Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-09-14
THE ART OF TEARS.
How Laughing md Crying Destroy or
Develop Beauty.

Develop Beauty.
From the Home Journal
/ The approach of age shows itself
about the eyes Lines come family
at tlrst, then deeper and deeper, until
the inclpient crow 5 feet are indicated,
developed, reveal,d The woman
who. looking in her glass, peIceives
these fatal lines diverging from the
outer corner of the eyes, knows that
she has reached an err, in Rife. She
recognizes 1t with sigh If She be a
vain, lovely or a worldly woman;
with a smile perhaps. if she has chill
dren III whom she can live her youth
over again. But it can never be a
( gay smile, None of us men or wom-
en- like 10 see your-that precious nos
Sesslon-Shpping away from us. But
we should never be ON the lookout for
crows feet or gray hairs, Looking
for them is sure to bring them; for
thinking about them brings them.
Tears form part of the language of
the eyes, which is eloquent enough
when SparinglN used and which should
be SparinglS used for other reasons
! than that of adding To their mute elo-
N.Y. INV ANstAN XIV Il dkSiiSuTAtl1 SN-
pn sSlon of emotion, and those who
get into the habit of weeping over ev-
cry small veNatlon, do much toward
acquiring a rareworn. miSera bic eN-
preston, aud are sure To look old be-
fore their time. Excessive weeping
has been known not only 10 iniurc,
but actually to destroy the sight Few
women look pretty or even interesting
IN tears, though II has been pleas
ant fiction III poetry and romance TO
suppose they do. Many women, some
men and most children make most
dlStiguring and diStortlng grimaces
while crying. and the lady who
thinks that she can work upon a mans
feelings by a liberal supply of tears,
should carefully study becoming
mode of producing them before her
looking glass. GrimaceS soften no
hearts, and tears accompanied hy the
usual distortions have hardening
effect, il not "A visible one. In pret-
tllv written book, now probably out
Of print, purporting to be the story Of
the life of one of MiltonS wives, the
author makes that poet say ms wife's
eyes after crying, that they reSemhled
the suns clear shining after rain
a very pretty natural object indeed.
bat during the rain itself the observ-
er is not inclined To be So compliment
tary
Grimaees of a somewhat similar
order are frequently made during
the action of laughter Care should
always he taken with children to pre-
vent their falling into this habit 1t
frequently reaches to such pitch as
To render the laughter positively un
slightly. The face is distorted and out
of drawing, the eyes disappear and
the lips are drawn up, revealing half
an inch of pale pink gums. This
popularity sometimes runs III families,
partly from unconscious imitation |
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 uota single eye left in
the family Much, if not all, of this
could be prevented by due care in
childhood The laugh can be cult
waited quite as much as the voice.
Actresses take lessons in laughing,
with occasionally very charming re
suits. | do not, however advise that
such teaching should begin in early
childhood, less itmight destroy Spon
taneity, but very strongly recon
mend mothers to check a disposition
to make grimaccs during their chill
gren's indulgence Of mlrth.