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Show JUST FOLKS t ouest 1 THE WHITE CAVE I ssw a white cane gluten ss hs slowly sliced along. And It seemed to catch my fancy a I mingled with th throng. X thought it rather curious, for aU th cans In town That I have ever noticed were either black or brown. And then ss he cam closer flashed the thought into my mind: "I know th whin can' meaning lis th symbol of th blind I" It's lust a mild suggestion lo the hurrying passer by To be a little thoughtful ol the brother drawing nigh. -When he sees thst white rsne gleaming In the glory ol the dty There is on who wslks in darkness who needs help to croc th may. Tts a blind man's modest symbol thst where'er his pathway wends He Is certain great and lowly, rich and poor are aU hu friends. I've forgotten who began It or from whom th notion came. But the whit cane for the sightless Is a thought deserving feme. In life's feverish helter-skelter w go rushing right along Uttls heeding, little noting who may need us of the throng. But the white cane, tapping, tapping, as a symbol of tha blind Should remind us to be watchful, to be thought-.lul, thought-.lul, to be kind. . |