Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-13
I'm I'm S : T;f Gifts s'?S1dIv: sc0RHtD
Golden Years Possess Treasury of
Golden Memories That Never
Fade Away.
e f. l.. in The Baltimore Sun.
Fair dawn and dreamy twilight
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Fair dawn and dreamy twilight
Hath each distinctive grace.
The years, that stea outh's & fits away,
Leave Others in their place.
Two women, standing on a street
corner. apparently waiting for trolley
car, were discussing pleasantly, but re,
gariless Of listeners, how long they had
known each other.
about Is years." suggested one.
Fully that length of time, replied the
other then added thoughtiully: y on
are a far more interesting woman now
than when first met you.
She spoke apparently with all sincerity,
but her companion looked up, startled and
incredu'olsly.
"My own feeling has been, she fad
tered, that had been growing older and
naturally less attractive every day.
"Why naturally less attractive? m
tarrogated her friend You look much
the same. she continued with comforting
kindliness 'fYou have lost some years,
but they have gwen YOU moro than lar
exchange in an increasingly interesting
personality.
4 swiftly arriving tram stopped ard the
speakers were borne away. but the sub
iect Of their conversation had aroused re-
Election IN the mind OF an unnotlced
| listener.
How long and bitterly most people
mourn the feeting physical charms OF
youth that time filches from thcm' How
! few appreciate the wonderful gifts the
passing wears bestow' knowledge, that IS
power. understanding and appreciation,
that is jov: responsiveness that IS born
Of sympathy with ones feuowmen; Of
fectiveness. that can only come with
experience All OF these arc gifts of the
vanishing years. he jewels of price that
/ Father Time leaves IN woman S out
stretched hand when her hlossony wreath
bestowed by youth. loses its dewy fresh
ness Vet why IS il that no woman re-
Ioices over possession of the developing
gifts that perfect her character rs statue
is nodded to significance and beauty by
the sculptors hand, that she cares at AL
for the personality, the soul she ha.
gained. because Of the single dazzling gift
81 youth she has been called upon Il
relinQuish?
/ \ Nouth is 20 wonderful all youth-tol
I surely there never lived q really unbeautI
ful girl-that the fact that youth possesses
practically nothing save physical charm
is freely forgiven IT. Owen Meredith ha:
written. Cav youth loves CAV youth
.ASStlEtIiiN AttSr DttdASt YUM khlSoGosSt~
in common dreams and hope and tendency
to romantic midsummer madness anC
equally lacks any real knowledge Of ex
perience You cannot, and certainly
would not, rob youth of its roseate dreams
vet the dreams may never be realized
But on the other hand. maturer yean
posses treasury Of golden memories thai
even time has no power - take away.
Il is woman instructive impulse 4
give. She gives Of her best without stint
but when the first flower of girlhood anc
young womanhood IS past, she too often
alas. feels herself bankrupt. not realizing
how her face may have become the beacoI
of love 10 many lives her intelligence the
rldder that guides family group, hel
sympathy and experience the staff upor
which many Others may lean, She forget'
that woman Is born with one gift, youth
and its attendant beauties, but that a.
she treads life : path she may sdd Icwe
upon Jewel TO the necklace OF years TIT
pearl Of sincere purpose and peaceful well
i poised mind, the rich ruby Of Towns
/ service; the sparkling diamond of courag
and Intelligence the topaz Of heart
warmed home; the amethyst OF faith
the aqua marine of sympathetic tears
the noonstone OF coniugal felicity, and
/ If she has lost in some measure youth
opal Of hope she has gained the sapphir
that IS antidote for youth mid-summe