The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-06-23
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10 LOVE TO TALK TO MRS
sELWtN
have recently demonstrated
that happiness Ia q state OF mind
Since determined TO see that
Vienna doctor | have become per
fectly calm and content seem
20 see that In short time III bs
vol again.
This morning commenced my
story for tho papers. and tonight
arm going 10 read 4, 10 Pat and
Alice. haven't said much to you
lately % dear Mrs. Selvin. little
book. but u Ia sh. who has made
my life bcarahle since came TO
her homo. Had been her daugh'
ter sho could not have been kinder
and she loves aud trusts Dick az
she would her own son.
She II great reader. which
seems TO mo 20 be the great com
forter o; old age.
She has been 80 insiStcnt lately
that ! am not doing right In max.
Ing almost a stranger OF Dick. that
I told her this morning just III
Ito OF what happened between
Dick and me Just before my acct
dent
My poor child" she said. your
whole house 81 cards came tnm.
bling down about you. dldnt IT."
Yes. dear Mrs. seiwin. and I
have not yot had strength TO begin
building over again
Listen TO me. my child" she
said earnestly I am not going
10 tell YOU that you will get over
II all. for you will not You will
never have the same outlook on
life again You have lost tho In.
cstlmable blessing OF faith and
trust. but you will come 10 put
something that ! almost believe Is
better in its place.
Il have an italian friend who
speaks English perfectly. 80 far as
grammar is concerned. but some.
times her pronunciation and accent
are delicious. The other day she
said. There comes time when a
man or woman who haa really
lived puts aside all enthusiasm. all
ideals. and becomes a philosopher
Then only. dear Madame Selwin.
do We poor mortals find peace and
content
Are you philosopher. dear
Mrs. sclwin % ] asked
4 hope so, my child 10 does
not take much philosophy TO make
bearable my quiet life. Margie.
tho greatest and most horrible
thing about growing old Is that we
fight 80 against flight with the
knowledge that AZ last we must
give tho victory TO Time. Often |
20 about among women OF my age
and see how they try 10 interest
themselves with outside affairs.
and | know they are Just playing
with these things to still that aw-
ful sentence which is forever ring.
ing I'm their ears. You are growing
old-you are old.
why can't they be content to
sit and rest their souls and let the
world pass by; why not confess to
themselves. as well as to the
world, that their active lives are
over7"
Don't you think, dear Mrs. Sell
win. II Ia because they have had
no active life? SO many women
wake up on the eve of 40 and at
49,. sstrFhY gF
hair or tho first wrinkle. say 70
themselves. Why, ! am over the
summit, and have never really
lived
1T Is no wonder that Ellen Key
and other women who have studied
their sex more or less carefully
term from i5 TO 90 the dangerous
age IL rs the age of woman's
greatest rebellion against the close
environment OF her sex-the age
where she has not yet submitted
to the inevitable.
you see. ! have thought II out
this way. dear Mrs. Selwin. Men.
having worked and thought and
lived life to it's fullest. arc tired
and want to rest as age Creeps on.
while women. who mostly thru
force OF circumstances have daw-
died away their youth. suddenly
realize the fact that It has fled.
leaving them with a great longing
unfulfilled It is like a man who
has worked hard all day. who
comes home and wants to 10 to
bed, while his wife is Just ready TO
go out and have good time"