JOLLY OLD LADIES' CLUB.
The "youngest" old ladies of Los .Angeles have organised a, club. They .call themselves the Jolly Old Ladies, They are the "youngest" old la'lica because they boast about their age, bubble with .optimism, and never inten3 to get old at heart. The creed of this Jolly Old Ladies' Club reads : "Cheerfulness leads to perennial youth, "Flowers are tke poetry of fragrance and of colour. "Life is eternal. There is no such thing as 60-called death. Mortals merely "pass on" from this world to another. "Happiness and good digestion go hand in hand. "'Dwelling on such subjects as sickness, disaster,' and death is strictly prohibited. "As like attracts like, sweet,, tenler sentiments often expressed mould a, character of sweetness and tenderness. Be jolly at all times and resolve never to look glum." To be eligible to this organisation one must at first be an optimist, possess an abiding faith in all things good, and have passed licr sixtieth birthday. After that, when a vacancy occurs and one has qualified by novcr Losing her temper and being able at sixty to laugh with the enthusiasm of sixteen, slis may "become a member of the Jolly Old Ladies' Club.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 375, 5 July 1911, Page 6
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200JOLLY OLD LADIES' CLUB. King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 375, 5 July 1911, Page 6
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