Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-08-22
KEEPING YOUNG.
wsn~n nay Retain rnrir xaufhfuine.s ~
They VIII


/ The deSirahieness Of keeping Young
rarely crosses the mint q those who
are now young. They zee others about
/ them rho have lost their bloom. en-
I bruidered their FIRST wrinkles. showed
/ themselves under with white heir; but
/ thev nave always been surrounded
with peop1e Older than themselves. il
I IS 4 part Of life. a feature Of the world
I for these others % be old. but for their
{ part. they have always been Young.
And IN SOME wnexrressed way. prob
abiv the natural feeling Ct the imlor-
7 tai being they always expect u be
young Whether their expectation l.
realized depends almost altogether
upon themselves. They think no more
about it. however. TIL the first gray
hair comes like an admouishinr ghost
upon the scene At seventeen they
were OF the opinion That the first
timing in the world was teauty.
But "a: thirty-five they tEd it
Is better TO be young than to be beau
tifuL AMI it very often happens that
the girl who was quite beautiful. with
vivid color and Sparkling eyes and
fruity heen ami dimpics. when not
quite twenty finds herself az forty
with none Of these. aud neither young
nor beautiful Yet 4 she were really
fine and fair at twenty. then at forty
she has right 70 De fine and fair still;
she should hardly have gone of at all
Il matters far less than ron can make
her now believe that her eyes NAV be
sunscn a little. that tae line from the
nostril - the corner Of the lip NAV
have become marked That the color
may be less persistent. t1at the dimDie
NAV show symptoms OF becoming
something deeper under certain
conditions all that is hardly uotics-
able. II she has kept the spring
that uSed - animate every Inotion.
50 that she moves now with As
light I step. a. erect a bearing. with a
quick grace holds her head Sill like
flower atop OF it, stern straight and
strong. vet without the least atsecta-
tion Of juvenile fro.iclzi1g ways. she
viii give only the suggestion OF youth
whenever she stirS II she roes slow
and tagging. with 4 stooo and signs OF
weariues~- she viii have an arm offered
lANEs anu a. AAA NI AlarN SIZE
bears weight Of years and needs IL
II she dresses still IN the tints and
>tuffs thst suit uer ocsr. not with
youthful frivolities. but with no sign
Of surrender To age she viii have the
effect Of still belonging 10 the forces
whose uniform she wears But If she
wears sal ami GuIl colors. re5inquisn-
ing with reluctance last years styles.
and with out little regard Q, STYLES
anyway. she viii he talzen At her own
valuation More still and OF more val
ue than the other considerations.
II she still interests herself in tie
things that interest voutl. has saved
herself from the critsciziu- and con
ieuHatorv manner whIcn wears Sonic
times give 20 one ; view of life 81 that
the young srlI md he- companion
able. she not only affects others as D.
M Young but feels at fttv scarcely
day older tnan ever If mean while.
sae has taken aisp ~ heart a practice
% seeing only the brighter SIDE Of
things, Of forgetting herself an-s -
mem herring others. ~ lauSiac into the
next life a. into furtaer stage Of the
Delights Of tAis. she has tiled her IF.
ard her soul with pity aal compassion
zud teus.e-uess. vi.h lave Of ts1d and
q her fellow -n.Es-lsse- even wien
il hrin-s white hs5r. ana witheret
thrua-- and droppia- chees. uiii seem
not to have any t-lii of ell but rather
n be a different and beautiful vouth-
Harper Baxar