Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02
American Sunday Monthly Magazine Section

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youran age ten or fifteen years
older than themselves. The physician says
is sold as his arteries, and if his arteries show
the hardening that goes with age at fifty, the is
old at fifty There are cases record where these
changes in the arteries and the consequent changes
in the organs were found in the twenties, and the
appearance and feelings correspondent with the state
of the system In some of these cases of precocous
senility, death from old age occurred before they
were thirty
Aging is a changing condition of the body that
accompanies the years, but is not dependent upon
the years. for we often find persons who at fifty are
older in appearance feelings and in the state of the
organs than others at seventy. My old friend who
celebrated his seventy-ffth birthday by marrying
young widow of sixty said he felt like young fellow,
and primped like dandy, his appearance and
actions were those of middle age. To get true
conception of old age, must consider the appear
ance the mentality, the individuals feelings and the
state of his organs. If all these point to old age,
the verdict is old age, but of them is evil
denee of age.
who make effort to appear young and attractive.
On the other hand many things besides the years
will produce the appearance of old age. Worry and
grief will do it as quickly as anything. curious
for the appearance of age is the waste OF fat
under the obesity treatment The skin remains
stretched it becomes habby and hangs in folds, and
in case the folds on the forehead and face formed
wrinkles; on the neck it produced the scrawny neck
andshanging chin, making woman of forty-fve look
likesixtyve or more. serious person presents the
appearance of age earlier than the jolly good-natured
individual because in the serious person the corners
of the mouth droop, and this dropping favors the
slight dropping of the lower jaw which is of
the earliest facial signs of aging Another early sign,
which is often misleading, is the senile stoop. A
woman who wears well-htting corsets rarely shows
it, while who never wore corsets shows it
early. man who uses long cane will stand erect,
while if the is too short he must stoop when
ever he puts the in front of him. and the natural
stoop is exaggerated slouchy person falls readily
into this stoop, while the dignihed person will make
an effort to stand erect.
Gray hair is no sign of age for it may appear at
forty or earlier, and bald heads are often in
persons before they are forty. The slow, labored
walk of the aged is sometimes seen in rheumatism
and in govt while the trembling may be due to
nervous disease The mentality usually gives early
indication OF aging, yet some OF the greatest scen
lists, statesmen and artists did their best work in
the seventh and eighth decades of life. We must
remember, however, that the mind does get weaker
in old age, and in those where aged persons do
great work all their mental efforts are concentrated
upon one
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