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Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-31
TRUE SOCIABILITY

AT o brighter or more successful
~ Christmastide party has ever
~ been given than that of Mrs.
W. A. Clark at the Young Womens
Christian association. Mrs. Clark had
for her guests $50 Of the youngest busi-
ness women of the city, the girls who
make a living by waiting on the pub
lie in the big department stores.
The mere fact of the dinner, plea
SAINT as 1t was, cannot be considered
as important as the significance of the
dinner.
When wealthy hostesses give enter
tainment to guests whose names arc
not in the Blue Books and the Four
Hundred lists. the Christmas spirit Is
indeed at work in the United States of
America, and the best results may
bee looked for. The only persons who
can destroy the artificial barriers OF
separation which divide one class $50
called) from another are the wealthy.
Under present conditions in the
United States, it is not possible for
"oIhlHB WOlhtl anu Bpol Nbiii1iA ~ ~
sociate familiarly with their equals
before the Lord, the law and the con-
stitution. women of wealth in the
United States.
But 1t Is possible for women of
wealth to associate with their equals
before the law, the working women
and poor women Of the United States.
The approach must be made by the
little sisters of the rich" Social bar
rlers forbid the little sisters of the
poor to make it. This fact is as re-
markable as 1t is illogical in a re
public founded upon the principles Of
Americanism.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-31
MARS AND CANALS

I OS ANGELES has "called" another
L, faker. Mars has been imposing
~ on the credulity of a trustful
world. It does not matter who found
the pole. OF one scientific fact there
can be no question, and that is, there
are no canals on Mars. Photographs
taken at Mount Wilson observatory
show not the trace Of any Martlan
marking that could be mistaken by the
most sanguine scientist for a canal.
The surface Of Mars, photographed
from Mount Wilson, is smooth. One
distinguished observer says the tele-
scope used was too strong to indicate
the canals Another one, however,
says the telescope was strong enough
to show the supposed canals were
optical illusions.
Alas, for the optically illused How
many bright theories have been
smashed, how many glittering figments
of imagination have been reduced to
nothingness by the discovery of the
canallessness of Mars! The red planet
is now doomed to lead a lonesome and
uninteresting existence in the solar
system. No canals. No canal boats.
No fshin'. No fun. Who would be a
Marian?
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-31
VALUE OF EXPERIENCE

A DMIRAL DEWEY'S celebration ot
u his seventy-second birthday calls
AA to mind the fact the battle oi
Manila bay was not won by a young
ster, but by a grizzled veteran. The
American nation has recovered its
observation-disclosures on the subject OF
"age and experience" For a while en-
ployers experimental with young men
in the highest positions. Several years
experiences and mistakes served to re-
adjust their views. They found that
human life, from beginning to end, is
an education.
Life, as The Herald has remarked
before, is a great university. and IT is
absurd to believe a freshman can dc
the work OF man who is nearing his
graduation. The inspirations of young
men are almost always happy. Their
intuition is frequently wonderful. In
stinct often seems TO supply In them
the lack of experience.
Yet II does not wholly or always sup
ply this lack; and this nations greatest
battles have been won and it's greatest
deeds done by citizens who a few years
ago, when the young man" craze was
at It's height, and when Hearst was its
chief tom-tomer. would have been un-
able to obtain salaried situations. They
would have been told they were
too old"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-31
LOS ANGELES HARBOR

CCORDING to the expert testi-
N mony Of II. f. Durdan, special
IA representative of the American
Hawaiian Steamship company, the
ships of which, If all goes well, will be
unloading freight in Los Angeles harboT
ere long, Greater Los Angeles has
a better harbor than Salina Cruz, Mex
leo. which is expending $79,OOO,OO0 on
water frontage and port In anticipation
Of the Panama business. All Los An
geles needs to make the harbor the
finest in the west and one of the finest
in the world is the removal Of the
Dead Mans Islands bar, the construc-
tion of few more docks and the build
ing Of some warehouses.
These improvements will mean mil
lions of tons OF freight for Los An
geles AS soon as the bar is removed
the American Hawaiian liners will
make Los Angeles a regular port of
call.
Mr.. Durdan is impressed by the fact
so often pointed out in the columns
of The Herald that Los Angeles rail-
road facilities for freight distribution
are unsurpassed.
In the joint resolutions which Sena-
tor Flint and Representative McLach-
Ian are introducing in congress the
secretary of war is directed "to expend
in deepening to twenty-four feet at
mean lower low water the channel at
the entrance TO Wilmington harbor, the
unexpended balance, or as much as may
be necessary of the appropriation made
by river and harbor act approved
March q 1907, for improving Whining
ton harbor, Cal, and the allotment
made for the maintenance Of improve
ment of said Wilmington harbor from
the appropriation made by river and
harbor act approved March 8, 1909"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-31
LAUDs MRS. scHoFF FOR
AID TO coUNTRYS WOMEN

