The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1859-04-15
Boards.

male face which looks better IL alto
getber close shaven. Yet there j,
here and there one--a youthful Ap
polo or Byron, whose absolutely
iaultless outline of features is marrec
by any breaking up Of the harmoni
Gus ensemble.
| Where beauty Of the face consists
mainly IN the fne formation Of the
ljaw-bone and chin, a man loses by
growing his board over this portion
Better wear only the moustache.
There is now and then a man
whose severity or sharpness Of eye is
relieved by good natured mouth
the animal character OF the person
being kindlier than the intellectual
and the covering Of the lips, in such
q case, is, Of course, mistaken
hiding Of natures apology, and a
needless detriment to the expression.
Better wear only the whiskers.
A small or receding chin, or fee.
ble jaw, may be entirely concealed
by full beard, and with great ad.
vantage to the general physiognomy
So may the opposite defect Of too
coarse q jaw bone or two long chin.
Too straight an upper lip can be
improved by the curve of a we'll
trimmed moustache. So can an
upper lip that is too long from the
nose down ward, or one that is dis
figured by the loss Of some Of the up
per teeth. Washington, in the prime
Of life, suffered from this latter af.
Fiction, and lartistically speaking)
his face, as represented to posterity,
would have been relieved from its
only weakness il he had concealed
the collapsing upper lip by mill
tary moustache.
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 tri.
vial and inexpensive can be made
thoughtful by the careful sloping of
the Iuoustache, with strong lines,
down ward.
The wearing Of the whole beard
gives, Of course, a more animal look.
which is no disadvantage, If the eyes
are large and the forehead intellect
ual enough to balance it. But
where the eyes are small or sensual,
aud the forehead low, the general
expression is better for the smooth
chin, which, to the common eye,
seems less animal.
What is commonly called an "i,n-
perial' "a TUT on the middle of the
chin) is apt to look like a mere blotch
on the face, or to give an air OF pet
tiness and coxcombry. The wear
ing OF the beard long or short, fork
ed or peaked, are physiognomical
aud advisabiities upon which a man
of Judgment will take the advice of
an artist as well as Of an intimate
friend or two (and npon all other
particulars as welD; but having
once decided upon the most becom-
ing model, he should stick to it.,
Alteration in the shape OF 80 prom.
inent portion OF the physiognomy
gives an impression Of unreliable
ness and vanity.
Middle aged men are apt to be
sensitive with the incipient turning
grey Of The beard. But they are Oft,
EN- mistaken as to its effects. Black
hair, which turns earliest, is not only
highly embellished by a spriDkling
Of gray, but exceedingly intellectual.
lied aud made sympathetically ex.
pressive. The greatest blunder is to
dye such a beard. There is one
complexion, however, OF which the
grizzling is so hideous that total
shaving, dyeing, or any other escape
is preferable to leaving lit to Ma
ture." We mean the reddish blonde,
Of which the first blanching gives
the appearance OF a dirty mat. 1t
was meant to be described, perhaps,
by the two lines in Hudlbras:
THE upper part thereof was whey,
The neither orange mixed with gray"
The white beard is 80 exceedingly
distinguished that every man whose
hair prematurely turns should be
glad to wear it; while, for an old