The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-20

The personal devil of nine women out of |
ten is age They may talk about the
beauties of old age and the charm Of
growing old gracefully all they please, but
they want somebody else to do the aging.
II is an actual physical pain says the
New York Sun. 10 many a woman to see
gray hairs appearing and wrinkles and
lines gathering about her eyes and NOUN.
She knows herself, then, what other peo-
pie have seen for some time, that she
has lost what poets call the first bloom
of youth, and what everyday persons
term her girlish looks. There's doctor
in this town, wen known doctor, who
says there is no reason on earth why
woman Of 20, 50, or even a 100 years should
not retain positively youthful look about
eyes and mouth, and. after all, they are
the features that tell the tale. But how
is this to be done, DOCTOR" is a question
that would go up from all womankind if
they could get at this man. This is what
he would answer:
women hate not getting Old but look
ing old, and I don't blame them for feel
ing that way. But 1 do blame them for
allowing themselves to look old. The
fountain of immortal youth is not to be
found in any particular far-off country
or climate We must look nearer home
for it, 1t is within ourselves Women
look older than men of the same age.
Some people say that this is because they
are the mothers, wives, and sisters of men.
Bosh and nonsense! It is because they
eternally repress themselves. Nothing
gives birth to wrinkles like continuous
repression of genuine feeling. Why can't
women let themselves go when they
ought-to let themselves go and repress
themselves when they should? A woman
goes almost into Mysteries over something
which cannot be helped, and expends in
calculable vital force in unnecessary wor-
ry and then when she ought to let her
self go, she bottles herself up and chokes
down her feelings and gets wrinkles as
reward for her self-control.
Here's an instance of it. I knew girl
who came from lovely. refined home to
this big city to work, because her brother
had specialized with money which did not
belong to him. She wanted to pay it back
cent for cent, and she did. 1t took her near
~ three years, and during all that time she
was absolutely silent about 1t all. 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 be betraylng the brother. They could
have helped her TO accomplish her object
in half the time, but they didn't know.
That was real, living grief, and that girl
repressed it and repressed it until she
thought il was impossible to speak of it.
All the time II was stamping itself on her
face and her friends built up all sorts of
stories about unrequitted loves, a strand
ed father, and so on, about her, little sus-
pecting the real truth. one day she met
a man. After talking to him a while, that
some thing which tells women what we men
are told her that he would understand and
the next time she met him she told him
her story a very simple little story of a
sisters devotion. He said the things to her
that she had been longing to hear said
during those three weary years She sim
ply let herself go and was herself, and the
effect was such as to completely alter her
physical appearance. The lines of her fig
ure have Strengthened she walks instead
of dragging along, and her face has been
transformed from that of a sad-eyed wo-
man to one of a merry-mOuthed girl
all because she let herself go.
"My recipe to women for keeping young
in looks and feeling is, first not to re-
press genuine feeling, specially the feel7
ings of pure affection, confidence in ones
friends, and admiration for them, and last
of all the feeling Of belief in ones self. If
you believe thoroughly in yourself you'll
believe in others, and that's a great pre-
server of youth.
Next, [ should advise women not to
worry about things that cannot be helped
The past is Gods. 1t is not TO be consider
ed except as a guide. In three months a
smart woman oan train herself mentally
not to worry about things that worrying
cannot help. Last of all, women who wish
TO keep smooth skins, bright eyes and in
genuous ways should i've romances. 1t is
very easy for a woman, old or young, mar
ried or single, TO live a romance. Now, a
man can't live romance unless there is
a petticoat in sight, but, bless me, these
women can live the most beautiful ro-
nances if there isn't man in thousand
miles, and it's a good for them. When the
days work or pleasure has been hard and
trying and disappointing to IA woman she
oughtn't 10 sit down and think it all over,
for as certain as she does she fastens an
extra wrinkle or new line. Let her lie down
on her couch, close her eyes and live a lit
tie romance, and If there Is a good, true
man in II ali the better for her"
Graphology. says the Chicago Record, is
the little accomplishment that the girls
are equipping themselves with, now that
palmistry has run its race and is no long
or talked about. TO make tedious visit
seem less long, or as a spur to a tagging
conversation, il comes i'm very well. In
fact. II was a clever woman that said SHE
always kept some accomplishment up her
sleeve with which to amuse the people
that could not amuse her.
The study of graphic is not too intense
and quickly engages the attention Of all
II is also an accomplishment that aided
Nv keen observation, Is easily acquired
on the subject there are a number Of good
authorities, and a little practice after
reading them carefully win soon enable
one TO detect the prominent traits OF
character by the handwriting
The artistic temperament and hterar,
ability are readily seen. Ardor. vehem.
ence. perunacity, the talents, candor ant
recklessness all write themselves our
nauntngly In fact, the cardinal virtue,
ana faults often display themselves ~ IN,
handwriting when we, alas, imagine thai
we have schooled them to keep in III,
background.