Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-20
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

| however. lies in what the name i'm
plies. There are here no droves of
| children trampling over lawns, no
| blaring radios far into the night, no
roaring piano players, no uncouth
| laughter.
! There are of course, children. Prac-
tically every householder has radio,
most of them have monographs, and
some have piano players. And all of
| them laugh, upon occasion.
| The children, however, play with a
proper decorum, managing at the
same time to be healthy. natural chill
dren. playing in their own yards. and
minding their own business. They
are learning invaluable lessons as
they grow up, growing into the full
stature Of decent, law-abiding citizens
as they grow older
| In Quietville, which is as happy and
gay as any, if we may judge from our
visit care is taken at night to keep
the radio within the home, where it
| belongs, as far as possible.
When 10 o'clock comes around,
those who choose to listen to more radio
| either turn down their rheostats or
detune slightly, so that the volume is
cut. Unusual? Very. In Quietville
every one thinks of his neighbor. "Old
| Tom Jones wants to Sleep" says old
| Sam Hicks, who wants to listen to the
| jazz band.
Similarly, all activities are handled.
! When one home has a party, the
guests are not allowed to stand on the
curb at midnight and roar "good-by"
until l o'clock. eve say mot al
| lowed" but that is hardly a fair
| statement. The result secured is
| rather a working out of natural laws.
az hi inc a q
phere in Quietville that precludes such
| noisy farewells. Outlaws and the like
bar themselves. They just aren't the
thing, that Is ALL
X X x x
AS we were leaving Quietville. one
of the residents caught sight of us.
| He was a venerable man, with a long
white beard and a merry twinkle in
his eye. He invited us onto his porch.
pointed us out the most comfortable
| chair and brewed us a glass of lemon
| ade.
Thank you for visiting u.s." he
selves mirrored in your column, for
| nothing ever happens here. which is
| the way we want it, Of course"
"Of course we answered.
IF this community had a declara-
ton of principles-which it has not,
for it has no need of one-there would
be fine words In it about the right of
every man to life, liberty, happiness
and quiet.
1--WE believe in peace, out here"
went on the ancient man. 1--WE be-
| lieve that when a man comes home
from work he ought to be able to sit
down and read his paper undisturbed,
if he wants to.
I'VE feel that a man has an inherent
right to go to bed at 8 pm. If he so
desires. or even at o'clock, or pos
sibly at 6, If his head aches.
I'm securing this happy result,
however, we take care to allow the
children full rights to happy play, at
the same time we teach them to be
considerate of others. Look upon our
little ones, full of pep, as you young
men say, yet growing up to be true
gentlemen and gentlewomen.
I'VE pride ourselves upon our
homes, our grounds and other ma
terial things, but our greatest pride
is for our self restraint" There was
proud look in the old mans bright
eyes.
I'VE are quiet in Quietville because
we want to be, not because any one
has to be-" he said.