, 1859-04-26

WE1fd1 At8thet1tAuy Conna0e1n0e-
{Fror ths Home Jousna1.l
4 very rare thing, indeed, il : male face
which looks better If altogether close sharcn.
let there is here aud thsra oae--a youthful
Apollo or Byron, whose absolutely faustiess out
line Of TEXTURES is marrcd BY any breaking up Of
the ha1mohIous <nstnaIle. =
Where the I.eauty Of the faee consists mainly
in the lne formation, Of The jaw.bone and chin,
man 1osca By growing bis beard over this por.
ton Better wcAr onty the noustache.
There il now and then q mhn whose severity
or sharpness Of eye is relieved By a good ma
turcd mouth-thc animal character Of the par
SOU being kindlier* tlau the intellectual-and
covering Of the lips in such case is, Of oourse,
q mistaken hiding Of natures apology, and
needless detrimeui to the expression. Better
wear only the whiskeT.
d small OF rcccdiug chin, or feeble jaw, mAy
bc entirely concealed BY full beard, and with
great advantage to the general ply hysognomy.
So may the opposite defect Of too cuarse d jaw
bone or too long chin.
Too straight IN upper lip can be improved bv
the curve Of u well trimmed nluustachc, So can
an upper lip thai is too long FROM the nose
DOWN. ard, or ono that is disdgurrd by The loss
Of SOME Of the upper teeth. Washington, in tie
prime Of ife, suffered from ti!c latter Afisction,
and {artistcaily spelkinE,' hls face, as fePre,
from il. only weakness II be had concealed the
co!lapsing upper lip BY military mous,ache:
4 face whicu is naturally too grave eau be
made to look more cheerful By turning up the
corners Of the m0ustaclic--as one afhleh IL too
iriyial and inc oppressive can be made thoughtful
by the carefui slipping of the nloustacAs, with
strong 1ines downward.
The wearing u the whole beard gives, Of
course, more animal loof, whinh Is 10 disad-
vantage, ii the ewes are largc and the forehead
intellectual enough to balance it. But where
The eyes urc small or sensual, and the forehead
'ow,- til" general Expression N better for thu
Scloot!. chm, which, 10 tie co1nmon eye, SEEMS
less animal.
n.lat is commonly called an imperial f.
tuft Oh tue middle Of the cllnl is npt to look
like mere blotcl on the f4ce, or to give it al
a;r Of pcttness md eo1combry. The wearing
Of the beard, long or short, torked Or peaked,
are ply ysoguom:cal advsitilities, upun which y
nun Ut jud 1uent will take tue adylcc of an ar-
tist Us wcil as au intimate friend OF two, and
upun ull other particulars as we'll but haying
once decided upon the most becoming model, he
should stick to it, Alteration in the shurc Of So
prominent; portion of thu physiognou'y gives
an impression Of unreliableness und vanity.
Middle-aged men are apt to be Sensitive With
the incipient turning gray Of the beard; but
they are often mistaken as 10 its ELECTS. BLACK
hair, which turns earliest, is not only pictur-
eslucly embvished by springfin: Of gray.
hut exceedingly iutellcctualized aud made SYM
pathctically Expressive. Tie greatcst possible
D}UuuEF IL u u$E kuCI u utHh AAtIt - NAC
complex however, Of which the grizzlill: il
10 hilcous that total shaving, dyring, or any
other escape il preferable to "leaving it tu Na-
ture." We mean tue reddish blonde, Of which
the first blaucl1ing gives tic appearance OF
dirty mat Ii was meant to be described, per-
haps, by the two lines in Hudibras:
"1he upper part thcscot xas @Ae5.
D The ErtLrF oE4nge mixed with kray. .
A white beard is so exceedingly distinguished
that every man whose hHir prcmatureiy turns
should be gpd' to wear it while, for 81 old
mans face, it IS SO softeninE veil, SO winning
III establishment, thut it is wonderful how such
iii advantage could be ever thrown uWay. That
old agc shuuld b. always long-bearded, to be
properly recd mud venerable, Is the feeling, wc
arc sure, ii every loscr Of anturc, well Us of
every cultivated and defcrcntial heart.
Youths should be told in time that the beard
grows much more gracefully aud uaapts itself
much better to the face for being never shaved;
while in all boards. nascent and downr, left to
themselves, there is great beauty. The yellow
tinted and tia1cn. with their slig ght shadings Of
darker gold, are thought the handsomest in Ita-
ly and the East, while II England aud this
country the dark brown aud black are pre-
ltrred.
Bcards arc sometimes Of SO coarse texture
that they require to grow to Il considerable
length before a Judgment can be formed Us 10
the best shaping Of them. In dressing the beard
By tou close u scrutiny in glass near Win
dow, the wearcr is apt to lose the perspective
and cusual effect upon the general eye-thus,
sometimes, getting needlessty out Of hunor
with whit strikes others rs very well, md mak-
ing mistaken experiments in trying to improve
it,
The verv general habit Of dyeiug the beard is
oftenti1nes III exceeding bluuder. The peculiar
leadness of the tint makes it detachable BY the
cunlmonest eye, and the lack Of all shading, and
the consequent abruptucss Of edge, a4ld to the
RI r. L i e
those who "dye'' would look vastly better either
with their gray boards or chins closely shaven.
Let US add, by the way, that the lift Of the head
air, mar sometimes he intessered with BY
beard worn ,oo l,ushJ snd long. The effect Of
tue beard itself il rely oiaen spelled By stand
inc shirt collar. worn rs to cut uh its outline.
:>inrt, CpIt and cfayat should all leave head and
beard to unubstructed yicw-pasticuiar'y with
persons Of short stature.
I i,rre are various incidental motives, Of
course, Which, arbitrarily and qaitc independent
Of taste. effect the wearing Of the beard. Cles
Eyulcn, tutors, 1Cacon-. hank directors and un-
dcrtIkers may tuk Il ,4.er. or less for their III
teies: to =" sI4nye"-tu satisfy, ltt us say, how
ever, very unreasonable citation, III the eyes
for wi.irh ihry d. it. Dat there is, for here and
there a man, secondary confederation affecting
the natural policy of tle tcard. We slrak ol
suc whose air and manner ure nut sufficiently
| subducd-one whose style requires abatng.
| Beard is un obv"us inten>itier to one who Ii
linus Naturally too shuwy, and Ut would do well
so {.rtpi,iasc the general impression by its sac.
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