oc-plain-dealer 1923-10-17

EDITORIAL AND FEATURES An Independent Newspaper Issued Every Afternoon Except Sunday Paul V. Hester Editor and Publisher Daily Greetings To Our Readers The pure are tried, because we offer no sympathy. Lives tender are broken, because we stay not the destroyer. Lives are lonely, because we show no friendship. "It's none of my business," we say; "he is his own man!" It is your business to keep others strong and noble.—C. F. Thwing. TO ENJOIN SILENCE ON POLITICIANS Bravo, ye Spaniards of the Province of Asturias! A fine reform indeed is that which is projected in that flourishing region of Spain. Pity that the same reform has not been wrought out here in the United States. The Spaniards of Asturias have formed an association for the purpose of establishing a close watch on politicians with the design of keeping them from talking too much. This patriotic society declares that Spain's gravest misfortunes have come from verbose politicians who friftered away the first twenty-three years of this century in making two-day speeches in Parliament while the country has languished for constructive legislation. Here is a suggestion for patriotic societies in the United States. Let them keep close watch on Congress. Let them work against two-day speeches as viciously as Spaniards are against the verbosity of their lawmakers. This country needs less talking and less dallying in Congress, and more constructive legislation, enacted expeditiously. The board of directors of a great corporation would not meet and stay in session for weeks, talking by the hour about some course of action. They would discuss it thoroughly and then dispose of it without delay. So should Congress do. When Americans show their fidelity to law and their respect for it in abiding by it, they demonstrate a form of loyalty to American institutions and ideals which is rarer than it should be. Selling warships for dismantling is pushing forward the cause of the world peace. This is procedure that enheartens The board of directors of a great corporation would not meet and stay in session for weeks, talking by the hour about some course of action. They would discuss it thoroughly and then dispose of it without delay. So should Congress do. When Americans show their fidelity to law and their respect for it in abiding by it, they demonstrate a form of loyalty to American institutions and ideals which is rarer than it should be. Selling warships for dismantling is pushing forward the cause of the world peace. This is procedure that enheartens all who love peace and abhor warfare. A two-fold menace threatens the forests of the country—the menace of fire, and the menace of greed. There is need of rigorous, well-directed conservation to protect the reserve timber supply of the nation against destruction. A third party in politics is as welcome to the leaders of the two old parties as is a third party when a couple is courting—the mischievous brother of the girl, for instance. There is no substitute "just as good" as honesty. Garland Ranges "The World's Best" Endorsed by "Good Housekeeping" and used in Garland Ranges "The World's Best" Endorsed by "Good Housekeeping" and used in 4,000,000 homes. $2.50 a Week Places a Garland In Your Home. See Our Line Of Ranges Before Buying. GEORGE B. PECK Hardware Opposite California Theatre. BRICK COMMON AND FACE IN LIGHT GRAY COLOR, CAPACITY 40,000 PER DAY Brickmavon, Plaster and Concrete Sand—Day or Night Service Factory located, La Palma and West Streets, One Block South of Fullerton Water Plant Orange County Brick & Tile Co. Inc. Phone—Anaheim 995 FURES Except Sunday and Publisher THE ORANGE COUNTY Plain Dealer WED Subscri Entered "WHEN THE FROST IS ON THE PUMPKIN AND THE FODDER'S IN THE SHOCK" POP-KIN I SAVE THIS DANDY BIG PUNKIN FOR A HALLOWE'EN JACK'LANTERN? PARAGRAPHS By ROBERT QUILLEN Home is the place you go away from for the week-end. When the groom begins telling about his past, he isn't confessing: He is bragging. A train of thought never runs wild. It usually follows the track laid down by prejudice. American women spend $10-000,000 a year on cosmetics, with rather disheartening results. Another good way to lower the death rate in America would be to lessen the number of holidays. Land is much like the price of hootch. It begins to rise as it gets away from the seashore. A wife is a person who invariably fills a pot too full and then registers surprise when it boils over. We begin to fear there will be an unpleasant odor before the mark is officially pronounced dead. Metal shrinks in cold weather, and that may explain why a three-ton bin will hold five tons of coal. ABE MARTIN YOUR CAR WILL BE SAFETY WELL TRY US! HELP KEEP THE TOWN CLEAN—COORDINATE PLANT THIS MEANS YOU POker an' craps are gittin' t' have a pretty sharp competitor in golf. We have t' be steppin' around fifty t' gitt th' true pathos o' "Silver Threads." DINNER STORIES Two brothers of the mesa met. "I understand High-heel Jim has left Crimson Gulch never to DOEMS THAT LIVE THORNS Roses have thorns, and love is thorny, too; And this is love's sharp thorn which guards its flower, That our beloved have the cruel power To hurt us deeper than all others do. The heart attuned to our heart like a charm, Beat answering beat, as echo answers song. If the throb falter, or the pulse beat wrong, How shall it fail to grieve us or to harm? The taunt which, uttered by a stranger's lips, Scarce heard, scarce minded, passed us like the wind, Breathed by a dear voice, which has grown unkind, Turns sweet to bitter, sunshine to eclipse. The instinct of a change we cannot prove, The pitiful tenderness, the sad too much, The sad too little, shown in look or touch— All these are wounding thorns of thorny love. Ah, sweetest rose which earthly gardens bear. A wife is a person who invariably fills a pot too full and then registers surprise when it boils over. We begin to fear there will be an unpleasant odor before the mark is officially pronounced dead. Metal shrinks in cold weather, and that may explain why a treecin bin will hold five tons of coal. In this bountiful world there is enough to satisfy every human appetite for flattery. It may be that gas will decide future wars. Certainly it will play its usual part in starting them. The great words of great men cheer us on to nobler effort, but nothing is quite so potent as "Atta boy!" Still, there may be a subtle compliment in the fact that England sends us more lecturers and fewer boxers. Of course a minority makes the most noise. A pig hasn't time to squeal after it reaches the trough. Man is an animal who shivers on a sleeping porch and installs an expensive heating plant in his garage. You can't blame Muscolini. What boy can enjoy an airgun nuisces he is privileged to take a crack at everything? An experienced husband is one who is beginning to tell his wife how well she looked in that suit she had last winter. As a haven for the oppressed, America can still use a few unskilled laborers who are willing to work for very little. Correct this sentence; 'Thank you, Dear,' said the husband; 'I am always glad to have my pronunciation corrected.' DINNER STORIES Two brothers of the mesa met. "I understand High-heel Jim has left Crimson Gulch never to return." "Yes," replied Cactus Joe. "He had a mighty sunny disposition at first. But he got a job as a Wild West hero in motion pictures, and his quarrels with the directors made him so cantankerous we simply couldn't stand his company."