Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-06-17
A SENSE OF HUMOR.
IT IS A POTENT FACTOR m KEEPING
LIFE SWEET TO THE END.
Ono Need Not ne Youngster In
Mere Years TO Have and Enjoy Fun.
Age May ID. Made M Green. as Jolly
and nm Gay ms GiEgIinE Youth

Ono Need Not Ne younxster In
Mere Years 10 Have and Enjoy Fun.
Age May Bs Made M Green. N Jolly
End nm Gay ss GigEIing Youth.
Take your fun while you may:
you'll never be young but once" is a
popular fallacy. II prcsupposes two
things 81 that the young. because OF
youth, must have fun and that as soon
as it is passed the capacity for enjoy
ing it is over
Some never grow old. and some are
never young. Age lies in the individu-
nj and is not a question OF dates.
Because person ceases to be able 10
giGgie at every remark. TO bubble over
with gleefulness at the slightest PROV
ocation, is no criterion that real mirth-
fulness has He'd. The delicate sense OF
humor that may take the place Of this
snowy buoyancy is far more TO be
priced.
y sense OF humor is a potent factor
in keeping life sweet to the end. \
green and jolly old age is rs jolly as
a gay youth
y sense OF humor can be cultivated.
and il should be as aSsiduousiv as for
bearancc. Kindness or any of the car
dinal virtues.
with the slipping away of youth de-
Spair asserts itself only when IL IL
thought joy and mirth must fee also.
Are we sure that youth is so posi-
lively happy as it is supposed To be: Is
there not a rcstIcssness. an uncertain
y. in the steps OF "a young girl that
causes anxiety To Doe mingled with ev-
cry move: She * fun OF theories. -
mllued with ideals. but how To- obtain
Tie desired ends r. a mooted question.
She can never De as securely happy rs
81 the married woman. or unmarried.
who has. as 10 were. found hcr feet
surely AMI knows how to Get what She
wants. on. at least knows what She
wants to get There is q restless look
inS forward for pleasures each day. an
unhappy kiliinS of time before some
promised JOY arrives In the your- that
all who have passed il can painfully
remember.
Girls are so imbucd by the thought
N,' "''4 'it Nt" tAat an JOY ceases
VIII" YOUTH mat they have a feeling Of
commiSeration for those who have bid
farewell 10 this ephemcral period. Lit
tie DO they realize how the study Of an
life. the enlarged power 90 feel. 90 SEQ.
!" ''lI' 10 iNe' to enjoy. Is the price
less gift OF every added year
There is something pitiful iu watch
, ,-. '"' merry GUS grasp 40 JOY I'D youth.
we see constantly young girls literally
''l'"'' 'o 'o'Sen ineir hold on one day
-. o"c pressure 20 iulul an act az sim
IlT u"'3
D, 40, ulliililiar story az
J 'uii- -'Ii n ballroom who was stop
~" IN N"e walked about Tie floor on
g ~'"' 81 ono OF Aet partners by an
''N '"ii'-! 'l-eNd' WHO inquired. with
''' -.i "io'l'r.
S-".. "l S''u saw YOU lie
40" your mothert
No ,ci''H' Hne oh-y clunS 70 the arm
-" ''e'l she leaned and was hasten
,"- y ""th inc ola gentleman. seeing
''0' 'e"' ~. Her escort should slip
away "ii" MS hand on the young
man coat collar
My dear. I'll hold him." he cried.
MS eye "leAediy- How s.
Cr' N'o'"er;
re was NOT very nice ola gentle
'.''''' perhaps "ut lhat Ae GOT ful,
W. ,"l. OUT OF "le none could
uoroC an" the attitude or the. young
S.''' noIo'nS ias1 10 Der prize lest lie
Sl,'u'u escape Is exactly the attitude
"a youth 'uAt LOOKS ID the early days
LOT 81" us snare OF JOY
was q" group OF younS unmar-
''''' women. some nearing thirty. 9th
".'' --'u JUST oFer>lcppeu tAis crir-
-0'' ""u'. AAcE were expressing "a
s."I"'c language their senSiuveneSs
ABOUT '"eir age.
nave taken some pains 20 hunt up
s''''NuCs ABOUT the attractions and ac-
0o''-i ''>l''''e'''S o- women who were
I.'N' '"'s age WAich commend 20
'I''' peruSal. IN the nrSt place novel;
80 IN '"A'ilS women between thirty
an" '''H I"' tNelr neroineS- IL IS the
N".''.'" MO oareS 70 nave thoughts
ana mas cultivated herself 10 the point
q cNt'''S>ln- lAen VINO commands
nus "''" lovers VINO are worth
~.'C'
y A'OS WAS over ioflN When
So l''' i''''l'''o'' '-e most FAMOUS elope-
80 80 on 'eCo'"' ana as the siege or
~ ,'S'cU twenty years she could not
H"Ne oeeh Very juvenile when the iI
W I''''c q i"IiS restored her To her
80 -'''"''u' ""o' u Is s>l-0' received her
WIN 'I 'o' Z ana gratitude
O'coi'a'' IT" was past tnlrty when An
tony Ieu under her spell. and her faS-