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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-27
EVIDENTLY DOES NOT BELIEVE
IN A MATERIAL INTELLIGENCE

Los ANGELES, Dec. 25.-[Editor
Herald: This morning / am going to
quote for V. S., beginning with Gene
sis: And a mist went up from the
earth" A material conception of Gre
alton which obscures the truth. In
1 Samuel we read: For the Lord
seeth not as man seeth, for man look
eth on the outward appearance"
st. Paul said: 1.-THE worlds were
framed by the word of God so that
what is seen hath not been made out
of things which do appear"
Matter is a sensitive, visual concept
of that which is real, to get the true
idea of which requires spiritual dis
cernment-God's viewpoint.
Emerson said: "Our globe, seen by
God, is a transparent law"
Huxley: 1.-THE only world we can
know is a thought world"-hence con-
tramaterial.
V. S. would say: Matter is intelli-
gent"
Epicharmus said: otis the UNDER
standing that sees and hears and rules
everything"
Prof. Oswald: Matter is a thing of
thought which we have constructed
for ourselves, rather imperfeotly to
represent what is permanent'-there-
fore not the real substance.
Hawthorne: 1.-THE world is only a
thought and no longer the substance
we dreamed It,"
Fiske: Apart from consciousness,
there are no such things as color, form,
position or hardness; and there is no
such thing as matter"
Mrs. Eddy wrote: "All is infinite
mind and its infinite manifestation"
and she is the only one who ever de-
fined electricity. This is her definition,
V. s.: Electricity is the least elusive
form of mortal (mist) consciousness"
Do you grasp It? No!
How hardly shall rich man enter
the kingdom" First go and sell all
thou hast" Get rid of the plenteous
material nderstanding-the mist that
obscures your vision of truth.
I could fill The Herald with quota
tions, but they would only be words to
some persons. r. N.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-27
ENDORSES CORRESPONDENT
ON EVILS OF MlLlTARl5M

LOS ANGELES. Dec. 22-l bdltor
HoraldI Like Mrs. II. D. Long
Beach mother. / am among the nun
dreds who hunger for the mental foou
OF the "Public Letter Box GIVING
thanks always for the same. Motn-
er's alarm is too well founded YET we
are all charmed with the order ana
rIennnesa Of our army and navy and
dread to hear II condemned IN any
way.
Ia Long Beach last summer l sug-
Rested army" to "a we'll schooled young
man OF 20. He speaking for himselt
and his college companions, sara
Army Is HE'LL" And / closed the eyes
of a fine young man this year who had
struggled hard to overcome SIN anu
sickness acquired in the u. s. ~. 1
said TO myself, II suppose we must
own the navy. too, Is hell to very
many"
But may I ask. are not the class of
men that Roosevelt" stands for doing
much successfully to improve the moral
life of both army and navy? j think
80. l remember reading letter OF a
youth who said. college to me was u
sink OF vice" And q neat, clear minded
man, editor OF a reform labor paper In
Canada, the Bond Of Brotherhood,
condemned the Church of England and
said he WINS forced TO leave in early
youth to avoid contamination.
But must we condemn the church and
college, the army and navy7 What are
our Sunday schools and churches do
ing? Much; yet not all we need Of
them. We loudly sing "All hail the
power of Jesus name" yet flee from
microbe in sickness and fall also into
sin too often.
Let mothers, and fathers, too. prove
more of the power OF the Word of
God in their homes, to save our boys
from sin and sickness. Then our grand
army and navy will not be floating
fortresses OF destruction" for boys, but
bonds of brotherhood" and schools of
purity, as our churches and colleges
are being made more and more.
Let us thank God the world is getting
better, and take courage; and let more
mothers help the Public Letter Box
and help place The Herald in more
homes. Jesus said: "Ye are clean
through the word l have spoken unto
you" Now let the Letter Box also
speak and make us Clean"
ARTHUR L. PARSONS.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-27
SAYS OLD DOG WAGON AND
cATcHERs ARE STILL ON DECK

