The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-04-09
GROWING OLD GRACEFULLY.

heavens gates, TO be replaced by az
s eternal one.
Most people have a dread for grow
irg old. They regard old age as Q
dreary season, admitting of nOthini
that can be unlled pleasure They lool
forward 20 # as in the autumn. W.
anticipate the approach Of winter. but
winter tcrrihos us only as we think oi
II aflr off. When II arrives It bring
with II different onioyments which
are none the loss pleasant than those
OF other seasons.
In like manner old age frigh'ml as
II may seen TO the young, has no ter
ror 10 those who experience IL. but
they find II abounds with consolal Ions
and compcrsations never dreamed o.
as they viewed 81 from distance.
Tho Illuminated faces and hoary heads
resemble one of those pleasant days
In winter in our boyhoo1 days in th'
| country, when bright san dartcd it's
! beams On uurc f'ld of snow. IL has
been beautifully said: "If one can
grow old gracefully, can ripln like an
apple which is ruddy with sunshine
and dew, and at last drops into tn
basket of the fruit gath,rer. th.n the
sunset Of life is more beautiful than its
sunrise"
How to grow old gracefully, Oh
serve these simple rules.
Accept the in vitablc fact that you
arr growing older every year. To be-
como old rs not necessarily 10 grow
old There are young old people as
well as old young people, d = brood
Over the past. It is gone. l.. 1t go
The only proper use of the past is TO
get future out of it,
Take hoa'ful views. Things are not
going to the bad. The world is grow.
ing better every day. The golden age
is in tn future
Have eyes only for The pleasant
things. Why magnify the disagree.
able things which have como into your
life?
Think Of all the blessings which have
come int, YOU, life on 50 many bright
days when the minister called on
his congregation to tell what they ha
10 be thanliful for. an old woman arose
with halming comtenancc. and said
! have only two teeth, bgt thank God
they hit"
syndicate your sorrows. Organic
. trust. cogtro. I. yclrs,lf ana keep
yeryone from getting any of your
misery
some people study their lives with
3 microscope aud throw enlarged
riews of their misery on a screen and
lecture on them.
live a useful lifs DO something for
somebody. 10 IL now.-Dr Madison
c. Peters
= 4. So
In his speech at Des Mones. VIM. J.
Bryan said: THE condition of the
Democratic party at the present time
is the best that il has been for several
years. The election of last fall taught
the lessons that were needed and
united Democracy is the result. Forces
ire working for the best and not for
individual advantage" It is to be
hoped that Bryan Is able TO read the
signs of the times. but the Conservative
observer nnnot al this time see very
much in the situation that is encourag.
ing 10 the Democracy Much depends
on the future conduct OF the president
and his party.
: + :. :!
4 certain Missouri minister an
nounces that hereafter he is going to
change the last part of his service.
Instead Of saying Let ms sing the
doxology," he is gong 90 say, Let ~
adjust our clothes, slip on our gloves,
crap our hats and b. dismissed
:. = :. !.
CHICAGO may have her faults ard
rmlly boz one Of ,hc most wicked citi rs !
On this continent, hu, her people ara /
still sufficiently leyol-hoadei to elect |
a Democratic mayor Garter Harrison |
may have been afraid . tackle the |
situation arain. but Judge Edward +. F..
Dunno took mp the fight and led the
Democratic cohorts TO spl ndid vic
tory.
That fancy vest is needed now We