Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-07-31
HOW TO KEEP YOUNG.
HOW THE MIND CAN KEEP THE BODY
FROM GROWING OLD.
The lust That Wears Both BODY and
soul-How Thought Can Buiid New
Physical Structurcs-The Wise
Man Of the Future.
Especial Correspondence.l


BosroN, April 3O.-Healthy body, healthy
mind. Old adage. convertible terms
healthy mind, healthy body. More yet,
keep the mind young and fresh and you keep
The body ditto Worried mindf racked
minds, fretted minds. sour, cross, ugly,
surly, pecvish, sad, melancholic minds wear
young body into an old one ten, twenty,
thirty years ere it's time.
Tuo-thirds nj auf old ara. sn-~-ii.s. ~~.>as
Of rust, dea rust, treadmill lives, diving in
ruts, learning nothing new, declaring we're
too old to learn.
Young man marries at twenty-three.
Young woman ditto. ''Settle down." Give
up recreation, boats, balls, dancing, croquet,
etc. Turn Hve-sixths Of their lives into bust
ne@ and housekeeping
Result at thirty-flve: Young mans rut Is
worn too deep for him to crawl out Of.
Thinks he's seen about all there is in life to
live for. Has settled down into eating, sleep
ing and pottering from store to house and
house 10 store. Begins to ''lay up" for old
age. Sees himself in thought an old man.
Result, he does grow old, acts old, thinks
old, not knowing that thoughts are live
things built out Of highly rarefed mat
ter, that mind Is at workand in ex-
istcnce in every atom Of our bodies, and
that tho mind full Of fresh, hopeful, hap
py thought, and Of plan, purpose and project,
makes and keeps the freshest, strongest and
most vigorous body.
Ericsson a. alive with work and invention
- ever ut eighty-four; Gladstone in his sew
entities running England; Do Lesseps canal
ling and over seventy; Victor Hugo hale and
hearty at eighty or thereabouts; Peter Cooper
unnaggiug in mental vigor up to his last mo-
ment, when over ninety; Beecher more pow
crful than ever and has long passed his three
score-do not these point to greater future
knowledge TN this subject
No need Of man or woman giving up and
settling into old age and old ways and be-
coming ''old folks" IL the wear and tear Of
life has carved few lines on their faces or
whitcncd q few hairs. It's the giving up
business that starts them ON the down grade
fast, stoops the shoulders, weakens the knees
and ages the face. What man or woman
think u themselves inside that they soon be-
come and show outside
Soue day not far hence a reputed very
wise man will come to the front and show to
the world what some already know, to wit:
That thought h . substance, with possibilities
concerning not mere longevity, but the full
retention, II not increase Of snap, vigor,
vitality In brain and body up to date.
n everything learned about everything
yeti II one fourth the attention was paid to
tho study Of making stronger bodies and
clearer brains that In now given to making
money, ". ildn't new truths and "big points"
soon Gro, out somewherei Is the human
racs ct the end Of its tether In the getting Of
mowledgci
Mako up your mind to keep fresh. To
make up your mind will from time to time,
and al the time, keep bringing you new ways
and means for keeping fresh. Don't live
over much In recollection Of old times, old
associations. That's living in your back
brain. That's looking hack all the time. Bad
practice. Mrs. Lot looked back. Salt. Keep
fresh. Look forward. Just as good times in
the future rs in the past. Better. Suns as
Wikus eou"S rs iuty years oSo. 1tou aul,
Forget the things that are behind, and press
forward 10 those that are before" Looking
always back Is old thought. o. T. makes
you old.
Eat live. fresh food. Fresh eggs, fresh
vegetables, fresh fruit. Get life in it. Trans
ferS such life to you. No economy in your
provision because its cheap. Puts lead in
You instead Of life. Poisons your blood in
stead II enriching it. Makes your brain dull
Injuries your purse. Bounce sailed foods.
Can't cheat your stomach that way. Fills
up Mainly with dyspepsia or some form
II scurvy.
Live In the present and in all that's going
on that you can take in, and also enough in
the future to see what's coming. Don't cut
on your lives with young people. Don't
think you must keep the company Of old
putterers twho have stopped growing and
are dead but don't know III just because
hey were born tho same year with you.
whats sxpsrisncs and wisdom good for II
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