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her. He would not ask her to go to
the movies, for he would have to be
on his Pennsylvania avenue beat by
10 o'clock. She was beginning to
think of Michael as one does Of a
dream impossible of realization.
They had told each other that some
day they would be married. Michael
had put it off solemnly, saying that a
rockies salary could not match what
she was making at Ruggles Baton's
fur shop.
NOV Madge's slow glance took in
~ the young man who had just en-
tered the shop. He watched her ad-
miringly. Madge had met such ad-
vances in the past with cool adequacy.
Something in the sleek purposefulness
of the stranger intrigued her, how
ever. The trace of a smile hovered
at her lips as her eyes held his.
So when noon came Madge was Tot
surprised to see the smiling young
stranger waiting for her at the door
reserved for the use of the manikills.
Had not Madge habitually acted on
lunches, she would have refused the
strangers well-phrased invitation to
luncheon. He gave some vague ex-
cuse about a business proposition
the starting of a shop somewhere and
wanting her to be his chief sales girl
Madge admitted interest, for this
meant that she would no longer have
to be model.
TOYING with luscious filet Of sole
at Gustaves-a very swanky res
taurant-Madge listened to her host,
who announced gibly that he was AL
bert Pardee and that he knew people
of Importance in the social world.
You'd grace my shop, Miss Ayres, u
he insisted. And I'm sure you work
too late, too long, at Baton's?"
81 usually get through at g."
"Would you-tonight?" he asked
pointedly. You would not, at any
rate, be in the store as late as-10?"
"Of course not. Only the window
dresser stays that late. He'll be there
tonight" The question had brought
Michael to her mind. and also that
hunch. why did you ask that?"
Il was hoping that you might ac-
cept an invitation to a supper dance" "
Il wish could" she said quickly,
"Not tonight, though"
He nodded and ceased questioning
her. Nor did he again mention the
job. He evaded that cleverly. After
luncheon he escorted her with careful
politeness to the door of Baton's and
left her.
There were several things on Madge's
mind that afternoon. Most prominent
among them was her recollection of a
suspicious bulge in the coat pocket Of
this Albert Pardee. 1t had the appear
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statesmen,

statesmen.
The hardest-hitting direct
sales organization in the city
requires the services of three
experienced, aggressive, re-
frigerator, washer and radio
statesmen. Salary and COM
mission basis, with no reserve
and no charge-backs. Only
men who are willing to work
hard for a real job with SUBJ
stantial incomes need apply.
Sales Manager, between 9
and IL noon.
1741 Johnson Ave. NV.
(Bet. 18th and 18th and
r and S SITS.
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Gift Bat Stops Thief,

CHICAGO (P.-Forrest Henry
never expected to do any hitting with
the souvenir bat given to him by
DR.. John T. Davis, physician to the
Chicago Cubs.
But when the barking of his fox
terrier awakened him in the early
morning today and he saw a man
coming head first through window,
Henry seized the bat and swung.
The police took the prowler to a
hospital, where doctors said he pos
sibly suffered skull fracture.
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NTADGE AYRES
4YA rrI

NH AA
"'A slipped h e r
arms into the lux
ury of an errnine
evening wrap. Its
lustrous wliiteness
brought warmth to
the velvet richness
of her hazel eyes.
She paraded with
unstilted grace be-
fore critic a !
glances.
No one watching
Madge coulQ nave
guessed that under
her plant comeli-
ness seethed rebel
lion. She hated the
fur shop where,
daily, she strutted
before the apprais-
ing eyes of smart
ly faShio n a b l e
women.
This evening at
8 Michael Collins
xr,o,,IJ oop3o t0 coo
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ance Of q mis-
placed flask. OF

ance Of q mis-
placed flask. OF
course 1t was a gun,
When 6 O'Clock
came she went to
the large display
window and placed
her green beret at
the foot of a wax
figure which ex-
hibited an expen-
Sive fox. She had
told a lie. This
was not the night
for the window
dresser.
X \: X X
r rAyyTNr Do
tons, she did
not take the bus. as
she usually did
Instead. she went
to a quiet restau-
rant and ordered a
meal which would
take a long time to
eat-hot soup in q
tlIreen and an in
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IL Needed to Move Tree.

