The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-08-20
oRowlNo oLD oRAcEFuLLY.
Oao Of Natures Compensations Il a
philataphIc Mind.


I, 10 one Of the many kindly proyl
1lons OF nature :hat age brings the
philosophic mind" Looked at In the
right way there Is a -ood deal Of salts
faction 10 be foundTn growing old.
peaceiulness in p3g hors du com
bar. which Is NJ, pleasant. says the
Kew York Tribt 4 Nrhc years. II they
have somewhat : skroyed the keener
md moro ocstatlF-ense OF enjoyment,
lave also dulled ehe capacity for suf-
fering and have given the patience
which makes It possible to bear those
inevitable disappointments OF life
which. TO the young heart hot and
restless" seem absolutely uncomfortable
Among the minor Affections OF youth
which arc apt to disappear with ad-
vanClug years Is seli-consclOusness. As
people grow older and see moro OF the
world they lose this characteristics
which Ia so trying TO themselves and
to others, and In consequence improve
In both manners and character Look
90 Jones. for lnsiance-what an insult
fcrablc little creature he used TO be!
What an Adouls he thought himself.
and how he bored people with his at
icntlons! lls time Is over now. he
says; he has left on trying to capii-
yate since his hair has become gray.
and he has turned into a kind. plain,
mlddlc-agcd little gentleman. who is
always ready to obllge and whom every
one likes Then there Is Robinson,
poor fellow; how bashiul and awkward
and miserable he wasl Now he has Civ
en- himself up as a bad job" he tel,a
people. and laughs at his own blunders.
while his good-natured simplicity
makes him popular with everyone For
these two the years certainly have
done much. But when It does not bring
The phllosophic mind Il must be ac-
Enowlcdgod that age Is by no means
attractive. There Is Mrs. Gray. who
takes her advancing years very much
10 heart and cllnrs ike grim death 10
her youthful frlvolites. How foolish Il
all Is! How can she imagine that she {,
ieceiying her world when she puts the
roses In the window which she herself
has ordered from the florist. and hints
g.ggling. AZ the names Of the donors "a
her lnQulrlng friends. who laugh 40 her
behind her back? And why does Mrs
Scrc enamel over her wrinkles and
smile az you with those terrible whit,
teeth? Women such as tleso make @
traycsty OF youth ana destroy the beau,
~ OF age But these are not the only
ones 10 whom age brings neither dig
nifty nor honor "Wha, hypocrlto.
these women arer c.ies Mr. Stout
Who prides herself upon making n,
rrcieusc, and TO whom II IS true N,
world and the devil are no temptation
Bat the flesh. Oh. the flesh. Il gain
upon her daily. She tells you at on,
time she has lost one pound and AZ an
other she has gained two; and she dis
cusses what she can eat and what sh
cannot eat, and her cook aud her avo!r
dunois. and her ayoirdupois and he
cook al nauseam. Even the elderly co
Quetries Of Mrs. Gray and the vanltie
q Mrs sore are better than such stag
nation. What. a contrast 10 such a
these Is that dear little saint whg
wholcsome. natural. au,umnal and So
rene. shows by her swce, old face tina
Time. while furrowlng her forchea
with wrinkles. has lronod ont all IA
crcases In her heart.