The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-25

LII age Is the bogY thaC
stalks every woman in ey-
" cry country. Or, it were
more correct to say, the fear
Of old age is that bogy. Despite
the example of women who have re-
mained enchantresses until ninety,
women regard the early wrinkles
and the first gray hair az
tragedy.
Let me advise you to Danish that
fear. The forty-year- old euchan.
tress, Otero has told you, is the in
vincible one. In your country
beauty recently contracted her last
and best marriage at fifty. Believe
me, if the spirit remains young, tho
flesh will age but slowly.
Contrive to keep interested In
persons and conditions and circum-
stances. Don't let yourself be
bored. Flee from bores or drive
them from you.
When you are uninterested, your
face grows heavy and Opaque. It
loses it's reflective power, that mir
ror-like quality which is its chief
charm. One Of the wisest and
most enchanting women / ever
knew-truly q woman irresistible
told me she would never allow any
one to see her in any but her sun
niest mood.
"Meeting people is making pic
lures Of ones self,'' she said.
Memory pictures that remain long,
perhaps forever, in their minds. 1t
is difficult, sometimes impossible,
to remove that memory picture
They may see US in other moods
and phases, but the ugly picture
persists If I am In an unhecom-
ing mood, hide until it is past, as
I would hide did I suffer from an
infectious disease.'
That is true philosophy Of charm.
Be interested. be cheerful, be ut
your best when you are in public.
If you cannot be these hide from
the sight of men and women until
the eclipse of your charming self
has passed. If you are business
aud professional woman and can
not do so, at least hide the mood
beneath an impassive face aud be-
hind the screen Of silent tongue.
Two extreme evidences of the ap-
proach of age are certain condi-
tions of the head and feet. Don't
let the lower part Of your face
grow heavy. That adds to the ap-
pearance Of age "Jowl-like
checks and loose hanging chin
add years to apparent age. Pre-
vent that defect, or, if it has ap-
pesred, correct il by great care.
Be vigilant as worthy police
man. Be on the alert. Say TO
yourself, "Am 1 holding my head
highs Am / giving the muscles of
my chin exercise to keep them
firm, or am I allowing the flesh to
accumulate and form bag about
it?"
AS many times a day as you can,
and at least every morning and
evening, give the neck and chin
their stretching exercise. Raise
the chin and let the head fall back
upon the shoulders. Let 1t rest as
far back as possible, and with the
tips Of the fingers press gently up
ward the muscles at the sides Of
the neck. Persuade those muscles.
Train them, in time they will re-
spond to the education you are Civ
ing tfem and grow hrmer.
If, at the same time, you iron tho
falling muscles of the chin and
neck with piece Of ice the process
of rebuilding the lower part Of the
face will be quicker, But l have
found very effective retiring with
piece Of soft cloth, saturated in
witch hazel, pressed about my
neck. Witch hazel is an astringent
and will draw the hacid skin
tighter.
No matter how tired YOU are,
don t allow yourself to look tired.