BEAUMONT, Tex. P. Twelve
men were required to transplant a
50-foot oak from the Nancy Travis
market site to the city hall lawn. 1t
was to replace a tree of the same
age which had decayed.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

SEWING MAcHINES-Singer h eIec
94 up; repairs. 81. Lear. West 3O6O. -
SODA FOUNTAIN. s-ft. Fischman; prac-
cnIn cJahy dn4 iSS' oeSt oner takes it. Phone Lin
SPECIAL ouick-drying varnish stain for
noorS, etc. 81 90 per gal. Pyus Adams. for
paints. 1ll9 9th st. NV. National 1901.
STEAM HOIST. 1O-hp. boiler. Duel engine
1000 feet OF 1-inch cable: SlOO. +. A.
waters, 37l7 Kansas ave-. Phone Adams
y41l. 3Gs
TRAILER. Silver Dome, used 9 seasons;
custom ciiI club model; Also 1880 Packard s
when new: will sell 81 900: perfect me.
chanical order. ready TO go anywhere. On
display City Service Station. 65 H st. ne
TYPEWRITERS all makes, new used. SIS
up; rent and repairing. Phone National
NIB. Central Type. Co, 903 G ST. NV.
TYPEWRITER RENTAL SERVICE. GEO.
doS5; 81 b1I6 18th NV; Underwooos. 50 mo-;
IYPEWRIfERS RENTEo-Late models:
ioeal tor civil service exams. Free delivery.
lowest rates. United" sl3 14th St.
Phone National 6O63
VACUUM CLEANER-EUreka: late model
with all attachments; like new; sacrifice,
~ 30. 1910 18th st. NV
VACUUM CLEANERS. Ss.g5, SI2-5O; fully
g4st;, gn IKE new; large assortment. BEST
BRANDS. SO1 llth st. NV. National 1853.
VANITY DRESSER from our rental de-
partment $3.50. II. Baum g. Son Gle z
st. NV.
WASHING MACHINE. Apex s64 so model.
moor sample, very special S42 so. Proctor
q Rldgely. 1924 l4th NV. Col. 10000
| WASHING MACHINE. Easy. model r Spin-
| ner type; originally sold for Sl65; 9 years
| old; good condition. Was traded in on
new g. E. Bargain; S29.15. 1928 N. Y.
| ave. NV.
! WATER COOLER. General Electric, for
! rent: rental can be applied on purcha Sc
price National Electrical Supply Co. 1880
New YORK ave. Nv. National $500.
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SITUATIONS-WOMEN.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. manager. die
tician hotel and institution exp. open for
position. Address Box 122-H, Star office.
COMPANION OR NURSE to semi-invalid
assist light household duties, drive car;
references exchanged. Cleveland So73.
DRESSMAKING. alterations. women's and
children's clothing; special prices on Spring
and Summer suits; first-class work guar
anteed. Phone Potomac 59S1.
EX-TEACHER, widow. unencumbered; with
experience cs hostess in small hotel. desires
position for room and board Address Box
1S6-H. Star office. l.
GIRL. colored, wants position as genera
houseworker; reliable; reference. Call 1Il9
Vermont ave. NV.
PRACTICAL NURSE would like case, any
hours; doctors and patients references.
Call Adams G033-W between and y.
PRACTICAL NURSE splendid references.
experience with elderly people: give hypo.:
12-hr. duty, night or day: last case 1 year.
Phone Decatur 2362-J
YOUNG LADY wishes work in grocery or
liquor store: experienced. Phone Atlantic
2975-W.
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HEIP-MEN,

