Evening star., 1932-11-15

Getting up ought to be. and mostly
is. a matter of having had su1ncient
sleep, and actually desiring to get up.
The early riser by the clock may be
forgiven for thinking that he has much
the best of it, in comparison with the
multitudes of hurrying, sleepy human
beings who protestingly haul themselves
from the covers at the latest possible
moment on a Winters morning.
He who retires early naturally gets
up early. Anybody wouldl That is a
simple fact not altogether understood
by the many who lament their failure
to see SunriSes and the like (f there is
anything similar to sunup).
Some Of the most amazing color COM
binations in this latitude come in
Winter time. Then dawn is thing OF
beauty indeed, one which the artistic
eye can see, and the artistic spirit ap-
preciate, whether ones hands could put
it on canvas or not.
The happy thing about these early
morning pictures is that they are so
unconscious in effect upon the beholder.
He does not, at least at the time,
in particular.
The solemnity of the gallery is alb
sent. Not even a catalogue obtrudes
itself between him and the spectacle.
All that there is, in the way of light,
is there before him, increasing in in
tensity every moment
The entire spectrum is doing its best
for his benefit. There Is no effort here,
no striving, no straining. If the spec
tator looks, it makes no difference to
the spectacle. II he does not look,
likewise it makes no difference. The
sun does not call man fool, because
man may not happen to agree with its
way of coming up or Of not coming up.
Happily for the Divine forces, they
are in nowise subject to the tempera-
mental will of mankind else they
would function one day and not the
next, perhaps.
Eating breakfast, for the early riser.
is done to electric light now This
gives an entirely different complexion
to the meal. Breakfast ought to be,
in many respects, the best meal of the
day. This does not mean that it neces-
sarily include so-called heavy foods,
but simply that it be relished the most.
Yet here the late riser finds himself
hurried through as little breakfast as
possible. with consequent inability to
enjoy what he does eat.
BY contrast, he who gets up in time
to eat q leisurely breakfast also, by
the same token, has enough time to
enjoy the meal, not only in physical
sense, but also in its esthetic aspects.
Dining by artificial light is always
an interesting process, II the lights be
correctly placed, and Of sufficient power
to give proper illumination. What is
more dismal than an inadequately lit
room? A room in total darkness is a
much more cheerful place than scores
of our modern living rooms, wherein a
dingy appearance is given to everything
simply through lack of wattage.
Breakfast in the dark by the fire.
side lends a particular enchantment to
the days most important meal Such a
breakfast, of course, Is not in the dark,
since the Pickering flames Of the logs
cast their roseate and largely illumina-
tive lights all over the room.
This is a pleasure unknown save to
those who practice the habit Of rising
early in Winter. There is no other
way. The dancing, light-giving flames
give "cheer-up" effect second only to
the modern sunlamp AS a matter of
fact. there is just bit of ultraviolet
| in the log fire, not enough to do any
real good, perhaps, but still sufficient
to lend its helpful beneficience to the
watcher.
BY getting up early, in both Winter
and Summer, one adds many new pic
lures to ones personal gallery of
treasures, sees Nature in different
moods, and finds a sense of kinship
with natural things strengthened. And,
since every one of us is part Of all
there is, early rising makes us feel
more at home in our own universe