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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-05
DEFINES TO OWN SATISFACTION
MATERIAL AND IMMATERIAL

0A!ICOY, Jan. 1.-[Editor Herald:
IN thlS letter 1 want to give the defini-
Ilon OF 1mmaterial substance that
Whlch underlies all outward manifesto
Ilons; the permanent subject or cause
OF Phenomena; that which is real in
ulStlncuOn from that which is merely
apparent; that which constitutes ANY,
thlng what it is; the real existing
essence. We are forced to recognize
the existance of this invisible sub
stance in nature, the immateriaI. the
real substance.
The difference between the material
and immaterial is:
The material is a visible, tangible
inactive substance, and without a vital
grim from previous life viii under no
condition develop a plant or animal;
that matter has no vital formative
power With it's weight, divisibiIity
and inertia, material substance (mat-
teri is the medium through which the
physical forces act.
The immaterial cannot have inertia
for what force above God to propeI
his actions?
Gravity, attraction, repu1sion, mag
netism, electricity light, heat and
sound are physical forces of nature al
though closely associated with mate
rial substance, have none of the dis
tinguishing properties of matter. and
cannot therefore be cIassed as material
substance (matter).
They are, however, substantial en-
ergies, with eXerting or exertable pow
ers capable of producing the various
kinds of actions in (matter) material
substance. ]. H. L.
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ANGER Is DESTRUCTIVE,
LOVE is HEALTH-GIVING

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 3-[Editor
Herald: December "a Charming Sever
ance wrote: when they get down to the
human mind and declare it controls the
body and has power to insure good
health or disease and our bodies can
be completely dominated by it I would
like to ask why if a mans wind is shut
off for five minutes it leaves him with
out a mind?'
No man has ever yet developed suf-
fcient power to preserve his mind un-
der all possible adverse circumstances,
but there is a reasonable proba bility
that it may be accomplished some time
That will be when the mind has ac-
quired complete control over the body
and it's surroundings.
That the mind now partially controls
the body is backed by the strongest
evidence. The medical books recite
cases where nursing babes have died
after mothers angry fit and hair has
bleached from fright. Anger and fear
are purely mental acts. They directly
caused deleteriouS chemical changes in
the bodies. That their oppOsites, love
and confidence, are health-giving is
the testimony of living thousands.
These are a few instances of the
mind controlling the body, insuring
health or disease. AS the mind now
has partial control of the body, it is
reasonable to conclude that with de-
velopment of its powers it may obtain
complete control of the body eventual
ly, even to preserving a mans wind
indefinitely. ASBURY CECIL.
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SAYS CHRISTIAN SCIENCE KEY
UNLocKs FOR CONSIDERATION

ALEXANDRIA, Dec. 31.-[Editor Her
add: w. E. Brown says 1 am not
posted on Christian Science. However,
1 am posted well enough to know what
am talking about. 1 never said
that Mrs. Eddy was not the founder
of the Christian Science cult, but I
did say that she was not the discoverer
of mental healing. That she was a
disciple of P. P. Quimby and p ac-
ticed and taught his method of heal
ing long before she called it Christian
Science is also a matter Of history.
That the difference between "Quimby-
ISM and "Eddyism" is only micro
scopical is evident to any one cOmpar-
ing them. That Mrs. Eddy is a great
woman fnancier and shrewd business
organizer is evident; that she legal
lied, monopolized and organized these
teachings as have other merchant
princes other commodities, is also a
matter of history I used the term
'Eddyism" advisedly and with due re-
spect, for her teachings can scarcely
be called a science.
Whether or not Mrs. Eddy knows
that suggestion is the potent force in
her teachings makes no difference as to
fact; she took particular pains that
none of her followers should find it out,
for behold her great bugaboO, "mali-
cious animal magnetism "demOnOl-
Ogy,' etc. The idea that one mind can
maIiciously injure another belongs in
the great junk heap along with witch
craft, hell fire to demons. To admit
that suggestion was secret would be
to deny the supernatural and remove
the mystery. This would never do, for
behold she has the key and a patent
on it and the key unlocks-for a con-
sideration.
"Credat Judaeus Apella.''
DIR. HUMANITAS.
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CALLS ON CITIZENS TO
VOICE VIGOROUS PROTEST

