Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-03

- IFTY Is not old-in these days
when no woman thinks Of "old
age" as anything under eighty
or ninety, fifty Is really little
more than the halfway point. But
neither is fifty young. AT thirty. even
at forty woman may contrive to
keep up the semblance of youth. by
her manner of dress, by her move
ments and actions and by innocent
or less innocent-artifices of the toilet;
but at fifty she must yield to the
inevitable and it is a wise woman who
yields gracefully and makes charm
her winning card instead of physical
attractiveness. At forty her intellect
ual powers are at their best, her In
terests are keen. her sympathies are
or should be-broad. the enjoy
ments Of life in the way of music,
books, art, the drama, travel, and the
like, are all for her, and she Is not
yet SO lost to feminine coquetry that
matters Of dress have not still a zest.
Breeding. intelligence, sympathy,
charm-these and not physical at
tributes, are the qualities that make
the woman of fifty adorable and at
this halcyon age one may at last relax
and be gloriously ones self! No
more striving to look younger than
one knows one is; no more worrying
about ones hats, gowns and wraps
lest they be too old" setting one In
the ranks of the middle aged instead
of the ranks of youth; no more being
bored by things that have lost their
interest lest one be accused of the
attitude of the middle aged. One is
nifty and admits it, youth is past, but
there is a long time ahead to enjoy
the things that make the world worth
while and, unhampered longer by
strenuous effort to be youthful. one
may have as glorious time as one
pleases. just being ones self.
Present Fashions Kind to Middle
Aged Women.
The draped skirts, graceful, not too
severe coats, flowing wraps and mod
crate hats of the moment are espe-
cially becoming styles to women past
first youth. Severe effects of all sorts
should be avoided after forty. The
mannish tailored suit heavy. soled
tramping boot, negligee shirt with
four hand tie and untrimmed soft
felt hat are all very well for the
fresh young girl to whose rosy pref
tiness this rigid garb lends a certain
picturesQueness; but such raiment on
a woman over forty makes her look
like a militant suffragette and robs
her of every atom of grace and
charm. Soft colors, soft. gracious
lines and soft, rich fabrics are the re-
uuirements of the older woman; and
never did current styles fit in more
perfectly with middle aged needs than
they do now.
The tailored street suit, for instance
that Is pictured on today's page
could anything more graceful, more
charming and more appropriate to its
fifty year-old wearer be conceived ?
The suit Is made of plum colored
broadcloth and though the lines are
in perfect accord with the modes OF
the moment. they are not extreme
in any way. The coat is loose and
graceful and the wide, low collar and
dat revers Of silk give touch of grace
and dressiness. and also soften the
effect ct the neck. Most we'll dressed
women Of nifty or thereabouts prefer
the three-quarter sleeve under which
long -wristed glove IL drawn softly
over the arm. Such sleeves are much
more becoming than long, rigid Goa,
sleeves that meet a short gloye-espe-
cially when the figure IL not slender
and youthful. The loose. three-quar.
ter sleeve gives wrap suggestion II
the coat and IL moreover. much easiel
to draw on and on than the long
alnse- hitting coat sleeve. Gloves Of EN-