, 1869-02-07
MATURE SIRENS.

.1us to admiration Of their sc1. And yet a.
cr cannot conceal from themselves that @'
. belle OF eighteen Is often deserted for ~
{ woman Of forty. and that the patent oe ae
tchesY Of their own youth aud psettiaess a. a.
"a for nothing against the mysterious 81 81
arm. Of d nature siren. WHAT CO CO
n they EaJ to such an anomaly? ya
lere = no goo4 n goiag about he r
n conld ever hare taken up with such an "a
Itiquated creature-sugees1iyely asking {.
eir male friends what could he see IN wo* "
an Of her age, old enough 10 be their =. ~
other! There the tact stands. md facts u -
e stubborn things. The eligible sui:os who g
Tired girl has married womau twenty y
.ars her sen!or, and tha mldd1t-ag.d siren 8
Is actually carried OF the prize which v
ymphs iu their teens have }tlutlcilty ds-
red 70 win. What is the seere:' ,HoF Is :
doze! The world. erea Of silly girls. has :
lch Is ChaslcmaRne's mistress wore, aud :.
ct the mans fascination seems to them y
ute as miraculous and almost as uaholS rs q
It had been brought about b. the black art. v
Int II they had any analytical power they 2
'ould understand the didbler< Of the mature 2
0 understand when one puts oue's mind tt. 3
In the FIRST place, woman OF ripe age has
knowledge,of the world, amp certain Q
uayity of ntnucr aud moral henbllt{, I
FhoIlY wanting to tbs young. Toung girG !
Ire for the most part all angles -harsh IN !
,arrow ID ,heir sympsthies. They arc full !
II coEnbatlveness aud sell.Qssertlou II they | I
.re Of one kiud OF young P :oplc. Or they are
,tupid aud ahy II iheS belong. to another
xiud, They arc talkutiTe with nothing 10
,ay, knd posilire With nothing well aud truly
xho stammer out Pes and No 1t random,
md whose brains become hopslesaly con.
[used at the first sentence q stranger
ztsere. They are gen rally witheus
which they scarcely understand, and, let Us
charitably hope, to a certain extent ignorant
Of the pain they intl;ct. That famous article
in The Times onthe cyueltr.-of Toas1 f'zls-
Fl 4 1t:-.--' ot Couasuucc neat's confession,
! .sungp assnredly exaggerated, had IN it the
q sae Ts TSa tss ls @ sps nd t. xn iSsS
Is the real cause Of the outcry they create.
Girls arc cruel there is no question abaQt It.
II more paxsive than active, theE are simply
Indifferent to the suderipgs OF Others u Of q
more actiFe temperament, they fnd = posi-
nost eraei Sbk tnines e' 10 bs4 e. M
lr1end, aud then langh at her because
she cries. Even hnr own mother she
Will hurt aud humlliase It she eau
while, ~ far any unfortunate aepfrant not
approved of, were he - tough skinned ~ :
rhinoeeros she would fad means to make
him wince. But al this Aoerblty IL toned
| down In the mature woman. Experteac
has enlarged her 81 D1rAthles, aud knowledge
Of suffering has sottened her heart TO the
sutie9ings 81 others. Her lessons Of hfc, too,
most valuable lessons that 4 man or WOMAN
can learn. She secs at a glance where ara
tho weak point4 and sore placcs in her CON-
t,auion, aad she avolda them or II she pAskes
over them, It Is with a hand 50 soft aud ten.
der, touch 10 ine1presn6ly soothing, thst
have come down upon the wcIk places
bsuaaSes OF the sore ones
testing at scs1 hscause sae
The sshasisism Of dIachylon because ienorsnt
Of the anguish Il coucea!s. Thea the ml1ure
siren IL thoughtful Of Others. Glsls are self
. asserting and aggressive Lilo IL 20 stroni
In them, and The insiinct walch prompts
hfu a TO M ths Ss sst ststna e xa H.
