Evening star., 1932-05-20
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

most of the precious things which
| almost have no names, they are SO
| Intangible. so closed In the heart ana
! mind Of humanity.
| What and how many are the mat
! ters which no man talks Of! There Is
more unwritten than ever has been
written: the hour Is not yet at mana
when the sublime man may take MS
pen in hand, with divine vengeance
and tell all.
| In the meantime, what the man OF
philosophical inclinations can do Is TO
realize the Joy of the passing hour, as
it passes, nor put of happiness until
the latest inventions are purchased, the
new games learned, the books OF tne
hour read.
Many a boy will get more out of his
dog -eared one volume Shakespeare
than all the experts" together will de-
rive from their most recent cnoice
selections
The home owner in his little garden,
no matter If no larger than a pocket
| handkerchief, may enjoy its cultivation
more than the owner of some vast es-
tate thrills at the grand vistas through
his trees
It is all a matter of knowing how,
and often the most successful man
is in reality something OF failure
you can tell it by the harassed look In
his eyesl
This is the leveling process which
Nature carries on all around, as II IN
! training for the great equalization OF
those last days which come alike to
all created things.
| There is more than one kind OF sue
cess. evidently, although in the hurly-
burlv of recent historical eras man
| kind has come more and more to look
upon success" as meaning but one
thing.
It has been much like the definition
of the word gentleman" Every one
thought he knew what he was taking
about until In the end the term came
to describe superficial and outward
manifestations. The word lady" had
to be dropped almost altogether.
Still, no one in particular thought mt
to point out that there are hundreds OF
correct definitions of a gentleman ana
that every one of them is necessary. &C
cording to the time and the place.
This man, who drinks his soup out
OF his bowl, nevertheless may have a
surprisingly beautiful attitude toward
women; a stickler for convention, in
deed, would be he who would deny
him an honorable title.
There is more than one sort OF sue
cess. Often the man who has ar
rived" one way has failed on another
route. The thing for every man to do
is to map out his own successes and
gaze steadfastly at them, not In con-
ceit, but in simple justice to himself.
One of the best ways of doing this Is
to be happy over such interesting and
fine things as come ones way. While
confidently expecting the best one may
well be glad for whatever good things
arrive.
1t will not do to get in the habit of
being interested in great affairs alone,
unless one happens to be one OF the
great ones of earth. And even then one
may find ones self In the position of
poor Darwin, who lsmented late in life
that he had not been able to give any
time to music.
There are more things In heaven and
earth than this famous man, to say
nothing at all of Horatio, knows Of; he
would find many In full possession of
their faculties rejoicing in matters
which he no doubt would scorn-to his
own cost.
The enjoyment OF the hour consists
! more In q conscious knowledge ands in
terest in all movable and interesting
things. The range Is wide. All that
man has known can be known again;
all that he has dreamed must be
dreamed anew to be of much good to
the man; all that he has looked but a
, little way into still lies like a beckoning
finger to the interested mind.
Webster was Webster He had broad
good humor "and much enjoyment of
the hour" No one else's enjoyment,
then or now, could have been, or can
be, the same. 1t must not be, because
that would lessen the scope of enjoy
ment, make it physical and momen-
tary, whereas It is, rightly viewed,
Sniritllal and eternal