oc-plain-dealer 1924-11-18

AGE FOUR THE ORANGE COUNTY Plain Dealer An Independent Newspaper Issued Every Afternoon Except Sunday PAUL V. HESTER Editor and Publisher Subscription Rate—In N. Orange co., per year, $3; 6 months $1.75 Entered at the Postoffice at Anaheim, Calif., as second class matter DAILY GREETING TO OUR READERS We must live in a brotherhood larger than Israel, and say the Lords Prayer with all men, in the inspiration of its opening word.—Dr. Alexander MacKenzie. PITY THE PARENT Pity the poor parent. A New York father, the other day, was threatened with arrest unless he compelled his flapper daughter, who was averse to an education, to attend school. Arguments and entreaties had no effect upon the young woman so the father took her to the woodshed and applied the rod. Then he was arrested for assault and battery. The flapper felt that she had been vindicated, and held to her course. Whereupon her father was again arrested for failure to keep his child in school. Something is out of joint somewhere, and the only way out of the dilemma is to let the flappers make the laws. Someone says that children now-a-days know more when they are born than their parents do anyway. Soon we may have the society for prevention of cruelty to parents. There will be no more grade crossing tragedies when there are no more grade crossings. THE SPIRIT OF AMERICA It is quite heartening for one who heard and read a great deal of the bitterness that characterized the recent campaign to read now, since the election is over, some of the exchanges and talk to some of the people who opposed the administration Here is where the real spirit of America is most evident. On the morning of the election, a newspaper that had fought valiantly for the cause of LaFollette told its readers, "If you believe Calvin Coolidge will be the best president go to the polls and vote for him. If your choice be John W. Davis, go and vote for him. It is not so important as to what the decision will be as that it be made by a clean-cut majority of THE SPIRIT OF AMERICA It is quite heartening for one who heard and read a great deal of the bitterness that characterized the recent campaign to read now, since the election is over, some of the exchanges and talk to some of the people who opposed the administration Here is where the real spirit of America is most evident. On the morning of the election, a newspaper that had fought valiantly for the cause of LaFollette told its readers, "If you believe Calvin Coolidge will be the best president go to the polls and vote for him. If your choice be John W. Davis, go and vote for him. It is not so important as to what the decision will be as that it be made by a clean-cut majority of the citizens." And now that the election is over and the people have made a decision by a clean-cut majority, that paper and others which favored LaFollette or Davis, accept the result in a spirit of good sportsmanship, urging all citizens to unite in allegiance to our government. It is so much more palatable to advise than to be advised. Can a married couple live as cheaply as one? That depends upon who they are, individually and collectively. The most common intemperance of this age, especially in this country, is overeating. It is taking great numbers of lives annually. A Thanksgiving Turkey FREE! With every Electric Washer Ironer or Sweeper Vac Sold Between Now and Thanksgiving. Washer Wilson 227 E. Center St. Anaheim, Calif. Washer Wilson 227 E. Center St. Anaheim, Calif. WITH SCG COURTESY The Pleasure of Longer Evenings AS FALL gradually runs into Winter, the thot of longer evenings at home comes pleasantly to mind. There is genuine, wholesome happiness in the home where a bright fire or cosy warmth floods the house. Your happiness is made complete when you rest at night in front of a Humphrey Radiant-Fire Gas Heater. Cold winds or rainy nights cannot dim the old fashioned joy that centers round one of these modern gas heaters. Make the long fall and winter evenings the more enjoyable by burning a Humphrey Radiant-Fire Heater. Southern Counties Gas Company District Superintendent 238 E. CENTER ST. PHONE 166 THE PLAIN DEALER, ANAHEIM, CALIF. AFTER YOU, MY DEAR ALFONSO! REVOLUTION KING OF SPAIN "GOVERNMENT LACKS PERT KNOWLEDGE OF PUBLIC UTILITIES SAYS SCIENTIST." A plea against governership of public utilities is recently by Prof. Michaof Columbia university, knowledge required to them efficiently, he sabe lacking. He pointed as an example of a futile to operate public utilitiefully. "Nobody will deny the edge which enables us competitions to do thin little better than anyl and in times of war to our superiority over the superior skill, intelligent scientific organization, is another aspect in the tivities of our scientific