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 4.-[Editor
Herald: Let US take one more peep
into Ed Kern's corporation record be-
fore the mayor takes his threatened
step in appointing a friend of corpora
tons to an office in which he will be
able to use an immense amount OF
power and influence for the benefit of
corporations. You have already pointed
out in The Herald that Mr.. Kern's his
tory in connection with corporations
should be warning enough to all who
think he is fit for the office to which
he will be elevated. Three years ago
the county assessors figures on ten Of
the largest utility corporations doing
business in this city were compared
with the city assessors. 1t was found
that the city assessors figure was
$9,9lO,OO0 less than the county assessors.
The figures represented exactly the
same actual value in property; yet one
assessment was vastly greater than the
other. Now, reader, figure $1.20 cent on
the foregoing totals and you will find
the amount of the plum saved for the
corporations. Is it any wonder they
back up the machine on election day?
That same year the city council while
sitting as q, board of equalization was
asked by the Los Angeles Gas company,
one Of the ten corporations referred to
above, to reduce its assessment by $780,
000 The city assessor vigorously OPP
posed the reduction asked for, but his
protests were brushed aside. The full
amount of proposed reduction was
made by the council, and Ed Kern
voted for it. The gas company saved
$2400 and the city lost it. L never could
understand how men who are both
sworn and paid to protect the tax
payers interests can act in this way;
and yet Mayor Harper asks is Kern
corporation man?
In this appointment the will Of the
people is brutality overridden and in
it's confirmation the council will for
felt it's right to public confidence. Good
citizens should be present at the coun-
Gil chamber Tuesday, and there voice
their Indignation at the highhanded
procedure. M. T. COLLINS.
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A REAL REFORM

NFOST sensible Of modern reform
ER proposals or projects is that
LII which plans an international
meeting in Washington in 1910 for the
purpose of discussing ways and means
to stop the making of criminals. 1t
begins at last to look as if society
were about to take up the social prob
lem-of which criminology is a branch
and, by learning to put the horse
before the cart, improve conditions.
Most elaborate machinery exists
throughout the civilized world for the
detection of crime and the punishment
of criminals. Preventive measures
have hardly been considered. The
meeting of the international Prison
congress has the backing Of Secretary
Root, who has asked congress for
$4,000 to aid in showing the foreign
delegates what this country has &C
complished in improved methods of
dealing with crime, especially in the
direction Of juvenile courts, probation,
child-saving and other reformatory
agencies. Secretary Root, however,
will not be able to show the delegates
that the country has accomplished
anything in improved methods of deal
ing with prevention of crime.
In these columns we have pointed
out, for instance, that the great in
crease in juvenile crime in the United
States may be accounted for by the
increase in the percentage of illiterate
or meagerly educated children who
are made wage-earners at an age
when they should be attending school.
Crime breeds crime. If the Republi-
can government will seriously set
about the task Of abolishing the crime
of child labor there will be a decrease
instead of an increase in juvenile
crime.
Modern penology," we are told,
recognizes that it is useless to try to
stop the flood Of crime at the mouth
of the stream" In that case modern
peno1ogy is enjoying a belated irradia-
ton of sound common sense.
1t is said Secretary Root roughly
realizes the Importance of getting at
the real sources Of crime. They are SO
plainly in evidence that he should not
have the least difficulty in tracing
them. We hope sincerely he may find
it equally easy to devise and apply
remedial measures.
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Roosevelt Was Roasted Most
MerY-iIy by the GridirOn Club

