oc-plain-dealer 1923-10-10

EDITORIAL AND FEATURES An Independent Newspaper Issued Every Afternoon Except Sunday Paul V. Hester Editor and Publisher Daily Greetings To Our Readers Like the seed which the wind softs into hidden glades and forest depths, where no sowers' hand could reach to scatter it, the subtle germ of Christ's truth will be borne on the secret atmosphere of a holy life, into hearts which no preacher's voice could penetrate, where the tongue of men and of angels would fail; there is an eloquence in living goodness which will often prove persuasive.—Dr. John Caird. ASSAILS FREQUENTERS OF VICE RESORTS In very pronounced earnest, Chief of Police Vollmer is moving to give Los Angeles a genuine moral cleanup. The latest phase of the war against crime and vice is the projecting of a city ordinance providing for the arrest, prosecution and conviction of frequenters of gambling and other vice resorts. This in addition to the arrest and prosecution of the keepers of places of vice. The sure way to strike effectually at vice is to punish all concerned. If it were not for frequenters, there would be no vice resorts. And if there were no vice resorts there would be no frequenters. The problem of elimination is interlocking. The logical, practicable way is that which Chief Voller is instituting—go after those who frequent vice resorts, as well as after those who conduct those places. A drastic movement directed against the idle and dissolute, who loaf about questionable places, should have good effect. The able-bodied idlers should be made to go to work at something useful. The streets and parks and other places where idlers may lounge in Los Angeles are infested with hundreds of idlers, as is obvious to one who walks the streets of that city. If Chief Voller's drastic campaign results in putting these indolents to work and off the streets, a manifest good will have been accomplished. Every decent, law-abiding citizen of Los Angeles should support the movement to clean up the city. who conduct those places. A drastic movement directed against the idle and dissolute, who loaf about questionable places, should have good effect. The able-bodied idlers should be made to go to work at something useful. The streets and parks and other places where idlers may lounge in Los Angeles are infested with hundreds of idlers, as is obvious to one who walks the streets of that city. If Chief Vollmer's drastic campaign results in putting these indolents to work and off the streets, a manifest good will have been accomplished. Every decent law-abiding citizen of Los Angeles should support the movement to clean up the city. Why does not somebody cross the Pacific Ocean by air? Here is the greatest of all flying feats yet attempted. And yet nobody is attempting it, nor is it seriously discussed very often. VAST INCREASE SHOWN IN VALUATIONS The phenomenal growth of California in general and of Southern California in particular, is evidenced by the figures showing valuations of property assessed for taxation. The 1923 totals show gains of more than $580,000,000 over the figures for 1922. The grand total assessment is more than $5,715,000,000. Inasmuch as the assessments are made upon the basis of 45 per cent of actual valuation of property, the full increase in valuations in the state for the last year is more than $1,000,000,000 and the grand total full valuation of property in the state is nearly $12,000,000,000! This ranks California as one of the great rich states of the union. Of all the counties in the state, Los Angeles County made the most wonderful gains in valuations during the year. More than $418,000,000 increase was shown. This is romance in figures. It denotes a volume of building and business, industrial and commercial enterprise and expansion which is truly marvelous. Nowhere in the United States or in the world is such wonderful material progress being registered as right here in Los Angeles County. There is every reason to hope and believe, too, that this growth is permanent—that there will be no retrogression. There may come a gradual slowing down, but even this may not come for years. An average of 206 persons are killed daily in accidents in this country. About every six minutes there is an accidental death somewhere. While moving to avert the horrors of war, it is in order to give due attention to the horrors of peace. The slaughter should be cut down to proportions more reasonable. The drive against crime, about which so much is heard, should begin in the nursery, in the training of the child. And it should be carried forward, at home and in school, as the child advances in years. It is lamentable indeed that more attention is not given to imparting moral training in the schools. 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Poor Wales; they'll get him yet. At times it is very difficult to distinguish between philanthropy and a bad conscience. Don't blame your digestion. No car can do its best on a hill if you feed it too much gas. The trouble seems to be that third party advocates have nothing in common, except an appetite. It is getting to where a public official, every time he does his duty, is accused of seeking publicity. The youngsters don't play 'post-office' any more. But their petting parties are suggestive of the free delivery system. Prohibition may operate to keep husbands at home, but at that it isn't quite as effective as a flat tire. The reason good American dishes are not so highly seasoned is because they have no dark secret to conceal. If you wish to know whether he coaches the track team or has the chair of history, look at his salary check. The supreme test of devotion comes when a husband must let ABE MARTIN DINNER STORIES "Why, hello Hi," said an acquaintance of Hi Popper, as he met that individual ambling aimlessly along the street. "Quit your job again?" "Yep," said Hi. "What was the matter? Isn't Jones a good man to work for?" "Why, yes," said Hi. "I ain't got nothin' agin' Jones." "And Jones' wife is a nice woman, treated you well, didn't she?" "Yep," said Hi. "never was treated better in my life." "And the wages were good and payment prompt?" "Yep, best wages I ever got and money every night, if I wanted it." "What on earth was the matter, then?" "Wall," said Hi. "the job was a leetle too stidy for me." "A little too steady?" "Yep, you see we kep' gittin' up a little earlier in the mornin' and goin' to bed a leetle later at night till night afore last. Then, when I started to go upstairs to bed, I met myself comin' down to breakfast. An' b'gosh, I quit him right then and thar."