oc-plain-dealer 1923-10-25

EDITORIAL AND FEATURES An Independent Newspaper Issued Every Afternoon Except Sunday Paul V. Hester Editor and Publisher POLITICAL TURMOIL NOW MENACES MEXICO Mexico is undergoing a severe test as to the stability of its pacification. A national political campaign is opening. There are several rival candidates for the presidency. Ambitions are clashing. While there has been no appeal, as yet, to force, there is no guarantee against this untoward development. The flames of revolution may break at any time. President Obregon and those about him, to whom the pacific element in Mexico, and the government and people of the United States, have looked for maintaining of peace and order, are being tested as to their mettle. If the approaching presidential campaign can be conducted without resort to arms, there will be reason for the strongest hope that permanent peace has come to Mexico. From the American side of the border every possible encouragement should be given to the cause of peace and order below the Rio Grande. It would be a dreadful calamity for Mexico to revert to the tragic conditions which prevailed for years prior to the assuming of the presidency by General Obregon. Mexico would suffer; Americans in Mexico would suffer; the whole hemisphere would be disturbed, if the sister republic became again the scene of chaotic violence. Deceit sooner or later brings the deceitful one to grief. The mad haste of this age, in work and in pleasure, is sapping the reserve nerve strength of the people. The family automobile is a great institution in California. It is bringing delight, and rest, and health to great numbers of families. God is everywhere. But out in the vast spaces where Nature manifests in silent, solemn grandeur, there the Almighty is very close and His presence is felt by the reverent believer. Harsh words, once spoken, never can be recalled. The hurt they give may be forgiven. But the scar made by them will never completely disappear from a sensitive nature. God is everywhere. But out in the vast spaces, where Nature manifests in silent, solemn grandeur, there the Almighty is very close and His presence is felt by the reverent believer. Harsh words, once spoken never can be recalled. The hurt they give may be forgiven. But the scar made by them will never completely disappear from a sensitive nature. White Star Oil and Refining Company The Company That Pays Its Investors Dividends Every Month Three shares of preferred with one share of common for $300. Preferred pays 8 per cent every three months. "Common knows no bounds." WATCH IT GROW. Get some of it now, before it's too late. Preferred shares are convertible—share for share—into common. 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District Office for Orange County, 212 W. Center St., Anaheim Phone 975 For all information, call on us, either at above address or phone J. D. MARTIN, District Manager. Loma Vista Memorial Park Cemetery ESTABLISHED 1924 Endowed for Perpetual Maintenance Loma Vista is the only Cemetery in Northern Orange County that is endowed for perpetual upkeep CONTINENTAL MAUSOLEUM CO. —FULLERTON— DIRECTORS—L. S. Himes, President; B. F. Pinson, Vice President; F. E. Proud, F. C. Rimpau, Argus Adama BUSINESS OFFICE—18 Standard Bank Bldg. Phone 158 Franklin Howatt, Secretary 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 TRYING TO LIFT HIMSELF OUT BY HIS OWN BOOTSTRAPS RED RADICALISM DICTATORSHIP REPARATIONS MUDDLE BANKRUPTCY REBELLION SECESSION FINANCIAL CRITIC PARAGRAPHS A grouch is just a yellow streak holding a post mortem. Complexions fade and ankles swell, but a good cook improves with age. They seldom turn turtle, however, unless they are imitating the hare. Dying under suspicious circumstances seems to mean leaving a large fortune. As we remember it, the original bone of contention was taken out of Adam's side. A Progressive is a politician who can harness a grievance and ride it into office. Speech is free, but not all of those who indulge in free speech are. The ad. writer who says there is no substitute for sole leather doesn't know much about tires. The scars of war are healed. You see former bucks a-nunting bound, putting on spiral putees. The only things less interesting than a book to improve your mind are the other fellow's troubles. Nature may have invented war in order to thin out crowded populations, but man invented automobiles. To the layman there isn't anything particularly amusing about golf, except that it is called exercise. ABE MARTIN Sunday is a day o' rest, an' a good time t' do th' restin' is jest before you cross a railroad track. Some folks, look jest awful in a plug hat, but if they're th' President o' th' United States, or belong t' a minstrel show, they're got t' wear one. POEMS THAT LIVE THE YACHT The vessel that rests here at last Had once stout ribs and topping must, And, whatever wind there might prevail, Was ready for a row or sail, It now lies idle on its side. Forgetful o'er the stream to TIMELY VIEWS ONLY MIRACLE CAN SAVE EUROPE SAYS VICTOR BERGER "Unless a miracle happens the civilization of Europe will go to smash." This is the opinion of Victor Berger, Socialist congressman from Wisconsin and editor of a Socialist daily newspaper in Milwaukee. Mr. Berger recently returned from a five-month tour of Germany, Austria, England, Switzerland, France, Belgium and Holland. "The great war that was to make the world safe for democracy has succeeded only in establishing firmly dictators in Italy, Spain, France and Germany, with Poincare, in France, a dictator to the whole of Europe," says Mr. Berger. "There now is a feeling in England that, could it be given expression, would annihilate France. France now is dealing with England as it formerly did with Belgium. "England after the war, started to disarm. The Labor party of England was partly responsible for this move. Armament cost too much. The people of the country, too, wanted to get back to normalcy. "Did France disarm? Today she boasts that she has twenty times more tanks and many more submarines than ever before. "In the past England never allowed one power to become powerful enough to dictate. Now, after England has helped France to squelch the ambition of Wilhelm, France and Poincare have become the dictators of all Europe. Polin- THE YACHT The vessel that rests here at last Had once stout ribs and topping mast, And, whate'er wind there might prevail, Was ready for a row or sail, It now lies idle on its side, Forgetful o'er the stream to glide, And yet there have been days of yore, When pretty maids there posies bore To crown its prow, its decks to trim, And freighted a whole world of chim, A thousand stories it could tell— But it loves secrecy too well. Come closer, my sweet girl, pray do! There may be still one left for you. —Walter Savage Landor DUTCH BULBS HAVE JUST ARRIVED AT Highway Bulb Gardens HYACINTHS, TULIPS AND NARCISSI, GLADIOLUS BULBS ARE ALSO READY. 