Evening star., 1932-09-22
THIS AND THAT
~ CHARLES 4. TRxCETELL.

prisins the bulk Of workers OF al types.
Especially In these lines whore . GER
tain amount Of the artistic sense n
necessary.
An the Jealousy In the world Il not
confined within the ranks Of the
prima DONNA Jealousy and envy. sis
tiers under the akin, play their parts
everywhere; perhaps 1t Is not for moth
!ns That the word "lcusy" emerses from
the first
The steady. level. decent gaze of the
crowd, watching building construction,
is really On ideal, in q way, mark FOR
many 10 shoot at, even II they miss.
TIE crowd has no particular favor
ites. and certainly no villains there on
the stage OF the lott merely looks
on, interested In the scene.
Occasionally standerhy will move
on, his place taken shortly by an ar
rival. But the majority OF the men
seem TO have no place 10 go, no work
OF their own TO do; they stand patiently
minute after minute. until mere
ehronieler Of events is forced to leave
them 10 their looking.
Man Is minded, 1t is said, and
nothing shows 1t more than this silent
group, spaced around the sides of the
Twelfth street, There is nothing 70
do but stand. but there is a great deal
to see Standing is really hard work.
10 many people. but no one here fnds
1t ditacult Judging from the interested
faces and the lack Of shifting from
one les 10 another.
They are enjoying themselves. in the
dumb sagacious way Of the animals
After all, there is q great deal TO be said
for the honest happiness Of the So
called brute creatures ANY one who
has ever watched sa old COW chew its
cud knows that the creature gets plain
pleasure out Of the process The spar
kle in the ewes Of house cats. at the rattle
Of paper containing meat. is known te
all the friends OF this interesting ami
NAL
Nor. as q matter OF fact has mankind
been far behind the creatures IN under
standing and approaching the creature
comforts The great difference is ths,
often man has attempted TO fool him
self as 10 the plane on which these COM
forts exist.
There is no need for this
These men standing around this
straight spider web of strong steel show
no shame at their complacent enjoy
ment OF the spectacle OF the hour.
II they were ~ theater, calmly
watching show rut on for their beneft
they could not 20 about their job with
moQ selt-evident satisfaction
Each man IN the crowd Ersvely
watches as this and that workman dces
his sppainted task
And one, watching. may Be sure that
he knows the inner core OF their interes,
1T is in sensing the plan which Ia BE-
hind all this seeming confusion
There and there alone, We believe,
lies the overwhelming interest O! man
kind in al such inprompta shows,
whether staged here on one OF our own
familiar corners. or NJ some site on
Broadway.
Nothing looks more confused OF the
surface. than building cpersu uon, With
everything vet IN the raw. Men come
and go, crossing each others paths
scores OF times. Materials Of all sorts
lie around as II nobody knew where they
were. and SIS II nobody cared.
But behind all this seeming helter
skeltsr, this footing OF whistles. these
blasts OF steam, there Is q calm mind.
or several calm minds. who know Just
where each man is and what he Is DO
ing. and where every stick OF material
is and where it Is supposed TO 90.
No matter how confused the whole
NAV look there is order underneath
IL all Now this Is o fact which appeals
to the mind OF man. IN the abstract. and
10 the minds OF men, in the concrete,
ss they stand watching such a spectacle
It makes them surer OF themselves, and
surer OF then fellow men. Il helps re-
store their sorely needed faith in greet t,
calm Intelligence in world which
sometimes seems but confusion worse
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