THE WOMAN OF FORTY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 912, 3 September 1910, Page 11

THE WOMAN OF FORTY.

1 -We.are told.by the best authorities that Cleopatra was'-at least-forty-five years old] when she brought Mark Antony-to her' feet,; that, Helen-of Troy had attained almost to''.middle age when:men fought and died for. her sake; that nearly all the wbJiien; who. have, swayed' \the destiny, of hatiohsor have been famous as rulers of ,men became/known to the world • after they had V.arrived at what is regarded as middle age. Never were they mere girls or. even young women., In this twentieth century surely history repeats itself, 1 and .the years between forty and fifty are more often than not those crowned .• with' the greatest, success in the lifo of a modernwoman'of society.. Take a typical,.wellpreserved, well educated woman of .the present ;day- who confesses to forty, but whose heart'a'nd complexion'are both as fresh; as ..if' at. least, ten. years younger. 'She'has-a" keener zest for life than many a / woman r o,nly. half 'her .age, for she has 1 laarrio'tMroai ■ flkperience not to expect too much from humani nature; so she issel■doni.' disappointed.' 'Well;'aware how to make'the best of her own'appearance, perfectly, groomed, exquisitely polished in style and'manner, she is a thing of beauty in a very' real souse of the word, and she knows'her power. ; . ' ■ ■

New Page (to tie housemaid of a poet): "Do tell me why he is always standing before, t,he mirror." Housemaid: Sh! He's thirikin' l . how he'll look when they raise a etatue to'im." For Children's Hacking Cough at night. Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, Is. 6d., . . .26. 6d.—Advt., ; ..'..'' , • May: "There 'were several, Army offi-. cers there, but not one of them asked me to dance." Belle: "And they are accustomed to the smell of powder, too!" . ■'' .. • .