The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-31
Baltimore American.

Baltimore American.
How old Mr.. So and So looks. Why. his
wife, who is really his senior. appears ten
years younger. don't you think 500" asked
a woman the other day OF a friend as they
sat chattering over some embroidery on
the summer hotel piazza.
Il agree with you,' was the answer. and
it only confirms my theory that women al
ways look younger than men of the same
age"
.Why. how strange an idea! I thought
the So and Sos were exceptions. / am sure
one always hears how men keep young and
women grow old. and, therefore, the i'm
portance in marriage of the wife being
much younger than her husband
"Only an idea, my dear, and not a reality
Pray look around upon our mutual friends
over forty, and you VIII, j know. come into
my opinion that men age faster than we do
For instance, there are the As. Mr.. and
Mrs. have the same number OF birthdays.
yet he is fat, bald, rheumatic. complains all
the time of his increasing inhrmities,
whereas she is as spry as a woman or
twenty-five. Not a gray hair is in her head.
a slim, girlish figure, and really when / see
her with her handsome young daughters.
she looks more like their older sister than
their mother"
you are right" said the first speaker,
land the BIS. although she is rather gray
and stout, still she has by no means the
old look that Mr.. b. has
Nor manner, either. Then take the C-s.
In that case. like the So and Sos. she is the
Oldest. yet she is everywhere the life Of a
party, dances at the cotillons, and Is on the
But she makes up a bit, don't you
think?'
Possibly, but she does it so well one can
not blame her, and at all events she gains
her point and remains yOung-looking,
whereas Mr.. {. passes everywhere Tor A
dozen years older than he really is"
do you think unused the first woman.
that matrimony has anything TO do with
IL? Perhaps married women look younger
than single ones, while married men are
mo: think Of our old bachelors. There is
Mr.. Dash; see how weak he is. how old
timely in his hattering manner and ancient
stories. Look at Mr.. Blank; he has hardly
any hair at all. and his mustache looks like
an old scrubbing brush. and the rest OF
them all much older In appearance than the
spinsters who reign supreme at wOmens
clubs and card tables"
I'm every case you have quoted you are
certainly correct commented the hrst
woman. but If that Is so. II upsets most
emphatically the old opinion about girls
marrying men much older"
"Of course. it does, but don't YOU think
that all old opinions are being rapidly up
set. Whom do the younger men now fairly
worship. Why, the older women, and sweet
sixteen Is not in it. Girls admit now that
as they are against the older and cleverer
matron.'
But these young fellows who attach
themselves to the bright married women,
widows or spinsters old enough 10 be their
mothers. do not want 10 marry them"
Not always, certainly, and il rarely hap
pens. either, that the woman wishes 10
marry then. but she supplies the place Of a
younger sweetheart. Indeed. the majority
Of gilded youth now have some older wOm-
an for their chief cOnhdant. and in that
way women. / think. are more in touch
with the new generation because. after all.
girls really care very little for older men. I
mean real old fellows. and so the gailantS
go around paying compliments and shower
ing attention upon most unappreciative
maidens who never become even interested
In them. as the boys do in their adored
ones
How strange different ages are in regard
10 customs, commented the listener. medi-
tatively.
Yes; and what was once the thing as
time goes on ceases 20 be. So now the old
saying that one mans meat is another
ones poison is true. But at all events the
middle-aEed woman has the advantage
over man in APPEARANCE. II nothing else"