In Los Angeles

The ignorant, howl of a conceited puppy was heard on the Pacific Coast last week. The Los Angeles Times, anxious to inspire its readers, produced the following by way of an editorial:

California no longer needs to look to France or any other European country for "guidance in finance, in governmental affairs, in style, literature or art." In all these matters the West is now self-sufficient. . . .

"A change of Ministers in France is of less importance to the residents of Los Angeles than a change of grade on an important thoroughfare. We are vastly more concerned about the price of gasoline than about the exchange value of the French franc. The Colorado River runs across the front pages of our newspapers, and the Rhine across an inside page. The January sales of our big department stores are of more interest to our people than a sale of French bonds. A new movie star attracts more attention than a French victory or defeat in the Libyan or Sahara Desert."