oc-plain-dealer 1923-08-20

EDITORIAL AND FEATURES An Independent Newspaper Issued Every Afternoon Except Sunday Paul V. Hester Editor and Publisher DAILY GREETINGS TO OUR READERS Consecration is not something done once for all, but is maintained habit of the soul. A consecrated day is a frame-work ready prepared, in which God alone has to act us, and through us. Adolphe Monod. Assaults on Umpires Indefensible There has been entirely too much rowdyism in baseball in the Pacific Coast League this season. In several instances umpires have been assaulted by players who let their temper get the better of their judgment. In each case punishment has been meted out. This usually is a fine of $50 or $100 and a suspension of three to ten days. These penalties are not severe enough. Attacking an umpire should be dealt with relentlessly by "the powers that be," in baseball. Patrons of the game do not pay their money to witness childish, unmanly venting of unreasonable temper by players whose vanity, oftentimes, prompts them to dispute decisions. The public wants to see the game played. If there is any protesting against the umpire's decisions, the grandstands and bleachers attend to this quite thoroughly. Players may protest, but this should be done decorously. If the umpire refuses to reconsider or reverse his decision—as umpires usually do—the player should cease his grumbling. If decisions are manifestly wrong and unjust, the management of the team affected has its redress by protesting the decision of the higher powers. But the umpire's decision should not be protested by angry players fighting the umpire under Marquis of Queensbery rules. The average person is unfortified in wariness against dishonest schemers and swindlers. If the masses of the people were intelligently on their mind, they would not commit such acts. Players may protest, but this should be done decorously. If the umpire refuses to reconsider or reverse his decision—as umpires usually do—the player should cease his grumbling. If decisions are manifestly wrong and unjust, the management of the team affected has its redress by protesting the decision of the higher powers. But the umpire’s decision should not be protested by angry players fighting the umpire under Marquis of Queensbery rules. The average person is unfortified in wariness against dishonest schemers and swindlers. If the masses of the people were intelligently on their guard, frauds could not flourish. Giant Sequoia Named for Mr. Harding The “Warren Harding Tree”—one of the giants of the Sequoia and Grant National Park—has been dedicated. It is a forest monarch of the estimated age of 5000 years. This is a memorial fitting and dignified. Mr. Harding loved Nature. He was fond of trees. Here is a memorial which, in the words of Col. John R. White, superintendent of the park, in dedicating it, “will grow stronger and greater and will stand as a monument to our late President when the Pyramids and granite shafts have crumbled to dust.” This huge tree is thirty-two feet in diameter and 280 feet high—second in size and age to the General Sherman tree. It is in order to dedicate objects in Nature and works of man, all over the country, to the memory of Mr. Harding. The practice of memorializing the country’s great ones should persist. It keeps alive the memory of their works and their virtues and is inspiration to the whole country. Showing ill temper and indulging in bitter words on slight provocation are defects of character. They react upon the person who thus gives way to irritability, petulance and ungoverned temper. Shorter Day in Steel Industry One of the monuments to the late President Harding is the concession made by the steel industry for shorter hours. Already the process of shortening the working day is begun. The day of twelve hours is passing. It should pass. And never again should it appear in American industry. Twelve hours of unremitting toil, such as the steel industry imposes, is too hard, too inhumane. It should be abolished for all time. Men should not be asked—should not be permitted—to work half of the twenty-four hours at exacting labor. It is to be hoped that the change to the shorter day may be effected without dissatisfaction and without clashing between capital and labor. President Harding strove with the leaders in the steel industry to bring about the elimination of the long day. As a memorial to him, the whole matter should be adjusted amicably. Waterspar Waterspar "The Varnish that is Waterproof" It is Also Tough and Durable Waterspar Dries Overnight With a Smooth Glossy Lustre Waterspar is a Varnish that Will Please You in All Ways B. F. Spencer Wall Paper Sun Proof Paints Pictures 166 W. Center TURES Except Sunday and Publisher THE ORANGE COUNTY Plain Dealer MON Subscript Entered HIS FIRST BIG TEST COAL CRISIS ANTARACTE MINERS STRIKE THREAT SEPT. 10 PRESIDENT COOLIDGE PARAGRAPHS By ROBERT QUILLEN As we go to press Germany is still a republic in spite of all France can do. Fable: The boy knew he would inherit a generous fortune, but he developed into a useful workman. A third party could make a respectable showing if all those who would be leaders would be followers. Perhaps those rubber heels make life's walk easy. At any rate the well-heeled seem to take it easy. There are but a few good conversationalists left, and even they would be helpless without the pronoun "T". Another good thing about the smoking of a pipe is that your indigent friends haven't the nerve to ask for a pipe. Our own experience has been that a hat with a non-skid edge gives one more miles to the race. The thing that dismays the father is the suspicion that his son is doing the things he did at that age. In the old days bad news traveled slowly, but now even the most remote hamlet is worrying about the banana situation. When the boss thinks he isn't ABE MARTIN TAKE A ROSE GIRL Regardless of what th' two big p'litical platforms may say about th' liquor question, a booze appetite knows no politics. Lafe Bud allus plays golf with a girl so he won't look up. POEMS THAT LIVE CONCORD HYMN By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unjuried, Here once the embattled farm- NEW YORK LETTER By LUCY JEANNE PRICE North River has had a new and strange visitor. The