oc-plain-dealer 1923-10-03

EDITORIAL AND FEATURES An Independent Newspaper Issued Every Afternoon Except Sunday Paul V. Hester Editor and Publisher Daily Greetings To Our Readers I know not; and I glory that I do Not know; that for eternity's great ends God counted me as worthy of such trust That I need not be told. Out to the earthward drink Of that great tideless sea, Light from Christ's garments streams. Believing this, I joy, although I lie in dust. —HELEN HUNT JACKSON. BETTER SPIRIT GROWS FROM DISASTER Japan's earthquake horror is having its compensation. From it has sprung spiritual values beyond estimate. The world has been drawn more closely together in sympathy and helpfulness. Feeling between Americans and Japanese has been transformed over night, from suspicion and distrust to confidence and esteem. It is to be hoped that this better feeling may persist; that the issues which troubled and which menaced the good will existing between the two countries may be settled in such a way as to meet the wishes of America and yet not be humiliating to Japan. Because of this unexampled catastrophe Japan, it is to be hoped, will turn its attention more to peaceful development and less to preparedness for war on a scale having the appearance of outright militarism. The United States has no ambitions or purposes which jeopardize the legitimate interests of Japan. The two countries well may live in peace and accord. Perhaps Providence, in inscrutable way, may work out from this terrible disaster, a spiritual betterment wholesome for the whole earth, improving international relations and removing fruitful causes of war. RED CROSS TRIUMPHS IN DISASTER The American Red Cross, is never dormant and unprepared, when disaster falls upon any part of the earth. Within thirty-six hours after the first news of the Japanese earthquake horror reached the United States, the American Red Cross was ready for action. Within a few days, through appeals to public, almost $10,000,000 has been subscribed for relief. By every practicable method possible relief has been given—taken to the strick- RED CROSS TRIUMPHS IN DISASTER The American Red Cross, is never dormant and unprepared, when disaster falls upon any part of the earth. Within thirty-six hours after the first news of the Japanese earthquake horror reached the United States, the American Red Cross was ready for action. Within a few days, through appeals to public, almost $10,000,000 has been subscribed for relief. By every practicable method possible relief has been given—taken to the stricken area as quickly as swift transportation could carry it. Japan, rent and bleeding, feels under its prostrate form the gentle arm of the American Red Cross. And so it is whenever and wherever disaster descends. The ear of the American Red Cross, so to speak, is attuned to the cry of distress. And as a fond mother hastens to relieve her child, so the Red Cross responds with swift and eager feet and hopeful hands, to the distress signals from any land or any people under the sun. God was good to the world when He put into the hearts of women and men the noble impulse to perpetuate the Red Cross. Have you this certificate of citizenship? A DEED to a HOME In all this world no other possession so dearly reflects the ideal accomplishment of man. Homes are the fulfillment of our fondest dreams—they represent the true spirit of love and happiness, furnishing a life-long protection with permanency and environments that make for better men, women and children. If you haven't already started acquiring a home you will welcome the opportunity of choosing plans from our complete Photographic Service, which will advise in advance of construction, just what you are to get, both in exterior and floor plan arrangement, for the investment you make. This service is free to our customers. If you haven't already started acquiring a home you will welcome the opportunity of choosing plans from our complete Photographic Service, which will advise in advance of construction. Just what you are to get, both in exterior and floor plan arrangement, for the investment you make. This service is free to our customers. GIBBS LUMBER 801 East Broadway Phone 801 who will Discover the 66 Sixes? COMING NEXT WEEK URES cept Sunday d Publisher THE ORANGE COUNTY Plain Dealer WE Subscript Entered WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? KKK DEM PRINCIPAL ISSUES GOP 1924 PARAGRAPHS By ROBERT QUILLEN It isn't the efficacy of a cold bath we doubt so much as the veracity. A hick town is one in which almost everybody speaks American. So far the most satisfactory substitute for sole leather is the telephone. The Puritans were a queer lot, but they didn't put on masks to go witch hunting. A man is old when he no longer tries to pick out the lrettiest legs in the chorus. A critic says Mr. Coolidge has an extensive vocabulary. How does he know? An authority says when the makeup is complete the last touch is the eyebrows. In daughter's case, the last touch is dad. A free people is one that feels resentment when it observes a sign reading, "Keep Out." Don't blame the seller. If he didn't ask you $75 for an $18 article, you would think it shoddy. An