Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-05-30
SOCIETY WOMEN KEEP YOUNG.
Look the Same Age as Their Daughters
Though Middle-aged.

In the bright lexicon of modern society
there is no such word as old age. A
least the modern society woman never
grows old She has discovered the Spru-
of perpetual youth. There was time
perhaps Il quarter of century ago-WAen
Il woman of - was considered paSse. and
not generally looked upon as the uhjec,
of grand passions ana universal admira-
ton. When a mother had Il son at col
lege she grew sober in her dress, Wore
her hair smooth and took no interest III
her Inquire. She WAS just one remove
from the rural English, who think when
nature destroys a front tooth it is SinfU,
to seek TO remedy the omission by arti-
fee. And when a mother had a mar
ried daughter and began to see in the
offing grandchildren looming mp, she pUr
on black. gave up corsetS and began to
think the theater a too frivolous amust-
ment.
These are the women who now look
about the same age as their daughters.
At any place where tie Idle and fashion
able rich are Represented in large num-
bers one sees a few real old ladies. ven
cradle DANES of between 90 and so.
good many young girls in their teens, and
Il very large number of maids aud
matrons who look about % Oh 80, and
range from that age to 30.
The middle-aged woman did not pass
/
without a struggle Youth is not thus
prolonged without labor. They say the
| French actresses first taught New York
matrons that they could be fresh and
fair at 30. Women who charmed at the
age when tradition said they sat in the
chimney corner and knit stockings were
something new. and the rich ladies who
| didn't enjoy doing the stocking act a bit
| took TO the new idea like ducks ~ water
| They have masSaged and steamed and
/ creamed themselves back to % years
| Dress makes an enormous difference and
they dress now as youthfully as their
| daughters. As for corsets-a large part
/ of the trick depends on them, and Of the
/ whole toilet of the coQuette of 40 they
are the most important item.
1t would not have been so bad some
years ago. when what the novelist
called "Opulent curves were the fashion.
/ But curves are out To be as lean as
| looks as if a deal board were bound 10
/ the front of ii under the limpest If
gowns. which is drawn so smooth and 50
/ tight in the skirt that ii fits like Il pair
/ of trousers. \ fashionable tailor says be-
/ is making skirts with = seam on the side
/ from the ankle to the hip. and that this
seam made the dresses so tight the wear
erS could not sit down. So he asked all
/ his customers when the dress was being
cut if they wanted a dress in which they
| expected to stand up and look smart Or
/ sit down and look sloppy.
Faced by such fashions. the anxie-ies
/ of the women inclined 10 fat may @"
/ imagined. And nearly all the S,uas-
women in New York are inclined IN ta-.
| One cant eat three elaborate meals
/ day. with tea and mullins AZ } and can .y
/ off and on all the time, without incgea-
/ of ayordupois. Many Of these women
/ won't take exercise When one has
/ superb open carriage. with sable rugs aat
/ eiderdown cushions, to 20 driving in. aH.
must be made of heroic stuff 10 pu- aa
ones heavy boots and 20 for a walk.
/ Then they all give their opinions win
+ the kinaling eye and flushing cheek wa.--
denote the discu SSion Of matters clos -
Z the heart. Some of the more determiD-.
and forceful bent almost starye taeu-
selves. 4 favorite cure Is 10 driuS 10
water At any time during the day : G
I walk, taking coDStitutionals of miles FIX
/ brisk rate of speed. Some take pac-at
medicines warranted 10 cure obesity and
nearly kill themselves But the fav0-.,e
/ method is Turkish baths.