oc-plain-dealer 1923-07-23

EDITORIAL AND FEATURES An Independent Newspaper Issued Every Afternoon Except Sunday Paul V. Hester Editor and Publisher DAILY GREETINGS TO OUR READERS —Love is the law of man's existence and of God's existence no less. The human soul, in whatever state or place, is God's child. God is the universal Father; and the whole physical world, the entire circumstance of the race, the whole course of human events, are but the appliances of a Father's love.—George S. Merriam. Dawn to Dusk Flight Near Success The continent has not yet been crossed in daylight of one day in an airship flight. But Lieut. Russel L. Maughan, army aviator, came within sight of success. The plucky flier failed the second time because of a slight defect in his engine. More than two-thirds of the distance from the Atlantic to the Pacific had been covered by the intrepid aviator when he was forced down in Wyoming. This is not failure. It is a foreshadowing of success. The second attempt came much nearer success than the first. The third essay, in all probability, will reach goal. It is to be hoped that Lieutenant Maughan may be the fortunate one first to consummate this notable feat. Every achievement of this kind brings nearer the utilization of aircraft for speeding up the processes of modern life. It will set this Nation forward wondrously, to be able to post a letter in Los Angeles or San Francisco in the morning and have it read in New York before sunset of the same day. This will be achieved, eventually, despite the difference in time between the two coasts. Southern California is the banner section of the country in the matter of patronage of moving picture theatres. One dollar in every twenty which is spent to see pictures is expended here. War in Atmosphere Is Mimic Plan Southern California is the banner section of the country in the matter of patronage of moving picture theatres. One dollar in every twenty which is spent to see pictures is expended here. War in Atmosphere Is Mimic Plan They are going to fight it out in the air, up and down the California coast. It will be carried on according to the rules of warfare, but—there will be no bloodshed, no weeping widows, or anguished mothers, or bereft orphans. It is to be a war game on the part of the aviation department of the United States army. Radio will figure prominently, too, in the great mimic. So long as national safety demands that the Pacific coast be prepared adequately for defense. It is vitally important that the aerial defense be strong. Should this country become engaged in war with a power having strong naval equipment in the Pacific, utilization of air defenses would be of the utmost importance. It is of moment, therefore, to have this practice of the war game in the air. So long as air defense is needed, it should be made ample, so that this state and the Nation never would be menaced by a possible foreign foe. Maintenance of a powerful aerial force is a necessary adjunct to effective naval defense and to augment land fortifications. The United States in no measure should become involved in the political affairs of any foreign country. The only safe national course is to adhere to this rule. From Soil to Senate an Unusual Thing The family of Magnus Johnson, Senator-elect from Minnesota, is a "dirt farm" family. Mr. Johnson, Mrs. Johnson, and their sons and daughters, have been wedded to the soil. They have not been divorced from if, and there is no likelihood that they will be. Indeed, it is intimated, in news dispatches, that Mrs. Johnson and the children will stay at home and keep the farm going while Mr. Johnson assumes his place in the United States Senate. Wholly aside from political considerations, it is refreshing indeed to learn of the entrance of a man from the farm into service in Congress. Particularly the Senate, which has not felt the agrarian influence so strongly as it might, for its own good, The sweet breath of the productive outdoors, with the simplicity and strong human sympathies which appertain to life in the country, would be wholesome in the Senate. It is to be hoped that others from the farm and from the ranks of labor may be nominated by all the important political parties for members of Congress. House and Senate would be the more serviceable to the people because of such accretions. Most of Europe's troubles today are wholly unnecessary and wholly inexcusable. Minnesota has fired a political gun that is reverberating all up and down the country. It is to be hoped that others from the farm and from the ranks of labor may be nominated by all the important political parties for members of Congress. House and Senate would be the more serviceable to the people because of such accretions. Most of Europe's troubles today are wholly unnecessary and scholly inexcusable. Minnesota has fired a political gun that is reverberating all up and down the country. LOW FARES FOUR ROUTES EAST Through, fast service every day to Chicago, Kansas City, St. Louis, St. Paul, Minneapolis, New Orleans, with direct connection for New York and other eastern cities. —Back East round-trip excursions daily until September 15. Stop-over privilege in each direction. Go one way, come back another if you wish. —Round trip fares every day to Pacific Coast resorts at notable reductions. Go somewhere this summer via Southern Pacific Lines G. D. Maltby, 'Agt. Tel. 123 RES Sunday publisher Plain Dealer MONDAY Subscription Entered at t ON THE ALASKAN TRAIL WITH HARDING—NO. 9 Inestimable Riches and Hidden Treasures Still Are Sealed in Alaska's Natural Resources Awaiting Development. 