Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-12-10
THIS WISE OLD WOMAN SPOKE PRICELESS WORDS
OF WISDOM.

HERE'S wise old living in Los Angeles Re-
Gently she fell heir to a small forune-S17 000-anc
when reporters approached her she gave uerance to Bit
of wisdom that few of silly struggling pushing striving
mortas learn Through underground of dense and
beautiful shrubbery the old lady S. approached the re-
porters and when questioned replied: Money! What do
want with money? have peace | have flowers and
my pepper and the birds that to sing to in
the dawn and in the twilight have the stars that twinkle
messages night and the good smell of fresh earth
! am not poor am old have need for money like to
live like this because here find quiet And then the old
lady gave words that proved her to that
priceless treasure the soul of poet with the wisdom and
ability to see discern the beautiful things of life She
said Il would rather have bright red flowers that loom like
flames against my green vines than Aunt Marys money
Bright red flowers that loom like fames Oh wise old
woman wise with the wisdom that the years have taught
you'll No longer you harased with strife and struggle
desire for riches, social position and passing honor In
place of the silly roth of such life you have quiet and
peace contentmen the birds sing to you at dawn
and twilight the stars that twinkle messages to you the
good clean smell Of the EARTH and the flowers that loom
like a flame. Doubly wise is that happy old woman who
has quiet and and contenen of soul and time to
ponder the real riches Of life
Some thirty years ago Frenchman wrote
book that created quite furore in this land And well
might for its message direct opposition to the
spirit that has animated most Americans for
tions. The book was entitled THE Simple Life, and it
made its appearance about the time that Theodore Rsose
welt emphazng vocferousy the attractions Of the
strenuous life The Frenchmans ideal existence was
in which there would be time in which to ponder and
think the problems of life time to relax and enjoy
the beautiful things around time to listen to the birds
and cultivate flowers time to make lasting friendships
time which be kind and considerable time in which to
lend helping hand the widows and to the fatherless
and motherless time in which rest ones tired soul IN
quiet and peace and Of that peace draw contenment
happiness and wisdom.
Perhaps the Frenchnans message came too early to
have much appeal to many Americans We were nightly
employed IN developing great and tremendously rich
nent Such work required vigor reess effort and
less thought and striving At least most men
thought Perhaps Just good better result would
have been obtained if a nation had hurried SO
and we had taken time study the simple life But
be that may the job Of developing great from
rich continent is about finished True there much more
work to be done in that development but there is an
abundance of time in which to do it. Perhaps now we
shall have leisure and maybe of that leisure we
shall learn take ourselves of the wisdom that
the old lady in Los Angeles has richly learned-birds
that sing dawn and twilight that twinkle messages
and flowers that loom like flame