oc-plain-dealer 1923-11-16

EDITORIAL AND FEATURES An Independent Newspaper Issued Every Afternoon Except Sunday Paul V. Hester Editor and Publisher DAILY GREETING TO OUR READERS Christ crowned with thorns! Can anything else teach us so significantly the great truth of suffering yet triumphant Love? And love for whom? Oh, reader, let us not be dull-eyed or hard-hearted—for you and me it was! —Edwin H. Chapin. TAX REDUCTION PLAN IS FORMULATED They are talking in Washington now in tones that are music to the ears of taxpayers. They are talking reduced taxation. Secretary of the Treasury Mellon has given definite subject for reduction talk, by proposing sweeping cuts in income taxes, amounting to 25 per cent on smaller incomes and a goodly percentage on surtaxes. Mr. Mellon especially favors, for tax reduction, earned incomes—meaning incomes derived from wages, salaries and professional services, as distinguished from business or investment incomes. Secretary Mellon's plan is only one. As the time for opening of Congress approaches, other plans and suggestions will be forthcoming. The whole issue of tax reduction will be given much attention in Congress throughout the winter. If political considerations do not block the way, there should be reduction of taxes at this session. Former President Wilson has not lost his power of vigorous speech. His convictions are strong as to the course this country should pursue, as he views the situations. Even those who differ from it—and great numbers of his countrymen do, as to methods—must needs respect his sincerity, earnestness and courage. Militarism should be frowned upon and should be opposed actively, wherever it may rear its ugly and venomous head. The foreigner who cannot or who will not become Americanized in spirit and in truth should be sent back across the waters. California becoming notable for the number of its home-owners. This is a distinction worth coveting by any state. There is no good purpose which cannot be served and no good NOT THE THEATRE SUNDAY NIGHTS—BUT THE CHURCH You have had your day with its rest and recreation, and now you ought to be able to enjoy and be profited by an hour of worship. The White Temple BROADWAY AND PHILADELPHIA STREETS ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA Makes its Sunday Night Hour a Friendly Service and You Will Find a Cordial Welcome There AT 7:30 P.M. REV. JAMES ALLEN GEISSINGER, D.D. THE PASTOR, WILL PREACH UPON: "A Message for Our Hearts in This Time of Upheaval" MR. R. TAYLOR will sing "Lead Kindly Light" THE CHORUS CHOIR will give "Saviour Hear Us When We Pray." REV. JAMES ALLEN GEISSINGER, D.D. THE PASTOR WILL PREACH UPON: "A Message for Our Hearts in This Time of Upheaval" MR. R. TAYLOR will sing "Lead Kindly Light" THE CHORUS CHOIR will give "Saviour Hear Us When We Pray." 11 n.m.—"A KINGLY PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE" Stock your Pantry with our groceries We have in the new pack of Fruit and Vegetables, also many delicacies that will tempt your appetite. Try Beechnut Catsup Once! EDMISTON'S Grocery We Deliver Telephone 219 PARAGRAPHS (By Robert Quillen) It's a very weak cause that must quote Lincoln or Washington to justify itself. An efficient woman can do almost anything with a hairpin, except make a man of him. Still, the cabbage smell in a boarding house is no worse than that in the smoker. Europe may have a finer culture, but she hasn't our high degree of flivverization. An altruist is a wheat farmer who can be thankful that corn is fetching such a good price. In the old days, making faces was simply making faces. Now it is called registering emotion. Modern automobiles have all necessary conveniences except a muffler for those who like to drive from the back seat. A realtor is just like an ordinary man, except that he thinks of cow pastures in terms of suburbs. Once in a while you can get acquainted with a chap who seems very important until you meet his friends. Very little of the complaint about inadequate parking facilities comes from those who drive to church. It’s an awful thing to say, but it may be that she is called the village belle because she has the Abe Martin O' course ther's no yaks in this country, but jest th' same we'll bet King Ben, wanted at Benton Harbor 'll be glad when th' hunt-in' season's over. Ther's no fool like an ole fool, an' if he happens t' be rich he's himself his only parallel. DINNER STORIES A well-known humorist, while crossing the Atlantic, was leaning over the rail one morning when the information fiend taped him on the shoulder, records Cartoons. "Sir," said the latter, with a wave of his hand, "do you know that if the earth were flattened out, the sea would be miles deep all over the world?" WHO'S WHO IN THE DAYS NEWS Judge-Elect Mary M. Bartelme Because she was elected to fill a vacancy on the circuit bench in Illinois, Mary M. Bartelme will begin her duties on the Chicago bench in the near future, instead of waiting until the new year. Miss Bartelme becomes the first woman in Illinois to hold such an important