St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-06-13

he could not find it. But the society
woman has discovered it.
In every city can he found these
beautiful society women who are
such marvel to every one known
knows them or even hears of them.
In Chicago, with its fresh crop OF
blushing buds at the beginning of
each and every social season and all
of it's lovely women who have ad-
ripper and fuller charms, there is no
one yet, debutante, young matron,
or the belle of many social seasons,
who occupies the place held by Mrs.
Palmer.
One needs to be told many times
that Mrs. Palmer is over 60 to be-
lieve that such a thing is true. Mrs.
Palmer has yielded to time in only
one particular; her hair is snow
white But snow-white hair is be-
coming to Mrs. Palmer. 1t goes well
with black velvet and point lace. Peo-
DIE are not asking themselves when
Mrs. Palmer will yield up her place
as a social leader. They are wonder
ing, indeed, when she will marry
again, for she is widow. Her beauty
is the talk of the Windy City. Only
4 wear or two ago her picture was
published in magazine as one of
Americas leading beauties A
..beauty of co. would be a decided
novelty-outside of society pale. Mrs.
Palmer knows how to dress as does
no other woman in Chicago.
queen of American society to-day is
Mrs. .Astor, who is 70 years old. No
body who has seen her sitting in a
box at the opera, straight, 1.-THE,
beautiful, glittering, would suspect
it. Yet the records say it is true.
She is at the zenith of her social
reign at this moment. So far is she
from gray hairs and caps that her
gowns and hats are considered the
Droper models for all the women of
her set, young or old. When she
wears tiara, tiaras become the
rage; when she wears green, green
Is the mode. Her frocks are cut like
those of a woman of 81, yet she does
not look out of place in them. Her
hair is dressed in the modern fashion
of pompadour and twist, just as the
Young matron or the slip of board
ing school girl dresses hers, for there
is no age limit in the gowning and
grooming of the society woman.
other women must adopt smooth
locks and chin bonnets after so. The
society woman would look utterly
foolish in them. The wave and the
curl are still hers to command at
100 if she will. In the coal black
+resses above Mrs. Astor's brow there
is not one thread of gray The
ciety woman becomes gray Oh
when it is becoming or smart. Mr.
Astor's chief charm is her smii+ Tn
youthful light in her eyes is one O.
her attractions, constantly quoted
by society writer's. Dare anyon" sue
rest false teeth and spectacles? Thai
would be ridiculous. The society
woman f1ourishes without them. To-
day Mrs. Astor's life is fuller. more
active, gayer than that of the aver
age woman VI 80 ~ oe A"'1oSu ~
one of her balls is to be socially
"made." Her power is fifty times
what it was fifty years ago. Her
manner, her grace of morement,
noise of head; her charities her
fetes. her comings ana gc:ngs and
doings are all the constant subjects
of public comment. she ! spok en-
of as Interesting" 'ci rmins,'
"clever;" but the person 10 might
call her "a dear old thing would be
heard with shocked SUI rise md
amusement. Society wouil seal ely
comprehend him.
What a marvel is the SC ETY. wom-
r. What enchantment it that
keeps her young and charming? VINO
can tell?