The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1911-07-14


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let The inhersst beoms too deep.
6. kat what you IKE and when you
like, but not aus much as you like.
z. Drink much water
8. Sleep wheuever you apo sleepy.
are Sleepy.
9. Stop to nest for a minute many
times day. These little rests pro
long life
10. Find your work. Then regard
that work ais pleasure, not pen
atty.
Thus saath Sarah Bernhardt, and
she continues:
ITO the woman who would keep
young, and that Is every woman, ]
give frsely my ten commandments of
youth.
They are distilled out of the exper-
ienoe of dXty-seven yenrs. The years
have been crowded with work, over
flowing with abundant life, Drumming
with zest and joy. They ape years
that have b,an lived, not existed nor
endured.
The Gr1atest of Books has phrase
that remains PLEASANTLY in my mind
1t Is live more abundantly". That
should be the desire of every nor
NAL mindy.o live life more abundant
ly. To have an abundance of Life one
must draw 6rom life one great, absorb
ing interest 1t may be our ambi-
ton, our work. our family, whatever
It is 1t must be absorbing, for so
long as you are deeply inbenested in
something you will remain young.
For myself, my work has always
been the one grat passion Of my
life. 1t has absorbed me, not con-
summed me. Mark the difference. 1t
has not been as the flame to the
fuel which Hicks up and destroys,
but as the ocean, beating ceaselessly
against the shore. 1t has not taken
my life. but it has given me life
have worked hard, but enjoying
ly. Never, even wh9n l was physical
ly exhausted, did my spirit fajn at
my work. A woman's youth is in
her soul, and my sesH has always be n
Tiled with worship for my work.
How TO make that work finer, strong
er. more beautiful, has been the pur-
pose of my life, the supreme object.
the paramount consideration SO never
since / became an actress, have
broken that. my first commandment;
Have one chief absorbing dnterest
in life"
have done much work, but have
enjoyed many pleasures. / have had
many little Interests" in life TO
ussp me from becoming one-sadsd or
warped. My life, aside from my work
has been whirling succession of fads
hava painbed pictures and have sculr-
tured images. have assembled in bal
loonsa / have written essays, stories,
my nJmcis. sven plays ALI this
to amuse me, 70 make me light, to
prevent that strained expression Of
the face that reflecs y corresponding
strain of the mind, as though a piece
IL rub n had been drawn too tight sn.i
was ready TO snap. What if one fad
succ5ad another? They serve their
purpose Cor the day on the wssk or
tbs month. of making one playful so
that one may btN DO her work.
The butterfly one hour, the working
hes the othSr elavcn, is tho real
schame OF life.
/ was but Is when / first recognize
the naed of my third commandment.
saw women in my homa circle aI3
outside who We're growing old before
they wene 30. because they we've car
rying burdens that were unnecessary
-'.ere wslring out ahalr lives dn a
battle with OF for things that didn't
matter. | dacAdIsd that thsre are only
a few things that count for much.and
that they count Ter SO much that
sldghter things should mot ubter into
the sum.
For insane decided THAT 1t wtas