oc-plain-dealer 1923-11-28

EDITORIAL AND FEATURES An Independent Newspaper Issued Every Afternoon Except Sunday Paul V. Hester Editor and Publisher DAILY GREETING TO OUR READERS The surest method of arriving at a knowledge of God's eternal purposes about us, is to be found in the right use of the present moment. Each hour comes with some little fagot of God's will fastened upon its back.—F. W. Faber. CUPID KEEPS AHEAD OF HIS ADVERSARY Five marriage licenses were issued in California last year to one divorce granted. This indicates that the institution of matrimony is not going wholly upon the rocks. The showing, however, is not so good as it might be. For the startling fact is, that the number of divorces in California has increased 65 per cent in the last six years. With this progressive increase in broken marriages, the margin between the successful and the unsuccessful matrimonial ventures is narrower than is satisfactory to those who believe in the sacredness of marriage. There is too much trifling and superficial experimenting in the marriage relation. Too many enter the married state without any special regard for it—without any deep-seated purpose to make the relation permanent and to strive for its fullest and best development. It is from this class of marriages that the greatest number of failures come. A thankless Thanksgiving would be indeed a mockery in the sight of God. The real purpose of this day should not be forgotten or ignored. LOS ANGELES IS DRIVING OUT CRIMINALS Los Angeles at last has an administration of its police department which is achieving good results in driving out criminals. Chief of Police Vollmer has taken up vigorously the work of clearing the city of desperate criminals. There has been a notable exodus of the undesirables, according to dependable reports. Chief Vollmer is receiving consistent support from the press. A thankless Thanksgiving would be indeed a mockery in the sight of God. The real purpose of this day should not be forgotten or ignored. LOS ANGELES IS DRIVING OUT CRIMINALS Los Angeles at last has an administration of its police department which is achieving good results in driving out criminals. Chief of Police Vollmer has taken up vigorously the work of clearing the city of desperate criminals. There has been a notable exodus of the undesirables, according to dependable reports. Chief Vollmer is receiving consistent support from the press and public. This has been lacking in the past. This form of support is essential to successful policing. Let the press and the public be lukewarm or indifferent to efforts to put down criminality, and the result is failure to suppress criminal operations. Chief Vollmer was brought to Los Angeles at the instigation of the Crime Commission. He was brought there for the specific purpose of giving the city a moral cleansing. It needed this, heaven knows. And it is getting it. But will it endure? Only if the public persists in its support of "the powers that be." The same support that is given now must be continued, or all that is being accomplished will fall down, and criminals will return and make their headquarters in Los Angeles, as they have been doing for years. Friendly feelings between the United States and Mexico augur much better and more beneficial relations between the two countries. Trade intercourse between the two sister republics should grow steadily and rapidly, to their mutual advantage. EVIDENCES OF JUSTICE IN COURTMARTIAL The course of justice seems to be running true to the best traditions, in the courtmartial of naval officers who were in command in the destroyer squadron which met disaster on the rocks off Point Honda, early in September. Of the eight, tried, five have been acquitted. This is prima facie evidence that the trials are being conducted with care, and not as sweeping condemnation of men under accusation, without justly sifting the facts. It is reasonable to suppose that the blame for the disaster is not to be placed wholly upon any one officer, nor, on the other hand, is it reasonable to suppose that all officers were blameworthy. Justice decrees that the court-martial determine just who was guilty and who innocent. This, seemingly, is being accomplished quite satisfactorily. Production of the Nation's food and fuel supply should be placed beyond the menace of frequent industrial struggles of the kind which stifle output of essentials. Let not this Thanksgiving period pass without doing something helpful to happify some individual or family in need. The person who ceases to be a student ceases to live properly and fully. The mind atrophies if not worked studiously. There is no grace of character in a human being that is worth a fig, if it be not based upon sincerity and fidelity. Concert and Dance Concert and Dance Given by the Herman Sisters and Concordia Society For the Benefit of the German