Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-19
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES &. TRAcEHELL.

he moves along, and he comea TO an
apparent end, after which there may or
may not be another edition, a. BenIA-
min Franklin phrased 1t.
Life doesn't much care whether you
break into print With life the impor-
tant thing is to live, and to live Ia 70 be
story of some sort.
Maybe you think your life IA not
much of story. but 1t makes no Diff
ference, perhaps the seeing eye and
understanding heart could do marvels
or he who wrote "Sorrel and Son, "
could get ahold Of you, the printy re-
suit would surprise you as much a.
your friends.
Then the least romantic person might
be amazed to note the romance inher-
ent In Just living. He who had
laf1ented the fact that he was not a
boy when Caesar was in his prime
would discover that 1929 IA not so bad,
He who had paused TO regret his slim
chance OF seeing what the world would
be 100 years from now might sleep
easier il he knew definitely that ma
chimes and their resulting minds are
going to ruin 1t.
These are probabilities. The sure
thing Is that the first step OF the
novelist Is what the average person
needs. What Is this step? II is simply
the realization that the interest of life,
with all its wealth Of romance, Is
everywhere.
Even the burdens and pains OF life
have their interesting aspects. Some
men can see wildly In their own minds
eye. as 1t is called, the healing power
of Nature at work in every ailn1ent
They get genuine kick" out Of the
nm fAVH la tnYa ~ fN1ry tafnif
Every surgeon, every dentist, knows
that If the Lord build not the house, he
who builds 1t labors in vain. Wounds
sores, scabs-.-these become to such a
man not so much loathsome terms as
indications Of healing, which is beau
tiful, intensely romantic process
Viewed from this standpoint. the art OF
the doctor. the surgeon and the dentist
is the most enflobling in the world. just
as land is called real estate" so the
accomplishments of such men ought to
mantle way of looking at It, SO much is
admitted without argument.
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Men are books walking.
There goes vulgar story as SURE
as he is alive. The binding OF his face
denotes an evil way of looking at the
essential facts of life.
His bad "humor," as they said in ole
times, has seeped out OF his mind into
his skin, so that all who pass may read
There goes a beautiful book One
'enses, rather than sees, quiet stotJ
Of moving power, which might disap.
point some, but would exalt most.
There is gay, frivolous STORY, of the
sort commonly called light SUMMED
reading" Her life Ia given over to non.
essentials, but she handles them deity
enough. 1t Is only after some acquaint'
anee with this flip volume that one
realizes that there is not much to 1t
after all. ,,
There goes a Bible, an old mar
freighted with years, bearing the wis.
dom of a patriarchal beard. The light
In his faded blue eyes is a beacon *
those with eyes to see.
These are a few of the books which
walk, the talking books of the grea'
human library, which extends from
Washington to Sudan and all the way
around again, constituting a stupen.
dous circulating library Of good anc
evil books. so many and so varied tha
only the Great Librarian can read then
all Alright.