South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-04-02
OFFICERS ELECT OF PROGRESS CLUB D
Shadows OF
Life
Bv Leila B. Rostiser

By Leila B. RostiseT
GCDUT in the dusk--O IN the dusk,
dear heart.
- The lonely night creeps pa
tienuy along
IN slow. impartial shadow; AL my
song
Ceases. while the mourn
or sad things signing down the wind
are borne
TO far-on places, and all these I feel
And listen 20. with weariness. and
kneel
There IN the dusk
And as I humbly pray.
Asking for strength to help me bear
my loss.
There creep slow down the agoniz-
ing way
Just nurmurous jeremiads OF old
moss"
p. Earle.
The writer OF the above lines. knew
IN fun measure. the SCATTERING OF
Lies more golden sunbeam-Love.
Shadows OF human souls, casting
their sadness over every joy. every
hour or pleasure and every moment
lived alone. lost loves are the prec-
ious memories or that celestial realm
OF that which never was.
In full recognition OF tie sacred
ness OF the subject. shall deal ten
DERBY. delicately-an reverently,
hope. upon the phase OF women's
lives which they instincdvely hide
even from the view OF their nearest
and dearest
II Is a singular fact that the pain
sui memories OF youth may become
the precious ones OF age when the
passions and emotions have Gained
somewhat and when our interests
take a wider range allowing more
scope for the healing power OF time.
our loves, ike our hates, sympa-
1hiss and prejudices, have assumed
q more sof.ened shape and we come
70 regard them with "A more kindly
trend OF thought. Likewise, age en-
nblas US 10 view life in its entirety
instead OF bordering over disjOinted
parts which were never made TO be
wholly understood. Youth rebels;
age endures and IN that calm twi-
iiEht age gains It's compensation in
misty memories. colored kindly by
the years which lay between which
Rltogether forblds regret. I wouldn't
wonder that the truth Of the real
meaning Of those unCOmpleted loves
that women shelter for years and
years finn their hearts. dawn brightly
at eor1c time. revealing their true
worth I'm the previous portion OF their
existence
The very essence % grief Is It's
hopeIessuess. but there is no sorrow
which is or ought TO be endless
Doubtless every woman who has
lived az an has faced the morning
which has no sun and the evening
which rs RtarIass. The secret sha-
dows OF thu heart are worthy TO De
measured en- ufe's whole sun The
love that came and uncompleted'
passed-or that which was suddenly
taken-fulfued its mission In some
mysterious way. even though the
storm clouds the vision and IN the
aftermath region of blue calm that
follows. We may reach a certain sort
OF understanding.
A lost love is the sharpest OF all
yonqs save that OF conscience! Deny
if II YOU will ridicule It if YOU must
treat ~ as mere imagination and
sentimcnt. the thing is and VIII ever
ba and women do suffer theretrom
ir an infinite variety. Loss by death
faithlessness. 10y mistaken or unre-
Quilted affection. the second, TO the
s1-erero woman is beyond all ques-
tion. the hardest 60 bear.
There ir I'm death "a conservation
which luTs tue acute. personal an
p1llsb in-o comparative calm ana
later there comes the sense Of total
possession of the one beloved winch
death alone is privleged to give
fbat surreme faith which Is content
- see an eudeared one lifted out o.
the turmoil OF this chanEetul life
frto life everlasting. As 10 the at
.s~rr,er+ which always has been or
one side alone. there is certain IN
completeness which prevents us
e,-er know the FUN agony of having
possessed and lost while at the same
time IL preserves tu the asst a dreamy
gauCtIty which swccteus the pam
Fut to have loved and lost by tha'
total lscnchautmcut which leaves
commission az best as the sole SUD
stitute of ara affection that can eAls'
no more. or by that slow torment
which is obliged 90 give up gay 10y
dav all that constitutes the dlvinei
mart of love. yet cliugs desperately "a
the only thinc which is left In H. is
the distressing lot many women eA-
perienco
Fortunately women suffer less as
tbav grow older. Pain. like joy, be
comes duuea fin repetition or by cal
1ousress that comes with years
There IS no JOY Ike that Of youth
no rapture compared 20 FIRST love, no
thrfu of accompl ~hment like the
ar-t accomplishment Gods great
ur5orstardine mercy has granite
tbat there is no anguish like the pain
OF the young. so complete, so nope
less NOTING out future and pas
The woman I'm after-Ife. VINO mas
lived 70 any purpose at all. nevel
suffers So poicuauuy for she ha'
learned that 200 human beinS was
meant to bs crushed absolutely IN
der calamity as blind worm undei
q stone