The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-09-23

1ghsn women Are Most Bsautiful- Per
senaI Mention.
r Women worry too much over the small
oGZaiu of life and wear themselves out over
nnrh matters as undarned holes In the
tablo linen, tarnished silver and unwashed
lceb0xes OF course am talking of the
great middle classes OF women who look
after their own servants and households
and attend TO the marketmen, butchers,
Grocers and bakers, who help to form the
formidable array of daily cares which are
lnseparable from housekeeping. Unfor-
tunately, I'm nine cases out of ten, lack of
system II the principal stumbling block in
the way Of good housekeeping and perfect
service.
The woman who conducts her house on
system which servants and tradesmen are
made to understand will find her lot much
easier and will be able to converse intelli-
gently on some subject besides that ever
lasting bugbear, the management of serv-
antx
Days and hours arranged for certain
household duties and kept strictly to will
simplify housekeeping and insure the re-
spect Of servants, however ignorant or stu
pid they may seem. The great fault with
servants Is that mistresses begin wrong
with them and then lay their own short
comings at the door OF the cook, laundress
or chambermaid.
It is possible to train the most seemingly
impossible case of servant girlism to a state
of absolute perfection. and this Is always
done by the women who are not hollow
eyed and worn out through their struggles
with the kitchenmaid.
Some women seem to like TO fret and
worry and think those two verbs the most
important ones In the management Of their
households.
Women arc not good enough TO them
selves as q rule. and the health reform
ist who breaches rest and sunshine and sofa
pillows and matinee now and then to the
great army of housekeeping women will
have text worthier than muscle culture
and dumbbell exercise or even the newest
1ads In physical training.
Il is told that q certain New York society
woman whose engagements occupied near
" - hours of each day made q practice Of
taking one day every two weeks which she
devoted to a thorough resting process, re-
manning in bed all day and having mas
seurs manipulate her tired limbs and och
ing head until the feeling Of positive and
complete rest was assured.
I would advocate such "day off" for
housekeeping women. Not day at home
spent within reach of household worries and
annoyances, but q day begun at Turkish
bath establishment and ended by q perfect
dinner at some good hotel. Get out of the
xut Of housekeeping worries once in awhile.
Rest the tired head and hands in the lux
urious languor Of q Turkish bath. Get
medicined. manicured. massaged. hair
dressedi
You will 60 home feeling positively young
again and will surprise your household
with . smile long absent among the wrin-
kles and lines of an existence made miser-
able through constant friction with house
hold worries.-New York Herald.
when Women Are Nest Beautiful.
The physical beauty OF women should
last until they are past so. Nor does beau
~ reach It's zenith under the age of IS or
%. Helen Of Troy comes upon the stage at
the age Of 20. Aspasia was 30 when mar
Tiod to pericles, and she was brilliant
figure 30 years thereafter. Cleopatra was
past 50 when she met Antony. Diant do
Poictiers was 06 when she won the heart of
Henry IL The king was half her age, but
his devotion never changed. Anne of Aus
tSia was 50 when described AZ the most
beautiful woman In Europe. Nine. de
0aintenon was l8 when united to Louis,
and Catherine Of Russia S3 when she seized
the throne she occupied for IS years. Mile.
Mar was most beautiful at 45, and Mime.
Becamier between the ages Of 85 and 55.
The most lasting and intense passion II
not inspired by two decade beauties. The
old saw about sweet 16 is exploded by the
truer knowledge that the highest beauty
does not mean alone the fashion Of form
and col0ring a. found in the waxen doll.
The dew of youth and q acomplexion ofroses
Sometimes combine In . face that is unmov-
1ng and unresponsive, IS though lacking
utterly the life spark. A woman's best
md richest years are from 20 to 40. It 10
nrzant error for any woman to regard her
oelf a passee 1t IN earlier day.
4 In tho course Of years, however, time
arrives when the coming Of age must be
recognized, when the muscles begin to re-
lax. the akin to lose its polish and round
Dess and aoftness gives place to angles.
Contentment and good humor will still
outrival all medical inventions as a pre-
osrvativs Of youth A woman, beautiful
n al else, but wanting mirth, will grow
Did. sour, thin and sallow, while the merry,
Gun loving woman will be fresh and sweet
despite life's happenings and sorrows.-
Goisues SiftingA -
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