THE OLD PEOPLE.

Cromwell Argus, Volume LX, Issue 3111, 12 May 1930, Page 2

THE OLD PEOPLE.

The old people are always with üb, and perhaps that is the reason that we Beldom see much pathos in their lives.

And yet surely there is pathos in the fact of tlieir survival in a world that has changed so sadly for them — a world that was once so full of work, and enjoyment, and interest, but which is now so empty and lonely. The old scenes are as lovely as they were in their youth; the sun shines as brightly upon them; but the light of their eyes has gone from the old people, and they see only void and blankness where to others all is full of life and interest.

Yet how patient they are generally. How uncomplainingly they give up one thing after another that made life pleasant and interesting. And if as bodily infirmities increase and interests diminish, and time hangs heavy upon their hands, they are sometimes querulous and impatient, can we blame them? Might we not be so in their place? Let us be very gentle, very patient with the old people. They walk in the twilight gloom that seems to us still a long way off. The Valley of the Shadow lies close in front of them, and is it any wonder that their dim eyes sometimes fail to see the light that gleams beyond its dark pathway.