accommodating value of the article at a
dollar a word.
1.-The lion is wild and ferocious ami
NAL" said the Rooseveltian voice in
side the tent.
Eight dollars" said the auditor.
''It has a soft body and a hard face"
continued the voice.
Seventeen dollars shouted the au-
ditor.
TT is the king Of beasts, and its
daughter is a princess"
'gTwenty-nine dollars said the
auditor
THE lion roars like distant thunder
"Thirty-ffve dollars"
but it is nobody's business what
it's religion is"
"Forty-four dollars!''
The dictation was stopped by the
voice shouting: II want to kill some
thing
Shots were heard, and the African
chief brought in two animals, described
as the ''Whiffiepuff'' and the "bongo."
The voice began to dictate descriptions
of these animals, and talked faster and
faster, until the typewriter, unable to
keep up the terrific pace, collapsed with
loud explosion.
While another typewriter was being
produced further shots were heard; and
dead donkey was brought on the
stage.
The second typewriter likewise broke
down under the strain of rapid die
tatfon, and the auditor said: There
are no more typewriters, SIR
Then I'm going home" said the
Rooseveltian voice, in disgust.
The skit was received with uproarious
merriment. Several staid diplomats
were in a hysterical condition at the
conclusion, while Mr.. Roosevelt laughed
louder than any one else.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-05

RESIDENT ROOSEVELT wit
messed an amusing burlesque of
his forthcoming big game hunting
expedition in Africa, at the annual
dinner of the Gridiron club in Wash
ington.
This club, composed of newspaper
correspondents, is probably the most
famous organization of the kind in the
country, and it's dinners have been at
tended by many eminent men.
The guests included not only Mr.
ROOSEVELT and Mr.. Taft, but also the
members of the cabinet and the dipIo-
matte corps, and many distinguished
public men.
After the dinner the lights were sud-
denly turned out and a voice an
nounced: 1--WE are now in darkest AT
RIGA" Two hundred voices initiated
the cries Of wild animals, and amid this
din the light was turned on again
revealing a jungle scene on the small
stage at the end of the room.
Sunrise in Southern Senegambia. -
announced the voice, but Mr.. Roosevelt
went into fits of almost historical
laughter, which was echoed by the other
guests.
The scene showed tent in the Jun
gle guarded by an African chief. Be-
side the chief was an American in
khaki, with the sign auditor hung
around his neck and a bell punch, sim
liar to those used by London omnibus
conductors, in his hand.
The rattle of a typewriter could be
heard inside the tent, and a voice re-
sembling Mr.. Roosevelt's began the die
tat1on of a magazine article. AS each
word was pronounced the auditor
kept count with the bell punch, and
announced at frequenut intervals the
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WILL THEY DO IT?

ID A. STANTON of Los Angeles is
the unanimous choice of the as
- sembly for speaker. He says
he is in favor Of economy of admins
tration and as speaker will endeavor
to make this session of the legislature
a credit to the state. There is a big
program of reform legislation, if it is
not interfered with by the rascally
tricksters who are already conspiring
for it's suppression. The program of
thoroughly independent, honest, I'M
owned legislature, representative OF
the people, would include an anti race
track gambling BILL election reform,
measures for relief of shippers who
are being grated on by railroads, and
reform of the state railroad commits
sion
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WANTS CORRESPONDENTS
WORLD RETIREMENT THEORY

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 4.-TEdftor
Herald: 1T. X. G." thinks there is no
logic in the statement made by Helen
Standish that Anyone who patronizes
a fallen woman is as much responsible
for her fallen state as the one who
started her on the downward path" 1t
sounds perfectly reasonable to me- for
how could she possibly remain fallen if
no one patronized her? CT K G.'s''
idea of what the male human is land
ought to be- seems to be a poor ire
sponsible weakened creature, follow
ing blindIy his brute instincts and plac-
ing all the responsibility for wrong
doing on the female
I have never yet heard what his
theory is for making the world better
GEORGE WILLIAMS.
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LINCOLN

