Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-03-03
WOMAN AND HOME.
sIANY CHARMS OF OUR ELDERLY
WOMEN.
How They Please Young Men.
Chilian Boauties-MiIk for ChiIdren-It
Is woman's Duty to Think-Etiquette
and Moral Teaching How French
Girls Study.

The finest, rpest fruit of the present day
fs its elderly women. Their appropriate
soil is great city Physically they Mt
tract the eye. Their checks are as red
as pppina beneath early SHOWS. Their
figures are luxurant without loss of sym.
nietry There Is Il modshness of dress
which seems to record not follow changes
OF fashion As they pick their way over
street crossings they disclose well shod
feet and spriRhtly ankles In walking
they neither waddle nor totter. They have
acquired and they retain an admirable
carriage. They ignore the immunity
when their years allow, and are rs well
let up as when they were schoolgirls.
This exterior sophisticated ard alert,
effects their mental and social equipment
fhe higher education is Il latter day phrase
l.fe has given them their mental disci-
pline and layers of experience are packed
away in the choicest form of knowledge
Greek conjugations and comic sections are
valueless for merely conversational pur
poses. With whatever occu pies the public
mind they are conversant. They dip into
the reviews and magazines, take their own
daily paper, and read all the new novels,
having read the old They can quote from
Macaulay and far back as Swift and
The Spectator. They understand pertinent
references to Fielding rs promptly as to
Tolstoi They may not know much about
psychology. but they have deal of knowl
edge about human nature and the differ
ence Is not wide.
There is "A breadth of vision and easy dis
elimination OF judgment and liberal view
OF hunlor ia the elderly women of the day
that Incline them to the society of men and
OF men younger than themselves Their
conpeers have become trfe too conscious
OF Joints and want to compare notes and
swap remedies for rheumatism or govt.
Younger men bring them club stories and
Jokes of "A superior sort. ask their judgment
concerning affairs of the heart, social and
business matters.
Privately the young men regard them
as good stuff" and take them out to din
ner~ OF the choicest ordering for the young
men know that these elderly women know
The men are fattered by the preferences
OF such women aud can overwhelm them
with attentions which in no case can he
misunderstood
Women younger than themselves these
elderly women regard H. still III the age of
bread and butter They are sympat hetjc
over the brolls with servants and concern.
INK the diseases of children but they
they smile at the social vanties. iealousies
aud precautions of younger women and dis.
nlsS such condolences with few discreet
words They like youth and encourage |
the presence of young girls for whom they |
nave golden words OF wisdom
" hen the evil days come and they find |
II uifllcut TO get daily on their knees they
get Aoldhea1td sticks, which they use like
Il harsha!s baton or "A fairy wand. The
pink ribbons in their caps are not signals
OF distress. BY and by you will find them
at Hot Springs, Lakewood in Florida,
where they hold court on sofas If their
toes are handaged they are hidden under
lace frlIlN and pnked out hounces, lest |
they advertise for sympathy and check the
cheerful conversation which they like to
hear flowing around them Brave veter
ans. they have their wounds and scars, but
they make them no affair OF the worlds
New lork Evening sun.