Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 3, Number 3, DeMotte, Jasper County, 1 June 1933 — The Household [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The Household

By LYDIA LE BARON WALKER

One thing which a woman who wishes to look young must avoid is putting her hand to her face. It is an old gesture, this caressing the face. Children never do it. Young folk seldom do it. Old folk often do it. Just why, remains for a psychologist to determine. It is not in the province

of this article to do more than advise women who are past the meridian of life to refrain from the gesture. Otherwise they must expect to be classed with those who are acquiring the habits of old folk. While advancing years do not, in themselves, detract from a woman’s charm, the foibles and eccentricities of age tend to mar the attractiveness. One of these ways is smoothing the skin of either the face or neck with the hands. The attitude of

a thinker was supposed to be one in which the face rested in the crotch of hand and thumb, or in which the cheek was supported by the curved digits The arm was propped at the elbow on some table, chair arm, or other support. Here again one wonders. Was the brain considered so heavy that when in action of thinking, the entire head required to be held up, or what was the idea in associating this attitude with thinking? In any event the classic attitude was supposedly taken by those of mature years. Children and young folk in such a posture would be simply amusing. Yet they are among the keen thinkers, not with harried brains but with clear perceptions. To keep this clear mental vision into old age is a joy. It is wise with it to retain youthful gestures for they bespeak a young spirit.