oc-plain-dealer 1923-09-05

EDITORIAL AND FEATURES An Independent Newspaper Issued Every Afternoon Except Sunday Paul V. Hester Editor and Publisher DAILY GREETINGS TO OUR READERS There is many a task that is as far beyond your reach as if it were in an island of the sea, and you had neither wings nor boat to get to it; but still there are tasks to which may be adjusted the things you have, and to which your eyes are not to be blinded.—John H. Lockwood. Recognition Is Given Mexico Again While the Old World is racked with the ominous beginnings of another war, the New World gives announcement of brighter, more promising things in international government of Mexico by the government of the United States, after a breach in diplomatic relations covering a period of about three years, in an event outstanding in the evolution of peaceful intercourse among nations and peoples. The United States and Mexico again are in full diplomatic accord. They are friends officially, as they have been friends actually for many months. In truth, there would have been no breach at all between the two countries if it had not been for unwise, discordant leadership below the border. New and better leadership has brought peace to Mexico and the assurance from the government at the City of Mexico of fair treatment of Americans and their interests. The era of restored cordial relations between the two countries should be fruitful of many good things to the mutual advantage of the United States and Mexico. And the world once more is given demonstration of the peaceful ways in which this Western Hemisphere composes its differences. Preservation of the Monroe Doctrine is a bulwark of defense to every country on the Western Hemisphere. The United States should uphold this pronunciamento at all times and in all circumstances. Promote State With Typical Scenes Preservation of the Monroe Doctrine is a bulwark of defense to every country on the Western Hemisphere. The United States should uphold this pronunciation at all times and in all circumstances. Promote State With Typical Scenes Advertising a city, section or state, promotionally, is a fine and skillful art, as is successful advertising of merchandise. In promotional advertising, as in mercantile advertising, the first consideration is faithfulness to the message which the advertiser intends to convey. In promotional advertising of California, or any part thereof, it behooves those who are giving the publicity to look well to the fidelity of the advertising and to think intently of the impression that will be made upon the stranger at a distance. To this end, pictured advertising of this state or any part of it should be typical of the state. It is not typical of California, for example, to blazon snow scenes. These, as all Californians know, are typical only of high mountain ranges. And so of other scenes which might mislead persons living at a distance, who have not been in California. Exercise of care and forethought in the preparation and the sending out of publicity, not only as to pictures but as to descriptive printed matter, is very important in depicting California as it is—with its salubrious, mild, semi-tropical climate and with its vast areas of reclaimed, productive lands. Desert scenes are not typical of California either, and this fact should be impressed in broadcasting such scenes, in promotional way. President Coolidge's silence saves him from many a political pitfall. Magnify your own failings more and your neighbors less, and you will be more charitable. Labor is an indispensable and vitally important element in modern life. It should be respected in proportion to its importance. Every normal human being craves romance in life. Divest existence of all savor of romance, and it becomes dreary and desolate indeed. Automobiling becomes more and more popular in this state. Climatic conditions are ideal, and scenery always alluring. The "Easy" Vacuum Electric Washer Easy Terms AMERICA'S LEADING WASHER NO BELTS The "Easy" Vacuum Electric Washer Easy Terms AMERICA'S LEADING WASHER NO BELTS 10-SHEET CAPACITY GAS HEATER THE FASTEST WASHER Phone Today for Demonstration ANAHEIM ELECTRIC COMPANY 209 West Center Street ANAHEIM, CAL Phone 59 Koyt's This is the signature that is your guarantee of goodness. When better products or cookies can be made Koyt's will be making them. delicious GRAHAMS ASK YOUR GROCER RES Sunday publisher THE ORANGE COUNTY Plain Dealer WEDNES Subscription Entered at th THE "SLICKER" OUTSIDE OUR GATES U.S. PROSPERITY FAIR GROUNDS STATE AND COUNTY FAIRS NOW OPEN TICKETS EUROPEAN ENTANGLEMENTS PARAGRAPHS By ROBERT QUILLEN God made the country, but man made the country club. Old Dobbin may have been as slow as a