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VOLUME 6
NEW BERN, N. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1963
NUMBER 37
Few New Bernlans In their
day to day existence lead color-
ftil lives. They may dream ol
high adventure, glittering game,
or romantic Interludes In Ihr-
off places, but always they must
come back to reality.
Back to the reality, that Is,
of shopping lor groceries with
a thin wallet, getting their shoes
half-soled, washing and Ironing,
paying the overdue light bill,
and struggling with a cold that
won’t wear off.
Local wives, particularly,
are acutely aware of their
monotonous routine, especially
If small children have them
anchored within the four walls
of their home.
Firmly fixed In the average
woman’s mind Is the notion that
her husband has all the best of
It, when It comes to living In
terestingly. -‘You get to see a
lot more people,” she com
plains at breakfast, ” while 1
stay here In this house all day
long.”
What she doesn’t realize, or
won’t admit, Is that quite a few
of the people seen by her hus
band before sundown may be
folks that he would rather not
see.
Dealing with the public Isn’t
all sweetness and light.
Besides, most of his friends
are just as dull as he is, and
striving to Ignore his enemies
doesn’t increase his chances of
avoiding ulcers.
Perhaps the awareness that
our lives are more or less
colorless is the reason we have
Injected colors Into our con
versation. Repeatedly, and
without thinking, one color or
another crops up In our descrip
tive phrases.
Almost unanimously In our
moments of dejection we de
scribe ourselves as feeling
“blue”. How this way ofputting
it came about might be hard to
fathom.
Offhand, blue Is a color that
could hardly be termed
depressing. Certainly God
demonstrated His preference
for It by placing it In the sky
above us and In the sea that
covers much of our globe.
More logical as a descrip
tive phrase than our habit of
feeling blue Is to say that we
are In the pink of condition.
It is a biological fact that pink
ness of complexion is as
sociated with good health.
Not many of us past baby
hood are pink of cheek, but we
do recognize this characteris
tic as a symbol of vitality.
Manufacturers of cosmetics
have reaped millions from fe
males who are determined to
retain it artificially.
Whenever we observe our
neighbors or others coveting a
possession belonging to some
one else, we invariably say
they are “green” with envy.
This expression also Is of
rather hazy origin. We also use
green to describe a person who
is immature or a novice in
any line of endeavor.
Green In Dame Nature’s
world around us indicates
life, so being green as a
human, it seems to this oldster,
has advantages over being wise
but withered. We wouldn’t mind
having a little more of it at
this late stage.
To describe a person lacking
in intestinal fortitude, it is al
most Inevitable that we depict
him as being “yellow”. Teen-
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