The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1888-11-24
AT FORTY YEAR."
DO NOT THINK, FOR A MOMENT,
1T MEANS "oLD AGE"

The Body Can DO Maintained Long After
Tw" Score Is Icached-Julian Haw-
th"rnc's Iit of Timely Advicc-No Need
OF Growing Old.
The refrain of Thackeray's song used to
awaken solemn speculations in my soul when
| was boy Forty YEAR meant, not
middle life simply, but old age-the period
when freshness and buoyancv vanished,
When the apogee of existence was over, and
what remained of the terrestrial Journey
Went down hill. thought that II certain
Sonhcr dignity and weight of staid expert
ence might invest this remote epoch of life.
but II did not occur to me that ones career,
beyond that point could offer anvthin.
better than "reminiscences and makeShlits
And my chief consolation was that "fcrtv
year was so incidentally far of, that like
the deIusc, ono might indefinitely postpone
any serious consideration of it, The dreaded
date came however, and is now passed. to
gether with ono or two of its immediate kin
drcd, and tho world and still so on, as We
have doio after the various dates specified
by tho Millcritcs for the destruction of the
world. ThacLerays warning was evidently
one OF his practical jokes upon the boys. He
was pleased TO dress up IL bugnboo to scare
the younger generation Withal.
lhetruth is, of course. that boys do not
cease to be boys ut forty; and now that thi,
bubble Is pricked, have my doubts whether
their boylsh state ceases at fifty either. or
at sixty or seventy, for that matter. Nav. |
met man the other day who owned to seven
and-sevcnty years, and such was his coyls.,
Hess that was almost surprised into tccin- !,
od myself IN comparison with him. In
short, my young fri nis, tins whole nii.a, o,
old age, about which You hcur SO much l,,I,i.
Is Il canurd and mlmbuy, which We who
tmve existed II certain time impose upon you.
with view To commanding vuur rcsur,.t
and services.
S"iho we'll meaning persons, possibly,
being ol II peculiarly crcdulo,.s and lni,i. =
sionablc cast, havn been So far prr,n,,st,,e,l
10y the iiisldious ASSURANCES OF their ,L,pr,.
t:E't when they themselves arrived at l,rl,
year, they took 1t for granted that tl,ev !,,, i
bo old, and beng l!!.n,srvc, thus deceived
ihi"ccntly carried on the deception, Other,
a-ain, may have been mlsci hv certain
symptoms OF ltirlmty occurring ON lin,
l'ily>iral plane. The plalsluluy of the q in,
"irat"ns may be ;dnnttcd, hut they really
amount To nothing. The mind is tue man
the body Is but an instrument. You wopl;l
not call IL carpenter old because his tu,rlll.
i;slhc has begun To wear out. Besides. u,,i
proper attention, this bodily instruu,cu, cam
bo maintained i'll an active condition lone
alter forty Year DR.. Hammond, in,ir,,l ;,r,
several other saSes OF rcputr, have main
tanned tho theory that the decay of In,
bodily powers, and death itself, can Is, in
definitely postponed by II proper regimen.
BuL leaving all extreme views aside. Tin,
man OF 40 makes Il great mistake if ne allvvs
In, to'ily health and strength to dctcrIorol,
under the impression that they have seen
Their best days. On the contrary, the per
lection of physical well beng mnA ln and
ought To he enjoyed between the Iplu uu,,
o0'h Year When We were boys in cull,-,u ~,
exercised ut tho gymnasium and ON the rive,
and the ball ground, For ten years ullc,
graduating wc kept up our practice more %,
l'ss-wc dd not altogether lose the custom of
H. From 80 to 40 the business of nlnl,r" ~
living became SO absorbing that we suffered
gymnastics To fall into Il ,lesuc,utie. winch +,
hot absolutely innocuous, probably had n,
very serious consequences. But at 40 an
lh"reab"uts II certain Incidence begins q,
supcrvclle, we tell ourselves that We hoy,
done enough and deserve Il little rest. md n
We Listen To this self ml!ulgcnt whisper 1T /,
apt To be the worse for Us.
DO not listen to it, fellow travellers of for, y
year! laho up oncc more that old Lul,i. of
exercise that has fallen INTO ubcy;ncc, and
y"u viii find your account in it. Not ,l,nl
lou are to carry anything to extremes tn
labor Two hours daily in II gymnasium, or t.,
tram for u race You did that when yn,,
were IN your teens, and once sulluu.h. What
Is H'cssary Is easily done When yo,l ;tre II,
Tie open ili-and bo in it us much as pos,
bic, ciihcr on foot or on horse buck-br,arn,.
deeply and regularly, and brcalhe through
your l!osc. Eat no trash, and cat too ll,Io
rather lhah too much OF anything In sum
ii'r, play lawn tennis, or row u boat In,
autumn ana winter, walk ut round pace
lor al least one continuous hour Il ,l:y, Ev
one mean, or another, Coltrivc to get into :,
Visible lerspll;t!on once every twcuty-loul.
hours, and rub dry with II towel aftcrwar,i.
So "lll your wrinkles disappear, and your
gut lose its leaviness. And after all. n body
Is but a body; and even if it be paralyzc.l, or
disabled by Il railroad accident, you mus,
not let it bully you into fancyng that forty
year spell, old ugc.-Julian Hawthorne in
Once Il Week.