Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

The days Of the week have separate
characters of their own.
The duties we associate with them
are something less, in this feeling, thar
their sequence.
The habits of centuries remain. but
somehow Tuesday has a different feel
than Wednesday.
Time, we must believe, has a great
deal to do with 1t.
Time and space-theSe are the two
great intangibles which color the mete.
ORIG career OF man.
Neither exists at all, in one sense
being but an impalpable nothing. which
cannot be felt but which can be meas
ured, which knows no limit but which
strictly limits the life OF finite crea.
lures.
Against these monsters. time anc
space, mankind has hurled Itself
through the ages.
Our histories, viewed from one as
pect. are but ceaSeleSs efforts to ami
hilate time and to reduce space.
But the faster we go. and the farther
the shorter life seems to become anc
the farther off stand the boundless
walls of the universe.
X X X +
ONLY in the days of the week do We
possess some sure measure OF the pas
sage of time.
Monday, tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs
day, Friday, Saturday. Sunday.anS
child can reel them of, but no pnlloSo'
pher can say any more.
They deserve their full spelling, ratnel
than the abbreviations which OTTER
they are given, for they are niieo VIII
all that we are and can be.
IF the WnpK even mOT(
than the years hold the possibility o.
advancement and Improvement II
them we have units of time Wh1cf
somehow seem more tangible to some
Of us than the shorter and longer meas
ures, the minutes and the weeks, or tn'
seconds or the months.
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday Wednes
day. Thursday, Friday. Saturday-ther'
we begin with the first day OF the week
which invariably seems the last u
many.
1t is an old, old dispute, begun cen
turtles ago, and still not ended SecC
have been founded on this difference
It is probably true that Sunday Seems
to most people the last day OF I'M
week. :,
To such persons Monday always Il
the first day of the week, the day OF re-
beginning. Even those who regard
Sunday as a day for recreation cannon
wholly get away from the heritage OF II
as a day of rest.
On Monday morning. II you lister
carefully to the conversation OF family
men, you will hear mock lamentations
about Sunday as a day OF rest, WIFI
the full implication that it was any
thing but such for them.
In thousands Of families Throughout
the United States the Sabbath Is thf
grand automobile day. On that DAY
father loads the family into the car anc
takes it to view spots Of historical IN
terest.
Whether he wants to or not, such
tours must be begun, and often mar
who works hard all week SPENDS tht
first day of the week, which veritablJ
seems like the seventh and last to MIN
acting as chauffeur and guide.
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Sunday is the grand loafing time fol-
still another section of humanity.
The man or woman who has ne
chance to sleep late six days a week
often takes advantage of the seventh
no. the first day-to do just that.
1t is amazing how many person:
there are who get more pleasure out Of
living a-bed than from any other &C
tivity, If one may so call it.
Sir Harry Lauder. III his famous ditty
'I Hate to Get Up in the Mornin,
wrote the theme song for millions.
This section Of humanity loves moth
ing better than to wake up, look sleep
ily around, ard to go back to Sleer
again. or, even better, to lie in tina,