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 2S.-[Editor
Herald: An article in Sundays Her
aid, also the able letter from r. c.
Powers, touch on the splendid work
done by Mrs. Frederic Schoff Of Phila-
delphia for the boys and girls of Amer
lea. The writer is personally acquaint-
ed with some of the grand work OF this
noble woman, and fully agrees that too
much cannot be said in her praise. And
cannot forbear asking the men of
Los Angeles who are readers of The
Herald il they do not think the most
efficient hands of women of the char
acter and experience of Mrs. Schoff
should be strengthened by giving them
the ballot that is now denied them. al
though granted to the most ignorant
male citizen in America?
Possibly some of our brothers may
fancy that Mrs. Schoff has been so
busy saving the sons and daughters of
voters who have cared but little for the
welfare of children, or are too Ignorant
to use the ballot for their protection,
to think of suffrage for her sex, but
such are not the facts In spite of the
cares of her beautiful home, the anxi-
ETY. for the multitude Of children she
has under her charge in various cities,
she still found time to do platform
work In Idaho during the last senator
to aid the reelection of Fred L. Dubois,
because he stood for the protection of
the American home. The then Presi-
dent Roosevelt sent the present Presi-
dent Taft into Idaho to support Borah,
the G, o. p, candidate, who, IL is cur
rently reported. pledged his senatorial
support to the Mormon church I'm ex-
change for political preferment, and so
drank to the toast of Church Inter-
ference in Politics" with a clear con
science And when moral questions
were thrust into prominence before him
he waved them aside, saying he had no
time to waste on such small matters as
unlawful cohabitation. The G. o. p.
and the Mormon church won, and not
even the cause Of the purity and pro-
lection Of the American home for which
Mrs. Schoff stood could save the day
for Dubois. But she felt, as did every
other loyal woman who tried to aid the
cause, that it was a great misfortune
that only Mormon men saw the need of
women voting. And the policy of the
Mormon church is always to have poll
tics so carefully adjusted as to swing
their states always in line with the
party in power at a moments notice,
thus always seeking protection for
themselves.
God grant the day may soon dawn
when all women have the privilege now
granted to our Mormon sisters. Mean
while, let us be ever grateful for. the
good work now being done by women
of the character of Mrs Frederic Schoff
for the saving from destruction of the
youth of our land.
MARIAN MARTIN.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-31
ASKS FOR ABOLlSHMENT
OF VACCINATION SYSTEM

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 27.-[Editor
Herald: l am very glad Mr.. Irwin
in the issue of December "a has called
attention to compulsory vaccination
Let the pugna pug rest, let the
gods and devils take care of them
selves, but do let us give more time
to this vital question of human rights
in maintaining pure blood and
greater amount of good health.
Very many of our noted scientific
physicians have taken a determined
stand against vaccination, for at most
it can only modify the disease, and the
risk of septic poison is too great.
But our school children suffer most.
lust think of the intelligent, consistent,
loving care we give them! At time
of school. when vacation ends, we find
a horde of vaccinators on hand. They
compel every child, no matter what
the state of health, to be pus-poisoned
in arm or leg. This brings on fe-
vered brain and body condition. with
swollen and aching arms and heads
and bodies these bright buds OF prom
ise" are in splendid condition to con-
centrate their minds on study-only
they aren't.
No greater mistake and medical care
lessness could possibly be devised to
fit these children for the insane
ASYLUM. They are in no physical or
mental health, due to septic poison
working throughout their organism
Their blood is legally and forcefully
poisoned, and it is time this accursed
old fetish custom was universally
abolished. F. w. FOX.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-31
ANALYzEs LETTERS WRITTEN
REPLYING TO MISS NETHERSoLE