turtle, but he didn't turn turtle. It is yet too early to tell which will collapse first, Europe or French polley. Winter has one advantage. When you buy fresh eggs, there's nothing inside the shell except egg. A liar is a man who says he didn't mind the money, but he hated to have a friend treat him that way. When Burbank produces a new plant, he destroys the "seconds." Plants improve much more rapidly than humans. Father's method of working problems in algebra: "Ask your mother; can't you see I'm busy?" Inland fishing won't be a very thrilling sport until Burbank manages to cross the bass and the chigger. Most of the mortgages on homes are given by people who wonder what they are going to do to kill time this evening. DOEMS THAT LIVE THE SIN OF OMISSION It isn't the thing you do, dear; It's the thing you leave undone, Which gives you the bit of heartache At the setting of the sun. The tender word forgotten, The letter you did not write, The flower you might have sent, dear, Are your haunting ghosts to night. The stone you might have lifted Out of a brother's way. The bit of heartsome counsel You were hurried too much to say; The loving touch of the hand, dear, The gentle and winsome tone, That you had no time nor thought for, With troubles enough of your own. The little acts of kindness, So easily out of mind; Those chances to be angels Which everyone may find— They come in night and silence Each chill reproachful wrath— When hope is faint and flagging NEW YORK LETTER By LUCY JEANNE PRICE NEW YORK, Sept. 1—I have often wondered if "dance cards" persist anywhere any more. It is so long since I have seen them at a party, however formal, that I wonder if I lived in a previous generation. Time was, when the card or programme, was one of the important features of the dance. I have a rare collection of them, some of them running into lots of money, and being things of real beauty. They are never used here. What happens to the girl who is not sparklingly attractive, I do not know. If anything it would indicate that there is a higher sense of chivalry prevalent among men. I can remember when a girl was left to get her own card filled out after her partner had taken the share of dances he thought seemly. She had to shift for herself after that. I remember of one girl who had but few dances taken, and when dancing with one young beau, who was bragging of knowing every inch of the floor, said: "Is that so? Well, I know every inch of that wall over there day the insistence is on a rapid terpsichorean turn over. Partners must move fast. To be seen dancing more than five minutes with the same girl is a reflection of her popularity, and moves ribald fellows in the stag line to speculate audibly as to what's wrong with her. A good time seems to be had by all, nevertheless. Father's method of working problems in algebra: "Ask your mother; can't you see I'm busy?" Inland fishing won't be a very thrilling sport until Burbank manages to cross the bass and the chigger. Most of the mortgages on homes are given by people who wonder what they are going to do to kill time this evening. The chief difference is that in a Republic you can't be specific when you wish to cuss somebody about high taxes. It may be that church attendance falls off because it doesn't afford enough danger to make it a sporting proposition. It is easy to prosper in the grocery business unless all your customers are rich enough to take their own time about paying. The hammer was one of the earliest inventions of man, which would indicate that envy is not a product of recent centuries. When the prisoner stands to receive sentence, he knows how you feel when discussing the overdraft with the cashier. The reason brothers and sisters quarrel when old is because they got the habit of being childish together when they were young. Most of our troubles are the result of ignorance. Wheat is selling too cheaply, and we'll bet nobody ever has tried it in a still. We'd be tempted to organize an Anti-Speed League and ask contributions from the righteous if we knew anybody who didn't speed. We wonder at times whether the sacred bull of Egypt was a real animal or propaganda designed to make folks patriotic in time of war. Correct this sentence: "We have left our little boy free to develop his individuality," bongied the mother, "and he is such a courteous little thing." With troubles enough of your own. The little acts of kindness, So easily out of mind; Those chances to be angels Which everyone may find—They come in night and silence Each chill reproachful wraith— When hope is faint and flagging And a blight has dropped on faith. For life is all too short, dear, And sorrow is all too great; So suffer our own compassion That tarries until too late; And it's not the thing you do, dear; It's the thing you leave undone, Which gives you the bit of heartache At the setting of the sun. —Margaret Sangster. ABE MARTIN We don't know how t' describe Art Harner's new wife 'cept t' say she looks like she could tell a good canteloupe. "Study America First" would make a dandy slogan for our statesmen. