oc-plain-dealer 1922-03-23

The Orange County Plain Dealer An Independent Newspaper, Issued Every Afternoon Except Sunday R. W. ERNEST, Manager PAUL V. HESTER, Editor Subscription rate—In No. Orange-co: Per yr. $2; six months $1.75 Entered at the Postoffice at Anaheim, Cal., as second-class matter While Will H. Hays is reforming moving pictures, let there be reform of the type of persons who attends the silent drama and talks through it all, even while the music is playing. "William G. McAdoo is going to live in California, which has never had a President," says the Boston Globe. But it probably will have one within a few years. Meantime, it is going to capture one or more big national political conventions. California is making progress. It does not cease to advance. The darkest days during and since the great war found this state still going ahead, albeit a bit more slowly at time. Its outlook is particularly bright. It should be the pride and purpose of each and every loyal Californian to aid in fostering this progress. The Genoa conference can win the recognition of Uncle Sam by taking hold of Europe's problems in business-like fashion and eschewing politics. They nation will watch proceedings there keenly and the countries of Europe must prove themselves worthy of aid if they expect substantial assistance from the United States. They must do all they can to help themselves and cut down extravagant appropriations for unnecessary military establishments. Spring has its glories in California, even though there is not the striking contrasts with boreal winter which obtain in some other sections of the country. There is a renewing of life here, at this time of year. It is quite marked in the field, gardens, orchards and on the mesas and mountain sides. The birds carol it. And as the chill of winter days dissolves into the balminess of spring and early HOME OWNERSHIP DRIVE IN CALIFORNIA Attention of Californians is directed, this week, with special emphasis, to the importance of owning their own homes. It is to the credit and to the great material advantage of California that a large percentage of the state's population own homes. This percentage, it is to be hoped, will be increased greatly this year. Leadership of all the states in the number of homes owned by its own people is a very fine ambition for California to entertain. To this end, this week should witness a great deal of stressing of the substantial advantages derivable from home ownership. This is to be a splendid building year here, as was last year. The volume of construction is very encouraging. As the year proceeds the number of dwellings built for owners, to be occupied by them on completion, should be increased. Also the number of houses built by persons with means to be sold to persons seeking homes. This is an excellent form of investment and has the merit of being a public-spirited process, tending to relieve the shortage of housing and to increase the number of owners of homes. Ownership of homes intensifies state and community pride and quickens loyalty. Let's each and all say and do all possible to promote home ownership here in California. It is a tremendously valuable asset to the state. Many a sting is concealed in a honeyed phrase. While moving-pictures are being improved in quality, it would be well well also to have improvement in the taste of some of those who go to see NEW YORK, March 22.—The New York church is going to compete with the department store and motion picture show so far as it lies within its power. The latest innovation to this end takes the form of a Sunday night nursery for babies, to be established at the Church of Heavenly Rest, Fifth avenue and Forty-fifth street. Parents who have been kept away from church in the evening by the necessity of studying at home with the baby will no longer suffer that handicap. New York newspaper men had one of the bright moments of their harrassed lives when they discovered that the social secretary and general companion of Prince Mohammed Ali Ibrahim of Egypt, now visiting here, is more other than "Blink" McCoskey, former welter-weight fighter in the local ring. "Blink" now sports a flock of high hats and answers every question that any one asks of the modest and retiring Prince. In April, 1920, it seems young McCloskey put on a boxing exhibition in Alexandria. The Prince, who is a boxing fan, saw him, got acquainted, and attached him to his royal suite forevermore. "Blink" likes it fine, he says, and "The Prince is a regular guy." We know by this time that everything Eugene O'Neill writes will be interesting; and "The Hairy Ape," which has just been produced by the Province-town Players, is O'Neill in one of his extreme models. It is the story of a man reverting