The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-12
ANSWERS QUESTION OF
 HOW TO KEEP YOUNG

It depends very much upon ourselves whether we grow old quickly or look ten years younger than our real age.
 Most people do not realize till it is almost too late that they look older than they should. and one of the big gest mistakes the average business woman makes is that she neglects her appearance and her mind and her character until she suddenly realizes that she looks old and feels "out of the swim in the presence of her Ju' niors. Now. there Is no secret elixir nf youth, no infallible remedy for gray hairs and wrinkles. but there are heaps and heaps of ways or deluding Father Time of retarding the process of growing old
 If you want to look young, you must ask yourself honestly if you are ne- glecting your appearance. Many wom- en do. There Is Il great temptation for the busy. anxious woman to drift into dowdyism.
 You have not the time to spare for the details of the toilet. you probably say to yourself, so you stop brushing your hair. and you do it up' anyhow before you go oft to the city for the day You take no interest in clothes and although you know that the dust and sun are working havoc with your complexion, you do nothing to coun' tHract the damage they work.
 You let your figure get fioppy, and .hsn you are annoyed when you realize that you look five years older than your younger sister But 1t Is all your own fault.
 If you want to keep young, you must drst of all study your looks. Take the trouble to do your hair nicely. to choose well cut. well fitting. suitable clothes, however inexpensive and simple they may be.
 Attend to your complexion. A good skin makes all the difference between freshness and youthfulness and passe appearance.
 Steam your face once a week over a basin of boiling water. and massage the skin with a good face cream. and you will keep your complexion Tor years. Brush your hair until 1t shines and looks cared for. be tidy and neat tn every detail of your appearance. Try what massage with face cream will do for your face, but remember that no toilet application in the world will cure wrinkles if you continue 10 worry and fret and fuss through life If you want to keep young. you simply must give up worrying.
 It Is not good, honest, hard work. but foolish fretting that writes ugly. peev- lsh lines on the working womans race after thirty. Constant worrying over nothing will cause wrinkles and bring | a look of age to the face more thar zeal grief Or anxiety.
 Make up your mind to regard lie cheerfully don't meet trouble half' way, turn the corners of your mouth up Instead of down, and you VIII De surprise the effect of this simple II eatnlent in week. The worrying woman is never happy, and rarely healthy,
 | Tie influence of mind over health and looks far greater than people req lize, and you can train your mind into | good habits of order. merhod ana, above all. cheerfulness. which will | counteract the worrying tendency. ant so preserve your youth.
 A proper choice of food will help Nte prolong your youth also. After twenty five or thirty people require less food because they have ceased to krow, and after the bony structure of the body Is formed less butchers meat isApeces-