The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1859-03-24
Boards,

! A very rare thing, indeed, is a male face
which looks better if altogether close sha-
ven. Yet there is here and there onc-a
youthful Apollo or Byron-whose absolute
ly :aultless outline of features is marred by
any covering, or by any breaking up Of the
harmonious ensemble.
Where the beauty Of the face consists
mainly i'll the fine formation of the jaw
bone and chin, Il man loses by growing his
beard over this portion. Better wear only
the moustache.
| There is now and then {: man whose sc.
verify or sharpness Of eye is relieved by a
good nalurcd moulh-the animal charac-
ter of the person being kindlier than the
in:clcctual-and covering of the lips, in
such 4 case, is of course, mistaken hiding
of natures apology, and needless detri-
mcnt 10 the expression. Better wear only
the whiskers.
A small or rccedng chin, or feeble
jaw, may be entirely concealed by full
beard, and with great advantage TO the
general physognomy. So may the oppo-
site defect of too coarse jaw bone or too
long :; clin.
Too straight an upper lip can be improv-
cd by the curve Of a wcll-trimmed nous.
taclc. So can an upper lip that is too long
from the nose downwards, or one that
is disfgurcd by the loss of some Of
the upper teeth. Washington, in the prime
of life, suffered from this latter ailliction,
and (ar,isticalIy spcaking) his face, as rep
resented to posterity, would have been re.
lieved OF its only weakness if he had con-
cealed the colapsing upper lip by militia.
ry moustachc.
A face which is naturally too grave can
be made to look more cheerful by turning
up the corners of the moustache-as one
which is too trivial and inexpensive can be
made thoughtful by the careful sloping of
the moustache, with strong lines, down.
wards.
The wearing Of the whole beard gives
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disadvantage if the eyes are large and the
forehead intellectual enough to balance it,
But where the eyes are small or sensual
and the forehead low, the general express
Sion is for the smooth chin, which to the
common eye seems always less animal.
What is commonly called an imperial"
&, tuft on the middle of the chin) is apt to
look like mere blotch OH the face, or give
an air Of coxcombry. The wearing of
the beard long or short, forked or peaked :,
arc physiognomical advisabIities upon
which a man Of judgment will take the ad-
vice of an artist as we'll of an int innate
friendor two (and upon all other particu.
lars as welD but having once decided upon
the most becoming model, he should stick
to it. Alteration in the shape of so prom
inent portion of the physiognomy, gives
al impression Of unreliableness and varity
Middle aged men are apt to be sensitive
with the incipient turning grey of the
beard. But they are often mistaken as to
its effect. Black hair, which turns earliest,
is not only picturesque'y embeIshed by a
sprinkling Of gray, but exceedingly intel
lectualized and made sympatlIeticaIly ex-
pressive. The greatest possible blundcr is
to dye such beard. There is one com.
plexion, however, of which the grizzIing is
SO hideous that total shaving. dyeing, or
any other escape is preferable to :leaviug
it to Nature" We mean the reddish
blonde, of which the first blanching gives
tho appearance of dirty mat. 1: was
meant to DO described, pcrhapt, by the two
lines in Hudribras:
The upper part thereof was whey
The neither orange mixed with grey"
A white beard is so exceedingly distin-
guish' d, that every man whose hair prema-
turely turns should be glad to wear it +;
while, for m old mans face, it is SO soften
ing veil, so winning an establishment,
that, it is wonderful how such an advan-
tagc could be ever thrown away. That old
age should he always long bearded, to be
properly vclled and venerable, is the feel
ing, we are sure, of every lover of nature,
rs we'll as Of every cultivated and deferen
tial heart.
Youths should be told in time that tho
beard grows much moro gracefully, and
adapt itself much better to the face for
being never shaved; while, in all boards,
nascent and downy, left to themselves,
there is great beauty. The yellow tinted
and faxen, with their light shadings OF
darker gold, are thought the handsomest
in italy and tho East, while, in England
and this country, tho dark blown and
black are preferred.
Boards are sometimes Of so coarse tex
ture that they require to grow TO consid
crablo length before a Judgment can be
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