oc-plain-dealer 1923-09-24

EDITORIAL AND FEATURES An Independent Newspaper Issued Every Afternoon Except Sunday Paul V. Hester Editor and Publisher Study the Constitution The essential need of the day is a broader, popular understanding of the constitution of the United States and a keener appreciation of its underlying principles. The Kiwanis and other clubs which have directed attention last week to the historic document signed Sept. 17, 1787 which is 136 years ago, are doing a great thing. It is a welcome announcement that Anaheim public schools will have the constitution brot to their attention each week. Those political theories which aim to break down the essential values of the constitution, regardless of whether those theories parade under one name or another, are dangerous to both individual and national welfare. The proponents of extreme liberal theories, with their blatant demands and glib promises to their fellows, work on the basis that the constitution is a bar to important social reforms. Such is certainly not the case. There are also those intense reactionaries who desire no adaptation of old machinery to the newer necessities of political reform, since social reform is ihextricably bound up with it. We need a more intimate working acquaintance with the great charter of American liberty. We need to have American ideals defined anew and made clear. The result of keener understanding of the underlying principles will be a finer public service, greater loyalty of our people to the government, a development of the humanities and closer approach to equality of opportunity. Japan is rallying admirably from its ruins. The Japanese are proving themselves to be wonderfully courageous and resourceful. Naval Disaster Due to Blunder Enough has been disclosed in the startling testimony before the naval board of inquiry at San Diego, to warrant a court-martial, it would seem. The disaster—the worst of the kind in the history of the United States navy—admittedly was preventable, and blundering on the part of certain officers in active Japan is rallying admirably from its ruins. The Japanese are proving themselves to be wonderfully courageous and resourceful. Naval Disaster Due to Blunder Enough has been disclosed in the startling testimony before the naval board of inquiry at San Diego, to warrant a court-martial, it would seem. The disaster—the worst of the kind in the history of the United States navy—admittedly was preventable, and blundering on the part of certain officers in active command in the destroyer squadron is admitted, according to press reports of evidence given. Lives were lost, besides vessels which cost in the aggregate, more than $10,000,000. The Honda Bay tragedy should be investigated by the most searching legal inquiry than can be given under naval rules. The country demands and should have the full truth as to the cause of the disaster and why a catastrophe unprecedented should befall the navy. The public is withholding judgment as to who blundered. But there is a settled conviction throughout the land that somebody blundered. The people want to know who, and they want the blunderers courtmartialed. This is the least that can be done, to impress exemplarily that the American people want their navy commanded and managed with care and skill. 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. Most Rich Men Started Poor Most men who are rich today were poor in early life. Their earnings were at Most Rich Men Started Poor Most men who are rich today were poor in early life. Their earnings were at first very small, but they kept their expenses even smaller. The difference was carefully saved, deposited in some safe place and made to yield interest. Thus, foundations were slowly and securely laid for large accumulations. "Luck," "Good Fortune" and "Good Stars" have had much less to do with success than many imagine. When a man begins to spend less than he makes and saves the difference, his prosperity starts. BEGIN NOW! FIRST NATIONAL BANK AMERICAN SAVINGS BANK of Anaheim RES Sunday publisher THE ORANGE COUNTY Plain Dealer MON Subscription Entered at t “HIDE AND SEEK” OKLA HOMA kkk PARAGRAPHS By ROBERT QUILLEN The French tri-color isn't black, white and tan. That's her army. If Wales furnishes the anthracite, Pennsylvania will furnish the walls. "Mussolini is inordinately fond of capital." Especially the capital "I." If Ford wishes to run, he need not wait for a crisis. It will come later. If only Europe could trim her budget as efficiently as she trims tourists. Some of the blue foxes come from Alaska, but most of them come from a dye factory. Civilizations perish for the same reason that weeds don't. Codling. Germany might find it just as cheap to toe the mark as to keep kicking it around. Another thing that divorce statistics indicate is that too darned many people get married. Another sad thing about the Italian situation is that d'Annunzie isn't getting any publicity out of it. ABE MARTIN YES, WE HAVE ARTWORKS TODAY Have you ever noticed how ingeniously a woman knots information out of a little neighborhood child? "I didn't miss th' blamed thing fer over a week," said a feller that called at th' pustoffice t'day t' identify a bass drum he'd lost. DINNER STORIES Aunt Jinny, a Carolina negress, was a great advocate of the rod as a help in child-rearing, relates Everybody's. As a result of an unmerciful beating which she gave her youngest and "orneriest," she was brought into court one day by outraged neighbors. NEW YORK LETTER NEW YORK, Sept. 24.