oc-plain-dealer 1922-05-11

DAILY GREETINGS TO OUR READERS Wherefore did Nature pour her bounties forth With such a full and unwithering hand, Covering the earth with odors, fruits and flocks, But all to please and sate the curious taste? — Milton. Truth is mighty—hard to find, at times. The Pacific ocean should be a pacific ocean. Some time ago prosperity was now here. Swat the fly by removing from your premises all refuse upon which the fly feeds. Many a good resolution, made last New Year's, is afflicted with sleeping sickness. Politics is a game that the people should play with deliberation, not with precipitation. It usually is those who are looking for the easiest places who get the hardest falls in life. Oil and water will not mix. But oil and international diplomacy seem to be mixing quite freely. The Civil War resulted the way it did because the Union soldiers fought and endured the way they did. If the delegates went to the Genoa conference "prepared for a fight or a frolic," they have not done any WAR CLOUDS LOWERING OVER EUROPE The psychology of the situation in Europe is decidedly war-like. War may be averted—it is to be hoped and prayed that it may be averted. Premier Lloyd George is making the grim, resolve effort of his career to stem the rising martial tide and to bring Europe, already bled white, to its senses. He may succeed. In all probability he will succeed, in some measure. But whether his efforts as peacemaker shall endure, is dubious. It will be recalled that Henry Clay was the peacemaker between the North and South over slavery and slave territory, for a great many years. But these compromises settled nothing with finality. The bloody civil struggle was inevitable. Shall David Lloyd George prove to be the Henry Clay of Europe? There is reason to fear that this may be so. But there are swift and drastic changings of the situation over there. The clouds which hang so low and are so threatening today, may rise and roll by on the morrow. Great statesmanship may save Europe from becoming a shambles again. Heaven grant that it may be so! RUSSIA'S OIL TEMPTS THE WORLD Covetous eyes are cast upon the rich oil deposits of Russia by more than one nation, and the conference at Genoa is represented by correspondents as being in a mad rush of contending interests. Meanwhile, the United States government is taking cognizance of the situation. The policy of this country would be antagonistic to the shutting of the economic door in Russia through acquisition of special rights and privileges by any nation or group of Town in FLAPPER BROOKSEY BER BRUSH APE—a country Jake BUN DUSTER quents teas andments, without his social obliga BUTT ME—G CAKE EATER Duster. CAT'S PAJAN is very good. CELLAR SM man who always around when without cost. CHARLIE—A mustache. RUSSIA'S OIL TEMPTS THE WORLD Covetous eyes are cast upon the rich oil deposits of Russia by more than one nation, and the conference at Genoa is represented by correspondents as being in a mad rush of contending interests. Meanwhile, the United States government is taxing cognizance of the situation. The policy of this country would be antagonistic to the shutting of the economic door in Russia through acquisition of special rights and privileges by any nation or group of nations. The United States would favor the open door there. Because of the tremendous economic power this country wields, its wishes hardly could be ignored by the powers represented at Genoa. Seeking and gaining of selfish special privileges is an evil among nations, as it is an evil among individuals or corporations in this and other countries. The peace and security of the world might hang upon disputes arising over these preferential privileges. JURY-TAMPERING EVIL IS GROWING Reports of attempts unlawfully to influence jurors or prospective jurors are becoming startlingly frequent. In the trial of Governor Small at Waukegan, Ill., accusations have been made of attempted jury fixing and bias on the part of jurors already selected and sworn in. Affidavits have been made charging that at least two of the eight jurors sworn in have talked of the case in the jury room and expressed an opinion thereon. Offenses of this nature strike at the very foundations of justice. Integrity of juries must be upheld, else confidence in the jury system and in the administering of justice in courts would be seriously undermined. The gravity of this menace cannot well be overestimated. Against the corrupting of juries, all the forces of law and of public sentiment should set sternly. DANZ PIANO CO. "THINK OF MUSIC" Country Jake BUN DUSTER quents teas and moments without his social obligaBUTT ME—GAME EATER Duster. CAT'S PAJAM is very good. CELLAR SM man who always around when without cost. CHARLIE—A mustache. CLUCK—A g dance. COWBOY—A doesn't pay much. "The EM" A tin dishpan an A squeaky fiddle corn. A baby's rattle A cowbell ja twine—Bla-as Pennsylvania with a horse Many will recognize they placed a week ago at T "Only trouble dreamy eyes." Whiff, the o never know what about." Go to a movie son like Caruso the screen, and thing that make dor's black mag trick. It costs cons sample locomotie cle Sam sends—a movie film of the thing an the cost is next California's largest and things. Some w