Evening star., 1924-07-15
THIS ANDTHAT
BY g. =. : TRACEwELL,

BY 6. T.. TRACEwELL-
Grow old along with me, ~
The best is yet to be,
The last OF life, for which the frst
- was made; -. 49,. ~ = f.
Our times are in His hard
Who saith "A whole.I planned,
Youth shows but half: TRUST God:
see all, nor be afraid.
!, Striding. down Pennsylvania ave-
nue. with the step of . youngsters he
took his eighty-two years of manhood
along the historic way trodden. by
countless hosts now hidden forever
from our sight. 20 :"
/ Grandfather -, just in from the
far west, was bent on seeing washing
ton again. AS he walked along the Ave-
nue. no one paid any particular at
tention to him, and he expected none
No one knew, as did, that he was
born about the time the telegraph
hrst made Its appearance, that he
was a young man grown at the time
Of the civil war. that In his own life
he has seen the telephone. the air
plane and the radio spring out of
mems minds and become everyday
things Of use.
How could they know all this. look
ing at the tall. well-set-up figure,
the pink face behind the gray beard.
the blue-gray eyes beaming with
kindliness? ...
He is wonderfully we'll preserved.
is Grandfather -.
You would never think, just to look
at him, that more than eight decades
have rolled over his head, still COW
cred with a thick thatch of white.
Why, only a few years ago he
climbed Pixies Peak. with his grand
son, now he is here to greet his great
grandson. Time flies but Grand
father seems to stand still to
watch 1t.
Not that his philosophy is to stand
still. 1t Is just the opposite.
How do you keep so well?" I asked
famous youngster in Alice in Won
derland" who asked Father Villa m
how he managed to remain SO supple.
II keep going" smiled Grandfather
He thus bore out the testimony Of
eminent men, whose motto has been
ito rest is to rust" and other such
strenuous sentiments.
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What do you eat? was the next
question fired at the veteran.
II eat moderately" he answered. as
IL he knew that was expected of him.
There was a twinkle in his eye.
But what do you eato'
Mostly vegetables and fruit" re-
piled he.
DO you eat much meat
Very little meat any more"
And milk"
Yes, but not much any more"
| who has been through the mill of life
| and come out unscathed.
| What Prof McCollum of Johns Hop
! kins University and other scientists
! have evolved after much experimental
| tion and observation, labelling 1T the
''lacto-vegetable diet" this veteran
| discovered for himself
Fruits and vegetables are about all
| he eats, and all he needs Many a
too-fat person might take this to
heart with great benefits to himself.
| and also to others, as no man can be
pleasant il he is food poisoned.
But this Is but half.
/ He doesn't use thee" and thou
nor does he wear a. broad -brimmed
hat. d
But the faith of his ancestors is
see what it is that distinguishes him
| as he walks so confidently down busy
| Pennsylvania avenue.
No use to caution him
| NOW you must watch the automo-
4 bilea They have increased many
You will have to watch your step
| Grandfather - smiles.
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The brooding and blissful halcyor
days" of which Walt whitman. who
was fired from the Treasury Depart
| ment, sang in his last years, are now
the personal property of this young old
man.
How it feels when you arrive there
would be impertinent to ask.
1t Is all right to ask a man wha,
1 he eats for dinner. but other things
one does not inquire into.
II he wants TO tell as Louis Cor.
naro did centuries ago in Venice, al
right. That ancient wrote, when he
was about 100 years old:
"Oh. what beautiful life is mine
and how happy my end will be-"
Our modern professional optimist.
have never got out anything to beat
that. They are 50 busy with this life
they cannot so chortle about the pro
spect of its termination.
| Cornaro wrote of this beautifu
world, which is indeed beautiful u
those who know how to make it Sc
for themselves"
Crane ather is the livins
exemplfication Of that sentiment, foI
he knows how to make the worlc