Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-02-07
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History Ia full Of thal aoeoa,lnfu - 80
| fascinations Of women Who weVn ~
longer young. Helen Of Trov wa ovaasp
forty when she perpetrated the NO.
famous elopemenf ON record a1d = -
siege of Troy lasted = decade. she could
not have been verv iuvenila when ~
ill-fortune Of Paris restored her Is her
husband. Strange g It NAV seem. The
Iona-sufferinv sr,onse received ~ ~
Helen, so saws report with unouesticn.
ing love and oratitude.
Pericles wedded Aspa.;a vhen .he
was thirty-stx. and vet she afterwaraa
for thirty wears or more wieided N =,
diminished reputation for beauty.
The beautiful and fascfnatin0 SERPENT
Of old Nile, Cleopatra. in whose histx3Frv
every woman Is interesAed waa over
thirty when Antony 8ell under fasr
spells and which never lessened until
her DEATH ten wears Afterwards. Livia
was thirty-three when abe won the
heart of Augustus. over whom she
maintained her charm until the end.
Turning to more modern historv.
where it is possible tn verify dates more
accurately. there ia the extr.or.1fn.,v
De Poictiers. who was thirtv-aix when
Henry II.-then Duke of Orleans-at
that time lust half her aoe. became at.
tached to and fascinated by her. She
was held as the first lady and most
beautiful woman at court mn TO the me-
riod of the monarch,s death and the ac-
cession of Catherine de Medicia.
Ann of Austria was, tl,irtv-ei0tt when
Queen of Europe and when buckingham
and Richelieu were her jealo,,s Al
mirers.
Ninon, the most celebrated wit and
beauty of her day. was the idol Of three
of the golden vouth of
France and. behold old ladies. %al<e
We who still cling tn
youth and emulate its charms.
Ninon was onlv seventv-tvvo when
the Abbe de Berais fell in love
with her. True It is in the case of this
lady a rare combination of culture. tai
ents and personal attractiyeness en-
lowed the nossessor seenninplv with the
riffs of eternal vouth.
Blanca CapelIa was thirty-eiRht when
the Grand Duke Franciscan of Florence
fell captive to her charms and made her
his wife, though he was Eve wears her
Junior
Louis XIV. welded Mime. de Maint<.
non When she was forty-three wears of
age. Catherine II. of Russia was thi tv-
three when she seized the Empire Of
Russia and captiysted the dashine Cen
,ral Orloff, Tn to the time of hardAa4h-
ali those who had known her personally.
Mile. Mars. the French tragedienne,
,nlv attained the zenith of beauty and
,nwer between forty and forty ave. At
rat neriod the loyeliness of her hands
was celebrated throughout
Eurone. The famous Mime. Recamier
was thirty-eight when Barras was oust-s
,d from power. and she without dispute
was declared to be the most beautiful
in Europe, which rank she held
for fourteen years Among all the ex
amples given there is no English WON.
an They were nearly all French
women who retained their beauty, prob
ablv from their bright and lively dispo
sitions and vivacity of manner.
few wears ago a solid but charming
Southern belle visited ST. Louis and
other Eastern ana Wesee.h ei'
seemed ui>aPpoii'eo -. -,
ana saic t,ia' o.e - 80.
1orclnly III the society III -. ..S
IL was coInpo'eo fnos'fy y. 49,
girls, anu d woman 80 s.;5-
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