Show at the half century mark youth is eternal to him who believes in eternity to me youth means anywhere from eight onward I 1 was an exceedingly old person at eight and I 1 trust I 1 violate no confidence when 1 conteas confess a youthful 1 exuberance now that I 1 have bumped against the halfway post fifty Is a splendid time for youthful expansion ones fancy still retains all its ita ingenuity while ones judgment Is bettered bethere d by experience when sitting sitt ingon on the 60 mile milestone the vane of mans mana vision points southward to the past and nd northward to the future with a minimum of oscillation rancorous thought and splenetic expression give way to quieter nerves and calmer view and the mellow lighted vista of the years that lave havo gone soften the heart of the youth ot of a half century of years john philip sousa in the circle |