Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-29

How not TO quarrel Is the secret not
only OF happy marriage but also OF a
happy individual life.
To live perpetually in a crouch at
some one or something Is to fail by
just that much to secure the happiness
which ought to go with living
Anger choler, ire, call 1t what you
will was recognized by the ancientS as
the main stumbling block standing IN
the way of the searcher along the road
of life.
They discussed the theoretical aspects
OF anger from every viewpoint Plu-
tarch, better known for his famous
Lives" wrote a number of moralistic
essays on this subject, still very much
worth the while of any one to read.
Epictetus, the slave. and Marcus Au-
relius. the emperor, equally looked upon
anger as the menace to health and
happiness, both of mind, soul and body,
which 1t undoubtedly is. Plato. Seneca
and other ancientS treated the fault at
length.
In modern times scientists have
shown what happens in the body of an
animal when angered, how certain
glands pour certain secretionS into the
blood stream, how digestion is tenn
porarily stopped, and how sucking
mothers milk.
Anger is no different today than it
was when chariots were the fastest
thing in transportation.
II is astounding how little human
beings have changed in recorded history.
While wonderful transformations have
taken place In living conditions. with
ka If hat
vicious into that which is tolerable. the
basic emotions of human beings have
remained the same as Of old.
The Bible is as wonderful collec-
ton of writings today as when written
largely because this is so. Even the
Skeptic may well be amazed at the
veracity OF the Good Book in portray
ing our common human nature.
Indeed 1t is because of this that the
Scriptures possess the power they do
of being able to give every one who
reads something Of comfort and in
spiration. And it will be found that
anger is spoken of as a vice to be fought
with all the weapons of the godly.
The surprising thing about anger is
how it pops out.
Some of humanitys other pet vices
are of slow growth, creeping upon man
inch by inch, until often, to his utter
amazement, he Is enmeshed.
Anger however, leaps out of his
throat almost instantly, It's inception
recalls the myth OF the birth of Venus.
who rose from the sea complete. or that
of Minerva, who was said to have
sprung full-panoplied from the brain of
ZeuS.
Anger does similar complete job
OF it.
One may be congratulating himself
on having got the best of the monster
for life when all of a sudden something
will happen or be said which will make
him boil over.
He may see something which strikes
some chord In his inner being. The
sight of some one hurting child, even
though the child be an utter stranger,
perhaps will arouse instant anger in
more persons than any other one hap
pening.
Even a man who may regard himself
as absolutely unchivalrous will spring
to the defense of the child without
hesitation. spurred on by an uncon-
trollable something which gets in his
throat and makes his fingers clench.
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One would not say, then. that anger
has no place in life. since 1t may thus
lead to Fighting of wrongs, and since 1t
is so unacceptable, no matter what one
may think of It.
Controlled anger is the answer
something on the order OF controlled
play for children. 1t is only when