backward; forced back, we are influenced to believe by the attitude of society about him. It is rather terrible and probably no one but O'Neill could have written it, if indeed, anyone else would have dared to try. Fifth Avenue is not to be allowed orate and gaudy brilliance of light. It is not Broadway and it must not try to rival it. So the courts have decided, and an order has been signed requiring the removal of illuminated signs from the fronts of buildings. Ownership of homes intensifies state and community pride and quickens loyalty. Let's each and all say and do all possible to promote home ownership here in California. It is a tremendously valuable asset to the state. Many a sting is concealed in a honeyed phrase. While moving-pictures are being improved in quality, it would be well well also to have improvement in the taste of some of those who go to see pictures. It is to cater to those who crave unclean pictures that unclean pictures are made. Martha doesn't go in for tinsel jewelry: whatever she wears is usually good. So I was amazed and almost horrified the other day when she asked me to stop in at the ten-cent store to buy earrings. I was more amazed when she bought SIX pairs. Long jade, pearl balls on long chains, oh all sorts of things. "Martha!" I cried. "What HAS come over you?" I going to buy a pair of earrings, as calmly as could be. "Going to buy a pair! Haven't you just bought six?" "Oh, these are models, as it were," she said. "You see I've never worn earrings and I am not sure which kind are most becoming. I am going to get fairly expensive ones and I don't want to waste my money. So I have bought these six pairs to try on and decide shape and color by. Isn't that sensible?" Have so many theatrical revivals turned our heads all the way back along our dramatic and literary history. After the encouragement we... Expense of Enforcing Prohibition Laws By Charles H. Randall, Prohibition Congressman, 1915-1921. The federal government will expend during the present fiscal year ending June 30, 1922, approximately $7,000,000 for enforcement of the Volstead Act. Congress has already appropriated $10,000,000 or about that sum for next year's expense. This is seized upon as an argument that prohibition cannot be enforced and that it is too expensive anyway. We may as well disregard the first party of the argument, for it is plain that prohibition, although a new and untried law in many large states and cities is enforced as well as laws against burglary and many other criminal acts. In 90 percent of the areas of the country prohibition is as effectively enforced as any law on the statute books. In large cities with a heavy percentage of foreign population, where public officers are antagonistic to the law, of course enforcement is yet far from perfect. But with the matter of expense, do not let anybody fool you into thinking Uncle Sam is losing money on this game. While this year's expense will be $400,000, already property alone is seized of the value of $122.34.0. In the list of property are 600 automobiles, one airplane, 45 horses and mules, not including white mule, five motorcycles, $7,500 in cash, 10 tracts of land and seven stocks of merchandise. These were taken under the provisions of the Volstead law. It does not include the millions of dollars in fines already paid, far exceeding the total cost, nor the millions to be assessed in cases yet pending for trial. In California, where local dry ordinances are in effect, the result has been profitable, as shown by these few samples: City of Fresno, total cost of enforcement for one year, $7,424; fines collected from bootleggers, $44,640. Bakersfield, cost about $6,000; fines collected about $34,000. Chico, in one day, four bootleggers paid $1,950 in fines. Salinas, in a few days, eleven convictions and $5,000 in fines. Sutter county, Uribio Iriguen paid $1,000 fine for making whiskey. Yolo county, four bootleggers fined $500 cash. In San Francisco on March 15th, Federal Judge Frank H. Rudkin ordered forfeited $12,000 in bonds of 22 alleged prohibition violators when they failed to appear for trial. Bonds totaling $18,500 were ordered forfeited in his court the day before. Town in Review The difference between dogs and men is that a dog will stick to you and love you when you are down and out. FIRST SIGN OF SPRING Our overcoat, which has been in service for several seasons, and is therefore, to be relied upon, has begun to shed its buttons.—Omaha Bee. An Anaheim school teacher who had been telling a class of pupils the story of a discovery of America by Columbus ended it with: "And all this happened more than 400 years ago." "Gee, what a memory you've got!" spoke up a small boy, excitedly. Who are a little wise the best fools be.