Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1918 — WAYS OF KEEPING YOUTHFUL [ARTICLE]

WAYS OF KEEPING YOUTHFUL

Man Who Is Determined Not to Grow Old Really Has Only to “Make an Effort.” I see it In my changing hair, I see it in my growing heir. My growing thirst for early news. It is a fact, I am growing old. And so growing old is just a case of finding what one’s looking for, observes the Minneapolis Journal. A man decides that the time has come for him to be old, and so instead of bracing up, ignoring the symptoms and finding some other explanation for the change In the color of hl’s hair, he neglects his dress, walks with a stoop, uses a cane, stops taking exercise, eats too much, Indulges in reminiscences, retires from business, and in general acquires the foolish habit of growing old. He should remember that it is possible to keep a youthful spirit, an active mind, an interest in current events and a purpose to serve his fellows, and that he who does these things will always be young. The fact that women generally decline to contract the old-age habit and that some men have also resisted the temptation to fall Into It would seem to Indicate that If those who do yield to it would, only take the advice of Dombey to his wife, and “make an effort,” they would learn how foolish and how unnecessary it is to grow old.