The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-21
HOW TO GROW OLD.
Do Not Leave Youth Behind with Frown
Because Tou Must.

Because You Must.
There Is an art IN growing old, as in
everything else, but some people never
seem to learn the secret Of ii. They
cling to youth till all resemblance OF
it has gone, and instead of evoking tn.
admiration that they fondly hoped to
get they are exciting ridicule. and
nothing else. Every age has its charms,
but to endeavor at so TO retain thu
freshness and bloom of 20 is manifest.
ly absurd in the extreme; and yet some
women try TO keep Up this himxy &c
ton of extreme youth when every line
and wrinkle on their faces betrays them
to be double the age they try TO de-
Jude themselves into fancyirg that they
are.
No amount Of paint and powder. hair
dye and cosmetics. will conceal the real
fight of time. Indeed, they only serve
to intensity it. Golden hair and rosy
cheeks on an elderly figure that hes
long lost the elasticity OF youth i'm
pose ON no one. Youth does not have
to be helped upstairs or into it's car.
riage, nor does it prefer to sit in the
house or make stately calls when il
can cycle and walk and play golf.
|, No, the true secret of beauty in old
age is to accept the well-known fact
that years increase our age and do not
diminish them, and the woman who re-
tains her youthful looks the longest
and whose old age is the moro delight
full, is the one who fully realizes thii
fact, not the one who ignores ii. No
woman of any kind of common sense
will mind lines and wrinkles on her
face. They are only signs OF the char.
ecter that has developed year by year
II there We're no lines in the face after
40 1t would argue i'll for the mind Of
the person who owned the face, as lack
OF intellect can never bring lines that
show noble character.
If a woman wishes TO look we'll at
whatever age she Is. she must be cheer
full and happy, looking on the bright
side of things, and not borrowing
trouble. She must also bear in mind
that dieting IN youth viii have a very
great effect on the complexion in later
years. Indulgence in all and every kind
of indigestible food when she il still in
her teens VIII slowly but surely ruin
even the most matchless of skins. IL
will become red ard coarse, and. worse
than all, pinpiy, and these defects VIII
only become moro glaring IS years go
on
To retain good-looking and young
complexion, tho food must be OF the
plaiIiest but most nourishing. andtskeu
at regular hours. Stimulants are not
good, ga they only give a temporary
help when there Is fatigue and weak
ness. Warm milk is tho best thing +,
when over-tired, as women are apt 20
become when no longer young. Bur |
grndy may also be taken once a day |
II liked.
A woman must remember that she |
cannot undergo AZ much fatigue when |
she In older Is she did when che was |
younger. The hours for sleep should !
be carefully kept 70, and rest should
DC taken during tho daytime II there
il 70 be fatigue at night Also. guard /
against changes OF weather, and never !
be without wool or silIc Undertaking T
that Is worn next TO the skin. Live IN
4 house with an even temperate and
one that does not indulge In drsughts.
Rain water should be used for the skin.
sud the daily bath ,hould be OF fepid
water, followed by q Sponge bath 81
cold water. IL the system can stand
t.is treatment. When the hair begins
10 turn gray. DO not dye il some strange
Ind youthful color. Let IL gradually
grow white, and you will ind that your
'ace looks younger. instead OF older.
With such surroundings. Above all. ac-
>ept The fact OF your increasing years,
md remain cheerful ard happy in the
knowledge Of them This will. sooner
ban anything else. teach you the 80
ret Of growing old with grsoe.-st.
Louis Republic.