Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-21
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES 3. TRAcEWELL.

A reader living in that community
of home lovers. Takoma Park, calls
our bluff about never writing on
topic suggested by any one else.
OF the four rules recently pro
mulgated here for the conduct Of this
column, the one given above has been
violated upon occasion, it need hardly
be said. Every rule, of course, has
its exception
Dear Mr.. Philosopher" says the
letter, ''the number of people who
read This and That would, no doubt
amaze, as well as please, you, were
You able to take census Of the ad
| diets to your column.
ut is but q natural consequence
that some of your readers fee
impelled to let you know that they
appreciate your worthwhile contribu
lions to the cause of making life In
the ordinary a bit more worth while
"It follows. as the night doth the
day, however, that opinions should
differ-may the first cause be
blessed! This note is to warn the
proprietor of This and That that many
of the suggestions set forth in his
lines have been acted upon with nc
small degree of satisfaction.
Last nights article. however (ah,
there's the rubD, contained set of
rules of your evolution by which you
are guided in writing, one of these
being that you never write upon sub.
jects suggested by others.
please do not expect us to be.
lieve that you were not facetious in
connection with this rule as you
well know that there is nothing new
under the sun, and Mark Twain has
treated this subject admirably in his
discourse with the brilliant young
man who thought himself capable
OF originating an idea, but was firally
compelled to admit that, without as.
ISOLATION, thought is impossible. 1t
is only matter of degree and form.
And If Arthur Schopenhauer con-
sidered the subject of the inanity of
whip cracking enough to hold it
worthy of an essay, and recommended
tive blows with heavy stick be
awarded offenders, do not under
stand why you should permit your
facetious little rule to stand In the
way Of writing a good article upon
the subject Of Trucks and Their
Noises
Very truly yours, r. r. s."
y X X \
We are reminded of the famous
lines from "Pinafore" which run:
What, never?" .'Well, hardly everv'
r. r. S. has suggested topic dear
to our heart-or should we say
ears? We are the proud possessor of
very keen senses. and have suffered
long from city noises, in particular.
Often enough we pine for the ST.
lence of the great open spaces, where
the bullfrogs rumble like thunder, and
the darn birds cheep incessantly.
The city doth, indeed, get on our
nerves. from time to time, but we
love it, for all that. How could we
ever get used again to being unable
to read the street car advertisements.
It cheers us immensely every morn
ing to watch that happy family dining
on macaroni. Mother sits at the head
Of the table, and is dishing out gen.
erous portions to her three little ones.
Happy smiles of supreme anticipa.
ton illumine the children's faces, shin
ing above their neat Buster Brown
collars.
How we envy them! II we could
get that much fun out of a platter
of macaroni, we would put in our
order for two barrels at once 1t GER
tainly pays to be an advertising child,
trusting, smiling, loving macaroni
above all dishes.