II INCOLN'S BIRTHDAY will be OBJ
served with unusual enthusiasm
IA this year, as it will be the one
hundredth anniversary. Lincoln the
emancipation, the liberator, the friend
of the shackled slave and all other
poor and oppressed human beings, was
a veritable incarnation of American
ism. If any one would learn the in
spring force a complete realization of
the original plans and purposes Of this
great country gives to man of genius
and initiative, let him study the life
of Lincoln. When he reached the height
of his fame and the summit of his
achievements the time had come for
a reaffirmation of the first principles
of Americanism which declare that all
men, without exception, are created
equal and endowed by their Creator
with certain unalienabIe rights. among
which are life, liberty and the pursit
of happiness.
To the clear mind Of Lincoln the
slavery of a subject race within the
borders of the free United States was
not only an economic blunder, but a
paradox and a reduction to absurdity
of the pretensions and assertions of the
republic. When the drastic method Of
ending the evil by complete emancipa-
ton was first proposed large number
of o. 3ctors appeared both in the north
and in the south to remind Mr.. Lin
coin and his supporters of the sacred
rights of property and to ask what
restitution they proposed to make to
the fellow citizens they were about to
despoil.
There was some talk of compensation,
but the cruel activities of the war soon
put an end to that. Besides, argued
President Lincoln and his advisers,
since slavery was contrary to the prin-
ciples of Americanism, why should any
citizens expect to receive payment for
violating these principles? Confiscation
or emancipation was the obvious and
the only course to pursue in order to
assert the indestructibility of the
American principle that all men have
an equal right to liberty and the pur-
suit Of happiness as we'll as to life. In
modern times there has been a ten
dency to violate this principle in a
roundabout way, not by direct slavery,
but by a Gradgrind policy which from
time to time has said to workingmen:
"Take the wage we offer you or
starve''
1t would be well for the United States
if a man of Lincoln's heroic mold could
make his appearance in public life.
He is needed. AS in the days of Lin
coin, there are ominous signs of crit
zeal times. when the wisdom, the sa-
gacity and the great-hearted love for
his fellow men which distinguished
Abraham Lincoln will be needed to
guide the country peacefully to its
only safe haven of permanent pros
perity-a recognition of the literal
force Of American first principles and
a determination to make them the
rules for the conduct, government and
national life of our country. But who
may wear the mantle Of Lincoln!
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-05
BROTHERHOOD
RESIDENT ROOSEVELT, in a
message to congress, has asked

II RESIDENT ROOSEVELT, in a
message to congress, has asked
u a direct appropriation of 100000
for the relief of earthquake sufferers
in Italy. While this amount is the
most generous ever contributed by
the American nation for the benefit
of sufferers in other lands, we should
not lose sight of the fact Los Angeles
has already cabled to Rome for use in
relief work the sum Of $4,000, and ex-
poets to send another installment of
$1,000 in a few days.
Los Angeles, therefore, is by COM
parison and proportion greater gtver
to the distressed Italians than is all
America. 1t may be urged there is
reason why California should be
more generous than other American
states in contributing to funds for the
relief Of earthquake sufferers, but that
does not affect the truth that when
any good cause appeals for aid our
warm-hearted California citizens may
ALWAYS be relied upon to ''set the
pace for the nation in contributions.
If any consolation at all may be de-
rived from the Sicilian woe, it is in the
fact the tragedy has exercised an in
ternational influence for good. It has
stirred the hearts of all mankind and
ended the horrid talk of war and
weapons of war, battleships and ar
mics and new destructive weapons,
with which the air of civilization
was ringing before mankind was
sharply reminded that mutual preser-
walton and not mutual destruction
must be the object Of the human race,
menaced constantly by it knows not
what pestilences that walk in dark
ness, terrors of storm and earthquake,
grisly deaths in thousands of guises.
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THE cYNIc's PHILOSOPHY

Peaceful domestic scandals, revealed by acct
dents, ending in the breaking up of families,
are becoming numerous.-Christian Advocate.
In other days, which poets praise,
Before the auto was in fashion,
Man went the pace and fell for grace,
Pursuing Illegal passion;
And then, as now, obtained somehow.
The bittersweets for which he sought.
For now, as then, twas held by men
That sin Of sins is being caught
How Helen fed her board and bed
And bolted with her youthful doter-
Coupe or dray or one-horse shay
We cannot say Twas not a motor.
How kindred DANES eloped with flames
By what device vehicular,
We do not wot-no matter what
1t was, twas not an auto car
The point by cynics understood
Is this: All We of gossip dareful
If haply you can not be good,
At least endeavor to be careful.
All We who sin, there's danger in
The modern ear of Juggernaut;
So mind your eye when next you fly;
The sin of sins is being caught Puck.
*To which, needless to say, we most certainly
do not subscribe.
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YOUNG GIRL WONDERS WHY
THERE ARE 7. x. G.'S IN WORLD

