South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-19

X white.
Red is red-and blue IS blue
And that's all there IS to Il.
Who speaks so loud and with such
gay courageous confidence.
Youth-oe sure OF thatl Youth
always-knows.
Middle-age doubts-Age wonders
but Youth-knowA
This IS right. that IS wrong. this
is wise, that IS foolish
This woman is good. that man is
bad
Hark. how youth speaks and
never fears to pronounce a verdict
Black is black. is It. my friend {?
Yes, I suppose il Is. but did you
ever realize that there are 25 dis
tinct different shades OF black-pur-
pie black and blue black and brown
ish black and reddish black
What's the use or enumerating
them? Anyone who ever tried 10
match ribbon. 60 make a binding
for a black satin bag, can tell you.
White is white-ah, indeed,
But there's snow white and pearl
white, and oyster white and pinkish
white, and blue white-try TO paint
the color OF the first snow bank you
see. and get the shadows exactly
right-if you don't believe It.
Red IS red? What about scarlet
and crimson, and cardinal and man
DARN?
Blue IS blue2 Yes. so It is-navy
and baby blue. and Alice blue and
French blue. And II you put the
red with the blue. Il isn't either red
or blue, but purple.
Put your black and your white
together and you'll get gray.
Good and bad-can they mingle
and make some composition Of char
| acter2
They not only can but they do
over and oveS again.
And when you have seen the
world and the beauty OF II. and the
folly OF it and the splendor Of t.,
and the Joy Of It and the sorrow Of
it-sOmetimes you don't know Just
exactly what is white and what Is
gray. And It is sometimes hard to
tell just whether there IS more blue
or more red in the purple, that
makes the world gasp with adnira-
ton and amazement.
How hard life IS to the very
young!
There's Mary Mary
She's a darling-is Mary Mary.
quite a darling. really! You can't
/ help loving her TO save your life.
But dear me, what a time she is hav-
ing picking out the colors. just now!
Either you're saint or a flend-
when Mary Mary is thinking about
you.
Either you're a fool or a genius.
There's no middle ground-and she
either loves you distractedly or
views you with a cold contempt
that is worse than the hottest hatred.
Poor Mary Mary-what a long
road there is ahead OF her! 1 won
der how long II will be before she
learns TO sit down in the shade and
rest awhile when she sees a steep
hill ahead Of her
She wouldn't rest now for the
world-not she. Up. Overland done
with IT,
Poor Mary Mary-when she feels
/ badly about something. she doesn't
I try 20 forge. She broods, and has
7 a lovely time being miserable.
They say YOU run in debt for tears
I sometimes, and have 20 pay with
real suffering for what you borrow
ed, just to enjoy a pretended emo
/ ton
Poor Mary Mary-Im afraid she II
l have bin 20 settle.
And there's Tom. the Piper's Son.
How he does love 10 play the pipes
himself. but they must be exactly
in tune. the pipes Tom plays, and he
must always have the music writ
\ ten down for him. or he won't think
/ OF IT, What. desecrate. his pipes
/ with a Jazz song? Not hel
Some day poor Tom-how he will
\ wish he had stopped playing for
arts sake. and played just for fun
I once in awhile
Mary Mary won't speak 20 Kate.
because Kate has done something
n she doesn't like Ten years from
now, she'll look back and wonder
I what IL was that made her so cross.
Tom Tom doesn't approve of one
/ Of his fathers friends and he thinks
his father ought not 10 approve of
/ him. either. He can't realize that
/ Fathers friend once len: Father
some money when Father needed
it, and Fathers one Of the kind who
doesn't forget
Black IS black with Tom Tom.
and white Is white with Mary Mary
Bless their hearts-some DAY
they'll find out what E. wearabIe
convenient color gray IS. once I'm
awhile.