Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-04-11
THE WOMAN OF FIFTY.
No Definite Boundary Between Youth
and Old Age-Charming Women
of Middle Life.

VI
Mrs. Wilson Woodrow in the Cosmo-
politan says that there was one good
thing, at least, incident to the good old
| days. for which the modern woman new
| er signs, and that is that definite line
which marked the boundary between
youth and old age. The woman who to-
| day is celebrated for distinctive charm
| and beauty. ripe views. disciplined intel
| lect, cultivated and manifold gifts, would,
| two score years ago, have been reicgated
| to the heavy ranks Of the dowagers and
| ndmotherS-forced by the stern con-
ventions of prevailing opinion to confront
| the bitter knowledge that. Just as She
had gained n mastery of the rules, she
| was expected io-getire from the game
Consequently, when the elder noyelistS
| drew n heroine. She was beautiful Il;
and her antithesis and foil was the
snuhhed SpinSter governesS. invariably
described as Internationally, with lines
Of age and grief craven deep on her face.
The feminine noYeliSts, never dreaming
of dcYiating from the accepted masculine
standard, all followed SUIT Until Char
lotte Brontc depicted Jane Eyre and the
novel-reading world trembled as with a
volcanic shock and awaited chaos,
In those happy days 40 was respect
able age. if viewed from the matronly
standpoint; but at 80 one prepared for
death. The woman who had reached
that age must smooth back her locks,
perhaps uhthreaded ny gray uhuet
SNOWY cap, crush her heaft aspirations
ahdtr the Juggernaut car OF cohFehu"i'
a'"Pt garments Sh!tahie 10 hef hse-flcil;
perhaps hut dark ana unhecomih%- ANA
keep ever before her mind the fact that
she WAS m old woman, until in utmost
truth she was.
y !utSll"u WhlGh MiEht 'lclt CONSIDER
i,,,' III! ~ on - 81 WIZ are
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IN retain tlIir rn,,tbful artnn,a,,n
They understand thar. sl,no,,tr ma M
Health AFRO nnt con~ppinI rnmnenions.
consequently Tho vonpn Of TO-DAY live
lmuch in the omen mir Ibvin,, tbe SIM ana
| fine breeze far moro than Tho ensv chair.
land the omen fire.
I We can hardly realize what an oufdoor
, life and outdoor SpCris have done for orr
, women until we gaze ON a collection of
t gowns worn hv their feminine urnreni-
tors One may well believe that oft-told
tale of tying the staylaces to the hetinnst
. IN order TO pun the stays in sufficiently;
anu even mus, those SCaut SIX rted.
Straight-hoded gowns look as if designed
| for naidrRs whose slender frames had
, been crushed in the embrace of the Iron
' ir%'n before fitting; hut tennis. golf.
q horseback exercise. basketball and the
p wheel nave changed all TINT,
5 i"daY' lhP tFplCal woman OF 10 IS
e possessed OF ripe beauty charm and In
tcllect Her face does not exhibit the
HnW1tten page of lovely III; and It is
e inscribed with the sensitive. beautiful
n | hhcS OF character, thought, experience
\ and sympathy, but no dishgnrinG
i wrinkles. 1t IS generally conceded by
; wrinkle specialists that this hanc OF
q ! womankind arises principally from the
i indulgence OF moods of temper, dscon-
e tent aud worry. In nutshell. wrinkles
come from a lack OF selt-control.
Today, the woman of % who Is not Il
tolerated nonentlty stands for something
in her particular world. Her opinions
are no longer tentative or in the formn-
tive period. She has had years wherein
IF 80 observe events, 70 study persons ana
conditions, and 70 weigh and test the
value Of her beliefs She is careful,
however, not TO let them soidlfy. she
holds them flexible, ready to be extend
cd or Contracted hut they are definite.
e They say is phrase winch has no
, particular weight Tor her, Tier i say
u is assured and perfectly satisfactory To
80 herself although never imposed on 9TH
ers.
The charming w0mnnloi middle NE Is
very tolerant, and very Ghary on passing
judgment. In fact she has greater
horror of intolerance than the devil OF
holy water Why should the rose caEil
at the catnipE The worth Is VIDE, and
it would be extremely mQnotonous II tins
earth were not one vast garden, Neither
is the delightful woman sensitive. That
Is form of eg0tism when may De eN-
cuscd in sweet ~ but t.is impossible Mt
10. She has learned with patience and
humility lfcs most diihcut lessoh-Seit
control. She has also been courageous
ting aud she seasons All ne hlshes at