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Show Dorothy Dix Talks 1 H THE PERPETUAL YOUTH FALLACY I ; Mv 'H)KtHH !l, the World's Highest PaM Woman Write? aHH The fountain of perpetual youth which' operation od the Potire de I en who fcind It I no ga alrnUj,, ,u, K hard arlenuet i wa. it la quite true lhat nowadav it la a perfectly sin. pie Mattar ta have twenty five or thirt ear onoed off i wrinkle anj ih- Uow nnai.J east of covm daietoi who practieea (arial surgery. ' ears and ahof our e and laka out few gores of superfluous epMennl. and i run a few- tucks In th muscles, and ex rente a little pivoting and fancy embroi . derlng Stitching and moIm. there oi are. ion .i. n ii in. attain i nur eeare I net the drsnseng e ,.r 1(, nal thei ' vide ope-n round wondeung eea of l I xonth onc- more Your heek are full 'nod plump. Invtrnd of a aging. Vour skin! doesn't count, tor in theae progre.iM tlmrae urn girls wear hand made com- 1 plevlnna. while aa for vour hair it la ai mere rtiat'er nf the hade vou prefer. I The miracle dB tveeii wrought. Out i wardrj yeu are m-i mi twanty, in t,-d ot a long win pt fnrt . It i only j vour soul that Is old. for. alas, no art -an rejuvenate our wenry spirit and give US back (he optimism the enthusiasm, the Joy In living, the keen appetite for pleasure that we had when the heart was v nunc Bo one wonder If the elderly woman, whom science k-ep a ierpetual dehu I tante In looks, doea nol find her restored ,i I'M t...iii-ang instead yf hlaaSlnSJ WHhout doubt It is a consolation to hei , vanity to be voting and beautiful once I more, and look th fit companion f cal I low youths, an airy, fatrv rreature Mhom ant expects to dance her satin SHppsrs to i ribbon and spend hours spooning In the ' moonlight, hut how such u one, with her ophlal baled soul, must yawn behind her j hand at the twaddle of school bov' How j her rheumatic boOM musl cry out for red i flnnnel and radiator, and ea lhaira, Instead of moonlna In damp place' We all -h. Oh. that we were iiune ; again." but in reality tlo re are not many I r,f il tvl.n nimlil lake the Clft nf nnlirl ual youth If It were ottered lo ua on a llt-i spoon. This is m lrn of women aa il is of men. though a woman's age I SUppOeod to be her greatest ssct. and her worst handicap It Is ihe ruto-n to rek of youth as a time of InSffebll Jo 01 Ii iln. nlnir' nd golden glory, rif laughter and care freenesa This is not ihe -ar. except w nli Ihe very few w iio are the .tailing of the gods. To most, youth Is a period of fierce Joys and fiercer sorrow, of black dewalra and weary waiting, for to outh the tinn" hetw-frti i'hrltma anil Christmas is an eternity: it has no phn ,i-,,;.h with which to console itself for diMPpointment. n.l llo rp-l lence In teat h It that sunshine Invariably follows rain, and thai the darkest day has Its end. It matter nothing that the sorrows of youth are over trifles. Not tn be invited in ii pMtis to which all the other boy and girls sre going, la (o youth a tragedy a great as to go bankrupt In latei UP-To UP-To br h.-ld up to the scorn of the world at fifty, is no more nugnting an aspen I im .- than II ia to he a Wall "flower at twenty. Ufa hurts us so at every point before we learn to laugh Instead ol i r- Of course, evrrv WO man likes lo think' of the time When she was young, and) h;aK about how pretty she was. and gel OUt her Old photographs ami look at the Starry eyed. slim, y ounv creature she was., but she n-allv doesn't wish to o hack nd be lhal girl again Koi well doe she n nu mber the ttOtal) hecth Mats of her girlhood, how she agonized over her clothe, and In i beaux, and the tear she all 3d I iu' Bh . 1 ibl not have as pretty dresses as some other girl Above kll. she re. all with a sliutl der. the wrary husband chase: tha lxre he bad to endure; fnt egotists in hati to flatter In nit-ii aboul her oil the chance that in tha crowd there would be one that she wantMl. Nor can she for get her fear that the light man would j. M-r coma alone and thai if he a i i he 1 1 , 1 1 1 1 ov.-rlook her. and to her ly I)ik 'lv she will recall the horror of the night mare o( her wedding preparations, and Ihe weepy honeymoon In which she and her John learned to adjust IhsniMlVM to each other and live together in peada W hat woman would go through u am. even lo be rewarded with the Prince 'harming of the fairy talc? Every unman knows that her happiest years ar- thoj after she Is safely married, or all f t r she has accepted old maidenhood, and has given up ihe striiL-gt' to get man ed.l And. no young Wife wear the placid expression of the middle aged woman who has accepted her iiumbaiid as he Is. with all his fault and tolhle. and Is making the best of him Instead of trying try-ing to make him over. Nor does any woman ever know peace of niind and body until she ha seechod I C" whi. aha has ceased t ear- H wjj" an' attract men or not. and H she realise lhat the People who iwi and admire her do It for some hei look Then H r id 0..t iar crsi airings, and n 1 '"" beel of her shoa. and Ul ( hkee ajui aav what aha think. LH 1 comfortable and happv J Because youth la greedy of pleasure H r.i enation w think it the most en H Kvh)a tim nr AS well might an H epleura envy a ilmk I lorer his eapacltt ,,rn aruj rabbage loutb i nas no di rlimnatloti H nuA H rumparlsonut. U flavor noih .ing with ihe aroma of delicate memoriS BBBBBBBBBBH All it want is quantity not qualiu I only when we become middle age-' aaaaaaaaaaH lhat we are able to h gourm! In p'M aaaaaaaaaaaH nd to aavor the flavor of any Situ BaaaaM to know wr,r it ft. Baaaaaaaaaaal and on rrsatloa. and to H really enjoy life baCaUM we have got a, on M. and know how- Beet tng are both palti and pleasure -.-.-.------I BO theea are not many of ua who would aaaaBaBaaaafl nur mcne on the perpatual youth -aaaaaaaBaBai doctor P.eal youth holds charms onlv aaaaaaaaaaV tn retrospect, and we can Imagine no aaaBaBaaaaaai creater horror thnn tn hav an old soul saaassaa! looking nut iiir.-mi, ihe maak of a - nunc BaaaaaBBaBaai That would Ik- old sheep acned as aaBaavaaaH -pun- laatb H oo |
