Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-09
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

which Is nice OF the sun and rather re
markable, too, since he knows nothing
| about us.
| If the sun would do what is known
| in the Vernacular as cut loose" he
might fry US like so many fish in a
| pan. He could wither us into nothing
| between sunrise and sunset, and be
none the wiser.
| Yet mostly his rays are caressing
| just warm enough for purposes oil
| growth and sanitation. The sun is g
| two-way wizard. achieving his RENE
dial effects both by light and heat
| We have had q book about sunshine
| on our list for consideration in this
| column for about two years, and we
| hope TO get around to it some day
The very fact that any one, even a
distinguished London physician, could
bet book on sunshine published
shows that the sun has become recog
nized as factor in human life, as well
as newcomer to the publishing world
| 1t was not many decades ago that the
sun was regarded as a most unwanted
| visitor in homes. especially in parlors
Window blinds We're pulled down with
fervor that amounted almost to re.
ligious zeal. Not a ray should strike
the pretty roses i'm the ingram carpet
II the good housewife could prevent il,
And generally she could and did pre-
vent 1t. The .parlor was perfectly
useless room, unused except on a few
days in any one year. When people
were allowed in 1t. they commonly no.
ticed queer something, half odor
half atmosphere, which they attributed
to the fact that the room had been
closed
But what really caused that sense
was the lack Of sunshine.
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Even a walk in the sunshine is
better than no exercise at all. We
refer, of course, to the stroll. A real
walk, at four miles an hour or better,
continued for from to 5 miles. is
excellent exercise.
Just stroll around on q bright
Spring day. Let the sunshine sink
INTO you. Sop up sunshine. as 1t
were Streets one thought dirty take
on now luster under the play OF light
and shade. Pedestrians are more apt
to conSregate, to stand around and
just talk.
Here is an automobile in the guise
of locomotive for advertising pur-
poses. 1t pulls up TO the curb, where
it stands for every one to admire.
HNeIy oHep however, dQmlfeS from q
distance at first No one wants to
admit that he is gawking. Surely the
young fellow reclining at the throttle
will regard one as a 'rube",
So we admire at long distance. We
look. And look. And look. The
power of something new Is so com.
pelling. Every one else is looking
too. More intrepid spirits then step
up boldly. They peer into the cabin, -
give the shiny brass bell and rails
the once over" admire the size of
the boiler"
Finally there is a crowd around
the machine. Necomers who want
to see 1t have to push in. No ons
says anything. Every one just looks
You might think, offhand, that, having
seen, every one would pass on, but no
one does. He keeps on looking. One
falls to wondering how long the aver
age pedestrian can stand just Sawking
at something new. He has now seen
it all-why doesn't he move on?
The answer Is that 1t is human
nature to stand and look. The new
ness, the novelty, requires a certain
time for assimilation. The time varies
with individuals. One man will see
his fill in minutes, another in 10,
another in half an hour. Tomorrow
not a man here, If he passes the
locomotive" again, will give 1t q
second glance