oc-plain-dealer 1923-08-14

EDITORIAL AND FEATURES An Independent Newspaper Issued Every Afternoon Except Sunday Paul V. Hoster Editor and Publisher Daily Greetings to Our Readers If the sunshine of faith and the serene heaven of resolution meet the ripe hour, all is well; but if you faint, repel, delay, they wither at the core, and your crown is stolen from you and your privilege set aside.—Caroline H. Dall. Militarism Is Curse to the World The trail of the monstrous serpent of militarism stretches across Europe. The World War ended, officially, five years ago. But its dire fruits are poison to Europe yet. The unprecedented dislocations in the political, social and economic life of that continent persist because of the unparalleled horrors of that appalling struggle. Militarism, in four racking years, dipped its sword deep into rivers of human blood and wrote the ghastliest pages ever indicted into the history of mankind. In the wake of that great conflict have come disasters and distresses almost without number. Central Europe today resembles a madhouse. Bedlam conditions prevail. The future no man can foresee or foresay. An indefinite burden is entailed upon Europe because of the horrors of 1914 to 1918. Militarism has written its worst. But that worst would be repeated with ten-fold greater horrors, should Europe and the rest of the world fail to heed the gory lessons of the World War. The world must break down militarism or militarism will break down civilization and put mankind back into savagery and bloody chaos. Suppression and elimination of criminal tendencies should begin in the child, in its infantile years. There is crying need of prevention of crime through proper training of children and keeping them in proper environment and surrounding them with wholesome influences. Suppression of Fires in Forests With painful regularity, as the seasons roll, come destructive forest fires, here in California. This is the season when they occur. There is greater or lesser loss each year from this cause. Suppression and elimination of criminal tendencies should begin in the child, in its infantile years. There is crying need of prevention of crime through proper training of children and keeping them in proper environment and surrounding them with wholesome influences. Suppression of Fires in Forests With painful regularity, as the seasons roll, come destructive forest fires, here in California. This is the season when they occur. There is greater or lesser loss each year from this cause. This problem is perpetual. It never is settled finally. It never will be settled absolutely. The nearest to a possible settlement will be to enforce the most rigorous regulation of the use—or misuse—of fire in or near forest reserves. Punish relentlessly all who may be found guilty of using or leaving fire carelessly. But better than compulsion would be to train boys and girls, at home and at school, to be cautious with fire at all times, in all circumstances and in all places. Constructive instruction along this line well might be given, and frequent object lessons in the havoc that results from recklessness with fire. The young and the old should be impressed with the great moral responsibility that rests upon all to be careful with flames, or with anything that might produce flames. President Coolidge comes of rugged stock. He is no physical weakling. He has lived a simple, austere life, common to New England folk. It has brought him to maturity with a vigorous constitution. Simple living makes for vigor of mind and body. Bandit’s Fate Shows Crime Is Futile Why do men persist in committing outbreaking crimes, for material profit, when it is as plain as the sun in the noonday heavens that no real gain is to be had this way? The two bandits who held up a bank at San Gabriel, in broad daylight, illustrate this. One of them was captured and is in prison. He got no money. The other, fearful of prison, rather than surrender, killed himself. What gain was there for him in that? Criminality yields no profit. It yields only a crop of suspense, remorse, punishment. The fruit it gives is Dead Sea fruit. There is no comfort, no satisfaction, no happiness in the apparent gains which crime sometimes yields to the criminal. There is nothing about a criminal career that is in the least attractive. It is a way of sorrow, bitterness, disappointment, despair, failure, disgrace. Radio service is extending wondrously. Direct wireless communication between the United States and China is to be established within two years, according to present plans. Old home Xcarsions back east 5 daily trains all the way Go Now return any time until Oct. 31 $86m Chicago and back proportionately low fares to other points Fred Harvey Meals Through Pullmans via Grand Canyon National Park reservations and details. C. A. WALKER Anaheim, Calif. Telephone 217 EATURES Evening Except Sunday Editor and Publisher Plain Dealer VACATION SPASMS—NO. 7 CRAMP SMILE AND CHEER UP arism stretches five years ago; unprecedented life of that conof that appallipped its sword ghastliest pages disasters and Europe today reThe future no len is entailed 1918. worst would be europe and the the World War: ism will break ery and bloody cies should be vrying need of children and keep g them with une destructive on when they om this cause. NEW YORK LETTER By LUCY JEANNE PRICE NEW YORK, Aug. 14.