Show L r Past 40 t. t r 4 By Dy CYNTHIA GREY GREV t tIn In this tM ngo ego of at the flapper per what orf the woman ot oe 40 k J Itt literature drama tradition suspire to terrify women a as tUI they approach middle a or n. n fA f. f A A man dies only once nee s ff Arnold BennettA Bennett lJ A A die twice The woo t ot of 40 is th at her first death It la 18 a n living IRIng d h It ll usually lats for several se years ears With some soie wo women en It lat lasts till the second death Then there Is Jo Joseph eph h who tells tella the terrific mory etory of ot the farming w woman who killed herself on the tho day thai she she- first dle discovered a n wrinkle I There Thole Is PInero's l 1 lovely vely lady dY P Paula tin I who S 'S of ot a n. n neighbor j r. r She Is six and forty than which I could wish no worse misfortune to my m i dearest enemy enemy nem S The conspiracy extend to th the clothe lothe Why mutt mut we dress to id re res resemble I chicken chick en ens' ens the middle aged women The Tho answer Is There are few clothes ma mao made o for tor the 40 old year woman of ot average purse fAll f- f AU All In fn nil all the the prospect t for th the tM woman of 40 S l looks p pretty y dark dartt theoretically but hut about her he- actual in society solety Is Ts th a. a as t a as os It is painted rd- rd of f tho the hR happiest pl t women I L i know ir have red ed or passed I. I the age o of 40 The They have r reached stage of life when poise lse and perspective maye mayi may maybe i be e trusted to mike make up for the first careless ret s rapture ture of youth Some of them are lire ju just t begin ning to enjoy life lire Several of ot them are re 6 such h sensible bl romen women aomen that I 1 Ioven even oven dared dated to ask thorn them about It The first firm to answer was fU a a. college professor who h hits has ls given g most of ot her life Ufe to the wearing routine of or orthe the classroom but who ho still attacks her work with Joyous enthusiasm S 'S Middle age ae ehe he st said d. d Dont be sorry orry for tor or middle age Be SQ sorry Ty for tor south It U f Is youth that gets the hard hard knocks s. s that s sees s sIts Its dreams dr ems shattered ved ed that me meets mets ts every ever disaster with rigid nerves and refuses retus-es to to adjust Itself to reality I 1 think that the years from tram 14 to 28 are the hardest ones in iii ute life they h are so fraught fraught with disillusIonment disillusionment dis dis- and and rebellion But nut at 40 40 well well at 40 one has learned to sit alt loosely ly In tn the saddle to saddle to ride Ute life Instead of of ot letting life ilfe ride her x As for the desperate Cf of women to stay ata the pa passing of at time and to toN fight off oft wrinkles s and gr gray r hair and hd sagging muscles that muscles that Is al all ve very verj wet well so fak fah as it goes goOs But Iut not even en th the m most st suave beauty doctor can contend that rejuvenation on methods go go the the whole way F For r youth after all is spiritual as well as physical h Oh e gone gon It doe doesn't come back back even though the natural col color of the h h hair lr does nut hut even v h with youth gone there ther are enough compensations ns In the tranquility the Increased Knowledge of life and above all all the tolerance tolerance- of ot middle age ge t t to give e the the lie Ue le to those these vho who cry Its Us terrors j Ask the f first rosy rosy- grandmother that y you see se-e t I |