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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-04
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

There Is nothing that an animal re-
sents more than difference.
The different species are enemies;
those of the same species resent sick
ness or lameness in their own kind.
Great forests full OF wild creatures
show these traits In abundance. Rab-
bits go their way, wolves theirs, foxes
their own. Bears do not associate with
lions, nor tigers with leopards
Only a great emergency, such as a
forest fire, will drive the four-legged
things to meet In anything approach
Ing state OF friendliness.
Children OF the human family, per-
haps the closest to primal instincts,
detect with unerring eye the slightest
deviation from the normal or average
In their elders and companions.
II person have the dandruff, the
child says. "You have dust in your
hair" II one eye Is squinted, the child
sees it at the first glance
A little boy. passing dwarf, said:
big fellow, little fellow, like me-"
These are the elemental, animal-lik
glances which take in and which re-
sent differences. simply because they
spell something outside the usual,
therefore mean something strange,
! therefore beSpeak the unknown.
And the unknown. how the world
X * ~
Men Of good will. who are willing to
do more than casually accept the die
tum that they are made In the image
OF God. will do some work to merit the
designation.
They want to earn their right to be
glorious image. Surely no better
path offers than the difficult one of
attempting to see the good points in
others, and at the same time shrink
ing from the feeling that because the
other fellow Is different he Is an enemy
There are, OF course, various degrees
OF enmity: but nothing is surer than
that little degree, once it gets hold,
may grow into a larger degree. and so
on into the largest.
Nations and individuals have been
so occupied with noting and maintain
Ing differences that they have failed
to realize that in giving in to this trait
they slip back insensibly to animality
The brutes resent differences because
they know no better; the tremendous
seriousness OF their existence makes
such action necessary.
Men, however, needs must eSchew
these personal differences, these petty
noticings Of variations. If they are to
come into their birthright.
This applies most Of all in the daily
life. The grand moments are few and
far between for most of us, but we live
"a hours day every day, and for as
many days as possible.
In this great, moving mass OF living
each one will meet differences which
stand out. which positively hurl them
selves at ones head, but he Is wise in
his own interest. as we'll as for others,
II he firmly puts the brake upon in
dignation. upon resentment. upon suspi-
cion. upon loneliness.
Often enough the "other fellow
means nothing at all by what he says
or does, so your resentment. your in
dignation. your hurt feelings. are
largely wasted. And wasted emotions
are hurtful, as any psychologist viii
tell you.
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places slippery substance on the floor
Of coach, street car or railway car is
the one who Is responsible for any acct
dent that may result. But 1t is next to
impossible to identify such a person.
It Is presumably the duty Of the train
crew to remove such dangerous SUBJ
stances. In the case Of street car
in which motorman and conductor have
fixed stations which they cannot leave.
a fruit rind may be dropped on the
floor without detection and may cause
an accident for which the company
cannot logically be held accountable
Every case must be determined on its
own merits. The passenger is supposed
to mind his step" The company is
supposed to give reasonable protection
to the passenger. In case of accident
and suit, 1t remains for the court and
the jury to decide where the liability
lies and to what extent. II any. the suf-
ferer has been at fault through con-
tributory negligence.
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Why should difference mean en-.

Why should difference mean en-
nifty?
Not every person has attained to the
perfection of the wise ran who said,
II may not agree with what yoI say,
but I will fight to the death for your
right to say It."
In the daily life which most Of us
lead there Is nothing more common
than exactly the opposite attitude Of
mind.
To agree with another means that
he is a friend: to disagree with his
opinions. that he an enemy.
Hostility is one Of the prevailing
traits of humanity. Opposition in
thought involves state Of mental war
fare which often enough leads to ply
steal combat.
At the least, such difference causes
Ill feeling, estrangement, and, worst Of
all, an utter incapacity to discover the
good points in others.
II X r X
The longer one lives the more he Is
convinced that the ability to find good
points in others Is one Of the cardinal
virtues of everyday living.
Life Is more often reduced to plain
washing the face and going to bed
than 1t appears in the guise OF grand
moments. palpitating crises, or nervous
Civilizations.
We 60 to bed every night COR most
Of us do), and We get up every morn
ing. We eat breakfast. lunch and
dinner. We ride around town. we visit
friend or two. we 60 to the theater
We sit solemnly in front Of q desk
we engage in heated arguments. we
plan little things. These are some Of
the everyday actions Of everyday men.
And in the carrying out of these
actions and In the thinking of the
various thoughts that accompany them.
there Is nothing quite SO important as
the open mind.
To have an open mind means that
one Is able to check resentment at its
inception. that he is willing to over
look an insult, II need be, or that he
is DESTROYS of being just and fair. in
order that he may make sure Of find
ing the good in others. and not be mis-
led by the bad that is apparent to all.
\
This ability to see the good points
Is assailed from a thousand angles
every day. Humility is not an Ameri-
can virtue.
We resent too often and too we'll
We more readily blame than praise.
Many man has shamefacedly ad-
mitted to himself, in silent communion
with his own heart, that he held back
the word Of encouragement because it
might interfere with his own plans.
To be able to discover good points in
others presupposes. first. the recogni-
ton Of the necessity. and second, a
willingness to speak Of them when ex-
pedient and right.
Only by holding firmly to these
points. not in theory, but in actual
practice. Is 1t possible for most Of us
to steer clear OF the evil Of enmity re-
sulting from mere difference OF habits
Of mind and action.
*
This tendency In men perhaps shows
as well as any other our kinship with
the animals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-04

