oc-plain-dealer 1922-07-03

DAILY GREETINGS TO OUR READERS Count the mercies which have been quietly falling in your path through every period of your history. Down they come every morning and evening, angel messengers from the Father of Lights, to tell of your best Friend in Heaven. Have you lived these years, wasting mercies, treading them beneath your feet, and consuming them every day, and never yet realizing from whence they came? If you have, Heaven pity you!—Anonymous. Good, pure mountain water is the beverage that makes California famous. Violence in industrial affairs is unamerican and seldom is indulged in except by those who are not American at heart. There is a great waste of human energy and time by those who indulge in obnoxious meddling in the affairs of others and mischief-making. The psychological pulse of the country is steady, as to economic conditions. The people are cheerful and confident, and they reflect the tone of business and industry. From Washington should proceed a thunderous "Thou shalt not!" to Mexican bandits who commit outrages against American residents and having interest in that country. There never should be another World War. Any condition which has a tendency to create situations favorable to a recurrence of that great crisis in IRELAND IS BACK-ING MINISTRY The problem of Ireland is not solved, by any means. It has racked the British ministry and several times has brought crises that seemed to threaten the political dominance of Premier Lloyd George. This hardy, militant statesman has ridden the waves of many a political tide blown by passion over the Irish question. Even now, in the midst of an acute phase of it, his hold upon Parliament seems to be secure. Friends of Ireland deplore deeply and sincerely the distressing conditions prevailing there. Violence has turned the island into a state verging upon civil war. It was hoped that its problems could be worked out in peace. It still is to be hoped that ways and means may be found which will effect settlements just to all elements in Ireland. The situation there is exceedingly delicate, sometimes raised to the effect that make any progress toward a permanent basis of settlement. It is impossible for any one at this distance to lay down a formula to cover the Irish crisis—it would be preposterously presumptuous for any one here to attempt to find the solution which has baffled the brightest statesmanly minds in England and Ireland for a long, long period. But millions of Americans, friendly both to England and to Ireland, trust that the way may be found speedily to end the reign of passion and bloodshed in unhappy Erin. BIG PERILS FROM FIRE AT THIS SEASON A great conflagration may start, at this season, from carelessness that, at the time it is committed, seems to be too trivial for notice. The psychologic pulse of the country is steady, as to economic conditions. The people are cheerful and confident, and they reflect the tone of business and industry. From Washington should proceed a thunderous "Thou shalt not!" to Mexican bandits who commit outrages against American residents and having interest in that country. There never should be another World War. Any condition which has a tendency to create situations favorable to a recurrence of that great struggle should be deprecated and suppressed, if possible. That tragedy in Beverly Glen which cost J. Belton Kennedy his life is costing the taxpayers of Los Angeles county a vast deal of money and that without result. There is defectiveness in criminal procedure in this country. The national debt of the United States is more than twenty times what it was in 1813, before the World War began. But the Nation is taking up with courage the gigantic task of liquidating this huge obligation. Within less than a generation it will be brought back to the figures of 1913, in all probability. Building activity is very pronounced throughout California. New records are being made in volume of construction. Some predict overbuilding. But there is no indication of it. Particularly as to smaller and medium-sized houses, there seems to be no likelihood of even catching up with the demand, much less exceeding it, for a long time to come. There is a coincidence of violence, of diverse nature, in various parts of the world, which, to the unthinking, seems to indicate that this old planet has gone mad. Nothing of the kind. Much of the disturbance is sporadic. Much of the violence of today will be ended and forgotten tomorrow. Slaying of men, in industrial disputes, is unseemly, shocking and out of keeping with American ideals and purposes. There is an infinitely better way to adjust industrial differences — that is, in peace and in conciliatory mood, each side actuated by friendship promoting motives and each practicing the give and take principle. BIG PERILS FROM FIRE AT THIS SEASON A great conflagration may start, at this season, from carelessness that, at the time it is committed, seems to be too trivial for notice. A match heedlessly thrown