Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-05-05
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ZINE On caring me BeaEa BesominEIz.


We are net geirr to ask pardoa Of tbs lsaies for
giving pToniaeni Place 70 suggestion CT tTo as to
tho taste IN the CIT ana Tearof lhis wholly nsscu
Inc pTerosstive. There are few women, We Believe
who have not the same properly II some seTt Of
rnan-she who has nsither lover nor Enals relative
having lsasia faverie elergysr ysicisn poet or
.tp-eaising young nan, IN whose beard she Is In
teresed-a1d as women sopinion is apt TO havegr
weight in the choosing Of the style for the beard
We shall believe thar in discussing Il We are usual
writing fer both sexss.
Almost universal as ''hairy fsces" have new be-
cone, there is not IL twenty who shapes and
dresses his bezrd 20 the best advanage The slight
Est line or shadings We all know, materially az
Sects the expression of counter sDce. With very
ffSng Inference In the dressing Of the natural mask
Of hair about a MAJ mouth, the whole character
Of bis personal presence Is changed Il is wonder
fn i8deed, thst-for obvious and universal want
the wearing Of the beard artists have never yet
gwen US manual Of first principles, illUstrsted
sith drawings. I, is book that would be eagerly
bcusht Up ami studied With daily study Of the
boards Of cur friends and ecqusiRIanees, becoming
and the uL becoming, We haze Of course learned
here and there en- Incidental Lesson on the subject;
aud this, in the lask Of more artists authority We
propose nov 10 jot down.
Nhvre the eeaury Of a face consists mainly in the
fine formation Of The jaEhone and chin, q man
Loses BY growing hi beard over this pOrion. Bet
ter wear only ths mouslaehe. 9 seele
7 lere Is low AID then man whose severity OF
shsrPusss of eve 10 redeemed b. 8 coed natured
mouth he animal cbaTacIer Of Ihs person being
ki1dl n has tbs iLteilectusfand covering Of the
lips, 10 suca case, IS, OF course 8 mistaken hid
ing Ct nturss apol g., aod needless deiriment 10
the expression Better wear only the ThlskeIa
"A Sc ll, or Feeeing cEiA ana feeble jaw, may
be entirely CoLeeesd By full beard aud With great
advantage 10 the general pbysiognomy. So may
the pa lie defect OF too coarse jaw bone or too
long chin
TO straight al uppsr lip can beiuprOved; by the
curve OF 3 veil trimmed mOustache So eau an up
Ter up - Is too loDg frCm ne nose downward, or
eBe that d figured b. the lJss Of some of the up
Ter teeth. Wa.hlf On, IN the pTlms OF life suffer-
sc nom his latef III ion aud (sItisieally speak
iug) als Ia-e, as represented &C pUsteu'y, would
have oaen relieved OF it's oaly weakness il be had
G nee Aed the c0lapaiag upper lip by military
n Us alhe
Ate. witch is naturally too grave can be made
to l5ok more cheerful by turning tbs corners Of
tie mJus Aches csc which is 'oJ trivial aud In
expressive can be made thoughtful hy he careful
slcplng OF tao nOustache, with stroDg lines down
ward.
Tee wearing Ct the whole beard gives Of course,
q mere saImd look; which is no disadsRsttge if
the eyes sre large and the forehead Intellectual
enough to balance it. But where the eyes are small
CT sensual, aad the forehead low, the general ex
preston is bitter for the smooth chin winch in, the
common sye, seems always less animal
What is c9mIlOnly called mperisl'' 70 t,lft
the middle OF the CHM is apt to look like mere
boteh the face, give it an air Of pettinrss or
coxoombry. The wearing OF the beard long or short
f5rked peaked, are physiOgnomIca ndVisabilities
upon zhioh man Of judgment will lake the a1vil e
Of artist well as Of IA intimate friend OF tWO
but having once decided upon the becoiniU g
model he shauld stick TO it. Alteration in the shaIe
Of 50 prominent spOrtioR of The Physiognomy gives
1R impTessiOR Of uLreIiableness and vanity.
Middle aged men are apt to be sensitive with the
ineipent turuiug gray Of the beard; hut they are
often mistaken 20 is effect. 3 ack hair. which
turns earliest, only peture,quey embellished
By spiihk ing Of gray bat exceedingly intelieei u
alizsd and msde alphabetically expressive. The
zreaie-t possible Ulander Is 20 dye such beard.
There il one CON lexi5n, however, Of which the
grizzhpg Is h;dyus that fetal shaving d7eiRg or
sny other escape is preferable 10 'esving 1t 10 ma
fureD We mean The reddish blonde, Of which the
6rst blanebiag gives the appearance OF dirty mat
was meant 70 be described, perhaps, by the two
It es il Huiibrss:
''The upper part thereof was whey.