Evening star., 1926-05-21
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES Z. TRACEWELL.

day. The night Is magniiier ana
gives even ordinary men deluslpns
of grandeur. Many strange things
happen o. nights!
X X II
In the night the reporters at police
headquarters cool their heels on the
tops of desks, waiting for what has
not happened, but which inevitably
will happen.
1t must happen.
II always does At o'clock on n
Saturday evening the safest prophecy
in the world may be made by any cub
reporter who has been assigned 20
headquarters.
"Ry midnight" he might declare.
with every assurance of being right.
there will be so many persons run
over and hurt by automobiles
"There will be two alarms OF ire
neither of which will amount to any
thing. I,y O'Clock there will, in all
likelihood, be IL cutting affair some
where. and we will have to comb the
city Director to see where Maggie
TulliVer lives.
by the time 3 O'Clock rolls around.
no doubt the city will have seen sew
eral other strange happenings, which
may go even so far as to include Il
I
class"
The older men might term him a
conCeited fool, but IL checkup later
probably would reveal that he was as
near right as the Weather Bureau is
in it's predictions. For at night men
and women think differently than
during the day. The sunlight has not
only an antiseptic effect on material
| things. but eXertS IL like beneficial
pressure on the minds of human be-
! ingS.
Crimes, the inevitable crimes which
| result because human nature is as
| it is. because heredity functions
among humans as il does among
roses, because social conditions have
! not undergone the amount of amelio-
! ration the prophets have predicted
most crimes have their genesis and
maturity at night when the restraints
and iuhibitiOns are lowered, and the
| evil impulses of the animal called
man" go bounding forth to theii
! work until morning.
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I III all this darkness the windows
| Of the restaurant shine like 4 light
| house on II lonely shore. beckoning
| the mariner to comfort and rest.
! / ne mugs may De ulILN al OLIlO tl4C
| rim, and the spoons none too clean.
| There may be tobacco juice on the
| floor. and traces Of egg on the knives
and forks,
| The table may be Uttered with the
| dishes Of Il previous diner. platters
which the man paid TO remove them
| is much too lazy to do. since he, 100,
/ has been affected by dark impulses.
! Yet the all-nieht restaurant still
stands for as much OF home as many
/ Il man knows. If this strikes YOU,
| gentle reader. as a shameful cOndi-
ton, we can but agree with YOU. We
are not preaching today. however
! but simply detailing conditions.
| Light and aliment we have in the
! restaurant. and SOrle steps toward
! that free cofnradeship which has been
| the aim of the world of men these
! thousands of years, The faults ol
such places may be overlooked their
merits shine forth unto all men.
| We can forgive the grimE mug for
! the steaming brew that greets Us
from its depth. There has been many
a tired and worn soul refreshed by
a hot roast beef sandwich. ON the
| subject of night restaurants we fee
as Hood did about his unfortunate
one, Owning her weakness. her evil
behavior. and leaving. with meek
ness, her sins to her Savior.