AUTOMOBILE BODY. fender and radiator
man. first class; good deal. Apply OK.
Auto Radiator Co.. 1920 9th st. north,
Ballston. Va.
AUTO MECHANIC, experienced: steady
Job. Apply in person, Temple Motor Co..
1900 King ST.. Alexandria. Va.
AUTOMOBILE METAL WORKERS, body
443 Eye St NV.
BOYS with bicycles for full-time work
Apply Postal Telegraph. 1920 New York
BRICKLAYERS wanted at once-Report
to 1912 Military I'd. NV. ask for Mr..
Warther.
PRIcKLAYERS, first class; s1.1o hour:
Silver Spring.
BUTCHER-First-class only: best salary:
good reference. Phone North 2529.
CARPENTERS CD. experienced. 312 q
st. NV.
CARPENTERS (six). SO per day. Eastern
ave. blocks east et Georgia ave.
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MEN.

MEN.
Due to our increasing business,
we will employ 4 men for our
Washington organization. These
men must be satisfied with ap-
proximately $4,000 per week dur
ing their training period. They
will be required to work 9 hours
daily. They must have the finest
character references.
See Personnel Manager, 1910
Vermont ave. NV, Room 201,
Thursday morning at $50 o'clock
sharp.
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MOTOR TRAVEL.

YOUNG LADY WITH CAR WILL TAKE
ladies on trips Sat. or Sundays: reasona BILE
Address Box 35'i-H. Star office.
KENTUCKY DERBY. LOUISVILLE 1886
Ford. round trip: " Fri. am. returning
Sun, arrive Wash. same day. Alex. 259:!
WINCHESTER APPLE BLOSSOM FETE,
April 30, May ] williamsburg Yorktown.
jamestown. May %. subscription. Phone
Emerson 1924. 29s
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SITUATIONS-MEN.
lCQntinued.l ]

YOUNG MAN. college graduate. who can
cook. drive. type write. tutor. is proficient at
sports has lived abroad. desires any legiti-
mate engagement except selling; references
Lincoln 51S1. preferably before 10 am. OF
address Box 343-H Star office.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

"Advertiserrents under this head.
tno are presumed to be from prt-
rdte individuals unless the ddper-
tisement oires firm ndme or
business address or states the pord
Dealer. Members OF the public
Dho fnd dealers n1dsquerddtno IN
this column as private individuals
are urged 10 report the matter 10
The Stay for inuesttodtfon."
Evening star., 1936-04-29

WANTED-EXPERIENCED
STOCK CLERK FOR FUR
NITURE WAREHOUSE. AD-
DRESS BOX 96-H, STAR
OFFICE
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BEAUTY PARLORS.
PERSONAL.

EXCESSIVE WEIGHT SAFELY REDUCED
Ledendecker. 1925 o ST. NV West 1920.
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Personnel Manager; efficient
a nd capable. Department
Store experience necessary.
Apply Goldenberg's, 7th and
K, Merchandise Office.
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sITUATIONs-MEN AND WOMEN

COUPLE, colored desire place as butler
maid, permanent or for Summer: no driv-
Ing OF laundry work; city references; Box
454. LeeSburg. Va. 30
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HELP-MEN.

SALESMAN on straight salary; knowledge
of printing or lithographing desirable. but
not necessary. Address Box 295-H. Star
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SALESMAN

II you are a high-class salesman and
possess a good personality. we can offer
you very remunerative position. Write
for appointment. giving qualifications and
telephone number. Address Box 327-H,
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LAFAYETTE HOTEL-Efective May /,
rooms. all with bath. by the week and
month at greatly reduced rates. No tele-
phone informa ton. Call in person
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DOGS, PETS, ETC.
ROOMS-FURNISHED.

