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Show ,AN EDITORIAL BY 1 FLORENCE DAVIES j -r ELL bil l! HEAD l l "And so," said the lato Walter II. Page, our ambassador to England, "they yelled for five minutes, and i yelled With them and we all lclt belli- r In consequence." The incident OCCurredfaopn after the United States entered the war, when the ambassador wa3 having tea with a I group ot American soldiers In London. They had Just come from a solemn and impreaaiva service, held to celebrate the entrance of tho United States into the war, "But," said ono of tho young 'men. "liiero was one thing wrong with : he service. We wanted to yell and we couldn't." It was thefKiat Page told them to yell, and eli they did. ami he yelled with them and tin y all felt better. "There's an old waste iasl;et up in my private office that I Just keep to kick." said a great doctor to one of h;s patients once. "There aro times when one lias to kick something and it doesn't hurt the waste basket." Human beings need safety valves just like engines. They have to let off steam. They accumulate too much emotion and a good kick or a good yell la a kind of safety Vfdve. Unfortunately, there are times and places where It wouldn't just exactly do to yell. But wc teel tho need for railing just the same and lr we don't yell "r ttnd a perfectly good substitute for that method of gl1ng- vent to our t. slings, something is apt to explode. Fortunately It Isn't neccsary to follow fol-low tho example of tho boys In London. Lon-don. There nre things to do that take the place of yelling. Play ls tho best substitute. And lo some people, who dawdle through life, real work ls another an-other substitute A burst of extravagance, or a little unexpected generoelty is ono wuy to throw up your hat and yell. A trip out of town or an hour spent over a book la another way of giving vent to the play spirit. In some ways, children are wiser than wc. tor they have no foolish inhibitions in-hibitions to keep them Trom laughing and crying and yelling if they feel like If. and as a result, they aro apt to bo ! pretty normal little human beings without too much pent up emotions 1 and Instroapectlve melancholy tendencies. tenden-cies. At least, whenever you find a youngster who Is given to these unnat- ! ural moods, you may be pretty sure that ha Isn't tho kind who spends 1 much time in wholesome yelling. It isn't to bo expected that we are to arise rrom a friend's dinner table and give a war wnoop. it Isn't done. But tired, restrained, ovor-dvlllsed j folks need to rind some way or throw- Ing up their hats onco In a while or Indulging In a llttlo tiguratno cheering. cheer-ing. So let's knoclc off work right now and go on a Dau The steady grind will go all the easier wneu wo gel back. |