Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-02
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

its back, swells out It's tan and splits
nightly in response TO now Of certain
| internal secretions.
We say that that cat is angry, we
deny the animal 4 conscious power TO
beco re indignant at the dog. but Per
| No one could blame 1t in the least.
The mechanism Of anger in human
beings is much the same, except that
| the button Is pressed, as 1t were, by
| conscious anger, beginning with the
eyes. or the ears, which see or hear
something at which the better sef1si-
bilities Of the human being rebel.
The eyes and the ears, therefore,
may be said to be the primary agents
| What the eyes see and what the ears
| hear Is responsible for most human
anger. A blind man who also was deaf
would be saved thousands Of causes for
anger, although he might feel 1t no less
| than others II the causes for 1t were
carefully explained to him through other
channels.
| The best qualities of human hearts
and minds induce the righteous anger
! of which we speak, and OF which we
speak alone, having no other type in
mind in this writing
It Is true. we believe, that anger often
/ Genes about not only because such Ire
carries with 1t conviction to others,
through its very intensity, but also
and alas that this should b. truei-
1t makes afraid the object of its attack.
| Putting fear into others-that Is the
only way some people can be made to
do the right thing. the only way some
/ times in which they can be made TO
give up doing wrong.
The fear of God"-that Is an old,
/ old phrase, which has puzzled millions
OF hearts over the ages. II God is
/ love. as We have been told. where can
there be room for fear? But the fear
OF the Lord. we also have been told,
. is the beginning of wisdom. and some
| now in the bottom Of our secret hearts,
whose depths are explored fearfuly
only by ourselves and are unknown to
others, We believe those worGs to be
true. We spend lifetime reconciling
the two oppositeS. not satisfied with
the explanations of words, until the
happy day when we realize that anger
Is part OF tn. composition OF life and
also divine. that proper anger is one
thing. improper anger quite another:
that there is a fear which is good
because 1t is accepting and fear which
is bad because 1t Is useless questioning
+ X y
The efficacy OF righteous anger may
be tried out BY any one. in deserving
cases, often with amazing success.
Here is some impudent young whip
per-snapper, for instance. who thinks
because he looks like a man and wears
a suit Of clothes that he is just
little less than the finest creature ever
struck of On the shores OF time
Impudence Is part of his preten-
sion. He talks loudly. he curses, he
stares, he Is an affront to all Who
know him. but he is so nasty About 1t
all that he actually frientens many.
1t is batter to let him alone. they say.
But let a brave man become indig-
nant at him. then anger flares up. and
the young man is given the tongue
flashing which he has long deserved.
Does he retaliate in kind?
Not If there has been enough vigor
in the anger directed against him. He
crumples up with anna zing speed, and
from a braggart suddenly turns into
humble enough man. who ever there
after treats the one who was angry at
him with the greatest respect.
/ It takes just this sort OF anger to
tame some people. and fortunate are
they when they meet the friend-fcr
that is what he is-who is able to read
/ them a great lesson in the name OF
4 righteous anger.