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FRIDAY MORNING.
Los Angeles Herald
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( The art of love, sir, is the art of sivinp. |
/ —Dick Stcele. J
HOLDING UP SANTA CLAUS
SANTA CLAUS must regret having turned
over the delivery of presents to the ord
carriers of today when he reads of $250,000
worth of gifts having been burned up in Chicago
and thai a tramp stole .1 mail pouch full "i them
in Utah. Nevertheless the incidents will furnish
excuses I. >r at leasl $2,000,000 worth gifts thai
nc\ er a; li\ cd.
However, the merry old saint can be satisfied
with the way are being distributed propetly
hi re. Two hundred sack- of registered parcels ar
rived in one bunch, and every train U dun
more oi them. Postmaster I lan: n ighted
with the way gifts are coming in early and prom
ises that every remembrance from tin ill be
delivered on tim* '! he rush of handling outgoing
mail is about over so that muie employes will be
available for the Kris Kringle job right at home.
MAKE A POLICEMAN CHIEF
THE board <^i police commissioners, it is un
derstood, is about to choose a new head for
the police department. It should bear in
mind that Los Angeles is a city of more than 33
000 people and the center of a population of 5l lOJ
and that the day of experimenting in the protec
tion of so vast a multitude is past. What Los \n
geles needs i - a policeman for head oi the force.
There are good and trained men in the ranks who]
know what ought to 1"- done to give the city a bet
ter polic< administration, and one ii them shot
be named for the po iti< >n.
Every time a civilian has been placed in that,
position the results have not been all that could
be desired in the way of efficiency. {lard-headed
business men would not think of installing a la
man n~ the head oi a hospital nor would they pi
one of their own nunibi i to be the head of a law
firm, so why go outside of the men who really j
know the business for a policeman?
A man from the ranks is never so much in dan
ger of Forgetting duty to look after fads as is
civilian chief, because the trained man knows noth
ing but his duty and he gets busy doing it.
THE DEFENSE OF THE DUCK
THE spectacle of Hubert Latham hunting
ducks with a shotgun in a monoplane is both
fying and an | - a scientific achieve
ment, but is it fair t< i the duck :
c main protection oi the duck against its
enemies lias be< n thai ii could fly, bui pur
suing the bird into its own element with a gun
take the j ; ■ aim i if real spon ;
; race is that the duck
ising a submarine alsi \, Mr.
L.atli : ' eas ure.
{■y, present time the principal enemy the
: ilk- ■ agli or the hawk. It is
the man with the gun al i mci c, but
n and brought more
nition manufacturer than
eir <>wn larder. Anyhow, the
hance, 1 >\v when he i d into
tered againsi a cloud
Thei ■
i : i duck
■ • ' ■ .
down
AFTER CONTROL GRABBERS
SI
mndoc!
:• -minded
imniis
that ■ ;■■ irate
■ The
tiers, and
ntrol
can a they ] ; ' iv< stment
( I]
louli '•" buy the i ntire
! ! i advo
pi cent of the
iry foi it the remainii
;. ti i i '■.•hi be bought
■
'II ' ' df bcitij
-i mable, < ' ation of \ alues
the maj i ilcler ■ hance to
ie a 1 va 1 • :■ • - ill
volvi
Mr. Untcrmyer concluded his argument with
this statement, which is unique as coming; from a
man who has an international reputation as a cor
poration lawyer:
"The holding company should be eliminated, I
am speaking from wide experience when I say that
the holding company is in many instances formed
for the express purpose of coercing the minority
stockholder to deposit his stock and take in ex
change Ihe securities of the holding company."
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Editorial Page §f Tshe Henald
WHY THE WEST PROSPERS
Till', uninterupted prosperitj of the west is ex
citing the wonder of the east, which has set-1
tied down to winter grumbling about tight
me) and tin- falling of) in business. The secrei
be found in the tart that the west i- constant
ly increasing its products while the east is bcrom-,
ing less and less of a 1 roducer. Back there they
have to paj cash for the things that the man in the
west gets in his back yard for the picking. Of all
the country, Southern ( alifo'.nia has the
prosperity, because here it can be sate!}
said thai a crop of sonic kind is being harvested
every month.