where, Is 10 irTepressIb1e that they are oftcl
} tiisag1oeable because Of their instructive sci
! ashoess md the craving, natural to th
! young, Of taHng al and ciging back moth
ing. Bat the mature sireu knows better thA
this. ,she knows that soctal SUCCESS depend
4 the common fund Of society thA. The sures
:, | way 10 be considered ourselves Is TO b
:. copSiderate for others that sympathy bcxet
il liking and selEsupprcs.lon leads to eIalta
> tion and that II Fc wsnt to gain love y
5; must frss show how we'll We can gsvc Il
u Her tact then, and her sympathy, her u1ors
& 6cxib{lj,y aud and QUICK compfehe osion {
\ character, her readiness to give huself
n others, are some OF the reasons, anon
le others, why the society of cul.tratet
!, hy those men TO whom women arc more tha
ID mere unIstresses or toys. Besides, she Is
le coed couvess:tiooa1tst. She has no pr
d ten.,ons to any special or deep learning
?, for, Il pedaatie, she Is sposlt as
"a siren at any aee-but she knows = little abo'
he most things ; At all e@euts, she Knows enoul
% to make her pleasant companion, aaa ~
to keep up the bau when thrown. And nj
like To talk to intelligent womcu.. They
r. | not like 10 te tsu4ht OF corrected By thet
let which follows them readily, aad Ii
D. amount OF knowledge which makes col
a. Portable cushion for their own. And \ Il
u tore siren who knows HhSs ehe l. aho
wonld never do more than this even II
- could
-, Though the mature sireu rests her claia
N 10 AdmilAiIon on mos- than mere persor
&C charms. and appcals TO something btyo1
~ the sentes. yet she Il personable aad r.
r.. psesezved, and. ID = favorable light, loo
Of Who fucu her whcu she was twenty. "
N. her. With 4 d .tfere:ce, despite the twer
:ns veats that lie between this and thea. Girls,
he deed, drsplsc her charms bscAuse she Is
h. longer young md yet sae 5ay msy ns es
" = the little picctics OF drr4s, and e1she
IN, | going into the vulgar trtckery OF pliat i
tts tths dye:-which would make her h!deous is
l9t' to the best arts OF the toilet By which ev
"a point II made 10 tell, and every minor Be
hp il Il given its fullest value. For par: Of
ma Ut and nj. .tery OF slrenhood Is m accpr
Lar" perception OF times md conditions, ArG
gen careful avoidance Of thai suicidal tntstak.
'e1 which ID ft4ane pcs~e Is 50 os1en gulty. NJ:
~ II, setting herself ID confessed rivalry =
tae tbs young bg uyieR to look like them,
tae 90 IosiuF the good Of what she has retain
ne and showing the rRv4zes Of time By tbs c
~ trass- Tho mature drcu y wiser thtn this.
sac knowa exactly what she has aud ~hat
Rna sh seems 100 youthful Tor her years; xnd th
.os one rrason why ahe u alwaJs beArtitul,
aaed cause alxsys IN harmony. Besides,
Itih, has very many good points, many posi-
n charms still Left Her nEurc l. still 20,
ont mol slim and slender certainly. bus round
lrom which Is something quite Different from
sAte antclore-llkc elasticity Of youth, and II
own way - sslopely. II her hair has los,
maiden ln1nstaucc she mikes up With el
q .se msiSs AZ a %o nss
aae ends tunibling halt way 10 the wAist.
:hcst has stNl her Fntte ann snape'J 2
nter- With thetf pank ., uioe.I-lke .
ktet- | ttill her p1caaans sfaie tna sQuAr
4 Hp- teeth her eyes arc pslkat Sct, ano
lding upper muscles arc ntue sarunk, Ing s
year. Quent Rppasent eni1 Seurns VI tns w ~
..erT rot rot withrred, her skin - not WIN
Bat CndenhtlI. wben wen dressed, Ana "
re OF voraofe hRnts INC mAule hteo n,s o. =
.stcrs In htf own way a tne KHuAn oeue; III
edtng world knoWs u ana ee8noWieagea ~.
,e Ia That msturo Aftnt can oe pAse1os
heavy loFed, eTen *nen Fety WNulet nn1osy