The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-25
MIDDLE AGES GONE
Society Women Leave It. Out of Their Arrange
 l1ents.
FAIR EVERGREEN MATRON
Effects of Wisdom in Preserving Health and of Taste in
 Dress.

The mature enchantress has been with us through the ages, but the com Iplete disappearance of the middle-aged woman is salient feature of life in the twentieth century, says the Lon don Chronicle. The society world seems now divided into girls, young married women and old ladies who are reat-grandmothers. Every one is fresh and no one has wrinkles. and the flair, fat, and forty" type of mat ron has become as extinct as the dead and gone Victorian era. Modern moth CTS look as young as their daughters. and we are now familiar with race of juvenile grandmothers.
 One notices this on all sides-in the park, at the opera and at dances and dinners Every one has bright eyes, a | flower face and a slender form, and all are dressed alike and dressed tc perfection. And the same style seems to be equally we'll suited to d girl of l IS and her mother of 40 Youth and | beauty count for much but no one ear deny that we have arrived at dead level in looks and dt monotonous type of womanhood
 And the same can be said as re. gards interests and amusements. Wo. men of 50 or 60 yacht, hunt, shoot dance, play golf and hockey, ride hi. cycles and drive their own motors A certain peeress who married forty-sey. en years ago still rides her bicycle in i London streets, and dowager duch. 1 ess who is a grandmother led cotil. lon last summer with splended sue i cess. And these evergreen matrons moi | only share the sports and pastimes of youngsters, but they show an equal verve and go and the same unceasine energy. They are sern at the opera night after night, attend balls, do week ends, hold stalls at bazaars and play bridge into the small hours of | the morning, In fact, they call halt to time, renew their youth and remain social queens for two generations. And one wonders how the trick is done and | if thu world gains on the transactions For as natural sequence it means that young girls find rivals in smar, married women. who now keen thei, places as beauties for an indefinite period. And it also affects the mar. ! riage rate, as the number of men vi, marry women much older than them. selves has cf late increased in a mark i ed manner. The case of Lady Castle wood and Harry Esnond is a common i che in the London of to-day.
 The secret of eternal youth woulr make multimillionaire of it's tuck, possessor. But the precious recipe i still nknown.and society women mus keep their looks at the cost of -ime much trouble and more money.
 The modern health craze nas don, great good in this direction. Temper ance is a watchword of the moment and smart society goes in strong fo the simple life and for sn-calle, vegetarianism. To my mind. plenty C sleep and the avoidance of meat an, alcohol are safe to preserve rne' youthful vitality And few womer have adopted this system for thei spiritual as well as bodily bettarmcnt If you want to grow in grace vol must diet said a certain wiseacr Then the don't worry" doctrine ha common sense on its side Wor
 makes wrinkles and as for bad tenn per-well, that is the root of all evil
 Rest cures have come to stay: an
 the deep breathing exercises. whic
 hail from the States. are another soy ereign remedy. Massage also doe wonders anG so does the much abuse