oc-plain-dealer 1923-11-12

EDITORIAL AND FEATURES An Independent Newspaper Issued Every Afternoon Except Sunday Paul V. Hester Editor and Publisher DAILY GREETING TO OUR READERS Dear Christian people, all rejoice, Each soul with joy upspringing; Pour forth one song with heart and voice, With love and gladness singing. —Martin Luther. TRAVEL TO SOUTHLAND IN VARIED WAYS They are coming to Southern California, many thousands strong—they are coming by land, by sea, and by air. They are coming by railroad train, by automobile, by airship and by ocean liner and yacht. And some even are coming a la Edward Payson Weston—that is, walking. Modes of transportation have been revolutionized, in recent years. Just a few years ago, to come to California by water required the long and perilous voyage around Cape Horn. Now the swift journey is made in safety via the Panama Canal. Just a few years ago, it required several days to cross the continent by railroad. But the time has been reduced steadily until the journeying schedule has been cut almost in half. Just a few years ago, the first transcontinental trip by automobile was made, and there was great wonderment. Now machines are trekking by hundreds and thousands to this state from distant states and sections and from Canada. Just a few years ago, the first transcontinental trip by air was made, and the world acclaimed the great feat. But trips across the continent by air now are not infrequent, and flying time has been reduced greatly. As the grand march of progress in transportational devices and methods proceeds, ways and means of reaching California swiftly and in comfort from distant places will be in evidence. SPEED IN AIR IS ALMOST BEYOND CONCEPTION Record speed in the air leaped, in a day, up to 274.2 miles an hour. Today it may be greater. Daring young aviators of army and navy are competing for honors in speeding, endurance, refueling, and other notable achievements. To some this may seem like an unnecessary risking of safety and life, serving no good purpose. Not so. As the grand march of progress in transportational devices and methods proceeds, ways and means of reaching California swiftly and in comfort from distant places will be in evidence. SPEED IN AIR IS ALMOST BEYOND CONCEPTION Record speed in the air leaped, in a day, up to 274.2 miles an hour. Today it may be greater. Daring young aviators of army and navy are competing for honors in speeding, endurance, refueling, and other notable achievements. To some this may seem like an unnecessary risking of safety and life, serving no good purpose. Not so. These hold spirits are pioneers and trailblazers. What they are doing today, as breath-taking feats which astound the multitude, will be common performances a few years hence. This country will have the benefit of high speed in the air, in safety to the flyer. If a speed of 275 miles, or more, per hour, can be attained in safety in a test flight, the same speed, or greater, eventually will be attained and maintained regularly, in commercial service. Mail and express and passengers will be carried, ten years hence—possibly sooner—at from 200 to 300 miles an hour. The time is coming when traveling around the earth will be a matter of hours, instead of weeks. The almost inconceivable swiftness of facilities, operations and functionings, in this amazing age, gradually but surely, is changing living methods and standards. Modern methods of transportation, communication and enlightenment are developing a generation of beings whose modes of life, thought and action have no parallel with the past. STRESS WORLD PEACE ON ARMISTICE DAY Armistice day soon will be observed throughout the United States and in allied countries. It should be essentially a holiday of and for peace. It should be a jubilee occasion, happified by contemplation of the ending of the most appalling armed struggle in the history of the human race. It should be marked by serious thought and by solemn resolve to promote universal peace in future. Armistice day should contrast the horrors of warfare and the felicities of peace. It should impel away from war and toward the preservation of just peace throughout the world. Armistice day should not evoke feelings of hatred and vengeance. It should arouse the finer sentiments—rejoicing that the days of carnage are over. It should move the hearts of men and women to strive to bring the choicest fruits from the sacrifices of the gallant men who perished in that terrible conflict. SETS AND SUPPLIES RADIO ROBT. V. JENSEN 242 E. Center St. $5.00 Puts an Electric Washerinyourhome $5.00 Puts an Electric Washer in your home NO FURTHER