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 21.-[Editor
Herald: Will you kindly inform us,
through your valuable paper, how it
comes to pass that the obnoxious old
dog wagon, which has been for years
an eyesore to the public as well as
box of torture for the helpless CANNES
imprisoned therein by the dog eaten
ers-this same old hot box, with it's
new coat Of varnish and gilt lettering
was on exhibition in the recent "home
product" parade, seemingly in a vain
attempt to fool the public. But 1t did
not work The varnish was altogether
too thin when put on, and although the
new uniforms worn at the present time
by some of the same old gang of dog
catchers have mighty nice shine to
them, the game won't work; the people
are "onto'' it. There is the same old
pound, in the same old place, and the
private grounds of George b. Vacher,
the former pound keeper And the
same old gang thrust upon the people,
as in the past.
How much of this are the long-suffer-
ing people going to stand?
OLD TIMER.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-27
SILLY WAR TALK

VIZ HY should the British empire,
w along with Japan, France and
Germany, attack the United
States? If the British government en-
tertains such a crazy project (Which
we do not for one minute believe)
what provision has London made for
dealing with the rebellions and revo-
lutions which, In consequence of such
extraordinary action so prejudicial to
the interests OF millions of Britons,
would take place Immediately in Scot
land, ireland, British Columbia, New
Zealand, Australia and Canada?
If Jim Ham Lewis is the originator
and inventor of the latest war scare.
will he take our dare to write to
the British government or any member
thereof, or to any colonial government
or any member thereof, and find out
how much foundation there is in fact
for his fantastic assertion
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-27
GAMBLING
SIC PROTEST agaInst gamblInL

BIG PROTEST against gambling
N win be a feature Of today's church
- services. A meeting to denounce
gambling will be held this afternoon
at the Temple auditorium under the
auspices OF the civic righteousness COM
mittee. We take It for granted the
speakers will not eonhne their atten-
tons to race track gambling and that
resolutions which may be adopted will
have a wider scope than most resolu-
tons directed against gambling. Many
anti-gambling crusades have been
weakened by the fact that they were
directed against only one form Of
gambling.
Now one form Of gambling Is as bad
as another, and an anti-raee track
gambling crusade would deal with only
one phase of the evil Nay, more. wo
believe If the subject of gambling were
taken up Wanfuiiy, vigorously and
without quibbling IN the United States
that form OF 1t exemplifled by bets
made on the results OF horse races
would soon disappear. The race track
"bookies" know very we'll they are not
the only gamblers in the land, ana
they are naturally indignant when a
wealthy man who has made his pile"
from prodigious ''boost'' Of 20. X. and
2. preferred" or from being "let In on"
some little corner or surprise party In
the stock market, suddenly appears In
81 long-tailed coat and a white tie to
tell them they ere mon of sin and must
abandon their netarious business.
Public sentiment should be aroused
on the question OF GAMBLING; and no
more foolish distinctions should be made
between the man who CANDLES at the
race track and the man who CANDLES
at the ticker in the luxuriously fur
nished office. In some OF the private
offices Of New York brokers 1t has been
nothing uncommon-as we can testify
to see ministers OF the gospel, news
paper and magazine writer's, railroad
men and persons who describe them
selves as people Of refinement and
leisure all assembled for a purpose
which might by them be described
euphemistically or equivocally, but
would best be defined by the blunt
word GAMBLING.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-27
CLAUS SPRECKELS

n NE of its greatest and most pic
turesque and characteristic fig
~ ures has been removed from the
Pacific coast by the death of Claus
Spreckels. He is one of the last of the
old timers, the fortune builders and
family founders Of the Golden West,
and his name is known wherever the
language is spoken and read. Mr..
Spreckels represented a class of men
in whom the pioneer spirit of adven-
ture is strong, and when with this spirit
are combined business sagacity and
shrewdness, a great commercial sue
cess in life is almost certain to be the
result. Men of this type generally re-
ceive large rewards in the shape OF
big fortunes, but they give their coun-
trv and the world so much In return
for their fortunes that 1t is doubtful
whether in spite of the wealth they
amass the world does not remain their
debtor. Mr.. Spreckels was man who
might have been described as model
millionaire" and he has left the coun-
try not only the result of his indus
trial enterprise and activity but a re-
markable family, one member OF
which, Rudolph Spreckels, has made a
name and fame in the United States
by his citizenship and his devotion to
courageous Americanisin.
Fortunately there is no need to ask
whether the Spreclkels fortune Will be
administered discreetly, because those
responsible for its stewardship repre-
sent a type totally different from one
with which America is becoming only
too familiar. Claus Spreckels was an
old man, who had been for long time
am invalid, but the news Of his long
expected death viii cause Keen ana
genuine regret throughout all the
world
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-27
MISRULE

