South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-23
TODAY'S TALK
FRIEND
~ GEORGE Matthew Adams


one or the most abused ana nl-used words in the
language ls the word friend
"A friend or two" becomes big possession when
you understand what friend s Not a person who
VIII gladly smile with you when things breaking
we'll and the path IS clear and smOoth-but one
who goes the route with you, who sticks when the
crowd leaves
Stevenson put it truly when he SAID: a few
friends but those without capitrlauon."
We imagine that much in this world. and
we dream OF these coveted possessions But when
It gets dark in our heart and the falls
and It IS very lonely. We like 20 be heartened b.
some gentle knock the door. and then 20 have
it opened for TO friend who knew that we
wanted him-and he came.
That what Nicodemus longed for when he
silently INTO the darkness OF the night and
sought Jesus.
II there were more friends made by marriage
there would be happier homes and fewer divorces.
The love Of a friend-can you think Of a more
divine gift?
In the Bible. / think it was Enoch who gloried
that he was "a friend Of Gods"
When get particularly lonely like 20 think of
God my best friend And like to talk TO Him
in that vein-feeling His humanity the more.
The thing that binds friend to friend Is useful
ness-aiways giving as much as you take. How
wonderful TO thrill with the success and happiness
Of your frlend--and to be compensated for any gift
to him by the feeling that his appreciation has
turned a hundredfold and
The world is large-though small Our friend
cannot in bodily presence follow here and there.
But his spirit may be as real and beautiful 20 US
as though were but inches apart
thats the compensation OF friendship.
Being q friend-and having one-that's wealth!
three OF the strangest things about U.S. caught in
the far-fung net. today's news:
A young soldier, mentally wrecked by she'll
shock. was experimental by doctors. Taken to
a room where everything a Iivid red, he
shrieked in agony Then they led him to a primrose
yellow He sighed happily, drifted to deep
sleep. Kept in this he rapidly recovered to
normal.
t. Ballinger Of New York tells this remarkable
story Of a convention OF paint and varnish makers.
Ballinger says scientists have discovered that
room furnished in a dark color tends to mel
ancholia and an aversion to work room tenn
porariy stimulates, then reacts in head
ache. Blue induces calm. Green seems to impart
happiness and vitality. Yellow makes people amia-
Bile. contented scothed.
a good tip when you redecorate your home. To
avoid monotony combinations. not color
alone.
The effect Of color vibrations on our nerves is a
mystery.
Railroad riding will be rougher the weather
gets colder. says DR.. Plimmon H. Dudley weather
expert for New York Central railroad
He explains it this way: Winter cold makes the
steel rails thermometer drops. To delicate
nerves, riding seems very bumpy over the slight
gaps between the shrunken rails.
You think it wonderful that frost shrink
steel rails and make the crack. More wonderful
is that we strange humans moro powerful than
either cold or steel. both slaves. Our mental
and nerve powers compared with animals, little
short OF terrible.
In Western Electric laboratories, this is discov-
cred: The human voice be reduced to mill
Honth OF its volume and still be heard. But the voice
cannot be heard when reduced a ten-millonth.
That is a remarkably fine distinction, the vanish
ing point Of sound so enthusiastically minute that .the
human brain cannot conceive of It.
Yet it holds good for all normal human ears. al
though no two people hear the same thing in ex-
aCty the same way.
When you ponder marvels. consider the delicacy
Of the human that make all this possible.
Winter brings back the man who takes cold