Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-05-11
uI,rs ON WEARING THE BEARD RE.
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We are not going to ask pardon Of the ladies
for giving prominent place to q suggestion or
two as to the taste IN the cut and wear of this
masculine prerOgatiye. There are few women.
we believe, Who have not same property in some
sort of man-she who has neither love nor male
relative, having ut least favOrite clergyman
physician. poet, or promising young man. in
whose beard she is interested--and a. woman,s
opinion is apt to have great weight in the
choosing ofthe style for the beard we shall he.
lieye that in discussing il we are as usual
writing for both sexes.
Almost universal as ''hairy faces" have now
become, there Is not one man in twenty who
shapes and dresses his besrd in the best sdvan-
tAge. The slightest line or shading as we all
know, materially affects the expression of
eOuntenance- with very trifling differences in
the dressing OF the natural mask of HI air about
sman's mouth, the whole character Of his per-
sonal presence is changed. 1t is wonderful.
indeed, that for sOobviOus and universal a want
as the wearing OF the beard artists have never
yet given us n manual Of first principles, illus
trated with drawings 1t is book that would
be eagerly bought up and studied With daily
study of the boards of our friends and acuuain-
tanceS, becoming and unbeconiug we have of
course learned here and there an incidental
lesson on 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 fine formation Of the jawbone and chin.
msn lOOses by growing his beard over this
portion Better wear only the mou.tache.
There IS now and then a man whose severity
or sharpness of eye is redeemed by good ma
tured mOuth-thc animal character of the per-
son being kindlier than the intcllectual--and
covering OF the lipsin such a case, is, of course
smistaken hiding of natures apology, and
needless detrlment to the expression. Better
wear only the whiskers.
4 small, or receding chin and feeble law.
may be entirely concealed by full beard, and
with great advantage to the general pbysiog-
nOny- 30 may the opposite defect of too course
ajaw-bone. or too long chin.
Too straight an upper lip can be improved,
by the curve OF well-trimmed moustache So
can an upper lip that is too long from the nose
downward, or one that is disfgured BY the lOss
OF some of the upper teeth. Washington, in the
prime of life suffered from this latter afiiction
and (artistically speaking1 his face, as repre-
sented to POsterity, would have been relieved
us it, only weakness if he had concealed the
eollapsing upper lip by military moustachs
\ face which is naturally too grave can be
made 10 look more cheerful by turning up the
corners of the moustache-as one which Is too
trivial and Inc expressive can be made thought
ful by the careful sloping of the mOustache
with strong lines downward
The wearing of the whole beard gives of
course, more animal look; which is no disad-
vantage If the eyes are large and the forehead
Intellectual enough tn balance it. But where
the eyes are small or sensual and the forehead
low. the general expression il better for the
smooth chin, which, to the common eye seems
always less animal
What - commonly called an Imperial "a
tyfi on the middle of the chin is apt to look
hke mere blOtch on the face or 10 give il an
ar Of pettiness or e0xcOmbry. The wearing Of
me beard long or short, forked or peaked. are
NaNtv H.
man OF judgment will take the advice of an ar
us; IS well a. Of an intimate friend or two but,
hVlng once decided upon the most becoming
model, he should stick to it. Alteration in the
shape Of So prominent portion of the physiny-
n'my gives an impression ofunreliablenes5 and
vanity.
Middle aged men are apt to be sensitive with
tae ineiPleEt turning gray of the beard; but
thsy are often mistaken as 70 its effect Black
hair which turns earliest is not only pictures
fueiy emheiiiShed by sprinkliug of gray but
exceedingly intellectualized and msde SYM
Pathet'eally expressive. The greatest possible
hlander is to dye such beard. There is one
complexion, however, of which the grinding is
so hldi"us that total shaving, dyeing or any
other escape, is preferable to leaving it to ma
tqre We mean the reddish blonde, of which
tne hrst blanching gives the appearance of
dirty mat. IL was meant to be described per-
haps- by the two lines in Hudibras:
The upper part Thereof was wnev.
The neither orange mixed with gray"
A white beard il so exceedingly distinguished
that every man whose hair prematurely turns
should be glad to wear it; while for an old mans
iaSe % It Is 80 softening vail, so winning an en-
nellshment thatit is wonderfully how such an
advantage could ever be thrown away That
Oid age should be always long bearded, to be
properly vailed and venerable, is the feeling
We are sure, of every lover of nature, a. we'll
FuUt I'll. Il -
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