PAYMENTS FOR 30 DAYS SEVEN DIFFERENT MODELS TO SELECT FROM $3.00 Cash PUTS AN ELECTRIC CLEANER IN YOUR HOME FIVE DIFFERENT MODELS Washer Wilson Phone 926 227 E. CENTER ST. RES THE ORANGE COUNTY Plain Dealer MOND SubscripEntered A MEMORABLE EVENT IN WORLD HISTORY THAT WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN ARMISTICE DAY! N.S.A. PARAGRAPHS BY ROBERT QUILLEN A juryman is a man who must decide which set of liars to believe. Fining a bootlegger isn't punishing anybody except the patrons who must foot the bill. Too many people think thrift consists in using the car more because gasoline is cheap. It isn't a development of chivalry that makes wife-beating rare, but a development of girl athletes. It was one man's yearning to divide wealth more equally that caused other men to build the first jail. If we are to have a training school for ambassadors, the first lesson will be, "First make your million." When two fat women pass on the street, each looks back and wonders if she ever will look like that. If he can do it with a free conscience, and you can't without feeling wicked, heavens! how you hate him. After a man has been married ten years, he can't get much kick out of a kiss unless his wife eats limburger. Our civilization has developed so far that one can get almost anything in tin cans except a good dimmer. The theory is that by the time a man has a family of seven, he should be able to afford a seven-passenger car. Abe Martin If we wuz President Coolidge we'd git Flo Ziegfield t' pick out a good symmetrical ambassador fer'th Court o' St. James. It begin t' look like Gov'nor Pinchot settled his hash at th' same time he settled th' anthracite strike. DINNER STORIES An aged colored man, clad in two or three suits of old clothes and an overcoat of ancient linage, was feebly breasting his way against the winter's chilling blasts, Jack o' Lantern (Dartmouth) states. "Wind," he was heard to apostrophize a particularly ferocious gust, "wind, whar wuz you' las' August?" Bessie, aged four years, who was downtown with her mother, Little Talk On Thrift By S. W. STRAUS (President American Society for Thrift) Is it through pull, luck or mere chance that men reach positions of great responsibility and usefulness in America today? This question, the answer to which should seem perfectly self-evident, is worthy of attention by all who are especially interested in giving encouragement to our young men and young women. It is a fact that many are discouraged on the threshold of active life because they believe luck, pull or mere accident have much to do with success. There recently passed away a great man—a genius, we venture to assert—whose career was a striking example of what can be done through sheer pluck and ambition. The man was Charles Proteus Steinmetz, whose achievements as a scientist, specializing particularly in electrical research and experiments, give him a place among the truly great men of this nation. But Steiametz came to this country 30 years ago with almost every possible handicap. Weak and deformed physically, destitute of money, with no friends or position, his optlook was indeed anything but promisling. But he disregarded the drawbacks, set his face firmly toward the future, and became one of the most useful men of our day. He was successful, not from the standpoint of personal financial strength or political power, but because of his usefulness to humanity, which is the only standard of true success worthy of recognition. The career of this man, a weakling physically, a giant in vision and intellect, should prove an inspiration to the youth of our country. We haven't seen that trap to attract flies, but our guess is that it has the general appearance of a bald head. Enthusiasts who are telling Henry about it, should remember: that it takes hot water to start a Ford now—not hot air. The first time a man drops 29 stories in an express elevator, he wonders dismally why his stomach doesn't come along. China is not without conscience. Defeated candidates are always shocked by the wickedness of the man who offered the largest bribe. If you can't lick him, and forgive him, that may be discretion; but if you can lick him, and yet forgive him, that is good religion. Correct this sentence: "I would have smashed him in the face," growled the furious little man, "but I hated to make a scene on the street." An aged colored man, clad in two or three suits of old clothes and an overcoat of ancient linage, was feebly breathing his way against the winter's chilling blasts, Jack o' Lantern (Dartmouth) states. "Wind," he was heard to apostrophize a particularly ferocious