, 1869-02-07

pAme that patu,a}1Y occurs 70 onss M'nu
a. tic type OF this y thlt ot tuo ~ a.
nous Niaon Dc rEoc!os: .,t n"u a. f.et Ind ana
IN example. Bnt not going aosA "
N!non age, We rfsep see women Of 1oFty ara
upwards who ast personally charming. a11
whom men love with as much "afmtn ny
tenderness rs II they were IN the htyos'
dcze. 8, and who end b. makicg + sapefo
marriage spd huviug qui'c m Indian summer
OF ronance snd hsppineas. The young auga
Al Ibis Idea Of the Indian summer for nr!ao
OF forty -tve; but It Is true; 70. neither
fpuaspce nor hsppiurss, neither love nns
ne1tsl youth, Is matter ot sensi si aud w.
certainly, no older than We look. All womee
do not harden By tlmc, nor wlther. nor yct
corrupt. Coma merely ripen and mellow
and get enriched By the .ptsssSs 81
years, retailing tsc mo;t "a de''eate FL.
ishnts Into quito old age, and hiusaice
updtr their gray hairs while they shsink
fsom anything caarse Of vulgar or impure as
seusltive1y u when tber were girls. koJ:m-
sse qsarenfe ans ID tic French term ior tae
opening OF the great gulf beyond *nleh love
this date. md shows that the heart can re-
main fresh md the person lovely long a'ss
the aee flxe d tor the final adlen to &dmlraSons
and that the mature siren can be adored bJ
her own contemporaries whsn the t'sans eeh.
eIa,ian regard her as nothing better & tnaq .s :
recognized the claims Of the m,tu.e .Iren Ia
hIa Ortey Form and Aixs Ndekfn:it ana no
one can dcny fhc intense E8tur2lness OF me
cbal act&Ys and the interest OF the stones. +.
Another point With tho znatnTe ~oman q, u
! that she is not jealous nor esac1ms. E,.s 5as
| kuors the world, and lakes Y bat comes "llu
| thn philosophy That springs from kno~ieaSe'
| n me il of an antoglue uAture-an1 Ahe can.
| not ho sircu clse She accepts such good
a. floats TO The top without looking 100 deep
into the cup and spccuiatink On tue 'lne
wheu she shall have dramed u 10 ING 49,; ats;
on . tender friendship with her. they kno"
that there will be nc. scene, no tears. no up.
| hraidiugs, when m ine10yhhse fate con8 IN
to end their pleasant little drama, With the
Inevitable wife Is the sccne-shitter. The ma
tuto tirrn knows 20 vel that Ate ~ aao has hne
friend. tnat she Is RESUMED from the Nrst
20 what is fosedoomed, aud 80 accepts her
litter portion, when It comes, with dignity
aud in silence. Where younger women tal]
into hyr&etics sud make scene, perhaps 70
about the world taking their revenge iu Sian
aeT' the middle-aged woman holds ont .
| friendly hand, and takes the back seat EIl
| lantly, never showing by word OF look thai
shc has felt lher deposition. She becomes tht
| pes, friend CT the pew household Aad, II my
one is jealous. ten to one It Is tho husband
that IS }Caious Of her love for bis wife, or per
hap, Ii 10 the vile herself, who cannot Eel
, what her husband cau dnd to admire 81
| much in Mrs A., an1 rho po1ts ns his Ell
; traordtuary prediction for her, thouah o
| couree she would scorn 70 be 1eaions--as
indeed, Ehe has , ca1s:- For even uatur
| siren. however deli3htful she may be,
not likely TO come before q young wife
the heart OF young husband. Though tn
I | French paint LIE love Of a woman Of torty q
i. I pathellc, because E,fghtiy ri8tcnfous and c.l
: tairlg hopeless, yet they arrange the theor
1 of their soctsi lite 50 that youth IL general
ly supposed TO make his first love of MAJ
rled woman nsny years hts elder, a1d M
ture elren finds her LAST lore In \ yoath. "
have not come to this get In England, eithe
& In theory or practice aud 1t ts TO be hnpe
= that We never shall come TO It. Matui
I sirens arc al rcrT we'll for men Of their oW
e | age, and It Is pteasantto see thin stu love
Il | claims Of women TO something higher tha
L | mere pereonal passion bat the casc won
e be very diffefrn. II they became ghoull:
J, sed1cers OF the young, and kept qp Y
i habit Of lore b. ensangsioE hnyl,
t ment il society, aud are OF iniuite use TO Il
r. world. They me tha ripe fruit In the "a
t den where else everything would be gre
Is and lnnmature-the last days Of the gold
II summer Just before the ch1ls OF Artud
4 | come on they contain IN themselves the q
: yantages Of two t3istiuct epocht, and VII
,e possessing a. much personal charm As yout
4 possess also the gatns which come BY expe
N ence and maturity. They keep tutnEs
~ grtheS IS tho young alone could not do q
). no gathering Of friends is perfect which :
lr not ono CT two mature sirens to give
n tone TO the reat, aud prevent excuses. Tt
10 soften the asperities Of hsgh-hanosd boys .
n. Eirls, which else would be too biting q
~ thry set people at ease, and make them
"a good humor With them selves, by The court:
n With which they listen 10 tnem, aud I
IT, patience with which they bear With the
Ia Even the yesy girls wao hste them ferc
"a as rigals love them we'll rs half matern
~. halt slster1y companions and the hrst T
nd son to whom they would clr1y thels aorru
m would bs = mature siren, quito capab1e
as her own part of having caused them.
r.. wonld be hard indeed II the loss Of youth
ey not bring With It BONE compensate.
ire but the mature sireo suffers less from I
nlt loss than any other KIND Of woman. Inde
II: she seems to have private elixir Of her c
,aa which il not quite dra,ned dry when
aiu dies. beloved aud regretted, Ut thretsc
r.. years and ten i; leaving behind her one
* Two old friends who Wefe onco her ard
ia lovers and who still cherish her mcmorl
nd that Of the aue>t aud most fascinating
iii man they ever kueH-something which
,ey present generation il utterly itcaphble .!
are | peatfng.-Sdfarddy Rerie,c4