Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1897 — Venerable Vanity. [ARTICLE]

Venerable Vanity.

The vanity that survives the decay of every personal charm is of all foibles the most ridiculous. One can hardly blame a beautiful woman for rejoicing in the admiration to which her mirror tells her she has a right, or for setting off to the very best advantage the physical perfections with which Heaven has endowed her; but the withered grandam who was once a Hebe is not excused by her antecedents for attempting the role of Hebe in spite of faded cheeks, lack-lustre eyes, and hair that is depreciated from gold to pewter and is lacquered over to conceal the change.