oc-plain-dealer 1923-12-10

EDITORIAL AND FEATURES An Independent Newspaper Issued Every Afternoon Except Sunday Paul V. Hester Editor and Publisher DAILY GREETING TO OUR READERS We want broad-minded, meditative men. We want guides, we want reality, we want souls who will do and act before God.—Norman Macleod. RULES OF CONGRESS IN LINE FOR REVISION There is prospect of an overhauling of the rules of the House early in this session of Congress. A certain "bloc" is moving for liberalization of the rules, to provide for greater liberty of bringing legislation before the House. Complaint is made that meritorious measures at times are held up in committee and pigeon-holed, no matter how vigorous the protest of those who sponsor these measures. There should be no arbitrary throttling of worthy measures. The House rules should be reasonably liberalized as to this. At the same time, it must be remembered that the House is a large legislative body, with more than 400 members; that there are thousands of measures introduced at every session; and that, to expedite action on the really important bills, some check must be made upon the number and the character of measures to come before the House. Otherwise, everything would be chaos and confusion. If each and every member who has a "pet" measure, could bring his bill before the House at will, the whole course of legislation would be congested and blocked, and the results would be utterly mischievous. Criminally reckless driving should be punished by criminal prosecution. The driver who endangers life by carlessness is a potential criminal and should be treated accordingly. Citizenship is defective and potentially mischievous, if it be not active and constructive in promoting good government at all times and in all circumstances. CHOOSING PRESIDENT DIRECTLY Presidential preference primaries are held in several of the states. In all the states, choice for the respective party nominations Criminally reckless driving should be punished by criminal prosecution. The driver who endangers life by carelessness is a potential criminal and should be treated accordingly. Citizenship is defective and potentially mischievous, if it be not active and constructive in promoting good government at all times and in all circumstances. CHOOSING PRESIDENT DIRECTLY Presidential preference primaries are held in several of the states. In all the states, choice for the respective party nominations for the Presidency are indicated in some popular form. This popularization of the nomination of candidates for the Presidency is commendable. It is a forerunner of a change in methods of electing the President. The electoral college system will be displaced soon, there is good reason to believe. The President and Vice-President should be elected by direct vote of the people, just as members of both houses of Congress are. There is no good reason why this plan should not be adopted. The electoral college is so archaic as to be out of public respect. A constitutional amendment providing for abolishment of this plan and adoption of the direct vote on the Presidency and Vice-Presidency is in order. Presidential elections would be simplified by this, and the ends of good government would be subserved by it. There is no reason for clinging to a system and a method that is outgrown and obsolete. Did any amount of complaining by any human being ever change the weather in the least? Simple living is sensible living, and makes for long life. 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JOIN NOW, YOU'LL NEVER MISS THE SMALL AMOUNTS YOU PAY IN EVERY WEEK AND WHEN YOU RECEIVE YOUR CHECK NEXT DECEMBER IT WILL BE "JUST LIKE FINDING MONEY." FIRST NATIONAL BANK AMERICAN SAVINGS BANK of Anaheim 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. Rimpau, Argus Adams BUSINESS OFFICE—18 Standard Bank Bldg. Phone 158 Franklin Howatt, Secretary URES cept Sunday and Publisher Plain Dealer MON Subscrii Entered STABILITY U.S. INDUSTRY Asia Trade Canadian Trade European Trade PARAGRAPHS (By Robert Quillen) End-seat hog: Any individual who beats you to it. Ethics: Certain precautions man adopts to avoid burning his fingers again. The thing that causes most of the wear and tear on political fences is straddling. The more we read about college boys who never have been kissed, the more we think of co-ed schools. After sizing up some of the presidential timber, we are not surprised to hear there is a lath shortage. When a man buys a nightshirt in these times, one can't tell whether it is a sleeping garment or a uniform. Doctor: A ministering angel when you are sick; an old graft-er when you are well. A surgeon can change the shape of your face, or you can get it changed by telling people what you think of them. France may enjoy being Europe's creditor, but Uncle Sam can tell her from experience that it is an expensive business. That New York woman arrested for voting three times may ABE MARTIN HOT DOGS! GIT'EM HOT! Cashier Leslie Pine arose at th' usual hour this mornin', an' after partakin' of a hearty breakfast o' toast an' eggs an' coffee, he kissed his wife an' children goodbye an' walked t' the bank with a firm step. "If you hain't been hit with one o' th' new glass rollin' pins you hain't seen nothin' yit," remarked Lafe Bud, t'day. SUNSHINE PELLETS BY DR. W. F. THOMSON If you're devoid Of adenoids. Doctor: A ministering angel when you are sick; an old graft-er when you are well. A surgeon can change the shape of your face, or you can get it changed by telling people what you think of them. France may enjoy being Europe's creditor, but Uncle Sam can tell her from experience that it is an expensive business. That New York woman arrested for voting three times may have been repeating, and again she may have been changing her mind. The way to discover the number of words in a woman's vocabulary is to show her another woman who has a hat just like hers. The old-fashioned statesman split rails; but some of the new ones seem more interested in splitting the party. "Is that poor creature yonder gnashing his teeth?" asked Dante of his guide. "Or is that an American chewing gum?" Winter has its little faults, but it doesn't require us to exhaust ourselves in an