| Show THE NEW OLD OLI WOMAN T id IS TIME TINIE FOR you auto to take in sail as emerson says the re Is nothing left aunty the modern pro progreso gres give innovating oer overturning turning new moman his hold my dear ou ire breathless i ou mean to say ahe she haa has left nothing for the old woman to do nevertheless Never theles I 1 shall not take in sail until tho the biage Is over mer though I 1 may ma have to shorten it tip P a bit said the older woman m with ith a smile spoken with the spirit of our scandinavian di din avian ancestor ancestors ho met death standing replied the oung gitl gill still I 1 think it nice to bo be out of the hurry ind whirl of things and hue hine timo time to yes my child there Is one thing thit the old cornin has that the new w man has not that Is 1 time let me t 11 you an ari anecdote to illustrate oh do chaunce chauncey depew says the modern speaker must L lve e his joke said the girl adding 1 I suppose it Is the r ame same with the ancient speaker aunt A dear old wom in said to me my time dont count for much now it Is like bens hens time then 0 she ie told me of an old firmer who atter attended d e d an agricultural fair and saw an incubi Lor for the fart time when it was as explained he well it ran be a greit thin thing tor for savin the hen a t time ime but with us that dont don t count for much iboa however e er I 1 think time ought is to count even with hen 4 an ani I 1 old nomen innocently inquire the girl women of affair do not grow old answered the other if it there la is an anything that can keep the spirit of youth auth fresh within us it ii keeping in touch with tho world having as some one sis a genius tor for humanity 1 now you are talking about the new old woman oman do ou consider her an outgrowth of the nev new oung omand A development es cert ionly 1 I should say they all had the de ery iery laughingly remarked the gl gi I 1 Wl without noticing this her aunt continued we have some grind old women olmen of that type broad minded leading spirits I 1 heard one of them lately address a large in meeting eting her tier voice mis clear and cultured her thought sparkled spir kled with wit and logic she was aas nearly 80 I 1 thought we e are all making history not all so eventful as this woman yet e are storing away avay memories and tra lit lotions ions why not learn to tell them well one rz 1 the ic te sources of age that make it interesting yes aunty aulty it la 18 good to tell a thing P bell ell but cot not too often it Is a sure sign sigil at of dotage to repeat over ind over you are thinking of that old fashioned old woman moman who sits by the fire garrulous and grumbling who entertains you with mith her rheumatism and other troubles those these being tho the only tragedies dim life has left 1 I Us es and I 1 am thinking of the old bomin who mho knitted stockings ml mended trousers era and cut carpet rags ind pieced quilts and nursed the sick who spoiled the children as grandmothers old and new tangled will continue to do to ibe end of time and always had falling cookies with which to mend either broken heads or hearts who rocked racked the baby and pare pared d Dota potatoes toes tor for dinner while ahe she was ret ing herself she Is a creature of the past tny jear I 1 am halt sorry tor for it but let me tell rou you of an old dame I 1 visited on a eummer afternoon of blessed memory she was in her rose garden where here A she re elved me making a quaint picture of ervle there were roses in her checks cheeks hough bough she was vas over 80 and most of her time was spent out of doors among ler ker flowers she was never BO so happy as aca 1 THAT OLD D 11 WOMAN OMAIN when cutting the great fragrant roses to send to friends to the sick to the bride to the church or the funeral 1 ahe literally scattered scitt ered rossa roses then too I 1 the was inhere interning Inte ting ind knew all about bowers flowers the cultivation and the sentiment of them knib the lin IiD guage of tit a red red rose many children in the neighborhood cime to hl her r for and roots which abich she them to cultivate offering little prizes for the best results suits nov noi what epoch would rou sa say in old dame belongs to vi ah my ray dear iou must understand that the new old woman oman has other spheres beside the rostrum she la is a oman of resources and still keeps a instead of secondhand second hand inter ft i in life oliver wendell holmes talked of riving giving up to the boys but be he told me thit th it as long as the muse did not desert him he would not desert her I 1 like your old mornin of the flowers flo were even eien the little window gaiden with iti its few gerin lucis and pot of parsley from which a green sprig may be had in binter inter to garnish a dish Is a pleasant care tor for an old woman moman I 1 remember garden th the my own grandmother grandmothers a pin pinks ks and marigolds larkspurs and primroses prim roses there vas summer savory and anif bartiet et marjoram inar mar jorum and sage I 1 can sec see her now daintily putting up the little bunches to dry for ft inter her ifer life was aa as peaceful as her and it was one long summer savory of kind deeds though it had not been without its storms and trials N ake up my lady you have left the new old woman moman and gone dream journeying down the past it Is true wo me cannot get away from the past it Is a part of us but cifu ie to more interesting for old deop than it I 1 waa mas then most lost of us have hae had belsur for books and trivel trivet and social life then lou oil do 0 of leisure for the new old bomani anian on ian yes leisure n t idleness nor listlessness but considering life as a day one la is naturally na busier buster in the morning 0 me o hive hae strength and vigor igor an and d our place and be aln tn NN work ork after tr crossing the meridian we d do n not ot r readily e a d lly undertake ne new w eni en beep rase I 1 hibits 1 i b i ts are the crutches of the old and we me hobble along on them though ni life s cares drop almy al my and fall behind us is the shadows I 1 do to in the afternoon as we e go Wt mt with mith the sun still it Is well all as I 1 eald said before not to drop out of line entirely to keep an interest in the world around us not forgetting thit world orld toward which we me are journeying being neither too worldly nor too otherworldly other worldly I 1 ah thit I 1 m ay iy bo be like that wh n I 1 hi hivo 0 crossed 0 over er into life a afternoon but it will bo be bird hird said the girl pen va liely hely not it if you begin it in the morning keeping bour our sympathies broad and active putting away aay little by little treasures 0 of experience and knowledge them as one saves dollars against age and want doing something ng dally daily to help another onward 1 I believe it Is possible to the busiest life from front the mental menial the commonplace by adding a trifle dally daily to its mental and spiritual stores |
