How to Keep Always Young.

Otago Witness, Issue 2902, 27 October 1909, Page 72

How to Keep Always Young.

Some people keep young to middle-ag* 5 . and Jong after They don't grow grey till long after numbers of people tliea* own age, or, if they do, their grey hai-s become them © -well that you womdn"; like to think of their vnyhow else. "Where do wrinkles and <jrey hairs ix>me from?" "How caD they be avoided?" H6re arte several answers to these questions from many points of view "If you want to keep evergreen," says a popular doctor. " don't take thin&e tw seriously. A sense of. humour is a bplendid thing. Making mountains out of molehills ages one almost- quicker than anything. People who take too m r.ii to heart grow old before their time. Don't

meet trouble naif -way. Don't worry. Th-i small boy uho said that wrinkles wei>- ' fretwork ' wasn't far wrong. Take hfo e'isilj Cultivate a cheerful frame . X mind. \t is the people why look on tru bright sid-e of things who keep evergreen." —Do.n't Work Too Hard.— Overwork a<ges many people Industry's a fine thing, >-but a virtue, may easily run to seed and became a fault No haman bain^ was ever mean* to work on and on withou' a rest. Many doctors ineist that eveiyone should, whenever possible, take ai nap the afternoon. And don't worK toe fa-t. Don't rush. Take things quietly and steadily. Don't excite youiself over every little trifle Don't be restless anJ impatient. It is the mean and petty traits of character very often that biin^ lines and wrinkles to the uio?t open face — the small spites, the peity jealousies. They have a knack of steadily and surely eating up ail tha* is sound an-c' wholesome in the charactei. And as moial ills »eact physically, premature ijre comes on with all its undesirable* signs Keep youi temper under control. A burst of passion often does one incalculable harm It jars the nerves and upsets the w hole constitution. Very hysterical people are frequently quite pi-oatrate for day. after a burs' 1 of temper. Wrinkles are often caused by facial contortions — mannerisms like constantly lifting the eyebrows when talking, frowning when in thought, twisting the mouth up, and that -sort of thing. Try to cultivate the repo.=eful face. It need not be wooden or expressionless. Not a bit of it. But talk with j-our mouth, not witl> every muscle of your face. s — To Keep Evergreen. — . A lady writer thus expresses herself in verse : — ■ Cease to fuss — which is the worst — Inventing storms which never burst. Second, all backbiting shun, "Which puckers lip and ages one-i ISo scornfu? sneers, ICor bitter jeers. Frowns soon set fas^ And then they last. '

r E'en bitter thoughts, indulged at will, Depress the mouth with cunning skill. lie sweet and nerry. always gay, And wrinkles will not come your way If you want to keep young, don't try to keep up an appeararfce beyond your means. The continued strain and worry soon do their work. An inactive, aimless life, od the other hand, rich, heavy diet, all bring wrinkles and gre\ hairs. Be open-hearted. The oldest people at heairt — whatever their years — are those who go about with a suspicious feeling that every laugh or joke is against them, and that every little kindness, howeves welJ meant, „ is actuated by some .secret motive. Oversecretive people, too, often turn ga-ey early in life.