Evening star., 1937-01-16
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES f. TRACEWELL.

tongS, but with q certain amount OF
prudence, feeling the way cautiously,
in order to make as few mistakes as
possible.
The tendency TO laugh at what is
strange is one OF mans sureSt reactions.
Considering this, 1t Is wonderful that
he has ever got anywhere.
But perhaps this tendency has its good
side, too, when 1t makes him CAUTIOUS
in regard to new things.
Artificial sunshine is still laughed at
by some people, who profess TO believe
that nothing which is not natural can
be good.
Science has advanced far enough,
however, to enable 1t to make artificial,
as we say, sunshine, which really is not
artificial. except in the sense Of being
made, or manufactured, by man, the in
ventor, who has determined the different
components Of what seems TO the eye
simple undivided sunshine, discovered
the different wave lengths in it and
manufactured light which contains
the good rays and leaves out the harm
ful ones.
Common sense, or caution, in the ham
ding and utilization OF such rays is the
very first consideration. Even the mild
est Of lights from sunlamps will give q
very bad burn If left on too long at q
stretch. In this, too, Is it eminently
natural, the burn being caused by over
exposure, as with real sunshine.
There are many persons, OF course
who refuse TO learn their own natural
limit under the unadulterated rays OF
the real SUM- the great orb OF day, as
the poet put It,
Poets are cautious fellows too. They
use common sense. or prudence. even in
some OF their most frenzied fights. The
poet wants the reader TO be sure he
associates daylight with the sun. hence
he uses the phrase orb of day" TO
make quite sure We will not confuse it
with the moon.
There can be little doubt any more
that sunshine exertS an uplifting effect
on both the physical and mental man.
Since the discovery of the vitamins
and the part they play we know more
about the effects OF sunshine on the
physical being, for sunshine, in some
form, has a part to play in the utiliza-
ton OF these extra bodies of good health.
The future will prove no less surely.
one may believe the important role the
sunlight plays in mental health. As we
have said, certain persons are more sub
Ject to this power than others. No doubt
there are people whom no amount Of
sun could elevate. but, fortunately. most
OF us are extremely suspectible TO the
Suggestibility Of the rays. and feel better
the moment the sun comes out.
While this may seem TO some a pure
suggestion. the probability is. and future
scientists probabl will show it. and why,
that there is 8 real physical connection
between a happy disposition and the
rays Of the sun.
For the present all we can say is that
some persons have a sort of latent hap
pineSs. which is brought to the surface
under the stimulus of sunshine and kept
on parade as long as the sun shines
Watch and see! Happiness Of spirit is
not altogether a mystical thing. but
partly physical thing. too, as has been
long known, depending upon such fac
tors as sunshine for its release AS with
all good gifts, the attitude OF the re-
ceiver has a great deal TO do with how
well it works; if we love sunshine. and
want 1t 10 help us. it will do a better
job for us. because We believe in it and
have faith in it.