Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-06-23
AQueen
OF Beauty
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that she saw the rejection os skese
toa booking over ssr shculder.
Miss Heslssscr had eujoyei the rcpu-
tatson OF being the beautF at the place
In wAscn she lived for ten years. Her
cuuseglneSs was remarked uspn when
she was fifteen. three years later she
was the scknow iesiSed belle of her 50
csai circle. and tse- fame begsn TO ne
sysr~ad abroad She was ncw twenty
eight ard wss cousiaeyed more iseauts
fui than ever.
What Miss HOLSTER saw In the mir
ror thas appalled, her was tiny Crows
foot t:ader Der LETT eye
Miss HsiIsster sank back Ga lounge
and. buried In many pillows. gsre her
self up TO thought. sheuha she not ac~
eep; her fate. marry one cf the men
who wanted her and pass from 80
cial belle TO wifehord. rnotherhocd2
She shrank from what she considered
the abandonment Of sovereignty 10 nc
cept orllnsry humdrum. There were
many men from whon to choose. AMI
there woutd be no trouble In making
choice. Clarence Beale bad bowed Der
from the time she came TO wonsnhood
He WINS her favorste of all her suirors.
and nothing had prevented their mar
Rage except that matrfmony would
curtail her realm.
Madeline arose and stood again BE-
fore the glass Since she had stood
there before the sun had passed be-
hind the branch Of a tree. and the
light was not SO intense. She hooked
for the wrinkle. bot under the lesser
light It was not apparent
A respife-another year at least ~
manned to her before aoGtcat3ng rs
queen ~ beauties As soan rs her
skin erased To- tear an ordinary light
she would rc~i<n her position. marry
and content herself as queen u home
and chlldrwn Bat not yet No. she
could not yet tear to step town frona
position that was a part Of her be
ing.
A year PASSED. and she stood again
before hsr mirror. The sun was La
the same relative position as when she
had discovered the FIRST mark o. decay.
The line had grvwn deeper. aud other
lines radist-d from IL.
Another year she sighed. and |
must abdscate or I've aepc~ei.~
When s,iil another year had passed
and the lines were multiplying II oc-
CURED TO her that she might add 10
the period OF her reign By the aid Of
cosmetics She applied them To her
they seemed to eject tn. intended
purpose But they were noticed By
Others and II began 10 be whispered
about among women that Miss Hollis
ter's beauty was fading But these
whispers did not reach the ears Of the
queen Of beauty.
II the wrinkles did rot show under
bright light the cosmetics did No
longer was that milky. peachy com
plexion present. 10 excite the admira-
ton Of the world But Miss HOLSTER
was not aware 81 the change Her
eyes we're 40 constantly nxed upon the
reflection Of her face that she did not
remark the very gradual shriveiing Of
the skin.
One thing she did notice-that the
looks Of admiration 10 which she nad
been 10 long accustomed grew less In
terse. then less frequent At first she
refused to be Convinced that her beau
~ had faded and that the world
knew IT,
MY time Is up she SAID at last Il
must abdicate-"
She sent for Clarence Beaie He
came. but the lovelight that she had
believed would shine forever for her
In bis eyes was wanting She could
not say that she was ready TO marry
him. but she Indicated 1t By her man
per. He failed to respond When he
took leave OF Der she felt that time had
hardened his heart toward her. He
was forty; she was thirty seven Later
at the opera she saw him bend loving
~ over girl of twenty.
Miss HOLSTER now became panic
stricken Dcposed as queen Of beauty.
she WAS fearful Of being denied being
queen OF home. One after another
she recalled the lovers she had refus-
co. otitt 10 warn mat sue u4Q urnN0
them by her beauty. and that gone she
had no other means OF attracting them.
Some Of them had become old bacbe-
Tors so set In their ways. 50 fearful Of
losing their liberty by marriage. that
they dared not marry. Those who were
minded to taSe partners were looking
for women much younger than them
selves
One would suppose that the deposed
queen OF beauty would retire from the
world She did not Perhaps she could
aot. Her costumes were AZ artistic Is
before. but whoever has seen an old
woman In the bridal dress OF her youth
knows that the costume of youth In
tensfhes age. Miss HOLSTER was thank
fus for any crumb OF attention that
was paid her. She grew old not In
shadow. but In the limelight to which