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 28-[ Editor
Herald: In looking over the letters
in answer to Olga Nethersole's ques-
tions l am surprised at the queer way
some persons look at violations of the
marriage vow. If there are men who
think they should have a right to sin,
while they would become fierce If their
wives were guilty of the same offense,
IT is not because they think their wives
suffer more moral degradation than
they do themselves, but because, of a
selfish jealousy--a bullying egotism,
which has clung to them through their
evolutiOns from savagery, which says,
Il am the stronger, and because of
the power which 1 hold in my hands
1 demand of you more than / am will
ing to give in return"
The soul of man is as much polluted
by sin as Is the soul of the wife
When a man violates the marriage
VOW he has not only committed a
social sin, but he has insulted his
wife, acted norably-broken faith
with her and broken the laws of the
land. AS The Herald editor has often
stated, such men should be sent to the
penitentiary, If anyone should. When
a wife forgives such crimes she en-
courages men to be unprincipled.
Neither husband nor wife has right
to sin, but the husband who sins has
no right to complain If his wife fails
in fidelity toward him.
A good woman would not sin just
to get even, but she would not lower
herself by living with a man who
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-31
FRISCO RETIRES

A Walton week in Los Angeles will
IA not be embarrassed by the at
N tempts Of San Francisco to butt
in Probably the embarrassment would
not have amounted to much. excepting
in san Francisco itself. which would
have been sharply reminded by the
people Of the United States that this
is a square deal and fair play nation
and attempts to steal other peoples
credit and convey part Of the benefit
from other peoples endeavors are not
any better than any common or garden
varieties of claiming" and snealery.
We win not assign q motive to the
resolution Of San Francisco to back out
and give Los Angeles the right Of way;
but We suggest the people Of Cali
f MIA will have more respect for the
"enterprising citizens" of San Fran
cisco if they will refrain also from in
terfering with the Panama canal expo-
sition at San Diego. Square dealing
never yet hurt anyone or any com
munity. San Francisco should not be
afraid Of it. Give it trial, neighbor;
and curb the impetuous avarice and
destructive jealousy Of some Of these
sons OF yours by giving them a little
special instruction in the Los Angeles
way.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-31
DIVORCE EVIL

NJ INISTERS Of Los Angeles next
N Sunday will preach on the sub
A'A ject of the divorce evil. Bishop
Johnson is the leader of the anti-di-
vorce movement which it is hoped will
have the effect of attracting the atten-
tion of citizens to the menace to socie-
ty occasioned by the constantly in
creasng number of divorces.
The strength Of the American nation
is not the American army. 1t is not
the American navy. 1t is the American
home. The highest ideals of home life
have been developed in the land where
Home, Sweet Home" was written and
where 1t was first sung. American
men are proud Of their families, and
until recent years 1t was the boast of
Americans that American homes were
protected by the chivalry and love of
the nation.
Neither chiValry nor love saved the
American home from the raid of ruth
less interests, eager for cheap labor;
and now another enemy invades it,
the lightly asked apd too easily grant
ed divorce,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-31
BANKING

w HILE Gen. Robert WankowslSi's $
w appointment to the important
l position of chief deputy super
intendent of banks will cause him to
resign from his cashiership Of the Los
Angeles Trust and Savings bank and
will necessitate his temporary change
Of residence to San Francisco, It is
hoped by his friends and by the public
that a branch of the superintendent s
office viii soon be established In Los
Angeles with General Wankowskl In
charge of 1t.
The banking interests of Los Angeles
and South California are great enough
and important enough to warrant the
establishment of such an office, under
the experimenting care Of man
thoroughly familiar with local condi-
tions and In harmony with progressive
Southern California and the Los An
geles way.
The banks of Los Angeles have been
of lnestlmable value to this city. The
magnificent progress it has made, its
unparalleled record of achievement,
would not have been possible without
the skilled services and advice of eX-
pert flnanciers, devoted heart and soul
to the best interests OF Los Angeles.
No other city of the size Of Los An
geles possesses such a splendid equip
ment Of sound financial institutions,
managed by responsible, trained, ex-
perienced men.
The bankers of Los Angeles form, as
it were, an auxiliary municipal council,
the helpfulness of which to the metro
politan growth and ever increasing
prosperity Of this city cannot be over
estimated.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-31

