Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-16

all have some portion Of this desire
to see each other, hear each other,
touch each other.
Modern Inventions have conSpired to
cram people together in public vehicles,
schools, theaters. The automobile gives
every one the opportunity to be present
at any event, so that there Is no chance
nowadays of being comfortable in
public.
Wherever one goes there is a tanning
of people. until those who do not like
such herding come to q point OF staying
away. Perhaps 1t is necessary to add
that this temperament does not neees-
Sarily come under the classification of
crowd fear. Rather 1t may be termed
crowd dislike. PsychiatTic classical
tions often are too loose. People no
longer are pitched into bottomless bells
by their enemies, but rather into certain
psychological classiflcations, there to re-
main square pegs in round holes, largely
because the classification was false In
the beginning.
The difficulty of being alone with
ones self Is not altogether physical
The person with this need also suffers
from the suspicion of his mates, who
find no such necessity exists in their
own daily lives. ThereIere their incii-
nation Is to place wrong constructions
on motives, based largely on the belief
that any difference from ones precious
self is wrong.
1t is amazing how great q hold this
| ancient fallacy has on many people
| They not only are the standard of per-
lection for themselves, but, If YOU are
willing 10 take their word for 1t, the
measure for you. too. They not only
| feel that they are the center of their
| own world, as does every one else, but
they 60 farther and lay claim to being
the center of the world for all an6
SGndry.
Tt is not dif1cult to see how such a
man or woman comes to feel that q
comrade or acquaintance who demands
certain amount of solitude daily is
| Just little bit off," The difacultY of
| Is none the less, IS many 2 home-lovine
person can testify who lives with a
| group OF movie maniacs.
y * :,
Social workers say that the lack OF
| solitude among the poor Is responsible
| for many Of the conditions which they
| are forced to correct. When the indi-
vidual members of q family have no
place to which they can retire for COM
munion with their own souls, certain
evils tend to rise into being.
There seems to be enough bad in hu-
man nature TO make o too constant dose
OF 1t dangerous even to the most eptj-
| niStic person. The desire for large
estates and mansions is not simply thu
! outcropping Of q display tendency, but
q realization by persons with means
that certain amount of privacy is
necessary for the best living.
1t is easy enough to get into crowd
With Modern transportation one can
get into the jam et theater or this
crush Of q downtown street in 3 com
paratively short space Of time. Often
however, it is not possible for q person
/ to fee into solitude. Too many factors
which cannot be overcome stand in the
way.
The important thing which must
be done to give more people opportunity
for SILENCE with themselves is for more
people of the other type to realize that
this is necessity with some. This
truth seems to be that 1t is those who
have no such need who make 1t din
cult for the others to get or keep q
| silent room" in their lives.
IL is only by the realization on the
part of the gay and festive that these
| others need solitude that the latter will
ever get 1t. Now and then a man may
move into a house with big attic, OF
in some other way secure the solitude
| he needs, but 1t might be the portion Of
all IL a concerted effort were made "a
understand the necessity for some peo-
pie at all times and In all places.