into dry grass or weeds starts a tiny trickle of flame. A breeze comes along and the trickle flares up into a wild blaze. And then the widening flames sweep on, and the conflagration is begun. Over acres and acres it may race, destroying everything before it. Houses may go to ashes in its pathway. Human beings and animals may perish. Property losses may be huge. All because a lighted match was not snuffed out, as it should have been. This is no trifling matter. It is not a matter to be ignored or to be treated with indifference. Each and every person should give it thoughtful consideration. Think of the terrible consequences that are possible — then be careful. California is noted for its goats. To be sure, there are a great many of them for them are there not many secret societies in this state, and it not the common impression that among other things done in initiatives, there is a joy-ride on the lodge's goat? Of course, pin a member of any standard secret society right down and he will not affirm positively that there is a live goat in every lodge-room for initiates to ride. But it is well known what some persons believe about it. The American people, if they systematically disregard the United States Constitution and habitually violated the laws, soon would become morally bankrupt and safety of life and property would not exist. The Constitution and the laws of the land are guarantees to the greatest and to the humblest, of protection in the right and privilege, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." These guarantees should not be treated lightly nor should they be trampled under foot. Comments of the Press What Editors Are Saying THE LATE "MARION HARLAND" New York Evening Post In Mary Virginia Temple, better known as "Marion Harland," death takes probably the East American Wood, and can claim to have been one of the most widely read of all Southern writers. In her autobiography Marion Harland relates how from her struggles as a totally inexperienced Comments of the Press What Editors Are Saying THE LATE "MARION HARLAND" New York Evening Post In Mary Virginia Termeine, better known as "Marion Harland," death takes probably the last American author who won a reputation before the Civil War. J. T. Trowbridge, whose "Neighbor Jackwood" appeared in 1857, known as a short-story writer when the Atlantic was a bantling and John Burroughs, who crept into its pages while still in his teens, have more recently passed away. Marion Harland won a $50 prize for a story in the Southern Era in 1863, when she was 22, and next year her novel "Aline" brought her a congratulatory letter from Longfellow and had a circulation of more than 100,000 copies. The literary fashions to which she responded were those which influenced the authors of "Queechy" and "The Lamplighter." Both of which appeared in the fitties. No one reads Marion Harland's romances now, but she had a firm hold on the generation which devoured Mrs. Southworth and Mrs. Wood, and can claim to have been one of the most widely read of all Southern writers. In her autobiography Marion Harland relates how her struggles as a totally inexperienced housekeeper, managing negro servants who would "get their hands out" and leave her to cook, grew her immensely popular "Common Sense in the Household." It was the first of a long series of books upon cooking, home management, and etiquette. Mrs. Terhune had a shrewd instinct for the popular taste, and her gradual evolution from a romance writer into the author on works on domestic economy, and the editorship of a syndicate newspaper page for women which brought her a thousand letters a week, might be pointed to as evidence of a sweeping change in feminine demands. If the world were permanently sickened by this fever of violence, then indeed would there be occasion for the utmost alarm. But these ill will pass away like a sick headache. Crown Stage "Short Line" Stages for Los Angeles daily from 6:20 a.m., 10 minutes to the hour and 20 minutes after. One way 70c Round Trip $1.20 Stages also to Santa Ana, Long Beach, Pomona and connections with Laguna, Balboa and Riverside. 134 South Los Angeles Street Phone 117 Anaheim, Calif. THE ORANGE COUNTY PLAIN DEALER, ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA NEW YORK, July 3.