Evening star., 1931-06-18
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES :. TRAcEWELL.

It was q rainy evening, the kind wher
you and /, dear reader, like TO stay q
home.
Some folks there are who delight II
an outing. the moment they see . rain
coming up.
= Others there are who prefer to staJ
indoors when they see flashes Of light.
ming to the south, and hear distan
rumbles Of thunder.
This evening the air was sticky. as w
! say, with feel" CT rain in the air
50 that the rumble to the south was NJ
| surprise.
We hoped that the electrical display
would be brief, or even would not gel
| out our way at all.
Lightning Is one Of the ordinary man.
fiesta tions of Nature which many per-
sons could get along very well without
Here again mankind Is split into two
great groups. those who do not minC
haps the first grouping should In turT
! be split into those who honestly do no
fear lightning and those who stoutly
maintain that they do not.
AS for US. We admit to solid anc
abiding dislike for thunderstorms anC
we do not much mind who knows 1t.
SThunder we rather like, but the &C.
compsnying lightning is bit too much
In this We differ from many persons
! who loudly assert that they are no
afraid Of lightning flashes at all, bu
! that the roll of thunder makes then
jump.
Thus they admit to q Jump, now anC
then, but never to fear. Perhaps they
are right. Undoubtedly there Is . Ger.
tain native shrewdneSs in the mass Of
mankind which tells them, all uncon.
sciously. just how much they ought tc
admit and how much not to admit.
**+ +
This evening there was, however, NJ
lightning display.
1t was safely to the south, wher.
timid mortals shrank back from win.
dows, or pretended that they didn'
mind In the least and so bravely stoot
their ground in open doors.
To the south human beings spoke Il
one another, Put that knife away, Il
may draw the lightning" and ever
scissors and ether small objects were
| shut up for the night.
Such is the power Of an early educa.
ton. Today there Is some dispute as Il
the drawing" rower of lightning, but
the safe and sane rules Of antiquity
even If they have a little fear complies
in them, are not 50 bad, after all.
There is little point in standing in ar
open door during an electrical storm. ol
even in sitting by an open window
There is some possibility that a draft
through a house, created by q fresh
breeze accompanying a thunderstorm
might cause a path for electrical cur
rents.
Out our way there was no storm, but
only q gentle rain. which did not ever
blow into the windows.
1t was pleasant to sit on the sur
porch, and look out at the tall trees
waving their branches TO greet the
falling water.
Greenery TO all ssides-what greater
decoration is there in the world?
Here at home, on a rainy evening
Just at dusk. you possessed one Of the
most beautiful color combinations In
the world.
After all, what touches, for genuine
beauty the faint blue of the sky, the
green Of grass and trees, the brown
blackness Of tree trunks?
There you have Natures best effort
toward a modest combination Of colors
In certain places, such as the Grand
Canyon, she has fairly outdone herself
There colors glow.
Such pictures do very well for visit
out not for steady consumption. They
! are too great TO be called hashy, but