oc-plain-dealer 1921-06-11

DAILY GREETING Honor and glory were given to cherish; Cherish them, then, though all else should decay. Landmarks be those, that are never to perish, Stars that will shine on the dusk-least day. —Anonymous. The factional spirit puts brakes on the wheels of civic progress. It is impossible for anyone to be somebody worth while without doing something worth while. His work is of the best quality when the little god Cupid performs his gentle task without any taint of cupidity in it. The acid test of true Americanism is this: Undivided unhyphenated loyalty to America—"the same yesterday, today and forever." Los Angeles is not breaking any speed rules in hastening the suppression of speeding on its streets—speeding which takes scores of lives annually. Proper moral training of children in home and school and reasonable restraint exercised over them, should go far toward breaking crime waves in the future. The United States, while the world maintains its present status, must keep itself strongly prepared to defend itself against wanton attack from any source. This country should and will disarm, so soon as it is safe and prudent to do so. When the French laurel the graves of America's dead lying in the soil of that land, they enshrine themselves in the hearts of all true Americans. This is not an over-sentimental people; but it is a people that appreciates generously chivalrous deeds from other countries toward Americans, living or dead. Direct election of United States Senators has not, notably improved the quality of the senate member- when he urges "that our first duty is to our own, and that in the measure of its performance we will find the true guage of our capacity to be helpful to others." This general principle is unassailable by true Americans. The only thing that remains, so far as Mr. Harding's administration is concerned, is to develop the President's construction of this principle. In what measure and by what method the United States is to collaborate with other nations for the restoration and the preservation of just peace throughout the world, remains to be demonstrated. "MASTERPIECE" FRAUDS ARE DESPICABLE Diverting is the story that comes from M. Gassy, a Parisian painter, who, passing an art dealer's shop in Paris, saw a landscape which he had painted indifferently in his student days. Out of curiosity, he strolled into the shop and asked the price of the picture. "Forty thousand francs" he was told. "You dealers are great humorists," he said to the shopkeeper; "I know what that canvas is worth; I painted it myself." The dealer coldly retorted: "Please begin by being serious yourself; this picture is a genuine Whistler; why don't you look at the signature?" The painter had the dealer dragged before experts who found that the picture was not a Whistler, but was the work of M. Gassy as the painter himself claimed. And now this one-time "Whistler" can be bought for 1500 francs! There has been and is extensive sale of "masterpieces" of art which are rank frauds. This is a despicable practice. But there seems to be no way to suppress it effectually. So long as there are moneyed persons capable of being duped, there will be rogues to cheat them. KEEP MOTION PICTURES MORALLY CLEAN Betterments in motion pictures, as to cleanliness and moral tone, should be welcomed appreciatively by the public. Show the producers who Slavie and Bash Chinese, Japanese songs are in their perhaps, in brief interpreting the ple than any command. The poetic art, and historicalizations have been by scholars in then they have into verse by Lee Masters and Millay. More folk-art is back The Y. W. C. valuable in the foreign born on the young girl due to America that their own ever part of the thing of rich them and throttle I found in New York where what and when fantryman. Sculpted by a private in during the Civil self was more ist. He present but their art greted etc. A pton. "This stare regardless of the whole Se out he went Bronx Park, into the bottom in the middle placed his star you get over it, the impressive ga When the French laurel the graves of America's dead lying in the soil of that land, they enshrine themselves in the hearts of all true Americans. This is not an over-sentimental people; but it is a people that appreciates generously chivalrous deeds from other countries toward Americans, living or dead. Direct election of United States Senators has not notably improved the quality of the senate membership. This is not the fault of the direct-election system. But it does denote carelessness in citizenship. The people can have a great and statismanly senate if they desire to have one and use their citizenship to that end. A moving picture does not require to be polluted with moral filth and demoralizing exploitation of criminally