Evening star., 1932-09-02
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

1t was possible still, despite the lapse
of years. to feel that fine breeze blow
ing straight down the alley, necessi-
tating all the force one could muster.
Wherefore the speed ball came into
its own. There were other eowlers
there who specialized on twists" and
curves" which looked pretty, going
down the way but did not always live
up to intentions.
The speed ball. shot directly for
| the headpin with all the right arm
energy one had. aided by legs and back,
did more real damage to the pins than
all the English" in the world.
Templeton Jones suddenly jumped
back from the seashore bowling aliey
and into the personal problems OF 1882
The emergent one. his friends oe-
clared, was that he reduce.
He was getting too fat, and II lrkeo
| them terribly.
when they poked Jones in the
stomach it irked him, too.
Perhaps the easiest thing TO 40. an
phases OF the problem consioereo'
would be to reduce. But not by golf'
Jones was essentially a serious man,
and he couldn't see knocking pail
around with club. He had no lauit
to find with those who preferred tna'
form of exercise, but he didn't. On
you would. II you would do 1t once,
said the fat friends, who had neen
golfing for years, and still looked as
stuffed as ever to Jones.
Just plain walking. would do.
The first day went great. There was
lust a suspicion of tiredness. which
made Jones feel that his efforts were
being rewarded. Nothing is more dis
heartening, to the amateur pedestrian,
than a good walk, II 1t falls to result
in that tired feeling.
Suddenly Jones felt himself trans
nortsd back to the seaside again.
It was the big day when he decided
to walk I'D to the next life-Saving sta
ton. past the halfway house where the
| patrols met in their nightly walks to
safeguard shipping and human lives.
Five miles up and five miles back
quite a nice little hike for one not used
to 1t.
Jones was Just a youngster. and he
found the sandy beach rather tough
going. At first one tried to find the
! hard sand where the waves came up
but soon saw that such walking led one
back a little, now forward a little, SO
that one was in danger of walking
twice as far, in the long run.
So one wisely came to stick to the
| straight path, right up the beach. with
! the great waves rolling in to one side,
the monotony of the sand dunes
topped with their bunch grass, to the
other.
There was a big fellow along, who
was so athletic that l0-mile walk
was nothing to him. He had walked
IS and 30 miles without feeling 1t,
! he said.
/ Jones felt rather subdued. as we'll as
tired, when they came to the station
And there was not much to do but turn
around and walk back another five
miles.
When he reached the boardwalk he
stretched out on 1t. The boards seemed
softer than the finest mattress he hao
ever known.
Come on. there" bossed the big boy
That wasn't any walk"
The next day the boaster was con-
fined to his bed, unable to rise
while unathletic Templeton Jones fell
ashamed to feel no weariness at all, ol
any soreness of muscles whatsoever.
Well, Templeton Jones started hi'
new hikes with determination. Tht
first day went like clockwork. This
next morning Jones feN not twingt
in his muscles.
Today, he told himself, he woult
walk a mile farther. At the Office HI
felt rather warm. but, being busy, die
not pay much attention to the heat
When the time came to walk he felt q
certain hesitation, but resolutely de-
clined to give in to 1t.
All the way he felt "all in" as tn,
phrase mas 1t, and it wasn't until mex
DAY that he knew he had walked homl
on the hottest afternoon Of the Sum
| rner