oc-plain-dealer 1922-03-16

DAILY GREETINGS TO OUR READERS Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt; Surprised by unjust force, but not enthralled; Yet even that, which mischief meant most harm. Shall in the happy trial prove most glory. —Milton. The easily-acquired pistol leads logically to the easily-provoked murder. Few things in this country are more abused than is the English language. The meal-ticket marriage is headed straight for the matrimonial refuse-heap. Honors in future should be for those who save and bless human life; not those who curse and destroy it. The warmth of spring and summer is at hand, when women discard thin winter dresses and take to summer furs. Uncle Sam is not going to be at the Genoa conference to pull any European nation's political chestnuts out of the fire. Father Time may not break the speed laws. But he keeps a steady, unceasing pace, and the pace seems swifter as one becomes older. Own your own home in California, and thus heighten your enjoyment and intensify your love for and loyalty to this state and its interests. The intelligent American voter has learned to detect political demagoguery as soon as he sees it or hears it. And he has very little use for it, too. Political forecast for the year: Much windy and blustery weather; and a deep snow the day after the first Tuesday in November, with CRIME IS NOT PUNISHED AS IT SHOULD BE One of the five principal reasons assigned for the increase of crime in the United States to appalling proportions, in a survey made by a committee of the American Bar Association, is that conviction for crime in courts is difficult and that the criminal, once convicted, is not punished sufficiently to deter others from repeating his offense. This, then, is an indictment of legal procedure in this country—another indictment, it may be said, inasmuch as many eminent lawyers and jurists have inveighed against the cumbersome and archaic features of the prevailing system and have urged reforms in the direction of simplification. It cannot too often be said, or with too much emphasis, that the things above all others, which desperate criminals fear, are sureness of being caught, swiftness of prosecution and certainty of conviction and severe punishment. These things all depend upon the efficacy of legal machinery. There is no use calling upon the public to better legal procedure. This depends primarily upon lawyers and jurists. Let them unitedly urge reforms, and these reforms will come. There will be the requisite legislation, state and national, once a definite plan of reform is agreed upon by bench and bar. Many things could be done by the courts themselves, without legislation. In the courtroom is where this sorely-needed betterment in the administering of justice should begin. ACROSS CONTINENT, BY AUTOMOBILE First crossing of the continent by automobile, a few years ago, was a matter of wonderment. But this transcontinental automobile tour has become so common that it excites no special comment or curiosity. They come to California, from the far corners of the land, by dozens, scores and hundreds, every year, trekking Own your own home in California, and thus heighten your enjoyment and intensify your love for and loyalty to this state and its interests. The intelligent American voter has learned to detect political demagoguery as soon as he sees it or hears it. And he has very little use for it, too. Political forecast for the year: Much windy and blustery weather; and a deep snow the day after the first Tuesday in November, with some political party buried under the snow. Many improvements have been made in farm life and farm methods. But nothing has been devised that gives more real thrills and more real pleasure than did the old-time husking bee. The danger to this country does not lie in the Arms Conference treaties, but in the possibility that they may not be ratified. This danger, however, seems to be disappearing, as there is good prospect now of bringing about the ratification of all these pacts. Comments of the Press What Editors Are Saying LAND DISARMAMENT (New York World) A commission of the League of Nations is preparing a plan for the next assembly on the reduction of land armaments. It is not an easy subject on which to arrive at an agreement. There are two main difficulties. One is to reach a settlement in principle, and here France exercises an absolute veto; the other is technical, in that while everybody knows what is a capital ship or a submarine nobody can define munitions and nobody can define an army. Almost everything from cotton to cannon is munitions; every able-bodied male is a potential soldier. It is therefore hard to establish a ratio on land to the one established on the sea. Nevertheless, the thing is not impossible, for it has been done. German and Austrian land armaments are regulated to the smallest detail. And if it was not beyond the power of the human mind to determine what was the minimum of safety for Germany and Austria, it is not beyond human power to regulate other armaments in some ratio to the baseline fixed for these two nations. If Germany is safe with 100,000 men, how large an army does France need? It is possible, therefore, to overcome the technical difficulty. The real obstacle is fear and its side-partner, ambition. Once the main French fear has been met, the league can fail only if it is too timid. The greater its audacity the greater will where this sorely-needed betterment in the administering of justice should begin. ACROSS CONTINENT, BY AUTOMOBILE First crossing of the continent by