ago. A governa these trees, cov future genera career as a spec By duplicati its decay three possible for per 1,922,000 the trees tossing i 1922. There's some the movies — flying time, hi and inevitable. Winner of contest has no san say whiskers of th a man out of Jack Dempsey receive a friend Santa Fe Grand Canyon Line Buy Now~ for use May 25 to Aug. 31. Good for return Oct. 31. Liberal Stopovers Sample Round Trip Fares Chicago $86 Minneapolis'87 Kansas City 72 St.Louis 81 Denver 64 Omaha 72 Houston 72 New Orleans 85 New York 147 Boston 158 and many others H. H. VINCENT Anaheim, Cal. Telephones: Office 217; Res. 227J back east excursions REGULATION OF GROWTH W. E. ALLEN California Biological Feature Service. Perhaps no problem of life is more puzzling to the biologist, and certainly none is more fascinating to the initiated, than is the problem of orderly growth and development of an individual into the likeness of its kind. Furthermore it is quite probable that this is a most important problem, involving as it does so much study of elemental forces and elemental principles of operation, wherefore its solution may give the key or point the way to successful study of the vexed problems of evolution and the origin of new species. The definite study of regulation of development has been in progress for about 30 years and it is now well organized, although there are few men well qualified to handle it. Amongst the pioneers in this line of work is Professor C. M. Child of the University of Chicago who has recently arrived at the La Jolla Biological Station for some months of experiment along these lines. Not only is he a pioneer in such work, he is also one of the most successful investigators of life processes. A few days ago he gave a lecture to Station residents in which he explained some of the more simple features of his conclusions. An outstanding point in his explanation is the fact that all living things possess what he calls "physiological gradients." That is, the particles of living material composing their bodies differ according to position in individual bodies by the fact that their activities are not the same. For example, a sea anemone is more active at the front end, and this involves more rapid breaking, more rapid uses of food, more active removal of wastes, and more rapid and powerful response to outside influences. One of the easier tests for this is to immerse the animals in a fluid which is barely poisonous enough to kill, by which it is found that the front end is killed first because its greater activity allows the poison to become effective first. There are gradations in the speed of killing from the front toward the rear end. Regulation according to the influence of the gradient is still so prominent even after the pattern is well developed in an individual that it is possible to modify further development by influences similar to those used to establish the gradient in a given way. For instance, very small fish can be made to have one eye centrally located in a small head by exposing them to chemicals which reduce development of the front end without having much effect on development of the rearward parts. Such work goves us a faint idea as to why monstrosities occur, why proper food and drink is important and why differences occur amongst individuals living things. WISE AND WITTY SAYINGS IN BRITF a country Jake BUN DUSTER—A Piker who frequents teas and other entertainments, without ever trying to repay his social obligations. BUTT ME—Give me a cigarette. CAKE EATER—An habitual Bun Duster. CAT'S PAJAMAS—Anything that is very good. CELLAR SMELLER — A young man who always happens to be around when liquor is to be had without cost. CHARLIE—Any fellow with a mustache. CLUCK—A girl who is a clumsy dancer. COWBOY—A young fellow who doesn't pay much attention to girls. "THEM BLOO-00ZE!" A tin dishpan and an auto horn, A squeaky fiddle and a rat eating corn. A baby's rattle and a puppy's whine. A cowbell jangle and a resined twine— -Bla-aah! Unk-aah! —Them Bloo-ooze! Pennsylvania preacher bobs up with a horse that is 51 years old. Many will recognize this as the horse they placed a small bet on several weeks ago at Tijuana. "Only trouble with a pair of dreamy eyes," sniffles little Whiff. Whiff, the office sniff, "is you never know what they're dreaming about." GHOSTS Go to a movie, see a deceased person like Caruso smile and gesture on the screen, and you behold something that makes the Witch of Endor's black magic look like a parlor trick. It costs considerable to ship a sample locomotive to China. So Uncle Sam sends the locomotive's ghost—a movie film, showing all details of the thing and how it works—and the cost is next to nothing. California's redwood trees are the largest and oldest earthly living things. Some were giants 2000 years ago. A government film, showing these trees, could be handed down to future generations after it ends its career as a spectral salesman. By duplicating the film whenever its decay threatened, it would be possible for people to see in the year 1,922,000 the movie ghost of these trees tossing in a storm of the year 1922. There's something uncanny about the movies—something almost defying time, hitherto the universal and inevitable destroyer. Winner of