Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-12-19

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The approach Of age shows itself
about the eyes. Lines come. family
at first, then deeper and deeper, until
the incipient crows feet are indicated,
developed, revealed. The woman who,
looking in her glass, perceives these
fatal lines diverging from the outer
corner Of her eyes, knows that she has
reached an era in her life. She recog-
nizes It with a sigh, IL she be vain,
a lovely or worldly woman; with a
smile, perhaps, il she has children in
whom she can live her own youth
over again. But it can never be a
gay smile. None of us, men or wo-
men, like to feel youth-that precious
possession-slipping away from us.
But we should never be on the look
out for crows feet or gray hairs.
Looking for them is sure to bring
them, for thinking about them brings
them. Tears form a part Of the Ian.
guage Of the eye, which is eloquent
enough when sparingly used, and
which should be sparingly used for
other reasons than that Of adding to
their mute eloquence. Tears are q
disfguriDg expression Ct emotion, and
those who get into the habit Of weep.
ing over very small vexations do much
towards acquiring care worn, miser-
able expression, and are sure to look
old before their time. Excessive weep
ing has been known not only to ipjure
but actually destroy the sight. Few
women look pretty, or even interest.
ing, in tears, though il has long been
a pleasant fiction in poetry and ro-
nance to suppose that they do. Many
women, some men and most children
make most disfguring and distorted
grimsces while crying; and the lady
who thinks she can work upon q mans
feelings by a liberal display of tears
should carefully study a becoming
mode of producing them before her
looking glass. Grimaces soften no
hearts, and tears accompanied by the
usual distortion have hardening eff
feet, IL not a visible one. In a pref
tily written book, now probably out
of print, purpOrtiDg to be the story of
the life OF one of Millions wives, the
author makes that poet say Of his
wife's eyes after crying that they re-
sembled "the suns clear shining after
rama very pretty natural object
indeed, but during the rain itself the
observer is not inclined to be so com.
plimentary. Grimaces Of some
what similar order are frequently
made during the action Of laughter.
Care should always be taken with
children to prevent their falling into
this habit. 1t frequently reaches such
a pitch RS to render the laughter pos
itively unsightly. The face is distort.
ed and out of drawing, the eyes disap-
pear and the lips are drawn up, re-
vealing half an inch Of pale pink gum.
This popularity sometimes runs in
families, partly from unconscious i'm
itation. / know one family whose
grimaces during laughter are most
ludicrously alike. When they are all
assembled at the dinner table and
joke goes round there is not single
eye left in the family. Much, if not
all, of this could be prevented by due
care in childhood. The laugh can be
cultivated quite as much as the voice.
Actresses take lessons in laughing,
with occasionally very charming re-
suits. do not. however, sdvise that
such teaching should begin in early
lest ii might destroy spon-
taneity and produce an effect of arti-
iciality; but 1 very strongly recon-
mend mothers to check a disposition
to make grimaces during their chill
iren's indulgence of mirth.-[White-
hall Review.