industrial organizations, this," the inventor and declared. "The great achiin co-operation between and industries is a living tion of what can be accewhen the great problem ence and of the industritrusted to the intelligent trained hands and supergence. This illustration demonstrate, even to a mind, that it is not true man can do any job, as control political patron to think. There are m... things which Tom, Dick... ry cannot do; they lack telegence and training. "The weakest point racy has always been l... precitation of expert L... Rafroads, telegraphy, and radio broadcasting, lighting and electrical sion of power are certain utilities, but the intelligof the United States we... consent that these thin... ing an enormous amount knowledge, be placed t... ernment ownership. The ery of our government... other form of governmen ARAGRAPHS BY ROBERT QUILLEN Sufficient biography: "He always felt important after a lodge meeting." A woman never gets too old or thinks she is loved for her alone. The gateway to fame is narrow. We get in after fattening in prosperity. One of the easiest ways to get quintained with a nice girl is to cry her. The final test of poise is underwear that scratches while you are company. There is no official record that my man with $86.30 in his pocket or felt humble. You can't test by watching the mess whether he is deliberating loafing. When you say "the people," you variably mean those who make little as you make. The game of life is most enjoyable to those who make some effort to qualify for the finals. It isn't so very difficult to love our neighbors if you must depend on them for a living. Another thing that interferes with social ambition is the bank's mulishness about overdrafts. The reason politics didn't exe people was because it wasted as a duty instead of a time. Frequently a good neighborhood a place where you pay high for privilege of being snubbed. Mother used t' kiss th' children good night, but these times th' kids kiss mom ood night. T'day's bashful girl is one that's more concerned about her real complexion not showin' than she is her knees. SUNSHINE PELLETS BY DR. W. E. THOMSON The healthiest man I ever saw Always walked when the weather was raw; And the sickliest man I have ever seen Always rode in his limousine. Keep Willie home, with fever and sneeze; better at home than spreading diseases. Many, for the lack of brass, have missed their golden opportunity. They buy the stuff DINNER STORIES A passenger took the train from Lyons, entered a steeper, and tipped the porter liberally to put him out of the train at Dijon: "I'm a very heavy sleeper," he said, "and you must take no notice of my protests. Seize me and put me out on the platform." He slept. He awoke as the train steamed into Paris. In a raging fury he went to the porter and expressed some emphatic opinions in a varied vocabulary. "Ah," said the porter calmly, "you have a bit of a temper but it's nothing compared with the chap I put out of the train at Dijon!" When James A. Garfield was president of Hiram college, a man brought up his son to be entered as a student. He wanted the boy to take a course shorter than the regular one. "My son can never take all those studies," said the father. "He wants to get through more quickly. Can't you arrange it for him?" "Oh, yes," said Mr. Garfield. "He can take a short course. It all depends on what you want to make of him. When God wants to make an oak, He takes a hundred years, but He takes only two months to make a squash." Blinks was a supreme optimist; nothing ever worried him. One day, during a flood, he was seen by a neighbor lucky enough to possess a boat, sitting peacefully on the roof of his house as the water rose. "Hullo, Blinks," cried the neighbor. "Hullo, Sam," responded Blinks, cheerfully. "All your poultry washed away, I suppose?" inquired the sympathizer. "Yes," sad Blinks, "but the ducks can swim." "Apple trees gone too, eh?" "Yes, but the crop would have failed anyway." The healtiest man I ever saw Always walked when the weather was raw; And the sickliest man I have ever seen Always rode in his limousine. Keep Willie home, with fever and sneeze; better at home than spreading diseases. Many, for the lack of brass, have missed their golden opportunity. They buy the stuff And read directions; That's why we see Such bum complexions. Whatever we may say of the stork, he delivers the goods. Station W-M-W-L: Walk more, worry less. As a man thinketh so old is he. Health and Diet Advice By Dr. Frank McCoy Author of "THE FAST WAY TO HEALTH" FASTING FOR HEALTH FRUIT/FASTS: Although theoretically the best results should follow the complete fasts, I have found by experience that fruit fasting will bring about beneficial results, and for several reasons this seems