The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-07-24
WHY GROW old?
Mere Youth Not Essential to
Beauty Fighting
Old Time.

contemplate than the process 81
growing old. 1t is terrible moment
q solemn duty for all. and one which
the ancient Roman marked with
black letter, when pretty woman,
on consulting her mirror perceWes
the first line, the first trace-hardly
visible as yet--of the fatal crow
foot which will spread out at the cor
ners of the eyes, on skin OF satin
hitherto unmarked. But the trouble
Increases. the worry becomes more
bitter and almost inconsolable when
the eye discovers in the shiny ebony
or the rich tawny gold Of the tresses
the first white hair, forerunner OF I'M
minent old age. Youth rebels against
age with an impotent fury. Perhaps
this may be the secret Of premature
wrinkles, gray hair and dim eyes In
the average woman Because youth
has not been educated to a proper
regard for the consistency Of appear
ance with years is the one great rea-
son for this rebellion.
Pink cheeks and bright eyes have
no conception of beauty that does not
resemble their own Naturally they
feel alarmed when these charms de-
sert them. The bud has never been
81 taught that the full blown rose has a
beauty Of its own, and that che frag'
rance of withered petals may be
sweet and lasting If blended with
spices and frankincense of endur-
ing nature.
To feel middle life approaching,
yet be content, one must cultivate
-cheerfulness of spirit, keeping the
mind busy with wholesome thoughts,
VI and the heart ready to do kind deeds.
We may not retain perpetual youth,
yet within the reach Of us all is pro-
longed youth. No fair face need as
sumo maturity unless 1t be the de-
sire of the possessor. Gray hair may
Outlines be prevented, but If that be
impossible rest assured it has a
charm of It's own, If worn becoming
ly. Wrinkles may surely be avert
ed by attention to the rules of
health and beauty
Bathing, fresh air, proper food,
massage and plenty of sleep, added
to perfect control Of our emotions,
will leave the brow smooth and UNI
furrowed until long past midlife.
Science has procured ways and
means to accomplish all these things.
1t is for the Individual to take heed
and employ prescribed methods To
live a rational life, temperate in all
things, either physical or spiritual
is to enjoy the blessing Of ripe old
age, one that is calm, graceful and
natural, II in olden times people be-
lieved in miracles, magic and sorcery,
we of this age see in them only an in
telligent understanding Of regime and
Che care OF ones person.
Youth and beauty are precious and
ieeting gifts and to preserve them ii
Is necessary to maintain constant
battle every hour and every moment
No one Is exempt from the immut-
able law.
Helen of Troy was over 40 when
she deserted her husband. At that time
she was in the zenith of her glory.
Cleopatra had seen 80 when Anthony
fell victim to her immortal charms
and to the day of her death she was
ravishingly beautiful Catherine Of
Russia was 35 before she began her
mad career and for thirty years she
was both fascinating ard dangerous
Aspasia counted 33 when she married
Pericles, and was considered beauty
for thirty years afterward. When she
was 36 Henry II. became infatuated
with Diane de Poitiers, and Anne of
Austria had both Richelieu and Buck.
ingham madly jealous when she was
SS. Mile Mars was at the height OF
her beauty and talent at As. One Of
the most beautiful women of her day
in Europe was Nine Recamier. Until
her death, at so, she held sway over
her masculine world. Ninon de FER.
clos was the idol of three generations
and when a very old woman complete
" subjugated courtly able, young
enough to be her son. Look at the
wonderful woman of our own time,
Sara Bernhard, who goes gayly along
defying time and disease. She is as
winsome, marvellous and vivacious as
she was at 20.
Thus 1t is to be seen that there is
no real reason why woman should
lose her physical charms at 40 or her
mental attractions at TO- From 80 to
40 Is the ripest age, If the charms OF
body and mind harmonic. 1t is con
ceded that nature is making perpetu.
al efforts to attain perfection and
beauty, and beauty should be recog-
nized as the normal state. Devia-
lions from it are usually marks of an
cestral errors, though in many cases,