Evening star., 1925-01-26
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

A colored man stood by a shady tree
at the edge of a big, hot field. The boss
was not in sigght. So the man settled
down at the foot of the tree for a good
snooze. T. -.
Just then a white wooled patriarch
came along, a regular Uncle Remus of
an old darky. He looked at the"yoang
man sprawled on the ground
| Motion yo'seif, niggalf, motion
yo self, said the old man, prodding the
younger with his foot. 'tEf yo' amt got
nuthin' to do make out like yo' has
| Which was very good advice, not only
FOR that colored man, but for most of
US living In this world where nothing
seems permanent but change, as Elberr
Hubbard said ~
Even modern entertainment seems
ruled by the gods of motion, those
mysterious and strange gods that propel
| radio impulses at the rate of 1853 900
| miles second, spin motion pictures 16
times second before our eyes, until we
seem to see but one picture moving, and
turn countless automobile wheels at
assorted speeds over unknown miles
| each day
These modern gods are electricity,
camera and gasoline. Speed is the first
name OF each Of them. Those who fune
now and then at our so-called 'Jazz
age might do well to remember that
not only is the genius Of our time ex-
| pressed in speed, but the very genius of
creation seems somehow based on
tremendous motion.
Those gods have a little, shy brother
called electron, a fellow who vibrates
faster than they ALL hidden in his lair,
the molecule. This shrinking electron
motions himself" to use the old
darky's expressive way of putting it.
That is why the world wags.
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Motion in animal life is best seen,
perhaps. in puppy. Now a puppy is q
cute little critter which never stays still
for second. 1t runs here and there,
| tumbles over its fellows, lies down only
to jump up, jumps up only TO sprawl
itself out again..
does the puppy crawl close 10 its mother
for rest, Most little things arsf like
that, too. The kitten is a bundle Of
animated fur, its whole being set in
motion by a bit Of string. Its bright
eyes take In everything and anything
that moves.
A healthy child is motion incarnate.
Some babies are In motion constantly
when awake, their sleep serving to re-
charge their motors Of vitality. so that
when they wake again they can bounce
up and down in their bouncing devices
and keep their arms-and sometimes
their lungs-healthfully exercised.
Growing q bic older, a healthy little
girl or boy Is on the run from morning
TO night, as any parent knows. The
average American small boy OF the ages
from to u, say. Is a very demon of
vivacity.
So fun Of pep" is the average boy
that he must be Constantly talking or
yelling as a normal procedure TO accom-
pany his incessant movement.
Booth Harrington. in This immortal
Penrod stories, has given inimitable
pictures Of the csasslsss activity Of the
small boy. pictures Of such enduring
truth, set forth In such splendid fashion,
that they VIII continue to live forever
in the worlds literature. II any one
reading here has nor read these stories
let me advise him to possess himself OF
them at once.
One Of the small boys favurite objects
OF motion-and emotion-is property,
Every small boy seems at heart some
thing of a bolshevik, with this differ
ence: His motion" against property is
purely impersonal. He simply is no
longer taught respect for property.
That IS something he will acquire when
he owns property OF his own. Like a
socialist who calm down considerably
in his talk after he comes suddenly
into the possession of wealth, the small
boy when he becomes a man gets. a
tremendous grudge against the new