automobile, a few years ago, was a matter of wonderment. But this transcontinental automobile tour has become so common that it excites no special comment or curiosity. They come to California, from the far corners of the land, by dozens, scores and hundreds, every year, trekking at leisure or speeding from ocean to ocean, as whim may dictate. The novelty of the trip across the continent by automobile is gone. And yet it is an experience that entrances many and will become more and more popular as highways become improved. These long auto tours have stimulated interest in good roads. To auto enthusiasts must be ascribed much of the credit for initiating good roads movements and for pressing them to consummation. The trans-continental tour, for example, is bringing to consumption ocean-to-ocean highway routes over roads all of which ultimately will be paved. HONESTY AMONG STUDENTS (New York Herald) For twenty-five years the University of Michigan has been lending money to deserving boy and girl students, and the managers of the loan funds are able to say that "not one cent has ever been lost by wilful failure of the borrowers to pay." The money is lent principally to boys and girls who are working their way through the university schools. The funds are managed by the treasurer of the university, who is guided in their tribution by the recommendation of the deans. No single loan or more than $100 is made, and the borrower usually binds himself or herself to pay the debt with interest at 5 per cent inside a year after graduation. The public hears little about these students while they are in college. They do not have time to do the things that get college students' names in the newspapers. The public does hear about them in the later parts of their lives, for the honesty and sticktoltiveness they display in getting their educations put them in the front rank of useful citizens when the leave school work for life work. When the habits, practices and manners of college students are again denounced, a reservation should be made for the students whose sense of honor is preserved in the fine records of the University of Michigan loan funds, records which might be matched... And if it was not beyond the power of the human mind to determine what was the minimum of safety for Germany and Austria, it is not beyond human power to regulate other armaments in some ratio to the baseline fixed for these two nations. If Germany is safe with 100,000 men, how large an army does France need? It is possible, therefore, to overcome the technical difficulty. The real obstacle is fear and its side-partner, ambition. Once the main French fear has been met, the league can fall only if it is too timid. The greater its audacity the greater will be its achievement. Condensed Statement of the Golden State National Bank At the Close of Business, March 10, 1922. RESOURCES Loans and Discounts.....$ 825,976.80 U. S. Bonds ..... 76,100.00 Federal Reserve Bank Stock ..... 3,000.00 Redemption Fund ..... 450.00 Banking House ..... 53,332.73 Cash and Sight Exchange ..... 87,199.28 TOTAL.....$1,046,058.81 LIABILITIES Capital and Surplus..... Undivided Profits ..... Circulation DEPOSITS OFFICERS ADOLPH THOMAS, President Fred Koesel, Vice President Louis Denni, Vice President DIRECTORS Fred Koesel Adolph Thomas W. A. Bonynge Town in Review The local branch of the Disorganized Husbands of America has adopted a new slogan. "It is this: 'United we stand, Divided we pay alimony.'" A fresh young Anaheimer on a stage to Santa Ana was making fun of a lady's hat to an elderly gentleman in the seat with him. "Yes, said the elderly gentleman, 'that's my wife, and I told her if she wore that bonnet some fool would make fun of her.'" This occurred recently in a Zeynst home: "Do you still love me?" inquired the bride, after the manner of her kind. "Of course I love you," he replied. "Now please keep quiet and let me read the Town in Review." Dear Editor: A new society is being organized in Anaheim. It is called "The Tribe of Gad." Anyone having the use of an automobile on Sunday is entitled to membership. —CHIEF GADDER. Bad spelling is the one bad habit that is almost unbreakable. BUT WHERE DOES SHE SPEND HER EVENINGS? Good fresh cow or sale. At home every afternoon. A. M. Yoder, Araphoe, Colo.—Cheyenne County News of Cheyenne Wells, Colo. This sign appears on the desk of a local realty dealer: "Just keep all your troubles to yourself." Don't dump them onto me." Dear Town in Review: Should women be allowed to smoke while watching prizefights? Not if there are any gentlemen in the audience who object to smoking. All the world is a stage and all the women are dressed for it. HABIT A real honest man is Jerries, He is very-orthodox; NEW YORK, Mar. 16.—Brooklyn to the fore once more as the antidote for the wickedness of Manhattan Island! It is Canon William Sheafe Chase of that Long Island city of baby carriages and rubber plants who is drafting for introduction into the estate legislature the most remarkably worded bill ever intended to regulate and restrict individual conduct. It is concerned with dancing, and it defines, among other things, exactly in what manner the young gentleman shall approach his prospective partner when proposing a whirl around the dance hall; exactly how he shall encircle her waist with his arm and where the palm of his hand shall rest upon her back; exactly how his arm shall drape about her shoulder while they are dancing and exactly how far apart they shall remain during the whirl. If the expert drafting the bill can overcome constitutional obstacles, there