COCKER SPANIEL PUPPIES. pedigreed;
reasonable. 573S Daniels I'd. NV. Cleve-
land 1549
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CAB DRIVERS.
ATTENTION MEN

Get Our Proposition on New 1898 Cabs.
Union Taxicab Association.
OOQ w
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SALES MANAGER for oil burn
erS and allied lines. Attractive
proposition for right man. Sal
ary and commission. Apply in
own handwriting, giving age,
education, experience and three
references. Address Box Bah,
Star office.
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HELP-MEN AND WOMEN.

BEAUTY OPERATORS t2l. experienced
all around; also man operator. all around.
permanent position. 1929 GEORGIA ave. n. W
MAN AND WIFE. white or Filipino for
small family. cook and butler: references
required: state wages out of town: ex-
fSe?t gdE hams std for ora 5ght couple ADDRESS
ADVERTISING statesmen.
A proposition Of such merit and SUCH
4Tf appeal as to edIee bsss f6s 10 T
make money for you quicker than anything
you have handled in a long time. Call at
once. Adams 0700, Ext. 402-B.
WANTED-SALESMEN.
SALESMEN ffour). to sell new and used
Ford cars. Mr.. Tyerrell. 5O39 Conn. ave.
novelty on the market Mr.. Green. 1405
Eye st. NV. Room 20l.
WANTED-A very high type of man to
call on police officials. detective agencies
and special agents with new listening and
and able pT II neces
sary. to furnish bond; give full qualifica-
tions first letter Address Box 33-H Star
office.
YOUNG MAN with car to sell for estab-
Germ. Excellent opportunity for right man;
full cooperation and help from employer.
State age and experience. Address Box
2S7-H. Star Office. 29'
grade man willing to give his best efforts
Commensurate with earnings. Straight
commission eompensationTa oTa PAYABLE ,,,l. when
from exclusive territory Ability and ex-
perience to secure dealer and jobbing ac-
counts desirable but not absolutely neces-
ADDRESS Box S-H Star office
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convenient to all bus lines and cars-Well-
furnished room for l or persons: twin
beds No other roomerS
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DUPONT CIRCLE VICINITY-Larse. front
living-bed room. semi-private bath. prl-
vate porch. unlimited phone. 1907 10th
Evening star., 1936-04-29

ATTENTION, MEN.
We can use few more honest and reli-
able men with D c drivers permits Sal
possible earnings, $40 to $40 week; no
selling. Apply between / and only. 1855
22nd st. NV.
Construction Superintendent,
experienced in small home construction.
SHAPIRO CONSTR. CORP. 1920 K ST.
COMPETENT SERVICE MAN.
BY builder of homes. Must have small
truck. Must be carpenter plumber,
painter. plasterer be able to make all re-
pairs and adjustments needed on new
homes Older man considered. Apply
Evening star., 1936-04-29

SI50-Rooming house. o rooms; rent $40:
filed good income; central; leaving
town: great sacrifice.
S550-Confect.. fountain. 4 rooms AGAR
garage; cheap rent; beautiful store;
sacrifice; leaving for Europe.
R. NJ CURTIS. NATL. 9l4O.
3O7 Kresge Bldg. 11th and G NV.
Evening star., 1936-07-30
STARS, MEN AND ATOMS
Notebook of Science Progress in Field,
Laboratory and Study.
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

