LIFE'S HAPPIEST PERIOD.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7878, 19 January 1903, Page 4

LIFE'S HAPPIEST PERIOD.

When a.n ancient Greek philosopher wns asked -\rhich he considered was the happiest time in a man's life, he promptly selected the period between the age.s of forty and forty-five. On being pressfrd for the reasons which induced him to mako this selection, the philosopher added : "At forty a man-, if (he be intelligent, has lost his illusions, and 1 looks upon the world as it is, not a:s he would like it to be. He is still young enough to partake- of the pleasures of youth, yet has sufficient experience never to permit his heart to rule, his head ; is moderate in all things, and wisely thy of hazardous enterprises." On being further asked which he considered the happiest time in a woman's life, the philosopher paused -a long while, and when at last he replied he prefaced his answer 'by asserting that this was the more difficult question of the two. Finally he said : "When she is too old to be called a giil^ and not old enough to be called, a. woman without the word ' young ' piclixed to it. T am unable to be more definite, for the differences among women are greater lh:in the differences among men. The healthy young woman seos only the brightest side of life, and to her vision the future is filled wiih golden possibilities of which the mental anticipation is delightful/ In this pronouncement it will be noted that the wise old Greek- uses the word "healthy" in a. qualifying sense. Omit that Avoid and the sentence at once lews more than half its truth. Here in a wi.se which will prove our .statement. " Prom the -age of nineteen until I completed my twenty-third year, I did not- know what it was to bs well for a single day," writes Mrs li. Huntley, of 65, Ultimo Road, Ultimo, Sydney, N.8.W., under date 19th June. 1902. ""But for Mother Neigel's Curative Syrup it is doubtful if I should bp here toda.y to -describe- my experiences. My ailment was chronic biliousness and dyr-pepsin. Words are inadequate to convey a conception of my sufferings during that miserable period. I w-ius then a tailor's machinist, employed in that capacity by Messrs (rorlferson and Smith, of the Royal Arcade, Sydney. Ordinary food was poison to me. and I was obliged to exist on soda-water, milk, plain biscuits and dry toa;-t. Even that fare would sometimes distress me to an intolerable degree. My skin fumed sallow, my eyes rank and were- surrounded by dark, hollow circles. I slept only by fits aud starts, my f lumbers being "launte-d and Harassed by horrible dreams and nig-.i.---mares. There was a dull continaio-ii-s pain between my shoulders nnd in my right fide. I grew thinner and thinner, until I was reduced to men? skin and bone, and became so weak that I could hardly walk to- niy place of business. Often the noise of my sewing-machine and the close air of the workroom would bring on a splitting headache that maddened me. Thai there were fits of retching and vomiting, which troubled me with great frequency. When there was nothing in the stomach to come up, I would retch and strain until I became exhausted and faint, when my workmates would improvise a couch for me with their cloaks and jackets, amd I would lie for hours unable to move. I wax treated by three doctors ; but I believe the medicines they prescribed irritated my stomach and did me more harm than good. After four years of liiifery I was persuaded to try what Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup could do for me, and within a few days began, to mend at such a rate that everyone who knew me was amazed' at the improvement in any condition. The vomiting ceased, the hue of health returned to my cheeks, my eyes brightened, and at the end of two months I was in every respect thoroughly cured." 3