The Washington times., 1909-03-05
WOMAN STAYS YOUNG
AS FRIENDS PERMIT
When MaSSeuSe Became
Popular, Old-Age Rule
Became Unpopular.

A woman is no longer as old as she
looks; that idca went out when the mas
seuse became popular She is now as
young as her friends viii permit her 10
be-and that is never SO awfuny young
Dorinda talked OF this The other day
10 me with 50 much heat that ! could
not help but be impressed by her words.
Il went TO reception yesterday feel
ing that 1 was looking my poor best
said she. My hair was dressed he
comingly, and ] wore a lovely gown of
= pale rose color. Ny whole aspect was
SO glorifcd that tho knowledge Of it
lent unnatural vivacity TO my manner
i felt the very youngest thins in the
room. J. was mcrrily ccquetting with
young college chap. when along came
Agatha
Why. Dorinda.' SHE cried cycling me
with gentle pleasure. how we'll you
look"
Now, this was high praise from
Agatha, and unusual, so 7 introduced
her 10. the college chap and she SAT-
down beside me on the couch
Are Dear Friends.
I,oriudd end { are dear, dear
friends. she said to the nice young
nan, taking hold Of one of my hands
As she did SC Indeed. We have been
50 since our school days. We went ~
the same boarding school. YOU sec, and
porinda was a big Sjri when I was
little one. auG som, times i'm chapel
when, tiny tot that ! was ] grew tired
and Went 10 sleep she used 10 lllt me
in her arms and bcar me away
Why. Agatha 7 protested feebly-
Bear me away, she reiterated. so
good OF her
The Young man muTnUrod some
I look
INK at me very hard, @ disc YER, nc
GOubt. now ] managed to cover the
marks Of age as well as / did Then,
aiteT awhile. he arose and excused NM
self and joined q debut9nte, unwilling,
apparently, longer 30 waste time on
such relic OF antiquity
When he had quite gone I remcD-
strated with Agatha. How can you tell
such fibT / demanded angTilN. You
know perfectly we'll YOU and I were in
The same class at school
Were Ws% she asked sweetly- Then
II couldn't have been YOU who used TO
carry me out or chapel, could it2 Per
heps it was Marie Nov that I think of
IL l am sure It was Marie
But l Am not exactly ford Of Az
aJna, for, DuTpOSoly OF not. she added
ten years TO my age in the mlnO of one
young man, who viii doubtless pass IL
on 10 others.
Didn't Mind Age.
Once 1 knew woman whose proud
boast 1t was that she did not i'm the
least mind telling her age 10 anyone.
And no one would have denied her
whatever pleasure this indulgence af-
forded her if it had not been that she
Invariably told il thus: Yes, ! am
Just turned Iwenty-siX, and Edith is
four years older than l.
What Ediths &c had 10 do with the
case the victim Of this remark could
never understand, but she knew by the
~
least once day-the woman VINO dldn I
care-was telling the number o. her
own years, and dragging those OF EdIth
in by the ears, so 10 speak
Most of us have at some period dur
ing our maturity met with ma
whom We mistakenly played with I'D
our infancy and who insists upon olaE-
't Get t me- see he says to one in front
of an assembled multitude, loudly
what year was IL we were all az
I'm the brook together, and were roundlS
punished for coming nome Win o,u
clothes WCt2 II must have been IGli1
twenty years ago-yeS- il must nav
boer the summer Of 1889 or 1890. Time
docs fly, doesn't it?'
And what can one say Certainly
she cannot stand up ana swear inc
time does not fly. nor Yet thdl j. wa,
not the summer of 1888. fOr she hash
IN idea in the world when Il was bu
she Is acutclv aware that All the NoGhi
that 10 wade in a brook properly on
must be al least ten years old, ant
Thai makes Ter thirty. and how wei
s7e bears her ace, TO be sure
Then there is ones old aunt VINO ap
peais to one for confirmation OF her rec
elections OF the civil war. Whethe
she thinks one has a distinct recollec
lion OF things that happened before on
was horn. or whether she merely Wlsne
one TO draw on her knowledge game
from the study of history, no one I'm II
audience stops To consider and reall
il Is very annoying
What Friends Can Do.
But Il is when ones friends refuse I
tell ones age, with many empnati
shakes Of the mead, that they do mos
damage.
How old DO YOU think she is. the
inquire cannlly.
''Tveutv-nve.'- SAYS the Questiouer a
4 venture. taking three or four orr Oh
number of wears ho really suspects
'.'Tyeuty-tiNet' cry ones friends, am
20 off into peals OF delighted iauEue
THAT'S an they do-ust laugh. bat tho
could not have damned one more Of