The state herald., 1913-07-25

Tor the edlncatlon OF tnose 'snlps OF
girlhood" who have the temerity to hint she was
handsome in her day" She's beauty right now,
thank you'll
Mother and grandmother owe their idealstic,
rejuvenaton to the New York men whose stock
In trade is feminine loveliness-the artists who
paint and etch and model They've taken
down q bit. those Of us who rave OF fair hair be.
vitching eyes. peach-bloom tints and aquiline
features. For this single point they are
unison:
woman can be beautiful at nifty
Harken to what Harrison Fisher. Irwin Wiles
Edwin Blashned and Victor d. Brenner say.
This galaxy OF illustrator. painter. mural deco
rator and sculptor has come TO the defense OF
physical beauty in a woman past the middle span
Of life. They've all seen matrons and spinsters
who were handsome when the halfcentury post
had faded on the ten-year distant horizon
Cheer up. mothers grandmothers. aunts and
cousins-you whose silversprinkled tresses
droop over sylvan folds OF face and browl What
matters Il II nature rebels at the strain OF busy
life and sears your velvet cheeks with the In.
eritable wrinkles of motherly devotion1 You're
handsome stilll
Tho fair debutante may appeal 10 the eye for
beauty more than her mother from whom the
color OF buoyant youth has flown; whose flesh
hns lost the satin gloss OF girhood days: whose
tender lips have compressed in the nrmness that
comes OF mental strength and mature character
None the less is the artistic eye today appre.
ciative OF vivaoious grlhood with its luminous
flesh and radiant nature, But IT has turned to
another quarter for a type 2! beauty that has
survived from Ii: birth q man but never shono
resplendent in the light OF public approval.
. The mature woman-she who has the fullness
OF life. the mental development and the strong
force OF character written In every age line OF
Der coun,enapce-has been called beautiful, She
has been striving for this verdict for centuries
and centuries. but only now has her day Of rock
onng with youth come. She can match her
charms with her sex In Its teens and stand be-
fore the modern day court OF nrt without fear or
favor. The middle and the past middle.agcd
women OF New York have heard the verdict You
are bsau,gul
Victor d brenner. sculptor. who knows the
soft and pleafing lines Of hgure ms well M he
knows the face. IN 70 the fore M the most out.
spoken and incorporating indorser OF this new
viewpoint In art. IAN women are 10 be hd.
mircd." he put II generally. and declares that
femininlty In every condition OF scrvitude and
age hns points for artistic admiration.
The poetic has ita place In Sculptor nrennera
reasoning aa much the hard and fast rules
for physical perfection, He pernoninos the time.
worn adago. "neauty IN only skin deopH lie.
meath the ncth beneath the walls Of muscle and
tho frame Of bono goes Sculptor nrenDor for HIS
ideals. Mentality morality and warmth Of heart
nre all his prescribed ingrediencea for tho most
beautiful woman
"Bcnuy nll depends upon the viewpoint Of the
individual sculptor" declares Mr.. Brcnnor "Ho
IN Influenced by the nature OF his subject by tho
tass ho has before him. II beauty OF childhood
10 his thomo. then his whole heart and soul Are
wrapped In the infinite lines OF tenderness and
delight 70 bo found IN early youth
III tho sculptor seeks the poetry Of spring
time. he perchnnce acquisitions beauty Of nm hge
from eighteen 10 twenty. He mona tho less appre
oih,es this bloom Of early ifo and II cant help
bn, draw forth his admiration
From twenty-five 10 thirty I might classify as
another type Of beauty. beauty that 10 begin
ming to bloom In hi i,s radiance. fully developed