The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-09

mekiug or marring the beauty of face
than any other feature and the wonderful
part of 1t is that it is not the pretty mouths
that make the pretty faces, nor uice uerso;
everything depends on the expression. l
cannot choose a clearer way of explaining
how this is than by referring to the lips OF
some well known ladies in New York.
There is Mrs. Alice j. Shaw, the whistler;
she has mouth like a flower unblown,"
straight and sweet, curving upward very
little at the corners, full in the center, red
as rose, and altogether lovely. And when
she has those lips all puckered all ready to
whistle, oh! yum, yum, is it any wonder
that every masculine heart in the audience
goes pit pat.
There is Ella Wheeler Wilcox, the poet
ess. You would know her soul was full of
music if you looked only once at her
mouth. Her lips are ripe and red, but so
sensitive every emotion is shown in their
quick, responsive culver. Hers is as ex-
pressive mouth as one often sees.
Marion Foster, the artist has mouth
that tells her history without sound.
Those sweet closed lips speak more elo-
quently than many more noisy ones. They
tell story of patience and sweetness that
goes home to every heart. From her
invalid's chair she watches all that is best
and loveliest in the world. and, with the
purity of thought that comes only from
canvas picture SO true that you wonder
where she gets her inspiration. If you are
so fortunate as to know her and will allow
your heart to listen, these silent lips of hers
will tell you.
Mrs Croly Jennie june has wide,
straight, laughing mouth. She has ready
smile for every one, and ready sympathy as
we'll She looks on the bright side of things
always, and how much better it is, if only
we all could do SO, but we have not all a
mouth like Jennie June.
Nellie Bly, has a little mouth; her lips are
slightly compressed, which gives her an ex-
preston of shrewdness and worldly wis
dom, which says: "You may be able to
take me in, but you want to be very careful
that you don't get taken in yourself"
Mrs Bradley A Fiske, daughter of Joseph
Harper, and wife of Lieut.. Fiske of the
United States navy, has lips like a red
peach-full, soft and red. With her tur-
ouois eyes and red gold hair she is strik-
ing picture Mrs Dr. Pryor of Park avenue,
Familiarity known as young Mrs. Pryor."
has mouth that always makes me think of
"Young Mrs. Jardine," not because her
name was "Sllence,n but because there is SO
much of that sweet, womanly nature in
them, that without the least trace of strong
mindedness in it, can tide a man over mis-
fortunes mountain high, and yet he hardly
knows what helped him; he only knows
that there was something that would not
let him sink. Mrs Gen. Pryor has pleas
ant mouth, but there are lines of determl-
nation and ambition as well, which indica te
that if she had been man she might have
been general, too. and a good one.
Mrs. Frank Leslie has a mouth about
which clings a sad, wistful expression. AZ if
she had missed something out of her life, or
some one had sadly disappointed her.
The habit of the lips seems sadly at vari-
ance with her bright, sparkling eyes; yet in
their depths, when she is not speaking,
there fingers suggestion that her life does
not hold all that she wishes for, courted and
honored though she is
Amelie --Rives-C hanler has a mouth very
full and very red. The under lip protrudes
slightly. She does not smile easily when
she does, it comes in slow fashion. She has
some tricks of the lip when speaking that to
gentlemen are very fetching. She curves
the under lip outward in way that is very
suggestive of "Quick or the Dead" kisses.
Her mouth is sadly at variance with the
rest of her face, which, in repose, is rather
classic. Miss Zerega, she who is said to be
the choice of his Grace of Newcastle, has
lips like child, soft and tender. that give
a very innocent expression, which is hight
ened by her wide, earnest eyes of velvety
brown. Mrs. Fred Vanderbilt has a very
pretty mouth and a very kindly one.
All the lines of her face are
in harmony and therein lies her
she speaks, her lips suggest only tenderness
and kindness, and those who know her
best will bear witness that they testify cor
rectly. Miss Grace Lowther has lips as red
as cherries, with flashing black eyes and
raven locks. She is as brilliant picture as
one often looks upon. Mrs. John Bigelow
has very characteristic mouth. You can
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the scornful Ouida: "You needn't put on
such airs about the Americans. they are the
only people under heaven who will read
your nasty, old booksr' Or how she told
the upstart English lord, when at his own
dinner table he boosted that the English
captured the guns at Bunker Hill, "Well,
maybe they did get the guns, but we kept
the hill"
Mrs. Bigelow's lips are firm, and trihe
grim sometimes, but they are never afraid
of the truth, and no one can even say that
a sentence ever passed them with malicious
intent toward any human being.
Mrs. Pierre Lorillard has very expressive
lips. They are straight and finely cut, and
when in repose are not unlike the lips of a
statue, so perfect is their outline Mrs
John Sherwood has very mobile lips. You
can always tell what her mood is from the
expression of her mouth. She is a fine con-
versationalist, and knows how to talk grace
fully, which is more of an accomplishment
than many people guess. Mrs. Levi P. Nor
ton has very pleasant mouth. She seems
always to be smiling. If her friends can be
believed, it is but an index to her DISPOSE
ton. Mrs Harrison has a rather large
mouth, but one that is full of character
Mrs. Cleveland's lips are rather on the pout-
ing order, being rather full in the center
She has very beautiful teeth. and is pref
test when sbe,speaks. Mrs. Harriet Webb
the well known elocutionist, has very full
smiling lips. Her laugh is something good
to see as well as to hear, for she allows her
lips full play:to have as good time as they
can, and her even, white teeth have no de-
fects to hide. 1 would travel miles on
rainy day and take the risk Of getting wet
for the benefit of Mrs. Webb's laugh. It's
infectious and hearty, and does one good.
Mrs Harriet Clark, the sweet singer, has
a pair of lips that know not how to de-
scribe. / think of full blown roses, Of ripe
strawberries; even fall back upon the old
chestnut of "Cupids bow" but none of
them will answer my purpose in the least
They are perfect, that is all; and how she
can sing The music ripples over those lips
growing sweeter by the contact. She has
ewes like blue forget-me-nots; a complexion
like the tint of sea she'll. She is "alto-
gether lovely" "A ladye faire beyond
compare"
One might go on indefinitely, as the
language of lips is inexhaustible, but there's
danger of being tired even of the prettiest
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