to make it interesting to the public. There are places of interest besides brothels, and drinking resorts and opium dens and underworlds. Give the public, in pictures, the clean and wholesome scenes—the scenes that are typical or normal life in every decent community. Having praised, with superlative eloquence, on Memorial Day, the heroic World War fighters, living and dead, let government and people do the consistent thing—hasten measures for adequate relief of disabled veterans, and to provide suitable employment for those former service men who are physically able to work. These cullogles are mockeries if they are convertible into real helpfulness toward deserving soldiers of the great war. Would it not be just as well to let the motion picture actresses take their baths either before or after the day's work at the studio, and let them have the privacy that usually attends that operation? The appeal that is made, in some pictures by suggestive bathroom scenes is anything but wholesome and uplifting. To the sensible person of clean mind and heart it is disgusting. In the movement for cleaner pictures, the film stars should be left to do their battling beyond the reach of the camera. Humorists take an occasional verbal fling at Mrs. Xantippe Socrates by hinting that the great Greek philosopher was reconciled to drink the fatal homicide because his wife was a scold. But this is an ex parte opinion, made without regard to Mrs. Socrates' side of the case. Philosophers are not always ideal busbands. Husband Socrates may not have practiced his philosophy around home—many a man is just that inconsistent. In the privacy of the home Socrates may have been far from saintly. Mrs. Socrates, remember, wrote no memoirs, nor was her testimony taken in divorce court. If the full should and will disarm, so soon as it is safe and prudent to do so. When has been and is extensive sale of "masterpieces" of art which are rank frauds. This is a despicable practice. But there seems to be no way to suppress it effectually. So long as there are moneyed persons capable of being duped, there will be rogues to cheat them. KEEP MOTION PICTURES MORALLY CLEAN Betterments in motion pictures, as to cleanliness and moral tone, should be welcomed appreciatively by the public. Show the producers who make, and the exhibitors who display, good, unobjectionable, really entertaining and truly inspiring photoplayts that their efforts are approved by the clean minded masses. It may be argued that the producers should turn out clean and wholesome pictures because it is right to do so, and not for hope of expectation of material reward for doing so. In altruistic theory, this is splendid. All men should do right solely because it is right and proper to do right. But are all men who do right actuated solely by love of the right—are they morally invulnerable? Hardly! There is, in all human beings, whether it be recognized and acknowledged or not, a hope of reward in some form for the good they do. It may not be expectation or desire for material compensation—it may be merely the longing to be praised; or it may be the seeking after an easy conscience; or is may be spiritualized effort designed to lay up treasures in heaven—whatever the end in view, it is a quest of reward in some form. Hence, when producers of motion pictures—given though they may have been offenders in the past in putting forth more or less objectionable pictures—when they right-about face and give clean and acceptable pictures and persist in this, let the public endorse and reward their efforts. Give them due meed of praise and of patronage. Make it to their interest to produce only good pictures for all time. Then if any offend against decency and good taste see that material rewards are withheld from them, and see that their demoralizing product is not shown upon the screen. NEW YORK Letter by Lucy Jeanne Price CALIFORNIA EXCELLS IN OIL PRODUCTION The leading petroleum producing state of the Union is the proud districton California now holds. Not only is this state producing more oil than any other state, but it is bringing forth a better quality of oil. So rapidly is the output of oil in California increasing, this state will soon be able to meet fully its own demands and also to supply the entire Pacific coast. The industry here is in flourishing condition. The gain in flow is steady and the increased production has placed California well in the forefront as an oil-producing commonwealth. SECURITY AT HOME: AID FOR ALL MANKIND Security and independence for the United States, and yet generous, wholehearted devotion by this Nation to the promotion and preservation of the peace and welfare of all mankind, is the gist of the foreign relations policy outlined by President Harding in a recent address. "Our opportunity to be useful to mankind at large depends first on being loyal to ourselves; no ideal of generosity to all men can justify neglect first to make ourselves strong, firm, secure, in behalf of our own people; we cannot hope to discharge the wider responsibilities if we have not first proved our capacity to meet the narrower ones; it is our wish to be useful in the greater realms." Stressing this point, to make his attitude clear, President Harding said that he counsels "no selfishness, no little Americanism, no mere parochialism." NEW YORK, June 11.