Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-03-07
Art of Looking Wen.

1t Is curious that many of the
women noted for their longevity have
been some of the most beautiful,
and among those who have cultivated
beauty as a science. Such examples
are encouraging to those who desire
20 live long and look their hest all
he time. Happily for us we live in
time when old women are scarce.
We keep young, and ours is evident
y not the only period in the world s
history when youth has not had it
AL its own way. Helen of Troy did
lot elope with Paris till she was over
lorty, and must have retained her
beauty long after that, for years after
her husband received her back with
10y.
Perhaps the most poignant anguish
4 pretty woman knows is when she
finds that her charms have waned-
n nine cases out of ten because she
has let them CO. Ninon de rEnclos
was wiser. For three generations she
fascinated the youth of France, and
Iome of the most successful toilet
preparations and secrets for the
preservation of life and beauty we
awe to her. At seventy-two we hear
If the Able Bernis falling in love
With her; but then, she cultivated
ler mind as we'll as her beauty, and
ler sprightly wit contributed to her
charms. When women find that they
are becoming stodgy, inclined to sit
luietly and become unduly fat they
should bestir themselves. They are
eating too much, or, at all events,
aot digesting what they eat.
Diet has everything to do with
good looks and long life. What we
10 not digest clogs the system. We
ire thereby bringing poison. into our
bodies and filling up our veins, and
It is this that stops the working
powers which we call life. The mind
Keeps the body active, the talents
and the members that we neglect
become inactive. We let ourselves
go, we imagine we cannot do many
:hings that are perfectly within our
reach, and so we insensibly allow
ourselves to grow old, says the
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Those who wish to live long
should cultivate happiness as a duty;
watch their hair, their teeth, and
their skins with a view to keeping
them in a perfectly healthy, active
condition, and above all the teeth,
because unless food is properly mas
Heated, it is doing harm rather than
good. Keep off the use of false teeth
to the last possible moment, and
never have a tooth out that can pos
sibly be kept in. If you find they are
falling out sound and good, as they
will do, bestir yourself and see what
medicines you are taking and in
which of them mercury is disguised.
Do not make a habit of taking
!hings too hot or too cold; both are
bad for the teeth. Do not cover the
lair up or keep parting in the same
place, or strain and tie too tightly.
It is far easier to preserve hair in
health and the skin in good condi-
lion than restore them, and as rule
you require good and constant advice
rom those who have made study. of
The subject.
Early rising Is conducive alike to
health, beauty and longevity, but it
must be early to bed if early to rise.
You cannot burn the candle at both
ends. Too much sleep is as bad as
100 little, but too little exhausts
vitality, and as the years creep on
1 little wise resting now and then
doubt prolongs life.
Exercise should be persevered in,
sven against the grain. At all stages
It is well to be merry, active, inter-
ssted, and as the years accumulate
the duty is just as imperative, as well
as taking every aid to beauty into
active consideration. Pittsburg
Press.