—One of the enterprising silk houses has brought out a new silk, gracefully named "Gissing Blue" in honor of Christopher Morley's "Where the Blue Begins." How many people know Christopher Morley? He is one of the infinite number of neighbors I have in New York, whom I have never seen, and yet know very well. He does tricks with this blessed old language of ours which are even smarter than his thoughts—all in a sweet magical way. He loves the sea, as do most of us who never take the trouble to go look at it, and I should like to have a great boat named for him. On second thought, a nice comfortable yawl would be more in keeping. He would like that better. Mulberry street has a scandal. Thomas and Nellie have both disappeared—and simultaneously—and what's more, as many would have it, together. It seems reasonable; he is a good Thomas cat, and Nellie, but a canary. Angelo Rizzli, Mayor of Mulberry street, righteous chieftain that he is, has offered a reward of one hundred dollars for their return. One can not be skimp with funds when you are a mayor, and the honor of a great thoroughfare is challenged. The very fact that the figures in the mystery have been fast friends for about eight years, would make it simple in one way, and complicate it in another. For those who favor gossip, only one conclusion would follow, and for those who are chivalrous, the long acquaintance disposes of any theory of foul play. POEMS THAT LIVE LINES FROM "THE BUILDING OF THE SHIP" I. Thou, too, sail on, O ship of state! Sail on, O union, strong and great! Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate! We know what Master laid thy keel, What workmen wrought thy ribs of steel, Who made each mast, and sail and rope, What anvils rang, what hammers beat In what a forge and what a heat Were shaped the anchors of thy hope! Fear not each sudden sound and shock. Tis of the wave and not the rock. II. Tis but the flapping of the sail; And not a rent made by the gale? In spite of rock and tempest's roar, In spite of false lights on the shore, Sail on nor fear to breast the sea! Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee. PARAGRAPH By ROBERT QUILLEN England: "What can she pay America: "Can she pay?" France: "Pay." Another good way to study native fauna is to watch the butterfly at a plenic. A man never climbs too high feel a little flattered when somebody asks his advice. An executive is a man who doesn't have to think up an excuse when the team is playing home. The "poison pen" never is used however, unless there is some disgrace to lend it a point. In the public library it is easy to select the books the critic praises. They have no thumb marks. This migration of negroes makes it hard on the southern mules. Now they will have to learn the white man's dialect. Courtesy isn't dead. Yesterday we saw a clerk smile and say "Thank you" when a patron bought a stamp. The treaty with Turkey leaves the Armenians free to choose the particular form of tyranny they prefer. Correct this sentence: "I'll fight him at any time." declared the Reginald Pelham Bolton is a local benefactor. He bought a spot of ground at the curve of Riverside Drive and 155th street and made it into a heavenly old fashioned garden to prevent its occupation by garages. Wedged in between a tall apartment house, a row of four-story dwellings and garages, this twenty-five fool smile is visible to his four neighbors, who have torn away their back fences to bask in its full comfort. Until two years ago the sight of a gypsy anywhere in these environs was a rarity. Children were not as accustomed to them as the little folks out in the great open places, and the police were frequently called to cope with these strange gladiated people. More and more do they appear now, and most any spot just outside of town will show the smoke curling up from their camp fires, and venturesome autoing parties going out to them to know their fortunes. Perhaps they are not as noticeable when they venture on the streets, because, what woman is there now who doesn't rival the gypsy in her colorful clothes? II. Tis but the flapping of the sail, And not a rent made by the gale? In spite of rock and tempest's roar, In spite of false lights on the shore, Sail one nor fear to breast the sea! Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee, Our hearts, our hopes, our prayers, our tears, Our faith triumphant o'er our fears, Are all with thee—are all with thee! —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. ABE MARTIN Who remembers when we used t' rest on Sunday instead o' Monday? Ther's a little salvage t' spilled beans, but a confiscated quart is gone forever. Home is a place where you can drink a great of ice water in the morning without being greeted by knowing smiles. Another reason why so many logical contenders for fight titles appear all at once is because the public is biting good. The only difference between pouting and having a grouch is that there is somebody with authority to spank in the case of pouting. That writer who says there is no logical reason for the steady increase of divorce should study the plie of tin cans in the alley. A shark's hide is thick enough for shoe leather but this isn't news to one who has asked one of them for the rates at his seaside hotel. TUESDAY, AUGUST FOURTEENTH, 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 