advertisement says outdoor men chew tobacco. Doubtless that is why they are outdoor men. No use bothering to elevate literature when it can climb from 10 cents to $2 all by itself. A truly great orator is one who compliments the audience and then tells it something it knows. ABE MARTIN "This would be a dandy day I find a doctor," said Mrs. Emt. Moots, as she watched th' rain fall in torrents. "Ther' must be a couple e' Europee," says Squire Marsh Swallow, who's been read-in' th' reports of our returnin' statesmen. NEW YORK LETTER The faking "direct salesmen" are at work again. They resp a harvest right here in New York where reliable merchants are at our very doors and where we are supposed to be sophisticated. Broadeloths and Oriental rugs, "smuggled in and sold below cost' bootleg liquor "just off the ship"; anything, it seems, can serve their purpose. The latest call at my office was a hosiery salesman. He was selling wonderful stockings which he assured us were made by a high standing firm and they couldn't wear out or acquire a run. To prove it he ran a nail file across it in a way that completely hypnotized one of our force. She made the partial payment and ordered them sent C. O. D. Of course they came by mail with no inspection allowed before paying and of course they aren't especially good, and the much talked of guarantee is missing. And the vanished salesman alone knows, where or how they were made. Maybe he doesn't. At any rate it was not in the factory of the "Onyx" people, as he represented, and who, we discovered later, are going to a good deal of expense and trouble, to bring suck fakers to justice. DINNER STORIES It was evening in dear old Chekko-Slovakia. The lights were dim. Suddenly a man came running out of a side street. “What is the matter?" asked a curious policeman. "I am frightened," said the runner. There are still surprises in life. A young woman who refused to give her name or accept a reward went to the home of Mrs. Howard Phelps, Jr., and returned a handbag containing $3400, which Mrs. Phelps had left in a millinery shop. William A. Brady has opened his regular season at his own play house with "Chains," a play by Jules Eckert Goodman, in which the find of a Don't blame the seller. If he didn't ask you $75 for an $18 article, you would think it shoddy. An advertisement says outdoor men chew tobacco. Doubtless that is why they are outdoor men. No use bothering to elevate literature when it can climb from 10 cents to $2 all by itself. A truly great orator is one who compliments the audience and then tells it something it knows. Memory is a wonderful thing. It is all that stands between Europe and another great war. It must be rather nice to have a house full of servants if you haven't anything to do but look after them. When the Flood came, no doubt some tribes welcomed it because it would destroy the others. For, that matter stomachs could be benefitted by closing the port of entry when the monthly quota has been exhausted. We shall not get excited about the millennium until the lion and the lamb disagree and the lion asks for arbitration. The strange thing about the Good Samaritan who helped the stricken was that he poured in oil instead of demanding it. Correct this sentence, "I have a charge account," said she, "but I don't buy a bit more than I would if I paid cash." It makes no difference what form of treatment you employ, in seventy-five per cent of your all-ments—nature will cure that many in spite of treatment; but, for that other twenty-five per cent we advise you to get a real doctor. DINNER STORIES It was evening in dear old Chekko-Slovakia. The lights were dim. Suddenly a man came running out of a side street. "What is the matter?" asked a curious policeman. "I am frightened," said the runner. "What has frightened you?" enquired the curious policeman. "I just passed a bad Chekk," replied the runner—Royal Gabboon (Hamilton U.). A little boy rushed up to his mother one sweltering hot day, says the London Humorists, and cried out: "I believe there's a fire, mother! May I go out and see?" "Don't be so stupid" replied his mother. "As if there'd be a fire on a day like this!" It is told that an impecunious nobleman saw a portrait in a London shop window in which he was much interested. He went in and ascertained that the price was twelve pounds and ten shillings, says Everybody. "I'll give you ten pounds," he said to the shop keeper, but the price was refused and there was no sale made. Some time later the nobleman was dining in the magnificent new London house of a business man of the type called self-made. He noticed a familiar portrait on the wall. "Ah," said the host observing his guest's interest in the painting. "That is the portrait of an ancestor of mine!" "Indeed!" said the peer. "Then we must be related," he continued with perfect gravity. "He was within fifty shillings of being an ancestor of mine!" There are still surprises in life. A young woman who refused to give her name or accept a reward went to the home of Mrs. Howard Phelps, Jr., and returned a handbag containing $3400, which Mrs. Phelps had left in a millinery shop. William A. Brady has opened his regular season at his own play