Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-05-15

he could not find it. But the society
woman has discovered it.
In every city can be 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 its lovely women who have ad-
vanced from the debutante state into
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-
ieve that such 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-
pie are not asking themselves when
Mrs. Palmer will yield up her place
as social leader. They are wonder
ing, indeed, when she will marry
again, for she is a widow. Her beauty
is the talk of the Windy City. Only
year or two ago her picture was
published in magazine as one CT
Americas leading beauties" A
"beauty of 60" would be a decided
novelty-outside of society pale. Mrs.
Palmer knows how to dress as does
no other woman in Chicago.
The woman who is the tyrant
| queen of American society to-day is
Mrs, Astor, who is 73 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
proper models for all the women of
her set. young or old. When she
wears a tiara, tiaras become the
rage; when she wears green, green
is the mode. Her frocks are cut like
those IF woman of 27, 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
tresses above Mrs. Astor's brow there
is not one thread of gray. The So
ciety woman becomes gray only
when it is becoming or smart. Mrs
Astor's chief charm is her smile. The
youthful light in her eyes is one OF
her attractions, constantly quoted
'by society writer's. Dare anyone sug-
eest false teeth and spectacles? Thai
would be ridiculous. The society
woman fiourishes without them. To
day Mrs. Astor's life is fuller, more
active, gayer than that of the aver
age woman of rs. To he invited to
on. of her balls is to be socially
"msde." Her power is fifty times
what it was fifty years ago. Hel
manner, her grace of movement
poise of head; her charities, hel
fetes, ner comings and goings ant
doings are all the constant subjects
of public comment. She is spokel
of as "interesting," charming
"clever;" but the person who nigh
call her "a dear old thing" would b
heard with shocked surprise ant
amusement. Society would scarcel.
0ompceh,nd him.