Evening star., 1925-06-18
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

The man who calls you Brother" is
cousin to the dodo who greets you as
"Captain!"
Both of these salutations, of course,
are great in their way, especially If
you have earned them. To be a
brother to humanity is a worthy aim;
to be true captain. whether in war
or industry, is an achievement.
But to have some norny- handed
gentleman who never saw you before
rush up with expanded palm and
greet you affectionately as Brother"
Is distinctly another matter.
Brother, what time Is it?" he asks
You long to coolly look up and down
his frame. squelching him properly,
as the ladies do, and say, firmly:
Il am no brother of yours, buddy"
Instead, you take out the old time
piece, give 1t the once-over and peace
fuily tell the simpleton the hour, then
suffer the further indignity of Thank
you. brother"
You long to throw yourself upon
the fellow and crush him with a few
Well directed crushes. There is some
thing about his way of addressing you
that rileS you considerably in that
portion of the human mind which is
easily upset.
Surely there must be a section of
the brain that is more touchy than
the rest of it, else how can we ac-
count for the testy people we meet
every day? They get so upset over
nothing. The way you look at them
makes them angry. They are in
suited at ones tone Of voice and be-
come mortal enemies upon the slight
est provocation.
Here we are, to be sure, irate be-
cause some one with a pleasant out
look on life has dared to call us
Brother" Well, that is the way life
is. We recognize the faults in others,
our own with greater difficulty.
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Doctor" Is another name we do
not answer to, although 1t, too is a
great title. The true doctor is in.
deed a friend, brother Of humanity,
life
The true doctor has sympathy as
broad as mankind, the energy of the
devil himself. and the ability that
comes through proper education and
later It's proper application
A doctor, as he goes along, Il should
be known, has to revise much that he
has learned at medical school, suit
ing 1t to the individual case. At least
the real doctor does.
He finds out that much the profes-
sors told him was what some other
professors had told them, and was
not always just exactly the real
thing, as 1t is worked out in life. So
he mobiles his learned lore to suit
his actual experience.
Yes, doctor" is a great title.
When a breezy individual gives it
to me, however, who have never
earned 1t. 1t arouses righteous wrath.
Hello, doctor, how are your" he
calls. This divine simp usually does
not know you very intimately, so you
forgive him. since that Is just his
way Of attempting to be cozy.
Hello, doctor" he calls.
Il am no doctor. and never expect
to be-" you would like to roar out.
DO you see anything about me that
smacks of the medical profession ?
Can You find any diploma anywhere
that shows me to be a graduate of
any medical school?
You fool, If you want to call me
anything. why not pick out something
L am! But don't call me doctor. /
am no doctor. l am no captain. ]
am not your brother, Like Jehovah
OF old, l am that l am, that is ALL"
The cheerful idiot who thus insists
on branding you with titles has an
extensive repertoire. He does not seem