house with "Chains," a play by Jules Eckert Goodman, in which the find of a season or two Helen Gahagan, is starred. Following this, Mrs. Brady, better known as Grace George, will be shown in the "Widow Shannon," by Lea Freeman. I don't know Lea, but I hope he has a play equal to the rare talent of Miss George. Two of the young intellectuals, John Farrar and Stephen Vincent Benet, have written yet another play for Mr. Brady, and he has many more in promise, including "Simon Called Peter." Mr. Will Hayes is determined to take himself and his job as dictator of the motion picture industry seriously. He recently required a Mexican villain in a picture to become a naturalized American on the grounds that we can't afford to hurt the feeling of sister nations. According to his reasoning, the films are seen by many people who hardly ever read They get their ideas of foreigners from what they see on the screen. If characters of a particular nationality are always villainous, an unreasoning popular resentment will be created which will have evil effect in a moment of international crisis. The reaction of a local magazine editor to this question is interesting. In his consideration of stories of action, peril and conflict, he has found that the only safe villain is the atheist. All denominational beliefs are testy about it, but apparently the asthetic Americans are lacking in a sense of self-respect, or it may be that they have a sense of humor. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER THIRD, 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 THE SIMPLE LIFE If I should say to you, my own, The town no longer holds its lure And that I long to be alone (With you beside me, to be sure) On some far-off fair countryside, Some basky dell, some verdant lea Would you, I ask myself deride, Or would you sympathize with me? Were I to say I'm sick of strife And this mad questing after gain And that I'd seek the quiet life, Would you regard me with disdain? Would you believe me if I said That gold to me means less than naught; That meadows green, the sunset red Are more than cash has ever bot Would you my darling, scoff and jeer If I abandoned urban ways, Forsook the city's false veneer, And in the country spent my days? The lowing herd, a field of rye, A gathering of humble huts— Don't speak! I see it in your eye! You'd think (and I'd agree) I'm nuts. A middle westerner is reported to have engraved a likeness of William Jennings Bryan on the head of a pin, and bright little Republican readers can get the point without going further. Maybe, at that, it was anti-Darwin Bryan who coined the phrase: "You can't make a monkey out of me." If Henry Ford ever gets to be president, it's to be hoped that the political machine won't miss on two cylinders. Of course, the campaign may flivver. If we ever get to be president, and at present no better odds than 1 to 13 have been offered, some one will undoubtedly come to us and discover what inspiration we received from a philosophical shoemaker. Our dealings with this tribe have been confined to worrying over which sock has the holes in it, so that we can present the other foot for fitting and inspection. And generally we have guessed wrong. The Prince of Wales is traveling in strict incognito, And every newspaper publishes he goes as Lord Renfrew. Since that's the case the thing that I would muchly like to know Is where they get this "incog" stuff, if everybody knew. Half the world spends its time by trying to figure out how the other half got that way. GIVING EUROPE A TREAT Our old friend and compatriot H. I. Phillips, is in Europe, and he asks us to insert the following ad at space rates, which we hasten to do. The Prince of Wales is traveling in strict incognito, And every newspaper publishes he goes as Lord Renfrew. Since that's the case the thing that I would muchly like to know Is where they get this "incog" stuff, if everybody knew. Half the world spends its time by trying to figure out how the other half got that way. GIVING EUROPE A TREAT Our old friend and compatriot H. I. Phillips, is in Europe, and he asks us to insert the following ad at space rates, which we hasten to do. Dear Roy: H. I. Phillips and Dumm and Dummer Are seeing Europe end the summer They will be back, if they keep sober, Along about the tenth of October. Having a perfectly rotten time. Wish you were here.—H.I.P. Official Headlight Adjusting Station No. 169 State of California Division of Motor Vehicles Opening Evenings until 9 p.m. Anaheim Ignition Depot Established 1912 218 S. Los Angeles St. Anaheim A. Bevillard, Prop. The Trail of The Keyboard —The path of the keyboard leads to fame. Even the tiny child whose little fingers falter sometimes in their progress along The Trail of The Keyboard —The path of the keyboard leads to fame. Even the tiny child whose little fingers falter sometimes in their progress along the piano keys has, because of his attainments, elevated himself above those other children who have not applied themselves to music. Olga Samaroff —Picture where the trail of the keyboard has led Olga Samaroff, world famous pianist who is coming to Anaheim. 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