will be a provision against "Jazzy" music, Canon Chase promises. The third Zoe Akins play of the season is now in rehearsal, with Emily Stevens in the principal role. "Daddy's Gone a-Hunting" and "The Varying Shore" were both among the year's cordially received fair successes; but this new play, "St. Ursula" is said by those who have read it to insure such sensational victory for Miss Akins as did her achievement of two years ago, "Declasse." "Garry," whose other name seems generally forgotten, and who has been a bootblack in the theatrical district for 20 years, has a shine role in a Broadway production which has just opened and he's the proudest actor on the rialto. He is paid $25 a week for shining one pair of shoes an evening in the show, and he tells everyone who patronizes him about how important they are now, "to have a real actor shining your shoes." A princess in a workhouse! That is the disillusioning discovery following the cry that Princess Rosie George-vitch, daughter of King Steve George-vitch of a large band of gypsies, had been captured by a rival band and spirited away. King Steve called upon the police to help him find his princess and they followed the trail go-betweens at Ellis Island, the clute through which the races pour into our city and country from all over the world. Here is another good writer who demonstrates that good stories are the finest possible foundation for good motion picture plays. "Grand Larceny," a new film production based on a story by Albert Payson Terhune, is a story of the eternal triangle and yet it is as effective in this presentation as though it were an entirely new idea. That is because the original story was exceedingly well-written and its adaptation to the screen has been equally skillfully done. Claire Windsor, a newcomer to the Goldwyn organization, plays the leading role dramatically and appealingly, never verging on the melodratic and never losing her grip upon the audience's interest. Others in the cast are Elliot Dexter, Lowell Sherman, Roy Atwell, Richard Tucker, Tom Gallery and John Gessar. It is one of the pictures which deserve the same notative that a good, new production on the speaking stage should have. Village Gossip A. Nagel, retired hardware dealer, is very muck-interested in the improvement to the front of the building owned by Elsie Rust. Nagle & Miller occupied one of the storerooms for 12 years, bringing in Anaheim's first hardware stock. They paid $25 per month rent throughout the 12 years. The building was erected in 1892, at a cost for the three storerooms of $3600. It was occupied for a month by a clothing store, then stood vacant for nine months, when Nagel & Miller moved in. WISE AND WITTY SAYINGS IN BRIEF Ill-gotten gains always destroy the owner. Jazz music and legs are as far as civilization has solved the entertainment problem. Dear Town in Review: Should women be allowed to smoke while watching prizefights? CRITIC. Not if there are any gentlemen in the audience who object to smoking. All the world is a stage and all the women are dressed for it. HABIT A real honest man is Jerries, He is very orthodox; But he puts the smallest berries At the bottom of the box. —Clipped. Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the dust. —Shirley. Early Dawn of Fresno is hereby nominated for the position of firemaker in the Freak Name club. BLACKSMITH'S WAR GARDEN The village blacksmith planted peas And carrots, too. "Twas a small garden, if you please, He had in view. But neighbors let their poultry stray From divers pens. The blacksmith now puts in the day A-shooling hens. —Louisville Courier-Journal. WORLD'S WIDEST AND LONGEST SISTER Miss Caughey, who is a sister six miles wide and thirty miles long, of Mrs. Twinam King, and who went to Seattle in 1888 and returned to Moline only last year, has watched the city grow and she told very interestingly of its progress.—Moline, (Ill.) Daily Dispatch. WEBB REPAIR SHOP 35¢ RUBBER HEELS 35¢ 250 E. Center St., Cor. Philadelphia HAT DYES Three Kinds: All Colors. Heying Pharmacy "On the Corner" A princess in a workhouse! That is the disillusioning discovery following the cry that Princess Rosie George-vitch, daughter of King Steve George-vitch of a large band of gypsies, had been captured by a rival band and spirited away. King Steve called upon the police to help him find his princess and they followed the trail to Blackwell's Island, where they discovered she had been taken for disorderly conduct upon a fortune-telling charge. 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Indianapolis and Detroit are steadily working toward their goal of equipping every school with portable projectors. "Speed and sureness by the use of school films" epitomizes the account which the James G. Blaine school of Philadelphia gives of itself in a statement by its principal, Edwin Y. Montanye. On Friday of each week the entire day is given over to visual instruction in the auditorium. Five groups of pupils spend one period of fifty-five minutes in this room. In this manner approximately 1200 children receive a period of motion pictures during the course of the day. Depreciating the lack of a wider range of school films correlated with the school curriculum, such as those produced by the society for visual education, Mr. Montanye says the most useful at present are pictures on geography, history cities, hygiene, nature study, literature and industrial studies. In geography there is scarcely a country that is not well covered with suitable moving picture material. 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