Sacramento's whisket contest has a beard 14 feet long! You can say this much in favor of whiskers of that length. They keep a man out of a lot of mischief. Jack Dempsey, in Germany, should receive a friendly welcome from the Germans. Why shouldn't he? example, a sea anemone is more active at the front end, and this involves more rapid breaking, more rapid uses of food, more active removal of wastes, and more rapid and powerful response to outside influences. One of the easier tests for this is to immerse the animals in a fluid which is barely poisonous enough to kill, by which it is found that the front end is killed first because its greater activity allows the poison to become effective first. There are gradations in the speed of killing from the front toward the rear end. That is to say, the animal shows a certain gradient lengthwise of its body or far as this test is concerned. Dr. Child says that all living things possess gradients more or less simply and definitely resembling this. He also believes that such gradients are established very early in the life of an individual. For example, the single cell stage of a very common sea weed is so definitely influenced by light that the side toward the light grows into leaf-like structures while the side away from the light grows into root-like structures. Single cells stages of some animals are more oxygen available at the surface of the cell. If one part of the surface rests rear portion of the animal while the more exposed point opposite will develop into the form part. These things are not only known but they are known so well that experimenters can take very early stages of many animals and plants and cause them to grow front and rear parts in any given line through opposite parts of the microscopic mass which they are studying. They do given way. For instance, very small fish can be made to have one eye centrally located in a small head by exposing them to chemicals which reduce development of the front end without having much effect on development of the rearward parts. Such work gives us a faint idea as to why monstrosities occur, why proper food and drink is important and why differences occur amongst individuals living things. WISE AND WITTY SAYINGS IN BRITF The Higher Education appears to have had its effect on womin's skirts anyhow. The reason an acorn does such a fine job is because it takes plenty of time to grow. Dentists have a poor opinion of onions. No wrong was ever righted by passing preambles, resolutions or the "buck." Politicians are bad enough, but never so bad as their enemies paint them. Hez Heck says: "Trouble, worry and eczema can't helped none by scratchin' 'em." You miss oftener than you hit when you try to throw something in a waste basket, no matter how long it is. There's something uncanny about the movies — something almostly, defying time, hitherto the universal and inevitable destroyer. Winner of Sacramento's whisker contest has a beard 14 feet long! You can say this much in favor of whiskers of that length. They keep a man out of a lot of mischief. Jack Dempsey, in Germany, should receive a friendly welcome from the Germans. Why shouldn't he? He never did anything against them. Girl for me Is Phoebe Snow. She wears 'em so Her knees don't show. AW. G'WAN! If your two-months-old baby had been kidnapped five months ago, would you be able to recognize it?—New York Evening Sun. The South American steamship passenger rate war is over. Somebody must have announced his intention of buying a ticket. BUENA PARK MACHINE SHOP GENERAL BLACKSMITHING We install and repair deep well pumps; also repair tractors and gas engines; acetylene welding. We aim to please. See us for prices. We give prompt service. GEO. W. HAWKINS J. H. JOHNSON Proprietors Comments of the Press What Editors Are Saying LONG AERIAL FLIGHTS—New York Evening Post By the sad death of Sir Rose Smith, the first man to fly from England to Australia, we are reminded that the four remarkable long-distance flights of 1919 still constitute a record quite unapproached. Captain Smith covered the 11,500 miles between Hounslow and Port Darwin in 27 days 20 hours 20 minutes, his route passing through Rome, Calro, Delhi, Rangoon, Singapore, ad Tamar. There was a marked romance in this ultra-modern penetration of the remote Orient; for a time, until he overtook Lieut. Etienne Poulet, his trip had the excitement of a race, and there was no lack of peril, as was shown when his competitor, Captain Howell, was killed on route. Smith well earned the 10,000 lbs. offered by the Australian government and the knightship given him in England. A few months before his flight the N.C. scaplanes of our Navy crossed the Atlantic, the Vickers-Vimy of Alcock and Brown made the first non-stop flight to Europe, and the R-34 successfully completed its round trip. It was such a burst of achievement in the air as only the most hopeful had predicted would follow the European war. Since then we have had a number of notable long-distance flights in Asia, Europe, and the United States. Americans remember especially the trip of four army airplanes from Mineola to Nome, Alaska, in 1920, and that of two sea-planes from San Diego, Cal., to the Canal. 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