the best fast to use in most cases, except in the severe forms of acute diseases. The fruits or fruit juices used contain only a small amount of nutritiment, which does not seem to check elimination to any appreciable extent, and often seems actually to aid in expelling waste matter, by inducing a steady flow of fluids from the alimentary canal, and also in providing bulky material when the whole fruit is used. The fruits most commonly recommended are the orange, lemon, grape fruit, fresh apricots, cherries, grapes and apples. These fruits or their juice are used several times a day, often with the addition of Agar-Agar, or Mineral Oil. Agar-Agar is a dried Japanese sea-weed which can be purchased in any drug store in a granulated form, and may be used freely to provide bulk, as it has practically no food value. Mineral Oil is sold in all drug stores under various trade names and is a harm-less lubricant which aids in intestinal elimination. FASTING AND STARVATION: Scientific fasting and starvation are very different, and one must never be confused with the other. If the patient voluntarily abstains from food when food is obtainable, he need not fear harm from such denial, as normal hunger will assert itself before the condition of starvation can exist. The habit of eating regular meals is so firmly established that people have died in a few days from the fear of starvation because they did not know that the body can live for a long time without food. In most cases of forced fasting there is also exposure to the elements, with a choking of the eliminative processes. (To be continued) GOVERNMENT LACKS EXPERT KNOWLEDGE OF OWN PUBLIC UTILITIES," SAYS SCIENTIST A plea against government ownership of public utilities was made recently by Prof. Michael Pupin of Columbia university. Expert knowledge required to conduct them efficiently, he said, would be lacking. He pointed to Europe as an example of a futile attempt to operate public utilities successfully. "Nobody will deny the knowledge which enables us in trade competitions to do things just a little better than anybody else, and in times of war to establish our superiority over the enemy by superior skill, intelligence and scientific organisation, but there is another aspect in the recent activities of our scientific and industrial organizations, and it is this," the inventor and scientist declared. "The great achievements in co-operation between science and industries is a living illustration of what can be accomplished when the great problems of science and of the industries are entrusted to the intelligent care of trained hands and superior intelligence. This illustration will soon demonstrate, even to a mediocre mind, that it is not true that any man can do any job, as those who control political patronage seem to think. There are many, many things which Tom, Dick and Harry cannot do; they lack both intelligence and training." "The weakest point in democracy has always been lack of appreciation of expert knowledge. Railroads, telegraphy, telephony and radio broadcasting, electrical lighting and electrical transmission of power are certainly public utilities, but the intelligent people of the United States will never consent that these things, requiring an enormous amount of expert knowledge, be placed under government ownership. The machinery of our government or of any other form of government known COMMENTS of the PRESS What Editors Are Saying PUBLIC FAVORS RAIL MERGING—Santa Barbara News It is rather curious that the merging of railroads which not so long ago was regarded as a sign of danger to the people has become an earnest of better service for the public. The permission granted to the Southern Pacific to take over the El Paso and Southwestern Railroad with its limited but vastly important mileage in Texas and New Mexico, will lead to the improvement of Southern Pacific service on its southern route to California. Just after his return from New York in June President Sproule of the Southern Pacific in discussing the proposed merger said: "It may be recalled that the Transportation Act of 1920 provides for the eventual amalgamation of the railroads of the United States into a limited number of systems under a plan to be formulated by the Interstate Chamber of Commerce Commission. In compliance with that act a tentative plan was promulgated and that plan includes the El Paso & Southwestern in the Southern Pacific system. "As the El Paso and Southwestern operates the 331 miles of railroad east of El Paso (that is between El Paso, Texas, and Tucumcari, N.M.) which provides the only connecting link between Southern Pacific and the Rock Island lines it will be seen that it is an indispensable part of the existing through route and channel of trade and