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Why don't the miners rule that no man can be a union official unless ordinary people can pronounce his name? An optimist is a man who wears a white suit and carries a fountain pen that is so constructed that it can't leak. If another car is passed everybody takes notice, but if another law is passed, nobody seems to care a whoop. The moderns don't read "The Wandering Jew." They probably think he was looking for parking space. The only three things entirely here and there It was a fairish sized town in the hinterland of Pennsylvania, recites Judge. An ancient farm wagon drove up to the leading furrier's and a woman alighted, bearing one of the last extant specimens of seal-skin sacques. She wished to have it stored, and the clerk asked the usual questions—name, address, valuation. He learned that she was Tillie Wenz, R. F. D. Route 4; the last question seemed to puzzle her, but only for a moment. Then, with a shy smile she murmured, "Pennsylvania Dutch." He kissed her. They were on the porch, just outside a path of white moonlight, says Cougar's Paw (Wash. State). It was their first evening together, and as he did not want her to think that he was in the habit of kissing girls, he said, "I'm sorry." She looked rather hurt at that, of course, so he tried to make a recovery. "Well, that isn't what I mean, but you know—ah—o—a—h—it is the first time I've been out with you and—Oh, shucks!" "Perhaps I did work a little too fast," was her confession. Some of those American soldiers who stopped off in England for a time were so exuberant in spirits that they refused to have them dampened even by the well-known and much advertised foggy weather, says the American Legion Weekly. ABE MARTIN 'Bout th' only thing we know of that stays on th' job an' seems t' enjoy its work is a screen door spring. Th' trouble with th' housewives' sugar boycott is that ther hain't enough o' them stay at home t' quit usin' it. DINNER STORIES A fond father returned after a If another car is passed everybody takes notice, but if another law is passed, nobody seems to care a whoop. The moderns don't read "The Wandering Jew." They probably think he was looking for parking space. The only three things entirely empty are a vacuum, Europe's purse, and the house when the wife is away. Statesmen are smart men. Nobody else could spend two weeks in Paris and learn all about the European situation. Aviators may be able to get fuel in the air. Gas companies have perfected the process of getting air in the fuel. Cranks are useful to start a Ford, but it isn't probable that many of them will be delegates to the national convention. At times you can't tell whether the college is conferring a degree on the great man or conferring honor on the college. Rain and cold waves are uninvited guests that can usually be counted on to appear at any picnic. Correct this sentence: "John hasn't had a touch of his old indigestion," said the bride, "since he began eating my biscuits." The trouble about having your tonsils removed to prolong your life is that you have to wait so long to see whether it works. It's a hard world. Drive methods started us for the poorhouse, and now want of method in driving starts us for the emergency ward. As we understand the drys, there would be more rejoicing over the enforcement of the dry law than over the enforcement of the ninety and nine the dry sleuths violate. "Well, that isn't what I mean, but you know—ah—o—a—h—it is the first time I've been out with you and—Oh, shucks!" "Perhaps I did work a little too fast," was her confession. Some of those American soldiers who stopped off in England for a time were so exuberant in spirits that they refused to have them dampened even by the well-known and much advertised foggy weather, says the American Legion Weekly. The colonel of a regiment, making a night tour of a certain camp, was challenged by a sentry who had been standing for hours in a driving rain. "Who goes there?" demanded the guard. "Friend," replied the colonel. "Welcome to our mist," said the sentry. A woman who frequently went out to spend the day with friends had been accompanied by her six-year-old son, says the Boston Transcript. One evening on returning home very much bored with the day's experiences, the boy remarked, "Mother, If you don't stop taking me around with you so much, people will think you have married a dwarf." An English barrister, after a particularly trying day, came home with his nerves on edge, and at once sought refuge in his own study, well away from the noises of the household machinery, so says the Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. He sat down by his fire and was gradually getting calm down when the cat, which had been sitting there too, got up slowly and walked across the room. The master turned on her and said indignantly: "Now, what are you stamping around here for?" A lady was entertaining her daughter's caller who was just back from a summer outing. The conversation had been somewhat spasmodic and finally she decided to try him on some of the new books. "Have you read 'Freckles,' Mr. Johnson?" she ventured. "No, ma'am," he stammered, blushing, "mine are the brown kind." —Medley (N. Y. U.) Bout th' only thing we know of that stays on th' job an' seems t'enjoy its work is a screen door