The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-07-28


to those who remember lovely old
grandmothers, who wore snow white
caps and were clothed in a sweet sane
THY as delicate and evanescent as the
oder of rose leaves in the old rose
Jars. 80.
In their places we see the upright,
alert woman with white hair, which Is
done modishly in puffs and curls and
Is surmounted by a picture hat. The
garments that go with the hat might
as suitably clothe the young daugh-.
ters OF the house. AS suitably, but
not more suitably. There is no reason
why a woman should paste label on
her back because she has reached an
age when she may exercise her own
| judgment without let or hlndrance
from those who managed her as long
as she was young and rosy.
This woman of the white hair can
manage her own affairs. She has not
allowed her faculties to rust. She may
not read the Bible so assiduously, but
she is well posted on the literature of
the day. She is a live wire and full Of
a joyous interest in the age in which
she lives. She has standards of COM
parison with a day gone by which she
uses wisely, but not as a measure of
reproach. She knows the world is pro-
crossing. She feels that it is better
than 1T was when she was young. She
regrets that her mother did not have
the opportunities that are hers. She
has no longings for cap and knitting
needles.
Life is as full of interest for her as,
t, has IL 10 .Ia Hnn~
fun with mother and grandmother
without any discrimination or age
limit.
The portly old man of the good old
times" who climbed upon the shelf at
SIS to revel in old stories, to which no
one listened, and to long silent smokes,
and Illuminating hours of listless loaf
ing, has slipped from the scene of life.
In his place is the natty gentleman in
white ducks who plays golf with his
grandson -, and beats him, too - and
goes down to his office and keeps a
master hand on the business long
after his fathers father would have
retired from, active life.
1t is good! The writer's OF the walls
for the old days and, the carefully pre-
served ancestor is amusing. They de-
tail the charm of the quaint old
woman in the village who is fine and
dainty and to whom they slip on holt
days for rest. They never remember
that rest which they save for emerg-
encies, is the fest of ennui all the
days of the year for the fine old gentle
woman. If mether had been taken to
the city to live among the rapidly
moving kaleidoscope OF the daily life
there, she would not now be asking
How long, oh, Lord"
Don't die till you are dead This dy-
ing to all the pomps and vanities OF
life at certain age Is all sentiment.
II is wise to live sanely, no matter
how old or how young you are. but it
is never wise to allow part of the soul
or body to atrophy or paralyze. "A
Keep alert and alive to the interest
OF life. Be an amazing old man or
woman IL you cannot get recognition
any other way. This is the road to-
wards longevity OF the race.
Health foods and sanatoriums will
not do half that a fine indomitable
spirit and interest in life will accom-
plish.
For the sake of the next generation,
refuse to grow old. Be too lively to
photograph in the saint-like pose of
the story book woman or man, and
your reward win lie in your own hand
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