The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-14
SAYS UNCLE CAV

It's never too late to capitalize your
errors. Neither a late start nor bad
start necessarily damn a man. Age
doesn't get you down until it gets You
bluffed.
Youth must be. served not because it
is wise, but because it is fearless. 1t
doesn't know the meaning of defeat.
Age should be both wise and fearless.
The courage that lasts till the sun goes
down is the courage that wins. If the
battering years can't beat the grit out
you, they can't beat you at all. If
youth always has the wisdom of age
or age always has the courage of youth,
either would be invincible
The widespread notion that man is
done for at fifty is a damnable heresy
The man who has lived right isn't. 1t
is the fling of youth that thinks it's
strength will never fail that makes
grim truth of the jest of OSler. The
average age should be nearer ninety
than fifty and forty useless years at
tached to the latter end of life are an
anomoly that nature doesn't love.
Clean living lean thinking, fresh
air and simple food. with plenty of
hard work keep the red corpuscles gal
Looping joyously well past the three
quarter century mark and give age
the benefit of youthful courage to back
it's wisdom.
Wisdom is a matter of experience and
is nothing more or less than good red
blood and good red blood is dependant
upon decent respect for the rights nf
the body.
If you have a goodly number of years
of proper living behind you, you are
capable of anything. The strength If
youth is still yours and it's hand is
steadied by the wisdom of years. You
are only beginning to hit your real gait
when the dissipated are getting ready
to die.
If you are getting bad start rem
edy the defect now. Start in today and
strengthen your body for the long pull
to come. Build it up with good food
and vigorous exercise and keep it
built up There are many men who
became young again at fifty by this
simple process. They had learned their
ness when other men We're giving it
up. And there are few men of this
kind who have finally failed.
However, We have added ten years
to the average life within the last
twenty. If you have taken advantage
of the new health rules of your time,
you should have at least ten more
working years than your father. If
you are really in earnest, you can turn
your corner of the world over in ten
years.
Success comes slowly to most men,
tween getting there and failing to ar
rive. Therefore. live Clearly and keep
young Get your share of Gods fresh
air. Let the other fellow do the worry
ing. Sleep the sleep of the just and
the industrious. Don't be afraid of the
alarm clock. Don't use one. Get to
bed in time. Not all the liquor and
tobacco in the world were made for
you. Leave some of them for Others
Live every day SO that you can get up
eager to get your fingers upon the new
days task. Laugh while you can and
you'll be able to keep on laughing after
the mulligrubber has been gathered
the bosom of his dolorous fathers.
Think young thoughts, keep up the
sports of your youth, don't be afraid
to use your feet and legs-be a boy all
your life. You can if you will. and you'll
win You're never old until you be-
feve you are and age doesn't get you
you down until it gets you scared.