most progressive cities in the state or
nation, ] ask of you a little space IN
your columns TO tell your readers of
another Journal that is also entitled
to t! cir confidence and patronage be-
cause like The Herald. it has helped
clean cut the Augean stables by the
recall OF an unworthy mayor and the
els etiCn tc office of men of honor, ex-
perlence and executive ability. have
refe: ence TO the Pacific Outlook, a
jour- al published in your city, which
= steadily growing in public favor,
10th because of the ability of it's edi-
i,Ilai control and the living themes
in which 1t deals.
There come to my study four month";
IL journals, three daily and twelve
ly papers, and l feel warranted In
S lying that the outlook, judged by it's
mora! tone and editorial ability, will
rot suffer by comparison with the
Lest OF the other journals.
/ am sure all the readers Of the Pa
cinc outlook will agree with me when
1 pay its influence Is definitely and
potentially conducive TO promoting
civic betterment and advancing Chris
titf civilization.
STEPHEN II. TAFT.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-31
AVIATION

T OS ANGELES will be known in
history for many re.narka BILE
IL feats, but none will be accounted
more noteworthy than it's populariza-
tion Of aviation. That this will be
accomplished as a result of Aviation
week is beyond reasonable doubt. The
flying machines will come we'll within
the ken of all the people. Citizens will
be able to discuss intelligently the va
rious types and makes. Aviation will
receive that boost that impetus
toward success and popularlzation,
which comes when the people begin to
take a keen, intelligent interest.
Moreover, popularization Of aviation
will be followed by an almost imme-
diate advance in the science. The
revolutionary idea, the last thought"
in aviation may come. not to the eX-
are watching their performances, but
to some one among the onlookers.
One of the lessons that will be
learned by the vast assemblage of
spectators will be with regard to the
EASE Of aviation. Another will be
to its SAFETY.
Aviation, or air navigation. Is not
difficult and 1t is not dangerous. Other
things being equal, we think it might
be accounted to be safer than boating
and fully as safe as careful automo-
bling.
The movement Of the aeroplane and
operator is almost automatic, and
cool-headed, experienced aviators con-
troll their machines thoroughly.
Drigibility is accurate to a hairs
breadth. The reflex action the ma
chimes demonstrate makes the art of
aviation much easier and safer for
the skilled aviator than swimming or
riding an old-fashioned bicycle or
yacht sailing.
To be sure. flying machines are not
yet perfected; and one of the advan-
tages of the Los Angeles meet will be
It's opportunity for experimentation
and observation. AS yet in q half
gale of wind flying machines are not
able to hold a course opposed to the
air current. But every improvement,
every discovery, brings avlators near
er the point where they will have
their craft fully under control and will
be able TO sail and steer 1t as daintily,
as truly, as safely, as any fine lined
yacht with sails spread for the zephyrs
and G helm responsive to a fingers
pressure.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-31
HOMES BEST

TN the winter-ruled portion OF the
North American continent death
Il is claiming an unusually large
number of victims of frost, snow, hail
and hurricane. Billiards are raging.
Country roads are impossible. Farm
ers and their families are showed up.
Railroad travel is interrupted. In the
big cities the streets are sheeted with
ice and many people are being injured
by falls.
In Southern California conditions are
as different as If we lived in another
planet. 1t is absolutely impossible for
a native son or daughter who has not
made a journey back east in winter
to imagine, far less realize the con-
ditions which rule that portion of
Uncle Sans big farm which is ex-
posed to icy east winds, blizzard bear
ing north winds, black frosts and
snowfalls in comparison with which
wrapped the peaks of the mountains
that stand round about Los Angeles
is only a feathery trihe.
South California can support in ease
and comfort a much larger popula-
ton than that which it now has. To
the cry that there is not enough work
to go around we reply there is plenty
of work for those who will take the
trouble to look for it. We believe the
establishment Of a free employment
bureau where all newcomers who de-
sire employment may register would
help our "new chums" and would be
appreciated In every part of the United
Sfatpa
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-31
Poor Little Love

Poor little Love. with cruel words and bold.
They drove him out into the bitter cold.
Who should have served him as became
king
For once they begged for his companions
And once their Joy had blOssomed In his
hold.
They took his gifts and bartered them for
gold.
His garments for a tinsel gaud they sold
out inathe night he wanders shiverinE-a
Poor. little Lovel
He asked q crust and jeers to him they
doled;
Are. they babe him seek the sunlit void h
For wine. his tears they said, we're n6ug-
ishing.
Is there no hand to which his hand may
cling,
No heart to give him shelter in It's foidf
Poor little Lovel
Charlotte Becker in Christmas Puck
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-31

