oc-plain-dealer 1923-09-06

EDITORIAL AND FEATURES An Independent Newspaper Issued Every Afternoon Except Sunday Paul V. Hester . . . Editor and Publisher DAILY. GREETINGS TO OUR READERS Anything that looks toward the help, the comfort, the uplift, of any soul, anywhere, is worth the doing, however small it may be. Men may not appreciate it, but because God puts a value on it, open your eyes to His estimate, and respond to His demand. That will make it well worth doing.—John H. Lockwood. Staggering Havoc by Earthquake Japan's earthquake horror is one of the worst in the history of the world. The number of dead is estimated in the hundreds of thousands. Property losses are appalling. Tokio and Yokohama seem to be destroyed almost utterly. Other cities and villages over a wide area probably suffered the same dire fate. It is a terrible blow to Japan, and in its distress that Oriental land has the sympathy of this western world. This sympathy will be expressed in substantial way, when the dispensing of relief to the distressed begins. The awesome, the appalling horror of the earthquake and the tidal wave are beyond description. They come upon unsuspecting humanity like a thief in the night. Almost in the twinkling of an eye the terrible havoc is wrought. Cities crumble and the ruins blaze forth into conflagration; thousands perish. The proudest works of man come tumbling down, shattered and brot to the dust. In bays and inlets stupendous tidal waves toss mammoth ships about like egg shells, and scores of craft are smashed. Lines of communication on land are broken and all Nature seems in conspiracy to terrorize human beings and to make their plight hopeless. Such is the course of the earthquake and the tidal wave. Such are the penalties man must pay, at intervals, as the physical body of this globe writhes and travails in its readjustments. President Coolidge is setting a goodly example before his countrymen by doing the work before him with conscientious zeal to the dust. In bays and inlets stupendous tidal waves toss mammoth ships about like egg shells, and scores of craft are smashed. Lines of communication on land are broken and all Nature seems in conspiracy to terrorize human beings and to make their plight hopeless. Such is the course of the earthquake and the tidal wave. Such are the penalties man must pay, at intervals, as the physical body of this globe writhes and travails in its readjustments. President Coolidge is setting a goodly example before his countrymen by doing the work before him with conscientious zeal and with all his might. 'Aid From America Is Proffered Japan The government of the United States promptly proffered sympathy and aid to Japan, in its hour of havoc and devastation. President Coolidge cabled the Emporer of Japan proffering, in his own name and in behalf of the American people "the most heartfelt sympathy" and expressing the sincere desire "to be of any possible assistance." Simultaneously the Navy Department ordered the commander of the Asiatic Fleet to rush vessels to Yokohama for relief of sufferers. And that splendid humane organization, the American Red Cross, ever alert to extend help in the hour of extreme distress, has offered aid. There is a Japanese Red Cross of efficiency and with that organization the American Red Cross will co-operate. It is remembered that the Japanese Red Cross was among the first relief organizations to offer aid to San Francisco when it was stricken in 1906. These exchanges of humane amenities in times of disaster draw peoples more closely together and impress the world that the kinship of nations and races is stronger, at heart, than sometimes appears on the surface. It is proposed to reduce taxes on all incomes, small and large. All in favor please say "aye." The "ayes" have it unanimously Length of the Average Life Increases The average of human life in this country is lengthening. Latest statistics from the United States Census Bureau show a gain of three and one half years in the average life during 1921. Which is to say that the averages for the year 1921 were three and one-half years greater than for the preceding year. It has been predicted with confidence that the average span of life could be lengthened twenty years within the next half century. But as the years of mankind are increased through better health conditions, the menace to human life through accidents becomes greater. This constant periling of life by modern activities and devices is one of the great and distressing problems of the age. Industrial warfare should not be carried on over the prostrate rights of the people. The public is entitled to consideration, as well as labor and capital. Industrial warfare should not be carried on over the prostrate rights of the people. The public is entitled to consideration, as well as labor and capital. You Are Now Able to Get Educator Shoes in Anaheim —We have established the agency for Educator Shoes for Children. —Let the whole family go "Barefooted with Shoes on." Locke and McAulay 120 E. Center St. Anaheim, Calif. ES sunday publisher THE ORANGE COUNTY Plain Dealer THURSDAY Subscription R Entered at the DEFYING THE LIGHTNING MUSSOLINI'S ULTIMA TUM PRTICLE XII LEGUE OF MATTINS COVENANT PARAGRAPHS By ROBERT QUILLEN The awful thing about hell is going to be one's surprise at not finding one's enemies there. Surely the race is degenerating. Everybody we know who traces ancestry finds noble and wealthy progenitors. It is never correct to say, "I am a fool." When you can admit that, you are privileged to use the past tense. If a woman is a good manager, she may in time make her husband rich enough to divorce her and get a nice young wife. There will be no ideal Government until each faction can make laws for the exclusive control of the other faction. One of the smaller American cities in inaugurating a "get-acquainted plan" suggests the best plan they know about is matrimony. At last we have found peace. It is the word just after peabush in the New International. A great vocabulary isn't essential. Think how many pages a lawyer can cover with the words "whereas" and "aforesaid." The reason the heavenly stars ABE MARTIN NEW YORK LETTER By LUCY JEANNE PRICE NEW YORK, Sept. 6.