The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-18
SOMEWHAT DELICATE
POINT WITH H0HEs

n a CORNVALI-lS-E EST. the
MI brilliant yorng-cl3 society s-a-
lv1 in England, says nc ore has
ever seen a gray hair n her heqd. s<.i
no one ever shall see one e~en IL ana
has TO wear a wig. This was in ansSsr
20 a tactIess woEnSn-ok coarse II N-as
woman who actually asked 2Ts-
Co-nwallis-West II she Gid not dye Ter
hair, Mrs. West likewise gave the wo-
man permission 10 let al the wcrid
know that the head OF the erstwhile
Jennie Jerome contained "a visa or
two of gray hair" which the owner OF
the heSd artificiai;zcs 20 n golden
brown. "A-tiEcsalize" is the pscper
word for this sort OF thing. Yrs. West
observed. further, thar size could not
understand why every woman should
not use every means IN her power 10
improve her appearance.
Think OF the remark a little, and You
win see tina. Ms West Is quite right.
Every woman should use every EeSns
10 keep herself both feeling and look
ing young. To the ever increasing mil
Hons who must get their living by
working for wages keeping young IL
really a matter OF daily bread. In
these hustling days those who employ
our sex in any capacity have no use
fer old women
A lady told me recently % A pro<nect
she had % getting an important IacrA-
tive business post She was soon TO go
to see about the matter She held in
her hands two bottles as she talked 20
me. and she said:
But keep my hair colorcl. I have
gray hairs enough 10 show. DO YOU
think anybody would hire a gray head
ed woman &c fii that post Not much"
The lady had beautiful eyes ard
teeth and fine pink and white COM
plexion. Though perhaps foSty-five
years of age. her health was better
han II had ever been previously. her
Oody stronger than II had been az
twenty and quite as sctiVe as 10 vas
then, and yet IL she had appeared in
the Office where she hoped 20 set her
appointment with her hair in streaks
OF gray she certainly would have failed.
Now. l don't know what you think.
bat / am sure the lady was quite right
10 darken the gray strsaks OF hair.
Further. IL IS certain that IL is the duty
of every woman TO use every means ex-
cept harmful ones 20 keep young so
long as possible. As time counts ac-
tual youth itself can only last az most
from sixteen TO thirty. There may 30
still half century OF life before one.
Shall she sit down and be an old woman
for fifty years. unattraCtive. forlorn.
hopeless? Suppose the woman is
breadwinner. What is there before her
after the years OF looking young are
over. even though she-feels strong and
capable as ever? The prospect CT an
old women's home is not very enticlng,
is II?
So. as n matter OF commercial policy.
the wage earning woman absolutely
must keep herself young looking The
home woman owes "a 20 hsr family "a
lcok pretty and attractive 20 her latest
day. As 10 the society woman. she al
ready knows what's what In this re-
spect and needs no admonition. All
other women should take a lesson from
her and from such women as Patti and
Langtry. They prove IL possible 10
maintain even youthful looking attrac-
tiveness up 10 what used 10 be called
old age for a woman.
The foundation OF all youth keeping
is Of course physical health aud activi-
~. These may be maintained rs per-.
iftAiph H9 HEAitlalt INlNE anu INtn-
teal culture. One Of the hrst signs that
a woman is neglectlng physical culturs
is an unsightly stiffness and "hump!-
ness at the back Of her neck ana
shoulders The simple exercise 81
working the head and neck backward
and forward. say fifty times. once or
twice a day viii wear of the luups Of
fat that gather upon the yersebrae at
the back OF the neck and make &C stir.
At the same time make yourrelf held
YOUR chest up and breathe ahwayS pro-.
foundly.
Above all keep your soul young Be-
gin at cnce 20 do that. even though your
years be only sixteen. No matter what
grief. III health or misfortune catches
you. never let your spirits. your chest
or the corners Of your mouth sag This
Is entirely within your own coafrol.
Keep spruced rp and braced up. then
II there should be a gray wisp or tsG'
and you should "arilacializo" them
slightly do Il artisticaiiy. not rs q Cab.
ster. Don't tell a falseh0od about your
age. Simply say nothing about s. ora
gay or the other. ard DO not even fhink
about n yourself any more Thar you
can help. Think only ~ the eternal
prime the Creator meant az his chill
9ren should enjoy.
MARY GOULD LYTf.E .