judgship. She is Chicago's first woman jurist. The honor comes to Miss Bartelme after 26 years of service for the public. Born "several years ago," as she explains, of Alsatian parents, on a farm which has since given place to a modern dwelling in Chicago. Mary Bartelme pulled candy, tied quilts, sang French songs at night, and had a pretty good time of it as a young girl. Later, the family moved to River Forest, her present home, and after being graduated from the grammar and high schools, Illinois' first woman judge began to teach school. "I had taught just a few years," Miss Bartelme recalled, "when my mother died. I couldn't give way to my grief. You can't, you know, when you have to earn your living. But I did feel that I couldn't face my school children and be as cheerful as I knew a teacher ought to be. I tried it and I couldn't keep on." "I always liked chemistry and was attracted to that or to the study of medicine. I went to a woman physician and she advised me to talk to a woman lawyer before I made my choice. I went to Mrs. Myra Blackwell, editor of a law paper. One visit to her and I was determined to take up the study of law." Having been graduated from Northwestern University law A realtor is just like an ordinary man, except that he thinks of cow pastures in terms of suburbs. Once in a while you can get acquainted with a chap who seems very important until you meet his friends. Very little of the complaint about inadequate parking facilities comes from those who drive to church. It's an awful thing to say, but it may be that she is called the village belle because she has the most rings. Every family should have enough chairs to sit in while the best ones are pinch-hitting as wardrobes. When the beauty doctor gets through with her, she is the perfect image of a middle-aged woman trying to look young. Adversity is a pretty good thing. The persecution isn't so annoyingly aggressive after it has endured a few frosts. When a man says all women are "easy," he means that he hasn't been privileged to associate with any other kind. There seems to be a growing belief that the Constitution guarantees every man the inalienable right to hold a public job. Correct this sentence: "The fine thing about these slippers," boasted the clerk, "is that they will retain their shape." The hick-town man doesn't feel so inferior after seeing a show that Broadway has patronized for 200 nights. A true American is one who feels his importance in exact proportion to the amount of money he is spending. There is a department in Hell marked "Dispen-sary," where former promoters of consumption "carver" are made to swallow their own worthless dope throughout eternity. DINNER STORIES A well-known humorist, while crossing the Atlantic, was leaning over the rail one morning when the information flend taped him on the shoulder, records Cartoons. "Sit," said the latter, with a wave of his hand, "do you know that if the earth were flattened out, the sea would be miles deep all over the world?" The humorist looked impressed. "Well," he replied with the vestige of a smile, "if you catch any one flattening out the earth, shoot him on the spot. I can't swim." Three cattlemen from near Dodge City, Kan., each shipped a car of cattle to the Kansas City market by the same freight, Judge relates. Arriving safely and unloading at the stockyards, they bet on the weight of the cattle, the loser being elected to set up a $5 each breakfast. They registered at the Blossom house; this episode occurring in the days when that hostelry was in its prime. The next morning the trio duly assembled. The loser of the bet signaled for each man to give his order. The menu being consulted, after some deliberation each winner said: "You do the ordering." More menu consultation. More discussion brought them no nearer a final decision than at first. In desperation, the host turned to the waitress, saying: "Miss, please bring these gentlemen $5 worth of ham and eggs aplce." Shop Early The first teeth are more important than the last. The symmetry and health of the permanent teeth depend upon the preservation of the temporary teeth. Do not let these cold nights bluff you into closing your chamber windows. Pneumonia germs thrive in close, overheated, under-ventilated bedrooms. When people in the Adirondacks sleep outdoors during sub-zero weather, surely there is no excuse for any of us inhaling vitiated air in stuffy bedrooms. POEMS THAT LIVE SONG When thy beauty appears In its graces and air, All bright as an angel now dropp'd from the sky. At distance I gaze and am awed by my fears; So strangely you dazzle my eyes! But when without art Your kind thoughts you impart, When your love runs in blushes through every vein; When it darts from your eyes, when it pants in your heart, Then I know you're a woman again. There's a passion and pride In our sex (she replied), And thus, might I gratify both, I would do; Still an angel appear to each lover beside, But still be a woman to you. —Tuomas Parnell. The Manufacturers of These Products Stand Behind Them—Absolutely. Some Canners and Manufacturers buy the best products the market affords and then prepare them for you under their own brand name. Only upon the Canner's or Manufacturer's own labels can you place reliance. Smart & Final Co.