Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-04-28
H. l.. Lang,
OptometriSt
Masonic Temple
Staunton. Virginia
PHYSICAL CHARM
StauntOn,

IT HE question may seem a trivial
there was never woman so serious
or so spiritual who did not feel secret
ly pleased at the conclusion that she
possessed physical charm and secretly
sensitive at the thought that she was
devoid of it.
Physical charm does not always ne
cessitate beauty. Many of the most
fascinating women in the worlds his
tory, women who have inspired great
loves and helped to mould the destiny
beauty. But they possessed the charm
Of manner and expression, and the
subtle magnetic quality which leave
the impression Of beauty upon the be-
holder.
When beauty of face and form is
supplemented by these attributes, the
world gives way before 1t. When 1t is
devoid Of them, it is often as ineffect-
ual as Q. snow image to arouse more
than passing netica.
But even she w.o is possessed of
al the CHAINS must yield her sceptre,
eventually, to time
Man, the higher animal, however.
his developement may be aided by
caApre and religion, finds woman at
tracttve only during the time that sug-
gests the possible mother. To the
Immature girl he Is indifferent: the
elderly woman he respects for what
she has been. Bet his interests re-
wolves about the young maiden or the
ripe fnatron.
He may be a bookworm and a crusty
bachelor; he may despise children
and believe in the extinction of the
human race; yet. without knowing
why, and from an instinct stronger
than his theories, his glance rests
With pleasure and interest only upon
the woman who could perpetuate his
species.
We may expatiate upon MeEtal COM
radeship and preach Of spiritual vir-
woman which attracts. 1t does not
hold, unless the other qualities sup
plement it.
There are women who seem never
to possess the suggestive physical
charm SO dear to the sterner sex;
women who are pronounced spinsters
Of fifty at sixteen. and there are 9TH
ers who seem to retain it into old
age. American women are wonderful
in the present day for their skill in
looking and seeming young at time
when their mothers were old ladies.
At one Of our army posts a few
years ago q woman who became a
reigning belle was discovered by In
vestigatinx rivals t. be past Fifty
years Of age.
To the youngK4 Of fifteen. TWEEN
ty-fve seems old age. Yet when she
reaches twenty-five she finds herself
In this era Of prolonged youth in
the very morning OF life.
To the woman who has found her
happiness only in the light of mems
admiring eyes, the passing of physi-
cal charm is tragedy. The greatest
tragedy, however, is when she fails
70 realize what is patent to all OBJ
servers, and when she demands from
men. by coercion or strategy, the at
tentions she once received as volun-
tary tributes to her attractions.
The Dignity of Age.
Repose and dignity are as essen
tai to beautiful age As the Indian
Summers to the dying year. They
should be cultivated with the advent
Of the first wrinkle.
The Intellectual woman should learn
to see the humorous side of life
and to lsugh often, and the frivolous
woman should Learn to be serious at
times in order to keep the beauty
balance and the power of charm