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Show MIDDLE-AGED I'KOPLE B) Borton Braley, "Middle-aged people," Youth greets them with jots And BOOUtfl at tlx- wisdom that goes with their years; So Youth rushes in without worry or doubt, And gets Into trouble rind then Is pulled out Dy middle-aged people who long ago learned I The uae of the caution that youngsters have spurned. . "Middle-aged people" are stodgy and tume. But somehow or other they're wise to the pmi1 And thouj-h Youth imagines it's running run-ning the show. The middle-aged people are making It go. Bereft of illusions, experienced, wiai . The middle-aged people have pretty good eyos. ''Middle-aged people," they're lacking in pep. The look 'ere they leap." and they watch every st- i And Youth says they're slow, and 1 reckon they are. But speed without thought doesn't to very far. And. therefore, while Youth Is alert and athrob it's the middle-aged people who dope UUl V 111 JUU I "Middle-aged people" they often hold back, They don't like new paths, they prefer the old track, i And Youth frets and rages at ord.r and rule. While middle-aged people just smllo and keep cool. For Bplt. of t talk that the youngsters young-sters have hurled The middle-aged people are running; the world' (Copyright. 1922, NEA Service) I |