St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-25
TOPICAL TALK.

LILIES zen. Inc o1lXlF OF ire!
What fascination
uine Elixir. there is in those words.
Since mans eviction
from the garden of Eden he has been
constantly trying to find his way back.
1t is no wonder, then, that while all the
world is ready to admit that the rabbit
juice discovery is humbug, still all the
world is experimenting with it in the
vain hope that it may possibly mark the
pathway to the lost Eden. In para
doxical sense the BRowN-SEQUARD
discovery may be denominated the hope
born o f despair-the same Jack-o'-lan-
tern that lured the aged PONCE DE
LEON into the malarial swamps of Flor
ida in search of the tabled fountain of
youth. Experiment has demonstrated
that the best result that can be hoped
for from the new elixir is prolonga-
ton of existence without the reStOra-
ton of youthful vigor. What consola-
ton is 1t to the octogenarian to know
that he can add ten years to life, ten
years more of infirmity and decrepi-
tude? 1t occurred to me as 1 sat at the
banquet table at the Merchants the
other night, when DR.. STAMPS friends
were celebrating his return from for
eign travels, that l had discovered the
secret of a life elixir that beat the
BRowN-SEQUARD invention out of it's
boots. The secret is to keep the young
young, to preserve youthfulnesS in
age. 1t was suggested by reflect
ing upon the social habits of our
German population. There was BAN
ouet hall filled with gentlemen two
thirds of whom had passed the meridian
of life. and yet whole barrel full of
guinea pig elixir could not have i'm
proved the v.vacity of the occasion or
have added to the vitality of that crowd.
Our German friends husband the vital
forces better than we Americans do.
The German has an adage that "Man
lives only once" which seems to be the
guiding spirit of his life. The Ameri-
can has an adage, "Make hay while the
sun Shines" and in accordance with
the spirit of the proverb he wears him.
self out at the task of money-getting.
The German may become infected with
the contagion of money-getting, too. but
YOU can rest assured that he does it in a
reasonable way. He has a proper APP
probation of the value of money; yet he
is no King MIDAS, who wishes to turn
everything into gold. He finds in So
cial pastimes that sureease from the an
noyances of commercial and industrial
life which are essential to health and
happiness. The German idea is that to
be happy one must mingle with our fell
lows; that it is this human attrition
which brightens mems minds, and this
interchange of physical magnetism
which feeds the physical nature. There
in lies the true secrect of perpetual
youth. 1t is fact that the German
knows better how to enjoy himself
than other people, because he knows
how to make life blithesome
and buoyant. He enters into his sports
with an abandon that is as innocent as
it is complete. There is no depression
of spirits at a German merry-making.
Neither is there mock modesty or affec-
tation. Each understands the other, and
all together they give themselves over
to the harmless enjoyment of the hour.
1t is each ones business to be happy
and to make others happy. Care and
age are put into the background and the
spirit of melancholy finds no abiding
place there. Those of our American
people who practice the German phil
osophy of making the most of lite-take
Gov. RAMSEY and Hon. WILLIAM PITT
MURRAY for instance-never grow old.