—Judge. In a certain section of Missouri the making of moonshine whiskey is still the principal industry, recites Everybody's. A small native of this district was interestingly interrogating an eastern commercial salesman, a being from another world, as to his life, connections, etc. "You got a brother?" he inquired. "I had ,but he died." "Got shot?" IN THE ROUND TOWER AT JHANSI, June 8, 1857 (Indian Mutiny) A hundred, a thousand to one; even so; Not a hope in the world remained; The swarming, howling wretches below Gained and gained and gained. Skene looked at his pale young wife. "Is the time come?" — "The time is come." Young, strong, and so full of life, The agony struck them dumb. Close his arm about her now, Close her cheek to his, Close the pistol to her brow—God forgive them this! Will it hurt much? "No, mine own; I wish I could bear the pang for both." I wish I could bear the pang alone; Courage, dear, I am not loth. Kiss and kiss. "It is not pain Thus to kiss and die. One kiss more." — "And yet one again" Good-bye" — "Good-bye." Christina Rosetti. A woman returned from a visit in a neighboring town, says the Sebetha (Kun.) Herald. "What sort of a place is it?" she was asked. "Oh, it's a pretty town with nice people, not very high-brow; the sort that never heard of Joseph Conrad until his wife commenced writing recipes in Good Housekeeping." In a certain section of Missouri the making of moonshine whiskey is still the principal industry, recites Everybody's. A small native of this district was interestingly interrogating an eastern commercial salesman, a being from another world, as to his life, connections, etc. "You got a brother?" he inquired. "I had ,but he died." "Got shot?" "No, he wasn't shot." "Drink himself to death?" "Certainly not." "I knowed you was a liar," exclaimed the boy triumphantly. "There's only them two ways of dying." Having been carefully brought up, a young man wrote home to his father from a distant city, asking advice about marriage. He had left the parental nest early to seek his fortune, and now had found not only that but a girl to share it with. The answer came promptly: Dear Son Charles; Marriage is a wonderful institution if you find the right mate. The best advice I can give you is to compare your girl to your mother, with whom I have been so ideally happy for the past thirty years. If she can even approximate your dear mother's homemaking, housekeeping and always even temper, you are .a lucky young man, and I give you my blessing and advise you to grab her at once. Your loving Father. P. S.—Your mother has just left the room. Don't be a fool. Stay single. A young Filipino saw in a newspaper an advertisement which read: "Wanted: A saxophone. Must be in good condition." Not long afterward a swarthy young chap called at the address and said to the advertiser: "I want to accept the position as a saxophone. I have never been a saxophone, but I think I can do it, and I am in good condition."—Youngstown Telegram. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER TENTH, 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. GUIDE TO THE MOVIES How can I understand a movie that I have never seen? When I see a bunch of fellows sitting around a fire while one of the group plays a banjo, I know that this is college. When I see a man with his back toward a door I know that he is extracting a key and that no good is coming to the sister of the hero who is in the room. When I see a man wearing a hat in the house I know that he is a detective. When a man carries a book under his arm and lives in a garret I know he is an author. —Moonshine. Papyrus comes all the way over from England to race for a mere $100,000. Papyrus should be in the prize fighting business and get $500,000. We still have with us the matrimonial pessimists who think that marriage announcements should be printed in the "Lost" ads column, and that Mendelssohn's Wedding March is the Battle Hymn of the Republic. ELIMINATION PROCESS Laundry Men Sound Doom of Soft Collar.—Headline. The stiff colors have already met theirs—New York Post. We are to wear knotted handkerchiefs around our neck next—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Why wear anything? If the girls can stand it, we can. And if the laundries think they are going to dictate to us they're due to be disappointed. We'll wear no man's collar. A rejection slip would come in mighty handy in a breach of promise case. Some one the other day was talking about who ever scored the quickest knockout. Well, back in our school days we were introduced to a "Follies" girl once— BY WAY OF COMPARISON The bed of life is hard, they say. With problems hard to meet. And doubtless they are right for they For you and I are lucky guys Are hardly like to go astray Who've been trained to rough exercise On such a simple point, But we should not hold it in dread: By any old street car that plies On almost any street. A rejection slip would come in mighty handy in a breach of promise case. Some one the other day was talking about who ever scored the quickest knockout. Well, back in our school days we were introduced to a "Follies" girl once— BY WAY OF COMPARISON The bed of life is hard, they say. And doubtless they are right for they Are hardly like to go astray On such a simple point, But we should not hold it in dread; It can't seem hard, when all is said, To a man who used to make his bed In a downtown lodging joint. The road of life is rough, that's true; And it's to be denied by few, Leastwise, by folks like me and you, Money isn't everything, as some brilliant man once discovered. Correct. Statisticians have figured out that money is only 94.3621 per cent of the total. The first signal of the millennium will be the publication of a rotogravure section without a picture of some well known sportsman falling off his horse. We confess we're a little jealous. Practically the only time we were ever on a horse in our life we fell off it, and being out in the wilds of Arizona, there wasn't a photographer within miles. What's a little thing like a coal shortage to the man who has become frostbitten under the boss' ice glare while explaining that, honest, the baby knocked over the alarm clock last night and it wouldn't go off this morning? Judging from the increasing divorce rate a fool and his honey are soon parted. 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