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Show SECRET OF A LONG LIFE. You sometimes see a woman whose old age is as exquisite as was the perfect per-fect bloom of her youth. You wonder 1 how it is her life has been a long and happy one. Here are some of the rea sons: She knew how to forget disagreeable ! things'. She kept her nerved well in hand, and inflicted them on no one. She mastered the art of saying pleasant pleas-ant things. She did not expect too much from her friends. She made whatever work came to her congenial. She retained her illusions, and did not believe all the world wicked and unkind. un-kind. She relieved the miserable, and sym- ' pathized with- the sorrowful. She never forgot that kind words and a smile cost nothing, but are priceless t J treasures to the discouraged. She did unto others as she would be done by, and now that old age has I come to her, and there is a halo of ! white hair about her head, she is loved Ij and considered. This is a secret of a t long life, and a happy one. l |
