Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-25
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES 3. TRAcEwELL.

| viii remain 90 much Greek to many.
| Yet these same people will, In O
measure, deal with stocks and bonds,
| patronize banks. buy real estate and in
other ways participate in the mysteries.
The way they do 1t Is to look wise,
discuss such matters In public as little
as possible, carefully select firms and
| individuals with whom to do business,
and then rely on the innate honesty in
| human beings.
Yet II you can catch one OF these
| persons in an honest frame OF mind,
when he has no bluff 10 put up. he will
admit frankly that numbers, as such,
in any realm, are unknown quantities
to him.
All numbers after they get to a GER
| tain point are the of the nathema-
| tician--tile unknown quantity.
One may have suspicion that many
who make a great success of handling
| large quantities OF things especially
money, are surprised at their own
| success.
It is only by the principle Of reducing
| the many TO units, as We have suggest
ed. that these people get by SO nicely.
This does not in the least detract
| from their ability, but rather adds to it,
| it seems to us. A man who successfully
| trains bears when he knows nothing
| about them Is more to be congratulated
than the bear expert,
| The extra width Of Pennsylvania ave-
/ nue. between the Treasury and the Cap
| itol makes its crossing TO the pedestrian
| one of the most dangerous in the city.
The lack of trafflc control on it adds
| to the danger, as several cars come at
| one side b. side, sweeping the entire
| intersection
| This brings one around to the desir-
/ ability of crossing in the middle of the
| block. Most people hold this as highly
| dangerous end motorists decry 1t, as
! we'll they may, but it is not as bad as
it looks. II one follows the old railroad
| injunction. stop, Look. Listen"
! Parked cars add to the danger and
/ yet in a measure they add to the safety,
/ too If one will take the trouble to
stop on coming to the end of the cars,
and cautiously peer both ways, there
| is little danger.
II one will not take that elementary
precaution, he Is very likely to be
bumped. on such a wide avenue as that
| designated Pennsylvania.
! The width of the thorouKhfare en-
| ables two or more cars to come abreast,
| and this forces the one on the inside to
| come close to the parked cars. Parallel
| parking adds to the space at the COM
/ nnand Of MOTORISTS. and hence to the
/ number that can come along at once
/ and more closely TO the curb.
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| It Is interesting TO note. facing a
| rushing traffic. that women are the
boldest to plunge into the stream.
/ Women take a thousand chances
every day to mems one, and in many
| cases seem TO rely solely on the ancient
courtesy shown their sex
/ Courtesy, however, il slender reed
| to lean on nowadays. and the pedes-
/ TRAN, male or female, who fails to
/ listen to the voice OF reason in this
! matter may listen to the ambulance
| siren later
/ Even when the stream OF traffic is
most insistent, and one feels terribly
j upset by being delayed, it Is well to
/ remember that the longest wait in such
/ cases Is not more than a minute or two.
| And surely most human beings are not
/ in such hurry that they cannot wait
q minute or two to save their lives.