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 4.-[Editor
HERALD: Sometimes when [ fall to
wondering why there are ''T. K. G.'s''
in the world 1 feel very much disguised
and discouraged with life. am young
and work for a living, but I would
much rather be one Of those ''old
maids another writer speaks of than
let myself think of one of those I'M
principled spineless people set. K. G."
says is a man. 1t is natural for us
young people to have an ideal Of what
we want the opposite sex to be, but if
they fall pitifully short of that ideal
we cannot content ourselves with a
mockery of what we think a man
should be. However, when I realize
that there are young men in the world
like the one signing himself ga Young
Man." and know that he probably rep
resents d class which has considerable
influence cheer up and take heart,
feeling that there may be good many
honorable young men in spite of the
efforts of ST. K. rs" to put stumbling
blocks in their path.
A YOUNG GIRL.
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AT THE THEATERS

BELASCO-"The Heir to the Hoorah."
tIASON-Lambardi opera company.
HAMBURGER'S MAJESTIC-"Sis Hop
kins."
BURBANK-"Nancy & Co."
Observation-Disclosures.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE-'Tt Happened in
NOrdIand.''
Los Notwithstanding.
PEOPLE'S-'We Are King"
FTSCHER'S-"The PagOda."
ENIPIRE-VaudeViIle.
UNIQUE-"The Toreador."
MISUNDERSTANDING
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-05

Here, then, we have many good reasons
why men should play golf, to say nothing
OF the fun Of the thing, and the exercise
and expense. After the fourth of March
we look confidently for great crowds in
front of the bulletin boards-or in the tea
rooms-waiting anxiously to learn the golf
score and then squabbling over what the
score means when they get it.-San Jose
Herald.
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Far and Wide
Good Move

Fifty business and professional men of
Los Angeles met last week and organized
what is to be known the Business Mems
Ant-Racetrack Gambling League Of Cali
fornia. The object of the league is to Sc
cure legislation against the race track
gambling evil. 1t is a good reform move
and the league will doubtless find a large
membership among business and profess
sional men throughout the entire state
Tulare Advance.
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City Boys Handicap

Professor Weaver of the boys high school
of Brooklyn, with his committee, have
placed every graduate Of his school that
has applied in a position which their &C
quaintance with the boys in their four
years course and practical study has helped
them to choose. He says the city boy does
not have an equal chance with his country
cousin to know about trades and occupa-
tions or to try his hand at tools-Han-
ford Journal.
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The king and queen Of Italy may
have injured their prestige. as royal
personages by the manner in which
they have aided in the rescue work in
Sicily, but they have added greatly to
their prestige as human beings.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-05

It is not brotherly love that is
prompting eastern olive importers to
obtain a reduction in the duty on olives.
And it is not a desire for tariff reform.
1t is simply a desire to be able to beat
down the prices of California olives.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-05

Now that the grand jury is supposed
to have taken up the automobile ques-
ton, we may look for information as
to acknowledgements which victimized
some public officials, and deluded them
into believing public life was incom-
plete without a big machine and an
expert "chuffer."
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-05

With Joseph Scott reelected presi-
dent of the board Of education and
tinued without change, the routine of
the educational business Of Los An
geles will be undisturbed excepting by
the constant widening of the horizon
which must be surveyed by education
al officials
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-05

Employers should give their employees
opportunity to vote the school bonds,
and the employee who does his duty
should not be locked for the time he
occupies in helping the cause of edu-
cation in Los Angeles.
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Game of Statistics

The game of statistics and comparisons is
an elementary device Of financial eloquence
Frenchmen would be i'll advised to believe
that they are all rich, and that the financial
situation of France is ideal simply because
Prince Buelow says So Everything is rel
ative.-Paris (France) Journal