The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-29
Is Thirty the !
Love DeadIine?
Man Certainly Can give
Good Imitation After
That Age.
BY MABEL HERBERT URNER

BY MABEL HERBERT URNER
IF a man can't love after 30
l. he can certainly give an ex-
cellent imitation. Documentary
evidence on request.
His amorous age limit? Is there
any?
Not so long as he can roll out Of
bed, stretch his rheumatic legs,
fish his bridgework from the
bedside glass, camouf1age his
badness with surviving hairs, ad-
just his bifocals, and hobble out
with a swagger of this sportive
malacca!
And why not? Must the heart
harden with the arteries?
DR.. Durant Realistically defines
love as "unself1sh devotion" Few
men at any age are capable of
that.
But the masculine self
centerednesS is less aggressive at
40 than at 80. The years tend to
moderate his egoiSm. He Is more
considerate, or rather, less in
conSiderate. AS his girth in
creases, his ego dininiShes. And,
oh, how much more comfortable
to live with.
At SO he is even more amenable.
1t begins to dawn on MIN that his
manly charms no longer register
A plus. His Sheik-complex wan
ing, he strives to compensate with
little thoughtfulness and I'M
SEIZED neutrality-suspicious. in
his before-thirty ardor.
All this may not be love-but
common usage passes it for that
commodity.
THE feminine falling-in-love
l. limit? Now quite as elastic.
Certainly the middle-aged fapper
who prolongs her youth by ca
lorie-counting, floor rolling and
facial plastics also prolongs her
ability to love. Her emotions are
vitalized by her physical rejuve-
nation.
T know a woman whose rear
view registers in the teens, side
view 20, full face 80. Actually
she is As. Doubtless If she per-
sists in her spartan diet, exer-
cises and face-tucking surgery. at
60 she will look 30. And still be
chronically in loVei
Her grandmother at so, black
gowned and face-bonneted, was
relegated to the fireside chair and
the exciting role of knitting the
family socks. Her falling-in-love
instinct dead as RameSes LEX
tinguished by Victorian
clothes and conventions.
Now our bobbed and buoyant
"milady" Of so buys her gowns
in the misses department-size
TO-, With her permanent wave
stabilized physiognony, she con-
fldently can cross her chiffoned
knees, conscious that her chic
cloche is still in the ring. Still
attractive enough to enamor and
be enamored.
IT
HAVEN'T all age limits been
Il l. advanced? If a woman in
her late 40 can skip the rope,
stand on her head, chin the bar,
work all day and dance all night
can anyone challenge her
ability to thrill and flutter?
The confrmative growth of the
beauty parlor-with it's pre-
ponderance of middle-aged pa
irons.
Real youth doesn't mean having
been born less than thirty years
ago. When you retain an agile
body and alert mind-why not
emotional intensity?
The boundaries of youth,
middle, and old age no longer are
arbitrary. The age clock definitely
and triumphantly has been set
back.
The capacity to love/ends only
with senility. And with the &C
commodating stimulus of the
monkey gland, that pepless, past
philandering period can be pushed
forward to a cheering remoteness.
Copyright, 1928, Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
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