The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-06

today At the christening of her sec =
ond grandchild it was said that Con-
suelO Yznaga, the American dowager
duchess of Manchester, was one of the
most attractive women in the church.
Her figure was willowy and girlish her
complexion as beautiful as it had been
twenty-five years before.
Consuelo Yznaga has had many sor
rows; few women, titled or untitled
have experienced more, yet they have
passed as winds pass over the ocean;
when the storm subsidies the ocean is
smooth. Dowager Duchess Consuelo
beloved and honored of Queen Alexan-
dra, is called in England the April
grandmother.
There, too, is Mrs. Arthur Paget
formerly Miss Stevens of New York,
who. in spite of the accident which
famed her knee is one of the most
active and influential women in British
court society. Mrs. George Corvallis
West, formerly Lady Randolph Church
i'll, in her girlhood Jennie jerome of
New York. is said to have remarked
when she was married to Mr.. West. a
man little younger than her own
eldest son, L expect to be wildly hap
by for five years and then-let come
what will"
The five years have gone by and still
Mr.. and Mrs. George Corvallis West
seaaD happy. Stin this American wo-
nlana is as brilliant, as witty and as
noted for her Intellectual attainments
| as ever. She. retains the attractiveness
that distinguished her in youth, though
her first marriage occurred in 1874.
! How old she was then she does not tell.
and perhaps she is wise. At any rate.
she has found out how to keep charm
4 ing. though middle aged. and that is the
main point. Here is one of her sayings:
Nobody ever saw a gray hair in my
head and nobody ever will see one.'
One of the most conspicuous ex-
amples of the young old woman of the
/ twentieth century is the queen of Eng
/ land herself, who without any exag
geration looks today younger than some
/ of her own daughters, although she was
| sixty-one years Old in December and
has been married forty-one years. Her
gracious and beautiful majesty can
4 not conceal her age, because it is down
( in the royal record against her, but
/ without the record no one would know
her to be more than thirty. She has
kept her youthful appearance against
odds that would have driven many q
/ woman into retirement in despair for
she is slightly lame. somewhat deaf and
has a scar. caused by an affection OF
Z TIE AAEChF WHICH AASICSSiLalGQ the lIiNeH-
tin of the dog collar her majesty
always wears. Queen Alexandra has
absolutely the figure of a slender
graceful girl in her teens her skin is as
/ unwrinkled as a babes and her eyes
are bright and sparkling. 74tGr-a So
How do these women keep their
1 youth?
Well probably a majority of the sex
could do the same if they had grit te
use the means and likewise time to give
to the matter. Queen A1exandra's de-
votion to beauty culture is the most
! strenuous of any. It is said her mai
! esty's exquisite face is privately in
charge Of famous American com
pIexion specialist, but If so, the Ameri
/ can specialist is wise enough not to tell
But the means in general made use
of by Alexandra are fresh air. dieting
and vigorous exercise. Fishing is said
to make the mind serene and free the
4 eountenance from wrinkles: therefore
her majesty goes a-1shing often.