Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-09-17
GROWING OLD GRACEFULLY.
One Of Natures Compensattons Is a
Philosophic Mind.


II is one of the many kindly provi.
sions of nature :hat age brings the
philosophic mind" Looked at in the
r; yht way there is good deal of salts
faction to be found in growing old, a
peacefulness in being hors du COM
bar. which is not unpleasant, says the
New York Tribune. The years, if they
have somewhat destroyed the keener
and more ecstatic sense of enjoyment.
have also dulled the capacity for suf-
fering ard have given the patience
which makes 1t possible to bear those
! inevitable disappontments of life
/ which, TO the young heart hot and
restless" seem absolutely unendurable.
| Among the minor Affections of youth
which are apt to disappear with ad-
vancing years is self-consciousness AS
! people grow older and see more OF the
world they lose this characteristics
which is so trying to themselves and
! to others, and in consequence improve
in both manners and character. Look
at Jones, for instance-what an insult
serablc little creature he used 10 be.
What an Adons he thought himself.
and how he bored people with his at
tcntions, His time is over now, he
says; he has left off trying to capt.
yate since his hair has become gray,
and he has turned into kind, plain,
midd,e-aged little gentleman. who is
always ready to oblige and whom every
one likes. Then there is Robinson,
poor fellow: how bashful and awkward
and miserable he was! Now he mas Civ
en- himself up as bad job he tells
people. and laughs at his own blunders.
while his goodnaturod simplicity
makes him popular with everyone. For
these two the years certainly have
done much. But when it does not bring
The ph:lcscpliic mind it must be &C
hnow,cdged that ace is by nc means
attractive. There is Mrs. Gray, who
takes her advancing years very much
to heart and clings like grim death to
her youthful frivollties. How foolish it
, ali is, How can she imagine that she is
, Geccivng her world when she puts the
roses in the window which she herself
{ has ordered fro.n the florist. and hints,
sigglng at the names CT the donors 10
her inquiring friends, who laugh at her
behind her back? And why does Mrs
Sere enamel over her wrinkles and
SMILE at you with those terrible white
e teeth? Women such as these make a
e trlvesty of youth and destroy the beau
e ~ of age But these are not the only
n ones to whom age brings neither dig
- nifty nor honor. What hypocrites
these women are"' cries Mrs. Stout
who p:ides herself upon making nc
prctense, and to whom it is true the
world and the devil are no temptation
But the flesh, oh. the flesh, it gain:
upon her daily. She tells you at ont
time she has lost one pound and at an
other she has gained two; and she dis
cusses what she can eat and what sh
cannot eat, and her cook and her avoir
dupos, and her avoirdupois and he
cook ad nauseam. Even the elderly co
quetries of Mrs. Gray and the vanitie
Of Mrs. Sere are better than such stag
nation. What a contrast to such a
these is that dear little saint who
wholesome, natural, autumnal and Sc
rene, shows by her sweet old face tina
Time. while furrowing her forehea
with wrinkles has ironed out all tn
creases in her heart.