The Stroller's weekly and Douglas Island news., 1922-03-04
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 Observation and experience cou-| vince Che Stroller chat Che main ob- Icct in lifc is practically Che same with all classes of people. or course there arc secondary objects such as| acquiring wealth. political rocoEni- tion. distinction associated with nrt and science. but whom al Is done and said We arc au cXortiug our- selves Co one end and Go one pur- pose. and chat is Co heat Che old age. game Everybody wants Co lcusthon Che span Of human lifo their own In particular And Che span of hue man nc can be heightened but only in one way and it is this.
 Tho word "b.rthday' must bc eliminated from our vocabulary, cut out of dictionaries. sidctrackcd. for
 ottcn and made as though it had .e.cr beon coined. Let people for get heir birthdays and they win soon forget how old they are and quit worrying about age When they do this. they win begin Go live.
 How does Che Stroller know an meq He knows. as stated above. by experience and observation. Ho has met many relies of former genera Hons in his time and in but flow caqcs these same relics had amy knowledge as to the date of their birth and they just kept living on year after year and had no idea how old they were n Georgia an old negro oncc said to Che Stroller when asked his age. "Ah has plum for rot whether An am 12O ou Che 3oth or l8O on Che 20th ob Jauiwery His appearance indicated chat he was i30 on Che goth.
 Another a Kentuckian. once told Che Stroller "Ah was wclrin' long pants whom kerosiue lamps were considered an cxpurimeut know Gawrc Washington au voted fer Andy. Jackson au' was never sick % day 'cept when cutdu' mah third set of teeth"
 Uncle February Williams a col- orod man who lived in Florida when Che Stroller was mildly striving io eliminate some of Che uudoncucss and soddonuess from Chat suu-kssel land. was known Co be nearly 100 years of age. as there was a record on dle in Che court house Of u b.I. of sale given when he had been sold ! by one cotton grower to another l3> . years before and if he was ten years of age at chat umc it would make ! him IfS Che last time Che Stroller saw him. and Go Che best of his ! knowledge Che former slave is iiF- ing yet.
 In the same locality iu Che South was an old colorcd woman whose principal outdoor recreation was raising century plants. which she said were inclined Co bo delicate and require considerable attention for . Che first hundred years but that af- Cor they bloomed once they were no trouble
 or course. there was certain Mr. ! Mothuselah who probably hung up . Che greatest age record. even living couple of hundred years or more after publishing Che song. Darling. . ! Am Growing Old.'
 Take. for example Che Srolier's . old Indian friend. Kowakadada, who says he is considerably over one hundred He is probably nearer two hundred .as it is highly improbable . that hc could accumulate SO many layers Of real estate iu Che short space of 100 years.
 But Che Stroller notices chat nine tenths ot Che people who 1.-Two to od-
 unccd age forgot early in life Che exact date of their births and cou- seouently never knew when Co ccic- brate Che anniversary of their op- . .pcorance on earth consequently they never know when they arc a year older and Che result is they never worry about growing old How could they when they don't really know whether they arc old OF not'
 The Stroller has given th.s matter considerable thought and is in poo s.t.on Go speak knowingly on it Now listen Co what he has to say:
 Women Vill never beat Che old age game by topping o1 thc.r hair and their skirts and at tho same umc worrying about wrinkles and silver threads among Che gold or black.
 Men win never beat tho old age game by eGectue high school boy ate Giro. using hair dye and at Che same time eroan.ur inwardIy because of rheumatism iu their joints.
 Both women and mon are just as young as they can kid themselves into actually believing they arc but lt is a difficult feat to accomplish