WELL ON IN THE THIRTIES.

Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 12167, 16 January 1903, Page 2

WELL ON IN THE THIRTIES.

Well on >in thethuHaes, are you ? But what does that matter ? You i are certainly;, a.girl- ,< no: longer, but there is not the. smallest .reason why you should not be equally charming. I In ftfct, it is, your, own fault probably !if you are not, more chiarming. than,, your young nieces, who haye only lately been la\mched into society. The ordinary, Well;set-up wouian of ;30> o'r '"evcn*v3sj still a^ite ypxvng, and if she . only takes care ot lier figure she may remain>so for some years longer. TVhat shb has to guard against is "letting herself go,'' either Jrjfcn.- indolence _.qr« a, .iniapLaccd sort of honesty which m||kes her scorn tp .appear Jests than Ipr'^ge. It has bden well said thaV f a ''woman- is 'never older than she looks, "and 'she needs neither -look nor feel \ old if she only tal<es herself. First of all, she must keep her mind <■ bright and interested in.othet people* eutidjn the wonts and literatuto . o£, to.-iilay;. thon ;t; t will feel, young, and, .feeling .v^ung slus will taice care to look it. She -wjill nbt lament with Lady Jane of "Patience 'fame, "Spreading w *the,fig>iu:e trim,"

, ■ --v.^ -■■■ - ■> ... jsfc" but ghe^will';patronise a g*?od staymaker ano "i a g,00<3 drfessmakeiv ..and, * thjp ugh 'she\ may, have lost the graceful lines of (youth, her figure will be as trim -as* ever. Potirdiness is quite the reverse of fascinating", and ihe woman io'f 30. who wants to be attractive must^ .take special care that her attire is always fresh and dainty looking-, and . that she presents what___is^jJJficUa---"well-grt)omexi**""ai^pearancel then slbe*/may be pretty sure that will be as at«--tractive as in the fiarly twenties. * • / It _is___,a~curiouß-fa<ft- - that- all the women famous for : their power ' over ■ the hearts of men In> olden times, from Cleopatra ,-do-wn to Helen; were nearer 40 than 20 when their fascination -were s greatest. It- has been just the same. in. modern days. At- a. lite- . rajcy salon .in . Earisr, Balzac was once asked by a.' pretty girl in her teenswhy he liked women (whom siie considered' to be passe*. "Way} monsieur/ she protested, ''even when they .are as ola as 40 /"you seemT ■ to -enjoy the:r society!" .For a moment or two.Balzac regaryeel Her earnestly, a»<J . then\ he laughed heartiJw. Next he explained the matter. ' "Perhaps;" said, he, . "the secret lies in r the fact that the woman ofV2o'must 'be pleased, while the.'.w'b'raaijf- pi 40- tries" to please, and. the older woman's power * consists, not" Us' has^ -Wen- so' often said; in urtfleiisfiadding :axid making the hiost of her ■ own charms,' but in comprehending 1 ., . and with! happy tact callingout ...and making: the most of the good cfuaiities, - of. 'the man whose favour sho seeks/ ' There is no douibt tjhlatva man .admires a clever woman, but he likes her best when 6he has "the wit to ' make liim feel that he is -clever.' Man is naturally vain, and, though he ,enjoys '"being "enitertairieft for a time by. a "clever 'woman, 'it' makes him- really happy to- 'feeTtKat he has the power to entertain" her. If she has the tact IW'iriake hiA feel - this, sihe is store tobe cDßtwidg. io^nim.J. Indeed, it is not always the cleverest* or :the prettiest woman ! whbm V* apiftn" likes best. A' sympathetic', manner, a pleasant .voice, • Wnd -J.fi , fHappy knfick;:; pfT'Hisco.vejfin^ vi%at' a -man is- " really" interestea in and the -art .of being's gooH listener. qffcen iascinate^when^ cleverness and bfeaiifty alone yrwould' be powerless. The . woman who J \is "well on in- the thir-' ties." will 'clo "well?' tt> take nofcs of this, and then,, if she has been lackinfei in 1 'attractiveness " hitherto, she , need be so" no-longer. .