Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 June 1894 — Beauty In Age. [ARTICLE]

Beauty In Age.

A dear old lady of 83 is she who is described by hate Sanborn, in “A Truthful Woman in Southern California,” as “Grandma Wade.’’ She says: I have known several interesting octogenarians, bul.nevof one that snips sed her in loveliness wit and positive jollity. She tftill has her ardent admirers among' men as well as women, and now und then receives an earnest proposal from some lonely old fellow. The last of these aged lovers, when io fused and relegated to the position of a brother, urged her to reconsider the matter und make it a subject of prayer. But she < uletly said “I’m not going to bother the Lord with questions 1 can answer myself.” One day when she was choked by a breadcrumb at the table she said to the frightened waiter, as soon as she could regain her breath: “Never mind if that did go down the wrong way. A great many things have gone down the right way this winter.’ She is inva iably cheerful, and when she was parting with her son for the winter Ae said: ' “Well. John, beford you go„I want to know just what you have left me in your will.’' This little joke turned a tear into a smile. Even when ill she is so brlvht and hopelul that a fr end once exclaimed: “Grandma. I do believe you would laugh if you we e dying.” “Well, ’ she said, so many folks ge to the Lord with a long face I guess He will be glad to see me como to Him smiling!”