oc-plain-dealer 1923-09-18

EDITORIAL AND FEATURES An Independent Newspaper Issued Every Afternoon Except Sunday Paul V. Hester Editor and Publisher Reform of Procedure of Courts Needed Reform of court procedure is advocated strongly by Chief Justice Taft, of the United States Supreme Court. He urges that Congress and state legislatures busy themselves with remedial legislation. It would be far more important, it would seem, to improve the quality of laws and to promote efficiency of enforcement than to clutter up the statute books with a multiplicity of enactments. The country is not languishing for more laws. Quite the contrary. It is languishing because it has so many laws which are imperfectly enforced. Expert attention should be given to this. It would be well if Congress and state legislatures vied with each other in enactment of as few new laws as possible. It would be well if attention were centered upon perfecting laws already enacted; to amending some and to repealing others, always striving for clarity and always seeking to promote respect for them and to make rigid enforcement. No Entanglements for America Just how large a part America is to play in concerted movements for the fostering of peace in Europe remains to be wrought out on the anvil of public opinion, so to speak. And just how this participation in a mighty cause on which the welfare of the whole world depends is to be effected also is subject to determination. These phases of this Nation's foreign relations are to figure quite prominently in the national political campaign next year. There will be much discussion. Much of it will be extreme, ranging from that school of opinion which would keep the United States wholly aloof from all foreign affairs of whatsoever nature, bearing upon the preservation of peace, to that other school which would have the United States enter the League of Nations without reservations. The people will have the whole subject fully before them, and will have more complete understanding of it, perhaps, than ever before. One thing must be guarded against—that is, against the United States being drawn into any situation or compact which would nullify the very purpose of this country in having any part at all in world peace movements. This country must not be inveigled by mischievous elements at home or abroad into any arrangements whereby the power and influence of the United States might be pledged in such way as to tend to destroy rather than to maintain just peace throughout the world. There is safeguard against this folly, however, in publicity. The people will be kept enlightened, and the light should guide them aright One thing must be guarded against—that is, against the United States being drawn into any situation or compact which would nullify the very purpose of this country in having any part at all in world peace movements. This country must not be inveigled by mischievous elements at home or abroad into any arrangements whereby the power and influence of the United States might be pledged in such way as to tend to destroy rather than to maintain just peace throughout the world. There is safeguard against this folly, however, in publicity. The people will be kept enlightened, and the light should guide them aright in this momentous movement to conserve peace. California cities which persistently, consistently, and judiciously advertise themselves are benefitting immeasurably from the publicity. There is need of wise and well digested promotional publicity for cities, towns and counties and for the whole state. Those children of yours REAL HOME JOYS ARE ONLY REALIZED by THOSE WHO OWN THEIR OWN HOMSS Owning your own home fulfills one of the greatest joys in the world. Your family will never be so happy as when they move into a home that is really theirs. Makes no difference what your salary is, if you acquire within your means you can own a comfortable, convenient home. All around you are evidences of success—homes made possible by others who inwardly have no more love for their families than you have, with no better positions than yours, with no more ability for conserving than you have. They simply made up their minds to acquire a home and then converted efforts and savings toward that end. No man can really feel that he has succeeded until he can boast of home ownership. Our part is in helping you to choose plans and materials that will build the best possible home for money you invest, and our services are indispensable. GIBBS LUMBER 801 E. Broadway ANAHEIM Phone $01 OUR ART DEPARTMENT Many very desirable Gifts may be found in our Art Department Pictures, Pottery, Candlesticks (with or without electric cord), Hand-Painted Shades, Satin finish colored glass, Artificial Flowers, Mahogany Serving Trays, Vases, Baskets. Won't You Drop in Sometime? B. F. SPENCER Art Goods——Wall Paper——Pictures 166 W. Center St. PUAIN DEALER SQUIRREL HUNTING SEASON IS OPEN COAL PRICE GOUGERS HIGH ANTHRACITE FREIGHT RATES I'LL MAKE TH' FUR FLY IF I EVER GIT A GOOD BEAD ON TH' PESKY VARMINTS! TH' WOODS ARE FULL OF 'EMUNK! PUBLIC OPINION POWDER COAL INDUSTRY CHESTNUT TREE NO POACHIN! PARAGRAPHS By ROBERT QUILLEN We often suspect that the bone of contention is Europe is located just above the ears of statesmen. The prize for optimism goes to the young couple that named the first child "Omega." There are 837 causes of war, chief of which is the conviction that you can lick the other fellow. As to public office, the way to determine what an honor is worth is to observe the kind of men who have won it. Deafness isn't such an affliction if you travel a great