Members Of Congress are interesting
themselves In the protest Of business
leaders In the heart of the shopping and
theater district that after they had
been assessed 70 pay 10. the widening
Of Thirteenth street. 10 make IL the one
wide traffic street IN the business
center, the District Commissioners.
without any hearing or notice, by regu-
lstaon prohibited angle parking and
thus cut the parking s0ace 10 about
one-tljTd.
More than fifty business houses and
seven theaterg have compiained that
they have suffered a sysious loss In
patronage uaceable directly 10 this
parallel parking regulation, Gen. AN
Ton Stephan. president u tie Mef-
chants and Manufacturer Association,
has taken the matter ~ Nth the DE-
tflct Commissioners and been told that
this is Il first step toward tbs pro-
hibltion of ali parking IN the business
district.
The new parking regulation on Thir-
tenth street has been u cause OF veE-
atom ard serious Inconvenience 70 the
shopping and theatergo'ng public aud
10 others with offices In buildings con-
yenieft u that street. n has forced
further congestion on Twelfth street
and ne!giiboring side streets
II would seem that before such d
drastic change was mads, affecting ",
many persons and causing serious bust
1NsB I'm apifiGasai AQiiss khauIa Aasl
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National "Soft-Heartedness"
Blamed In Remus Acquittal

cinnats authorities to confer On RsnH
the freedom o. the city"
. . .
In defense Of the Jury system. how-
ever. the Columbus Ohio state Journal
suggests; The critics, perhaps. e&ye
forgotten that the attorneys for Lceo
ard Leopold waived their right q t-ial
bv jtlrv. and that the escape Of these
two criminals from the death peratsy
inclted much severe comment. probably
more than has resulted from the recent
tvaveSGy Il Was said az that time tAst
Loeb and Leopold could lsot have eees,
saved from the extreme punishment x
Jury had heard tAs case. Just as IS
is said now that Kes.sgES could not have
Got OF so lightly, II his fate rad been
in the hands Of the Judge Il does rsct
seem tina; is is the Jury system under
which Realyss was tried that merits Ire
ce,s0re but the - jurors who sprar-
entity permitted their emotions 80 Over
ride their Judgment
REGARDLESS az the instruction Of tSs
court" states the Port Arthur News
''the },lrcrS must have believed fest
RsFu,lS had ceez deeply wrurged BY tsss
Woman ne slew and the Enforcement
agent who turned hlN IN and saw -
IL thar he served term N the Atlantis
pensterttAry for the violation 81 tAe
prohibition laws ~ his cNsuat<y. Msny
important witnesses testified for sAs o.
feaSe AZ least two former ernpNcyeS
" the United States Government were
among the witnesses who Appeared scx'
RensllS"
Apparently the fits % Insanity Whit,
EeilssS staged in eEsl,gt. whseA ksakel AZ
thtS distance like pure hiStrscn!eSA~ S,ss
SeStS the Duhisn Herald "hScked Ike
the real thing ~ the members ~ tnal
luyy. Fur. .! COARSE. Is IS nGsaiaSse,Sj
thag THESE people who sat cRi that t.ryI
think highly ~ wIte-kslfES. tAcSSA,
four cf tasn,. lnellsatnS cne cf ~
WOMEN. We're arscrsx tAISe who rScAs<s|
~ she tail 81 tsealase with this man
who Killed his wife and then Scs ser
lstcate ~ Innocence frSsn the Jury
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-04