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER FIFTH, 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 WORK WITH INITIATIVE—(San Francisco Journal) Go to work! Knowledge does not come from impressive books, but from the principle of working out these theoretical truths in actual practice. The world is overpopulated with people that work harder killing time than they would have to work if they used time intelligently. The efforts of such people are reminiscent of the old horse once used sport for children, but when adults do a lot of traveling they like to sport for children, but when adults do a lot o f travelling they like to feel that they have been somewhere. Do not wait for something to turn up and happen. Make things happen. The precious gift of the gods is initiative—the ability to start something and keep it going. In the business world this gift commands the highest wage. In all of life the initiator of new outlets for the bubbling of man is a benefactor. Everywhere today the call is for the man that can make himself busy in new ways to reach old friends. The burden of civilization is he that means well, but means well feebly. ON THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT BOY IN THE GOOD OLD, ETC. On, joy, the summertime is here, And beauteous skies are o'er us (occasionally), And, with its multifarious pests, The chigger comes to bore us. The red ants climb the pantry shelf, The skeeter starts his humming; And, in a very short time now, The 'tater bug is coming, And at the gay seaside resorts The kiss microbes will gather, And will these little insects have A prosperous year? Well, rather! So goes the good old summertime; The bugs and microbes share it. But still it beats the winter some, And so we'll try and bear it. Bartenders once said, "Name your poison, gents." It was a joke then. FAMOUS AMERICANS The middle-aged lady who always reads the financial page because she once owned three shares of something. The old foxy who takes half an hour to tell the dullest story The chigger comes to bore us. The red ants climb the pantry shelf. The skeeter starts his humming; And, in a very short time now, Bartenders once said, "Name your poison, gents." It was a joke then. FAMOUS AMERICANS The middle-aged lady who always reads the financial page because she once owned three shares of something. The old fogy who takes half an hour to tell the dullest story you ever heard. The sap who talks about his trip on the Mayflower when you take him out in your rowboat. The woman who keep insisting that she hates anything "loud or vulgar." The girl who, when riding in your flivver spies a Rolls-Royce and gurgles: "Now that's what I like!" The hostess who looks grieved when you refuse the third helping of the worst pie you ever tasted. The girl who wants to talk Schopenhauer on a moonlight night. The very homely girl who doesn't want to talk Schopenhauer. James F. B. Zweighaft. A LITTLE SLICE O' LIFE Professor Charles P. Steinmetz, The eminent scientist, assures us That all our problems will be solved by the year 2023, which Will be a hundred years from now. We will have no troubles at all. There will be no drudgery And four hours will constitute The average man's day's work. We are sure this is very kind Of Dr. Steinmetz, but, listen! Can't he hurry it up a little? If he can pull this off in 2023. Why can't he advance the date And give some of us now alive A chance to solve our problems? Nobody who is alive today will be alive a hundred years from now Unless perhaps a very few old guys What we are getting at is this— We have one very serious problem: How to make both ends meet. If the professor could fix it So that we can solve this problem Within the next twenty years, He would do us, personally a favor. We have worked on it constantly For the past forty years. A vacation always looks better while you are waiting for it than it does when you are on it. Because, when you are on it, you can't help counting the days that will elapse before it is over. A vacation begins getting over just as soon as you start on it. We have always noticed that the birds who yell the loudest about "hard times" are the same ones who never have a nickel during soft times. One scientist says "love is a solvent." If that is true, then marriage must be an insolvent. 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