—The League of Nations has been tried and found not wanting right here in New York. Down in Clinton-st., in the very midst of what is called the most crowded mile in the world, is an example that the rest of the globe might emulate. The Clinton Street League of Nations has its headquarters in the White Door Settlement at No. 211. It has proved successful because it has learned to disarm the suplelons of its mother members and make them all pull together for the much sought Americanism. The Mothers' Club has a German president, an Irish vice-president, an English secretary, a Jewish treasurer, and a native sergeant-at-arms. There is nothing significant in the selection, but if you will reason it through, it does appear to be a logical world at work. Who can keep order better than our own nation, but why go further? The membership of the White Door includes, Armenians, English, Irish, Russians, Finns, Jews, Poles, Slovaks, Dutch and Scandinavians, and many more too hard for me to spell or for the type setter to worry with. It ill behooves Manhattan to look superior at sightseeing buses patronized by visitors. No people on earth can be so easily and quickly stopped in their rush to gaze at an incident of the streets At last we have found peace. It is the word just after peabush in the New International. A great vocabulary isn't essential. Think how many pages a lawyer can cover with the words "whereas" and "aforesaid." The reason the heavenly stars last longer than movie stars is because they are not close enough together to start a scandal. The reason Chinese are considered exceptionally honest is because those little practices are called "custom" instead of graft. "The true aristocratic nose is long and thin." Ah, well; perhaps all noses would be that way if it wasn't for the grindstone. Keeping one jump ahead of a competitor is exciting, but it lessens your chance of keeping one jump ahead of the undertaker. The old-fashioned man who was proud of the number of years he could work has a son who is very proud of the number of people he can work. Almost all Americans feel romantic about the poor mistreated Indians except those who live close enough to smell them. If you own the tools, you are a capitalist. If you envy the tools, you are a radical. If you merely stand and scold, you are a politician. Business is the great civilizing agent. England fought Germany to save her honor! now she would befriend Germany to save her purse. Some backward children are 18 months old before they learn to walk. For that matter, some are 8 years old before they learn to drive. Correct this sentence: "Yes," admitted the husband; "you are getting a little fat, but you're just as attractive as you ever were." - HERE AND THEREAnother nice thing about being poor is that your friends don't insinuate that you are a liar when you say you haven't ten dollars to spare. The age of discretion is that at which compliments no longer increase the circumference of your anatomy just above the ears. It may be that David wasn't one of the primitive caddies, but he was first to venture the opinion that all men are liars. POEMS THAT LIVE WHERE LIES THE LAND. Where lies the land to which the ship would go? For far ahead, is all her seamen know. And where is the land she travels from? Away, Far, far behind, is all that they can say, On sunny noons upon the ship's smooth face Linked arm in arm, how pleasant to pace; Or, over the stern reclining, watch below The foaming wake for widening as we go. On stormy nights when wild north-westers rave, Ho wiproud a thing to fight with wind and wave! The dripping sailor on the reeling mast Exults to bear, and scorns to wish it past. Where lies the land to which the ship would go? Far far ahead, is all her seamen know. And where the land she travels from? Away, Far, far behind, is all that they can say. Arthur Clough. It ill behooves Manhattan to look superior at sightseeing buses patronized by visitors. No people on earth can be so easily and quickly stopped in their rush to gaze at an incident of the streets as can the 365-day-a-year New Yorkers. Several thousand persons were victimized by one of the oldest hoaxes in the land the other evening, when they stood for many minutes along Park Row straining their necks to see a "human fly" on the face of the Woolworth building. It all started when two men stopped in front of the Franklin statue, and one grabbed the other's arm, pointing upward. Passerby assumed a "human fly," now forbidden by city ordinance, was climbing up the building. The crowd blocked the streets within three minutes, looking at nothing at all. The Selwyns will sponsor the Grand Guignol Players for their New York presentation. Many of the leading playwrights of France are represented in the repertory agreed upon. A. DeLorde, H. Bauche, Charles Mere, M. D'Asorg, Pierre Chaine and others Julia Chandler is the authority sent over to make the selections, and if her taste in the American theatre is a criterion, we should know the best of one of the great-play-houses in the world after we have seen her choice. The old musical comedy joke of the powder on a man's coat from the unshrouded neck of the fat lady is no longer in vogue. We have a better one. It is not the whitened woman who strikes terror to the men in the subways. It is she of the brilliant shiny red arms of sun-burn. It is not that one has to be careful of bumping into them, a man tells me, it is the fact that the stuff comes off. Sunburn lotion is applied liberally on the skin, much uncovered arms, and it does come off! Now lotion isn't the best thing for the sleeves of a man's coat. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER SIXTH, 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. ON THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT We believe all the great economists predicted that profiteering would end after the war. It is just possible they meant the next war. Convict leaves prison with $890 he had accumulated by blacking shoes. If he wanted to keep this money, he should have stayed there. Some automobiles are hard to ride in. The fellows who own them never give you an invitation. Although it is a sad case, we have not yet been able to scare up a good cry over those indicted bucketshop keepers. Those shiploads of immigrants racing here to beat the quota seem to be willing to take a chance on our form of government, which is encouraging, in light of the despair with which it is regarded by some of our home-grown dipsomaniacs. Mr. Ford is willing to run for President, according to a dispatch from Detroit, and evidently he is willing to run now while the running is good. Copyright 1923 Hart Schaffner & Marx Style - quality - value for fall in Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes. EVERYTHING you want is here; all the new and best styles; the very finest quality for long wear and economy; a lot of value for your money. F.A.YUNGBLUTT Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes "BY ALL MEANS GET A FIT" 145 W. Center St. Anaheim, Calif. F.A.YUNGBLUTL; Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes "BY ALL MEANS GET A FIT" 145 W. Center St. Anaheim, Calif. September 15 is the last day Back East Excursions will be available---Daily until then. —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. Summer round trip excursions to PACIFIC COAST RESORTS will continue until September 30th. Southern Pacific Lines D. G. Maltby, Agent, Telephone 123