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Good thing Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, and Lincoln lived when they did. Mighty doubtful if these times could produce such *"r. * ,< *

It was long ago that Henry Norman wrote his famous lines: "When on the border of any country in Europe or Asia the sentries challenge-'Who goes there?'-the answer is always 'Russia."' I{e was some prophet, was Norman' * :,< :t

A strong man was Coke, famed English jurist of other days. When a Stuart King tried to meddle with court decisions, Coke told him that a King might be above the people, but was "under God and the British law." And he got away with it.

A traveler in the South complained in a certain town that people seemed unwilling to talk to him, and asked why? Said a rural philosopher: "\iVe've got a rule here that unless you can IMPROVE ON SILENCE you keep your mouth shut." Ever stop to think what a quiet world this would be if only those talked who can "improve on silence?" ***

Voltaire defined history as "The sound of heavy boots going upstairs, and the rustle of satin slippers coming down." A Hollywood writer, talking about a certain foreign-born actor who had become very uppish, said that "he went from Poland to polo in one generation." *,ft

Westerners used to defend their opinion that the West was pioneered by men of strength by saying: "The cowards never started. The weak never arrived." They were talking about the migrations West more than a hundred years ago'

In Texas they make the same sort of argument. They say that when the migration Westward reached the great river crossing, there were signs that read-"To the NorthWeSt""fg the far WeSt""Jg MiSSOUri"and"J9 Texas." And, said the Texans, all those that could read went to Texas.

We used to tell about the young man starting out in life who decided to be a lawyer. He practiced law a while when he discovered that men are more interested in their souls than they are in the law, so he became a preacher. He preached a while and then discovered that men are more interested in their bodies than they are in their souls, so he became a doctor. He practiced medicine a while when he found out that men are more interested in their money than they are in their bodies, so he became a banker. And finding that there is nothing men are so interested in as they are in making money, he stayed in that business all his life. ***

And the great Texas financier, Jesse H. Jones, says that a rnan can get along okay by working hard and diligently, but that the only time he really gets somewhere is when he sits back in his office chair with his feet up on the desk and looks out the window-THINKING. For that is the road to success.

April Big Building Month in L. A.

Not since January, 1951, has building in county territory reached heights attained last month. April figures, released yesterday, showed 5483 permits issued, valued at $35,113,685.

The value was some 4O/o above that for March, this year, and 2O/o more than that of April, 1953.

The building figures do not include those for the new city of Lakewood, County Engineer William J. Fox pointed out. Tabulations for that area were regularly included in monthly county totals prior to Lakewood's incorporation last April 16.

The San Dimas district led all county building offices in construction, the report set forth. There, as in other portions of the county, tract housing development accounted for most of the residential permits.

Building figures in the city for the first 29 days of April nearly paralleled the county figures. The Building and Safety Department reported 5411 permits issued, valued at $35,150,236, about $2,500,000 above the 1953 April valuation on 5392 permits.

Department Manager Gilbert Morris said the April figures bring the city total for the first four months to 19,042 permits, valued at $122,608,938. The first four months of 1953 totaled 20,801 permits with a value of $160,093,254.