Ladies' Column. The Seven Ages of Woman.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2051, 29 August 1885, Page 6 (Supplement)

Ladies' Column. The Seven Ages of Woman.

A DVhrrpTic writer, with whom wa aro prnu.l to differ, thus gives the feven ages of woman : At twelvo *ho wants to woarlong dreases, with a train ; at sixteen sho wants to be " a groat actress " ; at eighteen she wants a swpetheirt ; at twenty-one sho wants a huaband ; at twentyfive she wants him to Htay home in tho evenings ; at twenty-eight she wants her own way ; at thirty she wants a divorce.

HOW TO I)E ATTRACTIVE The Vifl Parisirnne thiiß 'advises a womin how to be attractive : " Look confident and indifferent ; express yourself bimply, and with a voice as sweet an possible ; be keenly alive to everything that payees, yet appear ab-'ent-minded ; know aa much as possible, yet please by asking question?. Having read everything quoto nothing ; w?en everything, apppar ignorant ; hoard all, always expresn surprise ; do siring everything, ask for nothing Bn li«hthearted, to preserve your beauty ; be indulgent, to attract sympathy."

PERFECT IJEVCTT. It was avery old Spanish writer who said that " a woman is quite perfect and absolute in beauty if she has thirty good points." Here they are : Threo things white — tho skin, the teeth, the hands. Threo black — the pye«, the eyebmvs, the eyelashes. Thrro rod — the lips, the obeeks, the nail?. Thren long— the body, the hair, tho hand*. Three short — the teeth, the oara, the feet. Threo broad— the cheßt, tho brow, the space between tho eyebrows. Three narrow — the mouth, the waist, the instep. Three large — the arms, tho hips, the legs. Three finp — the fingers, the hair, tho lips. Threo snull — tho bust, the noae, the head.

IT IS TIIK TROTn. A oharming woman has no age. History is filled with the adventures of women whoso age, if not their oonduot, was respectable. Helen of Troy was over forty when that famous elopement took place. Ton years after, when the fortunes of war restored her to Mer.elaus, he received her with love and gratitude. Cleopatra was pnat thirty when she made the conquest of Antony ; and Diane de Poicticrs at thirty-six, and for many years after, was oonsidored the most beautiful woman at the oourt of Henry 11. of Franco. Mine, de Maintenon was forty-three when she married Louis XIV., and Ninon de l'Enclog received a declaration of love on her eightieth birthday. The names of many other ancient society ladies might be added to the list.