Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-20
EVERYBODY KEEP COOL

VIII everybody in Los Angeles pause
to recall the fact that Los Angeles IL
500 miles away from San Francisco and
completely outside the natural path
way of earthquakes?
VIII they not also stop to consider
how senseless it would be to indulge
m fears that may not be realized in
thousand years, if ever?
There has been a great tragedy ir
San Francisco, it is true, but we are
their neighbors and it is our business as
a courageous and brave people to stand
on the edge of the battlefield with
provisions and good cheer, supplies
money and encouragement.
A tremor or two doesn't indicate an
upheaval, any more than one swallow
makes a spring.
LET US BE MEN AND WOMEN!
Pull ourselves together and let us
appreciate again the delicious sunshine,
the green trees and the rose-embowered
cottages of beautiful Los Angeles.
There is work for us to do. Half of
San Francisco will be coming into this
city of ours this week, expecting to
find us happy, grateful and contented.
Expecting to find us at the stations
smiling and extending greetings of well
come.
Their expectations must be realized
They shall not be disappointed.
Cool heads and brave hearts are
greater than an army with banners.
Therefore let every man. woman and
child in Los Angeles at once shake off
all natural feeling of apprehension
natural by reason of relationship with
San Francisco-and stop jumping at
every sound and staying up nights to
hear the news.
Let every man return to his usual
avocation and thank God he lives in
this splendid city of the Angels.
GET BUSY-EVERYBODY!
There is no panacea for nervousness
quite equal to work. If you haven't
anything special to do, make something
that will occupy all your time. Quit
thinking Of the horrors of our neighbor
ing cities up the coast and pitch right
into making Los Angeles what the Lord
surely intends it to be-the greatest and
best city in this country.
And particularly remember this one
fact:
EARTHQUAKES ARE NOT CON-
FINED TO CALIFORNIA!
They are common throughout the
world. They are felt in st. Louis and
Chicago, Charleston and New York just
as often as they are in Los Angeles.
An official report of the weather
bureau, issued last night from Wash
ington, expressly stated that all the
seismic instruments in the government
service, in almost every city in the
United States, indicated disturbances
on Wednesday, while a distinct shock
of earthquake was felt yesterday at the
national capital itself, away on the
other side of the continent.
There is no scientific or any other
reason to apprehend trouble in South
ern California. Wise men believe the
worst is over in all parts of the
country.
And don't worry about the future of
business in this state. The earthquake
at San Francisco and neighboring
towns is destined to be a blessing in
disguise, for those cities will all be i'm
rebuilt-even as were Chi
cago, Charleston and Galveston-on a
grander, cleaner and better basis,
In the meantime Los Angeles will be
the city. of refuge of all California
cities that have been sorely afflicted,
and our duties are at once so numerous
that we cannot fail to find instant en-
ployment.
Let every man in Los Angeles, there
fore, steady his nerves and cool his
head and the natural course of our
affairs will quickly be resumed.
Don't worry! 1t doesn't pay!