The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-06-14
WRINKLES ON THE INCREASE,
Varied Causes for Their Appearance i'm
the Face of Lovely Woman.

Tic L o(C VI Lively w OMAN.
The number of wrinkles in women's
faces is increasing at a rate that is
fatal to beauty of the smooth skinned
variety. If you doubt it, just observe
the number of women-young women
You meet in a day, and see how few
of them are free from these facial lines
Riding up town in a Broadway car
heard two Sorosis women talking
about 1T. SoroSis, you know cultivates
the literary wrinkle, the kind that knits
up the forehead between the eyes. and
lmpartS the profound expression that
turns Barnard College girls green with
envy. The Sorosis wrinkle is the re-
suit of deep thought and attempts at
memorizing whole encyclopedia pages,
preceding the reading of The fortnight
ly papers" at the meetings of that
body.
These two Sorosis members said some
interesting things about wrinkles Said
one: Wrinkles in a woman's face no
longer speak only of age There was
a time when they We're infallible signs
of declining years, but that was long
ago, when women We're less active in
both body and brain than they are
NOW. w I1HhleS are dllSuCdUl upon
study, business responsibility and vi
vacious manners; in fact, a woman
can't be interesting without them, and
the lack of wrinkles in these days in
dictates Incidence or stupidity. Smooth
faced beauties purchase their appear
ance at the sacrifice of both wit and
WISDOM
AS they left the car I observed that
each had family defined vertical line
wrinkle,
| determined to investigate the sub
1ect, and went to see professional man
who deals in wrinkles. From / him
L learned that there as as many diff
ferent kinds of wrinkles as there are
faces for them to adorn. He showed
me how they look under a strong mag
nifying glass, and if you want to see
the full significance of a wrinkle in
a woman's face that is a good way to
satisfy your curiosity. 1t will dispel
forever the attractive theory that
wrinkles are any improvement.
Wrinkles are entirely dependent up
on temperament. Nothing induces them
more surely than worry. The kind pro-
duced in this way appear first in the
forehead, and are made up of many
small vertical lines, differing from those
caused by study, which are fewer and
deeper Take the wrinkles caused by
worry in conjunction withAthe harassed
look in the eyes that accompanies them,
and the combination is disastrous to
the expression of a woman's face.
Laughter is responsible for the crows
foot wrinkles about the eyes, and it
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chievous ones near the corners of the
mouth. These wrinkles undeniably add
to the charm of merriment in Wo-
mans face. They are almost equal to
Olive Shreiner's dimple, which was in
troduced to fame in THE Story of an
African Farm"
Lines of care show first in the fur
rows on either side of the mouth, and
they become more marked as age ad-
vances.
The only kind of wrinkles belonging
purely to old age are those caused by
the loss of fatty tissue, leaving the skin
loose upon the face. These appear
first about the lower part of the face,
and the cheeks have a sagging appear
ance. where the superfiuous skin dis
poses of itself in folds.
The newest thing in wrinkles, how
ever, are the bicycle variety and they
are not a desirable kind. They belong
to the bicycle face, and the effect is the
same as when the face becomes drawn
from anxiety or worry.
Under a magnifying glass wrinkles
never before suspected are brought in
to view Even the smooth, white sur
face of the skin is found to be full
Of an intricate network of tiny crew
ices, and it is only the enlargement
of these small pathways from express
sion. habit, care or old age, that makes
the face scanned with the we'll marked
wrinkles that are the bane of many
women's lives.
Viewed from the standpoint of the
magnifying glass it is safe to wager
that the strongest and most literary
minded woman of them all would be
glad to dispense forever with her cher
ished burrows of thought.-NeW York
Herald.