The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-17

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that szas il NOT: and szs which II hsr &C.
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On yosr guard ~ to him
On one other subject . woman 1ato-
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ea-nes tsto posse1;sn Of that ieiosyncrasy
q tas ssx - seoa - SIZE - u age- Frum
earliest infancy 70 ashfs.a she deslsu -
- thought eler than she b. that =. -
Be old enough 70 be considered . vonAA
TAs moment shs becomes . v@Aa shs
becomes si1ssf o. The ssbjscl
n has been - fron the earliest eenssn-
ton. ssS Nan delscAsely observes . discrsse
respect Ter hsp nov recognised .mma.ary
from questsoa En- the subject How -
yeur pstisa;r" Il 10 related By one Of the
old wrstsra . King Of Spain asked q his
vife's physician The q1em.~ replied
knees" Il would have yoa know. ssr.-
was The reouks Of the naughty spsnsard.
that the queen Of Spain has No kness"
The sztire on the claim maintained By
rulers Of the divine right Of kings and
OF the sacredne9 Of their persons wAs not
altogether JUSTIFIED. a. the king meant. No
doabt. only TO convey the idea Of the I'm
personality OF the soveressn-ths sufferer
vas only the Doctors ptsent: the queen
vas not . psrsoa, but eiEnifary.
By the sazns Action q courteous ccavsn-
tionaiity. woman has no aga Evea n the
marriage license the Infringement Of .
wcnaAn's night - evaded By aa,ng the
question not how Old she 10. but whether
she 10 ever sghteen- Even In the most
sncisof chronicles. while there - no at
tempt 70 conceal the fact that Aeshuselah
was - years old and Alan was $40 years
cid. siiussoa to the age Of every woman
from Eve down b notably omitted except
when II becomes absolutely necessary 70
point the narrative Even on the subject
Of marriage the same reiicencs Il obsery-
able. For Instance Isaac's age 10 frankly
admitted to have been forty years when
he married Rebekah, but not q word Il
said about her age. although the krowi-
edge would be Of great interest
II ID wen known that women mature q
an earlier age than men. bu; the secret
has been carefully concealed until II was
recently disclosed by the inqu.sitoriaI stat
tstician that on an average women live to
a greater age than nen. TIE Eat,sticsan
who has told rs ROW cid nearly every
great ancient was when he died has failed
70 record the age OF women at their death.
50 that we DO not know whether Eve,
Sarah. Rebskah and the other notable
women Of their time possessed the sane
advantage Of longevity.
Nevertheless In Ane-ira that d ~o-
known to be the case. and In one state
during the past decade the number Of
women living to eighty years Of age was
double that OF men. and IN mos. Of the
states. especially In the East the proper
ton OF very Did women Is greater than
that Of very old men This is thu danger
which lurks IN q wonan's silence a. 70
her aga II has given her an advantage
over TIE other sex never suspected.
The sSstisticlan IN question gives a q
reason that business anxisties. greater ex-
pozurs to weather and the chances Of ac-
eitsnt. and the cares OF having TO provide
for family. tend to shorten mems exi.-
tenee; bit the real truth Is that IN tbs
as In every other re=pec; gentle woman IL
superior 20 seis-satisfed man.
II IL only when she is dead and the NORTH
airy record Ii made up that . wouMn's
true age Is accurately known: but as
every additional year of her life q an added
blessing 10 mankind. let US smother ID
the :eli-tsls statistics and preserve 70
woman the secret she cherishes 20 re-
frtcusly