The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-22
Buds and blossoms.
New York Sun.

New York sun.
At a very smart wedding. few days ago,
it suddenly occurred to me that the emf
nently lovely bride walking down the aisle
was not a day under thirty years of age,
and yet she had never been thought Of as
anything but a young and beautiful woman,
and the term "old maid" would have been
as likely to be applied to the man at her
side as to herself: and could not but think
how notably in this regard 1.-The old order
changeth. giving place to new"
Maidens who have passed their thirteth
year may now claim that they represent
the most perfect and advanced type of
maidenhood, and look down upon girls who
marry before twenty-five as very much akin
to savages, for II is a well-known fact that
the age of marriage advances with cviliza-
ton. Among the Australians and other saw
ages girls marry at eleven, ten or even
nine years OF age; among semi-civilzed
Egyptians. Hindoos. etc, the age is from
marry their girls between the ages of fif-
teen to eighteen. while among the nations
who lead modern civilization the age is
constantly rising one; from seventeen or
eighteen of fifty years ago, the average has
risen to between twenty-one and twenty
five; and does II not follow, by inexorable
logic, that girls who wait until twenty
higher civilization?
later in life than they used but 1t is
equally true that everywhere the more ma
ture woman Is to the fore. The young and
inexperienced bud has ceased to be the
reigning queen of the hour. She has been
forced TO yield her place TO the maturer
woman. the woman of cultivated mind and
manners. of broader experience and wider
knowledge.
The tastes of men in this regard seem to
instead of fiuttering about the inexperien a
debutante, talking pretty nothings. they
are matching their experiences, broadening
their horizon, sharpening their wits in clev-
er conversation with some brilliant and
An this s only the natural result of eyo-
outlook enlarged sympathies. she scarcely
feels the relentless march OF the years, and
with all the new light upon her physical
care and condition. she can easily look as
young as she feels. Rouge pots. wigs and
hair dyes have happily gone their way, and
fresh air, exercise, baths and diet have
And as the literature always reflects the
times, the girl OF sixteen as adored by
Scott is no more to be found. Eienore. the
heroine of Benjamin Constants novel.
"Adolphe." is perhaps the first specimen OF
FAC and George Sand. the woman of thirty
in love- Formerly as Jules Janin remarks.
Of Of age was lost for passion. FOR r romance,
for the drama; now she rules alone. Nine.
Emile de Girardin; in defending Baizae.
thirty to-day Is the age of love? Balzac is
compelled to depict passion where he finds
1t. and at this day IL is not to be found in
the heart of q girl OF ten"
In art this has been more or less a fact
Ancient sculpture abounds in examples of
mature womanhood. Venus de Milo is eyi-
IDENTIFY woman of thirty. All the Junos,
Minervas, venuses. Melpomenes and many
Madonnas are mature women. Titan pre-
ferred to paint women at thirty. Rubens
goes without difficulty as far as forty. Van
Dyck does not recognize age at all; with
him art Is free. He entertains a sovereign
contempt for time. While Rembrandt does
more; by a gesture. look, a smile, he
banishes age.