II EPUBLICAN rule in the Philip
h, pines has been disgraced by an
~ outbreak of gambling and inmor-
ality which has caused the natives to
form associations for the preservation
Of decency. The Renacimiento, the or
gan of the Filipinos, says forcefully and
quantity: Every man, woman, child,
Chinaman and office cat in Manila
agree, say and insist that the munich
pal board Of Manila is incompetent,
does not comply with it's own ordi-
nances and is unfit for the place." Of
fetal incompetence. carelessness and
graft are blamed for the cholera cpl
demic OF Manila. Even the American
secretary of the interior of the islands
admits: Elm Manila and throughout the
archipelago generally there has been
an awakening to the fact that the sys-
TEN at present in vogue for the sup
preston Of contagious diseases leaves
much to be desired"
simultaneously with this awakening
has come demand that the RESPONSE
bility for the present situation be fixed
and that existing conditions be radi-
cally improved"
The natives are astonished to find the
American governor is disposed to es-
pouse their cause instead of aiding and
abetting the grafters. The Filipinos
evidently have not been accustomed to
that kind of an American governor, for
the Renacimiento says:
THE executive has spoken in no
measured terms about the neglect &C
the local authorities at Pasay, espe-
cially the president, which has been a
scandal to all decent persons for many
long day now. He says to the presi-
dent of Pasay, among other things:
You will remember that three or four
months ago I warned you about this
matter and told you that you would be
held responsible for results in permit
ting your municipality to be used as
a rendezvous for gamblers and a. ca
rousing place for disreputable men and
women. This warning is repeated for
the last time
This plain, unmistakable language,
coming from the executive. is in
marked contrast to the supine lack Of
interest manifested by the Federalism
Progresista governor of the province,
whose neglect of duty in this matter
has made it necessary for the executive
to personally interfere on more than
one. occasion in matters relating to that
province. There can be no excuse
urged for official neglect, as gambling
and every other form Of vice is not
only A BLOT UPON ANY CoMMu-
NIFTY, but it is the direct duty of Of
hcials to be active in stamping out
such evils anywhere and everywhere,
and no excuse can be offered that is
not an admission of either incompe-
fence or worse. II the executive viii
continue in this strain to talk to and
act toward officials anywhere and
everywhere, especially to those higher
up than municipal presidents, he will
earn the gratitude of all good citizens,
Americans and Fiilpinos alike. and 60
down into history as the first American
governor who 'hewed close to the line
lat the chips fall where they may"
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-27

w. C. T. U. workers are trying to
induce the government to use water
instead of wine or whisky at the
christening of the battleship Delaware.
Many people were Mortified to hear
hundreds of bottles of whisky were
broken when the Kentucky was
launched. An old Scotsman, at a SINH
lar event on the Clyde, protested
against "slc a sinfu' waste O. the mer-
cies." However, his motive was not
that Of the w. C. II. U.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-27

According to reports made by Cap
tain Fries on data carefully prepared
by him, the commerce Of San Pedro
exceeds one million tons annually, and
indications point strongly to q con-
tinued growth In the future. Citizens
of Los Angeles should take a keen in
terest in the harbor and in harbor mat
ters. Incidentally, they should visit
San Pedro from time to time and there
by receive the benefit of object les
sons In the growth and prosperity of
the harbor Of Los Angeles and prln-
cipal seaport of Southern California.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-27
The State Press
Exacting Position

