“Merilyn” says...

Northern Advocate, 3 June 1939, Page 4

“Merilyn ” says ...

f LOVE colour in the winter. Bright, * warm rods, rusts and greens. Red. especially, looks warm and cos>. I know I always .seem to feel warmer when dressed in red. Auto-suggestion, perhaps?

IT you want to spend a really delightful evening, light a log lire and sit for an hour at the piano. It is preferable. of course, to get someone else to sit at the piano, and give yourself the pleasure cf relaxing by the fire. The radio is a great asset, undoubtedly. but there is nothing like a piano for a lovely homely touch. We all find pleasure in creating something—making a baby’s frock, a new garden plot, perhaps a glorious piece of tapestry, painting a picture portrayal of our own thoughts. It is never easy to attain anything worthwhile, yet when we have done it. wc delight in it. Thei’e are other kinds of creation. There arc laughter and joy waiting to be created in a sad world. Making

happiness for others is one of the loveliest forms of creation. One happy hour, the sound of spontaneous mirth, is something that can be folded away in the memory of a lonely woman nr an old man whose life is nearly lived. Happiness—key that opens the door to amazing vistas. F. W. Harvey gave this beautiful little poem about laughter: When God had finished the earth and the whirl of coloured suns, He turned from making big things to „ fashion little ones. Beautiful tiny things, like daisies He made; and then He made the comical things, in case the minds of men Should stiffen and become Dull, humourless and glum: And so forgetful of their Maker be As even to take themselves quite seriously . . • And as for the duck, I think God must have laughed a bit Seeing those bright eyes blink on the day He fashioned it. And He’s probably laughing still at the sound that came out of its bill!