Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-04
THE OTHER
MAN
BY DIR. FRANK CRANE.

Every man Ia accompanied always
by another man.
This other man Is his servant He
masters work.
He never speaks. He never sleeps.
He never takes a vacation. He works
every minute, every second, night and
day from the minute he Ia born until
he dies.
Perhaps In calling him servant we
err Occasionally he is, but most OF
the time he goes along without in
structions. 1t might be more ac-
curate to say that the man himself
the ego, Is No. /. and this other man
We have sometimes wondered who
keeps the heart beating while ego
Is asleep or thinking OF something
else: 1t Is the other man.
The stomach does not digest the
very complicated process; no auto
matte machine could possibly accom-
plish IT. Foods differ; some OF them
must be kept in the stomach longer
than others, the various juices Sc
erected by the stomach must be sup
piled in just the right quantity and
at just the. right time. Hence the
stomach. the doctors say, is CONTROL ed
by the nervous system. AS a matter
OF fact, however it is this other man
that attends to the whole business. so
that you see he really must be quite
a wonderful fellow.
IF you ascend a mountain from sea
level to 5000 feet the number of red
corpuscles In your blood must be con-
siderably altered or you will get into
trouble. The other man attends to
all that.
When you run fast you get out of
hreath--that is to say. your body has
used up the blood more quickly and
the lungs must work harder to purify
the blood stream so the other man
pumps more vigorously at the lung
windmill, and speeds up the heart
engine.
II you cut yourself and bleed, the
other man is Immediately on the Job:
which will stop the wound. and the
scab to cover it; he calls the little
workmen Of the blood TO repair the
injury and they all work away so
fast under his direction that the
place grows hot. and we say it is
feverish. New skin must be formed
severed tissues knitted up and genera j
repairs made, so that this other man
is like a railway boss who hastens to
the place where the train has been
's,, and keeps his workmen busy
When you walk the other man at
tends to 1t. He gives the orders that
make your feet 80 and you can talk
or look at the scenery or otherwise
amuse yourself
some times a man PLAYING piano
viii go ahead with his tune and talk
70 you at the same time. The other
man Is playing that piece
This other man is strangely indie
pGndcnt or the ego. You do not have
10 tell him what TO do In fact. the
more you let him alone and do not
bother him, the more perfectly he
docs his work. If. for instance. Won
think about your digestion this other
man Is likely to go on a strike and
give you indigestion, just to teach
you TO mind your own business.
For all that. the man and the other
man are intimately connected. When
the man is sad the other man
squeezes water from the eve, when
the man is ashamed the other man
bius ~, when the man is frightened
the o.her man draws the blood away
from the face and makes the hair
stand on end, when the man is amused
the other man pulls the corners of
the mouth up toward the ears.
Altogether it is the most remark
able partnership in the world.