Another tenement fire In New York
has injured many citizens. Tene-
ment houses are both an eyesore
and a source of constant danger
in a big, crowded city. If un-
der municipal ownership Of street
railways an arrangement could be made
by which the submerged masses" of
Manhattan could be transferred to the
country and could be hauled to and
from their work for nothing, that alone
would make municipal ownership of
the street railway system worth while.
1t would solve the tenement problem.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-31

It Is to be hoped one of the first off,
cial acts of the new police commission
will be to confirm and make permanent
the revocation Of the license Of the no.
torious resort called the Saddlerock by
turning down any application that may
be made for a new license. To revoke
this license was an act of public
morality. To cancel the revocation and
subject the public to the possible conse-
quences is unthlnkable.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-31
AT THE THEATERS

AUDITORIUM--Dark.
MAsON-"The Second Mrs. Tanqueray"
BURBANK-"The Girl of the Golden West
BELAsCO-"Through a Window"
MAJEsTIC-"The Top Of the World"
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
GRAND-"The Toymaker."
LOS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
WALKER-"At Valley Forge"
UNIQUE-"Grit"
FIsCHER'S--Musical burlesque.
OLYMPIC-Muslcal burlesque.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-31

Estimates and figures are being pre-
pared so there may be no delay in
dredging the entrance to Los Angeles
harbor when the harbor commission's
request for congressional authority to
use the balance Of the turning basin
appropriation is granted. Greater Los
Angeles harbor will be one of the finest
on the Pacific and one Of the finest,
safest and most commodious in the
United States.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-31

The Black Hand of Greed is reach
ing for the nations treasure chest in
Alaska. Let us hope Uncle Sam will
manage to break all records and es-
tablish a new one by preventing private
interests from grabbing the riches of
the northern domain.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-31

Commander Peary was snowbound in
Maryland and was not rescued until his
ears were injured by frost-bite. This
forms a fitting sequel to the story OF
the Arctic explorer who returned safe
and sound from the frozen north
slipped on a piece Of domestic ice lying
on a city sidewalk and broke his leg.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-31

Leaving a winter Of unusual severity
in the east, thousands of people are
headed for Los Angeles. They will ar
rive in time for Aviation week, but
won't return till the eastern springtime
comes, gentle Annie. Some of them
won't go back even then. What's the
use? Life is short, and there's only
one Los Angeles.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-31

Tonight we say farewell to the old
year and hail to the glad New Year
of happiness, health, wealth and pros
perity for everybody. Three cheers for
lovely Los Angeles and the Los An
geles way.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-31
A Years LynchInas

The number of lynchings which took place
in various states follow; Georgia. IL; Texas,
10, Florida, 81 Louisiana, Z; Mississippi Il
Alabama s.; Oklahoma .; , Kentucky' =; south
Il West Virginia, l; New Mexico. l.-Modesto
News
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-31
Public Letter Box

TO CORRESPONDENTS Intended
for publication must bo accompanied by tho
name and address of the writer rhs herald
gives the widest latitude to correspondents,
but assumes no responsIblllly for their vieMs.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-31

would so insult and degrade her. In
stead of living with such an unprin-
cipled man for her ehild's sake she
should step up out of his low sphere
for her child's sake. If there are wo-
men who are compelled to submit TO
such insults to be supported, more is
the pity and time such conditions were
changed. VERA FlDELlA.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-31

Morse, the ice trust magnate, is maxi
ing a desperate fight, worthy of a bet
ter cause than Morse, the ice trust
magnate.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-31
TELLS HERALD READERS
OF FEARLESS JOURNAL

SAWTELLE Dec 25.-[Editor Her
adj: Knowing the leading and poten-
tial part you have taken In revolu-
tlonizing the moral and political status
of Los Angeles, making 1t one of the
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-31

On ali matters pertaining to advertising
address Charles r. Gates. advertising man
ager.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-31
CLEAR, CRISP AND CLEAN

Population of Los Angeles 327 ,6s5
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-31

Tomorrow-The Holy Land;
XI.-Naxareth the Desplsed.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-31

This had been, a hundred years be-
fore, the scene of the mighty exploits
of the two great Kings. philip Augustus