Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-07-29
HOW SMALL. \ MAN REALLY Is
II Your Ego Bothcrs You. 60 Look
at the stars.

In the American Ma-azinc sid"
S'NH. n cube one seven-thou,
Sandths of an inch in diameter is d
pretty small object. II would not
choke a mosquito, You could not
sec ~ unless yCu used q microscope
POSSIBLY, If It were made of the right
hlhd OF stuff, and if 1t flew into your
eye. you might feel it. But even that
Is doubtful
Yet Uncle John Brashear. in his
ucushttul article shows that little
Cuhe Just mat big floating around in
Like ERE taxes up exactly as much
room IN the lake. by comparison. As
our earth fllls IN the space around us.
hhoWh ana measured by astronomers,
the boundaries of which are only as
tar away as the nearest star.
This recalls Mark Twain's great
story Captain Stormfield's Visit to
Heaven, wherein are recorded the
uliiIculueS which the captain con-
ironted in the next world when he
tried to explain where he came from.
lie SAID that san Francisco was his
nttVe place. Nobody in heaven had
heard OF san Francisco. Then he
named California, and, meeting with
no response, he went on with consid-
efable irritation to mention the
IhiIed states and America. Nobody
had heard Of them Finally he
home and at last, after a long search
through the records of heaven, it was
discovered that among the billions
upon billions Of stars. worlds con
Stellauons and planets there was. in
the dusty tones, u slight reference to
an insignificant Speck known in
heaven as The Wart, and recognized
by Stormflcld as our good old Mother
Earth
I'm this connection it is also well
to remember that the wonders of
ume are as great as the wonders of .
space. Nobody knows or can even
guess how long this big show has
been running. Anyway, it is a very
oid snow as well as very large one.
Il am glad that Uncle John has
Drought this matter to our attention
again. 1t Is good thing once in a
WhlIe to be set right on our compar-
atlve importance in the scheme of
things At this time it is an especially
welcome and refreshing bit Of com
ment. For one thing, it makes the
emperor OF Germany seem less i'm
portaht Also, IL will help us to pass
through the egotism and dogmatism
or presidential campaign with bet
Ter perspective and more humar. ,
Furthermore, the hardShiDs we have
to endure may be nothing compared
with those which are pestering the
INHABITANTS OF other worlds, who, for ,
All we know may be even more self
'ehtcred and sensitive than We
though this seems hardly possible !
That a knowledge Of the stars
helps to keep ones ego in proper re- .
'tralnt is demonstrated in the case of
Mr.. Brashear himself for in all Pitts
burgh there isn't a man with less ego :
nan Uncle John Anybody. from
ne mayor down to the finest news
boy on Smithfield street, will tell Won
hat he is the biggest man i'm the city
and the simplest and most attrac- ,
ave. Street car motormcn and con- !,
iuctors spy the old gentleman a block y
away and hold up traffic for the priv =
lcse OF getting him as a passenger. =,
Ihey love him because he loves them -
and because arrogance and sIner- II
ority are totally absent from his
makeup From studying the stars J.,
Uncle John has learned humility" y