The wesi prospers al 1 ause it obeys the law
I that all real wealth that is enduring conies from
Nature—the products of the hills and the soil. The
wealth that is made here conies from the produc-;
tion of things the w rid needs as against the I ill I
en by manipulators and speculators from the
results of the toil of others. The money that is
earned by producing something is ihe kind that
sticks and the conn 1 inities that produce most cu-|
I joy the greatest measure of continuous prosperity.
New York especially growls, bui the complaints
'come mostly from thai class who have thrived for
years by capitalizing blue sky and selling it to the
Iresi of the nation at a premium. The people ol the
West have come to know that fliey have just as.
good quality of blue sky at home and that it docs
\ not cosi them anything.
Nor have the railroads a right to complain.
I h< v are carrying a heavier traffic than they ever
i 111 their history, and the fact that too often has
„ 525-ton of rails been made the excuse for a if
bond is a fault of their own making.
THE ROCKEFELLER GIFT
EVIDENTLY John D. Rockefeller docs not
believe thai giving encourages gifts. That
i- why lie announced that his Christmas gift
ol ?10.000,000 to the University of Chicago will
be his last to that institution when the payment of
• i si ,000 installments is completed.
He naively says lie has quit giving so that the
others may have a chance, in the belief that other
big donations are not likely to come so long as the
public believes the unlimited millions of the Rocke
r fortune are at the disposal of thai college.
Mr. Rockefeller also set at rest the imputations
that lie wanted to dominate the education of the I
li of the middle west b\ withdrawing his son
land Fred G. Gates from the hoard of directors .is
liis personal representatives.
During the time that Mr. Rockefeller lias been
making his gifts the public also has contributed
| $7,000,000 to the institution, and it is the hop.' of
the school's benefactor that the public will con
i timii to do so.
What Mr. Rockefeller will do with his fast mi
i creasing millions is a question. His wealth is so
enormous that it must have an outlet. As it was
contributed to Mr. Rockefeller by the public, per
haps he might be induced to allow the public to
suggest how it shall be spent.
THE VICTORIOUS CIGARETTE
SAX FRAXCISO > hostelries have surrendered
to the cigarette when it is between the lips of
fair women. They declare it is "cosmopoli
tan," but to the glory of the men and women of
California it ran safely be said they would use a
harsher term.
The Palace and the Fairmont announce that
have had cigarette smoking by women on
n" for nearly a year and now they give
women full and free permission to smoke in public.
This decision merely shows the diversity of
In Kansas Citj the other day a judge
. to a man w h' i wanted freedom be
,vife smoked cigarettes in bed. He ruled
he had a perfect right to smoke them there.
■ fin i" the covers, but declared that
if she had puffed them in public it would be
nds :'■ >r \'-'.: d si paration.
Fvcrvthing is grisi for the mill of argument for
tn( Lou'isvill Courier-Journal when it comes to
thai newspaper's defense of the Kentucky product
o { i, ; d here is one of its unique examples:
i orn has been grown from a. grain
t j ia i „ ■ the breast of an Egyptian mum
will confirm the belief that there
iplc in corn that will revive a dead
■
. : | ne has discovered the firsi
I law—"Yankee Doodle,"
ther in his cap and "called it mac
|j a violator of the game law also.
! • her was it ?
■ h for these college professors to
n the value of an average
'„,'n ]„ ihe figures and nobody
baby that he did not believe was the
i w i irld.
\, has assessed a tax of $200 a day
on former Senatoi William A. Clark's $7,000,000
hai i it} . Pretty stiff price to pay for
11 you own the plac< yourself.
i . ufort wa= brought to realize that
i i count [or much in this country when a
judge fined him $10 for disorderly
condui i ted on getting the cash.
