New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-03
The Beauty Budgef
Personal Loneliness Need Not Be Resigned By
Those Whose Youth Is No More.

woman who has completed fourscore
Years upon this globe complained recently
~ the neglect with which people Of her
ere we're treated, both in shops and in
vnnen's papers. Unless one Is very rich"
she protests. "one's bonnets have to be
made 10 order. while as for caps. where
can they be purchased
The charge Is partly true. Neither shops
NOR women's pages cater much TO those
vho have flung aside the mask OF youth
or near" youth. and who boldly stalk
abroad. proud Of their years! However, the
laws OF supply and demand are so related
that II more Of the women TO whom arti-
clos that tell the matron OF forty how to
,ook Ike twenty. and even those telling the
dame OF sixty how to appear as matron
a, forty. are useless-if more of these
women made demand for the sort OF ad-
vice they could utilize the supply would
rrobably be forthcoming. The trouble is
that once a woman is well past seventy
she is likely 10 retire from all activities
and rom the public view. Even II she is
not an invalid compelled 20 more or less
seclusion in her own room, she confines
herself 70 such regions of limited activ-
,tv as escape the ken OF all but the most
intimate friends OF the family. What the
shall we say the words boldly-what the
"old woman" needs Is more pride, more
ssir-assertfveness and less-oh, much less
~ the negative virtues Of modesty, humn-
i,v patience, forbearance and seif-ehace-
mont. Let her UP and demand her rights
not 50 much OF those about her Ghese VIII
probably be only TOO glad 70 coheeue lheii3'
but Of life and the public
IN the first place. let her resume care
for her appearance, let her resume even
coouetry! There is absolutely no reason
under the sun why the woman Of seventy
eighty and ninety should not be as ex-
ouisite. as attractive as girl in the bloom
Of youth as far as care of herself goes.
Let her toilet table display a perfumed
talcun powder and ''crisping pins or
kid curriers' Let her insist upon having
urettv accessories TO her morning costume,
such accessories as muslin fchus and caps,
lace trimmed mot heavy affairs of black
lace and sad-hued ribbons. but modified
.nobs" with snowy fufinesses and pale
mink. blue or lavender ribbons). Let her
have equally snowy fichus, with frilnngs
well up 10 her chin. Let her undergarments
be OF a dawnlike freshness and often
changed her outer wearing apparel brushed
10 Reckless smartness. and her shoes-let
her insist on pretty hosiery and slippers
for the house. reserving the comfortable
shoes with elastic sidesprings for her
walks
In the afternoon. when she 81 refreshed
by her nap. let her make a second toilet.
80, vFTlr 1ora for Srf,, N
Probably she hasn't got them. having for
years considered sober and unnodceable
hues and materials chosen for their solid
wearing qualities as her portion. Away
with these dull doings! Let the shops be
ransacked for Dresden chinalike effects Of
lavender, which surely are the perquisites
Of the accumulated years, and have these
made beautiful with ribbons that reflect
the lavender, mauve, violet and, perhaps,
pale blue and pale pink hues OF the Dres-
den china effects. These, with white lace.
viii make the dame Of the threescore
years and ten. and Of the fourscore and
over. as picture-like as her own grand
daughters,
If those whose youth lies N a far. dim
retrospect are neglected, it is-nine times
out OF ten-their own fault They have
climbed up on the shelf Does any family
own a northumberland? Let her
come down. make herself Just as attractive
as she did when the grandfather came a
courtin, and lovers will rise up again. The
son-in-law Will be proud Of her. The little
grandson viii be her chivalrous admirer,
and the women folk viii copy her methods
of self-preservation with that imitation
which is the sincerest hattery. She will
come into another kingdom.
OF course. II she is 70 retain this king
dom other graces must be taken. perhaps
from a long desuetude. too. She had better
this rejuyenated one-renew her interest
In what is happening, and take much-yery
much-interest in the lives Immediately
around her Il is one Of the tragedies of
that form OF old age. which merely waits