Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-08-01
WOMAN'S WORLD.
Various Matters Of Special Interest to
Feminine Readers-Elderly beauty.
lErOm the Boston Post

The woman Of fifty to-day looks from
ten to fifteen years younger than her
mother did at her age This is in Il
great mea sure due 10 modern hygiene
and also in part to her dress. which
while becoming and appropriate to her
years. is no longer "old fogy."
The modern woman of middle age does
not deem it necessary to dress monoto-
nously in black. She wears sof: shades Of
lavender. purple or plIm color. with
white frocks in summer. and If she finds
it becoming sometimes even pale blue
If she likes them she has navy blue
tailor suits. but when she chooses "A
very handsome frock of broadcloth or
velvet she usually selects black, as it
is more elegant in these materials She
seldom wears brown as it is apt to be
unbecomns to an elderly woman unless
she has a youthful pink color in her
cheeks.
There Is nothing that makes so great
difference in an elderly womans APP
pearance as the arrangement Of the hair.
No possible frame for the face could add
greater dignity to the countenance or do
more to soften the lines OF age than white
hair or even iron-gray hair. Now be-
cause a woman IS old is no reason why
she should twist her hair in hard knot
on the back of her head or brush it
straight back unbecomngly from her
face. She can adopt any modish couture,
always provided that il is not extreme in
style or in any way grotesque or bizarre.
She can wear her pair parted, or, If it is
more becoming, in a soft prompadour.
AS a general rule the pompadous is well
suited to all elderly women, for this use
full word covers quite a variety of hair
dressing. Fortunately there are several
kinds of pompadour. though none of them
are worn very high at present.
| a soft, loose arrangement of the hair
| httingly frames the face of the thin. sen-
der woman. while a little more severe ar
arrangement OF the hair adds dignity to the
countenance too plump for symmetry. In
! fact, often a pompadour Will actually re-
deem a face from coarseness IL only the
! right lines are chosen in its Arrangement.
Many ladies' with white hair have great
difficulty in keeping 1t in snowy condi-
/ ton. 1t should be shampooed at least
once a month with white CASTLE soap,
| shaved and dissolved in warm water.
| When the hair is really white and not
irony-gray it Is good plan TO rinse II
after each shampoo with indigo water
to give 1t a shining silvery tint. This
chemical should always be purchased at a
drug store and enough put into the water
to make it light blue. Care should be
taken not to get too much as 1t will give
the gair a distinct blue tinge If 1t is care
lessly used. Indigo acts on the hair in
the same manner as it does on white
| clothes.
When white hair Is dry and brittle it.
condition can be improved by rubbing a
very little white vaseline carefully into
the scalp, To apply 1t the hair should be
parted at close intervals and the grease
thoroughly rubbed into the scalp witt
the finger tips. II this Is done properl,
the scalp is nourished without the hail
showing the slightest trace of greasiness
Every other night is often enough for this
treatment