[Jr. ( iol< is coming back on the George
Washington, but can that be taken as any proof
that :; nator of north pole fiction has turned
, iver a new 1
'i'he steel trust has just announced a Christmas
1 to it- officers and employes. A
cut in prices would give general satisfaction
to the nati' m.
I et us hope that the influx of humm liair from
the -'' 00 >aci iii. cd Chinese queues will not
ai\v further 'ulargement of \v< i icn's coif
fures iust because i 1 ial is cheap.
[{very box 'a adena T< mrnanient of
mi Januar; ' lias been subscribed for at a
premium. Thai i the advantages of having
: colony ol ;iiilli(inaires.
tlion and FSiblcs arc to be placed in the Chi
ln !• I lo effeel t!]r reformation of thai city.
I i i thai an awful big job foi onlj 6000 copies ?
And We Thought We Had Reached the Limit
<rv 4^?/¥.)-/ -^? /r/vo/v' what/
Two hundred million Chinese are obeying an imperial edict commanding them to cut off their
iueues.—\ew> [tern. _____
THE HERALD'S PUBLIC LETTER BOX
LETTER FOR C. F.
There is a letter at The Herald office
for the contributor who writes over
the initials "C. F."
WHERE TO BUY BIBLE
Editor Herald: Your correspondent
E. M. Johnson wants to know where
lie can buy "a good and well bound
copy of 'Holy Writ' for 25 cents." If I
he will apply i- any agent of "The
American Bible society,'' he will ba able
to buy such a copy at the price stated.
A cloth bound copy of "Science and :
H' aith" which I own and which cost
$5 twenty years ago, is distressingly |
Inferior to the 25 cent Bible. The copy
right works wonders, G. G. BROCK.
Redlands, Cal.
RESPECTS OTHERS' BELIEFS
: Editor Herald: The thought has
come to me that we do not reflect the '
Bweet spirii ol charity manifested by
Christ '-us. our way shower, when wo
want only to criticise the religious be
llei of our neighbor -, ■ pecla llj when
we do not knew or understand the re
ligious b lief of this neighbor, I am
afraid that some of us are prone to
forget the wonderful teachings of our
Master in hli sermon on the mount, or
we should attend to our own business
and keep our mouth shut and pen still.
Christ speaks forth In language that
cannot be misunderstood by any sin
cere nd honest perßon when he says
"Judge not, that ye be not judged.
For with what judgment ye Judge, ye
shall be ludgi d, and with what measure
ye ny ti . '.t shall be measured to you
again." Does not this teach us that
our unjust criticisms will not injure
our neighbor, but that it will reflect
back m us and cause us to suffer what
we hoped to make our neighbor suffer.
"Blessed are they \vhi< h are perse
cuted for righteousness sake, for theirs
is the king lorn of. heaven. Bli ssed are
ye when men shall revile you and say
ill manner cf evil against you falsely.
for my sake; rejoice and be exceeding
glad, for -o persei uti th< y the
prophets whlcli were befori you."
S. .-'. KAIN.
Randsburg, Cal.
VACCINATION AND SERUM
Editor Herald: In last. Sunday's Let
ter Box Dr. D. W, Hunt of Glcndale
writes an irtli le in defense of vac
cination and he makes ime Btati
ments so remarkable that l feel com
; elled In the interest of #ruth to replj .
Tho doctor admits there was a time
when the vaccine was impure and un
trustworthy and bungingly admlnis
tered, hut ' that such Is not the caso
. i\v. Ho admits the fearful Indictment
that has bi en brought gainst this
system, but makes the statement that
it js not the case today. But we know
that it is the case today and that it is
doing its cruel work the same as ever.
