Evening star., 1932-11-29

writing, a sentence will grow into being
almost spontaneously as a solid but
bright result of previous ideas, one after
another. This bright ray Of mental
sunshine plays over the rest like a
sunbeam In dark room, yet one never
intended 1t, exactly. but merely hoped,
in the beginning, that 1t would shine
at last.
II one is interested in any of the
particular manifestations of Nature.
such as flowers, or trees. or animals or
birds, he will find something of diff
ference in studying them under the
subdued lighting of rainy day, or in
an atmosphere darkened by overhang-
ing clouds The imagination attempts
to see the world of thousands of years
ago. and sees it gloomy. 1t must have
been so. At any rate. the imagination
SO pictures it, and perhaps 1t is right.
II
There is one good thing about a dark
day-f one can find something pic
turesque in it, end especially in man
made houses and street, at such times,
he is certain to find everything baauti-
full when the sun shines
Nothing makes city thoroughfare
more dismal, from every aspect, than
rainy morning, when everybody is
hurrying, and the more cheerful aspects
of things are darkened and displayed in
the worst possible light.
How tawdry these stores appear. with
their garish colorS, and their crude
attempts to attract attention! Yet
there is life and motion there, and a
certain sort Of appeal, since in them
repcsc g great many human wants and
their s3tisfa ctions
One discovers that they are not as
bad as they look. upon second glance.
and third and fourth glances show
them as right smart little buildings,
after all, which will fairly gleam again
when the sun Genes out.
Here is certain store, with the name
Of the proprietor in huge letters across
the show window. 1t might prove in
teresting to study, under this subdued
lighting effect of rain, just how he
managed to make his name stand out
quite as large as it does since the let
tiers seem no whit larger than those used
by some Of his rivals in trade. The
thought comes: Perhaps those letters
stand out larger only to your eyes! Per-
haps hundreds of other persons, pass
ing by, never give those magic letters a
glance, as they hurry along intent on
their own combinations of letters called
sentences, Called lllUuSlltos SollCA iAeoo.
x X X
The study of lighting effects need not
be carried on solely indoors, IN theater
gallery, hall or home.
There is plenty of room for such In
terest In the great outdoors, where the
sources of all light exist In their abun-
dance.
Closer inspection Of natural objects
shows that they are not all grayed, uni
formly, by clouds and lack OF sun
shine, but still reflect what light there
is according to their natures.
Thus one tree will have an appear
ance different from adjoining trees
owing to a different sort OF bark. OF
position. which permits reflected light
to filter to II.
Houses, in particular, appear in en-
tirely different lights on days dark and
nimical, as we say. It may be said
of them, in particular, that If they
appear to advsn ntage on rainy, gloomy
day, they will shine like jewels when
the sun is throwing its beams upon
them.
No one should ever purchase home
without first visiting it on some gloomy
day, preferably when it is pouring cats
and dogs" as the old saying has it,
II it looks we'll then, 1t will please
always.
Something Of the same pleasant phil
osophy might be applied to all life and
living. but we would not care to press
the matter, for so much depends upon
the individual, and his ability to &C
cept, as well as to utilize.
Our only point is that gray day
is not necessarily an uninteresting OF
really gloomy sort of day, but may bt
quite as interesting and cheerful, al
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