Evening star., 1932-07-25
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES T.. TRACEWELL.

Happy is the homecomer who has
| more than one path.
A house that may be visited by one
road, and none other, is not so felic-
! itously situated as one which may be
! arrived at by several ways.
| The return home may properly be
! made a small adventure in the every
day, If one will take a different route
now and then, and come along a new
| path.
The city worker inclines to fall into
! set course, which he takes over and
over again, day after day, week after
/ week, until an observer might think his
comings and goings were circumscribed
| by laws, or dictated by stern economic
order
Nothing could be farther from the
| truth.
routine, usually the quickest and
shortest path between two points, al
/ most always there is more than one en-
! joyable detour.
! The person who takes his daily route
is the one who benefits most from a
change, but other people are to be con-
! sidered, too.
! HouSeholders along the way. If they
are at all human, may become tired of
| seeing the same fellow go along at
exactly the same time every morning.
Once there was a man whose parking
! light on his car had failed. Instead of
getting it fixed he began to hang a
lantern there, when he parked the car
! in front of his home at night.
Here comes the man with the
| lantern" he heard a neighbor say
He realized that, for all practical
| aF I,o fo
| simply the Man with the Lantern.
No doubt there are thousands of men,
and women, too. who, on their ways to
and from work. become known by
heaven knows what nicknames, based
upon personal peculiarities, or the like
Many city workers are extremely
punctual in their habits.
This leads them to pass given points
along their routes with almost clock
like regularity.
! This should enable householders along
the way to set their timepieces, almost
! by the comings and goings of such men
! 1t will be discovered, in almost all
such cases, that the very persons who
are not required to be on time, through
! one reason or another. are the most
methodical in their habits.
And that, conversely, those who re-
port to work according to the most
stringent regulations, are those very
persons mostly likely to be minute or
minutes, or minutes late.
1t is easy enough, around any large
firm, to know the time almost to the
minute, by the comparatively large
number of employees pouring in at 1892
/ o'clock, for instance, and at 9:02. say.
These are the "invariable laters, u
who might purchase a dozen alarm
! clocks, and roll over and go to sleep
! again after every one sounded the time
to leap out Of bed.
Such people are always too busy
hurrying to get any enjoyment out of
the mere process Of going to work, or
returning therefrom.
Punctual persons, who realize that
| there are many reasons for being on
time, in addition to the apparent one,
will see to it that they get all the hap
piness possible from the daily physical
necessity of going to work and return
ing.
One way, open to every one, is to take
real interest in the route which lies
| between the front door and the office
or other place of employment.
J Today this route is divided, about
! half-and- half, between those who op-
crate their own automobiles, and those
who depend upon public transportation.
The automobilist often overlooks the
beauties Of his route, especially after he
| has made it time after time. There is
| always a danger of this happening,
even on unfamiliar routes, due to the