Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-11-21
OUR HOUSEHOLD
| CONDUCTED By LIZZIE O. THOMAS
G-ouing Old Gracefully

Robert Louis Stephenson says, IAN
aim in life is the only fortune worth
| finding; and it is not to be found in
foreign lands, but in the heart it.
SELF
l asked a successful woman if she
had lived the life planned; she had
served her family, friends and state
in the highest capacity, [ knew that
! she had a very artistic nature, that
a beautiful picture, the cathedrals of
| Europe, and the Statuary of Italy,
gave her more real pleasure than a
dainty dinner. Her reply was, all
! my life L have wanted to be a paint
er. At school 1 did my best because
! L knew that l would want all the
| education L could get, so as to keep
! the periods" of art in their separate
| places.
when father died and Henry
showed his selfish streak, / DECIDED
/ that 1 must get out and hustle or
mother and Bess would need the very
necessities of life. But through it
| all [ kept the aim, 1 cherished the
| idea that some day things would
! change and 1 could really go to Paris
and study, yes, nothing short of
Paris would satisfy me, and you
! know the rest. I've done the best l
! could wherever [ have been; I've tried
/ to inspire the young people I've as
ISOLATED with and I've done my Bit
in helping some of them get an edu-
! cation.
MY vacations have been real Vaca'
| tions I have fed the flame of my
/ hearts desire two weeks every year
| but it has never interferred with my
! business"
I think of that women every time
T hear a man or woman say that II
thew had been given a chance they
would have succeeded. I heard one
girls work criticised because she
was essentially a domestic girl and
did not fit the office. There are
some like that, but the constant Ell
fort TO fit the place counts for some
! thing and there will come an open
| ing. an opportunity TO step into the
right Mace if the work is well done
every day.
I heard a boy laughingly say thai
his aim was to get out OF WORK INA
the world owed him living and nj
meant to collect it. That was Tel
wars ago. The last time saw MN
he did not look prosperous. askeo
! the Successful Woman what was IHt
matter with him. She SAID thaI She
! tried to place him where ne coulG
"col1ect" his living, but she louLu
he wasn't even a good collector,
Haven't YOU seen people llEe thaI
/ They work hard as long as the1t ca
tbusiasm burns, then let the business
t9lxe care of itself. Let your lnten'
tion be to do your very best all the
fine. Be honest with yourself ano
with the world. Then as you gro"
old YOU will mellow, not ShrlNel up
There is some fruit that you can pu'
away and enjoy at Christmas TIME
| There is some that must be eaIeI
RIGHT away. See if you cannot Dc
the sort that age mellows; don
shrivel and get hard.
Getting ODDS not hard, l say,
If it's done the proper way
/ When you're finding out how much
Joy is in the common touch
Learnin' from experience
=, An the book O. common sense
That a man, whoe'er he be,
! Richly dressed or poor to see,
| Really's trying hard to do
Just about the same as you;
When you've found the worth o gold
! Then you're glad you're getting OLD
"Getting ODDS not hard, say,
| If it's done the proper way. 4
vou+b is mad with haste and BLIND
| But when you have travelled far,
To the peace which all men find;
! Come to know men as they are;
When you've learned through hurts
and aches
I All the errors hot youth makes,
| An have found the lastin' worth
Of the simpler joys of earth;
/ When life's purposes unfold,
Then you're glad your gettin' old
Getting old gracefully is the result
! of patience, persistence and good,
hard sense. Put a cucumber in q
! bottle when it is the size of lead
pencil, and when it natures 1t is
! freak. Put your mind on childish
| things and keep it there, make your
one ambition the desire to make peo-
ple believe you are young and you
grow silly. I have a hen that cackles
exactly like a woman L know, and
the hen has most sense, for she is a
good mother.
I don't believe any one has ever
reached the height Of his or her am
bition. Some do bit of growing
and then quit growing. Their ambi-
ton has shriveled into nothing. But
real people see higher hill to CLINT
every time they surmount an obsta'
Gle. That the way to succeed
Don't be a "has-been." Help your
community, your associates, and keeI
your mind open so that they may
help you.