gust, "wind, whar wuz you' las' August?" Bessie, aged four years, who was downtown with her mother, caught sight of a bald-headed man, Everybody's relates. "Oh, mother," she exclaimed in high shrill tones, "just see that man! He hasn't a hair on his head. Isn't it sad?" "Hush!" replied her mother. "He will hear you." "Oh," replied Bessie in subdued tones, "doesn't be know it?" During the hearing of a traffic case in an Ohio town, the judge put this question to the chauffeur brought before him for having run down a man: "You know that if you struck this pedestrian he would probably be seriously injured, did you not?" "Yes, your honor," said the chauffeur. In that case why didn't you zigzag your car and miss him? "Your honor," explained the driver, "he was zigzagging himself and outguessed me, that's all."—Judge. He was unaware of the eccentricities to be found in the wild west when he entered what seemed to be the only hotel in the place, relates The Open Road. After ushering him to a table and giving the stranger a glass of ice water, the waiter inquired: "Will you have sausages on toast?" "No, I never eat 'em," the guest replied. In that case," said the waiter, "dinner is over." THE BEST What's the best thing in the world? June rose, by May dew impaired; Sweet south wind, that means no rain; Truth, not cruel to a friend; Pleasure, not in hoste to end; Beauty, not self-deck'd and curd'd Till its pride is over-plain; Light, that never makes you wink; Memory, that gives no pain; Love, when so, you're loved again. What's the best thing in the world? Something out of it, I think. —Elizabeth B. Browning. MONDAY, NOVEMBER TWELFTH, 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 OUR DAILY SHORT STORY He Might Have The train drew up with a mighty crash and shock between stations. "Is it an accident!" inquired a worried-looking individual of the conductor. "Some one pulled the bell cord!" shouted the conductor. "The express knocked our last car off the track! Take us four hours before the track is clear." "Great Scott! Four hours! Why, man, I am to be married today!" I groaned the passenger. The conductor, a bigoted bachelor, raised his eyebrows suspiciously. "Look here!" he demanded. "I suppose you aln't the chap that pulled the cord?" Now that we have had a tie week, an underwear week, and a whatnot week, we would like to advocate a soft collar week. A lot of those dress reformers would have us comfort around the neckers believe that soft collars are decidedly bad taste, especially so after the summer is over. Now in our dress, politics and so forth we are conservative, but when it comes to the question of collars, we are radical. Down with the starched collars! Allez up with the soft! We first became acquainted with the latter when we had a carbuncle on the neck and we've been wearing them ever since. Soft collars, not carbuncles. They'll have to pass a law compelling us to do so, before we wear a starched collar again. Then we'll evade it by acquiring another carbuncle. There's entirely too much prejudice against the soft collar. Why, some ladies will not go out with a man that wears the soft ones. If a girl has her choice of two men and accepts the one with the rough edges, well it serves her right. By the way, the king of Spain wears soft collars and they do say as how that Al is quite a swell. And soft collars won the war too. What an army it would have been if the boys had to wear starched collars. They would have been so busy wrigglin' their necks they would have not had time to fight. Philharmonic Orchestra WITH A PERSONNEL OF NINETY SIX MUSICIANS, SECURED FROM THE MUSIC CENTERS OF BOTH EUROPE AND AMERICA, UNDER THE CONDUCTORSHIP OF WALTER HENRY Philharmonic Orchestra WITH A PERSONNEL OF NINETY SIX MUSICIANS, SECURED FROM THE MUSIC CENTERS OF BOTH EUROPE AND AMERICA, UNDER THE CONDUCTORSHIP OF WALTER HENRY ROTHWELL; WILL PRESENT A PROGRAM OF SPECIAL SELECTIONS AT THE ANAHEIM HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM. Monday, Nov. 19 THE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION. IT IS RATED BY MUSICAL CRITICS AS THE SECOND OR THIRD BEST ON THIS CONTINENT. Popular Prices $1.50 for the single concert. All seats are reserved. Best to Buy a Season Ticket $4.50 for the 2 concerts, Philharmonic, Wertrenrath and Samroff. Reservations may be made at the Danz Piano Co. 162 W. Center St. Phone 202. Mall ordera given prompt attention. In Remembrance In Remembrance In remembrance of their effort—their supreme sacrifice, and their victory, we pay humble tribute to the boys who served in the great World War. FIRST NATIONAL BANK AMERICAN SAVINGS BANK of Anaheim