Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-11-09
BY VIRGINIA TERHUNE VAN
DE WATER.
Copyright, 1915, star company.


they are in way, but as told my wife
once you do not see a man watching his
mirror to discover If he is beginning to
look old
mo wonder!" Laura jeered when l
made this remark 1T makes no differ
ence to a man IL he is no longer young.
Gray hairs give him an air of distinc-
ton. II he has lived properly the years
refine and improve his face But with
a woman the case is entirely different.
Why, here are you-over 45-yet, were you
single, any young girl would be proud
to have you court her. You would be as
eligible for marriage as when you were
25-in fact more eligible. But as for
me-
interrupted her with laugh I could
not help it. Great Scott" l exclaimed.
"Is that what's worrying YOU? Are
you thinking of getting married again?
Well, my dear, 1 don't mean to give you
a chance. hope not to shuttle off this
mortal coil for some time yet"
"Oh!" she calculated How mean you
ares to- make fun of me when you know
that is not at all what l mean! l only
said that TO illustrate what was trying
to prove-fthat age does not make man
less attractive. 1t makes bag OF
woman. And I'm going to tlsht IL as
long as possible can.
To this end she takes swimming les
sons, physical culture, Turkish oaths'
facial massage etc. i acknowledge that
all these things keep her in good conul-
ton, but they use much valuable time
and money. And in spite of them all
she still sees the dreaded crows feet at
the corners of her pretty eyes ana the
gray threads in her abundant hair'
At least she saw the gray. threads until
a year ago. Then she went to mar
specialist and consulted him. She told
me Of his verdict.
He says" she explained with RAPID
ity OF utterance that betrayed her ner-
vous fear of my disapproval, that II
20 to him regularly he can. restore my
hair to. the color 1t was in childhood
."It,s very nearly that color now ism
it?" L asked. 1T was always dark brown
of COURSE"
OH. no. 1t wasn't" she denied. 1t
was a kind of reddish chestnut shaue'
7 looked skeptical II am surprised to
hear that" 1 observed, for with such
dark eyes and such brunette skin as
yours one would not expect light hair
even in a child"
me of what the specialist had said. L
saw that she intended to take his treat
ment and 1 offered no objection just then.
lrhess.treatInen4s : certainly changed, the
color of Laura's hair. Reddish and
bronze streaks soon appeared among the
brown. locks, and at the end-of a few
months she had rick auburn hair
Just exactly what i had in my girl
hood" .she told me proudly, 80 many
people admire 1t now that / am glad to
have it restored to me again after all
these years. Jacquet is surely wonder
gazed often at those Titan tresses
and always with a lingering doubt In
my mind I did not tell my wife then
that this striking shade of hair was abso-
lutely unsuited to her skin. 1t make her
complexion look pasty and faded. At last
Ihdeeidei to ascertain the truth of my
suspicions. jacques was not the only
fashionable, hair dresser and specialist In
town, and went to another whose repu-
tation was equally good.
us it possible" asked him, ito re-
store dark brown hair to the color OF
its youth-a dark red shade?'
but certainly, monsieur" the voluble
fFrenchman declared with a twinkle in
his eyes. I'VE have wonderful com
r pounds now-and peroxide and henna Will
work marvels."
I did not smile. II mean just what
say" I told him. Can hair be restored
by any natural process to a lighter color
without being bleached or dye6. for in
stance?'
He ceased to grin. Indeed, no, mon
sieur It is absolutely impossible without
the use of art. That is why our excel
lent and unexceled coloring preparations
are so valuable.
/ had heard enough. It was henna then
that gave my wife's hair its beautiful
hues.
She knows now that 1 know this. Yet
such is my loyalty to her that uphold
20 our friends her statement that she has
''restored her hair by massage, etc. II
she fibs ! must fib, too.
5 . Nevertheless, such is also my disap-
proval that. not long ago I broke the
Silence that had kept me from open criti-
cism of her complexion, and told her
that her renovated tresses made her look
pale and old. She was startled, l saw,
and an expression of determination came
10 her lips did not understand 1t then
but understood 1t few evenings later
when she appeared at dinner, at which
we were entertaining some Irlehus' WIN
an exquisite pink flush in her cheeks.
At first / attributed this glow to the
fact that she had been walking briskly
that afternoon in the cold air. But
when 1 remained throughout the evening
I changed my ideas, When our guests
mad departed I asked her what she had
been doing to her face.
-T had a facial massage this after
moon" she replied, turning away hastily
TT always brings the color to my
cheeks
you allowed the masseure TO put on
artificial color, tool" / accused.
well. what II / did, she exclaimed.
Wont you let me make myself look
decent-even II I am growing oldT'
I'm let you make yourself look decent
but not indecent" l declared. AS !
do not care to have my wife look ike
the type of woman who dyes her hair
ana paints her face. forbid your doing
70 any longer"
She pretends to have obeyed me-but al
Hines. when we are in company, ! stu
not an unnatural pink tinge on her