—Whatever sinus one may commit, there is always left the virtue of frankness. So believes Michael Thorry. For instance, there has been a slump in the boot-legging business for some inexplicable reason. And that happens to be Michael's occupation. So when he was arraigned in Police Court the other day for failure to support his wife and children, he just explained matters to the judge, frankly. "I make my living by trading in liquor" said he. "Business has been so poor lately that I haven't been able to do the right thing at home." He added that he would make good on his family obligations "as soon as boot-legging picks up." The judge was pretty unsupathetic, in spite of the commendable honesty of the plea. There are a good many kinds of charity, ranging from the woman who prides herself on giving the starving of the city as much as she pays for two theater tickets, up to the scrubwoman who does the housework for her sick neighbor when her own day's work is finished and she is fagged out in every muscle. Solomon Schoenbaum knows the real kind of charity, I believe. Mr. Schoenbaum is a prosperous manufacturer in the upper end of this city, and when he sailed for his native town of Gernovitz, in Gallicia, several months ago, he took a large amount of money with him. When he discovered the destination there, he began to unload his letters of credit. He bought clothing for four hundred people; then for one hundred more. By this time, he was so nearly broke that he was able to scrape up just enough money for second class passage home. But he looked happy when he landed in New York. Next year, he is going back to Gallicia with more money. The weather man's job is not confined to telling the newspapers what the weather will be the next day. That's the easiest part of it, as a matter of fact. The vacationers are the chief difficulty. Each year, about this time, requests begin to pour in to James H. Scarr, our local Government bureau, weathrexpert, for predictions on just what weather the Adriondacks will have the week of August eighth, and whether it will be cloudy enough to be a good fishing in northern Maine late in July. A new Fred Stone piece will follow "Good Morning, Dearie," when that musical comedy finally looses its hold on the Globe Theatre, and Elisie Janis, in "The Bunch and Judy," another Anne Caldwell-Jerome Kern musical comedy is another production soon to be presented by Charles Dillingham. So far, those are the only new productions forecast for presentation earlier than August, but in that month, we are promised a new deluge of them,and of all kinds. William K. Vanderbilt has given the use of a camp on his estate at Great Neck, Long Island, to the Jacob A. Rils Neighborhood House. Two hundred and fifty children will visit it during the summer. A campaign to sell American automotive transportation to the world was begun from this city last week, when Gordon Lee left here to represent the industry, for the Department of Commerce. The campaign embraces the development of the foreign market for American constructed automobiles, motor trucks, aircraft, motor cycles and motor boats. WISE AND WITTY Tell a woman something about P. S.—Who wants to buy a good razzberry patch? YYOUTH Socrates learned to play on musical instruments in his old age. Cato did not begin to study Greek until he was 50, and Plutarch was nearly as old when he took up Latin. Sir Henry Spelman was a farmer until he was 50, then became a great scientist. These and millions of similar cases show that youth is largely a matter of viewpoint—mental and spiritual, instead of glands and years of age. Real youth is in the heart. In old age, most people come to the conclusion that life on earth is just a training school and spiritual gymnasium for a better existence later. Old age is the youth of the intellect and the babyhood of the spirit. Happiness and contentment have nothing to do with one's number of birthdays. STRANGE, BUT-- A bushel of rye isn't worth as much as a quart. With a mine and a railroad strike on there won't be many fish in the streams next fall. Our idea of absolute happiness is when a speed maniac gets a job driving a fire wagon. SHO' 'NUFF, HIT WUZ! Neither Sambo or Rastus could read the time of day—or anything else—but Sambo had a nice big ingersoll, which he exhibited with a great air of superiority. "What time am it?" said Rastus. Sambo hesitated, and then extended the timepiece, saying: "Dar she am!" Rastus looked at it carefully and said: "Dam, if she ain't!"—Judge. Voliva says all flappers are going to hell. To which Tom Sims says. Some of them are dressed for the trip. IT SOUNDS FOOLISH But the more you think of a girl the more you think of her. Wonder how this man with two wives in one house found a place to hang his clothes? Some Anaheim men stay down town so much that when they eat at home they look for the menu. Tom Sims says: "We have the unwritten law. What we need is the unbroken law." BACON AS BAIT Col. Hull, U.S.A., telling it to the House Committee in Cong. Record: motive transportation to the world was begun from this city last week, when Gordon Lee left here to represent the industry, for the Department of Commerce. The campaign embraces the development of the foreign market for American constructed automobiles, motor trucks, aircraft, motor cycles and motor boats. WISE AND WITTY Tell a woman something about her looks, and she'll make a dash for the nearest mirror. Garages and drug stores all smell alike. Hate hurts you as much as it does your enemy. The two mainstays of "polite so ciety" are idleness and luxury. When in love, you don't understand it, and nobody can explain it to you. Wonder how this man with two wives in one house found a place to hang his clothes? Some Anaheim men stay down town so much that when they do eat at home they look for the menu. Tom Sims says: "We have the unwritten law. What we need is the unbroken law." BACON AS BAIT Col. Hull, U.S.A., telling it to the House Committee in Cong. Record: "In other words, the government sold Mr. Leavitt bacon with one hand and charges him with a criminal offense in having, in his possession (hoarding) that same bacon with the other hand." Grace in a woman is more beautiful than beauty. TELEPHONE IN ITALY ROME, Italy, July 3.