The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-05
EYEBROW AND EYELAsH.
From the Boston Traveller

| From the Boston Traveller
The disciples of physical culture have
q new cult. They devote themselves
to the eyebrow and eyelash- For the
possibility Of the brow and lash, as a
factor on facial expression, is being
more fully appreciated.
Indeed, Button, the naturalist. places
the eyebrow next in importance to the
eye itself, in giving character to the
physiognomy This is partly because.
he saws, of the marked contrast of this
feature to the others of the face.
The b-ows are . shadow in the pict-
ure, bringing its color and drawing
into strong relief. Eyelashes. also, con-
tribute their effect; when long and
thick, thew overshadow the eye. and
make it appear softer and more beauti-
full. 1t is, indeed, claimed by many,
that the eyeball itself is incapable Of
expression; that it IS the dropping or
sudden lifting Of the lid which speaks
1t is certainly true that the slight
elevation OF the under eyelid-the ex-
pressive one-produces that languishing
look which the Greek loved, and which
one sees on the face of Venus.
Winkleman says: To give an ex-
preston OF gladness for pleasure. the
opening of the lids is diminished in
order to partially exclude the excess OF
those impressions which make even
pleasure painful.
Sir Peter Lely once painted cele-
brated belle of his time, who possessed
a peculiarly long and languishing eye
It Immediately became the style for all
fashionable ladies to affect the soft
sleepiness and tender, moving look of
the picture.
The Turkish and Circassian women
use henna for penciling the eyes, while
those among the Arabs of the desert
blacken the edge Of the eyelids with
powder, and draw a line about the eye
to make it appear larger.
The Spanish grand danes squeeze
orange juice into their eyes 1t is
trifie painful at first, but it cleanses
the ball and imparts remarkable
brightness temporarily.
The ideal brows are arched, well
marked, though not heavy, and dis
tinctly separated. Although. indeed,
the Romans motive of beauty included
a small forehead and united brows,
Ovid tells that the women of his time
cleverly painted them so that they APP
peared as one.
The perfect eyelid should form an
oblong, for the large, round eye in
circular aperture is indicative of bold
ness; the small, circular one, of pert
ness. Lashes should be long and silky.
The care of the brows is very simple
matter. At night. just before retiring,
take little pomatum on the tip of the
forefnger and rub it gently into the
arched eyebrow. Then lightly pass
towel over the same.
This is to promote the growth. "We
do this every night, and in the morn
ing" as one maiden jocularly remarked,
1--WE have braids." In the morning the
sticky substance is carefully washed
out with soft cloth and warm water;
then little fragrant eau de cologne is
applied, and the tiny silver-mounted
brush comes into play.
1t gently pats and smooths the fine
hairs into slender, arched line. If
this be repeated every morning, def
cient brow will quickly mend its ways,
and wide, refractory one be brought
into meek submission.
Eyelashes may have their ends clipped
with the scissors once in every five or
six weeks. which is all the treatment
they require to make them long and |
curved.
The best brightener of the eye is
aealthful sleep, and just enough of it |