUR STUFF! An association has found out that employees (in manufacturing plants that have music at meal time at their shops) do better work after hearing the band play. Waltz me around, Bennie, Waltz Me Around Again.