The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-11
AN APRIL GRANDMOTHER.

woman need not be old as soon
as she is a grandmother, says the
Brooklyn Eagle. Yet there is some
thing in the term, a certain aging.
and too often this feeling of age be-
gins to manifest itself in the appear
ance. A woman grows neglectful Of
her looks. She does not carry herself
with the same smart air. She grows
slouchy in her looks and careless in
her manner.
certain woman told the writer
that, after her first grandchild came,
she stopped curling her hair. 1t was
gray upon the temples and she let it
gradually whiten instead of keeping
1t restored to it's old pretty black
luster. She said that her complex
ION, which was once very pink and
pretty, soon grew yellow; and, as for
her dress, it became shamefully slack.
In five years everybody spoke of her
as old Mrs. Smith"
I realized" said she, that 1 be-
longed 10 the third generation, and
l resolved to look as pretty as I
could.
so 1 went to a hair dresser and
had my hair done up a new way I
had its color restored. 1t was a
little streaked and had it mas
saged and made all of one color.
which was a glossy brown. Then i
had it dressed in the new pompa-
dour, which rolls back from the face
in the most fetching manner.
Two days later, after my family
had duly admired me, / sought out a
wrinkle specialist. and had him
smooth out my wrinkles. 1 had him
work on my forehead until my frown
was gone. I found / had been scowl-
ing wickedly and as soon as he
touched the wrinkles. saw that they
would be removed-that they were not
necessary wrinkles. Three DAYS of
massage took them out. But, of
course, / realized that they would
return unless / kept them messaged
away.
But the greatest Improvement was
wrought in my teeth. They were
full of gold, and l saw, every time
/ looked In the glass, how ugly they
looked. BY gaslight they had the ap-
pearance of being decayed. SO
visited dentist and had the gold
taken out. The dentist was what
is known as cosmetic dentist. He
bleached my teeth and restored them
so that they looked like new.
Then" continued this woman. AZ
went Sun luTtneF III my work of
Improvement. / had read that there
were such things as April grand
mothers and l determined to be one.
Il made a critical study of my
daughter-in-law and myself Even
from back view-not showing nv
face-I looked older than She And
l realized that the difference Law in
our weights. My shoulders were
wide and fat and my neck was heavy
and my waist large, while her figure
was slight. She looked 20 and /
looked so, seen from any view.
so / began to diet. You may talk
about exercise. II is all right. But
you must diet also. I limited my cof-
fee TO one cup for breakfast, and my
tea TO one cup. / drank nothing be-
tween meals. When / felt thirsty 7
took a mouthfu OF fruit. I kept a.
peach, a pear Of an orange near at
hand, and when my mouth felt
parched ] took a bite of fruit. You
see 1 had been great water drinker
before my reformation.
Then. as / did not decrease in
weight fast enough. l asked the ad-
vice Of friend. She was a popular
actress and she gained considerable
fame by reducing her weight nearly
sixty pounds in a season. / walked.
instead OF riding she said, and. of
course. / dieted.'
"Well. followed her advice. / left
the horses I'm the stable and l walked.