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Show TUB SPINSTER GIRL. SHEOFTODAY COMPARED WITH SMC OF OTHER DAYS. I)n l the UmI Itemarkabt oetel Derelopaieate of the Air lllrta Ar Mow lod When They At Thill l llrr I'.lni at 40. A One of the mt remarkable social de.elupments of the latter ilaya Is tho evolution of Iho mature heroine of romance, nyn thit London Worlil I'ormerly thte poet was allotted to tho young girl or the young woman, la thoso time, moreover, the adjective ot youth would not have lieeu applied to the mnlden who had pad her Mill year and only In the spirit of the grossest gross-est flattery tu the matron who bad aocn her threw decade. It U typlcnl ut the ago that thla eiplaunlory note should be neremary Now the expression expres-sion "young" Is purel) relative. The period of middle age has been entirely abolished Where almost ererybody Is yuunger than somebody else It Is ouly tho fow , ho are proud of their extreme antiquity who can lio regarded with any degree of certainty as old. At JO the girl of today no longer retire on the shelf as a failure, to pass the rest of her life In the humiliating position of tho maiden aunt who demotes her- aolf to the children or rctengea herself on tho jMjor. Sho Is merely preparing to atari on a new phase of llfo with a mora definite! plan and n clearer vision Very often sho marries and begins afresh at 40 Sometimes sho has been known to bo no greatly daring as to enter on matrimony for the first ttmo when she has passed her GOlh year. Tor tho matron the rnnge Is oven more extended. At HO she Is quite a young thing gny, frivolous skittish, to whom society nnd flirtation are the chief objects In life. Ten years moro bring her to her prime It Is the period of fascination, of adtcntur. of Impulse. Im-pulse. The woman ot 40 Is capable, ot anything Sho la the object ot the wildest plans, the centor ot the most daring romance At CO she Is probably marrying for the second time. Three scoro will And her npproacblng the altar for her third wedding, and It she Uvea long enough she may even reappear reap-pear at a later data to bring her record up to four. |