Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04

| half-doze which many declare to be the
only conscious part Of sleep, and there
fore the only enjoyable portion.
We have said nothing Of Sunday as
a day of religious meditation, but that
Is wholly or in part In the back OF the
heads Of the great majority OF US
Whether we go to church or not, one
mental aspect Of this day. the result
of centuries of human living, and II
cannot be obliterated, no matter what
is done or not done.
X \
Monday has the particular character
of beginning, for most people.
There is brightness, a resolve to
do, on Monday morning which perhaps
other days Of the week lack.
In the household it Is beginning
all over again Of the active task OF
running a home
Monday still remains the wash day
of millions.
Bright and early on this morning a
and ten million garments fiutter in the
breeze, drying in the fresh air and
bright sunshine.
Tuesday Is a nothing-much sort OF
day, but one still partaking of the fresh
beginning.
It has the subtle distinction of the
man who cannot be caricatured. Such
a human being presents to the pencil
OF the cartoonist no unmistakable fea-
ture which sets him of from other
men.
We heard a famous artist once re-
fuse the request of friend, who had
asked that the cartoonist draw his
young son.
II cannot do It," said the artist
"He Is too young and has no feature
which I can seize on. Now that man
and he pointed to an associate
with all that hair. can do him easily
But I cannot do small boy"
Tuesday Is a small-boy sort of day
without enough hirsute adornment to
set 1t off, and it Is this lack which
gives 1t its character.
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Wednesday is day without big
nose. as it were, and SO few cartoonists
would attempt to draw it, 1t, too lacks
something of the character which dis
tinguishes Sunday Monday, and Sat-
urday, the three red-letter days Of the
week.
Wednesday, however, Is nearer to
Saturday, the great quitting day. and so
begins to have some CT its atmosphere
| Much as March Is the loW-water mark
for the months so Wednesday Is the
| low point for the week
Wednesday is regarded generally as
perfectly harmless day. There are
more meetings held on Tuesday and
Wednesday evenings than any other
| three or four evenings of the week.
Thursday too, is an innocuous day,
with a distinct feeling, however that
it is just so much nearer the desirable
Saturday and Sunday
Friday is the day Of anticipation.
This quality tends to dissipate the
sinister superstition which has gath
cred around the name. Even when
Friday falls on the thirteenth CT the
month. 1t is distinctly felt by all that
on the next day the evil combination
will be broken.
This leaves us only Saturday, observed
in thousands of hamlets. villages, small
/ towns, large towns and cities, with
festivities all its own.
Usually these eliminate in pedes-
trian rites at night. when the entire
ropulace gathers on Main street, to
walk back and forth. back and forth,
until II o'clock or later.
In the metropolitan areas this char
acter of festival is better concealed. but
! it Is there, nevertheless. Police activt-
ties are increased several fold Saturday
night, under the reign Of this minia-
ture weekly Halloween.
1t is we'll for the world that Sunday
| follows so quickly