Evening star., 1934-02-02
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Nothing will make . human being
lose his sense Of proportion quicker
than getting the idea planted firmly
into his head than that he is quite
the "slickest" proposition that ever
came down through the ages.
OF course, no one could ever get
such an idea, unless he had lost his
sense Of proportion in the first place.
He would consider all the billions OF
past human beings. and all the mil
lions upon millions now alive. and
from the double consideration get q
pretty good idea Of his own place in
the eternal procession.
But because he does not make this
survey, and would not be able to see
anything correctly If he did, he sud-
denly sees himself in the mirror some
fine day and thinks himself pretty
handsome. The fact that he may be
q boor. for all his regular features,
and what the English used to call q
cad" for all his handsome cravat,
means nothing to him.
Moderation, then, in weather or lu-
man beings. has great deal to rec
ommend 1t to the person who desires
to keep something of the divine sense
Of proportion about him.
Moderate weather Is no exception.
1t Is the weather. In the main,
which. in Winter, requires the least
fuel, brings forth the least illness, is
more enjoyable to more persons.
1t Is the weather in which more
people feel happily alive
Yet 1t is the very weather which
many men and women fail to appre-
ciate at the time they have it. Only
the extremes. it would seem, really at
tract their attention.
If it Is very cold they talk about.
but mostly do not like it; If it is very
hot. they talk about, and generally
dislike it.
If the day is nice. moderate. nor
NAL Winter day, scarcely q soul says
word about its
Therefore he does good 1t may be-
lieved. who has the mental temeritv
to point out this fact to the populace
at large.
Some may say that many persons,
on such a day. call attention to the
fact that lit is a nice day" 1t will
be found. however that their nice"
generally means sunny"
1t is not the moderate quality OF the
day itself, which they praise so much,
as the plain fact that the sun is
shining
Now the sun is wonderful. but it is
not all there is to a moderate day.
Moderate weather contains many
factors. chief among which is the
temperature which gives it its name.
The warmth Of the sun is fine. even
! on the very coldest day. but the sun
shine Of the human spirit is also
glorious, even on the grayest.
One cannot cause the sun to shine
in the sky by taking thought. but he
may do a great deal with his own
personal sunshine.
One way. and quite the simplest. is
to realize that every moderate day is
a better day for more people than
the seriously cold day.
The place Of cold in the set.up of
life cannot be disputed 1t exercises
tonic and prophylactic something or
other on the mind and body.
The misery it causes. however. can
not be overlooked by the sensitive per-
son who thinks beyond himself
Into each life some real cold must
fall. but that is the very reason why
the moderately cold days which usu-
ally follow should be accepted for
what they are-mighty fine days,
mighty fine weather, although moth
| ing striking
If moderate weather. after ex-
tremely cold. so affects you. you have
got great deal more good out Of the
one. and will enjoy the other more,
than many persons do.