Langley, our only naval aircraft carrier has put in loaded to the hilt. It appears as if some one had taken an otherwise respectable ship and swept away her masts and superstructures and placed an immense dance floor in their stead. The vessel is a converted collier of 14,700 tons and fifteen knots speed. It can carry 30 fully equipped airplanes and has storage space for 100 unassembled machines. It was an unusual sight to see the planes in regular rows resting serenely on the flying deck as the vessel anchored. Problems in aerial warfare, such as would face us in the event of attack, are now being demonstrated with the Langley as the base. In the first demonstration, the airplanes easily hopped off and simulated conditions, the airplanes would be faced by conditions in war by scout planes that search the sea for 500 miles from the coast. The naval department and governors from surrounding states are to be present for the tests. Two battle cruisers, the Saratoga and the Lexington are also to be converted into aircraft carriers. Mrs. Weiss of Eighth Avenue Our own experience has been that a hat with a non-skid edge gives one more miles to the race. The thing that dismays the father is the suspicion that his son is doing the things he did at that age. In the old days bad news traveled slowly, but now even the most remote hamlet is worrying about the banana situation. When the boss thinks he isn't earning his salary, he spends a conscientious hour nagging at those who do the work. In these tame and decorous times a boy can't hope to become a Jeese James, but he can get a checking privilege somewhere. As our sixth entry for the Bok prize, we suggest that nations prohibit the wearing of spurs by dollar-a-year men. The great, generous heart of Uncle Sam yearns to do something for Europe every time he thinks about the price of wheat. For that matter, no man is a hero to his stenographer. We may be an old crab, but we wish these sleeveless frock ideas had been in mind when the dear creatures were being vaccinated. If ever we become a millionaire and get in the retrogravure section, we shall contrive to have on pants that don't bag at the knees. There is only one fighter with a jaw filled with sheep bone, but there are others whose entire heads are filled with some kind of bone. America has her faults, but we prefer a country where government policy can be changed without causing congestion at the pearly gates. Correct this sentence: "I believe in law enforcement," declared the reformer, "and I never drive faster than the limit authorized by law." POEMS THAT LIVE CONCORD HYMN By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood And fired the shot heard round the world. The foe long since in silence slept; Alike the conqueror silent sleeps; And Time the ruined bridge has swept Down the dark stream which seaward creeps. On the green banks, by this soft stream, We set today a votive stone; That memory may their dead redeem, When like our sires, our sons are gone. Spirit, that made those heroes dare To die, and leave their children free, Bid Time and Nature gently spare The shaft we raise to them and thee. —Ralph Waldo Emerson. HERE AND THERE Said a straphanger to another who had just given his seat to a lady: "Good luck, sir. I've been on this line for three years, and I've never offered my seat to a lady." "Then you've never had any manners, sir," was the reply. "No, it isn't that! I've never had a seat." — Judge. Mrs. Weiss of Eighth Avenue had a parrot—a very nice parrot. And then she no longer had it, and she accused her neighbor, Mr. Mann of proving entirely too hospitable to strange birds. Indeed she went so far as to say he had decoyed her very parrot in to his house. His answer was that he had bought the bird as well as the beautiful seven dollar cage to show his appreciation. Mrs. Weiss told him to tell that to the judge. With the solemnity of Solemn Magistrate Levine listened. All parrots have red tails. That was the dictum of the judge, and since true, Mrs. Weiss had to admit that there was nothing she could do. The genial judge asked if her parrot knew any distinctive profanity. Mrs. Weiss is evidently a lady and she testify denied that she would teach any bird swear words. Whereupon the judge held that further identification, such as a white spot on the head, was not conclusive and that Mr. Mann could retain the bird. If you would keep yours teach them your particular brand of cussing. It is the only sure way. Conrad's visit here has greatly heightened the interest in the sea wonders all about us. I have been glad for the excuse to go down and see people off on their European trips. Nothing is more fascinating than to contemplate the group of well-dressed Saloon passengers as they wander about the decks just before a big liner sails. It is an assemblage of the absolutely correct. What the Well Dressed Man and Woman will wear seems correct. Everything seems done in perfect propriety. The flowers and luggage and the steamer baskets are the last word and it makes one believe that you have to go to sea to see life correct. MONDAY, AUGUST TWENTIETH, 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 GOVERNMENT FAILS IN CHINA—Berkeley Gazette Imagine a population four times as large as that of the United States, without a government. That is virtually the situation of China today. Federal government in China has broken down. It amounted to less and less under the Empire, and has almost reached the vanishing point in North China under the pretended republic. South China maintains the semblance of a government at Canton, under Sun Yat Sen, an intelligent, conscientious gentleman, but he is able to do little. In America or Europe such a situation would mean temporary chaos, with a practical certainty of revolution and a long, bloody reign of violence under new leaders. In China it may not mean that at all. For government, in our sense, has never meant a great deal in China. The Chinese people, with all their ability and virtues, seem to lack the political gift. They have a definite social organization and a code of morals, handed down from the time of Confucius, which keeps people in the old paths. They have their set way of doing business, and business gets along pretty well without the help