A WOMAN’S BEAUTY
(By Hope.) The physical beauty of women should last through life, growing more and more mellow towards the end. That t i ie beauty of women, like that of men, should be determined from the standpoint of advancing maturity, cannot be disputed. It is absurd to claim that the l-ipe, rich beauty of forty is less attractive than the budding maturity of sweet sixteen; when women live in harmony with Nature’s laws, each stage of life has its own charm. The fulness of beauty does not reach its zenith under the age of thirty-five or forty. In youth, beauty is useful to a woman in attracting lovers around her, enabling her to choose from many ; but in later life beauty of character is sought after more than beauty of face or form. To a thinking man, an expressive face, which tells of thought and experience, of conflicts won and self-abnegation, forms a far greater attraction than any youthful ' countenance and blushing beauty without these attributes ever can. The ineffable joys of motherhood invariably add new beauty to a woman’s face.
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New Zealand Mail, 29 January 1902, Page 51
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