The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-06-30

The photographer looked as II about TO
faint.
Madam" said he, in the soothing tone
one would use to a ~lunatic. none OF my
women patrons has ever asked 10 have
wrinkles left i'm
But have lived a good deal to get that
line between my eyebrows and / want II
left there" was the laughing answer.
The expression on the mans face changed
from astonishment to satisfaction. He is
an artist. He looked from the proofs 10
the original and back again before answer
ing:
You are perfectly right, madam. With
the line your face is distinctive. expressive;
without the line il is comparatively inex-
pressive and far less interesting"
"Now!' exclaimed in triumph the woman
to a friend who accompanied her and who
had a middle aged figure and an imfnovable,
wrinkleless face.
TIT friend smiled sceptically.
Before long" the other continued, turn
ing to the artist, women will stop trying
to get rid of every tiny line in their faces.
They are stopping now.
1T isn't that a smooth face makes a
woman uninteresting, supposing IL is
natural to her to have a smooth face, but
that the trying to rub out every wrinkle
or to keep a wrinkle from coming prevents
"a woman from being her natural self and
from giving her best time and thought
to things which will make her interesting
or keep her interesting.
AS a woman grows older naturally
society expects more from her thar from
a schoolgirl. The bovine type Of woman
is never very thrilling even IL her face is
perfectly smooth. The most sought after
women ! know are not the women with
the smoothest compilations.
"A case in point is a New York woman
who ia married to a man at least ten years
her Junior. Her face has no end Of small
lines in il. They were there before the
era of facial massage set in and she lets
them stay there.
Evidently she prefers to spend her
time in other ways than in smoothing out
wrinkles, knowing she has no need TO re-
turn to her girlhood complexion; for she
is one Of the most attractive and popular
women in society. In vivacity and youth
fulness OF expression she 10 one Of the
youngest women | know, and that she feels
as young as she looks is evident.
There is no make believe about II.
We're she 70 begin worrying about every
wrinkle and to spend hours trying TO smooth
it out very soon she would lose her greatest
charm.
Taking good care Of the skin is one
thing and striving night and day to keep
WV hoNN y ~
another. The latter ant be lone without
sacrificing other things, which in the long
run are far more important TO q woman
who cares 10 be thought interesting"
Everything you say Is absolutely true"
the photographer rejoined. "A Govern
ment official came in here the other day
10 look over photographs and arrange |
for a sitting. Mind he cautioned me
after the posing was over. that you don't |
sond me proofs which give me the face OF
a schoolboy, wan these photographs 1
TO make me look as | ana man Of 90 and
not an undergraduate
Il sent him the proofs with little or no
retouching and he gave a large order for
photographs TO be made from them.
Naturally few women feel that way,
and for the last five years IL has worried /,
me a good deal to be obliged TO spoil many
a good picture by rubbing out every line
which gave character to the face. / am
more than pleased 70 hear that a reaction
has set in. hope IL will set In fast.
As for o madam. | am delighted 10
able TO tear up these proofs and print
others which will do you greater Justice