The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-09
At FORTY YEAR.
90 NOT THINK, FOR A MOMENT,
IT MEANS "OlD AGE"
The poiy Can lie Maintained Long Alter
Two score ~ EeacLcd-Julian Hs"-
thor,r's rit cf Timely Alvfcc-No Need
of Growing Old.

thonr's git 81 Timely Aivfcc-N0 Ns-'
Of Growing Old.
Tho refrain ~ Thackcray's song uSed t.
awaken solemn spe'uIat'on' IL at soul "hsn
/ was a tor FORTY year meant, not
middle lite simply hul oid nCc-the period
wien freshncss eul tu0y-ncy vanished.
ahen the ul0gce ~ existence was over, aid
what remained o. the terrestrial journey
vent down hlil / iboughs hat certain
somber digG.t, aud ight G.. s.a,i cAperi
cncs might invest this remote rpo'a ~ lie
but il DID not occur 70 ne TINT ones career
l.y.uI tL.t ro.4t could offer aut fhine
Letter than reMuil cnces AMI MiH .'h'tl-.
And ny chief consolation vas taat FORTY
wear was SD inga!cuably TAR on that. like
The d-uye. one might inie.lniici, pJ-tpoue
ans serious consideration o. it Toe dreaded
date came, however. AMI T. nos passed. g.
cether with one or Two OF It's immediate ban
dred, AMI tho world and | skill 60 Oh, ~ we
have done after tie various dates specified
BE- thu MIilcT.tes FOR the destruction u the
world Tha-kcgays warning was e.lde1tly
one Ct lis practical jokes upon the tcy5 lie
was pleased D. dress up busaooo - scare
tn younger generation wltnal
Tie truth IL. OF course. that boy5 do not
cease L. be boys at forty; AMI now that this
bubble IS pricled. have my doubts whether
their L0yish state ceases Ct htty ether Of
~ sixty or seventy, for that matter. Nay, /
met man Tho other day who owned 10 seven.
aniscvanty years, and ,uca was his coysh
ucss tia; was almost surprised into feeling
Old myself IN comparison with him Ia
short, my young friends, this whole affair Of
lid age, about which you hear 50 much talk.
IS u c1laId AID Eumbug, which re who
have existed certain tine impose upon ycl.
with ..-w % commanding jour re-pect
AID services.
Some VII meaning persons, possibly
being " Z peculiarly c-elulods AID iia2res-
sol1J.s -a.t. l-ye bccl - ier preposs-siei
Cy t. .ls.lio-s assurances " tLc!T elders
tL.r vL.l tAly tlcHs.lsls arrived a. lOrty
ycaI -L1y took Il l9T granted tLAs tAsy llust
b. Old. lni Dling themselves thus deceived
inn0c4ntl, carried 70. TIE deception. Others
again may have blea lnl,lei b. certain
symptoms 0i ildunity occurring Oh the
.y,i--l plane Tue plgu5iDiAty OI thee Ia
uiclti0us mat he admitted, t.t they Ieai.
amoaLt O. nothing. Tue mind Is tue man
the body IS buJ an instrument l Ou would
not call carpenter "a because bis turning
lathe has begun T. near out Beside, with
proper attention, tn!s bodily instrument can
be maintained Ia an active condition long
after forty year Dr. Hammond, Indeed. ana
several other ,ages of rcgute, have main
tanned the theory that tie decay OF tn
bodily p0werv, and death itself an be ia
definitely POSTPONED by proper regimen.
Blt leaving all extreme views aside. tue
man vi ~ makes ,raas mistake if be allows
bis bodily health ana strength o. deter0rate
under tue impression that iAey have seeu
tle.r be-t dag Ou The contrary, the per
lection 0i physical Well being may BE- ana
ought - bee enjoyed between the 4O.h and
Jgth year. When We were boys ia college Sc
exercised at tLs gymnasium aud Oh the river
ara the L-ll ground. For ten years aftei
graduating se kept up or practice more OF
l-ss--we did not altogether loss the custom Of
it Prom ~ ~ ~ tL- business " making q
living became - absorbing that We suffered
gymnastics o. TAIL into a desuetude, which, /.
lot absolutely innOcuOus, probably hal nC
very serious Consequence But at 10 OF
-Aelca5outs q certain incidence begins t.
supcrvene; We tell ourselves that we have
done enough and deserve little rest and u
we listen o. this SELF indulgent whisper II j.
apt 10 be the worse Tor US.
Do not listen 20 10, fellow travellers Of forty
year. Take up once more that old habit o.
exercise that has fallen into allegiance, and
you Will hld your account ia Il. Not that
yOu are t. carr, anything - extreme, to
labor tI0 hours daily ia a gymnasium, or e.
train for q race. You did that when you
were ia your teens. and once is enough What
Is Necessary IS easily done When you are IN
tie open air-aud be ia it as much - posi-.
Die, either on loot or on horse back-breatne
deeply ami regularly, and breathe through
yOu nose Eat no trash, and eat too Little
rather than too much ot anything In sum.
me., play lawn tennis, or row = boat In
autumn AID winter, walk ~ round ps,e
tor at least one continuous hour day ~
one means or another, contriyc 20 get into
visible respiration once every tweuty-iou
hours aul rub dr. With towel sfterward
So will your wrinkles disappear, and your
gait lose lis heaUncss. And after all body
is Ult Loiy and even II ,t De paIaiyzei. or
disabled by q railroad accident, you must
not let it bully YOU into fancy ing that forty
year spells old ace Julian Hawthorne IN
On-e a Week.