| Show I lI AN EDITORIAL BY BYI l I I FLORENCE DAVIES AVIES A GLA GLASS q DARKLY D Of ot tho the great mysteries of ot life and death and tho the long journey ol of the tho soul It is written that wo we must see as through a glass dark dark- darkly darkly darkly ly for tor the present Hut Dut It i I in nowhere said Bald that clouds of ot doubt and misunderstanding standing must shield us from each other In the tho everyday affairs or of life lite And yet how many of ot u us aro hurt and end unhappy how many times our lives are aro nearly broken because we e lack the COlli coinage age to dispel pel that cloud of ot misunderstand misunderstanding ing by a 8 a word ord or two of ot frankness or to blow away ayay the tho smoke screen with the tied fi sweet winds ot of otI I apology ness or explanation or forgive forgive- forgiveness forgiveness l I nessI Time and nd time again If tt we wa could look at each ench other through a glass clear as crystal Il if f only we is ha hae e the courage to say ay What s sHong Hong arong Im ha sorry Theres There's the memory of ot a 8 ruined friendship Everything was l happy between iou ou and your friend un- un until Until un until I til one day a third person entered the little group and said things when you ou weren't erent present that weren't quite fair to you Then what hat happened Did your friend come to you frankly and tell you plainly but gently that she was wag hurt Did you go to her herand herand herand and say What B s wrong were we're drifting apart No you were ere just hurt and she she ho was as hurt and you were a a lit lit- lit little tb tlc tle more polite than ever and a lit lit- little littie lit little tle tie cooler and finally you ou just bowed and remembered with a little bitterness that once OU meant much to each other What foolish needless suffering A little meekness a little hum hum- hum nr ble-nr bien and I a a little willingness to tot t neither of ot them very sery difficult difficult cult to acquire would have base saed a fine tine friendship In five minutes frank trank ta-k ta the clouded glass could ha have hase e been wip wiped sip sip- Ip- Ip ed clean and vou ou couk still be lookIng at each ach other through the shining crystal screen of ol under under- understanding understanding understanding standing and friendship Its It's almost worse s orse when lovers do the sense same thing He He never bought me anything said a noser ne took me anywhere girl who ho had hd broken her heart 0 oer ro a man for t two tao 0 or three soars ears I and then still unhappy herself herselt to accept the love of ot an- an another another an another other man But I took It for granted sh she understood I was saving for tor a din din- dinIng dining din dining ing room 1 ug and a II kitchen table and a davenport I used to think she was sas restless and a little ox- ox ex said the man Arrant nonsense all of ot it Why dIdn't they speak the tho word that ha have hae e made It all plain Just pride kept their lips III's closed That kind of ot pride l la is the cheapest thing In tho world It isn len t the I pride that makes character and another ement Its It's just name for tor egotists and anti selfishness and and conceit It If there are ace vistas of ot friendship here and there a 11 which you look though a glass why not pour out a little of ot the s sweet aa ers wa-ers a- a aters tens of ot humilitY and wash thoIn tho the win win- window win window dow clean There are enough walls walls to tho the tho house of ot life Uto without having any dark corner In it that thit might just as well be bc flooded with the sunshine of ot friend ship friend ship and understanding |