The position OF a motorman on an
electric car is far from enviable. and
the wonder is there can be found men
who will assume the manifold respon-
sibilities and undergo the nerve
wrackinE strain with the long, tedious
hours for the pittance of 81 or $3.50 a
day which they receive.-San Jose
Herald.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-27
AT THE THEATERs

BIoIaAsCO-'sThe EasterncF."
ArASON-IAmbardi Opera Company.
BURBANK-"ZIrn."
IEAaEBURGER's AIAJEsTTC-''sts Hopkins
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
GRAND OPERA HOUsE-''The Toymalser.'
LOS ANGELES-Vaudeville.
PEOPLE'S-''RObert Emmett"
FIsCHER'S-'Tmprovid
E1IPIRE-"La Ciel."
UNIQUE-"A Busy Night"
MISUNDERSTANDING
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-27

All holiday records have been broken
by the amount of business handled by
Los Angeles postofice. Nothing more
strikingly illustrates the continued and
continuous growth and wonderful pros
perity Of this city than the constant
expansion of postoffice business. And
soon our remarkable city will have
entered upon the biggest business year
of .ts history.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-27

Andrew Carnegie issued a Christmas
message to the world. 1t is worded in
truly regal style. and the bumptious
naivete with which this citizen tells all
his fellow citizens why they should be
thankful and contented beats even the
record Of the Nine Tailors of Tooley
street who on a. celebrated occasion
issued a proclamation beginning: I'VE,
the people of England"
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-27
Truly cromweIIIan Fee

One American who profited in the
Panama canal deal was William Nell
son Cromwell, the lawyer who pre-
pared the papers and negotiated the
sale. He was paid by the French gov
eminent and received a fee of S2,000,000,
or per cent Of the $4G0O0,0O0 paid for
the property.-San Diego Tribune.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-27
cuPlp's AIM

Tom loves winsome Daisy,
And Daisy favors VIII;
VIII makes eyes at Maizie,
While Maizie pines for Phil;
Philip smiles at Dolly
And Dolly longs for Ted;
Ted loves only Polly,
And Polly lives for Ned.
Thus the lovers stupid
Sorrowing are fixed.
When young Mr. Cupid
Gets his arrows mixed.
Smart s
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-27
Far and Wide
Class viii Lead

The Yale class of '7S of which Pres
ident-elect Taft was a member, will
hold the place of honor in the inaugu-
raj parade on March 4. The honor po-
sition is what is known as "the right
of the line," and Immediately following
his old classmates the new president
will see the Citizens Taft club of Gin
cinnati-New York Tribune.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-27
A Study

Not all of us know how to distribute
Christmas cheer to the best effect.
Providing for the poor is a business
and q study. There are those who
know how to do this and whose vic
tories have consisted in the comforts
and the courage they carry where they
existed not.-Riverside Enterprise.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-27

So rarely do governors of various
states indulge in wordy wars that the
controversy between Governor Mead OF
Washington and Governor Fort Of New
Jersey gives the nation a genuine
Yuletide novelty.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-27

A police chief has been killed by rev.
made an appalling sacrifice of human
life in the attempt to maintain me-
dievalism amid modern influences.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-27

A record for arrests for drunkenness
was established during the past week.
We hope the record will never be
broken. Nay, more, we hope it will
never be rivaled
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-27
Calf Should Explain

John Wachob's calf was found Tues
day afternoon in the field a piece be-
low his fathers house in a ditch that
had been washed out by the rain, and
it is living. but too weak to stand. 1t
is supposed it went to cross the ditch
and fell in and was too weak to get
out.-Big Run Tribune.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-27
Worry and Hurry

Much of the worry of modern times
is due to the hurry of it. Therefore
hurry and repent" should be quite
as confirmed a maxim as "sell and re-
pent," which is the rule of action Of
those who grow rich bv holding on
San Francisco Commercial News.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-27

New Years week! Let us all make
up our minds to have happy New
Year. Happiness has a habit of COM
ing to those who expect 1t, and of stay
ing away from those who don't. There
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-27
Democracv and Anerlcanlsm

