Evening star., 1924-11-07
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES T.. TRACEWELL.

Where are they going to. all these
people who move UP and down Penn
sylvania avenue?
The "sidewalks Of New York" may
be more crowded. but they offer nc
more variety in human nature than
do the paVements Of our own broad
way.
On them daily pass so many people
that there is scarcely any one who
has not. at some time or other. stop.
ped to wonder.
Where have they all come from
and where are they going?
Ceaselessly they stream by, from
early morning hours to late at night
in both directions, at varying PAGES
In variegated clothes, old, young. mid.
dle-aged. the old-young and the
young-old, walking, walking. walk.
ing.
Similarly on other streets the peo.
pie pass, so that Pennsylvania ave.
nue may be taken a. . sample Of then
all, not only here, but Of every biG
street in every great city.
Where do they come from, anc
where are they going?
Il \ +
II I could answer that could write
a novel greater than Balzac ever con.
ceived. because II would be the hu.
man comedy up to date, in all Its
flashing aspects. with all It's humol
and all it's tragedy.
Think not for an instant that this
passing throng is commonplace. Be.
cause we meet it daily. and are very
part of il, does not take away from
the mystery of it's daily now.
1t is humanity in action. life do
ing its stuff" men and women going
bout their business. and, 1t is to be
hoped. minding their own business
Winding ones own business Is one OF
the biggest jobs in life. and at the
same time one of the most important
Mind your own business, and otheI
folks business will more-or less
take care of itself.
Every one of these passing people
Cpersons" may be technically cor.
rect, but it is too impersonalo is a
human being just exactly like our.
selves. Let this give pause TO the
snob. the stuck-up, the superctlious,
the Indifferent.
Every unit in this crowd. endlessly
changing faces and places, is the cen.
ter of the world to itself. One does
not have to be conceited to admit
that he is the center Of the world-to
himself. Around him. necessarily, the
world revolves, both actually and
figuratively.
He is like radio transmitting sta1
tion that sends its waves out broad.
cast, flashing in all directions at the
rate of $4,000 miles a second. I'm.
pressions Of the world come to hin
from every angle. and in every way
from everywhere, but they must come
to him where he stands.
If he goes to EuSope. then news OF
America must come to him across the
sea II he comes home and stands
himself on Pennsylvania avenue &c
watch the pedestrians. he views them
from where he stands.
Life Is like that. We look at i,
from our own viewpoint. That is
why it is necessary to have clear eyes
and clean heart. and try our best
TO be fair-minded, for IL we do not we
will find our viewpoint smeared ur
considerably.
Each one Of these men and women
comes from some sort Of home, and
will go back there ultimately. Basical.
ly 1t will be a home such as you
adorn, the kind OF place Paine
wrote Home, Sweet Home" about
He did not write 1t with such and
such a style of architecture in mind
He did not declare that the home
must contain the latest thing in table
lamps, or have the menials segre-
gated on the ground noor. while the