The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-06
All Women Need Romance,
Says Sarah Bernhardt.
Marry While YOung-and Your
First Love.
BUT DON'T FORGET The BABY
ssNO Joy, No Glory Is So Great"
Divine Sarah.
A Few Beauty Hints From
Famous Woman.

New York, May 6.-"Ah, the greatest
thing a woman can do for herself and
for the world is to be mother-no
Joy, no glory is so great; no art so
productive of genuine happiness and
meaning as that sweet thing mother
can look. upon for. the first time-the
little pink and white bundle held in the
nurses arms-her baby.
1t was Sarah Bernhard who spoke
and with all the abandon of words and
gesture and expression that only TINS
wonderful woman can give
.And think how much. greater is
her happiness to experience with the
same fresh sweetness and hope and ex-
pectation the coming of grandcnllu
and a greatgrandchiId as L have had:
"Ah it is too beautiful she sighed
happily And greater than all else
the thing which shall keep me young
and give glow to my life is the nope
of becoming a tgreatgrandmother
/ shall live, 1 hope, to have tnat JOY.
Nine Bernhard arrived in New
York after a transcontinental tour ana
Is Guest at the Marie Antoinette. She
will remain here for three weeks ana
then go to her home in Belle Isle for
rest in preparation for London and
Paris engagements.
II believe in the vote for women
for all men and all women, but not at
+te sacrifice of the child and the home,
she said.
mo woman should have any ambl-
ton that would put motherhood secohu
in the list. 1t must be as God lntenueu
the first great purpose OF a woman
life; the flowing of her soul-ner
greatest expression to the world and 10
nosterity With each succeeding gen
Grafton she should feel a greater ana
a more solemn pride in being response
bIe for childrens children. 1t IS her
most sublime height and a woman VINO
Iyould scorn motherhood is not worthy
of life itself. "a
And whether it is beauty that is
brought to her through her mother
hood or through her art, Nine Bern
hardt certainly needs no press agent 10
proclaim her eternal youth. She is the
Youngest looking woman of 20 that per-
haps the world has ever seen. Her face
is youthful and her checks as firm as
those of a woman of %. She wears
no glasses and her eyes are bright ana
lively.
lace blouse with the high collar al
xs-avs affected by Mime. Bernhard with
the long pointed sleeves extending over
a somewhat square practical hand
From this long V-shaped sleeve a hlmy
ruff1e of lace almost concealed the hand
and gave it the long artistic line that
one always has in mind in picturing the
divine Sarah.
Massage Keeps You Young.
people think 1 make up, 1 suppose,
but look. You can see in this bright
daylight there is nothing. 1t is simply
that 1 take care of myself. Perhaps an
actress keeps young longer because OF
the gentle massage that she is always
giving her face in putting on and TAX
ing off the stage makeup. Gentle mas
sage keeps the muscles firm, but what
/ consider the greatest aid to facial
beauty is the cream and oils which
the oriental women always use and
keep them from ever showing their
age. No one can tell if a woman
of the east is 20 or 40 1t is because
of the constant application of oils to
the skin
American women are so careless
of their skins. They motor and golf
and play tennis and walk and ride
without ever any thought of their
compilations. Their skins get dry and
harsh and finally get old looking and
wrinkled and it is such a shame, for
no women have greater natural beauty |
and treat it with such careless aban- !
don as your own lovely women. They |
have everything French woman |
possesses in the way of charm but they |
don't know so well how to retain it,
Asked if romance was necessary al |
hardt smiled quizzically and added:
'Toujours -alwaYs-always. There |
must always be romance in woman's |
life if she would keep young and hap
py and useful. There must be in |
tellectual response and a spiritual !
community of souls we'll a hui |
man interest between the woman who |
would live her life fully and finely and |
the man she marries.'
Nine Bernhadt. when asked the |
best time for a woman to marry. said |
Marry Early, Is Her Advice.
1.-The earlier the better-let her
marry her first love. A girl in her
teens and early twenties filled at the |
sunshine of love and romance and ar
dor and the joy of being makes an |
adorab BILE mother-the best. Eugenics (,
bah. Love and youth are the best /
sort of eugenics. If the marriage does l
not remain happy, at least the woman !
has the consolation of her mission /
begun. She has had the joy of moth (
erhood- She has had the baby of ba-
bies and with them she can grow less