—Brooklyn Bridge serves much more than an utilitarian purpose. No other place in all Greater New York is so thickly spread with artists and their palettes as is this great crossways between Manhattan and Brooklyn. "Some days they're so thick they almost hold up traffic," said a bridge policeman the other day. "About all the young artists who come from other parts of the country go to Brooklyn Bridge the first thing. They say it is the skyline they're so keen about getting." Big business methods permeate all ages. The boys who live near the Polo Grounds, have always picked up a little loose change on Saturdays and holidays by standing in line for ball fans waiting to get tickets. Generally it meant 15 or 20 cents. But downtown ideas have gripped the more ambitious. Nowadays several of them are hiring smaller boys to do the actual waiting while they solicit business upand down the line of those waiting to get in. The boys wo do the waiting in line get a fixed wage, while the promoters get the actual payments. How seriously New York is taking the blue law agitation is evidenced by the re-publishing of the whole lot of them gathered up from former times. One of the larger department stores in town is advertising it as considerable length as "particularly timely." "We want to know," reads the ad, with what seems to be dread significance, "what the blue laws were, the reason for enacting them, and the final results of that experiment." Exploring for folk-songs is the mission of Florence Hudson Botsford who will sail from New York shortly for Italy. Miss Botsford, working with the International Institute of the Y. W. C. A., has compiled what will be the most complete and authentic collection of folk-songs ever published, and her trip to Italy is for the purpose of verifying in the little mountain villages of that country, a group of their songs which she has already gathered together. THE ORANGE COUNTY PLAIN DEALER, ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA Slavic and Baltic songs, African, Chinese, Japanese and East Indian songs are in the collection, as well as those of Western Europe, not just one or two of each nation, but whole groups of them, which go farther, perhaps, in bringing down and interpreting the spirit of their people than any other medium at our command. The book will be a work of poetic art, as well as of musical and historical value. Literal translations have been made of the words by scholars in their languages; and then they have been written back into verse by such poets as Edgar Lee Masters and Edna St. Vincent Millay. More than folk-lore and folk-art is back of the publication. The Y. W. C. A. intends to make it valuable in its work among the foreign born of this country, to help the young girls to be of greater value to 'America through appreciating that their own mothers, from whatever part of the world, have something of richness to contribute to them and through them to this land. Up in the Bronx river, just as it enters the city, stands a statue that would appear to be the guard to the metropolis or something of the sort. It's a soldier in the uniform of '61 leaning on his rifle, and it is standing on a rough granite shaft, hardly thicker through than the figure. It took me four days of questioning before I found anyone in this whole New York who could tell me what and wherefore of this lone infantryman. It seems that is was sculpted by a man whose father was a private in the Seventh Regiment during the Civil War and who himself was more of a patriot than artist. He presented it to the Regiment, but their art censor "sincerely regretted" etc. And then said the sculptor, "This statue is going to stand, regardless of art and its censors or the whole Seventh Regiment." So out he went to the upper waters of Bronx Park, stuck his granite shaft into the bottom of the river square in the middle of the stream and placed his statue firmly up it. When you get over your surprise and wonder at it, there's something rather impressive gained from its location. Herman Sternburg, 23 years old, weighs just 96 pounds. But evidently that is not the reason for his having failed to challenge M. Georges Carr. BUENA PARK, June 11. (Special—A number of people went to Anaheim Landing on