Central High School - Mirror Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

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PRAYER TO THE WINDS Many fingered zephyrs. Halcyon, Tilting like to each an eagle’s crag— —a dove's fond nest; Laving like to each a prince’s cheek— —a pauper’s brow; Sipping like to each of honey’d chalice— —pois nous fen; We pray thee bring us back— —yet another time. ETHELRED LUNDY SYKES. 22. Page Ten

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THE MIRROR BOARD

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MOTHER NATURE’S BLUE Once upon a time, a long time ago. as all good stories begin, Mother Nature sat planning the color scheme for the world. She had before her huge pots of the various colors and as she mixed them and tested them she discovered that yellow and blue made green. She admired it so much that she decided to make it her prevailing color. And so she began making things green. She made so many that nearly everything in nature was green. Then she found that nearly all her lovely blue was gone; and she remembered about varity being the spice of life. So she began putting the finishing touches in contrasting colors: the yellow, the red, the lavender, the pink, the white, the brown and the orange she distributed all over the earth. But she saved for her favorites, her most beautiful things in nature, blue. Then with one broad stroke of her powerful brush she painted the covering of her child Earth, the sky. a most delicate blue. But fearing that the people of Earth might not fully appreciate the bounteous gift, she arranged that this blue might be seen only on certain days. And to this day it is only when Mother Nature deigns to smile on us that we are allowed to see her blue in the sky. Dame Nature, after tinting her sky. came down and selected the very smallest, tiniest things in nature to be dressed in blue—the Fringed Gentian. the tiny field dasiy or Johnny-Jump-Up. the violet, and the forget-me-not. As she was coloring these little things, she heard a very mournful little tune sung by a very modest little bird in one of her green trees, and her generous heart, overflowing in pity, bestowed upon him some of her precious blue. And to this day the blue bird is Mother Nature’s sign to the folk of Earth that the beauty of another springtime has come to them. Mother Nature is after all rather human and likes to be praised, even as you and I. It was just after she had finished the blue bird that two mortals came along; one of whom admired her blue bird, having never seen the new color before, while the other scorned it. and in appreciation the generous Mother gave to the one blue eyes and left the other with black. And to this day some people have blue eyes and some brown. You see. Mother Nature after awhile felt sorry for the black-eyed folk and softened their eyes into a beautiful brown, which now quite equals the blue in beauty. Then the great artist made some natural mirrors on earth in which her handiwork might be reflected in beautiful little upside-down pictures, after which she hurried back to her home in fear lest she give away the remaining bit of her precious blue, which was now quite small. That remaining bit she used to make her sunsets of. And even to this day when she is especially pleased with her godchild. Earth, she will bestow on her the most beautiful of gifts, an azure morning and a silver and blue sunset. MILDRED MIMS. 'll. Page Eletrn