Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-03
tie Thinks the Ages
Of 7Hlrty-Five to
Forty-F1ve Are the
Best Years in the
Life Human
Being.

has enough sense to take some of the aGyico
Of those who have already lived life He can
keep cool head while his heart is as warm and
as eager ever.
His children are still small He doesn't even
begin to think of the day when they will leave
him to hew their own paths. He has money
with which to do things and to travel a bit
He knows that he can't become the head of o
railroad but he realizes that by keeping at &c
life still holds a fighting chance for him. He
can work at high pressure and yet have pep
left over for other things. If he wants to he
can have hrtatons and not look ridiculous.
"At IS to As he is in the burning, throbbing
Summer OF life. If a miracle could be per-
formed would want to spend the rest of my
days in those rich middle years Those are the
ones that to me, at least, are IDEAL
"But so is still the prime of life," the inter-
viewer stated.
Fifty is the golden Indian Summer" he
replied. But it isn't Summer 1t no longer
has the burning heat
when man reaches the half-centary mark
he can't be rated young any more. Physi-
cally he begins to lose power. He has to be
careful not to do anything in excess. Modera-
ton must be his keynote. He must have
sense enough to know that he can't eat iIaSE-
gestible combinations of foods late suppers or
drink liquor; that he can't play SO holes Of
golf fast game of tennis. But so seems to
He wants to prove to the world and to himself
that he Is still young. He goes dancing with
young girls at night clubs and deudes himself
into thinking he is a gay young Lothario. He
whips himself into joining gay parties and
gorges himself with rich foods.
"Of course there is no particular. pleasure
for him in associating only with old people,
but certainly 1t is much better than making .
spectacle of ones self with the young Fifty
must learn to fight down this temptation. It's
hard task to do this because the mind ID
still young and keen and it has a way Of
making you believe the body is young too
cat so one has cash in ones pockets to spend
as one peases. But one hasn't the zest for
spending 1T. AS the years mount up you begin
to feel content TO cut out great many things
in life. You don't want speed excitement and
revery, but the quiet, simple things.
Since it Is difncult for the older man to
make friends it becomes poignantly hard to lose
those he has. Soon it becomes painfully notice.
able that there few left to call you by your
first name. Every one deferentially addresses
you as mister and somehow other you never
grow used to the title. You want to hear some
one call you by your first name nickname.
1t is warming to the heart to hear it.
And a real tragedy comes when some WasA
meaning younger member of the family pats
you lovingly the ba * and says: Why,
grandad. you're the youngest person in this
ROOM Then you may really believe that youth
is gone for good
However if Fifty doesn't sit back and look
wistfully at youth he will find that there Is .
vast store of happiness in life for him. Nature
has bestowed her favors generously and every
decade has its compensations. If Fifty would
. only believe this he would save himself good
deal of heartache. But he usually doesn't wa2pe
up to this fact until he has wasted several
good years. sr