Evening star., 1928-02-28
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES +. TRACEWELL.

The question Of ventilation in an
Office where there are only few people
sometimes gives rise to a row. SO per-
haps 1t is no wonder that the same
problem In n public vehicle is a source
Of trouble.
When even Office mates will "ny of
the handle" over an open window per-
hapS 1t is inevitable that total strangers
will look daggcrS ut each other when
one Of them raises a bus window In
Winter.
How smugly the villain sits there
with his heavy ovcrcoat collar turned
up, swathed in his mutllcr, his red
cheeks glowing with health!
He has never been Ill day in his
life. and so has little consideration foi
poor. suffering humanity. He likes his
fresh air cold. the colder the better
because he is so warm that it does not
make him cold
He fondly believes that he is healthy
because he is fresh air fiend." but a
calm survey of his life would reveal
to every ono except himself that he
likes cold air because he Is healthy
that is all.
Those who are not quite so vigorous
bv nature will take their atmosphere
slightly modified. thank you. They
too, believe in proper ventilation. but
they resent, as all good Americans
should. having something thrust down
their neck.
Perhaps IL it weren't for ones neck
all would be fine and dandy. when the
healthy wight in the seat ahead puts
the window up as high as possible, and
settles down to inhaling great draught'
of Gods fresh air. contaminated by
the fumes that come up from the SIDE
Of the bus.
The human neck. however, has de-
Cidcd way of shivcring in draft
especially if it be placed in the seat
behind the cheerful fresh air fan.
The joke of it all is that the worst
sufferer is the person in the scat behind
especially he or she who sits on the
aisle.
The man directly by the open window
does not get half the force of the blast
of the passenger III the aforementioned
scat This is the point where the wind
swept i'll by the motion Of the bus, and
the we'll known hankering Of air to fill
empty spaces. begins TO feel its oats, as
1t were.
It lands with a Swoop on the innocent
person who has not foreseen the emer-
gency. It eddies in gusts around his
neck. tricklcs down his backbone. runs
up his collar, and goes whooping on its
way to the next scat. where it plays a
similar game with the passenger sit
ting there.
All this time the man who put the
window up Is Smirking at his reflection
in the window. and cOngratulating him.
self on the fact that he is a man who
believes in Health, Hygiene and Vcntila-
ton.
Who gave him the right to make
other people uncomfortable?
He who snee2eS on others broadSide
may do SO with Chagrin, although this
does not mitigate his crime much. But
the man who puts a window up on a
cold day without asking his ncighborS'
leave does 1t with malice aforethought.
The man who Snec2eS may not have
been able to get his handkerchief out
in time to muiIie 1t. or 1t may have
come upon him SO suddenly that he
even was unable 10 lower his head
The fellow who insists on freezing 90
other people just because he is too hot
himself. however. has no such excuses
as these. He has seen the faces OF his
neighborS. and he can see that they
do not like 1t.
He has heard the muttcrcd sarCastical
comments in his rear. and he has