KEEP ON WORKING

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2129, 22 April 1914, Page 7

KEEP ON WORKING

Sir James Crichlon-Biov no, whe born ill IS-ftt, lias boe.ii "Daily Graphic" reprosciffiytivc, "If .you want n fceblo and miserable oid ap;e, '.give tin working. TIIO most vigorous period of human life in its entirety is obviously,'''' lie says, "between 'la and GO years ot age: but to say that men above ■the latter 'ago ii'i'o comparatively 'useless :is to fly ill tins faco of the biographical dictionary. ..Much of tire best work, d tho world has been done by mnn over 40, and we should by 11a means Stand whore Wo iti'o, but be hack : in the t.\viiishfc ajs«s, if bfereft of wlif.t these men accomplished. "Musical expression, like " speech, reaches its acHue' in litfe inuitlJo. life, lint higher in the cerebral hierarchy than speech or rtnisie : ecu<:res arc oilier* concerned in the nia'uifcs'taUg.ii of purely iiitefiectua! powers., such as icaron rtiif* judgment, which come to perfection iate. and may long preserve I heir Wtlogiity. A preponderance o.i the work involving cairn li.nd powerful reason is done bv men Irow 00 to TO years »f age. Our judicial system in this vount.rv lias been bttilt up mainly by Juiiges Trom So to $5 years of age, and 111 almost all countries tho most momentous affairs of State have boiyn reserved for the decision of men at this limo of life.

"Tlio way to makd oid ag* .peevish mid ropnteivc is to rob it of the hop?!]* by which it is sustained and tranquilificd. Depend on it, ibo host antiseptic against senile denay is au active interest iii fniiu.ui a-.ffrt'irs., mul those keep young 10u.g0.3t who iovo roost. . It. is it coaont argument ' against eclibsc.y, and the limitation of families., that, they deprive old ace of those vernal Hi' fitmitces .in -which jjtwms renew tlie:i:r youth. Wo 4re justified. in hokiiug t'lliit, given favourable conditions, ajjil barriiviv nccidout.% 100 years is tll.o normal duration of man's life, the goal which wo should he'd in view, and nt. which, if wo guide our footstep? a right, ail ovcr-itscronsing unrober of 311011 a in' women should arrive."

coMMKiifiAi, MoTor r.xmmT. A nani-phs Hi ToiiEtof :-M h.p, "Lcvliiiitt's .has jus I boon /•cceivcd T.y. thn. CW/i.iin-'s jittMrtS {Messrs. «&»»&. 'SaiJSprssh ijy Co., ltd., Witkbfeld Street, We!liu<jlon) and Sntcrcstfid in commercial viiliieies of <• bifih qunlllv {\i\> iinilcd (,> inspect Mine. Tri.il s will be arm need Jo * with iutcnoniß purchasers, The "T.evland" carries (ho hnll-mar!: of !li.«.tiv.c"tien in every Mn« of its powerful ir.vr.e nnd engine. Other commercial i chicles which. h.-WA been seen in Wellvimtnn ti-jj-pear when compared with the "Leylaivd.-"—A<lvt, Measuring £7'> ft. ht 30ft., Sontl'miftptflt pdfsstesis oivc fit tfc* isiost- ctvpneiw.s doc-fcs in the United Kbgdm,