A suit OF law is pending in the Dis
trict courts In which a passenger on a
railway train sues the transportation
company for damages which resulted
from his slipping on banana peel
while re-entering car which he had
left for few minutes at q station. The
company rejoins that II IL not respon-
sibie for the fall. az the passenger. hav-
ing both hands full Of packages. was
not looking where he was going or pay
ing heed 10 what he was doing. How
eyer this case may turn out. II IL rem
iniscent OF series Of damage claims
some years ago in and around New
York in which a woman who acquired
some notortety figured conspicuouE'y.
She became known. indeed, as Banana
Peel Mary" II was not until number
Of cases had been settled out OF court
in her behalf that 1t was discovered
that she made a practice OF dropping
her own banana peel and slipping on
IL for the purpose Of posing az a victim
Of corporation negligence. She was
tried and convicted Of practicing fraud.
II Is not suggested that the plaintif1
In this present case Is In the category
~ Banana Peel Mary" IN the New
York and New Jersey cases the courts
held, or at least the claims agents Of
the rapid transit companies admitted,
that the presence NJ slippery sub
| stance on the floor ~ the car was
cause tor recovery. assuming that II
was not placed there by claimant.
The question OF how far n common
carrier In responsible tor the safety ot
It's passengers has always been diffleult
of answer, In the case OF d collision
the liability Ia admitted, Passengers
who walk up and down the aisles and
are thrown by the iurcbing Of the train
| have recovered damages, A broad
proposition the carrier In charged with
the, safety of It's patrons while they are
| within the confines Ut It's approaches
nlt the courts have also held that pas
Gengeis must exercise n reasonable de-
! gree III care 10 protect themselves.
kxlaasrlW ~. RekHpn Who AIQXa N
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been given and an opportunity afforded
those interested to protect their rights.
Not only because Of the immediate
loss suffered by so many business men
who helped to pay for the widening Of
Thirteenth street. but because the Dis
trict Commissioners have said that 1t Is
first step toward eliminating all
parking. the business concerns, who pay
heavy taxes. should be given fair hear
ing. They are as vitality interested as
any one else in keeping the traffic lines
open, but they feel that they should not
be forced to pay for widening streets
for bus lines that do not contribute
anything like the same amount into
the District treasury.
Members Of Congress. particularly on
the appropriations committee, have
promised to inquire into the matter.
but 1t is one that should be settled
by the District Commissioners, fairly to
all interests involved. without recourse
to Congress. Congress should not be
bothered with such municipal matters.
The business men should not be de-
prived Of benefits from the street on
which they have located. which they
have built up and brought into impor-
lance and for the widening Of which
they themselves have paid.
Surely the greatest good for the larg-
est number would be better served
through the Commissioners granting a
public hearing on whether there should
be angle parking or parallel parking on
Thirteenth street. No one could be de-
pended upon for better opinion on how
traffic in the business section could be
facilitated than the AUDITING merchants.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-04

leans at this hour. 1t Is a photograph
ic reproduction Of letter found in the
pocket OF Lieut.. Sakuma, who went to
his doom In a submarine during Japa-
nese naval maneuvers in 1910, along
With fourteen Of his men, the entire
crew. The letter was written while the
lieutenant faced certain death, a couple
OF hours after the boat sank The sub
marine went under at 10 am. and at
1910 pm. Sakuma reported that he
and his comrades knew their fate was
sealed. After describing in complete
detail the cause OF the disaster, Sakuma
wrote:
We now sacrifice our lives for the
sake OF our country. but my fear
Ia that the disaster will affect the
future development OF submarines.
1t Is. therefore. my hope that moth
Ing will daunt your determination
to study the submarine until IL is
q perfect machine. absolutely re-
liable. We can then die without
regret.
Supporters of Al Smith, conscious
that religious prejudice is the highest
hurdle he'll have to take before gain
ing the Democratic presidential NOM
Say AiOlislIk VI
are. going to make copious use of a SER
mon Just preached by the governors
pastor In New York City. He is Mgr
John p. Chadwick OF st. Agnes
Church. who spoke last Sunday from
the pulpit Of st. Patrck's Cathedral.
e.. Roman Catholic" said Mgr. Child
wick, who swears 10 safeguard. pro-
tect and properly administer the af-
fairs or a community. State or Nation.
Is bound by hts oath. no matter what
interest, party or friend may try TO
swerve him from It, The oath to full
I'LL the office comes first and before
all other considerations" Mgr. Child
wick was chaplain of the battleship
Maine when she was sunk at Havana
In 1898.
The Alexandria Gazette. published
just across the Potomac from Washinc-
ton. Is the Oldest daily newspaper in
the United States. On january 2 II
celebrated l4S years of continuous exist
ence. The Gazette was started shortly
after the surrender Of Lord CORVALLIS
ut yorktown. It's editor proudly boasts
that II Is Older than the Constitution,
older thah the presidency. older than the
United States Supreme Court, and h,n-
Tor OF the Declaration of Independ.
ence only by about eight years. II was
In its risky teens when the FIRST spade
OF earth was turned for tho foundation
OF the Capitol at Washington. The
wiseacrea of that day predicted that the
new Federal city would not thrive he
cause IL was too close To the growing
town OF Alexandria, George Washing
ton was one Of the 0azettes first sub
scfibers, The bound volumes OF the
paper carry the name of Henry Clay
on the margins of many copies. indicaf-
Ing that they we're the ones regularly
delivered to the Kentuckian.''
tCopSright, 1887
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PresumptuouS Criticism.

