oc-plain-dealer 1923-11-19

EDITORIAL AND FEATURES An Independent Newspaper Issued Every Afternoon Except Sunday Paul V. Hester Editor and Publisher DAILY GREETING TO OUR READERS The morning prayer chimes in with the joy of the creation, with the quick world as it awakes and sings. It ought to bind itself up with the rising of the sun, the opening of the flowers, the divine service of the birds, the glow of cloudy bars on which the rays of light strike, a musician's fingers, and whose notes are chords and color.—Stopford A. Brooks. THANKS OF NAMELESS OF JAPAN'S MASSES The widow's mite, given as the full measure of loving devotion, outweighed, in Divine appraisal, all that the rich and powerful gave. So the touching words of a "nameless woman" of Japan, in thanking "My Dear People of America" for the relief work administered by Americans in Japan after the calamity of earthquake and fire, is treasured in the State Department at Washington above the formal thanks of the Emperor, the Prime Minister and the Ambassador of Japan. For this sincere, soulful outpouring comes straight from the heart of the masses of the people of Japan. The quaint, broken phrases of this Japanese woman, untutored in the language and manner of expression of the Western world, are worthy of quoting, as evidencing the depth of grateful feeling which prevails among the common people of Japan: "How we all Japanese thank you for your great kindness in this time. You gave us all. You sent us such necessary things and you all are very kind to us. Our thanks are beyond measure. We all will never forget them hereafter. I am only a nameless woman. But I must write you this, even with such a broken word, as I could not keep secret my thanks. Please excuse my impolite. Hoping you are happy and peaceful forever and thanking for your great kindness." No manly man is ashamed to be known as religious and as a student of the Bible. This is to any man's credit, not to his shame. HABIT OF SPEAKING ILL IS UGLY ONE time. You gave us all. You sent us such necessary things and you all are very kind to us. Our thanks are beyond measure. We all will never forget them hereafter. I am only a nameless woman. But I must write you this, even with such a broken word, as I could not keep secret my thanks. Please excuse my impolite. Hoping you are happy and peaceful forever and thanking for your great kindness." No manly man is ashamed to be known as religious and as a student of the Bible. This is to any man's credit, not to his shame. HABIT OF SPEAKING ILL IS UGLY ONE Too many have the habit of speaking ill of others. They are silent as the tomb when there is anything good to say. But when the breath of scandal blows—when disparaging things are said, when evil things are intimated, then how eager are persons of this type to accept as gospel truth whatever they may hear! This is a quirk in poor old human nature. It has caused millions to mourn. It has broken many lives. It has resulted in cruelties and injustices which are beyond measure. And yet it goes on. And yet one may hear it on every side—the whispered word of scandal, the acceptance of tales, however revolting without any attempt whatever to ascertain their truth or falsity. How seldom one finds charitable, generous, just tongues. How seldom one hears only good spoken of those who may be discussed where groups are gathered together. The habit of speaking ill seems to be distressingly prevalent. It affects public men, as well as men in private life. Human nature seemingly always has been this way. Perhaps it always will be this way, in some measure. Handle fires in forest reserves with extreme care now. Prejudice is one of the sorriest of scourges. It poisons the person who entertains it. And its venomous tongue may be felt at any time. The moral safety of the child is more important than its physical security. Wrong may appear to triumph, for a while. But right eventually prevails, in human affairs. No nation within the range of history has been the victim of so many forms of elemental disaster at one time on such huge scale as has Japan. The Japanese people pluckily are starting in to do all possible to help themselves. This self-help attitude makes a good impression here. The S.Q.R. Store The S.Q.R. Store See Answer Tomorrow Tomorrow in The Plain Dealer The S.Q.R. Store ATURES In Except Sunday tor and Publisher Plain Dealer POINCARE'S IDEA: "CRUSH IT IN ANY FORM" FRENCH MILITARISM FEDERAL DICTATORSHIP NATIONALIST DICTATORSHIP GERMAN REVOLUTION PARAGRAPHS (By Robert Quillen) The papers usually describe everything the bride wears, except the look of triumph. Another nice thing about being married is that only your wife's thumb gets into the soup. There is nothing that can beat a nice fireplace if you have a furnace to keep the house warm. A specialist is a doctor who is rich enough to play golf while his assistant does the work. Most of the classical dances remind us of trying to get into a