Evening star., 1933-02-01
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES &. TRACEWELL.
decisions in the matters of the every

decisions in the matters Of the every
day are Of little moment.
To take thought beforehand, to pro-
vide for contingencies as well sas one
can, Is common sense irS action. It
means that one Is not satisfied with
keeping intelligence for the class room
or the library exclusively, but dares to
bring 1t out Into the market place and
the street. The fact that millions of
persons do this very thing, especially in
trade relations Is nothing against it,
but rather in its favor. It shows that
common sense Is very vital thing in
the lives Of all Of us; II sometimes
shows up the pretension Of those So
called "intellectuals" who may think
to peer down at humanity from their
ivory towers" Too often their sneer
gives them away
Common sense knows little of sneer-
ing.
It Is too busy with its own. not In q
selfish way, but solely because there Is
a plain situation to be met, however
small which must be faced with calm
understanding.
The smaller the affair may be. the
more need for common sense perhaps.
The greatest lack of this good caution
Is to believe that trivialities in them
selves are unworthy the attention of q
serious person.
Thus one continuously sees men and
women who have mistakenly given over
to others the smaller joys and disap-
pointments of life, while they them
selves are attempting to get along like
fairy princes and princeSseS in a world
Of their own attempted making which
simply doesn't exist.
The real world is real enough for all
practical purposes.
If one is in danger of Dumping one S
head every time one goes down a flight
of steps, 1t Is common sense or ele-
mentary caution to remember the pos
sibility and slightly lower the head.
Put on all the airs in the world,
picture ones self king without regular
troubles, the higher the head Is held
the more severe the bump which 1t will
receive.
Consider this bus with low door and
so marked. Perhaps the plate with the
lettering on 1t has been permitted to
grow dull so that the letters no longer
shine. but that should not keep the
person with common sense from using
his head as he gets of.
Yet nothing Is more common on that
line than for passengers to whack their
heads on those low doors. solely through
their lack Of caution, which is Just an
other way, at least according to our
story. OF saying that they lack in some
cegree plain old common sense.
Each one knows the doorway is -un-
commonly low. that one must duck one S
head somewhat or ram ones hat into
the Intel or whatever the crossbar
above bus door Is called.
Each one knows it, but very often
seems to feel that forethought in re-
gard to this trivial matter is far, far
beneath them.
To look. to think. to think to look
to do all this. would it not permit some
one that one never saw before perhaps,
and probably never will see again. to
think that one is not engaged with very
important matters?
How GeSirouS the modern human be-
ing is of being thought to be forever
engaged with very important matters!
He would be better off himself. and
only few Of the plain saps would
think any the less of him for it if he
would be just little more human.
To be human is very great privi-
lege after all; and there is nothing a
human being appreciates more than the
occupations prove it. Many Of them
are only elaborated trivialities. If We
used the same common sense with re-
gard to all our daily affairs that We SO
often use in relation to our amuse-
ments, we would no doubt be on the
highroad to better and a saner world.