Children Thursday Evening November 29, 1923 At 8 O'clock Concordia Club, Anaheim Admission—Adults 50c; Children 25c 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. -FULLERTONDIRECTORS—L. S. Himes, President; B. F. Pinson, Vice-President; F. E. Proud, F. C. Rimpau, Argus Adams BUSINESS OFFICE—18 Standard Bank Bldg. Phone 158 Franklin Howatt, Secretary Comments of The Press EDITORS ARE SAYING MOTION PICTURE "DREAMING" Berkeley (Cal.) Gazette A scientific writer presents a fascinating picture of the pleasures of day-dreaming on a cold morning, when the dreamer knows he ought to get up and go to work and yet lies in bed letting his mind run free, playing with delicious fancies. For a little while he has his heart's desire. Perhaps to achieve his ambition in business or art. He is brilliant and popular. He spends a million dollars. He revels in his favorite sport. He enjoys the comforts of sense. Or he merely watches, entranced, the panorama of pictures conjured up by unfettered fancy. His mind is at play. "There you are," says the scientist. "The reason why we day dream is because we get pleasure from it. We enjoy the moving picture show of idle fancies and trivial recollections which without any effort at all, come floating into our minds during these periods of mental relaxation. And what does it get us? Nothing! The reader may be struck instantly with the similarity of this process to the watching of a moving picture on the screen by a passive, comfortable spectator. Doesn't this explain the tremendous popularity of the movies? They are a mechanical aid to day-dreaming. The dreamer doesn't even have to furnish his own dream-stuff. There it is, moving before his eyes, with no effort whatever on his part, and perhaps in greater richness and variety than his own fancy could provide. And is it any more profitable, ordinarily, than the usual sort of day-dreaming? A LITTLE TALK ON THRIFT Doesn't this explain the tremendous popularity of the movies? They are a mechanical aid to day-dreaming. The dreamer doesn't even have to furnish his own dream-stuff. There it is, moving before his eyes, with no effort whatever on his part, and perhaps in greater richness and variety than his own fancy could provide. And is it any more profitable, ordinarily, than the usual sort of day-dreaming? A LITTLE TALK ON THRIFT By S. W. STRAUS President American Society For Thrift The year 1923 is rapidly drawing to a close, and it is not out of order to suggest that the present is an opportune time for us to take stock of what it has meant to us in personal progress. Are we further along in the realization of our rightful ambitions than we were at the beginning of this period? Are we better prepared for the days of emergency that may lie just around the corner? Inasmuch as we are one year nearer the period of old age, are we in a correspondingly better position to meet the days when we shall be dependent either on the amount of money we have accumulated or the charity of others? "The best prophet of the future is the past," wrote Byron. If the years behind us have not brought the measure of success we have desired; if we have not been able to save and get ahead and place ourselves in a position of some independence, we have nothing better to look forward to in the future unless we make a firm resolution now to start on a new line of personal management. Get the thrift habit. Make saving as essential as earning. Conserve your resources in time, health and money. Make these practices, not matters of a few days, but determine to bend the entire course of your life to them. Any practice soon becomes a habit whether it is good or bad. "Habits, if not resisted, soon become a necessity," said St. Anthony. If you are not a practitioner of thrift, let these closing days of the year be the period of a great resolve. Begin the ways of thrift. It will require self denial, will power, character. But it will be a most important step in your life. It will bring you happiness and contentment. It will increase your usefulness and add to your self respect. The first few weeks of the changed routine may seem somewhat uninteresting. But soon thrift will become a matter of habit with you, and as the days and months unfold you will find in them an ever increasing pleasure and upbuilding. ON THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT You have decided to go to the theatre to have a good time. In fact, you wish to forget the recent raise of the landlord and that business might be better. After much careful thought you and your better 90 per cent PARAGRAPHS (By Robert Quillen) The smaller the town, the louder the cheers when somebody cusses Wall street. A millionaire who wishes to die poor might try lending money to his wife's relatives. A cheerful loser is often just a bad sport who is trying to minimize the worth of victory. The only manufactured