The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1891-11-18
WHAT FOLKS TALK ABOUT,

WHAI FULkS TALK ADULT.
you are a shrewd observer, and Won
ought to be if you live in Georgia, where
the linen buster and the chincilla over
coat both come in handy in the fall, you
must have noticed the desperate efforts
people make to conceal old age. Not
that there is anything disreputable in
Old age, on the contrary, quite the re-
verse; but people do hate to grow old.
The soul of humanity is it's vanity. and
there is hardly time when man or wo-
man does not feel that the hour triumph
is approaching.
Old age is something adorable when it
comes naturally, and not from dissipa-
uon or grief or cOrns. Bat most people
are afraid of it and try to bluff time, an
/ impossible game Youth cannot last
forever, not even an egg, and we should
welcome old age as a friend who opens
our eyes to the deceit of the world: who
gives us knowledge we had dispaired
OF receiving;who shows us life just as it
is, puppet show in which the frauds
'pufl the strings and take in the niekels
at the 4oor
But this-is all foreign to the subject
the question being how do they conceal
age. The first signs of the genuine ar
hele are wrinkles about the eyes and a
''Sunk head of the outlines of the
throat. Let us discuss woman at first.
because she is always worth talking
about. When the chirography of time
appears at the eyes it can be hidden by
powder, and lace will cover the rough
handling at the neck. The throat of
woman, round, white, soft, yet muscu-
lar, is something to be proud of, and as
ldssable place holds drawn swords
with the lips.
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The woman who has beautiful throat
can afford to laugh at the world. for
from thence all love comes and song and
mirth. But when the outlines give way
and the adipose tissue comes forward,
marching by the right flank, what is the
use OF calling halt2 High necked dres-
ses cannot conceal that unhidden appara-
ton under the chin. It's dead give
away. From the chin down old age
should have no terrors to woman. but
from that up the enemy holds full sway.
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But we can't eat our cake and have it
too, and old age being the last of the
WINE of life, should be sipped as grace
fully as possible. Be defiant of it when |
it comes. Why should you seek the |
footlights when the private box be-
comes you so much better? You have |
had your youth now give way to
the youth of Others that comes to the |
front ike the premier danseuse at en-
thusiastic encores You can deceive
mankind with paint, powder and pad
ding, but time is a shrewd old fellow and |
always holds five aces.
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Men are always vainer than women.
and make more desperate efforts to con-
eeal the ravages of time. Thel is a ne
cessity for this also, because man, as a
general thing, grows old more rapidly
than woman, and the imprint Jean be
more readily seen on account of the fool !
ish habit he has of covering his head
with q blanket, both in summer and
winter, and he tries to conceal this raw
age by having the barber place the few
remaining lockes in position directly
contrary to nature,
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SO far as his throat goes the signs of
old age are as apparent as with woman,
and no effort is made to conceal them
because it's unnecessary, No one but
lunatic, or person far gone in drink. |
would think of kissing a mans throat.
the most appropriate ornament theres
being a piece of good strong rope in the
hands of pathetic sheriff. The civil
cation of tho country would be much en-
HANGED if this ornamentation was more
inyogue Than IT is at the present time.
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But man dyes his poor old hair and dis
consulate and apprehensive whiskers.
and lmaeines that the pennle think he Il