FOR CLEAN PICTURES—Riverside Press It is easy to criticize motion pictures and other amusements, but on analysis it will be found that most of this criticism is not constructive. There are those who attend the movies, remain through the show and go home and grumble because it wasn't the sort of show they thought it should be. There are others who so fear contamination from movies and certain other amusement features that they do not go at all, but remain at home and criticise good and bad with a partiality that is strict if not conscient. And neither of these helps to correct any evils that may exist in amusements. The other day the management of a big vaudeville circuit announced that hereafter performers in the theaters under its control will not be allowed to refer to the prohibition question either seriously or humorously. Would you know the cause of this right-about-face policy? Public opinion has become crystallized against crude anti-prohibition jokes pulled by vaudeville performers. For some time after the adoption of the eighteenth amendment was no joke; that violation of it was as much a crime as violation of other laws and the "dry" jokes got small applause if not an actual chill. Theater managers were quick to catch the trend of public sentiment and called off the alleged funsters. A well known syndicate writer the other day wrote deploring the tendency of the vaudeville stage to make fun of marriage. The point was well taken, and it can be truthfully said that if thinking people in any audience will show disapproval when jokes on marriage step over the boundaries of clean fun and satire, then there will be speedy correction. If as many as a half dozen movie patrons on leaving the theater after a vicious play has been shown stop at the ticket window and say quietly: "Today's show insults decency. If in the future you don't give cleaner shows I shall not longer be a patron of your theater," there would be a quick change in the sort of shows presented. The theater owner would advise the producers and distributors, and while they might at first dub the first protestants as a bunch of cranks, they would get corrective action after the cumulative kicks were registered in many communities. Movie producers and managers of vaudeville circuits are giving the public what they think the public wants. If they caricature ministers of the gospel it is because no protests are received against such caricatures. If they exploit and idealize crime in movie plays it is because such thiggs have been favorably received in the past and there were not protests enough to be heard above the applause. Theatre owners are often placed in rather embarrassing places by their contacts with producers and distributors in regard to showing certain pictures, but they can aid materially by advising higher-ups to the demands of their patrons. If the great American public does not want clean amusements then ON THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT SUMMER GUESTS Our neighbors they are very rich. They can afford to go away And spend the summer where they wish, But close at home we have to stay. Our neighbors they are very proud. They treat us with a deep disdain. They cut us socially, you know— To recognize us gives them pain Yet when our neighbors go away They to our humble cottage bring To keep for them while they're abroad For seven weeks, the following: One Angora cat, One Maltese cat, One French poodle, One Boston bun, One parrot, One canary, Nine goldfish. THE KNOCKER One of our energetic contributors sends in the following: "After the rattlesnake, the toad and the vampire had been made there was some awful substance left, out of which was made the knocker. "A knocker is a two-legged animal with a corkscrew soul, a water-sogged brain and a combination backbone made of jelly and glue. When the knockers come down the street honest men turn their backs. If one of the 'critters' happen to die people do not mourn but angels weep tears in heaven and the devil shuts his gates to keep him out. No man has the right to knock as long as there is a pool or water deep enough to drown in or a rope to hang with. FINE BUT WHAT IS IT? During the course of our varied and rather exciting career we have received several hundreds of tons of bunk in the mails. We have never been stumped before, but now we yield the ghost. The School of the University of the World has sent us a pamphlet on "The Propagation of the Philosophy of Americanism," which sounds pretty good, but we can't understand it. We have read it backward and upside down and have taken it home and tried it on our piano and it still has our goat. See if you can get anything out of "How most beautiful, the Earth." "How most grand, the Game of Life." "How most precious the cosmic performance." "How most preferred of the Earth." "How most fortunate in the Game of Life." "How synthetic, definite and satisfactory for the cosmic consciousness." For heaven's sake, pass the cracked ice. "Sioux Sue for Millions."—Headline. Some Tin Pan alley songwriter should be able to do something with that. GYPSY BLOOD -gratified! It's RED CROWN for the EXPERIENCED MOTORIST You needn't be "raggle-taggle gypies" to think of life being under open skies, beside a brook with the scent of mountain-pine all about. 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