Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-03-09
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES z. TRACENELL.

Continued rains, while depressing Il
the casual observer, mean q great deal
to the plants, ana to those human be-
ings particularly interested in them.
Consider the trees recently planted
around the circumference Of Chevy
Chase Circle.
Plentiful moisture d the very ttiins
they need most, because 1t tends 10 if1te-
grate the soil around the roots, ana To
help the guy wires attached 10 each
tree Keep the trunk steady In the wind
In addition. the water table beneath
these trees ID being eopiously replen-
tslied every month. BY Spring It should
be d deep IS BEIGE the severe drought
Of . few years ago.
These same considerations hold good
for planted things everywhere.
The very rains which some view with
4iscontent are bringing life more abun-
dafit to grass. shrubs, evergreens and
perennial plants.
Already there ID 1 clear note of sprins
In the air. scarcely percepttble, but
plain enough to the eye ana ear at
tuned to it.
CARDINAL cardinals, brightest Of
bros, tAmbols through the thicket OF
leaness bushes in the hack yard, happy
In his sense Of q brighter season ahead.
He knows. with an unerrina knowl-
edge. that Spring IS just around the
famous corner. So does his mate. Their
S0no1 have Q new note.
In this note, 50 wide and yet %
single, nothing evokes quite the same
sentiment as the splash Of rain.
Learn to like 1t. If you have not. or
II you " any chance hnd 1t discon-
eerting
The more one likes, In this world
unfeisnedly and sincerely, the better OF
he u.
If rain, or anything else, can teach
u this lesson, 1t has done q great deal
IN addition to IL, intended purpose.
This l. . lesson. indeed, which most
persons need to learn.
The world - filled with grumbling
entirely above what b necessary. For
there Is essential srumblins, needed
Srumblms, sincere srumbling.
The professional optimist doesn't
know exactly what he l. talking about
when he makes . Wholesale depreeation
OF All srumblinS, grouchins knocking,
as 1t Is called
Certain situations call for 1t, just as
too much dryness calls for moisture. and
TOO much moisture for dryness again.
vvAAAs ID AAOt ACNCSSdIy III Ills LIE IS
that one should build up false dislikes
based on nothing more than prejudice.
Pretudices, Of course, have their place,
too. Isf too many Of them, however
are Rugged with pride when they do
nothing but prevent the holder from
enjoying something or other which he
otherwise would enjoy.
Rain may be just rs good . text In
this respect a. anything else.
A hearty dislike of it Is heard ex-
pressed on every hand on any rainy
day.
Not only the wetness thereof, but the
lack Of sunshine, is . principal cause
for complaint
And this, in most cases, by persons
who are not particular friends of the
sun
The chances are that the very man
who complains so bitterly in the elevator
about the dismal day" rode down to
ONCE the day before with the blind
pulled clear down at the side of his
street car seat
He u q sun hater-and yet he de-
plores rainy days!
Every one Of us is q victim of many
such inconsistencies. That is why we
must, from time to time, look over our
likes and dislikes and try to determine
whether they are genuine likes, real
dislikes.
If they are real and genuine, We can