Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-24
KEEP UP WITH THE TINES.
LIVE IN THE PRESENT AND FUT.
URE, AND NOT IN THE PAST.

Must Keep Up with It-Look Forward.
and Not Backward-Laush and Enjoy
Yourself When You May.
Keep up with the times.
That is, read what is going on now, today.
The newspaper is a very battery of life. II
! you turn it over only TO find xvi no is deadT p
if you take little interest in present happen
ings, but are mournfully entertained with
some dry old editorial; If you never read
| what President Harrison is doing, but only
what President Lincoln or George Washing
ton did; if you habituate yourself to admir-
! ing former age to the exclusion Of this
| you viii not keep young long.
Welcome new things
When you hear about the electric car do
not promptly scowl and say, at can't sue
coed" Rather eagerly believe in it. Say at
| least, II wish it could succeed. Iwant to see
something better than the noisy, dirty steam
engine. Hurrah! l believe in lightning"
| Make yourself believe in the new because 1t is
| new. You are ON the side Of anything new
IL any new idea presents itself, rapping for
1 recognition, be sure it finds friend in YOU
! Let q new thing be two-thirds received by
| you and only one-third Stand and prove
| yourself"
| If possible be the advocate of a Few thing
| rather than a Juryman on 1t. A new writer,
| his new book, new candidate for Office,
| fresh voice in song, the latest actor-au pos
sible young things that promise TO make the
| world happier, or better, or easier under its
burdens, give them your hand. Do it among
tae first, not among the reluctant last. Stand
with the boys, not with the old foS:es. Be-
like the morning light, not like the evening
lamplight. Take the first views Of new
things. If they seem pointed in the right di-
rection, gaze on them in the sunlight rather
than after dark.
LOOK EVER FORWARD.
Talk about what is going to be next year,
five, ten years from now. Men will laugh at
YOU and call you fool; but you viii be here.
young and hopeful still, when the dead past
has buried its dead. You are going to do
better In business next year; your health
will be stronger in the cool weather; your
spectacles will improve your eyesight and en-
nance your good looks; your hayward boy
will settle down next year; your golden aga
is to come.
Now, it is no small task to keep this for
ward look in an ugly world like ours Most
men give it up. Hence most men grow old
fast l heard a man Of 50 years say last
week, Il am getting on in life fast toward
the meridian. Just think of it, in ten years
l shall be 42. shall soon be gray. My ia
Their was gray at Is. l have not prospered
as ought to- If do not make my fortune
within the next eight years l never shall
Poor duncel He reminded me Of the old
lady who reused her daughters at O'Clock
Oh washing day morning by pounding the
stovepipe and shouting. Girls, here it is
Monday; tomorrow is Tuesday, next days
Wednesday, and not thing done yet"
Reader, as you look forward, claim the fu-
ture as yours. Trust your middle age Do
not belle the years Of your ripest powers.
You may succeed when you are past GO.
The ten or twelve years then to follow may
be worth all the years that went before
You will be better fixed to enjoy them.
Enjoy laugh.
This you can do, OF the reverse, just as you
please. 4 man can insist on having his fun,
or he can let it slip, just as he pleases. The
fun is going on all the while. But fun comes
from the east, not the west; that is, the best
fun is new: it happens while you are passing.
l sat yesterday in the window of the Murray
Hill hotel, feeling rather old. saw q Gao
driver dash up and stop. He unlocked box
under his seat, took out a canvas pail such
as oats are fed from, shook It out, walked
round in frort Of his bony nag, showed him
tho empty pail, folded. up said pail, returned
it to the box and locked it. You should have
seen That horses countenance. Even yet
haven't decided what it ell meant, nor
whether the horse said, as he looked up at US
in the window, You see, gentlemen, what l
live oiI-promise." But it was all very
amusing to myself and one other gentleman
by my side Three others of our party were
looking straight st the scene and mover saw
1t; they wondered what we were laughing at,
and even when we told them, could hardly
catch the flavor of this passing fun, whitfield
on the lazy breeze Of torrid day.
GO IN FOR HARMLESS ENJOYMENT.
Enjoy young people.
To some men and women this comes nat
ural. To others it costs an effort to keep
step with youth. Some elderly people say,
"Young people are too noisy. They are never
satisfied. They always want to so some
where else or do something new. They ve1
me-" Very well. Get left, then. / do not
mean to teach irreTerence for age. The
kindly Difference for superior wisdom, SO
pleasing to ripper years, is one of the handsom-
est adornments of youth. And an old sim
pleton is nuisance To dye the gray hairs
Of honor is not to my mind ! am not
ashamed OF my years. | do not force my
stiff, old fashioned dancing on young ladies
at time they want the handsomeSt young
fellow in the room. | know my place, and
often two is company, while three is a
crowd" But If | can make myself agreeable
10 young people, without playing the bnGoon,
know | am the gamer by contact with their
fresh young life / will help not hinder,
their morning hour joys of life. Happy is he
who has children OF his own, who will keep
him young il he will only let them The con-
tagion of youth cannot be explained Last
year l set out young maple between two old
elns. II is curious, but true-the elrns this
year have no leaf worms; heretofore, FOR
three years they have been stripped By
worms Was it because the youthful life Of
the maple somehow has been communicated |
to them thst the aged fellows are 50 clean |
this yeari
Avoid revenges-
The storing up CT ugly thoughts and follow
Ing on hatreds is the worst Of aging agencies |
l met an old friend in Baltimore last week. |
He is several years my junior. We sat to- |
gether in college. How Old he looks ex- !
claimed my wife Yes; the reasan Is fam |
lily lawsuit be1ueatbed 10 him by his dead |
father. Following up his fathers enemies |
Is making hun an aged man before his time |
His spirit is hitter His wealth viii be great |
bot I would not pay his price-nineteen /
years of fighting! Forgive, and you viii |