articles Russia has been able to export lately are cheerful statistics. Germany, Russia, Italy and Spain are not the only ones like that. We have Judge Landis. Communism isn't the only method by which the poor can soak the rich. There's bootlegging. Still, as a means of meeting reparations obligations, passive resistance was about as effective as passive indifference. Apparently European nations are not contemplating anything questionable. None of them is asking for America's moral support. At any rate, Americans will learn patience as they await their turn in the cafeteria, the barber shop and the federal courts. Correct this sentence: "And after we are married," he promised, "I will shave just as frequently as I do now." ON THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT You have decided to go to the theatre to have a good time. In fact, you wish to forget the recent raise of the landlord and that business might be better. After much careful thought you and your better 90 per cent get seats for a play. In keen anticipation you arrive at the theatre. The curtain goes up. In the first act there is much talk of money and failure. This makes you feel so comfortable as you have no worries of your own. In the second act, assuming that it is really unbecoming in a man to shrek while suffering intense pain, one of the characters starts the "big scene" with a "yowl" that would settle any comfortable dinner which you might have had in your throat. The drama is designed to awaken thought, but not to stop digestion. The narrative goes on and then comes the soulful "moan" of a woman. The soul has been touched unfortunately—or fortunately. At the final curtain there has been no solution and you go home, having been the paying witness of imaginary trouble. Well acted and dramatically correct, according to the superartistic producer, but the evening does not fill you with courage and optimism. Mind you, you paid for what you would not even listen to from a member of your own family—much less the family of your wife. We are now in a position to promise our readers a very warm winter, and we can assure them that we will have no chilly weather at all before the middle of January. The reason we are so sure about this is that we have just bought and paid for a new heavy overcoat. The reason we did this was that we always have the best interests of our readers at heart, and we know most of them prefer a mild winter. Immigration official says we must keep the influx down, but doesn't tell us what to do with the kuklux. Cable says France is learning to chew gum. Well, anyhow, that will be an improvement on the rug. Strike in Vera Cruz ended in a victory for the public. The name of that town should be changed to Vera Crude. Not everybody can afford to race trains to a crossing, but even the poor can start fires with kerosene. A true reformer is one who doesn't care how naughty you are if you eschew his pet abomination. No employee can hope to have responsibilities placed on his shoulders until he takes the chip off. Getting sophisticated is just a matter of reducing the number of things that make life interesting. It is good form to let the waiter pick up the napkin you drop, but you may pick up your owa hip flask. Discretion is the quality that makes a man talk that way when his wife asks for an opinion of her new hat. A hopeless radical is one who cusses Coolidge for what he thinks he would have said, if he had said anything. Another good way to make high temperature bearable is to plan asking the boss for a raise. That will give you cold feet. The man who marries his stenographer soon discovers that there are more pleasant vocations than taking dictation. WEDNESDAY, NOV. TWENTY-EIGHTH, 1923 Subscription Rate—In No. Orange-co., per Yr., $8; C. Months, $1.75 Entered at the Postoffice at Anaheim, Calif., as 2nd class matter. to Thanksgiving Services—1623 Move In Your Own Home For Christmas EXCEPTIONALLY BEAUTIFUL SPANISH RESIDENCE OF RARE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN Located in best residence district; best construction, plainly, not built for sale, but for private reasons. Owner sacrifices this $10,000.00 home. For $8,600.00; $2,000.00 Down Balance to Suit; See Owner No. 754 N. Clementine St. BRICK for substantial citizens Substantial citizens build substantial buildings. The man who builds of brick shows his faith in his community. In the way he builds, he shows his confidence in his own future and the future of his city. Brick costs only slightly more than less-enduring materials. But in a very short time brick proves cheaper through the sating in repair bills, paint bills, lower insurance rates and higher loan and resale value. Be sure when you specify brick you get genuine fire-burned clay brick. Harvey Garber Brick Yards Olive, California Member California Common Brick Manufacturers Association