The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-04
AS TO RAINY SUNDAYS.
a Nuisance From One POint OF View-A
Comfort From Another.

OmfOrt From Another.
Our views as to many things" said
the m~iddleaged man, change with our
time OF life. For instance:
Not 80 many years ago | used to hate
to see il rain on Sundays. | didn't object
to rain, as such, any more than | do now;
| knew We needed more or less rain, in our
business, so 10 speak. But when it did rain
| liked to have it rain OF weekdays. and
hated to have it ram on Sundays.
For Sunday was my day off, and | had
my plans all laid for il. With the day COM
ing brigh and clear and beautiful | got out
my old clothes, or my middling old ones,
and went or a tramp or a day in the woods.
Or put on my glad rags and went to church
or calling or visiting or walking; it was a day
Of release and change and variety an d en-
joyment.
But if Sunday came in rainy everything
was all of and, as We looked at il then, We
were in or a gloomy day. Rain, rain, rain;
nothing but rain
IF we went out We got wet. and there was
no place TO go on such a day, anyway,
everybody staying home, and nothing else
for us TO do, and so we wore away the duh
day Lstlessly, hanging around the house.
/ used TO hate a rainy Sunday; but l feel
very diff erently about rainy Sundays now.
Now, with my weeks work done, | look
Onward to Sunday ~ a day Of rest; and
while | like bright and sunny Sundays l can
get along witha rainy Sunday very well.
Maybe | am not quite SO active and
lively as ] was once; maybe. even, / am
getting to be a little lazy: but | find l don't
90 in for the long walks and tramps and
vigorous exercise generally quite so eagerly
as once did, and il / wake up Sunday
morning and hnd it raining so that / ant
give myself that little outing that | was
going TO take, and hat l ought to take,
and that ! know would really do me good,
why, l dom mind.
Il look out and see the rain falling stead
ily, good for all day easily, but ! take a
cheerful view. / eat my breakfast l~eIsurely
and comfortably and think neN or had
one oIte so good, or at least that 1 enjoy ed
70 much. Then | fix my big chair just to
suit me and Civ e myself up to II.
"A glance out OF the window SUI raining.
let her rain! And then | read the news
paper, with ell the world brought TO me
here on the printed page.
after dinner-dinner in the middle
Of the day on Sunday give myself an
other Garnegieville smoke and take TO
the big chair again, lazy but cornforta BILE,
and treat myself TO "A book. At IN =
stage Of a rainy Sunday | am often likely
10 drag up a chair to pat my feet on; and
when get tina fixed, bef,re | take up the
book, | look out Of thy window again; just
pouring steadily, and the rare passersby
all carrying dripping umbrt Has.
Good 20 be ~ the house on a day like
this: and on such "A Sunday afternoon, with
NV feet comfortably hXcd, | am quite Likely
sooner or later to take u nap
"Darkness comes early on such days
at this season, and n IL gathers We look
out and see IL still raining raining, rainIng,
r~ainina-and then We draw the curtain n
and turn up the lights. DoubIy cheerful,
now, within!
supper, and 10 bed early. with tho rain
still ia hing steadily-and how | can sleep
rainy nightsl
so how we look on rainy Sundays must
depend much on our point OF view and as
for myself | like a rainy Sunday; but | do
like 20 wake up and find II bright and sunny
Monday morning.