The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-06-15
Nashville. Term. June IL, II
THE MAN OF so.

old but once in his lifetime.
When a man has reached the age
of so he begins to have the first feel
ings that age is upon him AS Ions
as he is in the forties he is able to
regard himself and allude to himself
as a young man, but when the so
mark has been reached and passed,
he begins to have his doubts about
the propriety of thinking of himself
in that manner These doubts are
STRENGTHENED into conviction when he
oVerhears his sons or some of his
more youthful associates in the labor
OF life referring to him as the old
man" What are the thoughts of
the man who has just arrived at TIL
age of so?
At %, in the eyes of youth, the
man of so seems old, but the man of
30 does not begin to feel nearly as
old as he appeared to be from the
vantage point of 25 Most men. OF
so Will say carelessly that they feel
as young as ever they did, but upon
close analysis they discover that in
many ways they are older, as is III
evitable.
At so the process of physical de
terioration is well under way No
man Tor at least few mem at so pos.
sess the physical vigor, endurance or
elasticity which was his at 80. He
may be robust and vigorous still, but
the wear and tear of life has had its
effect, and he has not the staying
power of youth BY many certain
signs he is warned of the approach
of age. At so ne fatigues very east
ly. At so he is compelled to confess
his physical limitations and the day
on which he discovers that he has
physical limitations is a sad day of
shocking establishment for him. At
so he is Obliged to be more studious-
~ careful of the habits of his life
in his work and his pleasures, in his
eatin0 in his drinking and in his
sleening. At 50 he must take unusual
precautions to guard AGAINST the a..
lacks of disease, precautions which
YOU delights to scorn. At 50 high
value is placed upon comfort.
At so man has tasted of many Of
the pleasure and delights OF life,
and has exhausted them. He has
achieved successes and he has suf-
feleA uisappointments He may have
realized his aspirations and his
dre-D.- in part, but the pathway OF
his life is strewn with the wrecAs OF
dearly cherished youthful hopes. a.
10 man begins to have some
glimi Sc of what he is going to be
able 10 accomplish in the world, ami
wherein he will fail. At so he is able
TO measure his capabilities and hi-
poss bilities with a fair degree of &C
curacy. No man at so will gran,
that there is no longer hope of men
tai and spiritual growth, but he ca
pretty fairly gauge what that growth
viii he If man has not made his
mark at so, he is not likely to distin
guish himself in the following years
OF course, we have had historic eX
amples to the contrary, but the mel
who DO great THINGS or who achiev
greatness in old age are as one in
million, Al so a man knows prett
definitely what he is able to do an
what it is impossible for him to dc
He has taken his own measure. Fl
has long since relinquished the ill
sion of youth that all things ar
possible to him.
swiftness of times fight. The yeai
then pass with incredible speed. TIL
days crowd into weeks and tn
weeks into months with such ANA
ing rapidly that one loses hope I
being able to finish even the nece
sary tasks of life, to say nothing
what aspiration has had in view.
youth time seems endless, and IL
long years ahead appear more ths
ample for all that one hopes to d
But when one gets into the seriol
work of life, when one is thorough
harnessed to its responsibilities ar