The age-herald., 1901-10-13

The whole world has rung with her name, yet she cares nothing for the world. She adores peace, fresh air, simplicity, early hours, and as I have said, at forty one she is like beautiful young girl. And so rest Is the recipe for this beloved eter- nal youth we all of us long for?
 One can hardly affirm this. Think of two great women, Mime. Patti and Mime. Sarah Bernhardt. They are both amaz- Ing in many ways. most amazing in their preservation of their youth. For some years. of course, the former has led a rather retired life in Wales. But how she has toiled in the past, singing perpetually in opera and concerts, making enormous tours all over the world, surrounded and interrupted necessarily by worshippers who came to pay that homage which is doubtless grateful. but which Is certain ly exhausting to its recipient. She has found the recipe for eternal youth in work rather than in repose, for she has not always lived among the mountains of Craig-y-Nos. Mime. Bernhardt, however Is much more striking instance of one who finds in unremitting work the secret of perpetual youth. She is never at rest Hers Is the most extraordinary life of which know anything. She thinks noth- ing of playing a gigantic part eight or nine times week. This would be more than enough for most people. But, be- sides doing this. she accomplishes a thousand other things. In Faris she en- tertains necessarily. When she Is on tour she Is Simply bombarded by visitors. In- vitations pour in upon her. Between the acts of the play there Is a procession of callers to her dressing room. Authors flock to her hotel with plays. Being good natured. she often goes to parties got up in her honor. She gives away prizes; she recites for charities; she appears at bazaars. At midnight anxious hosts await her at supper. The whole of the business of a great theatre Is on her shoulders. When does she learn her parts? When does she study Hamlet, commit 'L Aiglon'' to memory? Nobody knows. Perhaps between 1 o'clock at night and dawn. Only in her chateau by the sea does she occasionally rest. Yet even there she often rises at g. She shoots. she fishes. she sails, she plays tennis, she entertains a swarm of freinds. Not in rest, but in labors great as the labors of Hercules, in everlasting excite ment, does she find eternal youth.
 As rule women by whose youthfulness I have been most struck have been fa- nous workers. Mrs. Kendall is in every respect far younger than most women of her age. Mime. Albani has just re- turned from Canada, looking amazingly fresh and well and young. To someone remarking on this she said, Do 1 look well? That's because I've travelled be- tween sixteen and seventeen thousand miles in three months She did not mention that during those three months she ..ad also sung at an enormous num- Der of concerts. Successful work certain ly seemed to foster youthfulness in wom- en. Men who work hard and successfully, on the other hand often appear careworn and elderly before their time I could mention a number of very well-known men who look considerably older than their ages. but comparatively few who look younger. Women are becoming cleverer than we are in this way, as in so many other ways.
 In comparing the women who live quiet country lives with those who drain life to the dregs. must say that my theo- ries-and those of many doctors--have been upset Age, in the heart of the country. seems generally to make It's appearance just when one would expect 1t to do so. Country women of fifty usual