The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-13
sToP SELF-R~ REPRESSION.
,r,wR1yKLES THE MOUTH AND PU1s
rpoU,s FEET Ar THE EYES.

-.... woman Lock ana Feel OLE Defbre
!" ,,sr T,me, and. Besides. Causes = Let or
,n.-Ju,, Let Yourself Go, says the Doctor.
"a You'll Lock Youthful at = Hundred
r.rsonal devil Of nine women out Of ton
TO They may talk about the beauties OF old
".oo and the charm Of growing old gracefully all
~ nlease, but they want somebody else 10 DO
~ oginq. IL is an actual physical pain TO
-.rv n woman to see gray hairs appearing and
-,r,ntIes and lines gathering about her eyes
IA mouth. She knows herself, then. what otn-
Az neople have seen for some time, that she baa
-, ,yhat noets call tho first bloom Of youth,
Nd what everyday persons term her girlish
80 There's a doctor in this town. q we'll
nN",,n doctor. who says there is no reason on
Hsr,b why a women CT 20. 80, or even q 100 years
sSo,ld not retain n positively youthful look
~, ovcs and mouth. and. after all, they are
~ features that tell tho tale. But how 10
.hi. IN he done, DOCTOR" Is q question that
,-ou,d 90 ND from all womankind II they could
-, ot this mail. This Is what he would answer:
s"women hate not getting old. but looking old,
"a I don't blame them for feeling that way.
Dr., I do blame them for allowing themselves to
,ooh did. The fountain Of immortal youth 10
~, 10 bc found in any particular far-off coun-
,rv ar climate. We must look nearer home for It.
7, q within ourselves. Women look older than
nan NJ the same age. Some people say that this Is
h.cause they are tho mothers, wives, and sisters
NJ men, Bosh and nonsensel 1t 10 because they
.,,rnaIly repress themselves. Nothing gives
birth to wrinkles like continuous repression
n, genuine feeling. Why can't women let them
selves 10 when they ought-to let themselves
90 and rcpress themselves when they shouldi
A woman goes almost into Mysteries over some-
thing which cannot be helped. and eSpends in
= -.,oI nrn In tnnnrpQaaFv yrnrry and
then when she ought to let herself 60, she bot
,lcs herself up ard chokes down her feelings
and COTS wrinkles as a reward for her self-control.
Here's an instance of 1t. knew a girl who
came from a lovely, refiped home to this big
c,,v IN work. because her BROTHER had specu-
,a,ea with money which didShot belong to him.
Che wanted to pay 1t back cent for cent. and she
did. 1t took her nearly three yearsSand during
all that time she was absolutely silent about 1t
ali. She had good, true. loyal friends. men and
women. with whom she might have talked the
matter over, but, no. she felt that that would
he b~etraying tho brother. They could have
beIped her to accomplish her object In half the
time. but they didn't know. That was a real.
living grief. and that girl repressed 1t and re-
pressed 1t until she thought It WINS impossible to
speak of it. All the time 1t was stamping itself
on her face and her friends built up all sorts Of
stories about unre9uited loves. q stranded
father, and SO on. about her, littlo suspecting
ssS fSsl to- truth him a o %Ri asy sSst m Something q naa: w Altis
tells women what we men are told her. that he
would understand and the next time she
4 very simple little story Of n sisters deyo-
ton. He said the things TO her that she
had been Longing s to s, hear s ,.t S aIr ssls tn sno sed sh Mes
herself, and the effect was such as TO completely
alter her physical appearance. The lines OF her
dragging along, and her face has been trans
Of a merry.mouthed girl. and all because she let
my recipe to women for keeping young in
looks and feeling Is, first, not to repress genuine
confidence in ones friends. and admiration for
them. and last of all the feeling of belief in ones
self. II you believe thoroughly in yourself
you'll believe In others. and that's a great pre-
next, I should advise women not to worry
a ass1i things that &c ea nj be helped. The past Is
train herself mentally not to worry about things
and ingenious ways should live romences. Il
avery easy for a woman, old or young. married
hre q romance unless there is o petticoat In sight;
but, bless me. these women can live the most beau.
tifnl romances II there isn't a man in a thousand
miles. aud it's good for them. When the days
work or pleasure has been hard and trying and
Disappointing to a woman she oughtn't to sit
$3.50 .ha shihh IA v 80 Z toi ~ ohO
does she %fastens an extra wrinkle or new line.
Let her lie down on her couch, close her eyes
and live a little romance, and IL there is q good,
true man In 1t all the better for her."
Talk about doctors disagreeing! They are not
in 1t with authorities on what is and is not
fashionable. Last week one said that closely
dotted face wells were the latest thing. and this
week along comes another who declares that
there is only one kind Of dotted net that is
fashionable. He ought to know, for he has
Just received a big importation from Paris. and
American women still 20 to tho French for
most OF their toilet accessories.
Plain wells are decidedly the most modish."
says this man. They are by far the most be.
coming. Very properly this plsin veil is called
complexion yelling. for there was never COM
Rlexion so thick and unattroctive that did not
iook peter under one OF these complexion wells.
The plain hair line is the SWEETEST design
everybody. old, young. fat, lean. dark. and fair.
she plain yelling has another advantage. 1t is
ssnSeap, varying In price from 25 cents a yard to
~ cents. and then 1t is NOT hard on the eyes.
Inc only dotted veil that a ~well.gowned Partisan
woman would be caught in to-day is a fine net,
sin velvet, and put on by hand. The dots are
rather lar apart. and the yelling is strikingly
10 sSoseaming when 1t can be worn at all. II sells at
,uM omen should be most careful in selecting
.eihng 70 buy net with genuine chenille dots.
. s"S oEoa I'LL WAS carried TO one OF
me hospitals suffering from blood poisoning In
ner lace; which was brought on by wearing
,,ehs with Imitation chenille dots. The dots In
.ns mutation yelling are of felt, made from all
sot,so OF old woollen clothes discarded by whom
nt ~ Knows. In these details women can't be
Inc woman to whom the sailor hat is unbe-
eomihg Is to be pitied. and she is by no means
soa,ce enough to be a freak. A sailor hat is q
n.ue thing, as hats 20. but It is just one of those
'n.ue things that make life moro livable, and
sIoaay II has made it's first appearance in the
department store windows. Woman generally
NOT consider the first output Of sailors
~ ufJ goods men as an indication of what
y real swell sailor of the year is to DO.
m ~ man batter settles that and as yet he ia
asiInr on the subject. Last year the most stylish
b-oa5 nay mad d moderately hiRh crown and
fcrtablee f ,n II was both becoming and com
hoped tbat tne average woman. and 1t 10 to be
going to al SriD fashionable manufacturer aren't
on srbib Srihg Out any.freaks. such as are now
are Ihninai an To begin with, the colors
nfrt Mucous. The s,raws are of n coarse
and be OF green, blue. purple. white, red,
tb.y, prowH. In fact, theS hats look az IL
tpRI oeen dyed In u Kaleidoscope. if guch
fail ~ TX were possible. The crowns are high and
catc ~ a. me top after the manner OF a sad
row Hi me DrlIns arc stiff looking and mar.
IL" ilRhly COlOred bands of Maid valvat ard