Tii. mo I markable tatement he
makes i- that anti-toxin is such a
demonstrated truth now that It Is no
longer dl puted,
Aantl-toxln was discovered In 1893,
and soon came Into general use by the
medical profession In England and
America, as well as in other civilized
■ itlon It ha been hailed by a cer
tain class of physicians as one of the
most important and life saving dlscov
eries of our time. The claim has been
and the general impression prevails
that the death rate in diphtheria has
been cut down from 40 per cent or BO
er cent to ii per cent by means of
the serum treatment. But actual sta
tistics which no one would think oT
disputing prove that there have been
many more deaths per million p rsons
since tS»3 than there had been bi fore
that date. This deplorable fact is shown
unmistakably by tho statistics relat
ing to diphtheria at the register gen
eral's office In England. The apparent
increase in the number of cases of
diphtheria Is easily explained. physi
cians everywhere utilize the injections
In most, cases of sore throat and all
arc classed as diphtheritep, although it
i, altogether probable that not mori
than -0 per cent are properly bo classed.
The increased irro mortality has been
caused by the o-promotlng serum.
There is no other poi Bible way of ac
counting for 40 per cent Increase in the
number of deaths per million of popu
lation year after year since the serum
treatment was established.
.M RB. JOHN SOBIESKI,
«SO7 Brighton avo.
TAKES ISSUE WITH EDISON !
Editor Herald: Mr. Edis >n say? lie
doubts the existence of a soul or spirit. !
Mr. Edison is i xceedingly great In a.
certain direction, but he cannot put ;
living 1 spirit Into anything be he ever
bo great. His recording phonograph
records only that which a living spirit
has given forth and whatever may be
I done with electricity must have a man,
', in other words living spirit, guiding
I and making uho of it. Electricity
| cannot manage Itself, be it ever bo
powerful, but must be managed by a I
living spirit. And this proves that
spirit i.s übovo and beyond all else, con
sequently he is the master of it.
Is it the matter of which his body
Is composed whl.'h masters electricity,
01' is it the .spirit within that body Of
matter? it is. The man consequently j
■ cannot lose its Identity b< caus ■ the
material sloughs away from the Iden
tified man, spirit is indestructible, con
sequently Immortal. it cannot die
and man carries his form and Identity
throughout eternity. Edison is the
Identii al Kdison. J. G,
Los / •--roles, 'al.
OPPOSES HIGH BUILDINGS
Editor Herald: -Tho council acted
wisely in holding the height of build
ings at the old limit, and what you had
to say, In the outstart, was wisely
i said; "That such buildings made a con
gestion In traffic In the vicinity where
they were located."
Such buildings (large buildings) If j
us i for business purposes are the
means of concentrating, centralizing,
business and work hardships on those
engaged In a like business outside of
Baid centralized zone. A well bal
anced city, when convenience to the
public Is taken into account, and when
we . 'lould tight against just a few men
Cjontrollng the entire business of that
city, should have business houses lo
cated all over its territory. This would
give the people a chance to save car
fare by making their purchases near
home.
The writer overheard some women
ghoppi is talking the other evening.
They said: "It was a shame that peo
ple had to go through such jams, as
they did downtown, in order to do a
little trading."
But, If this man. now seeking to
build this high building and have his
room on the top door, lias been one
of the class that exploit the laboring
class In order to gain wealth and prom-
Inance, I do not blame him for getting
up as near heaven as he can while
living. W. S. BURROUGHS.
Los Angeles, Cal,
CRITICISM FOR CRITIC
Editor Herald: The recent attacks on
Christian Science by a local preacher
have appeared "exclusively" In the col
umns of a local "bird of a feather"
daily generally recognized for Its de
'\itv. It will be observed that the
reverend gentleman sums up his tirade
by quoting from letters received from
various sources commending his course
and reciting Instances wherein Chrlß
tian Science has resulted in disrupting
households and causing other evil con
ditions following its acceptance by cer
tain persons, which might be said of
any religion and don't prove anything
In particular except possibly to Illus
trate what Jesus said: "I come not to
bring peace but a sword."
This same gentleman received other
communications testifying to benefits
received through Christian Science,
both spiritual and physical, but desir
ing to present only ono side and thu-:
wilfully misrepresenting the subject
In hand no mention is made of such,
although regularly subscribed to by
the writers' full names and addresses.
