The eastern clarion. [volume] (Paulding, Miss.) 1837-1863, 1859-05-18
VOLUME XXI. NO. 80.
HOW to Wear the Reard

We recently published an article from
BlackeoOoRs Magazine on the male costume
of the present day. As the mysteries of
dress should not be all left to the ladies.
now that the equality of the sexes is be-
coming popular doctrine. we subioin an
article on the proper manner Of wearing
the beard
With very trifing differences in the
dressing of the natural mask of hair
about mans month, the whole character
OF hls personal presence is changed. 1t
Is wonderful, indeed, that for so obvious
ana universal a want as the wearing of
the beard, artists have never vet given
US manual of first principles. illustrated
with drawings. 1t is a book that would
9e eagerly bought up and studied. With
all daily study OF the boards Of our friends
coming we have, of course. iearned Nlioe- La"-
anu mere an incidental lesson ON tba s,,L
Ject ana thus, IN the lack of moro o.t;o
'lc ,S,I 9thorlty, we propose now to iof do,',.a
mere the beauty of a face cons;s.-
mainly IN the fine formation of ~ ee
Done and chin, man loses bv s,-o,:;- Ja"
hIS oeard over this portion. Retter ,,ts,
only tire Eaoustachn Det1er wear
verify or sharpness or eye IS redeemed by
good natured mouth-the animal char
acter of the person being kindlier than
the intellectual-and a covering of the
lips, in such a case, is, of course, mistak-
en- hiding of natures apology, and a need
less detriment to the expression. Better
wear only the whiskers.
A small or receding chin, and feeble
jaw, may be entirely concealed by full
beard, and with great advantage to the
general physiognomy. So may the oppo-
site of too coarse a Jawbone, or too long
chin.
Too straight an upper lip can be i'm
proved 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 af-
Fiction, and (artistically speaking) his
face, as represented to posterity, would
have been relieved of its only weakness
if he had concealed the collapsing 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 moustache-as one
which is too trivial and inexpensive can
be made thoughtful by the careful sloping
of the moustache, withastrong lines down
ward.
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. But where the eyes are small
or sensual. and the forehead low, the
general expression is better for the smooth
chin, which to the common eye, seems
always less animal.
What is commonly called an Imperial
Ia tuft on the middle of the chin) is apt
to look like mere blotch on the face, OF
to give it an air of pettiness or coxcombry
The wearing of the beard long or short
forked or peaked, are physiognomical ad
visablities upon which a man of iudg
. ment will take the advice of an artist a
well as of an intimate friend or two bu
) having once decided upon the most be
coming model, he should stick to it, AL
| teration in the shape of so prominent ;
portion of the physiognomy gives an i'm
preston of unreliableness and vanity.
Middle-aged men are apt to be sensitlv
with the incipient turning gray of tn,
beard but they are often mistaken as t,
: its effect Black hair, which turns earliest
is not only picturesquely embellished by
sPIllihllhS VI gray, bub SACScuiIlSly III
: tellectualized and made sympatheticall,
e expressive. The greatest possible blur
y der is to dye such beard. There is on
G complexion, however, of which the gril
d zling is so hideous that total shaving, dye
5, ing, or any other escape, is preferable t
''leaving to nature" We mean the rec
1t dish blonde, of which the first blanehin
d gives the appearance of a dirty mat.
was meant to be described, perhaps, b
II two lines in Hudibras
ar "The upper part thereof was whey
al The neither orange mixed with gray
= A white beard is so exceedingly di
= tinguished that every man whose ha
- prematurely turns should be glad to we,
10 it; while for an old mans face it is
softening avail, so winning an embellisl
ment. that it is wonderful now such an q,
d vantage could ever be thrown ava
~ That old age should be always long bear
~ ed, to be properly vailed and venerabl
=; is the feeling, we are sure, of every low
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