The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-03
For Women "stiiI Young

Philadelphia Press.
There is a period Of life when a woman
hears herself called young with a
sinking heart.
1t is when that fatal qualifying word
still is prefxed to the adjective. 1t.
has other trying features thar the dress
problem. but that alone is quite enough
10 consider az one sitting. The girl of
fiom twenty-five To thirty-five wants to
dress appropriately. or. rather. she wants
L. dress successfully. She has no objection
TO making herself look severa! years young
er. II she can really do il; but she is sen
sitive about trying 10 do it and only max
Ing herself a laughing stock, and she has
most vigorous objections to making her
self look several years Older, the mis-
take. singular 10 say, which she most
frequently makes.
Poor Miss Flora McFlimsey. of Hadi-
son square, said "A bright young woman
whom time is relentlessly sliding down
the scale OF the twenties, The other cay:
THAT horrid sarcastic man who wrote her
w didn't understand her case at all. L
believe the reason she had nothing TO wear
vas because her mirror. the voice Of her
guardian angel. or perhaps, a chorus of
younger sisters. told her everything was
too youthful for her No wonder spin
sters in the middle ases went into converts
age TO escape this eternal bugbear Of what
Is and IS not too youthful for me to wearH'
Inc tfOuble Win tlord Mct llInSey at
this woman age is that she usually
worries a while, tries 6ismaliy TO wear
the things that became her at twenty. fails.
oespairs ard siumps into slatterrliness.
IL IS far better 10 study ones own style
as thoroughly and as patiently as her
medideFal sister at the same age studied
her own SOUL. and make the best Of what
youth Is LETT. There Is not a rule TO be
followed save That of studying the indi-
Nidual style. Dark sOm5er hueS add
ten years 10 one girl in her advanced
twenties, while delicate ones fade out
another. and striking ones make still an
other look CHASTITY. Wear what suits you
boldly and with a clear conscience. even
II You fear 1t - too youthful. A woman
Is often a good deal younger than She
looks. despite the ignorant nan-madc
prOverb. Like treason. III II doth succeed"
no invidioas titles are applied 10 IL.
90 not dress too plainiy-frills and fur
bellows break the grim lines of the much
over-rated human isure.
only the freshness and pinkness and in
science or youth can dispense with them,
and even its charms are marvelously set
OF by them. But don't be "dressy." That
l. terrible. IL yroclaims an effort, and
m unsuccessful ort. TO the whole iibing
world. The ruffie too many. or too stir and
ecant. or u unsuitable material-the srner-
Luous hower ~ the hat, the combination OF
too many bright 1oNers-these are what
earn "a woman That dread adjective. fol-
lowed usually by the biting comment. why
can she remember she - not sixteen.
The youthful eject at the corsagc."
which reader. OF Fowelfs may remember
a reducing the apparent age Of the small
daughter OF the charming widow in In
dian sumner but by Implication that OF
the widow herself. is important. Don't be
afraid CT it. Wear yokes a. long rs they
are In style. and q little icuEcr-uOt baDined
ones. but the pretty round aud square yokcs
mot cut too deep such as are worn by
even middle-agcd and elderly women. with
the full concurrence OF fashion. Boleros
aud etons also produce a eirlish effect.
Don't rush into black. or s-vera tailor
made styles. too prccipttately II You hav,
the last thirty or forty years OF your life
for them there Is no use In borrowing
trouble in the form OF a few extra years
apparently added on your shoulders.
Hats. Always important 10 ones appear
nDce, becofrc mOmertouS as one approaches
or. alas perhaps recedes from the age OF
thirty. Don't buy them hastily. Don't get
them too gay. Perhaps you are ore or the
women who need bright colors and look
better IN them thar Ia dark or character
les shades Then ge- Your Eut a. bright
"a you please but trim Il in that same
color. II L. not nriiliancy. Il Is too many
~briiliancies which constitute gaudiness-
Avoid toques as the plague. Fight against
bonnets as long as yea can. Bfim hats