Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-01
SUB ROSA
BY MIMI.
Eve"

1t took slim "Lindy." the New
York Paris flyer to immortalize the
first person plural. Old julius Caesar
did a similar trick with the first
person singular when he broadcast
his Neni, Nidi. Vici-lkid stuff after fly
ing over the Rubicon. and since that
day there have been plenty of folks
TO ring the changes on the IL"
Our big brother, Indy, has revised
all the grammars and given I'VE its
proper place among the pronouns.
You might have thought he was
referring to his sweetie, when he said
eve" or imagined that he was in
Guiding his pet dog or even his buddy,
but the party of the second part IN
the we-concern was his flying machine
That's the idea, and that's the stuff.
too. You can go II alone when you
take n little take-off and make little
hop, but when you take off for big
flight you've got TO have companion
of some sort. For it's the we-spirlt
that wins in the big game or the big
flight
on matrimony, and I'll admit that it's
the we. spirit and the we-desire which
prompts people to switch off the single
track and steam along with side
kick. 1t must have been this we
idea that was at work at the affairs
where people We're paired off into In
Vulnerable punches of wes.
I'm not here to advertise matri-
mony, which doesn't need any boost.
for almost any girl would walk mile
to get some sort Of camel as her
mate. Marriage can take care of it
self, for just as soon as girl or boy
gets to a certain. which is an uncer-
tain. age she andhe began to get
welsh. That is, they desire to have
dancing partner for the lifelong
Charleston.
But you can do a lot of we-ing
without having the usual partner of
the marital variety For if an artist
can be welded" to his art, YOU can
put wedding ring on your work,
your play, your avocation. If you
can't get hubby. get a hobbie. Have
somebody or something to share your
interests. Cultivate the we-spirit.
That's the logical conclusion.
When a woman adopts canary, or
poodle, or kittie, she shows that she
prefers to sail along as I'VE" rather
than as 81" In the case of brother
Indy it was a flying machine. but In
your case and mine 1T can be some
thing less pretentious And We'll
have the same feeling he had IL only
we identify ourselves with an idea of
some sort.
Maybe that's what religion is-hav
ing a partner who carries you along
above the earth with power greater
than yours. And maybe that's what
life is when people really live. For
the person who withdraws from the
crowd and exists like hermit Is only
kidding himself.
The we-spirit is the spirit Of human
ity, the larger life. the big noise. II
you have been going 1t alone and
haven't had any better pal than your
powder puff. you have chance to get
into the Royal Order of We.
It's only the we-people who get
there in this old world. The folks who
jog along the narrow path of private
life and haven't any public spirit are
the ones who are likely to end up in
some far neck of the woods.
If you belong to the we-order, you
have an interest in life. You are sup.
posed to be yourself and to live your
own life, but when you have the We
spirit you have wings which carry
you to farther lands.
tCopyrieht. 1927
directed to this nap naper. provided STAMPED
addressed envelope is inclosed.