The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-08-01

for the edihcatfOu OF those tanips OF
girlhopd@ who have the temerity TO hint ''she was
handsome IN her day" She's beauty right now,
thank youi
Mother and grandmother owe their idealistic
reJuvenaton to the New York men whose stock
10 trade Isl feminine loyeiiness~-the artists who
paint and etch and model They've taken US
down Bit those OF us who rave OF fair hair. be.
witching eyes. peach.bloom tints and aquiiine
festurea For on this single point they are
unison:
A woman can be beautiful at ifty
hiAfken 70 what Harrison Fisher. Irwin wiIes
Edwin Blashneld aud Victor d. Bremen say
Thia galaxy Of illustrator. painter, mural deco
rstor and Hculptor has come to the defense or
physical beauty in woman past the middle span
Of life. They've all matrons and spinsters
Who were handsome when tho halfcentury post
bad faded on the ten-year distant horizon.
Cheer up. mothers. grandmothers, aunts and
cousins you whose silversprlnkied treases
droop over sylvan folds OF face aud browl What
matters II II nature rebels at the strain OF busy
life and sears your velvet cheeks with the in
exitabin wrinkles OF mothery devotion? You're
handsome still
The fair debutante may appeal to the eye for
beauty no more than her mother from whom the
color OF buoyant youth has flown: whose flesh
has lost the satin gloss OF girlhood days; whose
tender lips have compressed in the nrmness that
comes Of mental strength aud mature character
None the less ID the artistic eye today appre-
ciative OF yiyacious grlhood with tie luminous
flesh and radiant nature. But II has turned to
another quarter for type OF beauty that has
survived from the birth OF man. but never shone
respIendent IN the light OF public approval
The mature woman--she who has the fullness
of life. the mental development aud the strong
force OF character written In every age line OF
her CONFERENCE.-The been called beautiful She
has bean striving for this verdict for centuries
and centuries, but only now has her day of reck
eairg with youth Sha can match her
charms with her sex IN ito teeus and stand be-
fore the modern day court OF art without fear
favor The middle and the past middleaged
Of New York have heard the verdict. You
are beautiful.
Victor D. Rrenner. sculptor who knows tho
rofs and pleasing lines OF figure AZ well as be
Annws the face ia 10 the fore the most out-
spoken and uncompromisiug ndorser OF this new
viewpoint in art "Al women are TO be ad.
fnired he put Il generally. and declares that
feminlnity 10 every condition OF seryitude and
axe has polnts for artistic admiration.
The poetic has It's place IN Sculptor Brenner's
reasoning as much the hard and fast rules
Tor physical perfection. lie personines the time.
worn adage Beauty is only skin deep Be
meath the flesh. beneath the walls Of muscle and
the frame or bone goes Sculptor Bremen for his
ideals Mentality. morality and warmth Of heart
are al his prescribed ingrediences for tho most
beautiful woman
Beauty all depends upon the viewpoint OF the
individual sculptor declares MIR. Bremen. -He
is Influenced BY the nature OF his subject. by the
task he has before him. II beauty OF childhood
is bis theme. then hts whole heart and soul are
wrapped in the infinite lines OF tenderness and
delight to be found In early youth.
IF the sculptor seeks the poetry OF spring
time he perchanee acquisitions beauty Of age
from eighteen to twenty. He none the less appre
ciatas this bloom OF early life and'it can't help
but draw forth hls admiration
From twenty-five TO thirty might classify al
smother type or beauty: beauty that is begin
ping to bloom In all It's radiance fully developed