Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1885-05-16
GROWING OLD.

What to Do If One Would Grow OLD hSp.
idly. |
Think you are growing old, and you
will soon grow.
Take your place obediently in the
groove long made by custom for peo-
pie of middle age or a little past it.
Separate yourself entirely from the
young. Regard with undisguised con-
tempt their lack of experience. Scold
at their mistakes with no effort at con-
ciliation or making friends with them.
This with them will give you your de-
gree as ..old fogy.'' An "old fogy"
may be. simply a child who has stopped
knows it all" There are '.old fogies"
at twenty-five as well as fifty.
Kill ali inclination to indulge in what
are called youthful sports" Learn
not to run. Cultivate in your limbs
dignity, sIowness, stiffness. Regard
with serenity your slowly escaping
vigor, suppleness. and elasticity OF
J ,nu.cle. Say it's the inevitable way OF
| ali flesh, and becattse this has always
been SO with past generations, SO II
must always be with the coming ones.
Say to Yourself: "It's a law of ma
ture that people must grow old, decay,
and wither when their time comes.
Just as our grandfathers said, "lt's
aoin natur that news can be carried
any faster than horseflesh can carry 1t
or that ships can cross the ocean any
faster than wind and sails can carry
them Say so to yourself, BODY
and mind must decay after certain
age. and it's flying in the face OF Provi-
dence even to question that such decay
can be retarded if not prevented
Don't recognize that every new IN
terest is as a fresh grip on life, and thai
as we lose interest the grip relaXes it
hold. Let child be so kept that il
learns absolutely nothing, not even
. oame or sport, and note what an Ole
, face it will have at twenty-one. Not'
as to outward appearance OF age a
thirtv-iive. the stolid. stupid da'
q laborcr, little better than an animated
1nuscle for moving heavy weights, ant
n the intellectual man of refined taste
and varied associations and pursuits
r and see if in the contrast there be
SUGGESTION how the mind may kee
r the body young.
Learn nothing new. Say it's no
n too late and that all your dancing da.
4 are over. Be ashamed OF taking I
any new study or pursuit. Wh.
- Analyze your shame and you may nl
Ia your first efforts it put you on I
vs same footing as child. But you a
Mt not child. You are grown up fuii
az. wears and vast experience IN that Oh
is nitv which assumes to know so mu
r. and really knows so little.
nt There are helps all around you
nt assist YOU in growing old. Kind trlen
~, from time to time will comment on t
~ appearance of gray hair or line
F vour face. with the expression IN tht
ot words. Time to begin to get ready
d. the grave be convinced pS tneii
st that is, rs they say.
NJ Cease all attempt at reformation
- Improvement in any direction. If y
n have anv manner Of slipshod or sl@
IL. enlv inclination, whether it extends
NJ dress or address or gait, let 1t all
~ ..bv the rum as they say at sea
,o- to Yourself: All that effort Will DO
ta. a Young man. But it's no use for
gb at nv time of life" What timee
ow saw iiftv. or fifty-tive or sixty.
ard Fret good deal and hate a g
|, q ~ u deal. This will materially assist J
YES rapidly to grow old and ugly:
mo In Your eating and drinking st'
,in7 only your palate. Regard all as crar
Il or "crochety' who talk OF eating
,st, health as we'll as pleasure sake
at I Prentice INultord, in n. Y. Grdph'c'