Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1890-10-18
Beautiful in Old Age.

From Table Talk
What wonderful change has come over the
world of womankind within the last fifty years
Pretty women at thirty-fve do not now feel obliged
to lay aside their queenship of society; and when
a woman of over forty looks, and is, the incarna-
ton OF youth and vitality, one seems surprised
or feels inclined to doubt her age, and utter the
odious expression, Every well preserved
Women have found that, by simple habits, gen.
erous feelings, intellectual activity and physical
exerton, keeping mind and body in harmony, so
that there is no opportunity for failure of either,
there is such thing as living long and happily.
1t is not work that makes our women grow old,
but it is mental worry or mental laziness, combined
with unhealthful surroundings. Women have dis
covered that the conditions Of beauty and long
life are threefold, and include the care of body,
mind and SOUL Neglect either, and the perfect
balance is lost-the beautiful equipoise forever
destroyed.
The culture of the body is the "fad" Of the
day; but all the gymnasiums and cosmeticsin the
world can never make a beautiful woman, unless
she has the bright intellect and the loving heart.
The historic beauties, who drew the hearts of their
beholders to them as long as they lived were, as
rule, women of great generosity, keen wit, and as
winning in character as they were handsome in
feature.
A life which keeps the activities on the alert.
giving enough contact with the world to enlist the
sympathies and satisfy the aesthetic nature, and
still leave time for personal cares, is the ideal life
for the preservation of beauty.
And that is why some of our prosperous, middle
aged wives settle down, grow fat, padded and ex-
o. e a.
and so they become listless and Indifferent, lose
the brightness of their eyes and the elastic step of
youth, and very early become wrinkled old women.
But, thank goodness, such women are becoming
more and more rare. The tendency Of modern
life is to keep us active and activity is the very
spring of long life and beauty.
Exercise gives quick circulaton-quck circula-
ton gives color to the cheek fairness to the gen.
eral complexion, brightness to the eye and free
dom to the limbs and grace of movement.
The chief beauty Of woman is fine and
tender skin, and the only possible way to secure
this is to cleanse it frequently. But water alone
will not do this work, nor will alcohol remove at
once the minute scales. Steam and spray will aid
but not complete the work. Only the securing
processes of the blood, brought about by active
exercise will keep this wonderful gift of nature in
its purity velvet to the eye and soft to the touch
This regimen, combined with pure, coarse food
and regular habits, will give to the careful woman,
beautifully fine skin up to the close of the long
est life. One Of the very best ways of refreshing
the complexion is to expose it freely to warm
rain. long walk with the soft rain playing in
the face is thorough beautfer.
Put on waterproof cloak and storm cap, leav-
ing the face quite BARE and not only the rain, but
the vapor-laden atmosphere will soak the tissues
more thoroughly than Turkish bath fill out the
shrunken skin, and smooth away all the finer