The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-06-22

is a triangular secret between her
mirror, her makeup box, and the
family Bible How Summers, and exc,
how many winters have passed over her
head is her own affair, and it IS no
body'S business whether she IS as old As
she looks. or as young as she feels,
The greatest modern discovery, SO far
as the fair sex is concerned is the ind
ing Of the Fountain OF Perpetual Near
youth, So that the woman OF today who
has drunk ot IT'S waters IS anywhere
from twenty TO forty year, younger
than the women OF the past was at the
same age
Nt the time wnrn her grandmother
felt that she was through with HE and
retired to the chimney corner with her
knitting to prepare for the other world,
the modern woman Just begins 10 really
live, and buys herself a circular ticket
around the globe, and goes forth TO see
what this world IS like,
OF course there was never any greater
absurdity than ~ measure age IN terms
OF years How many birthday, one has
celebrated has nothing to do with the
case Age IS not d matter of malhcmdt
Ics II j, a question OF mind and heart
and temperament especially with wom-
en- There are those who are born old
and are senlle IN the cradle, and there
are those who are ctcrndlly young and
are dcbutantcs at %
Therefore, when you would know a
woman'S age. seek not 10 ascertain the
year Of her birth, for that IS Of no con-
sequence Judge not by crows feet for
they may be but the fine print in which
experience has written the most inter
cstlng chapter IN her history, not by a
haltlng gait, for that may be rheuma-
/ tism which has all ages for IT'S own.
But Judge Of her age BY the wrinkles
on her soul and the stiffness and lack
OF elasticity OF her mind These are the
real marks Of old age
Also there be these signs which never
fail to tell how old Ann IS Apply then,
to the lady next 10 you and see how
they work out Also and likewise use
them as a Binct test to really find out
how old you arc yourself
The first indication that a woman
gives that she is beginning to grow ole
is when she commences shying at dat,
as nervous country horse docs at al
automobile After a woman passes her
thirty fifth birthday, chronological
charts cease TO exist for her and sh,
never remembers anything. no matte
how interesting, that happened late
than last year
A middle aged man will greet an ol,
friend rapturously and say, by Georg,
Bill Smith is that you3 Why | hav
tn't seen you in twenty years" Or h
will recall that fifteen years ago he me
Jones in Europe But Mrs Smith an
Mrs Jones indulge in no such incrmi
mating "reminiscences. They indulge i
gl,ttcring generalitieS as to dates an
content themselves with an elusive re
erence to long time" which commit
them to no specific number of years.
OF course. when woman abandon
hope and becomes the Oldest lnhab
tant. she renews her connection wi,
the calendar Then she remembers a
about the cold winter OF 78 or the ht
summer of 20, but IN the intereim vii
horses couldn't drag from her any da,
that would give you line on how oI
she must be now IT she remembers a
! about the soldiers starting for the CT
ban war When she refers TO such ma
tiers, she always says that she has hear
her mother tell OF them.
The second sign OF approaching az
in woman is when she begins to pr,
\ face her statement with the remar
Il was a mere child when that hal
pened, and to oonide to you that h,
husband, II he happens to be lat az
bald, is much, much older than she
This sign is universally exhibited /
goodlooking women with grown ar
married children. who have retain,
their wlllowy figures and still ha,
their own hair and teeth They nev,
fail to relate at every opportunity no
they were married when they We
very very young and they give you
understand that the gentlemen who |,
NlNUi w WV hNdl NNNulu nave UttI II
dic,ed. by the grand jury for Grad
Snatching.
At this age unmarried women b
come suddenly COY and kitteniSh al
begin to speak OF themselves as ~
girls" and to exhibit a morbid and III
founded fear OF what Mrs. Grundy W
say II they are not chaperoned in
inch Of their lives.
II is only young women in the
twcn,les who are daring and unco
ven,ional, and not afraid OF trustir
themselves unprotected IN the socic
OF men. Far and-iorty is a timero
creature who ,rembleS to think VIII
people would say IL a young thin
such as she desires to thought, we
out alone without her mother.
The third sign of age in a woman
when she begins TO be shocked
everything she sees and especial
when she is horriied at everythi,
tina, young girls do, People who a
as Young as the newest fashion. a,
the latest dance, and the freshest idei
see no improptiety in them They
long to their day and they take III,
as a matter OF course as they do IN,
ham and eggs at breakfast.
To sweet twenty three LAYERS
chiffon is as modest dress as rel