—Five thousand members of the National Hairdresser's Association have been in town for a week. It seems to me that they have conventions oftener than any mutual business group that we hear of. Their meetings are always good copy for the papers, because the reporters sent to cover them insist upon treating the whole subject lightly to the serious discomfiture of the ladies and gentlemen of that profession. The new slogan for husbands is, according to report, "By their lobes you shall know them." In other words, there is many a husband who has never seen his wife's ears, due to the long prevailing mode in covering them with the hair. But now they are to be exposed again and plentifully treated with rouge—a further convenient identification for the men who take no account of little things. "Red Light Annie" is not a nice sounding name for a play, and no person of moral structure could claim that any deception had been practiced on him through the title, and yet is very much more stimulating than many of the plays under masking names. It is the most graceful of melodramas since "The Deep Purple" and is done with a deftness and expertness which is rare in the plays dealing with more up-lifting subjects. There is fine intelligence in the conception and execution of the performance, not duplicated on Broadway. Miss Mary Ryan is the unfortunate and Civilizations perish for the same reason that weeds don't. Codding. Germany might find it just as cheap to toe the mark as to keep kicking it around. Another thing that divorce statistics indicate is that too darned many people get married. Another sad thing about the Italian situation is that d'Annunzle isn't getting any publicity out of it. History will remember however, that Mexico wasn't recognized until Villa was safely planted. An economist says there are fortunes in waste paper. That's where many German fortunes are. It's a quiet Sunday if you have nothing to show for it but a crumpled fender and two broken ribs. An ad says the better cars all have snubbers. Still, we've seen some very efficient snubbing done by women who drive jitneys. The present conflict between Germany and France is unfair. German verbs are so much more deadly. Still, after studying his portraits in the papers, we should hesitate to call him Cal at the first meeting. Italian view: The league is on trial. American view: The League is on the job. If Americans must solve Europe's financial problems, let them be men who now are keeping seven children in shoes. Correct this sentence: "Yes, I remember when you trumped my trick," laughed the husband; "but little things like that do not matter." DINNER STORIES Aunt Jinny, a Carolina negress, was a great advocate of the rod as a help in child-rearing, relates Everybody's. As a result of an numerciful beating which she gave her youngest and "orneriest," she was brought into court one day by outraged neighbors. The judge, after giving her a severe lecture, asked if she had anything to say. "Jes one thing, Judge," she replied. "I wants to ax you a question. Was you ever the parent of a perfectly wuthless culud chile?" As the train approached the dark tunnel the man turned to the strange lady at his side. "When we are in this tunnel," he said calmly. "I shall kiss you." "Sir," she said icily, "how dare you! I am a lady!" "That's just the reason I am going to kiss you," replied the young man. "If I preferred a man I'd call the conductor."—Penn State Froth. A certain gentleman of the pronounced brunette complex, in one of our leading southern communities, visited a lawyer and inquired into the procedure of getting a divorce, says the Cornell Widow. The lawyer expressed considerable surprise at the request and told the gentleman of color that he thought that his home was a happy one. The caller begrudgingly admitted that such was the state, but still insisted that he wanted to be separated from his mate. The lawyer then began to speak of the cost of divorce, and the Etnioplan asked the exact price. The lawyer said, "One would cost you all of fifty dollars." "They does?" "At least that." "Then you Jes' nevah mind, they ain't that much difference between us." It is the most graceful of melodramas since "The Deep Purple" and is done with a deftness and expertness which is rare in