Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1913-03-29


compatible with youth She won.d
belong neither to ner own generations
nor the on. next below ner Having
no proper position. being identified
with no particular age. she would hr q
worse enemy 10 herself than the mi
crobc that produces the decay OF old
age. All IN vain The opportunity to
preserve his daughters youth ami
beauty was too tempting for him. lie
gave me no peace till | consented
when | began 10 give Wilhelmine
the antItoxin she WAS sixteen years
old Hers was my first case and my
only one IN practicing upon n human
being after having satisfied myself OF
the efficacy OF my remedy. and natu.
rally my efforts were not nj once sue
cessful. did not completely arrest
Wilhelmine's natural decay till she
was midway between seventeen aud
eighteen
Won Buest paused and resumed his
pipe
well. professor" said Reinhard i'm.
patiently. go on"
In what wayf In the case of VIII
helmine Weisbard there are many sto-
ries What would you prefer TO know
about her.
Reinhnrd thought few minutes.
then asked his friend to tell him II the
girl gained or lost by remaining young
and why.
What you ask 10 know" replied the
professor. has In itself many branch
es will contine myself 10 one-Wil-
helmine's relations TO her husband
She married Max Mcneil. She was
then twenty. he thirty. He grew old:
his wife remained young. Her father
one day came TO me with cloud upon
his brow and told me that his son.n-
law. who was getting gray and other
wise showing signs of age. was max
ing his wife miserable by his Jealous
behavior She was still young and
beautiful and attracted younger men
than himself
From time to time Weisbard came
20 me 10 tell me that matters between
his son-in-law and daughter were go.
ing from bad to worse At last he con.
fessed that he regretted having urged
me TO give the latter perpetual youth
- have given her perpetual youth.
! replied. only 50 long as II may be de-
sired
His face lighted with pleasure.
Can you re-establish the ordinary proc
ess OF growing oldr he asked.
"'There Is nothing 10 re-establish.
Let your daughter stop taking the anti.
toxin and the natural decay will be re
sumed.'
Il did not see Weisbard for week
ut the end OF which time he looked
more lugubrious than ever. asked
him what troubled him. lie told me
that he had proposed 10 his daughter
to cease taking my antitoxin and she
had fatty refused. Weisbard had very
unwisely told his son-in-law that his
wife could resume the process of fol.
lowing him 10 old age II she chose. and
he had urged her TO do so. She was
obstinate. aud quarrel had enSueG
between the two that bid fair 10 wreck
their happiness forever-that Is. all
that was left of IT,
And here. my friend. comes an In
stance OF the unity OF nature unity
that Is best for us always. though
there are numerous instances In which
We believe her DEGREES are misfortunrs
There was every reason why Frat
Menzel should grow old. And yes
those old fellows like Ponce de Leon
were continually seeking for the elixis
of life. A man may be satisfied 10
grow old. II woman never This one
having perpetual youth would never
give 1t M. though II threw her ont OF
harmony with the rest Of the universe.
AT first II seemed that remaining
young with her children would be
boon "a her II did not turn ont SO a
melancholy phase OF life is that we
cannot be OF the next generation be-
meath nS Even "a young body will not
bridge that gulf
Every year after this the husband
grew older. while the wife remained
young and beautiful and every year
tut Eull i"tMetIi litil grew WlutT
After awhile II became u case Of DE
cember and May The older Frau
Menzel grew in years the more pleas
ed she was with the attention OF
young men They while pleased with
her beauty. found In her an experience
which did not accord with their own
exuberance. This led 70 n continued
disappointment In her that sonred her
disposition The couples chickering's
wore on Weisiard. who rcproached
himself for being the cause OF their
troubles
And yet there was one thing that
would have undone. partly AT least.
all the mischief. All that was needed
was for Wtlhemine TO stop taking the
antitoxin
THAT could scarcely be expected.
remarked i,cinhard. How did the
matter end:"
when Frau MenZ.I WINS tlfty wears