The morning times., 1896-10-11

as women, perhaps more frequently upon
men, because nearly every nan cyclist has
a womanto worry about as well as himself
The mouth III the feminine ~ orchcr is a
funny thing. She does not bring it to a
doctor for treatment, but apparently giories
in it. You see il everywhere. The lip
characteristics are compressed lips, set COR
ners, Il straight lined mouth and nostrIs
slightly diiated. This il the mouth of the
girl who rides hard and fast and who keeps
her wind well. This mouth upon a regular
face is too severe; upoa a round face IL IL
unbecOming, but upon n certain japanese
style of piquant face ii is as pretty a mouth
as one Would want, but this style of beauty
and this mouth seldom meet You see all
sorts OF faces defaced with the set. rigid
mouth
The mouth that Is not affected Is the
fun, non-Bervuas mouth. This permits
the lips to meet over the teeth or to
draw back from them. There Is oon-
stant change and no wrinkles result
or all the riders, about one percentage
only have this lucky mouth. 1t shows q
lack OF nerves and a great presence of
mind and assura nee. 1t Is the mouth
you find in the quieter walks Of life ane
sometimes upon stage women.
MOUTH OF sCoRCHER
The scorching mouth is one Of which
men complain. The muscles become set
around the mouth and the skin drawn
T and white. For them there is massage
rs Tor the women. Bat with the wrinked
| bicycle mouth both men and women must
sufferif onceafflcted
! The physician who has had most OF
/ these cases says he would advise ali
/ cyclists to preserve the same use OF the
mouth upon the wheel as when walking
/ or reading. Notice il the corners of the
! mouth are naturally drawn down, and
then notice them upon the wheel IL
| you find you are affecting an unnatural
I expression, change at once before 1t is
| too late
| One of the cases tha. caused considerable
annoyance was of girl who laugh ed Cob
staDtly when riding. Her own awkward
ness, the remarks of pedestrians, The
sights of the street, and the loveliness OF
! life wheel affeCtctih herlike a farce comedy,
and she laughed and In ughcd Pretty soon
there came wrinkles in the cheeks, and the
dimples that were there sunk into hollo ws
She lost little flesh and this acccntuated
! the lines in the face She cannot control
! that laughing habit and today that gin
| is wreck as far as physical beauty IL
! concerned
| IL is claimed that there il great deal
of character to he read in the lines of the
bicycle mouth. Nervous, irritable dis
positions are invariably shown and those
/ .-easy TO get along with can be read from
the calm expression OF the mouth under
| trying circumstance The best mouth is
| The one that keeps its cupid curve and Is
not injured us to the teeth.
Another very distressing form of bicycle
| mouth is that of muscular tension. This
feels and locks like lockjaw, and is, In
deed, a near relative tc it, There is an
intense nervous strain and the patient
! clinches her teeth. After doing this re
peatedly she becomes weak IN these
! muscles and tic teeth cIcse spasmodicaIly
and remain shut tightly until the mus
; cular spasm has passed away. This must
he treated at once. OF il becomes an in
convenient and serious disease.
There is no real reason for the bicycle
mouth any more than there is for the hump
backed rider, but the trouble is one does
not know ones faults until they become
so pronounced that friends speak of them.
The bicycle mouth can be relaxed with
chewing gum and hard candies and
| treated by massage and soothing pow
ders, and the mouth Of the man or woman
who rides can be as beautiful as before.
Yes, and still mure beautiful, for the
lips become rcdder from the exercise and
a full expires sion is given the mouth
while the skin glows with health.
HARRY GERMAlNE.