the fetish of the desirability of human
equality.
I'VE may conceive states of the world" :"
he says, lin which all human beings, or
all over certain age, are equal in some
one respect, in two or more respects, or
in all respects. Theorists have conceived
many such. Communities have attained
or approximated to such in the case of
the right to vote, access to various relig-
ious privileges, protection by the courts,
and other important matters.
THE desire to have many or all men
equal is the desire for such states in the
world. 1t is strong craving in certain
humane souls sensitive to the injusticeS
done to individuals and classes by nature
and their fellow men. Some of these
egalitarians would impute their craving
for equality to all fair minded men, or
all thinking men, or even to all men as
q natural passion. In this last they
would surely be in error. There is no
evidence that the genes of man give him
either desire for. or an enjoyment of,
this sort of equality. The craving for
an egalitarian society is, on the con-
trary, late product of extreme cultiva-
tion.
so far as original nature provides
anything revelant to ones attitude
towards differences in abilities, virtues
opportunities, achievements, happiness,
esteem, ETC., it provides a complicated
and logically inconsistent set of tenden-
cies to enjoy being superior, to pity
certain sorts of wounded and distressed
persons, to be kind to certain sorts of
u,ooEnccc ond dnfcianrv admire
often with envy, those who are better
of than we are in strength, beauty,
popularity and power, to exult at the
downfall of others, especially the mighty,
by which unconscious streams of our
inner self respect are fed, if the exulta-
ton can be kept from shocking our
conScienceS
THE desire for an equalized world is
derived not from any natural passion
for equality as such but, in superior
persons, from pity, kindness and certain
intellectual processes, and, in inferior
persons, from envy, self esteem, the
desire to be equal to somebody else, and
the general tendency to accept any belief
which is comforting. Equality is false
and useless god. Philanthropy, benevo-
lence and mercy are better. Justice is
much better Even If the world made
equality its sole aim after subsistence
was provided for, it often could not
attain it by any methods short of
disastrous reduction of all to level
much below the present average, or by
wholesale murder.
There Is an enormous amount OF
variation in the natures of the fertilized
ovas which are the original nature of
men. Some of these superiorities and
inferiorities can be mitigated only
slightly by any means within human
control. The strong could be made
weak by starvation and poisonS, but
many of the weak could never be made
much stronger. The beautiful could be
mutilated, and some of the ugly and
deformed could be much improved, but
some of them could be improved little
or not at all.
Equality, item for item, is a fantastic
goal. Nor can we hope often to attain
some average overall equality, as by
compensating the blind by extra music
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British AutOists.

Members of the Junior Motor Car
Club of Great Britain to the number
of eighty-four are on goodwill tour
of the Eastern portion of the United
States Driving their own cars, they will
visit Washington, Cleveland, Detroit,
Niagara Falls and points en- route; then
cross into Canada to see Toronto, Ottawa
and Montreal. Their "motorcade" is the
first of its kind to attempt such an en-
terprise in international motor pill
grimaging.
But there must be many Americans
who will hope that the practice will
become habit. An increased measure
of understanding is certain to result from
the exchange of fellowship represented
in the tour. The travellers will return
home equipped with new comprehen-
sion of the United States. Every mile
that they journey on this side of the
Atlantic will give them memories which
they may wish to treasure.
Inevitable surprises, of course, await
them. For example, they will discover
that it is the American custom to keep
to the right of the road and they may
experience some difficulty in adjusting
themselves to that rule, accustomed as
they are to exactly the opposite principle.
Also, they will find American streets and
bouleyards wider and less encumbered
with trees and shrubbery, not to mention
hedges. On the other hand, they prob
ably will form the opinion that American
highways are less carefully policed than
their own. The volume of trafiic, more
over, is greater and the pace Of it faster.
Yet, generally speaking, the two coun-
tries are much alike. And that, probably,
will be the verdict of the visitors by the
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The p. W. A. Slows Down.

While Secretary Ickes was able to save
$500, 100000 out Of the current relief
appropriations as a revolving fund for
the perpetuation of the P. w. A., his
announcement of the first allotments
from that fund indicates the changed
policy of relief spending. The days OF
huge allotments to the States and
municipalities for great undertakings,
such as the recently completed Tribor-
ough Bridge in New York, are past. In
their stead the States and cities able to
put part of the cash on the line, and
able to carry on their approved projects
with relief labor alone, will receive rela-
lively small amounts. Most of the prof.
ects undertaken will be the less ambi-
tious types of public works.
Three hundred and fifty-two projects,
to be financed through grants amount
ing to $22 2,742,O34 and loans of $2,142,034,
were announced by Mr.. Ickes yesterday.
The grants will represent a portion Of
the total cost of approved projects, the
balance coming from the local govern
ments. The approved projects were
taken from large list of plans for which
the States had submitted requests for
p. w. A. funds. Many of the States were
excluded entirely, along with most OF
the requests for financing larger projects.
If this general policy is pursued in
the spending of the balance OF the
$500, ,OOO, 900 available to P. w. A, which
is probable, it should be based on the
fact that recovery is proceeding at a
rate that tends to minimize the impor-
tance of pump printing" The p. w. A.
program still sends money into the pro-
duction of material. But as far as labor
on the job is concerned, it does not
differ in its essentials from Mr.. Hopkins
Works Progress Administration.
Evening star., 1936-07-30

