The Jasper news., 1907-06-28
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{ Reaches the Mature Ago When Hs
Throws Away Dead Matter efdsss
u Ready to Begin Life
sN Again.
n II am beginning to throw away
Things" said Mr. Flittinby; going
Through my papers and things and
d throwing things away.
Il find among them newspaper clip.
4 pings about things that ! would never
have thought Of again but for this
/, feminder, and some things ! have
forgotten so completely that even the
sight Of the clippings does not. recall
to me why cut them out and saved
them; so important, really, are many
Of the things about which we bother
Yourselves or which at some time we
found Of interest. s.,
There are letters from men long
asince dead, and old bills that recall
forgotten periods Of our life. that now
3aeem strange to us, we live 30 much
In the present, And why keep these
4 old receipts? The men that gave them
Sare dead now or moved away and
these accounts. will. never be sent In
,dgain, and II they were they have
hong since been outlawed by the lapse
OK time Throw them away. i.
X Here are spid birthday G ards, with
pretty, With saffectioDate, with loving
greeting: ,brinsing most pleasant
memories. though they do remind us.
of, the years that have gone since first
they, came. to .us. And why should we,
preserve them We can remember,
we can cherish those who sent them,
without them to remind US, and they
would only be there with the old pa
pers in the drawer. q To- the. basket
gently with them.
"And here, as live. are some old
valentines! Well, well. This does
make us young again. But dear, dear:
that was long ago. Why should we
keep them longer? To the basket,
gently. We have the valentine her.
self now.
There are 80 many things that we
put away to save, to treasure, life
seems to stretch unfortunately before
us when we are young, and we are
going to keep these things always.
And 1t takes us, happily, a long, long
time to get to where we can see
the beginning of the end. Youth en-.
velops us with a buoyancy and
strength that makes life seem Joy
that is to go on forever, and In sturdy
middle age. indeed, we take little ac
count of the years, but then comes
time when we begin to realize that
two and two make four and no more
Now l have arrived at that time
Of life when 4 begin to know Don't
for heavens sake think that am TAX
Ing mournful view. Far from It.
Life never seemed to me SO full
Of Joy as now, and I'm good for a
good long stretch of 1t yet, with
senses keen and understanding broad
ening. finding enjoyment in every
thing; and taking this broader view
of things. not occupied too much by
detail. this stored up accumulation OF
long gathering truck seems superfiu-
Gus and useless, and SO I'm just going
through 1t and throwing things away.
This lot that I've been going
through to-day 10 just stun that has
accumulated in the cubby holes in my
desk; but I've got boxes and bundles
II such stuff stored away, and
must get 1t out, a box or bundle at
i time and go through 1t, and throw
I away. For Of what use will It iever
be to anybody? What becomes oil
his sort of stun, anyway. when peo-
2le-er-r-I mean why shouldn't i
sort this stuff out now myself, and not
cave 1t to .curnber things up for some.
body else to throw away?
There may be some things, to be
sure, that Ill want to save, things that
,ther people will want to keep. and
these things / will save; but as to;
! he bulk Of this stun. why. it's just SO
much hindering useless baggage, and
ibis I'll throw away. and with the
iecks cleared start life anew"
Beaten.