—Washington Star. The judge looked sternly at the lady witness, says Everybody's. "Do you know the nature of an oath, madam?" he asked. "Well, I ought to, sir. We just moved, and my husband put down the carpet." She donned her coat and hat as he grabbed his. "Are you going to town this morning, my dear?" he queried. "Just as soon as I can get there. Skinnim & Slasher advertise a bargain sale, very special, of goldfish." "Good heavens! I believe you'd buy a hippopotamus if you thought it was a bargain." "Certainly not. One in the house is enough."—Birmingham Age-Herald. The office statistician reports that Governor Walton is now 3-436 newspaper columns ahead of Governor Pinchot's record. Correct this sentence: "What a delightful surprise," cried the wife, "to have you bring three of your old friends to dinner." A realtor is a man who can divide a swamp into lots and make you imagine fine dwellings all over it. Think of all the pent-up adjectives the chronic knockers will loosen when at last Coolidge says something. The chap who scolds because girls no longer do their sewing is the one who hires somebody to shine his shoes. Many a fine hood hides a bum notor. WEDNESDAY, OCT. SEVENTEENTH, 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 ALIENS SEEK HOMES IN AMERICA—Boston Transcript The great influx of aliens into American ports that has taken with the beginning of a new fiscal year, and the consequent beginning of new immigration quotas, has demonstrated anew the necessity of some kind of immigration restriction as a defense of the legitimate interests of the American people. America's reported unpopularity abroad apparently has not abated by a whit the desire of Europeans to leave their own homes in the Old World and establish themselves in the United States. Hardly had the calendar indicated the start of another fiscal year when a veritable fleet of transatlantic lines sought to unload in American ports their human cargoes of hopeful immigrants. In New York some dozen liners raced up the bay in an effort to reach Ellis Island before the quotas of one or more nationalities for July should be exhausted. These ships, the advance guard of a still mightier fleet, carried 6000 immigrants who desired to land on American shores. This number, it may be pointed out, is approximately equal to the number of immigrants who entered the United States from Europe in 1923. Nor is the rush confined to New York. Four ocean liners reached Boston, each bringing their hundreds of prospective American settlers. If the rush to American ports is so pronounced under the operation of the 3 per cent rule, how all-sweeping would be the inrush were the bars to be taken down? What sort of a place would America be if the American people permitted their country to be a haven of refuge and an asylum for the tens of millions in Europe and the Near East who so earnestly desire to set foot on American soil? ON THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT AFRICAN AS SHE IS WROTE A. H. Bull & Co., ship brokers at 40 West street, New York, have just received the following pathetic appeal from a gentleman in East Africa, to which point Bull & Co. operate a line of steamships: "A. H. Bull & Co., New York:— "Dear Sir: I am today taking up my pen, not because of any thing, but I have been wondering through out the would of which your name and address has been heardly recommended to me by a certain friend of mine stating your name in best condition that you are the manufacture in the city of New York, therefore I like to be your agent so upon the immediate receipt of this my humble AFRICAN AS SHE IS WROTE A. H. Bull & Co., ship brokers at 40 West street, New York, have just received the following pathetic appeal from a gentleman in East Africa, to which point Bull & Co. operate a line of steamships. "A. H. Bull & Co., New York:— "Dear Sir: I am today taking up my pen, not because of any thing, but I have been wondering through out the would of which your name and address has been heardly recommended to me by a certain friend of mine stating your name in best condition that you are the manufacture in the city of New York, therefore I like to be your agent so upon the immediate receipt of this my humble epistle kindly endeavour and post to me your Catalogue as well as samples for selection I would have sending you a postal order, but being as we all know that a man cannot cook without a pot Nothing to say, hoping you will not let my eyes be suspended awaiting your good reply per next mails coming. "Yours faithfully, "YOWNAH ALOO "Nawoolay (Old Town)." It is hoped Mexico will now stand still long enough to let the recognition sink in. The new census shows that there are 436,000,000 people in China, but it is somewhat of a mystery as to who wears all the shirts and collars they wash and iron. DO YOU KNOW THESE PRUNES? SURE. It happened in one of those tea rooms where the genteel failures congregate. Those who consider themselves so far superior to their surroundings that they fail to connect. Although they know the meaning of the word moron they have not got the sense to apply it to themselves. He was reading his play to her and she was listening with keen attention. "You have the drama instinct," she said, with an air of conviction. He felt gratified and beamed contentedly. That is all that happened. The play was never produced.—Mareel Steinbrugge. America is now proving to the world that it is possible to get along fairly well without a vice-president: Announcement Koehler Grocery Store 1119 LINCOLN AVE. PHONE 800 AGAIN UNDER MANAGEMENT OF Grocery Store 1119 LINCOLN AVE. PHONE 800 AGAIN UNDER MANAGEMENT OF V. W. 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