Evening star., 1928-04-18
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES f. TRACEWELL.

! Only through walking this path
alone--as Jesus did, to select one glori-
| fed example--can any one be true To
himself and others. or become the
helper not only Of himself, but OF those
around him.
Out of introspection and dreams, such
a man comes TO have high realization
of the dignity of the ego. and to realize
better than most that formality In the
EVERYDAY life is one of the basic ways
of manifesting his respect for that dig
nifty.
This formality he finds. is compatible
with his home life. his office life. MS
everyday relations with every one ne
meets.
He is not stiff nor staid about 1t, but
simply treats every one as II they
amounted TO something. When one
stops to consider how unusual this at
| tittide Is. 1t may be realized that this
man is exceptional.
| In some walks OF life 1t seems to be
quite the thing" for every person TO
conspire to lower the dignity of others
and thereby depreciate the standing OF
each person with every one else.
| Some men have this attitude down to
what might be termed science. They
/ exert every ability. not to help or raise,
/ but to debaSe and pull down.
| Perhaps the only thing that may be
| said to their credit is that in the great
ma ority OF cases their words and acts
are totally unprecedented. They are
| not conscious of their attitude-else
they would redouble their efforts.
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He whb believes in the dignity Of life
will give as formal a morning greeting
| to members of his family as he would
to guests. How many persons do so?
Ordinarily the heartieSt Good morn
| ing!" is reserved for the guest; but II
the visit extends day too long the
cordiality OF the greeting IS cut pro-
portionately, until finally the guest gets
down to family basis. and receives no
more cheerful saIutation than that ac-
corded members Of the family.
How tremendously new neighbors
greet each other, and raise their hats
But how long this good attitude lasts
commonly depends upon the frequency
of interchange of ideas. All too fire.
quently there seems to be pushing to
the front of resentment. held in leash
at first, only to crop out at last.
Even IN the business world. where
some seem TO think courtesy not nee
essary, ordinary formality is a most val
liable ingredient. The various ranks and
degrees in business are smoothed over
and coalesced more by just ordinary
politeness than by any amount OF
efficiency whatsoever.
Any close observer has seen a cheer
full greeting from a superior officer
To a worker TN the ranks do more
TO boost sales than any amount of lee
lures and instructions. All the pep
up stuff in the world will not make up
for lack Of cordiality between directors
and workers.
AZ home. in industry. In the streets,
nothing so pleases a fellow human
being as 10 made to feel that the one
he has dealings with. Of whatever type,
holds him TO be worthwhile individual
II was this held belief. on the part
of both participants. that made the
conversation alluded 10 AT the begin
ming of this article an agreeable and
instructive proceeding. since It made
plain that not only did amicability
reign. but also that cordiality and SIN
cerity and other good qualities are often
based on so informal thing as ordinary
formality.