the plays dealing with more up-lifting subjects. There is fine intelligence in the conception and execution of the performance, not duplicated on Broadway. Miss Mary Ryan is the unfortunate and not too particular wife of "a guy up the river," but even as such has a commanding story to tell and scores admirably in the telling. Frank Thomas and Edward Khim are other excellent actors in the piece, and give conviction to the scenes of the under-world—but another world, in this vale of tears. We had a new kind of opening the other night along our temperate white way. Most of the cafes have to go in for unusual entertainment and divertissement these arid days, and on the occasion of an opening of a new season, society letters and art are represented in the first night diners. The Club Balagan is the newest aftermath of the Russian vogue which seems to have moved in on us to stay, and exceeds any of the previous efforts in the attainment of genuine atmosphere. This is a super-cabaret that is more Muscovite than Moscow itself. Following the model of the original Bat Theatre, it is located in the basement of a building on Forty-Fourth street. Nicolai Remizoff is responsible for the design and decoration of the place, and since he was the original artistic director of the Chauve-Souris, he has carried over much of the jolly atmosphere of that inspiration in his gay pictures of great Russian art figures. There is an imported troupe of twenty-five singers and dancers, who contribute to the merriest din of jazz a la Russe which has yet been heard on the sidewalks of old New York. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24TH, 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 DESTRUCTIVE CRITICISM—Redland Facts An American critic of American people and institutions burst into print with a collection of adjectives which describe us all as "timorous, snivelling, poltroonish, ignominious," refers to the government as "ignorant, corrupt, incompetent, and disgusting," calls the courts "stupid and dishonest," and our foreign policy "hypocritical, disingenuous, knavish, and dishonorable." Quite an indictment! Of course, no sane person pays must attention to the mouthings of any man, no matter how brilliant a pen he wields, whose sole argument is the throwing of mud and the uttering of billingsgate. Yet there is benefit in such an outburst, if only to illustrate the impossibility of accomplishing anything by destructive criticism. Such obviously childish criticism makes thinking people laugh, but there are many in this country who, with more moderation, if not more good sense, utter drastic criticisms with no thought of suggesting remedies. There are wrongs in this great land. There are illiteracy, poverty, crime, Bolshevism, intolerance. But calling names won't remedy such conditions. Call attention to the illiteracy, and fight for better schools and more of them! Admit the poverty and provide better opportunity, through education, for the poor to become self-supporting! Do away with the crime through better laws, swifter justice, cutting red tape! Knock the Bolshevistic idea on the head with reverence to the flag taught in schools and Americanism taught everywhere! Fight intolerance with toleration, but think to combat none of these evils by calling names! Mathematics are all right in their place, but no figure juggler can ever convince us that fifty weeks a year on the job isn't a blamed sight more than twenty-five times two weeks on vacation. Orchardists Attention Announcing the arrival of the new Wallis Orchard Tractor 1924 Model THE GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT IN Orchardists Attention Announcing the arrival of the new Wallis Orchard Tractor 1924 Model THE GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT IN TRACTOR HISTORY BIG PRICE REDUCTION LIBERAL TERMS Height has been reduced to meet walnut requirements. "Turns on a dime" by the application of foot brakes. WE INVITE THE INSPECTION OF WALNUT GROWERS AND CITRUS MEN. Meet us at the ORANGE COUNTY FAIR, SEPT. 25th to 29th. Which is being held at Santa Ana all this week. R. T. CURTIS of ANAHEIM R. A. HARTWELL of SANTA ANA ORANGE COUNTY FAIR Sept. 25 to Sept. 29 5 BIG DAYS AND NIGHTS 5 Sept. 25 to Sept. 29 5 BIG DAYS AND NIGHTS 5 A WONDERFUL DISPLAY OF THE PRODUCTS OF NATURE'S PROLIFIC WONDERLAND Tuesday Night, Sept. 25—U. S. Senator Hiram Johnson in Opening Address. Wednesday, Sept. 26—Presentation of Prize Cups. Fashion Show. Excellent Entertainment Program. Opening of Rodeo and Horse Show. Thursday, Sept. 27—Girl Review Dancing. Musical Comedy Entertainment. Friday, Sept. 28—Dancers from "Four Horsemen." Saturday, Sept. 29—Trained Dogs, Dancers and other Special Attractions. "PARK" YOUR BABY AT THE WELFARE TENT AMPLE PARKING SPACE FOR AUTOS Fair Grounds, East Fifth Street Santa Ana, California FOR FURTHER DETAILS ADDRESS R. D. FLAHERTY, Manager, 508 NORTH MAIN STREET