The Washington times., 1925-09-28
VISITOR TELLS
OF FOUNTAIN
OF YOUTH
Mrs. Andrews, Due Here
Next Week, is Build
ing "Youthland"
BY JEAN ELIOT

rF AS the search for the Foun-
tain of Youth failed because
IL we have never looked for It
within ourselves?"
Mrs. Gertrude Nelson Andrews.
successful author and playwright,
who is to be a visitor in Washing
ton this week. thinks that 1t has
Man. she says, has both the
mental and physical power to keep
young if he viii use that power"
And in support of this theory she
has founded Youthland, in CaliforA
MIA. where life shall be full and
rich and creative to the end, in
stead of being wasted through
stagnation for a quarter of its span.
The plan for this strange COM
munity, where a woman of seventy
is not too old to study art If she
desires and a man hard ridden by
business for fifty years may crafty
q taste for music or languages, was
forced upon its author in an effort
to keep up with her own magma
ton.
Sets Out to Find Youth
Two or three years ago Mrs. An
drews' little story Finding Youth, =
where such an ideal community
vas described. was published in the
Atlantic Monthly Press. The ap.
pearence of the little book brought
thousands of letters inQuirfng for
the city of youth, where a man
over sixty was not afraid to adj
venture into new fields. Then, one
day, q. woman of large affairs travel
ed from the East to the West Coast
in search of the ideal community
lkrs ff1n
place so convincingly described in
fiction had no existence in fact.
So Mrs. Andrews determined to
make her dream come true and is
now well on the way to success.
A board OF seven members was or
ganized and a tract of $4,000 acres
In Riverside County, CAL, was Sc
cured and named Youthland. A
famous landscape architect is now
laying out plans for the town, with
residences on the heights and or
cf.osds in the valley balow.
In many respects the community
will be CONDUCTED much like a club.
There Will be community buildings,
an AUDITORIUM. gymnasium and club
house for the use OF all residents
OF YouthIsE6. All possible provision
for spors and recreations is being
provided. There will be lectures on
all art, science, philosophy and
psychology.
DID Age Discounted
But the thing that will set the
community apart from all others
Is the pepvading spirit that no man
-or womaIl--Is too old to do any
thing that he-or she-wants to do.
1t will be dedicated to growth, on
the theory that growing is living
and makes for eternal youth.
At present Mrs. Andrews is maxi
ing a tour of the country telling her
story to mems and women's clubs
and broadcasting 1t over the radio.
A native of Toledo. this inspiring
and charming woman, spent most
OF her life in New York, where she
was for years chairman of educa-
ton of the National Equal Suffrage
Association Of the State for the
State. at present she lives in Holly
wood, where she writes for the
films.
I have not heard yet whether or.
not she Isl to speak in Washington,
but il is to be hoped we will have
an opportunity to hear her tell her
interesting story, for she is de-
seribed as being a brilliant speaker,
original, keen of wit and kindly,
with the rare gift of humor which
enables her to point moral and
adorn a tale most aptly.
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VISITORS FROM JAPAN
FETED AT EMBASSY.
The japanese Ambassador and
Nine. Matsudaira entertained in