union suit in an upper berth. The automobile replaces Dobbin very well, but an old casing above the door won't bring good luck. It's a good idea to convert all the savages. No telling when the Christian nations will need them as troops. Few rich men's sons amount to much. Unfortunately, however, this is also true of poor men's sons. Trucks serve well, of course, but it seems odd to tax the railroads to keep up a competitor's roadbed. No man really rejoices when he gets a good stenographer. He knows she will get married within six months. ABE MARTIN WE DO NOT PROFITEER The feller that gits home in th' evenin' without an ambulance an' without havin' bought any blue sky securities, an' without a var-nish killer breath, don't need no intelligence test. It depends on how much we git away with how soon we are forgotten. SUNSHINE PELLETS BY DR. W. F. THOMSON It oft depends On what you chew That makes the day Seem bright or blue. Reading maketh a full man, eating a duh one. DINNER STORIES The manager of a local hotel recalling his novitiate as clerk employed in a country waysid house, relates that one morning a guest came downstairs and complained to the proprietor that he had not slept at all, says Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. "I was troubled with insomnia," he said. "Don't believe a durn word o' it, said the indignant host." "Had the place cleaned out only this spring. Show me one, if you can! Show me one!" An African of peculiarly dusk hue was haled to court one morning for stealing chickens. Judge relates. The judge said to the clerk: "Sam, do you solemnly swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God!" "I does, sah." "Sam, what have you to say for yourself?" "Well, jedge, with all dem limitions you has just put on me I doesn't believe I has anything at all sah." "I wish," said the little invaded who was being washed in bed, "that I need never have to be washed again." "I am afraid," said mamma gently, "that as long as you have me to take care of you, you have to reconcile yourself to洗hed thoroughly every day." The invalid pondered for a moment. "Then," said she. "I sha-marty very early."—Los Angeles Times. Few rich men's sons amount to much. Unfortunately, however this is also true of poor men's sons. Trucks serve well, of course, but it seems odd to tax the railroads to keep up a competitor's roadbed. No man really rejoices when he gets a good stenographer. He knows she will get married within six months. This is an experimental age, as that scientist says, but too many of the experiments end in a divorce court. Of course, the male sex is superior. Not nearly so many girls finish their education in the 8th grade. The very idea of spending so much for stadiums when there isn't garage space - to accommodate date halls the students. This "help yourself" idea was not invented by cafeterias. There were petting parties in the old days. A shrewd bargainer is one who can swap a surgeon his appendix and tonsils for an equipment of monkey glands. Bandits have held up two Nebraska farmers, which indicates that the wheat brokers don't get to trim all of them. Blackstone alone can teach you how to practice law, but many, many books are necessary to teach you how to dodge it. When a man says his dress suit is ten years old, he doesn't mean that he is poor, but only that he has been in Class A for ten years. Two hours world's best music for $4.30, Monday evening, Anaheim High. SUNSHINE PELLETS BY DR. W. F. THOMSON It oft depends On what you chew That makes the day Seem bright or blue. Reading maketh a full man, eating a duck one. The sum total of individual health is public health. We overeat, have swollen feet and nurse our kidney troubles. Go teach 'til you're toothless And preach 'til you're gray, But the man of tomofrow Is the boy of today. The periodic physical inventory is of more importance than the annual inventory of bolts and buttons. The community that conserves the health and prevents the death of its citizens, is engaged in a most profitable business. An ounce of prevention Beats doping one's self; And a draft through the door Beats a draught on the shelf. INSURANCE FIRE, BURGLARY, PLATINUM GLASS, COMPENSATION, PUBLIC LIABILITY, BONDS OF ALL KINDS; AUTOMOBILE, HEALTH AND ACCIDENT. SEE FRANK TAUSCH J. T. Lyon Realty Co. 111 North Los Angeles St. ANAHEIM Phone—Anaheim 762-J-2 Don't Forget That The Ever Ready Truck & Transfer Co. Is still able to do your hauling of any description CONTRACT HAULING A SPECIALTY Get Our Price O. J. LINNARTZ, Prop. Residence 211 E. Sycamore St. MONDAY, NOVEMBER NINETEEN, 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 CHILDREN UNWELCOME—San Bernardino Sun What sort of a town would San Bernardino be if it boasted no children? Foolish question, you say. Yes, and no. For a piece of property was last week offered for sale, and the worst of it is that it was advertised in the Sun, where the buyer was notified in advance, that if