oc-plain-dealer 1923-03-08

DAILY GREETINGS TO OUR READERS No man knows what a day may bring forth in the way of opportunity nor at what point the door may be thrown open, which shall be the entrance into his great chance for life. —Christian Union. Employment conditions, throughout the country, continue to be favorable. It has been a very prosperous winter, all things considered. There is no wealth on earth worthy to be compared with the riches of health of body, health of mind and health of soul. Agreements already reached indicate that there will be no strike of coal miners this year. This will be welcome assurance to the country. It augurs prosperity for industry. There are more than 2,600,000 depositors having funds in state banks in California. In addition, there are large numbers of depositors doing business with national banks, building and loan associations and other financial institutions. Californians believe in banks and are liberal patrons of banking institutions. California has almost endless possibilities in the construction of scenic highways. This cannot well be overdone. The number of tourists and sightseers coming to this state will increase constantly. As the state's reputation for having so many scenic highways spreads, more and more visitors will come—particularly auto-ists. The Golden Rule should be displayed in every home, in every school, in every office, in every business house or factory. It should be kept before all the people all the time. It is the superlative principle for the guidance of human conduct. It is the universal solvent which, ultimately, will turn all things base and dross into golden deeds. The making and re-making of the physical body of the earth are pro- LEGISLATURE'S CHANCE TO DO GOOD WORK The California Legislature, when it reassembles after the recess of thirty days, has its promising opportunity to do good work by not doing bad or debilitful work. It would be well if the legislators worked by a process of elimination—if they winnowed out the bills introduced and threw aside all of them which are of poor quality. There is no crying need of a great deal of legislation at this session. California could get along with comparatively few new statutes. These should be considered with extreme care. This Legislature could make an enviable record by limiting the number of measures enacted and by scrutinizing very closely the quality of them. This should be the rule with all legislatures. There is far greater need of excellence and practicability in laws than there is in having great numbers of laws. In truth, the number of statute is becoming alarmingly great. Even the lawyers are hard put to it to keep up with them and to keep conversant with them. The California Legislature, it is to be hoped, will make its forthcoming session notable for the excellence of its enactments. The number of them needed not be formidable. The fewer, perhaps the better. SPECIAL OCCASIONS AS REMINDERS The number of "days" and "weeks" dedicated to this, that or the other cause or movement are legion. Sometimes one bears complaint that there are so many of these "days," "weeks" and "drives." It is interesting, however, to contemplate the conditions and circumstances which make it necessary to resort to this species of reminding the public. It is a fact that modern life is so complex as almost to daze the average person. There are so many things that are inherently good and worthy of public support, that the people cannot remember them all offhand. The Golden Rule should be displayed in every home, in every school, in every office, in every business house or factory. It should be kept before all the people all the time. It is the superlative principle for the guidance of human conduct. It is the universal solvent which, ultimately, will turn all things base and dross into golden deeds. The making and re-making of the physical body of the earth are proceeding steadily. A single generation witnesses many notable changes in topography. These multiply, generation after generation, until sooner or later, nearly the whole face of the earth is changed. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tides of the sea, river floods, the action of water and frost and wind upon the physical face of the globe, all influence the remoulding of the body of benign Mother Earth. Militarism dies hard. But it slowly is dying. Europe shows its belligerency occasionally. But underneath the surface of world events runs the placid current of intense love of peace, dwelling in the hearts of the masses of mankind. The war talk and the conditions which breed wars are from mis-representative leaders of the masses. The people should assert themselves in every civilized land and should demand that militarism cease and that there shall be no provoking of wars. What Becomes of Your Money Each Pay Day. You Say: "I Can't Save on My Salary" Are You Sure? You may honestly believe your salary won't stretch another point, but suppose for You may honestly believe your salary won't stretch another point, but suppose for instance, your rent was raised $10.00 a month. You would find a way to pay it. What if your salary was reduced $10.00 a month. You would find a way to make ends meet. These things have happened, so it won't take much imagination on your part to make believe your rent has been raised, starting the first of the month. Then pay that $10.00 into a Savings Account and in twelve months you have $120.00 plus 4% interest. American Savings Bank First National Bank Building ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS (By Robert Quillen) The French policy won't work unless Heinle will. Go west, young man, and you'll have a chance to boss the country. There isn't much choice between a ruthless war and a truthless peace. Another thing that puzzles us is the "stick" in Rev. Percy Stickney Grant. Civilization is just a process of accumulating more play-pretties to look after. Passive resistance works very well until a bayonet begins to prod it in the midriff. NEW YORK, March 5.