The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-01-19
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FOR OLD GET ALSO THROWS!
ouT SOME HINTS HOW TO MEET
THE ADVANCING YEARS OF
LIFE HAPPILY. FiNoT GRACE
FULLY,
,thc following interesting paper, J y" a
plea for a Teachers Protective Ass &c =
safIon,s read before recent meet
Ing OF tic, Wheeling Teachers Associa.-
lStlonly Mins Elizabeth clohan. principal
LOT Clay district school: b y
Mine Is a plain and unvarnlslled tale
not beautiful With rhetorical splendor,
I nor filled With ,well-rounded periods,
ssbu, oEly a simple story told in Anglo
Y ISaX1n with the hope that 1t mayireaeh
tho heart rs well rs the car. NY topic
II to-day Is one which women are supposed
( never: to reach. and ntenito ignUre-"old
age. II cannot tell YOU how 10 grow
4 old gracefully, ] hope 10 suggest how to
u grow old happily. Really, there IL no
Il old age only us we make II Tor our
selves. 1t Is said that men AFRO never.
y old and women only as old us they wish
Z 10 he. A man neve. realizes thar he is
! old until he hears the boys speak OF him
us-..old jones'" then he discovers what
his. friends have known for some time,
(; The world grows wiser in having 10 Sc.
ID time for old age. III. 81 u
Formerly IL was expected OF q bust
4 ness man that by the time he reached
the sixties II was well for him 10 retire
& from active life. no matter how. young
he might feel. We all know how quick
4 W one grows old when tho main inter-
Z csts OF life are lost. A womGE was sup-i
Z posed 10 don dark dresses, Il cap, her
q knitting. L seat al the firesida and play
the interesting role OF grandmother or
splnstcr. all her Individuality lost. The
progressive teacher should never reach
that period for "The women who never
Z grow old are the student women. Study
Y Is Is development-lt is eternal youth.
Not considered or invited, old age. keeps
Z his distance" M 4 Fl,
George Eliot was IS before. she began
the, first OF her great works. Michael
Angelo designed the rebuilding OF st.
Z Peters at Il. and had charge of the
work until he was SO years. of age.
Titan painted his immorta! picture,
4 THE Last Supper" at 81. Stradivarlus.
made his famous violin at 80. Among
the long list Of such names, that prove
: that the mind Is immortal, and only the
physical decays. Gladstone Is still liv-
ing witness. When science has taught
4 us to know ourselves perfectly, and obey
natures laws there WIN be no more So
Gated sold ase." Cicero. speaking OF
the end of life, says: The happiest end
Ing lis, when with intellect unimpaired.
& and the other senses unlnlured, the
same nature wpich put together the
machinery. takes her own TO Pieces.
We: all know that youth has very pecu-
2 liar ideas on the subject of age Many
otSyou can remember how very old you
4 thought a person of 20, while 50 was not
4 to be considered as even possibility
for you. Happily youth seems eternal
\ while we are young.
We need not as the years fly by more
4 and more swiftly, fall into ruts and be-
come old cranks. The spirit may; re-
main forever young. even while win
tiers snow has fallen upon the, hair.
Z Emerson says. Garry into life the dew
of!youth." Why should one season OF
life carry with 1t all that Is worth hav-
n Ing? Nature Is not SO unklnd. Call
=
ii YOUTH"
The years in the future nave each
their own beauty and fullncss for US.
( Life Is not fountain which youth
drains dry leaving naught but the stony
basin for the rest of the years. ! know
1 G. certain beautiful tree that claims all
Z seasons for, Its own. In the spring time
with the returning tide OF life. q soft
south wind. q gentle rain, and 1t. stands
& q, glory OF grecnness-a dream for n
Z poet. ard we say: surely this Is its
( most beautiful season: but, when In
: summer it waves its most beautiful
Il branches through the warm air, its
cooling shade hides the einglng. bird In
y the full, leafy foliage, we feel that this
must be Its season OF greatest beauty
Just walt until the gold of autumn turns
it,tnto q blaze Of yellow light, the misty,
dreamy days OF Indian summer shower
$ down upon us its golden glory. and we
:: know this season must be the most
8 charming. Even winters cold blasts
z are no detrlment to this beautiful tree.
i for Its lacc-likc branches form artistic
q shadows sga!nst cold sky. or 1t stonds
a. thing OF white beauty, every branch
outlined In siiow-a fairy tree-lovely In
4 every season.
~ All! you say It's conditions, its circum-
a stances. It's environments were all per-
! feet Cor every season. Is nature more
ulkind 10 her human children? Arc our
seasons SO different? To-day I have
come to plead that our conditions may
be made al! right, 10 put in plea for
5old age---a beautiful old age. Life
& should be at Its ynost beautiful tide In
3 the autumn and winter Of our years
!. old age only the rcsttul winter awaiting
i the resurrection OF eternity.
~ Do you al remember the beautiful
+ piece OF statua-y. at the worlds fair,
S called Looking .Henvcaward?" Do
i you remember the gwast, old face with
q the beauty OF coming Immortality shin
4 Ing through She marble wrinkles, the
i faded eyes din, to earth because they
Z saw heavenly visions? .gs
slifOh! tho thousands OF people who
turned away from all the beauties ~
Il that collection of the beautiful to gaze
4 again and agIin upon that face of lovely
old nSe. Perhaps many man saw his
Il mothers face ae It last shonc upon him,
+ What Is oIr part in the prepare ton
& fo- q beautiful old ago? OH the pity OF
y an unprcpared old age. We have all
S seen lt-I.nc unwelcomc seat in the COR.
5 ner. The half-bagrrdgcd charity after
8 all tho years OF service. Oh: the pity
of 1t all. remember an old horse turn
(. ed ont to die by his cruel owner. coming
Z back to his former kind master and
backing himself Into his ole cart boG-.
Eing for work. to die In the narueas u
The Enemy Is Ours!
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