The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-05-30
CARELESS
nEs1REs PERPETUAL YOUTH FOR
ALL HER SEX.

e,A Tells How 1t May Be Accom-
,,isned-The Decollete Question
rather Broadly Surveyed and some
original Conclusioas Arrived AT.
tCopuri0ht.A
New YORK. May 2S.-"At all costs keep
,ornun Such was the text Of very re-
.,orkable address delivered the other day by
,na celebrated French statesman, Jules
larry TO the Association of Paris Students.
strictly speaking his exhortation was
r,asnt for the masculine sex. But Of course
GA have appropriated it to our own use. 1t
far too delightful and acceptable bit of
.dvice to be wasted on men, who nowadays
raver become really young in heart and
.oirit until they grow old in years. The
,rns and only embodiment of youth is to
ba found in womanhood, and NJ. Jules
Eerry's recommendation furnishes US with
a welcome excuse for retaining our preten-
sions to Dersonify youth even after we have
grown-well, let US call it "rips."
There are several ways of putting into
rractice this advice OF the French states-
man. Some Of them are to be encouraged,
while others are to be avoided. There Is
nothing more Objectionable than al old
woman who endeavors to conceal by trans
rerantly artificial means the ravages that
tIme has wrought in her beauty, aud to re-
tain. notwithstanding her age, a fictitious
semblance Of youth. There IS nothing, on
the other hand, more delightful and at
tractiye than the silver haired old lady,
who bears her years bravely and frankly,
without effort to hide their number, and
whose com lance with NJ. Ferry's admoni-
ton 10 keep young Is to be found in her
retention Of youthfully warm and gem
erous heart, and Of certain innocent little
co1uetries of dress and manner that SAVIOR
of The Eighteenth century marquis.
An old lady such as this possesses, in the
ewes Of women as well as OF men, attractions
that are infinitely superior to those of girls
half or even one-quarter OF her age. We
flock around her, love to converse with her,
and prefer her society to that Of women oft
voung and beautiful. Her talk is both
amusing and interesting For it is based
upon the experience of years, and her white
hair has liberated her from all sorts of mar
rowminded conventionalitieS and preju-
dices of speech and manner. Words that
on the lips of younger women would sound
risuue and even vulgar. assume entirely a
different color-one that suggests the pow
der and patches of our great grandmothers
when coming from her.
I always remember with what amusement
on one occasion listened to old Lady Do
nDthy Neville discoursing to a number of
statesmen and cabinet ministers who were
grouped around on the subject Of the vari-
GUS styles Of decolletage Of dress. 1t was
difficult subject with which to deal in talk
ing to a party Of men, and a younger
woman could scarcely have attempted the
task without degenerating into vulRarity.
From this reproach, however, the gray hair
of Lady Dorothy completely saved her,
and she was able to discuss the various adj
vantages and merits of the square cut
decolletage, the round cut, the angular
cut, the point cut, the triangular cut
across the bust, the so-called baillement cut,
and the tauatiere cut. Each of these was
explained and expounded, Lady Dolly skim
ming deity and skillfully over each diff
cult point without urtering one word that
would offend the taste or delicacy of any Of
her listeners.
There are some who assert that woman
who has become old ceases, ipSo fdctO, to
belong TO our sex. They are both right and
wrong Oldage, it is true, deprives woman
OF portion of her power over man. Her
charms no longer captivate his senses, capt
ure his intellect and subject his will to her
caprice. She ceases to appeal to his pas
sions and has lost part of her mastery
over him. Thus far she may be said to
have ceased to belong to our sex. But, on
the other hand, the old woman, especially
when she resembles the one whom have
portrayed above, personifies in her being
the entire history of the fair sex. Men, aye
and women as well, feel for her the same
kind Of tenderness and veneration that we
experience for some dainty and beautiful
antique. The friendship and love which
she inspires 10 men is no longer weighted
and soiled by thoughts and considerations
that are contrary to the doctrines of Plato
The aureole OF silver hair about her head
B imparts delicacy aud refinement. and. if
may use the word, physical disinterested-
ness to the sympathetic affection which her
oId-time graces arouse.
In one word, whereas, when young, we
are apt to call forth the worst qualities and
the most evil characteristics of the mascu-
line sex, when old we repair the wrong we
have caused and originated by bring
ing out all mans best points. In
one OF my previous letters I described
Woman's predominance and absolute power
over man. We are responsible for every
thlng that he does, both good and bad. Even
the men themselves acknow Wedge this For
they are wont to declare that there is a
woman at tho bottom of everything. Inas-
much, therefore, as the character Of our
influence over him improves with our ad-
vance In years, let us no longer endeavor to
cneck the advance of age, but resign our
selves TO grow old gracefully, and daintily
spread around US broadcast the happiness
ana good will that ordinarily fills the heart
VI tuat much illuminated and very loveable
creature-the old woman.
CARRTF CARFTESS