The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-07-18
THROWING THINGS away
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q ana beginning To throw away
things ssld lIz FItungbF. accord-
ing % the New Iors Snn--golng
through my papers and things and
throwing things away.
Il ind among them newspaper clip
pings about things thar I would never
have thsaght Of again bur for this re-
minder and some things have FOR
gotten 50 completely that even the
sight Of the clippings does not recall
10 me why I cut them out and saved
them, 50 unlmportaRl really are many
Of the things about which we bother
ourselves OF which az some time we
found Of interest.
There are letters from men long
since dead. and old bills that recall
forgotten periods Of cur life that now
seem strange to u. we live 50 much
in the present. And why keep these
old receiptsg The men thar gave them
are dead now or moved away. and
these accounts win never be sent in
again. snd il they were they have long
since been Outlawed BY the lapse Of
time. Throw them away.
Here are old birthday cards, with
pretty. with affeetionate with loving
greetings. bringing most pleasant
mem6ries. though they do remind US
Of the years that have gone since first
they came to Us. And why should we
preserve them longeg? We can re-
member, We can cherish those who
sent them without them to remind US.
and they would only lie there with the
old papers in the drawers. To the
basket gently with them.
And here, as l 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 SO many things that we
put away TO save. TO treasure. Life
seems to stretch away interminably be-
fore Us when we are young and we
are going \ keep these things always,
and 1t takes US happily a long. long
time to get where we can see the be-
ginning Of the end. Youth envelops
d with buoyancy and strength that
make life seem joy that is to 60 On
forever, and in sturdy middle age, in
deed, we take little account Of the
years, but then comes a time when
we begin to realize that two and two
make four and no more.
Now. have arrived at that time
Of life when | begin to know. Don't,
for heavens sake. think that | am
taking mournful view. Far from It.
life never seemed to me so full Of
Joy as now. and I'm good for good
long stretch Of it: yet with senses keen.
and understandiIE broadening. fnIing
enjoyment in everything and taking
this broader view Of things. not occu-
pied too much by detail, this stored up
accumulation of long gathering truck
seems superfluous and useless. and so
I'm just going through it and throwing
things away.
This lot that i've been going
through today is just stun that has
accumulated in the cubbyholes in my
desk. but I've got boxes and bundles
Of such stuff stored away, and l must
get it out, a box or a bundle at
time, and go through 1t and throw It
away, for of what use win it ever bel
to anybody? What bec0mes Of Ibis
sort Of stun. anyway, when people
er-r-I mean why shouldn't sort this
stuff out now myself and not leave it
to cumber things up for somebody else
to throw awayl
'There may be some things, to be
sure, that I'll want to save, things that
other people win want to keep, and
these things l viii save; but as to the
bulk of this stun, why, it's just 50
much hindering, useless baggage, and
this I'll throw away and with the