ENJOYING LIFE.
(From the ‘Globe.’) Unless the stories of the “merry Eng. bind ’’ of old are utterly fabulous, our ancestors understood the art of enjoying themselves better than we do. We may «r ■’• at the ancient sports and pastimes v no dnub 1 that the actors in tlvm - thoroughly enjoyed themselves. There was real merriment round the yle log and the maypole. Perhaps the artilicha mode of lif; we lead now prevents ou; enjoying our-’elves in as hearty a manner as did < ur forefathers, who worked their brains less and their bodies more, livel more in the open air, and lived mo.e
slowly. Truly, “it is the p-u-e Ihnt kibe.” We are always so hurried that we become too tired to < njoy anything. Every trade, every calling. is thoroughly uversii eked, Mid existence itself be--omes ■*-»i#nggle. Out -aicestors worked qaim, hut. they worked quietl\ ; tve live m a pei pc tin. 1 state of Imrrv. Life niuh have b ■( n mor • ) eaceful when its iionzon was limi cd. E' en n . century ago news go,,dor evil travelled sowly ; now wo know mT Tli* j cnl init of llifc e: rth a limutb ;*ft r rccune-cr*. Iso^n'iays we hoar of an ii.wim ctmn in Japan nearly ,is sir n as it takes place, and a famine in India ret ms as near to mn doors as a s, aredy in S ot and would have been a hundred years ago. \' e si,are in all the trouble of mankind, instead .of having our sympathies n str ctcd to local interests. Doubtless this has its advantages but telegrams and daily papers bring mu h disagreeable news to our doors as well as agreeable A, count for it bow we may, the power of fresh, child-like enjoyment s-.-ems dying out among us ; even young people in these cV.ys i.ft mi wear a weary, blase look, like their e ders. A child who >vill ready play is a refreshing sight. r lho “juvenile balls” of modern fashion, where the lil tie one's imitate as c’osely possible the dress, the affectations, and the flirtations of the grovn-up people, is a m-lanclioly sight compared to a heaity old-fashioned g- me of romps.
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Temuka Leader, Volume 2, Issue 118, 1 February 1879, Page 3
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365ENJOYING LIFE. Temuka Leader, Volume 2, Issue 118, 1 February 1879, Page 3
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