The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-02-09

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guess am leaving youth behind.
little book. for begin 20 BE- afraid
OF observing emotions. have lived
very fully In these years OF my mar.
rlrd life
Some one. remember. has writ.
ten very POLITICALLY that wo must not
count our lives by the calendar OF
years. but BY tho events that scar
themselves into our souls In way
that we shah hold them there "uil
memory faiis.-
n count my life by thosc sign.
posts. think I must have liked a
thousand years. for. much an I wish
to forget. cannot help but remem.
her. IL seems 70 me now that have
never been young. never been ire
sponrible. and yet when look In tho
glass do not seo a tclitalo wrinkle
or a single sign that my girlhood
has passed.
While my life has been crowded
with great Joys and great sorrows.
little book. yet apparently I have
not lived In a way that has lined my
face or hardened II.
Thank God. little book. yet have
few Illusions left. I am Hike n
friend OF mine who once said TO m@.
when | asked her how she contriv~d
to keep such a young lookout on
life. Keep your iiiusions-
You surely hav, lost some OF
your iilusiona.'' said
.<x
many Of what I might say were my
dearest illusions float out on the at.
mosphere and divappear. but do you
know. Immediately set to myself
the task OF putting other Illusions In
their placcsY-'
This woman. who was n friend of
Sarah Bsrnhardt's. told m. that two
great women had been her creates,
ono Of them the fore
most Of all French actresses.
II asked Madame Bernhardt. one
day" said my friend. how she
keeps that wonderful quality OF
youthfuiness that make. her in.
domltable against the great enemy
of wonankind. age.
"She answered. I always look
ahead. not back. am always plan
ming for the future. and have now
plans which. II carried out TO fruit.
ton. win make It necessary for mo
TO live TO be 100 years Of age
And that great woman" said my
friend In explanation, talked Of
reaching tho age OF $50 Years with
perfect ease and surety. With n
smile. she shattered In small pieces
the Biblical ukasa that the span of
mans life IL three score and ten
Always since then. Marwie." said
my friend. II have tried TO look
upon life from this viewpoint. I
don't always manage TO succeed In
this determination. bu, this idea has
been n great help to me"
One OF Donna's friends. little
book. remarked upon my youthful
appearance while | was visiting her,
and when ! quietly told my age. he
said ! was not like most women.
You can make up your mind" he
said. that most women will lie
about their age on the principle of
the little Japanese girl who remark.
ed that II is better to lie little
than be unhappy much
We can never Danish the years by
denying them. little book. We must
just make the most OF them. and IL.
as does Bernhardt, we can still
count our age By our enthusiasm
and love OF life instead Of by the cal.
endar. no much the happier for us.
Do you know. little book. that
hope this baby that is coming to me
viii be n girl. for I would like 10
give her the advantage OF my ex.
pcrfence In life. IL my baby IL n
girl. I shah take great interes,
from the very first In trying to form
her mind to make its own deduc-
tons and To solve It's own problems.
! will strive to teach her that she
In human being with the frailtiea
OF the average human being as well
M the possibilities have always
felt that one Of the greatest crimes
against girls Ia the assumption of so
many mothers that their daughters
can do no Ill.
ITO BE Continued