The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-01-25
THOSE WRINKLES.
Rest d Little Each Day and They
Will Disappear,

At hotel table recently two wo.
men sat side by side. They were ap.
parently Of about the same age-per-
haps forty-five or fifty-and there could
have been but little difference in their
weight but the face of one was a
mass Of fine wrinkles, while that of the
other was marked scarcely at all.
AT the beginning of their meal they
were Strangers, but they fell into con-
versation, soon discovered that they
had several mutual friends and grad
uaLy lost all formal reserve.
/ see that you do not rest at all in
the daytime" remarked the unwrin-
ked one after a little. '"Why is it?
Don't you approve of it?"
NO. / think it is a waste of time"
replied Mrs. Wrinkles, decidedly. But
who could have told you that did not
lie down during the day."
l can always tell by the expression
OF the face" explained Mrs. Smooth
lace i almost never make a mistake
about it,"
How strange! But you are right
this time. 1t does seem foolish to me
70 take good half hour or more out
q the middle Of the day, as so many
women do, just for resting. I can't
AFFORD the time. I should never ac-
complish anything if l should attempt
OF course some classes of women
workers cannot get time for such rest.
But house mothers and most other
Ousy women can generally manage it.
ana II their experience is like mine
uey VIII find that they can do much
more later. perhape twice as much, for
ne rest that they have had"
Mrs. Wrinkles knitted her eyebrows
AcTedulously, but murmured only a
June indeed" Then she added, And
you can really tell by woman's face
Hlelher she lies down or not. How
extraordinary, Is ii that tired express
SION or does her skin look sallow. or
What is it?"
Du' IL IS a general expression" re-
plea the other eXasively.
me subject was presently changed,
W.. IL was later explained to an inter-
5sted listener to this conversation that
lIS. Smoothface had never personally
n.o"h woman Of good health to be-
9le unduly wrinkled until well into
y, " sixties If she made it a practice to !
". Gown q half hour or so every day.
hul some skins wrinkle far more
'aS.y than others"
, Yes. But those masses of fine wrin- !
s as seldom come, no matter what the |
M mn U.s. u the woman win only take |
as i.doln care of herself"
SICKNESS VIII make them"
lie, res but the woman who rests
r ,'.D t every day, relaxing every mus
b MIlIe She rests. is far less likely to /
yh 'Aan one who does not. Even |
rs oi ten minutes is better than
,bt-. y a.l believe that a woman Of
s ,-'5 'S-HFo can look like one of twenty !
yor. d woman Of fifty just as much
MS IL she viii only habitually
fin Aie long strain of the day in
n. way II she intends to go out in
os,,, =. elling she is simply crazy to
,5e s.se. her noon rest It is said that
re,.s inclined 10 embonpoint should
bs,o "' Gown any more than they
~ TO- But there are many safe
rs,ss oi reducing the weight without
pco'se io incessant sitting up. No
nv, can Keep her eyes bright her
bs ~ place, her skin smooth and
0, .Ila good without abundant rest.
m, curse, there are some days when
Is h,,'l..'l manage the matter, but she
TIE Who can and yet does not"
On, So are rather strong statements,
P--Nsls they are true.