—careful of its own reputation for handling the higher grade food products obtainable—stands only behind those products which the Canner or Manufacturer positively and unreservedly guarantees. The products listed here are of the very highest quality. They have the double guarantee of the Producer and ourselves. Ask Your Grocer SMART AND FINAL CO. WHOLESALE GROCERS SANTA ANA, LOS ANGELES, HARBOR POMONA — PASADENA FRIDAY, NOVEMBER SIXTEENTH, 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 WHAT EDITORS ARE SAYING TRUST OFFICERS—Fresno (Cal.) Republican Sometimes there is considerable rancor displayed when a bank is "hard-boiled." Let us for the moment forget any mercy for the banker. Let the banker scramble among the chances of life, just the same as anyone else. To whatever extent he is skilled, or fortunate or better off than any of his neighbors, let us expect more of him. Let us tax his income, and come down as heavy as we see fit on his property, and hedge him with regulations to see that he does not profiteter. All that is fair enough, perhaps, if equally applied to all others who are skilled, or fortunate or better off than their neighbors. But let us discriminate between the banker as a skilled or fortunate or even crafty individual, and the bank. For the bank does not belong to the banker. It does not even belong to the stockholders of the bank, except in a very limited extent. The bank belongs to the depositors. Its fate is the fate, proportionate to their deposits, of many thousands of persons, who have put their money into the bank. Not only is the good faith of the officers and the directors and the stockholders involved in seeing that the depositors are protected, but the good faith of the state, which incorporates the bank, or the government, which charters it, and of the various departments which examine it from time to time. A man can be "easy" with his own goods usually. At that the "easy" man is often unfair to his family, or to others that are dependent upon him, and unfair to his own old age. But suppose that a man has a right to be easy with his own. The banker has no right to be easy with the assets of the bank. Often the banker must employ daring judgment, to be helpful to the community on which his bank depends. But he has no right whatever to be easy toward anyone with the assets of the bank. For these assets do not belong to him. They are in his possession only in trust. He must make bank bargains just as skillfully as does the merchandiser. And when those bank bargains have been perfected, they must be enforced. So let us remember that the bank manager is not dealing with his own. He is dealing with the property of each of the depositors, given into his keeping. He must not fail in that trust, to satisfy any other consideration. He must be fair to his patrons. But he must also be fair to the people who have placed him where he is. ON THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT LINES A Queen she was, a sweet enchantment on the amorous air, And gems she walked upon, with stars of evening in her hair. A vision gowned in Virtue's draperies she stately passed. With Love attending ever near and Beauty clinging fast. The roses paled along the way, outrivaled by her charms, And Zephyr playing in the sky fell fainting in her arms; The Dawning crowned her with the fairest of his diadems. And Evening wrapt her in a cloak of calm and pleasant dreams. —Frederick Schenk Schlesinger. THE SECRET Each flower leaned its tiny ear toward the dark earth at its feet, As though it waited still to hear Some secret, wild and sweet, Of lovers, long since turned to dust. Who once strolled down that grassy lane, Breathing undying love and trust, Nor passed that way again. —Doris Kenyon A magazine writer asks: "How long does it take to write a play?" but the vital question is: "How long does it take to get a play produced?" Free Lecture "Gideon and His Band" WILL BE THE TOPIC USED BY LECTURER W. R. SIEWERT, OF PASADENA MR. SIEWERT IS A PROFOUND BIBLE SCHOLAR, AND WILL RELATE THE EPERIENCES OF GIDEON'S BAND WHO-TYPIFIED A PARTICULAR CLASS OF TODAY. MR. SIEWERT WILL TELL WHO THIS CLASS IS. MOOSE HALL, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18 135 W. CENTER STREET, 7:30 p.m. ALL CORDIALLY INVITED... NO COLLECTION AUSPICES OF INTERNATIONAL BIBLE STUDENTS ASSOC. Philharmonic Orchestra Philharmonic Orchestra Better Plan to Make Your Reservations Early The famed 96-piece Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra never falls to draw a capacity attendance. Anaheim High School Auditorium Monday, Nov. 19 $1.50, Single Admission $4.50, Season Ticket Philharmonic, Werrenrath and Samaroff Make your reservations at the Danz Piano Co., 162 W. Center St., Anaheim. Reservations by phone or letter promptly attended to: Telephone, Anaheim 202.