Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-30
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

it I'D than otherwise, such Is the mar
velous economy of the spirit.
The next happy feature Of all such
responses is that they may be made
instantly at the time and place where
one is, and, above all, that they may
be made by any one, no matter how
much money he possesses or does not
poSsesS or whether his skin be white,
black or yellow.
Thus in q true and wonderful sense
all men of good will are brothers, and
may so manifest themselves day by day
without waiting for the supreme mo-
ments of life, which come seldom
enough to most and not at all to some
Yet the sad truth must be gotten
back to at whatever risk that SUCH re-
sponses are so easily made that some
the sneer discourteous that many hest
tate to make them, so misunderstood
that some will not make them.
Brighten up the corner where you
are" was a good If somewhat hectic
admonition. 1t asked for the pleasant
response, and 1t plainly pointed out the
one peculiar place Of its performance.
It asked for personal responsibility
| One was not asked to "let George dc
it," but to be this well known George
ululSell, anu 10 dCb dCCOEulIlSly, SLICE
action seems to be Georges middle
name.
If one feels the need to respond
kindly to kindness, instead of turning q
deaf ear to it, he will be cheered to
know that he does not have to go tc
Europe about it.
He need not make himself exotic OF
| garb himself In queer costumes as char
acters in operas are required to do. II
Is not necessary to climb mountains OF
go above them in speeding planes.
All the candidate is required to do Ii
keep his head level, his feet on the
ground, and his heart right.
X X X X
The world will be a better place tc
| live in when right action is taken out
| of the books, the schools and other
training places, and put squarely, calmly
| and simply into peoples lives. We
know that this has been the standard
| aim for centuries, but mankind has
somehow bungled the thing, as it doe.
so often the plainest things.
Sometimes 1t seems as If the easier q
thing is to do in actuality the more
difficult mankind makes it for himself
| by hedging 1t around with rules of con.
duct and the like Perhaps this is moi
to be wondered at when one takes into
consideration the fearfully complex ma.
ture of the human mind, that bit Of
supreme intelligence gathered together
into head.
The mind Is a localized intelligence
| playing on, with the aid Of the nerves
! the little intelligences, as some one has
called them, of the entire economy Of
body cells. These cells are brothers to
the far-fung celestial bodies which ex-
tend into unthinkable space.
Yet what man can measure Is no les!
difficult to understand than what HI
cannot. And it all takes us back to 6
completely from which anything may
be expected and into which life otter
works itself.
So perhaps it is not to be wondered
at, after all. that fallible human being.
often fail to respond kindly to kindli-
ness, although 1t is their one perfect
way of living up to the best In them.
The wonder may be that out of the
sea as they have come, out of the queer
beginnings, and the no less inexplicablt
endings to which they 60, they do a.
well as they do along path so strewr
with thorns and roses.