The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-03
AS TO RAINY SUNDAYS.
A Nuisance From One Point of View
"A Comfort From Another.
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"Our views as to many things" said
the middle-aged man, change with our
time of life. For instance:
Not so many years ago used 10
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 TO speak.
But when ii did rain, liked TO have 1t
rain on week days, and hated TO have
il rain on Sundays
For Sunday was my day off, and !
had my plans all laid for it, With the
day coming bright and clear and beau
tiful 1 got out my old clothes. or my
middling old ones. and went for tramp
or a day in the woods. Or I put on my
glad rags and went 20 church or calling
or visiting or walking; it was a day of
release and change and variety and en-
jOyment
But if Sunday came in rainy every
thing was of: and, as we looked at it
then, we We're in for a gloomy day
Rain. rain. rain: nothing but rain.
EFF we went out we got wet and
there was no place to go on such
day, anyway, everybody staying home,
and nothing else for us 10 dO,.and so we
wore away the dull day listlessly, hang
ing around the house. / used to hate a
rainy Sunday; but l feel very different
about rainy Sundays now. rtstr.
Now. with my weeks work DONE i
look onward to Sunday as. a day of
rest and while like bright ana sunny
Sundays 1 can get along with a rainy
Sunday very we'll
Maybe / am not quite so active and
lively as was once; maybe, even, am
getting to be little lazy; but l find l
don't go in for the long walks and
tramps and vigorous exercise generally
quite so eagerly as 1 once did, and if ]
wake UP Sunday morning and find IL
raining so that / can't give myself that
little outing that I was going to take.
and that I ought TO take. and that l
know would really do me good, 1 don't
mind
II look out and see the rain falling
steadily. good for all day easily, but l
take a cheerful view. / eat my break
fast leisurely and comfortably and
think l never had one quite so good. or
at least that 1 enjoyed so much. Then
l fix my big chair just to suit me and
give myself UP to il.
"A glance out of the window. Still
raining. Let her rain! And then l
read the newspaper, with all the world
brought to me here on the printed page
After dinner-dinner in the middle OF
| the day on Sunday give myself an
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the big chair again, lazy but comfort
able, and treat myself to a book. AT
this stage of a rainy Sunday am often
likely to drag up a chair TO put my feet
on; and when / get that fixed, before /
take up the book, 1 look out of the
window again; just pouring steadily,
and the rare passerby all carrying drip
| ping umbrellas.
| Good to be in the house on a day
| like this; and on such a Sunday after
noon, with my feet comfortably fixed,
am quite likely sooner or later to take
/ a nap.
| Darkness comes early on such days
at this season, and as 1t gathers we
| look out and see it still raining-rain-
ing, raining, raining-and then we draw
| the curtains and turn up the lights.
| Doubly cheerful now, within
Supper, and to bed early. with the
rain still falling steadily-and how ]
can sleep rainy nightsi
so how we look on rainy Sundays
must depend much on our point of
view, and as for myself I like rainy
! Sunday; but l do like TO wake up and
find it bright and sunny Monday morn
ing"