Show jf of Happiness I job fob Possibilities Still Open ro o 0 Person Past Sixty K i 1 bard band Hoover er r and anti Macrae Hoover Hoo g k at this stack slack of or letters I They're all about Mrs the v-the the woman who had to toe at 60 e over again always surprised Isabelle out how much kindness is und and waiting to be used eople pIe had nothing to gain gam gaming ing g time to sit st down and uch ell ch thoughtful letters They out of pure goodness of L rm Tm sure of that And look ese esc offers of jobs Mrs Olsen has some sort she she ROW now doesn't L she took the first thing thing- for ne e along housekeeper along housekeeper old gentleman Hes He's bright but quite fragile letters etters may give her some- some she he would like better but for lor her to decide F ce e Similar Problem w ir r here are letters which fter jobs They are arc from who sympathize deeply rs Olsen's problem because a similar one one insecurity insecurity later years signed Florence E E. says article about old age hitI hit hitI hitI 12 to be- be I I have ha years go reach 60 but the place I worked was sold and Im I'm Ima Ii a job Every new news place asks as is of experience and at the thee e wants you to be under can they expect to have ays Ws Should I lie he about tf R R. a widow of 53 says king for work but all I do is is fill out application blanks I find it unbearably discouraging M E E. E E. says Its tragically trag true that as you get g-et old you get gel poor I had to hunt for work at 60 SO Past 70 now and still working How to o Avoid oid Plight Heres a letter about how to avoid a plight like Mrs Olsen's Its It's from a woman She goes right after the medieval laws which re regard regard regard re- re gard a afe wife fe as her husbands husband's em em- She thinks it important that everything be recorded in the I names of both husband and wife Dont Don't put it off she says Do DoI Doit I it now My father always intended intend intend- i ed cd to but he died before it was vas done and my mother had to pay for court fees guardianship bonds and ma make e lists of everything she spent on us children It still makes I my blood boil to think of it it I And heres here's something from a peppy young young- year sixty She says I have ha been enjoying your columns for a long time and I agree with most of them But when you Jou call a year old woman woman woman wom wom- an elderly that's too much I willbe will willbe willbe be 60 my next birthday and while I I know my age no one else guesses it Im I'm straight as a stick and slim as my daughter By 60 you are arc just learning how to live Good for her What else do I you have there Isabelle These are all suggestions about what a woman of sixty can do They are arc so interesting that I wish we could mention every er one Lets do that We e will give gi our whole column tomorrow to these helpful thoughts about emI employment employment em em- opportunities for older I people Copyright 1949 Hubbard Hoover |