The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-07-22
INVITING OLD AGE.
eoMe or THE WAYS IN WHICH WON.
EN- LOSE THEIR YOUTH.
naOtncr. NEGLECT Their Own Needs IN LH-
.rc.rated Devotion to the ch''"re"'
Those who Claim the immunities OF ago
when Only In the Midday Of Life.

Those Who Claim the lmnlunitieso OF .Aso
When ONLY In the Midday "f Life.
The oldest woman / ever knew was %.
a.,uor,jaret,. tie cruces of -irlhood passed
forever from her life. Economy became
the god enlhroned OF every altar OF her
home. Rufnes and ribbons were the
insignia of levity aud extravaganza
Dresses robbed of a yard or Two grew
ungracefully short and narrow, BOOKS
and papers were regarded as luxuries-
not necessities. An hour spent III read
ing left a feeling of guilt for wasted time.
Devotion to Will and the children
came TO mean self assumed slavery
Lus,er left the eve. elasticity the frame
Through a mistaken sense OF duty she
oraw rnI,empt. narrow souled. repu!>iVe.
II has been said that the true age is what
ve look and feel. | nave known sweet,
fresh faced women Of 20 who We're
younger than she.
In the great middle class of America
the wife too often invites axe by cohceii-
trating all ambition in money getting.
To save the wages of servants she ae-
stroys the Joy # life, the buoyancv OF
health. Pushirs the growing
IN the front. she sees less and less OF
societv dresses with increasing PLAIN
ness and sinks TO a household drudge,
.elf made AMI valued at her own esti-
mate.
Thirtv-ive has no more right to the
STYLES and tone of 20 than to those OF Il.
The appropriation of the one Is scarceis
less ridiculous than the assumption OF
the other. Far better than the eAlfh.
s;ve boarding school Is the example Oh
the i,other in impartins to the daughter
the faultless taste Of dress. the yeH'4e
rer,Se of manner the gracious spirit so
admirable in woman. a part OF the
money devoted t. the education OF the
daughter would be well spent III procur'
ing TO the mother the time tor sell cul'
ture. A. the fair. snowy page l. '2t It
useful or beautiful as the one writer
with pare. uplifting thought, So the III
mature mSiden Is less valuable to h"ih'
and society than the ripe. cultured WON
IN.
People of 40 and 80 should not sheiV'
themselves and claim the immunltie- Q
age. They are in the midday OF ire. IN
time for the exercise OF knowledge
mower. grace and beauty, for the NJ
lifting of humanity. These gifts ma
be enhanced by dress and manner, IN
influence of the attractive. self respect
inc wife. mother. sister or friend l. MOI
notent for good than that of the one Wit
neglected person and ~nnlovely mind.
Discomfort invites = INDUCING II
unrest of the dissatisfied is destrucns
TO looks and temper. In has story OF
Country Town" Mr.. I. W. Howe say
BE contented if it kills you. The a
vice i, not 80 bad as II looks. C"nten
meitt and stagnation are not necessarl
ANONYMOUS. One may be free fro
worry while striving for higher pan
or work. Woman should have the cou
age of repose. 1t Is infinitely better tni
the morbid conscientiousne>s that goa
10 endless toll. Effective work reqnll
effective rest.
,Iudicious mental work may help
lift one out Of the ruts of premature
age. Read and think Of what Sou rea
Don't use Your MINI as II II were
sieve and you were trying to see NJ
much you could pour through Ii. IN
i a belief extant that knowie9t,
gained at all. must tie acquired III You
Fallacious theory Behold tailiel
threescore and ten pursuing his stuo
with u~nfaIging zeal, Cato beSlnni
Greek when advanced in years. Oh
commencing classical studies when 7
10, Gladstone is as much the stud
TODAY as when the bloom of youth IN
tied his cheek.
Be kind to the feelings and fancie'
youth. If they prove perennial SO III
the better. Don't forbid yourself q
recreative thought and action. Don
ashamed to make yourself as prett.
you can. A sensible woman may re
thrill of pleasure innocent as a mad
when receiving a glance OF respec
admiration from a manly man. 81
without affectation, be pleasant witt
being silly-in short, be young as lon
you can.-Alva Rose in Kate III
Washington.