| Show clr r ace people in this country arc very apt to that th world and ita belong to them alone that tho outlook for older people is colorless and uninteresting and that at the best they cap only enjoy life vicariously through this is however by no the case the sense of enjoyment askera fax moat instances at fifty as at twenty five and vastly more appreciative cia tive to be Bure that which would constitute the pleasures of one age would not be exactly the ednd which would suit another 1 do not envy yon a bit said a dear old lady of evenly ev enty as her granddaughters presented themselves in all the bravery of their fine astira before going to the ball 1 I have my pleasures too and I 1 would not exchange my comfortable seat before the blazing fire with my feet on the fender and a good novel foi all of your anticipated triumphs young people are really too full ot themselves to enjoy thoroughly an ab tract idea too brimming over with their own personality to enter entirely into the spirit of art music or the mystic beauty of nature only those who have learned that flesh and blood cannot ic herit the kingdom can feel the keen intellectual tel enjoyment that ia warped by no pei bonal bias no restless sei seel dog and whatever may be the glory of youth to it is not given the fuller and higher appreciation that only comes with ua years new york tribune |
