SIXTY YEARS YOUNG

Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 100, 22 January 1927, Page 18

SIXTY YEARS YOUNG

1 met recently a wry charming young Woman, cjjie ioiu mg ner age—sixtytniccl Jwrncs jcoiimeos axvieswoi ui in nig ''rjany lump j. l\cvcrLUeie:> a buc js a young woman in yvcryuiiijg except ycain., jier eyes are .a.r eu.upiexio.n Ireeii uuu cicar as a June loss, jicr luma wuiy anu aiert, j,er Jiearu v-nui, generous, and run ot uuullliicss optnuisui. .t row. years ug;o, u uvpcxupt.vn such as JL nave tricci ro convey \>ouiu nave given an emnciy wrung impression iu nine rqaucis ouv oi ion. xiiey v,ou,u

na.e v.suMx.seu a pu.netie p.ctuie oi uecayyti wotutimiood inasquerumug latuousiy m me unsunuUie guru oi lucreiricious juvenility—a Kimi, ol ‘‘x,auy xippens" sneiciied so viviuly m "ouC mutual r rienu."

jjui in uiese days people who arc oid in y ears rarely' sucn uespeiaie e-i--loris to be young. A large pviccutiige ol lliciil ale young —young in neutt, uima, ana spirit, rxumuers oi my irienus ana acquaintances wno ate over tnat borderline known as nnuulc-age possess tile eternal spring oi youm wiuiin tiie.r breasts, anvy .will never bq om in heart, no matter wnat lavages lime may make on tliqir complexion, nuir, ana joints. These liappy lone are 100 numerous iu mouern nay s to ue regarued m tiiq ligiil ot strange phenomena, anu tneir numbers, 1 inniK, are increasing rapiuiy. Let us, tnereiore, look, to it turn we may be. inciuneu in mat wise ana joyous baud.

And the reason for it all, 1 think, is this; more aim more people are awakening lc> the lact mat Uqerepnuue is largely a question ot scil-nypnosis. due imdVictorian woman ol nny, with grey hair ana mittens, wno knitted, in me chimney corner wim senile piaciaity, unconsciously aaoptea inis role because it was expected ot tier. Habit is overwlielnniigly powerful. Her mouern prototype would play tennis and goil, join her daughter's clubs, cultivate a resiliency of mmd and body, while at tile same time keeping a wise and watchful eye on her imaiit grandchildren.

She recognises that old age is a bogey; ana in these days bogeys are beginning to lose their influence.

Half a cupful of butter is given in many recipes. ’The quickest way to arrive at mis is to till the measuring cup half lull of water, uud men to drop in the butter until tho water rises to tlie top. Drain tins oil, and Half a cupful of butler will remain. This takes far less than to pack file butter down into the cup, if also saves butter, as none will be left sticking to the sides of the cup. Other tuts can be measured in the same way.