The Washington herald., 1915-01-03
Are You Nearing Forty9

The woman at forty must face the
fact that her first youth has passed
youth as VIC count il by the years mark
cd on the calendar. Nature, unaided.
/ has done all she can for her child; tho
/ future now rests with tho woman. Will
She grow nifty, sixty. seventy years old.
or the. same number OF years young? So
I here l set up a sign post and label it,
The Dangerous Fortics.' For the
, woman who makes no effort TO preseTv"
her natural beauty and power after sh"
has reached forty will surely slid" down
The. hill Of u=lncSs while she who uses
, her Years Of experience and intelligence
To- holr her maintain her youth will be-
com" Il radiant example /" her sisters.
o of course. the wise Woman will begin
to think "f the WAYS to say" her youth
long hef"r,. she secs the danger signal
but 50 long a. the forties can lie counted
a fcw years ahead nature will make Il
pretty fair struggle to save herself
when given half chance. There still
will he streaks Of gold or chestnut in
the hair or a faint flush on the cheek,
unless iIlhealth or gross carelessness
has entirely destroyed the physical treas
ures of youth. 1t is only when forty
comes that nature calls on us to help
ourselves.
Nothing gives a girl or young woman
such distinct feeling Of pleasure as
to see a woman who has made an art
of growing old. who has used her years
not TO preserve, but to increase her
beauty and charm. On the other hand.
the woman who has let go herself and
thereby lost all of her youthful charms
in "A few years. will fill her sisters with
a positive Shiver as they inyoIuntarily
ask themselves, Must be like that in
just a few more ycars?'
Don't wait till YOU are forty to take
Yourself in hand. Wake up TO the neces-
sity Of doing 80 now, no matter what
your Years under forty, and then. when
you reach forty. the battle TO keep your
youth will not be half 80 hard as you
anticipated.
When. at last. YOU have reached forty
YOU should realize clearly that YOU have
got to be good 10 yourself, better than
you have ever been before. if you are
to win continued youth. You have got
to have more rest more fresh air, more
natural pleasure. Perhaps you have given
up fifteen wears. a little more or less, TO
motherhood, to helping your husband In
his career. Now you need TO help your
children and your husband by saving
Your youth for them, as well as for
yourself.
How many women take a walk every
DAY Of their lives: Undoubtedly they
intend to do so, but l venture to say
that you walk about once a week in
stead of daily. How many women, af-
ter rising i'm the morning. throw open
all the windows of the bedroom and
spend a few minutes in simple lung gym
nasticS? Are you afraid of catching cold
il you do this? Nonsense, il is impos-
sible to take cold when one is breathing
deeply. Draw the air slowly through
the nostrils, until the lungs are entirely
filled then eNhale quite forcibly, until
you feel an active movement of the whole
diaphram. This simple exercise will fill
the lungs with the fresh air, the best
OF all beauty foods, and empty them of
possible impurities. In this way any
woman can start her day with more
ener. more hold upon health and
beauty, 1.-The latter depending upon the
first more than most of us are wont 10
believe.
In beginning the work OF taking care