he had "children, chickens or dogs," he would not be welcome. In a newspaper experience that stretches over quite some time, we must confess this particular instance is unique, not to say disagreeable and disquieting. We have heard of heartless landlords and owners who, forgetting their own childhood, have refused to rent property to families that number children among the household blessings, but an advertisement with this specific publication in the Sun last week is in an entirely new class: "This is a dandy home in a fine location. This is in a very exclusive locality, and if you have children, chickens or dogs, I cannot deliver this property. Priced at, etc., etc." It was a correspondent who is evidently a reader of the classified columns, and she says. "Since when and where is there such an exclusive residence district that they cannot deliver a home to you if you have children? The very idea of listing children with chickens and dogs! I hope all buyers of homes will let the party on — keep his property, as long as it is such an exclusive locality. "One reads and knows there are many places one can't rent if you have children, but when it comes to buying one's own home—nuf sed. Let everyone get his gray matter working." ON THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT It is a great life when you get used to it, but the trouble is that by the time you get used to it, you are about ready to quit. Every man in the world is crazy—plumb balmy—whenever he goes to pick out a hat unless he takes his wife with him, and then he is crazier than ever. The average man will take the first hat the salesman shows him, just to get out of the place and have the ordeal over. In that way a good many off-size brown derbies and pink fedoras are purged from stock. The average man postpones the buying of his winter hat as long as he can. No matter what he buys, he knows it will not look as well as the old one did and that it will not suit anybody—including himself. It is a great life when you get used to it, but the trouble is that by the time you get used to it, you are about ready to quit. Every man in the world is crazy—plumb balmy—whenever he goes to pick out a hat unless he takes his wife with him, and then he is crazier than ever. The average man will take the first hat the salesman shows him, just to get out of the place and have the ordeal over. In that way a good many off-size brown derbies and pink fedoras are purged from stock. The average man postpones the buying of his winter hat as long as he can. No matter what he buys, he knows it will not look as well as the old one did and that it will not suit anybody—including himself. The things that men wear on their heads between the straw hat season and the fuzzy winter hat season passeth all understanding. No man in the world goes and buys a winter hat until he has exhausted every resource. He puts off the evil moment and rummages around in the attic and digs up some old frying pan that he threw away the preceding spring. Consequently, the mob on the city streets right at this season assumes a weird aspect. Perhaps you have noticed it. Between the regular seasons, men wear things on their heads that are beyond belief. From the old iron kelly that slides down over the ears and conceals most of the important features to the antiquated cloth golf cap that drapes over the left ear and gives one the appearance of a gunman, nothing is impossible. There is a mob psychology about it. Everybody does it. A man may wear a coonskin cap in October, and nobody gives him a second look. He may go to business in a southwester, a yarn cap or an old football helmet and attract no attention. It is the natural thing for men to do at this time of year. Even a blue velvet smoking cap with a red tassel will not cause a man's arrest. Never judge a man by the hat he wears during October and November. It may not be his hat at all. It may be his little son’s school hat or his deceased uncle’s stovepipe. Because of the continued high cost of living, men’s fashions are to undergo a decided change the coming season. Brows are too creased as well as trousers. Mustaches will be popular—to keep a stiff upper lip. The hair will be worn longer. Trousers will be fuller, but not in the region of the pockets. The dicky will come to the front again. Evening dress will be of the same model as that in vogue when its owner purchased it to get married in.—Fred B. Mann. At any rate, Henry’s presidential boom is keeping his name before the country, and perhaps after all, that was the real intention. Those western prisoners who were paroled to do farm work during the fall are probably glad to get back into that nice comfortable fail. Loma Vista Memorial Park Cemetery ESTABLISHED 1914 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. Ritmpau, Argus Adams BUSINESS OFFICE—18 Standard Bank Bldg. Phone 1528 Franklin Howatt, Secretary $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.