—New York society girls, who insist that they loathe being called that, by the way are editing and publishing a magazine called "The Younger Set," partly because it struck them as an interesting thing to do, but largely to correct the somewhat prevalent idea that society girls and society itself is flippant, frivolous and well-nigh scandalous. They hope to overcome the impression made upon those who do not know them by certain scandal-monging periodicals dealing with "Society's doings." They are doing the work on it, too, writing, editing, reading proof, typing and all the rest except what the printer does. Gran'maw Bentley has been married close off seventy years, an' she's never seen a railroad train or had a revolver in her hands. Where Isadora Duncan got in bad wus shown' in opery houses instead of at banquets. If there are any horny hands in office, they probably get that way by using the whitewash brush. At any rate these Pharonic gowns help us to understand why Joseph ran from Potiphar's wife. A used car is just about as impressive if you move into a new neighborhood when you get it. In this commercial age the hall of fame doesn't interest climbers so much as the haul of fame. We have great pride in our merchant marine, but there doesn't appear to be anything else in it. At any rate women never will learn the knack of shooting from the hip. They haven't any hips any more. A bachelor is a man who isn't content to choose the kind of woman to which his imperfections would entitle him. I am all the rest in fearing the written lecture as a source of entertainment and instruction. I doubt seriously whether I would put myself out to hear William Jennings Bryan give his "Cross of Gold." So, recently when I had the opportunity of hearing a frail little woman address a convention on "Women in air," the fact that she had given the speech hundreds of times before did not make me listen with any greater interest. This tiny bit of femininity is Civic Secretary of the National Security League and Etta V. Leighton by name. Yet as I heard her surge forth into a reckoning against every influence which operates to make our American women less patriotic and less willing to assume their burden in the country's business I became a devotee to at least one woman speaker. Miss Leighton has the essence of genteel womanhood and yet demonstrates the security we can feel if we have a like firmness of purpose in the problem of national defense as evidenced by her. No one could be a slacker in mind or body under the influence of her oratorical spell. When the Omaha (Neb.) stocky yards burned, people miles away that it was a bride cooking her first dinner, declares Tom Sins. Mr. and Mrs. Humes of Indianapolis are walking to California, and every man will wonder how many times Mr. Humes will turn around and yell: "Aw, come on, for the lurva Milke!" You can't beat Henry Ford. He makes flivvers and then buys railroads so he can build more crossings. WARNING! Eight congressmen are threatening to tour the United States. Tut! Tut! Tut! Old King Tutankhamen, judging by the plunder taken from his tomb, enjoyed the topnotch of wealth, power, fame and luxury—as luxury was conceived in the crude life of more than 3000 years ago. No doubt he imagined that people would forever speak of him with awe. We wonder what his reaction would be if he could come back and find facetious newspaper headlines calling him "King Tut." It's a superillustration of Father Time's irony. However, breezy Americans are giving King Tut their highest honor—a nickname. In America the slate is wiped clean each morning. We have respect only for the future. Prepare for Tut Dances and Tut Comedians in musical shows. A shrewd fashion house already is selling Tut Prints. Marine Joke. From Judge: It happened at the marine barracks in one of the navy yards during the war. There had been unusual complaints about the "chow" and these complaints reached the care of the commanding officer. One morning at assembly he addressed the company as follows: "Complaints have come to me concerning the meals that are being served this company and I want every man who is dissatisfied with the food to step forward. COMPANY, HALT!" He Proved It "Did you make him eat his words?" "No. He turned out to be one of those fellows who would rather fight than eat." INCOME TAX We have great pride in our merchant marine, but there doesn't appear to be anything else in it. At any rate women never will learn the knack of shooting from the hip. They haven't any hips any more. A bachelor is a man who isn't content to choose the kind of woman to which his imperfections would entitle him. While college coaches are idle, they might get a few pointers by watching street car entrances during the rush hours. You can say one thing for the Vandals. They didn't say they were doing it for the sake of the weaker peoples. This criticism of college educations isn't new. Aesop expressed the idea with his story about the fox and the grape. What we can't understand is how a native of southern Europe pronounces his town if he doesn't care to sneeze at the time. As a general thing, slang is up to the minute. But "frail" as a substitute for Jane, skirt and chicken, came one generation too late. Correct this sentence: "My husband," said the meek little woman, "is always so gentle and considerate when he has had a bad day at the office." WISE AND WITTY Patience is an art in knowing when to keep it and when to lose it. Luxury appeases vanity but starves the soul. Man can see as far as he can focus his vision. It is far easier to set one's thoughts right than to endure the blunders. Unhappy women and hungry children are in crying need of nourishment. One of Manhattan's novelties in the way of tea rooms and restaurants is the Dark Room of one of our hotels. It's the darkest room I ever saw. It's a tea room opening from a brilliantly lighted corridor where hundreds pass during refreshment hour. The only illumination in the ark Room comes from the tiny dark-shaded table lights and the rays go no farther than the hands of the teating couples. A thick carpet makes the room as quiet as it is dark. It would be absolutely impossible, I should say, to recognize anyone a whole table away from you there. It isn't a rendezvous of people who don't want to be known, either, this hotel. It's one of our most respectable institutions, one of the few hotels in town, for example, where women are not allowed to smoke. I think it must have been hit upon... 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