— In Italy a decree has been made public authorizing expenditure of 150,000,000 litre for new telephone and telegraph lines, rendered necessary by electrification of railway lines. This sum is to be expended at the rate of about 40,000,000 litre annually. The ministry plans automatic telephones in Milan, Turin, Genoa, Rome and Naples. Exchanges in these cities are worked to capacity. WATCH CHILDREN'S EYES Neglect often means serious defects in vision, education and health. Our examination will tell: 179 W. Center St. DR. W.R. BLAKELY OPTOMETRIST ANAHEIM CALIF. RED UNIFORMS AND STEEL SAFES CHAINED TO BEARER WOULD TEAR DOWN FENCES ALONG RY. Railway rights of way have long been noted for being breeding places for gophers. Ranchers along the broad S. P. right of way between Garden Grove-rd and Olive-rd are petitioning the company to remove the fences so that cultivation and the battle against the redents may be carried nearer the tracks. While there is some question whether or not the company is compelled by State law or regulation of the Railroad commission to maintain fences as a protection against roving stock, it is pointed out that the fences are down four or five places on either side of the track now. Also, there is little stock loose now. LUMBER DEALER LIKES ANAHEIM Adrian Cheva and family, of Knoxville, Tenn., have been the guest of the Harry Miller family for several days, but will pass the weekend in Los Angeles. Mr. Chevan is building contractor, also operating lumber mills in his native state. He is much interested in Anaheim and upon his return after the Fourth, will look with interest into a future location here. The entire trip was made from Tennessee in a Ford, and gave the family a delightful outing, as they camped a portion of the time on route. ELECTRIFY ITALIAN RYS. MILAN, July 3—Electric traction has been inaugurated on the Italian railway between Genoa and Turin, the first passenger train having been run successfully. This is an important section of the Italian railway system and is a part of the line traversed by the Panama-Rome express. The work of transformation into electric traction is being continued south of Genoa, and from Turin to Modena, and may go to Modena. Many other lines in Italy are being WOMEN PROMISE TO ENFORCE ALL LAWS COKEVILLE, Wyo., July 3. — With three women, all of them vigorous workers for better morals and two of them active W.C.T.U. members, in charge of municipal affairs here, Cokeville is given a wide berth by bootleggers and evildoers. The three women, Mrs. Ethel Stoner, mayor; Mrs. Retta Roberts and Mrs. Goldie Noblitt, councilmen (there being no Wyoming law providing for councilwomen.) were elected over their two male opponents, regarded as "liberal" in their views. They were elected on a platform of law enforcement, with special emphasis on prohibition law enforcement. The women have promised to make good on this platform. The Mexicans are said to cut up old tires and use them as sandals. ELECTRIFY ITALIAN RYS. MILAN, July 3 — Electric traction has been inaugurated on the Italian railway between Genoa and Turin, the first passenger train having been run successfully. This is an important section of the Italian railway system and is a part of the line traversed by the Pan-Rome express. The work of transformation into electric traction is being continued south of Genoa, and from Turin to Modena, and may go to Modena. Many other lines in Italy are being transformed, and electric traction will be in operation shortly also between Milan and Genoa. Swedish inventors claim to have perfectly synchronized speaking motion pictures by mounting the picture and sound reproducing films of a common shaft. Fifty miles of passageways already have been blasted in a salt vein in New York state, the development of which is being carried on much like coal mining. DORAY FOR THE FURTH! WHAT'S THE WAY EVERY RED-DED, FULL-CHESTED AMERICAN BUILD FEEL ON THIS GLORIOUS DAY. IT IS THE ONE DAY OF THE YEAR IT WILL REMIND US THAT WE'RE THANKFUL WE ARE LIVING IN THE OLD U.S.A. WHAT'S THE WAY EVERY REDDED, FULL-CHESTED AMERICAN WILD FEEL ON THIS GLORIOUS DAY. IT IS THE ONE DAY OF THE YEAR IT WILL REMIND US THAT WE'RE THANKFUL WE ARE LIVING IN THE OLD U. S. A. NOWEVER, WE MUST NOT FORGET THE TRUE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE OCCATION AND LET US PAUSE IN THE MIDST OUR VACATION JOYS AND CELETING AND WITH REVERENCE FOR THOSE PATRIOTS WHO BY VALDEED AND WITH SACRED LIVES DEPOSITABLE OUR GLORIOUS ON. GOLDEN STATE NATIONAL BANK