2 MI. SO. ON LOS ANGELES ST. PHONE 82R1. DINNER STORIES An old woman was lecturing the village ne'er-do-well on the evil effects of strong drink. "Do you know, John," she said, "you are robbing yourself of years of your life?" "I don't know about that, Jane," said John. "I've reached 67 an' it don't look like killin' me yet." "No; but, John," answered Jane, "If it hadn't been for the drink ye might ha' been 77 by now." John promised to think it over. —Tid-Bits. Helen was at her first party, according to Everybody's. When refreshments were served she refused a second helping of ice cream with a polite, "No, thanks," although she looked wistful. "Do have some more, dear," the hostess urged. Mother told me to say 'No thank you,' "the little girl explained naively, "but I don't believe she knew how small the dishes were going to be." THURSDAY, OCT. TWENTY-FIFTH, 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 AMONG THE BEST SELLERS San Francisco Journal Future historians will make note of the fact that a book on etiquette has ranked for many months among the six best sellers in the non-fiction classification. The fad for doing the right thing at the right time and in the right way is becoming a permanent wave. Slowly, but surely, the American public is excluding Indians and cowboys from the best society. High life in the cafeteria zone is so well instructed that it is almost impossible to tell a bootlegger from a Mayflower descendant. Etiquette originally meant a ticket or tag tied to a bag to indicate its contents. If the bag were so tagged, its contents were not examined. From this the word passed to cards upon which were printed simple rules to be observed by guests under conditions of high tension. These rules have so increased in number that a two-volume treatise is now required to teach people how to be happy though uncomfortable. Many a diner in a fancy restaurant is envied for the bump on his hip, which, investigation would show, is nothing more sinister than a book on table manners. It was simpler in the good old days. When Catherine of Russia gave a week-end party, her guests were provided with a ticket reminding the gentlemen not to get drunk too early in the feast; the ladies not to wipe their faces on the damask nor pick their teeth with a fork, noblemen to refrain from beating their wives in company. These rules, and many like them, were "the ticket." To act or talk by the ticket was the thing to do by all that wished to break into the upper crust. Nevertheless, we are getting on, even though the ticket of good manners has become a library series. Many a man who used to balance peas on a knife now knows enough to keep that useful utensil out of his mouth. ON THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT We would like to suggest in our weak and modest way that it is nearly time for some enterprising novelist to write a story dealing with the sex problem. It seems almost two weeks since we have had to lock up a new book to keep it away from the hired girl, who is really a nice young woman and little acquainted with American literature. Two weeks without a new amudge of sex literature, with all the well-known and time-honored embellishment of plot, is a long time. It almost seems as though readers are purposely put on a diet. There is no valid excuse for a hiatus in the sex propaganda. ON THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT BY ROTH K. MOULTON We would like to suggest in our weak and modest way that it is nearly time for some enterprising novelist to write a story dealing with the sex problem. It seems almost two weeks since we have had to lock up a new book to keep it away from the hired girl, who is really a nice young woman and little acquainted with American literature. Two weeks without a new smudge of sex literature, with all the well-known and time-honored embellishment of plot, is a long time. It almost seems as though readers are purposely put on a diet. There is no valid excuse for a hiatus in the sex propaganda, for it is easy enough to write a new sex novel. All one needs to do is to take an old sex novel (any one), give it a new title with a little swearing in it and change the names of the characters. If the title of the old sex story is "Damned," just change it to "Darned" or "Gosh Darned" or "Ding-Swizzled" and give him and her new names. After reading 27 sex stories with the same plot during August and September, they become a habit, and to be held up for several days with no new one published is rather a bore. We have a strong notion to take this matter up with the Authors' league and demand an explanation. We raise topper with the coal miners when they fail to produce the coal we need. Why should we not do the same when we are deprived of our daily pipeful of literary soot? So if you wish, sweet gentlemen, to keep away from harm, Remember this, and never spend your summers on a farm. —Robot No. 736. In some sections the marriage vow has been changed to love, honor and shoot straight. On the main road entering Greenwich, Conn., we found a large sign says: "Stop, Look and Listen." It will be remembered that Greenwich is the popular marrying place for eloping couples. When you buy a thing in a shop it seems to be worth about twice as much as the same thing bought in a store, but the reason for this has never been explained to us. We understand Connecticut is about to observe a Hard Cider week. It is understood that former Connecticut residents now scattered over the country will attend in numbers. 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