deal and like to spend your time in the smoker. Too often the root of unsound health is at the root of an un-sound tooth. If we'd spend more time in the study of nature, we'd spend less time in the doctor's. You can't labor without stopping. That's against old nature's law; He who gets no recreation. Gets so hard-boiled that he's raw. The Recording Angel makes a note of every birth, but the Registrar of Vital Statistics misses many. Modern dentistry, which is American dentistry, has contributed in no small way toward increasing longevity. Soon the ragweed withh be blooming, With its pollen on the brozee; Soon the victim of hay fever Will be tortured with his sneeze. A little oil on a soft cloth beats a little dust on a soft lung. In Japan, the floor is the cleanest part of the house; in America, it isn't. In baby food, no bran allow, Feed such stuff to the family cow; And, in the end, you'll find, maybe, You've got more cow than you have baby. DINNER STORIES That fellow, there, So cross and gruff, He works too much, Don't play enough. A light supper and a heavy sleep. If you eat too much you'll die too soon. Men and motors, overhaul them, when they lose their usual "pep." Off' the milk the baby drinks is not the milk the mother thinks. Undoubtedly the greatest shock Manhattan got from the rodeo Tex Rickard brought on for the Madison Square Garden was the sight of real cowboys from Wyoming, riding as New York never knew people could ride, wearing horn-rimmed spectacles. Two of them did it. SAM SEELIG "Cash is King" CALIFORNIA'S LEADING GROCER 139 W. Center Phone 248 Same Low Price at Both Stores Cor. Center and Helena Phone 583 Seelig's High Grade Coffee 139 W. Center Phone 248 Same Low Price at Both Stores Cor. Center and Helena Phone 583 Seelig's High Grade Coffee 3 lbs. 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ON THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT THE OLD HOME TOWN The old home town has changed some since I left it years ago. It took a visit to convince, But now I know it's so. You'd be surprised how modernized That town has come to grow. Smith's barn is altered, every bin And stall's been taken down; Today they call it Dew Drop Inn, And it's achieved renown As where it's fine to dance and dine— It's not my dear old town. Where Jones's General Store was once A movie house now sits, And Lothrop Haynes, the village dune, Is putting on the Rits Because he owns it all alone And reaps the benefits They're talking of a racing track, With once around a mile. It sets us poor old timers back. All this new-fangled style. The town's so spry I think that I Will stick around a while. A criminologist thinks we ought to do more to amuse criminals. We're doing the best we can. Look at all the fun they have watching the police trying to catch them. Germany is finding things hot enough even if she didn't get her place in the sun. Well, the first fifty weeks of work a year are the hardest. It is reported that President Coolidge has got off just one joke in his life, which is just one more than can be credited to a whole lot of professional paid humorists. Now, now—don't say what you're thinking. The various sporting pages publish a "Consensus of Opinion" on the horse races just before they are run. If they publish it afterward it would read invariably: "Oh, what a poor sucker I am!" Any time we do anything more utterly boneheaded than we have ever done before in our life which happens on an average of three times a day, we gain a spark of consolation from the fact that our intelligence is vastly superior to that of the hero of any motion picture ever filmed or of the hero of any newspaper comic strip ever drawn. Always take a woman's advice. Then you have a chance to blame her for everything if it turns out she's right. Mr. Kipling didn't like the American attitude toward the war and now it is reported he doesn't like the Japanese attitude toward earthquakes. If he becomes any more finicky in withholding his approval of nations the universe is likely to become peevish and decide to run itself according to its own taste. Any time we do anything more utterly bored than we have ever done before in our life which happens on an average of three times a day, we gain a spark of consolation from the fact that our intelligence is vastly superior to that of the hero of any motion picture ever filmed or of the hero of any newspaper comic strip ever drawn. Always take a woman's advice. Then you have a chance to blame her for everything if it turns out she's right. Mr. Kipling didn't like the American attitude toward the war and now it is reported he doesn't like the Japanese attitude toward earthquakes. If he becomes any more flunky in withholding his approval of nations the universe is likely to become peevish and decide to run itself according to its own taste. They say a burned child dreads the fire. Unless they settle things in Pennsylvania pretty soon it looks as if the child of the winter of 1923 hasn't much to dread. In the old days when Europe was flush, the slogan was hands across the sea. Now it's handouts across the sea. Looks as if there's to be the Dickens of a time to keep the home fires burning this winter. DON'T DARE MISS A NIGHT IN MOVIELAND —AT— Elite Dance Hall, Wed. Nite, Sept. 19th Harry Carey's Howdy Band Personal appearance of Miss Lillian Hackett, Screen Star of Mermaid Comedies, who will select prettiest girl on floor for screen test. Moving pictures will be taken of couples on floor. Free Screen Test will be made of couple who are winners in Fox Trot contest. 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