The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-11
"Blue Monday"

no Monday" comes az sure as
= tmas rn.l Fourth OF July ard your
crs birthday, or any of the other
8avals and feasts that VIC celebrate
ais Christian day of eniightenincnE.
lrrives with 4 general downpour OF
- and the knowledge that your rub
b. shoes are al the homo OF the friend
that you visited two weeks before, and
there is aothing in the world TO stop
IT, apparently You borrow your sis
tcrs galosh:s by sheer force Of moral
suasion. since she la not In the least
certain .hrt she viii not also ventur.
out. and armed 10 the teeth with the
only umbrella that the children have
left, you sally forth with your feelings
In line state. That is the beginning.
You cried In your soup at luncheon
and you walled aloud at The appearance
OF apple float for dessert and every
siagle little thing that happened all OF
that morning seemed fashioned for the
purpose of hurtiny ,nd bruising your
feelings that you had laid so nicely all
about TO be trampled on. But yester-
day pleaded the littlest brother, In an
agony or deaire to straighten out ca
PRECIOUS femInity. only yesterday
you said that 1t was nice worldn'
so you dil. YOU remember 1t WAS a
nice world yesterday, and now. some
thlng--a terrible somcthing-you hard
~ know what. has messed up your nice
day and made everything 20 dead
wrong III LETT your oyerslIoes too far
away To go after without others upon
your feet, and slit III" place in the only
umbrella that you could carry anu
crow del the hours with small frets that
harnhsed your soul To the breaking
point What on earth could II be?
Considering the bunnies in the
Square, surfeited with peanuts all week
long. with nothing TO do bat move and
have their being and run away from,
stray dogs life seemed Il terribly cont
pick and bewildering sort Of thing
sut even Il bunny may have Mondays
when nobody passes by ills tree. pea.
nuts IN hand, so he just has to make
the best OF 1t and Try ana lind the place
where he hid the biggest nut OF the day
before. a wise and oyous heart. with
vision uncioIded has foiaci her hands
from the daily tasks and answered hap
laly: Nom. never wash Oh MONDAYS
IL Just aIn't any USE
Ch, Philosopher OF To-Day. putting
behind you the worries or the past,
retaining only the Lesson for the Now.
who has revealed it unto you? There
doesn't have 10 be q Blue Monday"
Ut all When you arise from dreams
OF two new frocks and your other
shoes. to find that all your plans for
the day have passed BY your tree why
just come down. like the bunny. and
hunt around for the nut OF yesterday.
II may be that you will have to dig
pretty hard and deep. but even IL you
can't ind II. after all, you may still
come TO the conclusion that YOU viii
not wash on Monday"
You don't have TO actually do the
miserable task that is darkening the
day. or If you do. nj least Bring 10
bear upon the indigo looks OF the thing
the remembrance OF the sunshine o:
the day before, when lif. went along
like little brock skipping stones
Indeed there doesn't have TO be any
such day and feast. because the maxi
ing 81 it is I'll within our own small
souls. WhcG the blue of n day seems
closing in about you. ana the cobwehs
In your brain dong!e themselves into
your morning, IL YOU would onl.'
throw wide the windows of your life
that look upon the happy things OF
yesterday, End. n.ayhap not wash on
Monday" the frets would smooth them
selves out. and far over in one corner
OF the OLD blue day you viii! be sure
70 sec ever 80 small bit OF the sun.
BRENT WITT.