The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-07-25

WNRTW coming into her own. She is en-
NN - sconced upon an artistic pedestal
for the edfcation Of those "snips OF
girlhood" who have<t the temerity to hint she was
handsome in her day" She's beauty right now,
thank you!
Mother and grandmother owe their fdealistic
rejuvenation to the New York men whose stock
In trade is feminine loveliness- the artists who
paint and etch and model. They've taken US
down q bit those OF us who rave Of fair hair, be-
witching eyes, peach-bloom tints and aquiline
features. For ON this single point they are
unison:
woman can be beautiful at fifty.
Harken to what Harrison Fisher, Irwin Wiles
Edwin Blashheld and Victor D. Bremen say.
This galaxy Of illustrator, painter. mural deco
rator and sculptor has come to the defense OF
physical beauty in woman past the middle span
of life. They've all seen matrons and spinsters
who were handsome when the half-century post
had faded on the ten-year distant horizon.
Cheer up, mothers grandmothers, aunts and
cousins-you whose silver-sprinkled tresses
droop over sylvan folds Of face and brow! What
matters it II nature rebels at the strain of busy
life and sears your velvet cheeks with the in
evitable wrinkles of motherly devotion? You're
handsome still!
The lir debutante may appeal to the eye for
beauty 40 more than her mother from whom the
color of buoyant youth has flown; whose flesh
has lost the satin gloss Of girlhood days whose
tSu0eT nave compressed
comes of mental strength and mature character
None the less is the artistic eye today appre-
tive of viyacous girlhood with its luminous
nesL md radiant nature. But 1t has turned to
another quarter for a type OF beauty that has
survived from the birth Of man. but never shone
Fesplendent in the light OF public approval
The mature woman-she who has the fulness
Of life. the mental development and the strong
force of character written in every age line of
her CONFERENCE.-The been called beautiful She
has been striving this verdict for centuries
and centuries. but only now has her day of reck-
cning with youth come. She can match her
charms with her in its teens and stand be-
fore the modern day court OF art without fear or
favor. The middle and the past middle-aged
women Of New York have heard the verdict. You
are beautiful!
Victor d. Bremen, sculptor who knows the
soft and pleasing lines OF figure as well as he
knows the face. Is to the fore as the most out
spoken and incorporating ndorser Of this new
viewpoint In art "All women are to be adj
mired" he put It generally. and declares that
femininity in every condition Of servitude and
age has points for artistic admiration,
The poetic has its place in Sculptor Brenner's
reasoning as much the hard and fast rules
for physical perfection. He personihes the time
worn adage: Beauty is only skin Deep" Be
meath the flesh beneath the walls OF muscle and
the frame Of bone goes Sculptor Bremen for his
ideals Mentality. morality and warmth of heart
are all his prescribed ingrediences for the most
beautiful woman.
Beauty all depends upon the viewpoint OF the
Nindividuai sculptor declares Mr. Bremen. HE
ls Influenced by the nature of his subject. by the
task}he has before him. II beauty of childhood
Is his theme. then his 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 perchance requisitions beauty OF an age
from eighteen to twenty. He none the less appre-
eiates this bloom of early life and 1t can't help
but draw forth his admiration
From twAntyhve to thirty might classify as
another type Of beauty: beauty that is begin
~ias e bloom IL All ~ rAdianca fully DEVELOPED