—Dr. John Donne. Dear Judge: Many years ago in Glenwood, Iowa, there was a department store whose advertisements read: "See Heinsheimer & Dye." Not so bad, eh?—Former Iowan. DEMOCRACY! BAH! There's no true freedom in the land, One thing should surely be allowed, The right of any guy to kill The peanut-eater in a crowd.—Cincinnati Enquirer. Well, if you this hapless guy Death penalty you would bestow, What's left for one who loudly reads The titles in a picture show?—Newark Advocate. And while we're checking off the list Of those whose deeds are very black, Let's double up a deadly fist For editors who send 'em back.—Columbus Dispatch. Just stand aside and let me poke That worst of pests, the dippy bird Who's always telling some old joke That everybody else has heard. Dr. Even Smith registered at a lo- LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE The Plain Dealer: The first installment was released last fall for the first time, of the list of soldiers in the Revolutionary War, that the Society, Sons of the Revolution is collecting and presenting to the public the first time. In addition to the names given then, there are several thousand more names belonging under the letter A which are to be found at the reference library of this society, 424 South Broadway, Los Angeles, from 10 to 12 mornings excepting Sundays. The second letter of the alphabet B is mentioned in this second installment, representing but a few of the hundreds of names belonging here which can be found at the library of the Sons of the Revolution. A few of them are as follows: Baaker, Baarn, Baars, Bab, Babarlan, Babat, Babb, Babbadge, Babbat, Babbe, Babbet, Babbettt, Babbridge, Babbig, Babbit, Babbitt, Babbot, Babcock, Babcock, Babaea, Babet, Babett, Babridge, Bable, Baboson, Babot, Babrock, Babson, Babtist, Babtisbert, Bacchus, Baconcon, Bace, Bacekus. Bacen, Bacer, Bachaler, Bachalor, Bachas, Bachelder, Bachelodor, Bachelore, Bacheleldr, Bacheleur, Bachelor, Bachelorller, Bachelor, Bacheler, Bachhiller, Bachillo, Bachlicor, Bachlor, Bacholter, Bachope, Bachus, Back, Backus, Backen, Backenspring, Backer, Backet, Backhouse. Backis, Backkess, Backleyst, Backman, Backon, Backster, Backstar, Backun, Bacqus, Backwith, Bacon, Bacor, Babcock, Badcok, Badcox, Badden, Baddishell, Badeen, Baden, Baddishell, Badeen, Baden, Badgeley, Badgeroik, Badlamo, Badoonah, Badooner, Badortha, Badsley, Badumah, Badunero, Badwello, Baelo, Bafford Baker. Our first installment was reprinted all over the United States,and requests for information was made of us from many of the southern and New England states and elsewhere. In California a tremendous demand resulted by persons who made use The titles in a picture show? —Newark Advocate. And while we're checking off the list Of those whose deeds are very black, Let's double up a deadly fist For editors who send 'em back. —Columbus Dispatch. Just stand aside and let me poke That worst of pests, the dippy bird Who's always telling some old joke That everybody else has heard. Dr. Even Smith registered at a local hotel yesterday. Even Jones or Johnson may be there next. DID GEORGE PUT ON A SKIRT? George Hansen has accepted a position as waitress at the Empress lunch room, commencing his duties there today.—Cedar Falls, Ia., Record. The Pekin Gazetter, the world's oldest newspaper, is not troubled with a lack of print paper. A Pekinese may rent his paper for the day and return it. The o. f. man who was afraid to sleep in a house because it was rumored that there were spirits in the garret, now has a son who would walk 40 miles to sleep in a house which was reported to have spirits in the cellar. Town in Revfew: We all know that San Diego means Saint James and that San Diego was named after that gentleman, but few of us know why many other cities got their titles. The following, from the Billboard, explains it: Cincinnatt is called Porkopolis because all of the pork factories are in Chicago. Chicago is called the Windy City because the wind is stronger in Cleveland than in any other city. St. Louis is called the Mound City because Pittsburgh has more hills than Kansas City. Cleveland is called the Forest City because Madge Forrest lives in Louisville. Ohio is called the Buckeye Stata because the nutmegs come from Connecticut. Philadelphia was named after the Dead Sea. Schenectady was named after they ran out of names. Beaver Dam was named after everybody became disgusted. Hell's Kitchen derives its name from actors' boarding houses. The Catskill mountains were named after a troupe of kittens. Troy, N. Y., was named after a laundry. Providence was named by the hand of fate. Weehawken was so called because they couldn't think of anything else. Baltimore was named after an oyster. Orange N. J. was named after a