The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-12-22

and elegance of form. There are ta;no.
which, If rightly considered and acts1
upon would prove of greater assistance
IA ooin8 away with a great deal of mer
sham and Pretense. The true wav :,
keep young Is to grow old gracefully
age VIII come-must come but instes,
VI iretuhg and worrying over it, let N
accept IL cheerfuliy and yield GRACEFUL,
10 the little entertainments which oil
Iather Ime will surely bring with eacl
succeeding year. So will he deal tender
~ with u, and we shall scarcely know
we are indeed growing old. I am
ABOUT to start out in the field as an in
ventor-a formidable rival of the reoovn
ed George w. Laird. maintain that tbe
true Bloom of Youth" is
A CHEERFUL, HAPPY SPIRIT.
If one can be jolly one need never oro,r
Old. And these jolly people, of an un.
certain age II you please, are on the
Increase IN our day. These are thew
whom the little ones love; the "aunties''
who drop in of an evening and have a
merry romP with them before they are
put to bed They rumple her hair till
II lies In little brown waves all over her
head-what matter if there be a slight
sprinkling of graft is fine and soft and
all the prettier for that. They dance
until her cheeks glows with a real bright
rosy glow-nOt rouge or carmine, but the
color that comes and goes in streaks and
flashes, indicative of feeling and emotion.
They sing and tell stories, and her laugh
Is the merriest among them; indeed,
she often says she grows fat laughing so
much. Do you think she stops to fret
because she is growing old? If she did
she wouldn't be plump and rosy and have
dimples in her cheeks. Don't fret
There is no more ageing process in which
one can indulge. If trouble comes
real, genuine trouble that means some
thing-meet it half way with a true
wOmanly spirit and you will soon conquer
1t; but above all thugs, avoid the con-
stand stewing, worrying and fault finding
which 80 readily becomes Il habit, and
which so many acquire. Be cheerful
and Jolly, laugh at everything that is
Iaughable, and find the ludicrous side of
everything. ! am very we'll aware that
in order to do this one must have good
health and feel we'll There is nothing
easier. Half the bad feeling, the aches
and pains over which we sigh and groan
are the result of our own doings-the
result of our own thoughtlessness or neg
lect to preserve proper coruse of treat
ment with ourselves. Disease, genuine
severe illness, comes to comparatively
few.
THERE ARE MANY WAYS
in which it may be avoided. To most
of those who are suffering from nervous
debility, loss of appetite, ETC., it might be
truly said Gone thing thou lackest" =
exercise. Walk! 1t makes little difference
when, only do it. tits not at all necessary
to march forth with resolute air as if to
martyrdom. 'Dress up" if you choose,
and if you haven't anything else to go for,
go out to show yourself. / am no advo-
cate of early morning walks--before
breakfast. They usually give one an
all-gone" feeling, which results in a
headache for the day Neither can l
make myself believe it is such glorious
thing to see the sun rise. Once or twice
in lifetime, on the summit of the Rigi
or the Jura but, as general thing, l
fancy the sun would quite as soon rise
alone in solemn majesty. | fancy it
might be embarrassing to have too many
eyes gazing upon his uprising; SO |
snooze quietly on, and make believe l
didn't know heis there at all. Use COM
mon sense and take plenty of exercise
in the open air, if you would keep the
roses in your cheeks. You will feel bet
ter, dance better, and sleep better for it.
That is another thlng-take plenty of
sleep; and, as general thing, sleep in
the night Once in q while, if you love
to dance as I do, and have g)ol part
ner, by all means dance till the wee sma'
hours but not as a rule. 4ou can
make up for one such extravaganza or
two, but many will tell fatally in the
long run. | was going to say something
about appetite, but it you take plenty OF
exercise, thereby superinducing healthy,
refreshing sleep, the appetite will take
care of itself. Keep up your accom-
plshments, if you have any. The time
may come when you will want them, if
YOU don't now. If you have time for
reading, when and as much as you
choose, keep well read up in the current
literature of the day. If your time be
limited, above all things,
READ THE NEWSPAPERS,
know what is going on in your own and
other countries, and be able TO converse
intelligibly on any subject that may be
introduced, instead of making some
speech worthy of Mrs. Darlington, or else
Sitting in blank, amazed silence. There
are many mothers who would do extreme
Nv we'll to spend less time at the sewing
machine, rutf!ing and putting and plating
to make their little girls look "styllshD
and keep up little practice in their mu-
sic, that they may play quadriiles for
their children to dance; and keep SUI
ficientIy read up in French or German,
which they may have once known very
we'll. to correct any false pronunciation
when their children begin to study it.
Married Women allow themselves to
grow old when there is not the slightest
need of it, and when it is really unpar-
donable for them to do so. Children get
to look upon their parents as old fogiea,
entirely behind the tines-slperannu-
ated. HEspecihlly Is this the case with the
mother if She chain herself down to
routine of cares for the physical comfort
merely Of her children, tothe neglect OF
mental culture. The result can only be
a loss of res ect OH the part of the chill
dren for their mother, when, iRstead.
they should loak 10 her FOR guidance and
counsel ID eyeGything. Mothers. keep