Woman's Best Age.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 1 May 1914, Page 2

Woman's Best Age.

Between 30 and 10 years of age a woman is in her physical prime, and if some harmful agency were not at work should then possess a maximum of beauty, said "A Physician," writing in the " Daily Mail " re-

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Discussing this statement, Mr. Byam' Shaw, the artist, said : "I think that, provided a woman has taken care of herself, she is more beautiful between the ages of 'HO and 8. r > than at any other time. I do not say that her figure is as good then as it is at 22 or 25, but her features, expressing, more character, are often far more beautiful than at any other time in life. There need !>e no lines, no harshness of any kind, and no appreciable change in the beauty of the complexion. "One of the most beautiful women I ever painted—perhaps the most beautiful woman J have ever seen— was in her tttfth year. F,ven when she was over -10 this woman was still in her prime. Certainly, provided she has taken all possible care, a woman is at her very best in features and quite beautiful in figure between the ages of 30 and 35." Dressmakers and milliners agree that some of the most beautiful among their customers in face and figure are between MO and 40.