Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-15
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

which possess an ample grace all their
| own.
When one is 10 years old and is able
to snap back 20. K" with no effort at
all, it marks one as up and coming.
1t shows the rest of the kids that one
is right on his toes. 1t reveals one as
| fully abreast of the times. For stufty
persons of larger age it may be neces-
sary to be able to talk easily about
Mourning Becomes Electra" but for
boy with a funny top the nonchalant
use of 90 K" gives the required stamp.
II one is playing Tarsan, that mighty
hunter of the jungle replies with a
ringing 20. K" If one is merely an
Indian, the Choctaw grunts 20. X"
There Is no situation in life where
the Affirmative is not good evidently.
Thus in our earliest years we tend to
become "yessers" instead of ''noers."
A philosopher might say that this
trend was inimical, yet the practical
man would reply something to this
effect-that very small children use
the negative without restraint and find
great difficulty in saying Yes
1t is almost instructive with little
children to Shrek mo" If they are
asked to eat spinach Call praise to them
for a brave stand against horrible
dish), if they are told to go to bed, if
they are requested to give up piece
of candy to another.
In their progress to the wisdom Of 7
they come to see the exRediency of an
shortly that it Is easier to say Yes"
than to keep on yelling mo"
They feel, however, that the simple
affirmative Is somehow not quite
enough Perhaps it is too simple, too
easy, in a world which prefers to fool
itself.
They hear comrade, perhaps 9
years old, utter a nonchalant 90 X"
1t strikes them as pretty good. They
essay a timid use of it.
o. k" they scream in ranks one
to another, one for all and all for one.
The heavens do not fall. The Re
public still stands. and the old traffic
policeman never seems to notice the
witticism.
But Johnny Jones, also 7, who has
not yet learned the magic letters, fairly
falls over himself. The proud one sees
instantly that Johnny is vastly i'm
pressed.
Jones in his turn bawls out a hearty
20. K" to the request of comrade
to accompany him to the corner drug
store for an ice cream cone.
And here we will let the reader in
on a secret. 1t is not an ice cream
cone at all which Sam Smith invites
Johnny Jones to purchase, each for
each, and one for one, but simply the
oldtine SNOWFALL"
And what an outrageous price the
firms get for them, to be sure! In the
old days when boy with a block of
ice and sprinkler full of raspberry
navoring and scraper could set him
self up as a merchant the favorite
SNOWFALL sold for a penny apiece.
Today unless our ears deceived us,
one Johnny Jones and one Sammy
Smith paid S cents each for one of these
delicacies. Of course, times have
changed, snowballs and all.
We were interested to note that Sam
and John both demanded and got rasp-
berry snowballs Raspberry was a 10
to seller in the old days, when ginger
ale could be purchased at cents
huge bottle and pound or SO of dates,
kept outside the store on stick. where
all the dust could get on them sold for
a dime. Whether them were the
days" we are not sure; but surely some
will rise to say 90 K"