The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-11
WOMAN'S
COLUMN
you MAY DODGE WRINKLES

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II does not require a microscope for
the average woman who has passed
80 years on this mundane sphere to
discover that time. life or care has left
It's imprint on her brow. yea, aud on
her cheeks, her eyes, her mouth and
throat, remarks the Brooklyn Eagle.
There was a time when her face was
smooth without trace OF furrow line
or wrinkle; a time when she awoke
from balmy sleep to find life always
a grand surprise. All was pure gold
without dross, aud she seemed to
bask forever IN the sunshine. But
now as she gazes at the reflection of
her visage mIrrored before her she
finds a network of creases and lines.
What makes the wrinkles Gomez
she asks, q question which requires
greater wisdom to PROFOUND, she be-
llcves. than has ever been found by
philosopher.
Where Is the root or source OF these
wrinkles? Can the rosebud eompare
In grandeur and beauty TO the rose
In full bloom-complete and exquisite?
Does the rose wither and wilt In at.
taining perfection? Nature deals just.
ly and gently. Lovely woman should
be fairest-completest at 40-ma-
tured, developed. Why, then, do these
wrinkles appear to mar n destroy
natures falrest handiwork? "They
must originate In the mind" says one.
with thoughts that gnaw at the heart
as the canker destroys the rose"
1t is not the real, tangible annoy
ance In life, the n e we can confront
that wear us out and leave their i'm
press indelibly traced upon us. 1t is
the vague, indefinite, awful little
things or little evils of to-day or to-
morrow or the next day. The brief
and fieeting present can hold but lit.
tie of joy or sorrow, but the great in.
terminable future, far reaching and
Indefinite, contains for the imagina-
tive, nervous temperament forebod.
ings Of woes without end. Isn't II
then even more probable that the lit.
tie creases and curves and lines that
appear to annoy and distress one are
but the tangible evidence OF the many
petty trivial disturbances one allows
to grow and breed in the mind until
they eat at the heart Of an existence
which Dame Nature deemed should
be tranquil? 1t may be interesting to
note some of these small cares that
assume great Significance and i'm.
portance in the absence OF sterner re-
%alities and transform life's viewpoint
to the minor key. II we could deci-
pher every little line and blemlsh and
listen TO the tale of grievance It rep
resents, what would 1t not unfold of
ourselves to- ourselves2
One w~hole.souled. honest little wo-
man, who is a type of the sensitive.
artistic temperament. after a deep
scrutiny OF her daily Increasing fur.
rows, summed them all up like this;
y noticed when l came In from a
days shopping our last week that my
whole visage looked lined and seamy
But after a refreshing toilet and a
short slesta observed only one new
little crease remaining to mar my
face through the years. They had all
settled into n It seemd to me. /.
am such a close student OF personal
appearance that my observations may
be taken as accurate. Yes, only one
wrinkle remained to represent that
one trip downtown. But think OF hay.
ing n line for e succeeding
shopping expedition one might be
called upon to endure, The worry
began when | hailed the car. The
conductor would not stop on the side
of the street which / indicated by my
presence. Then once aboard some
enc stepped on my new skirt and al
most tore 1t. In the stores downtown
the crowd kept me waiting, the
clerks were SLOW in attendance and so
things in general seemed to conspire
against me. But common occurrences
you va yes, but exceedingly annoy.
ing. Hardly worth going SCARED
through life to combat with such
things. however. l think. That deep
crease between my eyes came to view