Evening star., 1932-04-11

not by sorrow, or illness. or real trou-
BILE, but principally because OF the Time
element
They do not allow themselves enough
Lineage for their mileage, If one may
put it that way. They stint themselves
on their time allowance, and thus pile
up worry and fretting and plain stew
ing around"
| One of the most dramatic instances
of this was a young lady who dasheo
into restaurant at minutes Of the
other morning, not far from great
/ Government department.
Ordering a cup of coffee, black-she
had no time for cream-she stood at
the counter, and, while the cup smoked
in her eyes, drank 1t down, at
draught.
A soldier in the trenches could have
done 1t no better. Then she dashed
away.
1t was her breakfast-and what
If this lady had smiled, if she had
raised her cup with the reckless air
of cavalier, and given the impression
that she was enjoying her coffee,
critical observer would have been
silenced.
But no, she did not enjoy it at all
1t was just something to be got down
| in hurry, to fool her own mind into
! the belief that she had done the normal
thing and eaten breakfast.
Warmth there was "in her little in
side" as w. S. Gilbert put it, but her
| face frowned, and her hands trembled
! slightly
She was one of those nervous young
creatures who should have taken at
/ lnnCf hnI1r m not tho n0nrninO mp9l
/ And she took but 80 seconds, by
actual count.
/ One who was not meant by Nature
/ to live that way can live that way
undoubtedly. but he cannot be said to
do what the vernacular means when 1t
says, "gets away with it."
How strenuously such people try
/ however,
/ If one-half the energy they put into
/ hurrying. at the last moment. were
spent in taking time and doing the
/ job they would live more successfully
and above all be more OF a pleasure
/ to their friends and acquaintances.
10 We witnessed one of the small near
| tragedies of everyday life one morning
recently. 1t was caused solely by the
sort of thing we have been talking
about. These two men were old friends
having known each other since they
were years old. Not many people in
a large city can boast of such long
continued friendship.
One of them came downtown without
/ breakfast He had arisen late, and the
/ lack of breakfast did not improve his
disposition The other had got up early
eaten a leisurely breakfast and had
| come downtown in plenty of time to
enjoy the sights along the way, always
/ old but ever new.
/ The well-fed gentleman, thinking he
would like another cup Of coffee, asked
the poor, hungry guy to accompany
/ him to a nearby restaurant.
The hungry fellow ordered a full
| breakfast naturally, while the leisurely
one contented himself with his third
cup of coffee that morning.
These two men often INDUCED in the
small banter which is a part of con-
| temporary American life.
/ When the fat, placid fellow had fin
/ ished his coffee he smiled at his COM
| panion, still laboring through his oat-
meal, and innocently asked, Have
| got to sit here while you finish that?'
This, uttered with a smile, ordinarily
would have evoked only a smile in re-
/ turn and bit of counter banter from
the lean gentleman. But he was feel
ing rather poorly that morning, evil
IDENTIFY.
Hence, he took umbrage at the re-
mark, and the ridiculous spectacle was
presented to the world Of two old friends
on the verge of quarrel over nothing
1t was a striking lesson, however, and
one which ought to be learned by all
those men and women whose disposi-
tions call for an early start in any
! undertaking. They should see that they
get 1t.