Evening star., 1947-08-20
This and That
BIZ Charles +. TrdceaBeU,

1t might be thought that Templeton Jones,
president of the Anti-Sneezing Society, would
have enough to attend to without taking over
extra duties
worrying him. and he is going to set out to
find the answers.
The questions are:
l. Why do people stand in line?
2. Why do people wear sun glasses?
Standing in line. according to Jones, is q
sign of the servitude Of modern peoples.
He believes that really free men-except
when in the Army-do not want to stand in
line.
The greatest disappointment of thousands
Of servtcemen was to come home to md that
the people were still standing in lines
These men had sworn, at least to themselves,
that when they got back, they would never
stand in line again.
The first thing they ran into, alas. when
they went into civies, was a line.
Templeton Jones, who after IS years as
president Of the Anti i-Sneezing group, has about
given up any hope for getting people to stop
sneezing is q little more optimistic about lines
He feels that If he interviews enough people
he may discover the apathy about the matter.
Can you imagine Daniel Boone standing
in lne?" asks Jones.
Can you picture George Washington in
a line, subsequently waiting while every one
else gets ahead of him?
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Where Jones winds up. however, is In his
discussion Of these popular sun glasses.
Maybe in his heart he has about decided that
there Is nothing to be done, after all, about
people standing in lines
They must like it; and he realizes that
people will sneeze. 1t is impossible, according
to Jones, to convince the average American
that there is anything wrong with good
healthy sneeze" as they call it.
Maybe the same applies to good, healthy
sun glasses, too, but he is determined to dis
cover the reasons why apparently normal
people think they must protect their eyes
The human eyes, Jones asserts are protected
by nature. not only by lids and eye lashes and
brows, but also by the jutting of the fore
head, and also by the hair or hat.
There is absolutely no reason, still accord
ing to Jones, why any one should feel the
necessity for going around in binders.
Sunlight is essential, as a matter of fact, to
the proper working of the chemistry OF the
eyes.
Yet there must be some reason, Jones says,
why these millions of people think they need
such goggles.
Perhaps, he suggests. it is really deficiency
of some vitamin, probably vitamin or b.
Let them take vitamin pills, and leave off
their binders he says.
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Is why people insist on reaching their arms
out of cars and hooking the fingers over the
top of the roof.
There is real subject" we declared. After
all, If people want to stand in lines that is
their privilege. If they wish to sneeze, not
even the law thinks it can stop them. If they
must wear goggles, to protect their eyes,
there are thousands of dealers willing and
anxious to sell them to them. But this thing
of hanging onto the top outside of the car
is fundamentally silly
Templeton Jones grinned wryly.
so is life" he said, You will have to think
up something better than that, before we can
start on such an investigation. Being silly is
fun, at least to some people"