The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-17

cleopatra that old when Mark Antony
o"cilhced an imperial crown for her
Sahe rms too. in tropical country
"nete oealsiy decays more rapidly than
uoes IN temperate lands. Helen.
al'er ,he Ten years siege of Troy. must
nave peen no longer a young woman.
set She was so beautiful that. as Homer
'''S US Mhen Menelaus saw her he for
- He' uniaithfulness and carried her
DH'n 20 Lacedaemonia rejoicing. Mime.
- N.uhttnVn was - when the fastid-
l"us LOUIS XIV made her his wife.
While DIANA of Potiers at so was the
nlosl beautiful woman at the court of
iiehiy H. The famous French beauties.
NIloll ue le Enclos. Gabrielle d'Estree
anu the Marquise de Pompa lour dld
lot rose theif destinations with advsac-
ing years
Queen Louise Of Prussia. Aspasia,
queen Elizabeth Of England. Mime.
Recahller the beautiful Duchess Of
peNohshife' me unhappy Phllipa Wei
ser' lihcess Lamballe, Queen Mary OF
S'o'i"nu ana an the other women ia
nous III tne annals OF beauty were stll
breaking hearts and fascinating man
at an age when woman Is supposed 10
be turning her thoughts toward prayer
and repentance
The beauty of woman ia like dett-
cate noWer-it needs the most exquisite
care in order 10 reach it's highest devel-
opment' Ihe gardener would not ex-
pect his orchids TO bloom SO perfectlv
If ne lett the plants unattended and un-
sheltered. So with woman's beauty
which Is more delicate and evanescent
than that Of any flower to attain per
no OH
for with a finer intelligence than at
which surrounds the evolution OF the
rarest exotic
In this age Of labor saving devices
FOR the household no woman should be
called old until she Is 70. / have seen
them sprightly and handsome at that
age. Think OF the beautiful faces of
Elizabeth Cady stanton and Julia Ward
Howe, ye women who fear the advance
of years!
All ages have their compensations.
and when the years take one charm
from the face they give another in it's
stead; when the loveliness OF curves
and coloring is gone, the charm OF ex-
preston is supreme, and soul and in
tellect speak in the slowly fading eyes
and lips. Gilbert Stuart. the greatest
OF American portrait painters. is said
to have expressed his unwillngness TO
paint the portraits of women under 30
years of age, because. as he said, be-
fore that age a woman's face lacked
character.
4 woman who has plenty TO eat and
does only a moderate amount of sew
ing and housework ought not To fear
becoming prematurely old. Work ages
no one. but, remember, worrying does.
The carrying in of a ton Of coal, the
lifting OF heavy weights, are what /
should call heavy manual labor. 1T is
overwork, not work, that hurts wo-
men. Experience should teach a wo-
man how many tasks she can do with
out becoming exhausted. and when she
reaches that limit she should rest, re-
suming her occupation later IL she must.
The peasant women OF Europe work
harder than any women i'm this country
They carry heavy weights upon their
heads. which, although sometimes
stunting their growth. leave their faces
very youthful. one reason that they
endure toll so we'll is because they live
simply. They do not wear corsets or
tight shoes or eat all sorts of unwhole-
some and poorly cooked food.
w hlit IL NpuiN bt a GREAT utdl DelltF
IL we did not wear corsets at all | ac-
that with the present style
of dress we are compelled To wear some
thing OF that sort. However,. the wo-
man who buys an i'm fitting corset is |
adding five years to her age by the dis |
.ortion TO which she subjects her hg !
ire. Almost every year the French /
'ashion leaders, who pride themselves /
m their originality, introduce what they 1
all new figure" which is, after all, |
,nly a new corset. with the human fig
ire squeezed On padded To conform 10
l. AS nature, with all her infinite va
'ieties makes the figure Of woman
much on one general plan, the fash
enable figure is subjected to a making
,ver which in time Injuries its elasticity
ma contour.
Years take the suppleness nom the
muscles as well as the bloom from
he face The woman who thinks only
VI giving a youthful color TO her skin
While she waddles about as stiff as q
manilkin does not exercise
my very great Judgment Rheumatism
,nd lack of suppleness tell the tales ~