Wednesday evening after grunion, which they report as running fine. Among them were Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Meyer, Mr. Phil Tucker and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. H. Haggarty and Mrs. Alice V. Stevenson, Mr. F. W. Rankin, Mr. and Mrs. Cratzer and Ralph Duke. Mr. George Trapp has moved a house from his ranch to his lot next to the Masonic-bldg. The Ladies' Aid cleared $80 from the supper last week. Mr. D. B. Brown of Long Bench has accepted a position in the Jack Golden store. Mr. and Mrs. Brown are living in the new cottage adjoining the Golden home. Messrs. Kane, Boyle and Midleton are having the curbing put in and otherwise improving their homes. Mr. C. W. Scott of Antelope Valley visited on Tuesday evening and Wednesday with his sister, Mrs. Cyde E. Ritter. Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Berkey and sons James and Chares of Spokane, Wash., are the guests of their aunt, Mrs. M. S. Berkey and cousins, L. E. Berkey and Mrs. J. B. Robinson. They are touring So Cal, by auto. Mr. Walter Osborne and bride, for merely Miss Ella Gibson of Brea, are visiting with relatives here. Mrs. M. S. Berkey, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Berkey and sons James and Charles, Miss Irma Robbison, Mrs. L. E. Berkey and son Everett were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Berkey on the Emery Lease on Thursday. La Berne Goodrich is ill with measles and Mrs. H. A. Pascall and David Allen are reported ill with the mumps. Mr. W. K. Fogg of Pasadena was a business visitor in town on Thursday. Mrs. Mark B. Shaw and daughters, Mrs. Donald Brown and Miss Emily Shaw of San Bernardino motored up on Thursday to meet with Mr. and Mrs.W. B. Shaw, Mrs. Shaw and sons, Bally and Bab accompanied them to San Bernardino on their return Friday to attend the graduation exercises of Miss Emily Shaw from the San COMMENCEMENT AT PLACENTIA THURS. The commencement exercises of the Placentia grammar school will be held at the school building next Thursday evening at which time a splendid program will be give, partly by the students and partly by out of town speakers. This will be a delightful entertainment and all patrons of the schoo shoud ble in attendance. The county examinations will be held at the school Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Mrs. M. R. Mason, sister of the Tuff-free brothers is here visiting at the James S. Tuffree home and with other relatives. She arrived from her home in Honolulu last Friday evening and will visit here until August before going back to her island home.Her husband is a radio operator at Honolulu and she has some very interesting and exciting things to tell which could be published were it not for the fact that they might cause international complications.She says that the Japanese are leaving the island by hundreds and returning to their native land.She says that the feed they get there is far from the best and the only thing that is really fit to eat is food stuffs received from the states.The meat is especially dangerous as the meat which comes from the native hogs, etc.is seemingly infected with ptomaine poisoning and there are many deaths there from this source. DOUBLE BIRTHDAY PARTY CELEBRATED YORBA LINDA, June 11.(Spl.)—Mrs. George Calkins entertained on Friday to celebrate her own and Mrs Emma Cranes birthdays.Guests included Mrs. Gardner of this place and Mrs.Black of Buena Park,both pieces of Mrs.Crane,and Mrs.Ralph Schooland daughter Katherine.Mrs.Cran left today for her home in Toledo,C The little daughter of Mr.,and Mr Homer May,who has been quite ill was reported as slightly improved to day. MAGNOLIA SCHOOL PROGRAM TUESDAY That graduating exercises of Magnolia school will be held Tuesday evening, June 14, at 7:30 at the school house. All parents and friends are most cordially invited. The program will consist of original class songs and poems and three short playlets. The class address will be given by Mr. James Baker who will also present the diplomas to the graduates. Rice Boilers We will continue the sale for only, on the balance of our stock of Ware so as to give everyone the opp securing some of these extra specials. It will pay you to investigate and yourself that we are giving the great ever offered in High Grade Alum. Guaranteed to wear, this is extra heavy Aluminum and worth double Rice Boilers 2-quart Rice Cooker, $3.50 values, Special $1.80 Tea Kettles 5-quart Panel side Tea Kettle, $6.00 Values, Special $3.50 Preserving Kettles 16-quart Preserving Kettle, $6.50 Value, Special 12-quart Preserving Kettle $5.00 value, special 10-quart Preserving Kettle. Regular $4.00, Special 8-quart Preserving Kettle, bail wood grip. Regular $3.00. Sale price Ahlswede's, 175 W. Center, Next SATURDAY, June 11, 1921. INCEMENT AT