of government. The Chinese somehow seem to need policing less than the western peoples do. Bandits there are, and other types of parasites, but they are accepted as a matter of course and duly allowed for. Thus the current of life sweeps on almost regardless of who the ostensible rulers may be, or what may be the type of government, or indeed whether there is any government at all. This is something very hard for an American or European to understand, yet it is a fact. And thus the present "chaos" in China may mean less than it appears to, except in so far as it affords a pretext for Japan or some of the western powers to intervene, for their own business reasons. ON THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT Kansas has passed a law to the effect that automobile spooning will be punished by a jail sentence. But the old two-passenger porch-swing will continue its deadly work in behalf of the marriage license bureau. ON THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT BY BOY H. MOULTON Kansas has passed a law to the effect that automobile spooning will be punished by a jail sentence. But the old two-passenger porch-swing will continue its deadly work in behalf of the marriage license bureau. SPRIGHTLY SUMMER FICTION "Three millionaires asked me to marry them, but I am not going to marry for money, I am going to marry for love." "Honest, Hank, my motorboat made fifty-seven knots one day this summer." "You may not believe it, but I ketched one that weighed seventeen pounds dressed." "I haven't felt a mosquito this summer, not one." "I just love those cute thunder and lightning storms. I love to go out and sit under a tree." "The board at this splendid resort hotel is the best in the world." Personally we have decided to consider a very wise conclusion. We have decided to take this summer weather as it comes. With the beginning of the hot weather in June nineteen of our regular contributors quietly sneaked out on us. We immediately organized a round-up and corraled all but three of them. We have search warrants out for them and expect results within the week. If contributors want to take a vacation, they can take it in the winter. One New York couple plans to secure a divorce as soon as their attorneys can decide which shall have the custody of the town car. Mr. Bok's $100,000 may produce a peace plan for the world; but it will take a hundred billion dollars to make it effective. GIDDY YAPP Gideon Yapp, or Giddy Yapp, as he is known because of his wife always spurring him on, was a man who thought he had acquired enough money in his past life to lose. Result was he went into the producing of moving pictures. To be modern in every respect without being sensible, he hired a comedian to concoct his heavy sob dramas and a tragedian to write the short reel comedies. People hailed him as a genius because they did not know whether to laugh or cry at his productions, although they did snicker aside. Whenever the showing of one of his tragic pictures was over, the public would always leave sad, because they did not know what it was all about. The result was he made too much money, thought he was richer than a prize fighter, and died. Moral: Would be a good one if there was one—Frank Del Witt. It seems foolish to fight for a title when one can go to Germany and buy one for $25. Of course the scientist is right who says insects have brains. The red ants always find the pantry. We have just received from the Authors' League of America a directory of magazines which are desirous of purchasing stories. This magazine will buy this kind of a story and that magazine will buy that kind of a story. But we have persuaded the list and remain skeptical. We have tried them all and we have not found one yet that wants to buy any kind of a story that we can write. One stylist reports that next season a woman's dress will be scarier than ever, which leads one of our contemporaries to remark: "Let us hope there is nothing in it." Well, maybe next to nothing. Of course the scientist is right who says insects have brains. The red ants always find the pantry. We have just received from the Authors' League of America a directory of magazines which are desirous of purchasing stories. This magazine will buy this kind of a story and that magazine will buy that kind of a story. But we have persued the list and remain skeptical. We have tried them all and we have not found one yet that wants to buy any kind of a story that we can write. One stylist reports that next season a woman's dress will be scantier than ever, which leads one of our contemporaries to remark: "Let us hope there is nothing in it." Well, maybe next to nothing. Former "Follies" beauty weds a belated earl. And if he isn't belted now, he will be if he doesn't do what she says. Those "Follies" beauties, we are given to understand, can scrap some. "When matching dress goods for your wife," says one of our contributors, "be sure and get the sample and not the dress. This may be almost the same size." What France really needs to do is to capture that German stork and take him home to Paris. Of course the scientist is right who says insects have brains. The red ants always find the pantry. We have just received from the Authors' League of America a directory of magazines which are desirous of purchasing stories. This magazine will buy this kind of a story and that magazine will buy that kind of a story. But we have persued the list and remain skeptical. We have tried them all and we have not found one yet that wants to buy any kind of a story that we can write. One stylist reports that next season a woman's dress will be scantier than ever, which leads one of our contemporaries to remark: "Let us hope there is nothing in it." Well, maybe next to nothing. Former "Follies" beauty weds a belated earl. And if he isn't belted now, he will be if he doesn't do what she says. Those "Follies" beauties, we are given to understand, can scrap some. One report says: "There are over 10,000 motion picture actors in this country alone. What do you mean, alone?" Don't Forget That The Ever Ready Truck & Transfer Co. Is still able to do your hauling of any description CONTRACT HAULING A SPECIALTY Get Our Price O. J. LINNARTZ, Prop. Residence 211 E. Sycamore St.