Evening star., 1925-04-10
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

For the benefit of those readers
who do not care for poetry, we con-
tinue here today our jazz version of
Pope's Essay on Man." translating
the second epistle from rhymed coup
let's into prose. This series Is be-
lieved to be the first time any one
has Translated" English poetry into
English prose.
st. John, old buddy, you. stack ur
against a big order when you pre-
sumo to scan God. The best you car
hope to do Is to know yourself, as the
old Greeks said. The proper study
of mankind, take it from me, is the
ring tailed variety known as man-to
wit, himself
What a bird man is to be sure,
You might say he is wise in dark
sort of way, and great in a crude
manner. He has got too much knowl-
edge to be a skeptic, and is too weak
to be true stole.
So he hangs between, in doubt
whether to call himself a god or
beast, or to prefer his body or his
mind. He is an ignorant sap, no mat
ter whether he thinks too much or
not enough. In fact, men were Gre
ated half to rise and half to fall. AL
though he lords 1t over half of Gre
alton, he is prey to all things, and
though he is the sole Judge of truth
here. he is always in error In short,
YOU might call us the glory. jest and
riddle of the world, all in one breath.
Go. you simp. Be a scientist until
you are blue in the face. Tell the sun
and moon when TO stage an eclipse.
and let the multitudes applaud 'em, as
If II were some sight on a stage
Tell Time what to do. and the Sun
Just when TO set. Go tell Eternal Wis
dom how to run the universe, and
then come back to earth. and just be
yourself. your sweet self-a fool
Why, you can't even explain where
you came from or where you are GO
ing. AS for your boasted reason,
passion quickly overthrows It. il
given a chance.
But don't be down-hearted, There
are two big principles in human
nature that bring us out right. The
first one is self-love, to urge US to be
up and doing; the second Is reason.
to put the brakes on all four wheels
when necessary
If 1t wasn't for self-Iove men would
be too lazy to move. If he didn't have
bit of reason behind him he would
be active to no good end. The thing
works out very nicely, you see With
out love of self a man would take
! root, like vegetable, and never
bulge step. Look at all these gink IS
riding few blocks in an automobile
What's the use of arguing about it?
Wise Sazaboes, just like nuts. when
they get into arguments most often
mean nothing a all, or else find out
they have been saying the same thing
AS for us, let us admit that self
love and reason have the same end
Both seek happiness. both fly from
pain. Our passions we may label diff
| ferent forms of self-love, that is all
and though selfish, if decent, are
worth while.
AS we sail along through the ocean
of life, reason is our compass. but
passion. pep, is the gale that blows
us along, buddy. We do not find God
only in the calm weather. He mounts
the storm. and walks upon the wind
Make an Irish stew out of love.
hope and fear. taken ont Of beautiful
Miss Pleasures KITCHEN cabinet; mix
in the spices of hate, fear and grief
secured from that sad lady, ole Mrs
Pain.
These Ingredients, slapped together
with art and not overdone. result in
a hot article, yet not too hot. Il peppv,
tasty Confection to maintain the bal
ance of the mind, and give all the
strength and color to our life
We always are looking around for
something to please us, now this, nov