Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-27
FEMININE fL0TSAM.


Did you ever see 30 many young and
pretty rrundmothora ~ one bumps into
these days. Surely this Il encouraging
evidence that woman n learning how
to avoid wrinkles and fccbicuesr and
loss Of beauty. n used b. BE- that
when woman was grandmother sill
vcr locks and little caps were nppropri-
ate settings for these sweet angels %
love aud uuscinHhnrHH. imt-mcrcy on
uHi.-hofl are the gfandmaH trottinE on
to bargain sales Monday mornings ana
taking In the opcra-and auppcfa after
ward. too-and chatting about shirt
waists and taiior'madca Ike Girls OF
II delights me TO sce things this way.
Why should woman grow Old. any
way Surely not until she's 100 az least
Just because the years hnN. rolled by
swiftly and many n no reason why
she should settle down IN a little chair
NJ q sunny window AMI know nothing
of the great things that ara going on
IN the world.
The secret u keeping young l. keep
Ing oneself bright mentally. The wo-
man who. living IN "a hnif.iHnlatcd part
81 tho country, sees few people To- INT
her mind out % her limited workaday
world. and to whom life N one contin-
uhi EFFORT 10 keep the farmhouse neat
and 10 feed the famiiy-Hhr H. the wo-
man who nt 20 has developed wrinkles.
sallow skin ANA n STOPPED. bent figure.
That very same woman. had she lived
In tho city. doing work equally hard.
perhaps. would doubtless look ton years
younger. She would have had better
chances for keeping hcrself young and
lovely There would have been books
ana magazines and newspapers 10 take
her thoughts away from the hourcwnfk
aud the care ~ the children. Sha
would have heard % the great mon and
women OF the wofld-thc musicians and
singers and orators and ntatcHmen-and
the atmosphere ~ carr and work would
have been lirhicncd by tho couvrrsn-
tion Of other people 10 whom lifo Il less
Of a task. Her brain would not have
been starved and her physical love-
illness entirely loot.
scrupulous CLEANLINESS H. bennty'a
greatest aid. We know. these days.
that there ~ nothing like the daily
bath 60 Keep the complexion fresh and
20 develop breadth Of nEure. The hard
working women ~ the bnckwOoda have
little time ana few opportunities Tor
plunge each day. IN consequence
they have rnilow compilations aud the
skin Hhriycla and falls Into nno lines
years before II should.
How often we notice striking illustra-
lions % this. In an elevated train
recently ! saw two gentle old women
sitting side hy side. 10th were ~
our great middle class but ono was
81 the city, the other NJ the country.
The city woman was dressed In "a plain
black gown ana % hlt ~ "a bonnet iiur
white hair was nufy and cufled dain-
tlly ana her hands We're white and soft.
for she had learned long hEn that
Few drops ~ n soothing lotion will 10
wonders TO keep the hands nice. Her
complexion had been cared fnr with tho
same strict attention. and hardly line
was noticeable. The brightness ~ hrr
eyes told plainly that she moved with
the world that she was eager 20 know
thlngai that she delighted In q clover
book, ana found equal satisfaction In
booking az u well executed picture. She
had kept her brain property npuriahsd.