Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-04-05

The Home Journal discOurseS learn
edly on the beard question, as follows:
A very rare thing, indeed, is a male
face which looks better it altogether
close shaver. Yet here and there is
one-a youthful Appolo or Byron,
whose absolutely iaultless outlines Of
features is marred by any covering, or
by any breaking up Of the harmonious
ensemble.
Where the beauty Of the face con-
sists mainly in the fine formation Of
the jaw bone and chin, man loses by
growing his beard over this portion
Better wear only the moustache.
There is now and then man whose
severity or sharpness of eye is relieved
by a good natured mouth-the animal
character of the person being kindlier
than the intellectual-and the cover
ing of the lips in such case, is, of
course, mistaken hiding of natures
apology, and needless detcriment to
the expression. Better wear only the
whiskers.
A small or recceding chin, or feeble
jaw, may be entirely concealed by a
fall beard, and with great advantage to
the general physiognomy. So may the
opposite defect of too coarse a jaw-bonc
or too long chin.
Too straight an upper lip can be
improved by the curve of we'll trim
med moustache. So can an upper lip
that is too long from the nose down
wards, or one that IS dis6gured by the
loss OF some Of the upper teeth. Wash
ingten, in the prime of life, suffered
from this latter inhiction, and (artlstic-
ally speaking) his face, as represented
to posterity would have been relieved
Of its only we .kness, if he had conceal
ed the collapsing Of the upper lip by =
military moustache.
A face which is naturally too grave
can be made to look more cheerful by
turning up the corners Of the NOUS
tache-as one which is too trivial and
inexpensive can be made thoughtful
by the careful sloping of thu. moustache,
with strong lines downwards.
The wearing OF the whole beard
gives, of course, more animal look
which is no disadvantage if the eyes
are large and the forehead intellectual
enough to balance it. Where the eyes
are small or sensual, and the forehead
low, the general expression is better fol-
the smooth chin, which, to the com
mon eye, seems always animal.
What is commonly called an I" i'm
perial" "a tuft on the middle Of the
chin is apt to look like mere blotch
on the face, or to give it an air Of pet
tiness or coxcombry. The wearing oil
the beard long or short, forked OF
peaked, are physiognomical advisibili
ties upon which man Of judgement
will take the advice of an artist as we'll
as Of an intimate friend or two-(and
upon all other particulars as welD-
but having once decided upon the
most becoming model, he should stick
to it. Alteration in the shape Of 80
prominent portion Of the physiogno-
my, gives an impressihn of unreliable.
ness and vanity.
Middle aged men are apt to be sensi-
tive with the insipient turning gray oil
the beard. Black hair, which turns
earliest. is not only picturesquely en-
belished by sprinkling of gray, but
exceedingly intellectualised and made
sympathetically expressive. The great
est possible b!under IS to dye such a
beard. There is no complexion, how
ever, Of which the grizzing Is 50
hideous that total shaving, dyeinR, OF
any other escape is preferable to leav-
ing it to Nature" We mean the red.
dish blonde. of which the frst black.
ing gives the appearance of . dirtv
mat. 1t was meant to be described,
Perhaps, BY the two lines in Hudi-
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