Evening star., 1932-03-05
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Those who expect an invariably
CHEEKY greeting from acquaintance are
going to be disappointed
Every one has right to be grouchy
now and them says a wise man Of
this age.
1t is right which some people take
more advantage of than others, of
course.
Many feel that it is incumbent upon
them to put bright face forward as
much as they can, not only to help
themselves along, but to help others.
Surely there is no daily aid the av-
erage person receives quite as well
worth while as the CHEEKY greetings
commonly exchanged.
Because Good day" and How do you
do?" and the like are such common
preme importance in the daily life
No matter how often repeated, they
must be said when the occasion de-
mands. or else their utterance before
was wasted. in a sense.
That is the point which the chary
greeters miss.
Some of them seem to feel that be-
cause they said Good morning" to a
friend month ago, or yesterday, that
should suffice for all time.
1t will not.
1t does not Courtesy is courtesy
only by reason of its repetition. The
man who would take off his hat in an
elevator once and for all leaving it on
thereafter, would greatly resemble the
untutored fellow who was asked If he
could play the violin.
I don't know" he replied. II never
tried
A large class of persons refuses to
be polite until around IL O'Clock in the
morning. They surely belong to those
who have a right to be grouchy now
and then: their fault, If one chooses to
call it such. is inherent.
Mavbe it comes from lack Of sleep or
q continuance of the awakening crouch
which is common to small boys-not all
small bows, of course, but some Of them.
They find getting out Of bed the most
difficult task of the day.
Life appears then confused in all of
its outlines. Sun streaming through
the windows. fresh air pouring over the
sill, birds singing outslde-these awaken
no response in their souls until they
have collected their scattered energies.
There was a picture in the old-time
psychologists" showing how the nerve
gaEglia pulled apart when one went to
sleep.
Maybe the picture was true repre-
sentation of what happens when one
awakes. too. 1t is for all the world as
if something or other had to knit itself
together again, as If something's or other
had to weave themselves into a pat
tern.
Bows and their elders who suffer from
the morning crouch are inclined to be
of a lethargic nature, scarcely bright
and CHEEKY upon demand.
Slowly and surely they lose the look
of daZe in their features as the morn
ing wanes. they become human beings
as the day wears on.
A failure on their part to respond to
cheerful greeting does not mean that
they harbor resentment against the
happy one or that the latter is IN dan
ger of losing friend. So much should
understood
There are other chary greeters who
need to be understood, especially by the
sensitive person who is inclined to re-
sent a lack of cordial response to his
initial word of cheer.
These include those earnest men and
women who honestly think that they
are so busy they do not have time Tor
small courtesies.
In a country devoted to the cult OF
rugged individualism the cause of this
is not hard to find Concentration OF
effort actually is difficult for thousands