spring. Th' trouble with th' housewives' sugar boycott is that ther haintn't enough o' them stay at home t' quit usin' it. DINNER STORIES A fond father returned after a year's absence, and arriving home in the evening held his small daughter Mary, age 4, on his lap while he related to his family the experience he had had as cook in the lumber camp, says Judge. He had grown rather fat and every time he breathed deeply Mary was crowded more and more near the edge of his knees. Little Mary was rather interested in his stories, but so afraid of falling off his lap that at last she could stand it no longer and suddenly exclaimed, "I know, but move back, daddy, move back." Two little girls were engaged in a dispute. One was a pickaninny. The other was but newly come to these shores, and could speak several tongues: Greek and Yiddish as well as English. The disagreement degenerated into blows; the little colored lady getting decidedly the better. Her vanquished foe, in wild chagrin, loosed a stream of eloquent but utterly incomprehensible invective. The victor surveyed her contemptuously. "Huh!" said she. "Bebe you thinks I don't know what you're calling me, but I does! And what you says I am, you is!"—Jester (Columbia U.). ...Two students on a train were telling about their abilities to see and hear, says Awgwan (U. of Neb.). The one says: "Do you see that barn over there on the horizon?" "Can you see that fly walking around on the roof of that barn?" "No, but I can hear the shingles crack when he steps on them." MONDAY, JULY TWENTY-THIRD, 1923 Subscription Rate—In No. Orange-co. Per Yr. $3; 6 Months, $1.75 Entered at the Postoffice at Anaheim, Calif., as 2nd class matter. COMMENTS OF THE PRESS EDITORS ARE SAYING HUGE OFFER FOR 1924 CONVENTION—Des Moines Register, ... According to the New York Evening World, New York is prepared to offer the Democratic party $500,000 if it will hold its 1924 national convention in that city. The size of the offer will surprise a good many people. From a smaller city aiming at national recognition as a convention center, it would be less difficult to explain. New York does not need the advertising. The explanation then must be that New York merchants, hotelmen and others feel that the convention would bring enough visitors to return the $500,000 with profit. It is hard to realize how great an attraction a political convention has come to be. The states that have favorite sons are there in force with headquarters' organization. The tariff will bring great delegations to the convention. Both wet and dry will be present in force to influence the party's stand on prohibition. Every issue upon which there will be division will bring its hundreds of propagandists. The nearly 1000 official delegates will be the minority. And then there are thousands of visitors who flock to the city to watch the convention make political history. National party conventions have come to be probably the biggest gatherings of any sort in the United States, attracting even more people than a Slirine Council meeting or a Grand Army encampment. It is easily conceivable that the Democratic convention will draw 50,000 people—probably that estimate is much too small. But 50,000 persons spending $10 a piece would see New York whole for its $500,000. And every visitor will spend much nearer $100 than $10 in his two or three days. ON THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT BY ROY K. MOULTON A LITTLE SLICE OF LIFE It was a stuffy evening, And neighbors were leaning Out of their windows trying To get some fresh air, When down the court came The inevitable street piano. The man comes every night, But this night he had A complete new set of tunes. He played it once, and He didn't get a nickel. Then started to play it again. One flour sack full of water Came from the ninth floor And hit the mark fairly. Others came in succession. Each burst on the piano, And the owner, a dripping wreck, Made a masterly retreat. ON THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT BY ROY K. MOULTON A LITTLE SLICE OF LIFE It was a stuffy evening, And neighbors were leaning Out of their windows trying To get some fresh air, When down the court came The inevitable street piano. The man comes every night, But this night he had A complete new set of tunes. One of these tunes was The old wartime favorite, "Keep the Home Fires Burning." Some of these pianists Select very fresh stuff. He played it once, and He didn't get a nickel. Then started to play it again. One flour sack full of water Game from the ninth floor And hit the mark fairly. Others came in succession. Each burst on the piano, And the owner, a dripping wreck, Made a masterly retreat. He has not been back since. In music one must observe Not only the occasion But the weather—and perhaps The sousing didn't hurt him. TO BE HOPED FOR A little more sweet and a little less sour, A little less weed and a little more flower, A little more song and a little less sigh, A little less earth and a little more sky! SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT— It always takes fifteen or twenty years to make good in New York. Every comic strip artist gets a million bucks a year. Society people never have any fun and are constantly bored to extinction. Every rich man is worried about getting into heaven. A concert violinist always has a secret sorrow. Nobody but rubes ever ride on the sight-seeing wagons. 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