commerce between Southern California, Arizona and Chicago, such as the law hau commanded to be preserved, and thus the steps that are being taken are in harmony with and in furtherance of the tentative plan of the Interstate Commerce Commission." The El Paso line runs a little east of north from El Paso to the little junction point of Tucumcari, on the Rock Island Line. This line links up the Southern Pacific with its middle west road, and so is of great strategic importance. It gives the Southern Pacific a short, direct route from El Paso to Chicago over its own lines. Through this new route, the railroad men claim they will be in a position to give to Southern California territory better service than was possible in the past. As a result of this merger, the company will feel justified in making expenditures that would not have been considered. Included in the merger agreement is a pledge by the Southern Pacific to build a long loop which will include the city of Phoenix on the main line of the road. The new merger should stimulate business in the entire southwestern part of the country and contribute to the prosperity of a wide tributary country. The weakest point in democracy has always been lack of appreciation of expert knowledge. Railroads, telegraphy, telephony and radio broadcasting, electrical lighting and electrical transmission of power are certainly public utilities, but the intelligent people of the United States will never consent that these things, requiring an enormous amount of expert knowledge, be placed under government ownership. The machinery of our government or of any other form of government known to man today is utterly incapable of handling technical problems which require the highest type of training applied to the highest type of intelligence. "All of these public utilities are full of complex technical problems which cannot and never were intended to be handled by any government. In Europe we see that where there is government ownership the utilities are being run at heavy deficits. And only recently Mussolini has said that he wants to get away from government ownership and adopt the American system." At the entrance to the zoological gardens a man approached a keeper. "Have you really got flying fish here?" "Yes." "I'll have to see 'em. Which is the way to the bird cages?" Plain Dealer Classified Ads produce results. Try this medium. California territory better service than was possible in the past. As a result of this merger, the company will feel justified in making expenditures that would not have been considered. Included in the merger agreement is a pledge by the Southern Pacific to build a long loop which will include the city of Phoenix on the main line of the road. The new merger should stimulate business in the entire southwestern part of the country and contribute to the prosperity of a wide tributary country. WOMEN'S FINERY Why are women given so much more to ornaments and superfluities in dress and finery than men? John Burroughs, wondering about this, observed that in the animal kingdom below man, save in a few instances, it is the male that wears the showy decorations. The male birds have the bright plumes; the male sheep have the big horns; the stag has the antlers; the male lion has the heavy mane; the male firefly has wings and carries the lamp. With the barnyard fowl the male has the spurs and showy comb and wattles. In the crow tribe, the male cannot be distinguished from the female, nor among the flycatchers, nor among the snipes and plovers. But when we come to the human species, and especially among the white races, the female fairly runs riot in ornamentation. "It if it is not to attract the male," asks Burroughs (in "The Last Harvest") "what is it for?" "It has been pretty clearly shown that what Darwin calls 'sexual selection' plays no part. Woman wishes to excite the passions of love," he answers. "She has an instinct for motherhood; the perpetuity of all species is at the bottom of it all." Woman knows how to make her dress alluring, how to make it provocative, how much to reveal, how much to conceal. A certain voluptuousness is the ambition of all women; anything but to be skinny and rawboned. She does not want to be muscular and flat chested, nor, on the other hand, to be over-stout, but she prays for flowing lines, and the plumpness that belongs to youth. A lean man does not repel her, not a rugged bony frame. NEXT THURSDAY DOLLAR DAY —Without the shadow of a doubt, the greatest Bargain Event of the Year WATCH TOMORROW'S PLAIN DEALER THE S. Q. R. STORE WATCH TOMORROW'S PLAIN DEALER THE S. Q. R. STORE MOTORMATES © 1924 A. Q. CQ. ASSOCIATED GASOLINE CYCOL MOTOR OIL FREE FROM DISTRUCTIVE *SURFACE COMPOUNDS* Sustained Quality ASSOCIATED OIL COMPANY