New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-05-14

au,s1s ON WEARING THE BEARD BEcoMsGLY.-
We are not going 10 ask pardon OF the LADIES' Tor giving
a prouinent place 10 suggestion or two a. 10 the
.te In the cut and wear Of this wholly masculine pre-
,ooaiiye There ore few women, we believe, who
have not some property in some sort OF man-sne VINO
has neither lover nor male relative, having at least
f.yorite clergyman, physician, poet, or promising
,mne man. In whose beard she is interestea-and
woman opinion is apt TO have great weight IN inc
choosing OF the style for the beard, we shall believe
that in discussing it, we are, as usual wiring LOT oo'h
sexes. i
Almost universal as "hairy faces" have now be.
come there is not one in twenty who shapes and
dresses his beard to the best advantage The slightest
line or shading, as we all know matenahy AFFECTS lne
etpression OF a counteDance. With very thrilling dit
ferences in the dressing OF the natural mask OF iir
about mans mouth, the whole character OF his per
sonal presence is changed 1t is wonderful, indeed,
that for so obvious and universal want as the wearing
Of the beard artists have never yet given us manual
Of frat principles Illustrated with drawings. Ii Is a
book that wonld be eagerly bought mp ana studied.
With daily study of the boards of our friends and &C
uuaintances the becoming and the unbecomlngwe nave
Of course learned here and there incidental lesson
the subject and this, in the lack OF more artistic
authority, we propose now to jot down.
Where the beauty of face consists mainly in the
hne formation Of the iawbone and chin, man loses
by growing his beard over this portion Better wear
only the mustache.
There is now aud then man whose severity or
sharpness Of eye is redeemed by good natured month
the animal character Of the person being kiudler
than the ntelectual-and covering of the lips, in
such case, is of course amistaken hiding OF Nature
apology, and needless detrment TO the expression
Better wear only the whiskers.
A small or receding chin ard a feeble jaw, may be
entirely cOnce aled by full beard and with great adj
vantage 10 the general physlognOmy. SO may the
S sBBRS defect Of to" coarse '"''H' Or TOO long
Too straight an upper lip can be improved by the
curve of well trimmed mustache. So can an upper
lip that 10 too long from the downward or one that
Is dsfgured by the loss of Of the upper teeth.
WaahinOfnn In he primp Of life suffered from this
latter afctOn and REALISTICALLY speaking his face, as
represented TO posery, would have been relieved OF
its only weakness if lac had concealed the colapsng up
per lip by military mustache.
face which is naturally too grave can be made to
look more cheerful by turning up the corners OF the
mustache- as one which is too trivial and inexpres
sive be made thoughtful by the careful sloping of
the mustache with strong lines downward.
The wearing of the whole beard gives, of course,
more animal look which is no disadvantage if the
eyes large and the forehead intellectual enough to
balance IT, But where the eyes are small or sensual,
and the forehead low the general expression is better
for the smooth chin, which, to the common eye seems
always less animal.
What is commonly called an imperial "a tuft on
the middle of the chin sapt to look ike mere bloch
un the face or to give it air of pettness or cox
combry. The wearing Of the beard long or short,
lorked or peaked, are physiognomical advsabiities
upon which man Of Judgment will take the advice OF
an artist IA well as Of intimate friend two but,
having once decided upon the most becoming model,
he should stick to it, Alteration in the shape of 80
prominent portion OF the physiognomy gives an I'M
preston of unreliubleness and vanity.
Midde.aged men are apt to be sensitive with the in
cipent turning gray of the beard but they are often
mistaken ~ to its effect. Black hair, which turns
earliest, is not only pcturesquely embellished by a
sprnklng of gray, but exceedingly intelectuslized
and made alphabetically expressive The greatest
possible blunder is to dye such beard. There is one
complexion, however, of which the grzzlmg Is 80
hdeous that total shaving dyeng, or any other escape
il preferable TO "leaving it to nature We mean the
reddish blonde of which the first blanching gives the
appearance OF dirty mat. II was meant to be de-
scribed, perhaps, by the two lines in Hudibras:
1.-THE upper part thereof was whey,
The neither orange mixed with grey"
white beard is exceedingly distinguished that
every man whose hair prematnrely turns should be
glad 10 wear IT, while for an old mans face 1t is so
softenng VEIL 80 winning establishment, that it is
wonderful how such vantage could ever be thrown
away. That old age should be always long bearded
10 be properly yelled and venerable, is the feeling we
are sure Of every lover Of nature well as of every
cultivated and defcren,ial heart. THE Town Talk.