On the question of Imperialism 1t is
the Democratic party which stands on
solid ground. The fundamental princi-
pie in the American system lies in the
declaration that government has no
right to exist save by the free consent
of the governed.-Toronto Sun.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-27
Saving Wood

When it comes to forest preservation
Mr. Cannon prefers to say nothing and
let the lumber people go on saving
wood. Washington Star
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-27
ms. Palner,s Proaress

Besides being the social leader of Chi
cago and the recognized arbiter OF the
American colony abroad, Mrs. Potter
Palmer may enter the newspaper field
and become the owner of a Chicago
daily.-Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-27
Rev. DR.. Phonoaranh

It will be interesting to note if the
photograph in giving sermons to pas
torless fiocks will get the habit of pre-
will now wait upon the congregation
for the usual collection. "-Pasadena
Star.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-27
Friend of Man

When it comes to awards of the Nobel
prize do not let the claim of John D.
as the Friend Of the Brotherhood Of
Man be altogether orgotten.--Phila-
delphia Record.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-27
Prophetic

Christmas day, 1909, finds us a pros
porous and happy city in a great and
prosperous nation, where peace reigns
and good will toward men abounds.
Courier.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-27
The P ublic Letter Box

To CORRESPONDENT inteha ~
Tor publication must be accompanied D. tne
name and address Of the writer. Ihe he,-
aid gives Tho widest latitude to corresps1, ,n,.
cnta, hut assumes no responsibility Iof an ,,n
views Letters must not ekceen S"" "DN'
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-27
Spoiled His War

Japan may be doing the handsome
thing by the rest Of the American peo-
pie, but she has treated Richmond
Pearson Hobson shamefully.-Kansas
City Journal.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-27

And even in California, where we
ought to know better, the Christmas
choirs, as usual, sang "The snow lay
on the ground" Still, it's good old
carol.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-27
Cranberry Corner

The Christmas spirit was not quite
universal. Some pagan tried to corner
the cranberry croD.-Cleveland Leader.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-03
Apartment BUILDINGS.

The development of the fiat habit in
Washington is strikingly shown in the
current report of the District assessor.
Young persons can readily recall when
a flat in Washington was a novelty.
The custom of taking rooms was an an
cient one, but flat" was an innO-
vation In passing, it may be observed
that all flats are not flats. Many of them
are apartments and few of Them are
Suites
The assessor In his report says that
there are eighty-one fiat buildings in the
city. OF this number forty-seven are in
the northwest, seventeen in the south
west. eleven in the northeast, and six in
the southeast. The total assessed value
of these fiat houses is given at $9OS 800.
There are twenty-one fiat buildings be-
yond the city limits, their assessed valu-
alton being $3S9. 600, making the total as
sessed valuation of these houses in the
District of Columbia, 81 .237 900.
The amount of money invested in this
class of property is large and the figures
should be read in connection with that
paragraph of the report which says that
THE board labored hard to adjust the
inequalities and assessments and at the
two thirds value of all property in the
District of Columbia"
When the flat buildings began to spring
up in response to an insiStent demand it
was common to hear men remark that
the city would soon be overbuilt with
them and that fiat rents would fall. This
condition has not been realized. Let
person start on a fiat hunt and learn how
difficult it Is to find fiat that suits and
with what steadiness the rents hold.
Another prophecy freely made was that
with the construction of SO many fiat
houses, many of them with accommoda-
tons for scores OF families, the demand
for houses would fall away. All the old
houses seem to have people living in them,
though their owners have been compelled
to make improvements they perhaps
new houses that have been built are
many and the demand for them is strong.
The assessors report shows that during
the fiscal year ended June SO last the in
crease in the number of buildings was
1877, and the number of buildings i'm
proved and repaired, 4S5. The total num-
Der of new buildings was 1,o62, OF which
Lois were brick and BAT frame. AS dur
ing the year 4S5 buildings We're removed.
the total increase 311.
The lesson in all this is that Washing
ton is fast becoming greater Washing
ton, that the number of its citizens is
growing and that it's people are gaining
in prosperity.