man, Backon, Backster, Backstor, Backun, Bacqu, Backwith, Bacon, Bacor, Babcock, Badcok, Badcox, Badden, Baddishell, Badeen, Baden, Baddishell, Badeen, Baden, Badgeley, Badger, Badkok, Badlam, Badooah, Badooner, Badortha, Badsley, Badumah, Baduner, Badwell, Bael, Bafford Bager. Our first installment was reprinted all over the United States, and requests for information was made of us from many of the southern and New England states and elsewhere. In California a tremendous demand resulted by persons who made use of the library, who never before knew such records were possible to find in the west. A large number of the readers of your paper are vitally interested in learning about these names, or of their relatives. Cordially yours, PIERSON W. BANNING. SUMMER EVENING When the summer evening closes Down in sweet and holy calm And the fragrance of the roses Floods the countryside with balm. When the moonbeams fall aplashing Through the zephyr shaken trees, And the fireflies go a-fishing, And the crickets sing their glees. When along each moonlit byway Stroll the lovers, two by two. And the neighbors down the highway Gossip low as neighbors do. When, in short, the country settles Into peace without alloy It invariably nettles Me to miss its gentle joy. No, I'm not disturbed by midges Nor a neighbor's graphophone And a call to play at bridge is Not the reason for my moan. No, the fly that's in my ointment La not nature's fault at all Neither does the painful pointment Rest on Man's exceeding gall. No, indeed, I ask your pity For my sorry case in that Evening finds me in the city Watching traffic from my flat! —Gorton Carruth. Village Gossip "It sure got my goat," says D. Arnold Singleton, "to find my garden hose had been stolen. After spadging all day Sunday from six to six, I planned to turn the water onto my flowerbeds, but the hose was gone. Malcom Fraser and John Kelley, who reside next to Singleton, also report the loss of garden hose recently." Singleton says he'll have to hunt another hiding place for his hose. He has been in the habit of secreting it in the groove between the lawn and the cement walk. Revival Services —at the— White Temple Corner Broadway and Philadelphia Each night but Saturday beginning March 26th. Preaching by Dr. James Allen Geissinger. Gospel Singing led by Ellis Rhodes, assisted by Chorus Choir. FALKENSTEIN'S And Now New Wash Fabrics Sing their Song of Spring in a Special Display Starting Saturday and continuing throughout an Entire Week! Be Sure to See This Display emphatically expresses herself through the medium of these new Fabrics here. Ginghams and Tissues blossom forth in their gala array orings while Ratines, Voiles, Organdies and dozens of other Fabrics for new colors and new designs.—And because these new cottons are own best advertisement, Falkenstein's has arranged in the windows as on tables and counters a most complete display. We invite you to see an unusual exhibit. Tissues, Dotted Swisses, Ratines Tissues, Dotted Swisses, Ratines three of the weaves that tell a part of the story of “What’s what” in Wash Fabrics. The New Tissues 59c, 75c, 95c —No store in Orange county shows the variety of Tissues to be found at Falkenstein’s. New checks, plaids and embroidered effects. Imported Dotted Swiss $1.65 —Permanent finish Dotted Swiss in the Spring season’s most popular shades and of the very best quality; specially priced $1.55 Wide Wide Ratine, all colors, . . . 75c de from a spiral-spun yarn that is equal in wear to higher priced im-weaves. Ch Imported S Organdies ... 95c a quality which needs no introon ; 30 of the wanted shades ready for your selection. Sportene 75c new highly mercerized Sportic, shown in rose, henna, kelly, d, peach, pink, cadet, and; 36 inches wide. Anderson's Beach Cloth ... 50c —in 22 of the Spring season’s most popular colors. Ideal for sport garments—and a real value. Embroidered Chambrays 59c Yard —Another cloth that promises to be a summer favorite. Plain shades with embroidered design of contrasting color. Everfast Suiting ... 48c yd. Sportene 75c new highly mercerized Sport ic, shown in rose, henna, kelly, d, peach, pink, cadet, and ; 36 inches wide. Embroidered Chambrays 59c Yard —Another cloth that promises to be a summer favorite. Plain shades with embroidered design of contrasting color. Everfast Suiting ...48c yd. 40-in. Printed Voiles...25c up Embroidered Voiles ...85c yd. Anderson's Tissues.....$1.00 yd. Imported Madras ...75c The Semi-Annual Silk Sale! Here Are a Few of the Offerings! 36-inch Taffeta, in all colors, . . . $1.49 Yd. 40-inch All Silk Crepe de Chine . . . . . 98c Yd. 40-inch Canton Crepe . . $3.29 Yd. 40-inch Sport Silks . $3.50 and up 36-inch Eponge Crepe . $3.45 Yd. Black Silks at Special Prices! alkenstein's - Anaheim, California