| Show YOUNG AT SEVENTY the foot racer from plain city who Is 70 years old tripped into the office a smile on his face and the editor remarked well there Is something n feeling young eyen though one is old at 70 the average man Is bent and his knee joints work as though they required oiling but here is a specimen of an old man erect happy and contented looking for a match lor a quarter mile race we inquired into his habits and learned he had not dissipated si he does not use tobacco his life is of an even tenor and lia conserves h energies by above all he ignot an unhappy mortal A writer on longevity says that living to a ripe old age without being wrinkled and haggard depends largely on how we take the world some people seem to find all the disagree able things them and over them and brood over them and worry over them they see nothing but bad in people they are suspicious always afraid somebody is going to mistreat them or slight them in some way they expect to grow old AI this leaves its impression upon their physical being the functions of the various organs of tho bod yare impaired and the face wrinkles ayd a t an early age they are classed among old people then there are other people who see good in everything about etem they forget all ane disagreeable and unpleasant things refuse to believe unkind things about their friends and other people lock always on the bright side of lle cheerfulness tends to keep them in good physical condition fares grow more youthful as the 3 ears go by wrinkles forget to come and it never occurs to them that hey are growing old this matter of growing old Is largely as we think about it anyhow if we think we must grow old we will grow old settle down into what we call middle age or od age lose interest in things going on around us take a back scat and con laid on the shelf and wear dark dombro hued clothes simply because we hava reached a certain age wo think we arc old and we grow old as we think wo can be just which we choose seventy years young or seventy years old h all depends upon the view we take of afo and the way we look at things and the disposition we have do not expect too much from your friends make whatever work you do congenial do not lose sight of your illusions and do not think the world wicked and unkind help tho miserable and sympathize with tho sorrowful |