equal to the need of humanity. Trade
wars on too frequent occasion lead to
armed conflict. Their by-products are
price-cutting. low wages. efficiency sacri-
feed to haste, now and again tragic ac-
cidents in traffic.
No criticism Of current British policy.
however, is intended. England has q
tradition to maintain, and she Is amply
justified in striving to protect it. France,
too, naturally desires to keep her place
among the maritime nations; and SIM
liar aspirations are entertained by Italy,
Germany, The Netherlands, Poland and
in some quarters-the United States.
The competition is helpful. especially to
the travelling public. But it must not
be allowed to wax violent.
Evening star., 1936-07-30

Who Is free?
About the nearest approach to state
of complete liberty, as pictured by DR..
Edward L. Thorndyke, world-famed CO.
lumbia University psychologist, is that
of the "adult American bachelor artist
possessed of strength and wealth"
His liberty is above anything attain
able politically. He has freedom from
tutelage, RECOMMENDATION, family RESPONSE
bility, commands of superiors. restrlc-
tions by weakness and restrictions by
poverty. He can stay up as late as he
likes, vote as he likes, eat what he likes,
paint when he likes, and go where he
likes without the restraints which KNIT
others. 1t is just the sort OF liberty. DR..
Thorndyke points out in the Educational
Record, official organ of the American
Council on Education, which is denied to
a child, a Russian, married man, a
soldier, an invalid or beggar.
Superficially his state might be con-
sidered that toward which men have
fought and struggled through the ages
only to find attainment in one direc-
ton offset by further restriction in an
other. Liberty seems to have been a
retreating mirage to mankind-partly,
DR.. Thorndyke believes, it has been made
the objective in itself rather than the
specific, socially desirable results OF
liberty.
Utopian as it seems, the psychologist
doesn't think so much Of the liberty"
Of his bachelor artist, restricted only by
q minimum of law and the mans own
dnacr,f include IL among
the desirable goals for human society
and doubts II, everything considered, it
would materially increase the happiness
of mankind.
Such q one" says DR.. Thorndyke,
seems to enjoy sort of perennial vaca-
ton. There is to all of us who are
oppressed by physiological, financial,
moral and other coercionS strong al
lurement in the hope of life free from
them. In our two weeks or four weeks
of vacation, we sometimes realize it and
the memories of such vacations arouse
longings. Our heavens and utopias are
often glorified vacations. Benevolent re-
formers often aim to turn the world lnto
a minimum of obedience, work and re-
sponsibility with a maximum OF SELL
expression, play and entertainment.
"This is all right in certain respects,
but it is all wrong in others. It is right
in that restrictions and coercions that
deprive men of such conditions ana
opportunities as are specified In our list
are bad. It is wrong in that it tends to
disregard attainability and to regard
superficial goods at the expense OF more
fundamental ones. Life cannot be q
perennial vacation for all. Men should
not be misled into making fetish of
enjoying only what they choose for
themselves. If the meat some one orders
for you is good, it is folly to poison it by
the thought that you wanted fish. If
the work on automobiles you are paid
to do is interesting, it is folly to reduce
its interest by lamenting that you want
to work on airplanes or write poetry,
and are doing it only for money. 1t Is
pathological to put q curse on any fea-
ture Of life because It is not what you
have chosen"
Similarly DR.. Thorndyke deals with