DON’T GET OLD!

Dunstan Times, Issue 3381, 4 July 1927, Page 7

DON’T GET OLD!

(By Phillis de Grinean.) Jane came in looking rather depressed, but after a comforting cup of tea and a cigarette she cheered up a little and unburdened her soul. She had discovered that she had no friends!!! When she was a girl she had had crowds of friends, almost too many, it seemed; Then later, when she was a young wife, the same—she w T as always in demand for something or other; but now suddenly she had awakened to the fact that she was no longer in great demand and almost without a friend. What had she done to deserve - it?

What had she done? \Vhat? nothing very terrible, except to herself. Jane had slacked. How simply it had happened. _ | In youth we made friends easily-4-we are enthusiastic, full of ideals, every duck is a swan—we see the attractive side of everyone; we are not critical and we make great friendships—school girl friendships last through life, often enough, but more often separations come—marriage—one friend goes here, another there, oceans, years, events separate them. Then one gets slack-plenty of opportunities for making fresh friends come, but the enthusiasm of youth has gone—an invitation to meet someone. Oh, bother! Is it worth while? Yes, decidedly, It’s always worth while. The quiet-looking little woman sitting near you in your club passes a magazine and seems quite willing to chat—you don’t want to bother—you’ve been shopping all day, and tired; you want just to rest and be left in peace-*-and yet, who knows? That dull-lokinog little woman may he a most interesting and inspiring person—she may have lots of things in common with you—she may have done things, been to places, that have not come your way—she may open quite a new line of thought for you, give you a fresh outlook, some new ideas. The younger you keep your mind the younger will be your body, and your iuind is kept young by enthusiasm, ideals, new outlooks, new interests. Make an effort, feel that everything and everyone is worth while, and you will find that it is just as easy to make friends at 50 as it was at 17, and you’ll keep young and interesting.