ENTENTIA THURS. Incement exercises of the grammar school will be school building next Thursday which time a splendid be give, partly by the partly by out of town will be a delightful and al patrons of theole in attendance. examinations will be school Monday, Tuesday, July. Mason, sister of the Tutor is here visiting at the tree home and with other arrived from her home last Friday evening and are until August before to her island home. Her radio operator at Hono-has some very interesting things to tell whichished were it not for the may might cause interna-tions. She says that are leaving the island by returning to their na-meat which comes from eggs, etc. is seemingly inptomale poisoning and any deaths there from this THE BIRTHDAY CELEBRATED NDA, June 11, (Spl.)—Calkins, entertained on celebrate her own and Mrs. is birthdays, Guests in-Gardner of this place and of Buena Park, both nieces, and Mrs. Ralph Shook Katherine. Mrs. Crane or her home in Toledo, O.Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. who has been quite ill as slightly improved to- The Ridge Oil Co. is drilling at about 3400 feet with the formation the same and slight showings of oil and gas. Mrs. George Knight and children of Los Angeles, who have been guests at the R. A. Knight home returned to their home on Wednesday. The teachers of the grammar school gave a surprise shower for Miss Owen on Wednesday evening. One of the delightful features of the case was that Miss Marie Cole who was helping surprise Miss Owen was herself surprised and she shared honors with Miss Owen. The affair was held at the home occupied by Miss Craig, Miss Owen and Miss McConnell. The brides-to-be received a number of pretty gifts after a pleasant evening was spent with music and fancy work. Delicious refreshments were served: Among those present were Meadames McDavid, Lynn, Lupton, Yerrington, C.Paine, Van Ceave, Burton, Welsch, Walker, Bridge Hurley, Harrell, Covington, Slingsby, and Cannon and the Misses Olive Gale, Mildred Cole, Marie Cole, May Kerfoot, Elizabeth and Lillian Covington. Mrs. W. G. Cochrun of Valley View spent a few days this week with her sister, Mrs. Amorette Eldridge of Long each. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Seamans, Miss Ellen Anderson and Jose Sanchez left Tuesday afternoon on their trip to Yosemite. They will camp out along the way and when they arrive Mr. Sanchez has a two weeks engagement to sing at Yosemite Lodge. The party will then go to Coronado where he sings for a week at the Coronado hotel. They plan to return about July 1. Mr. and Mrs. Hays Dool and son Robert will leave soon for their new home at Moneta. Mr. Dool has a ranch there and they have decided to move onto it. Mrs. Adams Thels will have charge of the library, succeeding Mrs. Dool. There many friends are very sorry to have them leave. Mrs. Gene French and children of Whittling visited relatives in town on Tuesday. APEX MOTOR VILLS Guaranteed 100% nare Pennsylvania product, at prices lower than inferior oils. Also 64 gravity PUENTE GASO-LINE. Orange County Motor Service Co., Junction No. Lemon and State Highway, Anaheim, Cal.-Adv. NO MORE company stock of the Blue Light Silver Mines Co. for sale. Their Silverado properties are daily actively producing a large quantity of silver. I have been fortunate in procuring for sale a small block of this security from a non-resident owner which is now available for sale. See me for this stock and I will arrange to show you this famous mine in full operation. C.C. SIDNAM INVESTMENTS STOCKS BONDS 314 First Natl. Bank Bldg. Phone 210 SUE M. AMACK Chiropractor Is now located in her new office in the Beever Wilson Bldg., Suite 206-208. T.W.Holland a SUE M. AMACK Chiropractor Is now located in her new office in the Beever Wilson Bldg., Suite 206-208. T. W. Holland a graduate of the Palmer School of Chiropractic at Davenport Iowa and considered one of the best adjusters of that school will be in waiting to take care of my office during my vacation. He is able to analyse your condition and straighten any mis-alignment of the spine. CONSULTATION AND SPINAL ANALYSIS FREE 148 West Center Sue M. Amack, Dc., Ph.C. WEDE'S Ware SALE Percolaters of our stock of Aluminum everyone the opportunity of these extra special values. to investigate and convince are giving the greatest values High Grade Aluminum. wear, this is extra quality, and worth double the price. Tuesday and Wednesday Serving Kettle, $4,25 Special Serving Kettle, $2,50 Special Serving Kettle, $2,25 Special Serving Kettle, bail handle, regular $3.00. $1.50 Percolators 2-quart panel side Percolator, Regular $3.00, special $1.95 COVERED SAUCE PANS 3-quart Covered Sauce Pans with Covers, $2.50 value ..... 6-quart Covered Sauce Pans, regular $4.00, special ..... ter, Next to Post Office, Anaheim