Show when Is an old ma da when does a girl become an old maid this question blunt and shorn 0 delicate innuendo is now figuring tn the somnolent discuss on ot abila delphia society one might siy atiat a girl becomes an old maid when sie falls to marry betimes but that Is not the point what is the exact 5 ear that ushers in spinsterhood and closes forever the gates of youtha of course this Is not a matter in which man has any word to say no rational wearer of trousers would tempt fate and the scorn of femininity by at tempting a suggestion for any arbi arary dead line would necessarily bring down upon the luckless jascu line head a storm of reprobation it has been left to the women them selves to brave the peril and they have placed the age at 40 years under this ruling a woman la a ten der bud until two score years have counted their gloomy litany of days and the hair near the scalp begins to whiten |