effort to keep white shoes white. There's one nice thing about hell. One doesn't go to bed at night with the uneasy feeling that the fire will be out next morning. SUNSHINE PELLETS By Dr. W. F. Thom If you're devoid of adenoids, Thank your stars, my dear; For when your nose is full of those You get no atmosphere. Adulterating food is a practice which is both unholy and unwholesome. Distinction should be made between "renal diabetes," which is harmless, and true diabetes, which is serious. When noisy boys break up their toy it means they're stout and healthy. We now defend the doctor's friend and bless the banquet table. Of't infection starts in school Where inspection's not the rule; For correction, make the test. That's protection for the rest. CROSS EYES CORRECTION THIS MUSCULAR DEFECT CORRELIES AND STRAIN RELIVED BY PROPERLY ADJUSTED GLASSES DR. W. BLAKELY ANAMEIN CALIF. MONDAY, DECEMBER TENTH: 1923 Subscription Rate—In No. Orange co., per Yr., $3; 6 Months, $1.7 Entered at the Postoffice at Anaheim, Calif., as 2nd class matter. COMMENTS OF THE PRESS What Editors Are Saying BIG AND LITTLE—Boston Herald This time the Nobel prize comes to an American, Dr. R. A. Millikan, the physicist who "isolated the electron," and many are asking why we should bother our heads about "the smallest thing known" when big things are in sight, and all around us, Director W. W. Campbell of the Lick Observatory tells of a visitor who once came there to see and also to ask questions. "Did you say those stars are all suns?" "Yes, sir." "Are they really larger than our sun, on the average?" "Yes, sir." "Can you give me any idea how large our sun is?" "Well, if it were a hollow sun, of its present size, you could pour more than a million earths into it, and there would still be much unoccupied space between the earth balls." "You say there are possibly or probably planets revolving around many of the stars?" "Yes, sir." "And that many of the planets may be inhabited." "Yes, sir." "Well, then," commented the visitor, "I think it does not matter very much whether Roosevelt or Taft is nominated next week at the Chicago convention." If the earth and its interests are entitled to be thus ranked down because of bigger things in sight, how account for the fuss scientists are making over things they cannot see even with their ultra-microscopes? There has been quite a romance of discovery since the atom was believed to be the "ultimate" in point of minuteness. Sir William Ramsay telling us that when atoms are built up into molecules some 31,000,000,000,000 of these will go into an ordinary thimble. It is a strain on the mind to calculate how many more atoms can be thus accommodated, and the "splitting" of the atom into electrons still more diminutive, each with a diameter a hundred-thousandths that of the atom, brings the strain almost to breaking point. Some physicists believe that the lowest limit has not even yet been reached, but science is thus far content with Rutherford to regard the unit of matter as an atom made up of electrons revolving around a nucleus, somewhat as our planets revolve around the sun. For ages the big and the little have been probed for their secrets, and never has the search for them been so eagerly pursued as today. One result has been to show that in the scheme of nature the little things are vastly more important than the big, and that by reason of their overwhelming numbers. From the stars we get material for the comprehension of processes on our own planet, but the electrons are the "bricks" out of which all worlds are made, and it is on the electrons that we depend for many of our modern wonders—telephone, telegraph, X-ray, radium, and wireless. The prize just awarded for the isolation of the elec- the "splitting" of the atom into electrons still more diminutive, each with a diameter a hundred-thousandths that of the atom, brings the strain almost to breaking point. Some physicists believe that the lowest limit has not even yet been reached, but science is thus far content with Rutherford to regard the unit of matter as an atom made up of electrons revolving around a nucleus, somewhat as our planets revolve around the sun. For ages the big and the little have been probed for their secrets, and never has the search for them been so eagerly pursued as today. One result has been to show that in the scheme of nature the little things are vastly more important than the big, and that by reason of their overwhelming numbers. From the stars we get material for the comprehension of processes on our own planet, but the electrons are the "bricks" out of which all worlds are made, and it is on the electrons that we depend for many of our modern wonders—telephone, telegraph, X-ray, radium, and wireless. The prize just awarded for the isolation of the electron signalizes a stage in that scientific conquest of the big and little which makes them, in the Emersonian sense, equally important for knowledge: "All are needed by each one—nothing is fair or good alone." He was alone. He stepped softly to the porthole and peered out. All was quiet. An inky blackness met his gaze. As he strained his eyes for the first faint glimpse of light, his patience was rewarded. Slowly a faint glow appeared directly in front of him. Gradually, it spread and the sun crept up over an island that seemed to be about two miles ahead. Dawn in the tropics. He could almost hear the gentle wash of the waves on the distant beach. He watched intently for a few moments, then heaved a sigh of relief. Everything was all right. Suddenly he crushed and turned to the machine at his side. The picture was out of frame again. He was the operator in a movie theater. We often wonder what the heathens down in Mexico thought of the revolution in Oklahoma. F-R-E-E HUNDRED TURKEYS 250 BOXES OF CANDY very electric washer or ironing machine sold by us in December we will absolutely Free a ten-pound turkey, and with every sewing machine or sweeper a large fancy box of chocolates. twenty-five models to select from in dolly, cylinder, oscillator and vacuum call at our store and make your selection today and get your big fat or a fancy box of chocolates FREE. 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