The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-24
This Chronic
.IuUuHd Idea
old
BY MARTHA LEE

If you want to grow old quickly
and thoroughly, do nothing, abso-
lutely nothing, for about two
months. You fairly will feel your
self ageing. For some reason, as
soon as activity ceases the bones
sort Of settle back for nice long
nap. The next time you want to
move they grumble and growl and
make strange noises and proclaim
themselves too old for any good use.
Youth is characterized mostly by
energy. And the only way TO lave
that is to keep a lively interest N
something. if it is nothing more
than the latest stitch in crocheting.
Every person ives it to Himself to
keep keen about living. AS long as
it must be done. it might as we'll
be done keerly. This thing Of Slith-
ering through life with nothing in
the world to get brisk about ex-
cepting the latest symptom in the
thrOWbacks from the tonsilitis OPP
Grafton is perfectly deadly.
Have an Interest in Life
No one wants to sit for an aft
ernoon and listen to such blurb.
No one wants to spend any rainy
Tuesday listening to disinterested
yea and lukewarm nay to every
question that does not definitely
concern the causes and effects of
astigmaJiSm.
To be even liveable one must
have an interest in life that once
in while leaves the old home
hearthstone and looks out upon
humanity as is.
This habit Of being completely
self interested seems to hit two ages
most frequently. One is II and the
other is As "a great share OF it
feminine).
A woman who undoubtedly is suf-
fering from misdirected I-trouble
sends in this sob:
Dear Miss Lee: 1 am middle-aged.
suppose A might be called that. I am
married to wonderful man, but I am
not making. nor have I ever made. him
completely happy I never have been
very strong. and as q consequence never
have been able to do very much.
Husband Grows Weary
NV husband is well and strong vitality
Interested in things that do not concern
me in the least. I often have wondered
if that had anything to do with me whole
situation. My husband is kind and SYM
pathetic. but he seems disappointed and
annoyed when I do not feel well enough
to 90 DlaceS he wants to go.
Recently he seems more disappointed
than usual. He is restless. and some
thing ne never did before. he is beginning
to go out without me. il I can not go.
I do not want to sec him unhappy.
TROUBLED WIFE.
MY dear. he probably is sick unto
death of playing nurse and family
physician and all the things huS-
band with hypochondriacal wife
must play. If there is nothing seri-
ously wrong with you. you certainly
have been ailing for a good long
time now. I think you probably are
suffering from too much OF nothing
to do. 1t can be done, you know.
Try to Be Helpmate
why DOI start DelllS d AIIIC llC4p-
mate after all these years, instead
of a source of income for doctors
and nurses? Get up and tell him
how well you feel (do this slowly, it
may be a shock the first few tines
and get yourself interested in some
thing.
Even bridge would be preferable
to this eternal dragging around on
one foot.
You just are becoming conscious
of the fact that you have hus-
band who also has feelings That
is a good sign. Now follow it up
and give him little of the devoted
attention and patience ne has given
you.
1 DO not believe you really are
sick. You have been petted and
pampered and taken care of at some
time when you we're, and have
learned to love it. But if you don't
snap out of it now, you might be
suffering alone. Better smarter up.