Jesus commanded his followers to
"preach the gospel, heal tho sick," the
oik being -ynonymous with the other.
Does our critic do this? No. They
••have a form of Godliness, but deny
ing the power thereof," and so must
"preach Christ of envy and strife."
Envy of the amazing arowth of Chris
tian Science Is causing this "walling
a.:d gnashing of to<nh." and would vent
itself In trying to stir up strife: but
evil Is not power, for <ioil is omnipres
ent. He maketh the wrath of man to
praise him; the remainder of wrath
lie shall rest i a in. It. N.
Ocean Park, Cal * \
SAYS MINISTER DANCES
Editor Herald: Having always un
: derstood that tha rules <>r' the Baptist
church forbid dancing and theater-go
ing, I am at a loss to understand how
; the Baptist church allows one of it ««
I ministers (Rev. Burdette) and his wife
t,, not only attend theaters and balls.
but to in" In the theater business and
in be patroness of tho New Year's ball
at Pasadena, aa Mrs. Burdette often i*.
If it Is against the rules of the Bap
tist church for lay members to dance
or attend the theater, ] should think
it would i" a far tnon serious offense
1 for one of its ministers to do the same,
aa it would be his place to set a good
example. Perhaps some of the Bap
tisl readers can enlighten me on this
point. I always understood that tho
members were expelled from the church
for dancing and theater-going. Why
then lias thn mfhlster, of all people, the
right to break these rules? And as for
making money nut of the theater busi
ness, what do the Baptist laymen think
of that In one of their ministers? Since
reading your editorial on advertising
.1 a means of increasing the attend
ance at the questionable play at Tem
ple auditorium, it \va> occurred to me
thai perhaps the Temple Auditorium
church, being Interested in Temple
Auditorium theater, may have purpose
ly sought to draw a crowd to that
naughty play. HELEN BTANDIBH.
l.os Angeles, Cal.
HAIR PULLING DENIED
Editor Herald: Observing much
controversy respecting Richard Bar
ry's article on woman suffrage, recent
ly published in t lie Ladles Homo Jour
nal, 1 wrot•• to an exceedingly well
known suffragette, requesting; further
light. In reply she has sent me quite
a criticism of tin- article and what she
labels "Extract from a letter sent to
me by 8 prominent Denver woman." It
reads', in part, as follows:
"The factional fight which Barry tells
about took place in the Jane Jefferson
Democratic club, an organisation com
posed Of women .ion holder? under the
city hall machine, with the wives and
daui fcters of officeholders, or Speer
henchmen. The leaders of the two
factions are Mary C. C. Bradford and
Mrs. .1. B. Hunter. once 'dearest
friends,' now sworn enemies. Ther" is,
no doubt, much tens, ness of feeling
between the two faction?, but there is
noi a word of truth in the 'hrtlr pull-
Ing' yarn. It was told that one \vo
n pushed another out of her way
when the election conflict in tho club
was at its hottest -but even that story
is denied. r need not add that the
.lane Jeitr rsons are in no way represen
tative of Denver womanhood."
The correctness of the statement in
the .ast sentence I do not doubt. Nev
ertheless, po'i'ies seems to he getting
In its usual deadly work with a roc
tion of the Denver women.
SKEPTIC.
Lou Angeles. ("a I.
A POEM WORTH WHILE
THE SANDS OF DEE
"Oh, Mary, ko and rail the cattle home,
And call the cattle home,
And 'all the cattle home.
Across the sands of Dee."
I'll.- western wind was wild an<l dark with foam,
And ail alone went she.
The western tide rrept up along the sand,
And o'er and o'er the Hand,
And round and round the sand,
As far as eye could see.
The rolling- mist came do\*n and hid the land;
And never home came ibe,
"Oh, Is It weed, or fish, or floating: hair—
A tresa of golden hair,
A drowned maiden's hair.
Above the nets <it sea?"
Was never salmon yet thiit thone so fair
Among tho-Btakes of Deo.
They rowed her In acroM tha rolling foam,
The i ruel, crawling foam,
The i iv. i. hungry foam,
To her grave !>■ side the lea.
