The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-20
A SOMEWHAT DELICATE
POINT WITH WOMEN.

4 L.
N brilliant young-old society star
~ in England, says no one has
ever seen gray hair in her head, and
no one. ever shall see one even if she
has to wear wig. This was in answer
to a tactless woman-of course it was
woman = who actually asked Mrs
Cornwallis-Wes if she did not dye her
hair! Mrs. West likewise gave the wo-
man permission to let all the world
know that the head of the erstwhile
Jennie Jerome contained "a wisp or
| two of gray hair" which the owner of
| the head artifcializes to a golden
brown ''Artificialize' is the proper
word for this sort of thing. Mrs. West
observed, further, that she could not
understand why every woman should
not use every means in her power to
improve her appearance
Think of the remark little. and YOU
will see that Mrs. West is quite right
Every woman should use every means
to keep herself both feeling and look
ing young. To the ever increasing mil
lions who must get their living by
working for wages keeping young is
really a matter of daily bread In
these hustling days those who employ
our sex in any capacity have no use
for old women
lady told me recently of prospect
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tive business post. She was soon to go
to see about the matter She held in
her hands two bottles as she talked to
me. and she said:
But keep my hair colored I have
gray hairs enough to show Do you
think anybody would hire a gray head
ed woman to I'LL that post? Not much!"
The lady had beautiful eyes and
teeth and fine pink and white com
n r1rrI. q
years of age, her health was better
than it had ever been previously. her
body stronger than it had been at
twenty and quite as active as it was
then, and yet if she had appeared in
the office where she hoped to get her
appointment with her hair in streaks
of gray she certainly would have failed.
Now, don't know what you think.
but I am sure the lady was quite right
to darken the gray streaks of hair
Further, it is certain that it is the duty
of every woman to use every means ex-
/ cept harmful ones to keep young so
long as possible. AS time counts. ac-
tual youth itself can only last at most
from sixteen to thirty There may be
still half a century of life before one
Shall she sit down and be an old woman
for fifty years unattractive, forlorn,
hopeless? Suppose the woman is
III eau w ilAAiCi w nat Is InCTS DG1CfG nGT
after the years of looking young are
over. even though she feels strong and
capable as ever? The prospect of an
old women's home is not very enticing.
is it2
So, as a matter of commercial policy,
the wage earning woman absolutely
must keep herself young looking The
home woman owes it to her family to
look pretty and attractive to her latest
Il ~
ready knows what's what in this re-
spect and needs no adInonition. All
other women should take lesson from
her and from such women as Patti and
Langtry- They prove it possible to
maintain even youthful looking attrac-
| tiveness up to what used to be called
old age for a woman.
The foundation of all youth keeping
is of course physical health and activi-
ty. These may be maintained in per-
lection by hygienic living and phys
ical culture. One of the first signs that
woman is neglecting physical culture
is an unsightly stiffness and .'humpi-
ness" at the back of her neck and
| shoulders. The simple exercise of
working the head and neck backward
and forward. say fifty times, once or
| twice a day, will wear off the Jumps of
fat that gather upon the vertebrse at
tie Ddck OF the neck ana make II SClfT.
At the same time make yourself hold
your chest up and breathe always pro-
foundly.
Above all, keep your soul young. Be-
gin at once to do that. even though your
years be only sixteen. No matter what
grief, i'll health or misfortune catches
you. never let your spirits, your chest
or the corners of your mouth sag. This
| is entirely within your own control.
Keep spruced up and braced~up: then
if there should be a gray wisp or two
and you should 'tartificialize'' them
slightly do it artistically, not as a dab
ster. Don't tell a falsehood about your
age. Simply say nothing about it one
way or the other, and do not even think
about it yourself any more than you
can help. Think only of the eternal
prime the Creator meant all his chill
dren should enjoy
MARY GOULD LYLE