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Show THROUGH A Wmans Eyes By JEAN NEWTON SHOULD WE TELL? TN THE Supreme court of Los An-geles An-geles the other day, Estelle Taylor Tay-lor won an important legal point. She did not have to tell her age I Asked in the course of cross-examination how old she was, she said, "I object to that; I don't think I should be required to tell." "Objection sustained," said the judge ! I remarked to a friend that In the case of a very attractive woman who does not look anywhere near her age, I should think there would be a certain pleasure, a particular satisfaction to her vanity to tell her age and enjoy the general consternation. conster-nation. "That," said my friend, "would be a very fleeting satisfaction. For as soon as people knew, they would begin to discover that, of course she looks younger at a distance but just take a good look 1 They begin to note little faults and Imperfections Imperfec-tions that they just never thought of mentioning before! In the case of an actress, of course, this woujd be fatal. And in the case of any woman who retains the aspiration to be attractive it Is no less a personal per-sonal tragedy. "We know that today a woman can be beautiful really beautiful as a woman at any age that once classed her definitely as an 'old woman.' Several of our best known actresses, successfully playing romance ro-mance parts, have passed that age, as have countless women leading thrilling and not unromantlc lives. But people do not know their age. And once they do, as soon as the momentary surprise and admiration has passed, the old sheep psychology psychol-ogy says, 'Of course she is old. I noticed that all along didn't you?' So I don't blame any woman for fooling them and not telling her age." Jg, 1933. Bell Syndicate. WNU Service. |