South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-02-09

Sixty years old, not tooth in his
head and out with the boys! His
wife can't find him, and she's look
ing for him all over the state.
She can't get on without that hus-
band. Oh, and Oh. how she loves
him! She is 20 years younger than
he is. Just in the prime Of life her
self: 40 and buXOm and rosy and
full of the 10Y OF living. But
She can't get on without that hus
band. She really can't.
He's so full of fun and so lively.
He sings all the latest songs and
knows all the newest dance steps and
tells the funniest jokes-he does.
indeed! Oh, yes-he looks 60! His
hair is white and all his teeth are
out. and he isn't as straight as he
used TO be. But, dear me, he
doesn't feel a day over %. Not a
day. You can see that just by
hearing him laugh The house is
so lonely without him, and so his
bride is advertising and writing let
ters and sending kilograms and
hunting the world over for sthe gay
dog who made her so happy for six
months and then went out with the
boys" and forgot to come back
Poor, old fellow I'm sorry for
him. and I'm sorry for the woman
who married him. He can't help 1t
that he wants to be young for
ever.
Most people would like to be that.
but very few can go on feeling as
if they were.
Not Grown-up Mentally.
Probably the man isn't a day over
% mentally-never was and never
will be. How unhappy he must be
whenever he looks in the glass.
What a shock it must be TO him to
meet the tired eyes OF an old man,
looking out Of the wrinkled face OF
age. when he has persuaded himself
that nobody would ever take il TO
be an hour over-well-say 40.
It's a tragedy, really-this heart
OF youth in the body OF age.
II is sometimes unfortunate IN
some ways 20 look old and be young
but il is worse than unfortunate TO
be old and try TO look young.
The light heart, the quick laugh,
the keen perception. the balanced
judgment OF 50-what a splendid
thing when they are carried on and
on. past so up 10 70-past 20 up TO
know people who have done this
thing-both men and wonderland
they are loved and admired and re-
spected They do not try TO marry
Sweet Sixteen. however, or 10 make
love even 70 Comely Forty.
Nobody likes a grumbling old
man, or a complaining old woman.
The years should bring philosophy,
coura &c. a kind OF calm peace and
enjoyment. and when they do. there
is no counsel and no companionship
like the counsel and the companion
ship Of experience.
But when a man Of so tries 10
pretend he's 40-don't laugh at
him-be sorry for him. His brain
has atrophied. and he can't help IT,
any more than he could help the
hardening OF his arteries.
When a woman OF so dresses like
a girl OF 20. and dyes her hair and
paints her face. and runs around 70
tea dances with boys OF 25-don't
shudder when YOU look at her. She
isn't TO blame Her brain stopped
growing somewhere way back in the
past and il will never catch up with
her body.
Youth? Of course we all love
youth. We love the laughter and
the light-hearted. careless ways and
the eagerness and the hope. but. do
let Us, as we grow older. keep the
best qualities OF youth, and throw
awav the least enga ging attributes
OF that period OF life.
What Would You Do?
II I had a husband 60 years old.
I'd be delighted 20 have him laugh
and dance and play golf and drive
his own car and belong 20 a noun
tain hiking club II he felt like IT,
II were a man. and had a wife OF
! 80. Il would delight my heart 20 see