The Washington herald., 1915-04-24

of that period commonly spoken of as
middle age?
There Is no old age when life is
progress and the heart is young
High ideals and lofty sentiments, mind
and heart alert for new light. fresh
thoughts to weave into new pictures,
keep heart and brain and body strong
Woman is in her prime between 50
and so. She has reared her children;
she is now ready to enjoy with q
| wider understanding, a more compre-
hensive tenderness, her children's chill
dren.
The mother instinct. rfpened by ma
turity and experience, Is at the service
of the whole race; broad fields of use
fulness in public. civic, or religious
affairs lie before her.
With experience she manages her
household with ease; she has the time
now to work for public housekeeping.
She is free to enjoy out-of door
sports; she has more leisure for the
good comradeship of husband anu
| family.
If she has neglected her face and
figure, now is the time and opportu-
nifty to rejuvenate them. Impossible
for a middle-aged woman to be at
| tractive. Away with such n thought
it belongs to the. dark ages. The tint
of the spring flower may have left
her cheeks. but the bloom of the In
dian summer Is no less compelling.
There Is nothing SO ageing as these
false limits some have placed on
youth. Let US tear them down. Time
was when women past so always
dressed in black Now we consider
black becoming only to young girls
with rosy cheeks. After 40 We wear
soft colors
Age is not a question Of years and
hours: it cannot be measured by the
revolutions on the sundial. as some
thing to be checked Off each day and
discarded as finished and departed.
No, age is measured by the growth
of the spirit. by the maturity Of the
intellect. by the acceptance of new
ideas. 1t may be the watching for a
new flower each morning. or a new
note in the song birds carol. or Q
new shade in heavens blue.
The uplift to something better. the
inquiring mental attitude. the belief in
the ultimate rightness of the universe
these are the great rejuvenators.
Age comes in relaxing efforts; in
letting go.
The woman of middle age should be
conscious of an objective outlook on
life. She can see it without Its tur-
moil. She knows how heeting are
many of the passions that assail
youth.
What woman Of middle age would
wish to begin life over again at 1S?
Not many 1 am sure.
Why then should we not approach
these middle years with gladness, not
regret?
Answers to Correspondents.
Miss Cocroft will endeavor 10 an
swer all questions relating to her de-
partment as promptly as possible. AS
1t will not be practicable to print an
answer to every inquiry, a stamped
envelope should accompany each let
ter. All letters should be addressed
to Miss Susanna Cocroft. care of this
paper.
Mrs. H. o. B. writes: Can you give
me some relief, besides medicine, for
chronic gastritis? / have almost con-
slant trouble"
Chronic gastritis is most often ac-
companied with a thickening Of the
mucous lining of the stomach. Often
pint VI SHINY MUCOUS Will Collect
over night, and, IL this can be washed
out. relief will be obtained. This Is
sometimes done daily before breakfast
with stomach pump. The condition
is helped by drinking a glass of cold
water an hour before each meal, fol-
lowed by stomach exercises. to cause
a regurgitation of the water through
the stomach. This helps to pass tho
mucous into the intestine and brings
the blood to the lining of the stomach
hence more nourishment and a bet
ter activity of the walls of the stom-
ach. Each mouthful Of food should
be masticated until it is a pulp
about twenty-five times-so as TO
swallow an abundance of saliva to aid |
digestion. Nourishment should be in |
liquid or semi-liquod form and taken |
i've times day. so as not to over |
load the stomach at any. one meal |
Milk, butter milk, cream. loppered |
milk. barley, oatmeal or rice soup. |
prepared with milk. chicken soup with |
an egg beaten in II. soft-cooked eggs. |
scraped meat. softened toast and but
ter are suggestive foods. Be sure to