Representative Fiorello H. La Guardia,
according to his own admission, has
often been harsh critic of the Navy.
The recent disaster to the submarine
S-4 of Provincetown caused the Repre-
sentative to appoint himself an investi-
CATION committee of one and, presum-
ably to add vividness to a proposed
speech on the floor OF the House re-
garding the submarine situation, he
took thirty-six-hour ride in an under
sea boat. His first act on returning to
land was significant. He tore up the
speech that he had written about sub
marines and methods to rescue men
imprisoned on them.
Representative La Guardia's example
might well be followed by others who
presume to criticize the Navy without
knowing in the least what they are
talking about. The tragedy to the S-4
was shocking blow to the Nation and.
because Of its inability to rescue the
six men known to be alive, the Navy
rescue squad came in for a good deal
of panning. There may have been
rescue methods not used that might
have been used and there may have
been differences in judgment as to the
proper methods. but 1t is certain that
the cream Of the service as far as
rescue work is concerned was on the
job Immediately after the sinking. and
was in better position to size up the
situation than any other man or group
of men. Everything was done that in
the judgment Of those on the scene
could be done, and most Of the fiery
criticism Of the Navy Department
might well never have been uttered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-04
SHOOTING STARS.
by PHILANDER JOHNSON.


BaniShment.
There Is a goddess whom you fear.
Though Of o lovely type.
Her one decree is most severe:
Thou shalt not smoke a pipe"
She makes herself exceeding clear.
pause an eye 10 wipe:
Hand me cigarette. my dear
But do not light your pipe"
Up In the attic. far from here,
Old boys. In wisdom ripe.
From books expand n generous cheer
With them III smoke my pipe.
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Scientific minds are inclined to well
come archaeological discovery as means
OF carrying on human controversy with
out introducing Irritating questions Of
current taxation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-04

The discussion Of "favorite sons"
has become conspicuous. Feminine in
fiuence has become so strong that the
mention OF a favorite daughter may be
expected at any moment.
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The man who wrote the songs OF a
nation was once regarded as q power.
The man who does the flying for a
nation Is now regarded as the leading
influence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-04

Chinese philosophers have regarded
wealth as indestructible and war as In
eyitable. He who loots must expect TO
be looted in turn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-04

"TelI IL TO the Martnes!" is an old
saying. These hard-fighting lads are
attentive listeners and when the time
comes have something TO tell In reply.
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For an eminent and obliging figure
In public life. New Year true hap
piness can hardly begin until the ordeal
OF public handshaking is over
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Genial Generalities.

Genial Generalities.
"You have uttered many words of
wisdom"
Yes" answered Senator Sorghum.
But words OF wisdom are not always
appreciated. Unless you've got some.
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liable TO think you got your remarks
out Of reference volume"
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Henry Ford made his bold adventures
into literature. He is required to adj
NIT that the automobile salesman Is
n IRE powerful than the book agent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-04

A presidential boom which develops
before February must take Its chances
with the annual season OF frost.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-04

Disturbances inevitably break out
owing largely to the fact that Lind
bergh cannot be everywhere at once.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-04

There are now two distinct types Of
motor owners. One boasts Of how
much he paid dor his car and the other
Of how little.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-04

A criminals greed for notoriety is
a queer example OF publicity-seeking:
craftsmanship with absolutely nothing
to sell.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-04

Eminent statesmen who are looking
for a campaign issue are rather brave
In attempting to ignore the wet-dry
controversy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-04

Dinner invitations are important In
public affairs. A presidential possible
ity IL known not only by what he says.
but by when and where he eats.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-04

New Procedure.
The judge who added up the score
Remarked, Perhaps wen be more
wise
When we adIudicate no more.
But merely pHychoanhiyze."
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You can't belieys mo- dan halt you
hear" said Uncle Ehnp, And a. dat
xQaA. uaRls N. nlek ~ xxaRk Aalf,I. =.
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Worth while.

Almost year Wen have 10 walt
As patient as can be,
Endeayafing Ia decorate
Another Christmas tree,