Bui still the boatmen bear h«r call the cattle
AcroM the wndi of Pee.
DECEMBER 23, 1910.
THE SOVEREIGN PEOPLE
Editor Herald: Have we migrated
away from tho precepti and example*
of constitutional government of. tha
I poopla toward an oligarchy of l-olltl
otanß and holder.? Profound
political platform, (which In the final
analysis appear to be mere word.) do
1,,,,, mako a party sreat or just, and
! often yield no reeonl«abl« rrnitiwo of
reaulti. Political parties should not be
Judged by whal they havß .pokwi, but
by accompllHhment, and then not for
themselves, but for their .overelgn
masters, tho people. That party will
have done much which has done th|s
well, and politicians will do well who
serve the community and not their
own selfl.h Interest. Serv and works
then would seem of greater value and
! to speak more effectively than even
political words and proml.es.
The needs' of the country are not
' what the politician and office holders
in Washington ur elsewhere determine
i upon as such; but what the people,
i their masters, have determined upon
j and which they are delegated to per
i form, and that only. Is nol the time
I at hand now that thia should be bot
! ter understood, thai the people them
! selves are the only determining power
i in the land; that there is no room for
I political bosses; that while they have
i been tolerated, thai this but demon
strates the toleration of the great
patient people—sovereign In very fact,
economically, politically and progres
sively—whoso mandate. la paramount,
and though often defiled by appointed
servants, yrt such denial but yields
their downfall. The sovereignty of tho
people, to bo .i producing constructive
j quantity—a live asset—must be such In
action, or it. will give no impulse to
i promotion of their rights and Inter
! eats, and If it goes by default and tho
I sum <it" its visible product Is tho mo
! men turn of tho political r""' of Its
I servants, anil the decline of popular
: Initiative, its history will soon bo
written.
LINCOLN C. CUMMINGS.
nrookline, Mass.
WITH THE PLAYERS
"Rebecca of Bunnybrook Farm" with
Die entire American cast will be played
in London next spring.
• • •
Henry Arthur Jones' new play, "We
can't I'.e aa Had us All That," will
have Its first American production at
N'asimova'S theater, New York, next
Monday evening.
• • •
Tho Shuberts have Installed a wire
less telegraph station on the roof of the,
Casino theater, New York, so that
passengers on incoming steamers can
reserve seats at any of the Bhubert
houses before they land.
• • •
WlUlam Gillette, during his farewell
week in New York which begins Mon
day evening, will continue to present
revivals of his old plays. The week
will be divided between* "The Private
Secretary," "Too Much Johnson," "Se
cret Service" and "Shmlock Holmes."
Ohicn«o will see Puccini's new opera,
"The <iirl of the Golden West," Mon
day night for the first time, when It
will be sung by the Chicago Grand
, ipera company with Miss Caroline
White ;is Minnie Smith, Mr. Amadeo
Basal as Dick Johnson, MOIU. Maurice.
Rena.'d as Jack Ranee, the sheriff, and
MOM. Hector Dufranne as Sonora.
Dorothy Donnelly, who created the
role of "Madame X" in this country
and member* of the company now pre
senting the play In Philadelphia, went
to New York by special train Saturday
to see Mme. B. rnliardt's matinee per
formance >>f the drama, returning in
time for their own regular evening
performance In the city of brotherly
love.
A HEARTY LAUGH
I Being the day's best Joka from th« n«w«
Exchanges.
Two miserable looking hobos railed
on the dean of a medical college and
proposed tint he purchase, their bodies
for the dissecting room, as they weir
! on the verge of starvation and had not
long to live.
"It la an odd proposition," hesitated
the dean. ■ <
"But It is occasionally done," sug
gested the spokesman, eagerly.
"Well," said thn dean, "we might ar
range it. What price do you ask?"
■I ivor in New York," replied the
spokesman, -they gave us forty dol
liirs."— Mppincotf h.
Rev. Charles Kingsley