The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-11-24
QUEER NOTIONS OF BEAUTY.
Barbarians Paint Their Faces and
Teeth GayIy and Wear Many
Odd Ornaments.

. | of beauty which characterize different
nations. In Fiji the rative women
paint their faces with red and white
| stripes as an ornament. The women
Of Greenland cover their faces with
blue and yellow. while Arabian beau
ties stain their l.rs blue and their
/ fingers and toes red.
The pearly teeth Of the poet and nov
| elist would not be valued by some Of
the eastern and Polynosian nations.
In Macassar the women paint their
teeth red and yellow. il such a way
that a red tooth follows yellow one,
| and alternately. The teeth OF the Ton
| quinese are as black as art can make
| them. The Gyeiug occupies three or
| four days. and is done TO beth boys and
| girls when they are about y years Of
| age.
During the whole operation they
never take any nourisEment for fear
| Of being poisoned by the pigment if
they swaIIowed what required mastica-
ton. Every person, high and low, rich
and poor, is obliged to undergo this
somewhat Objectionable operation. as
it is alleged that II would he disgrace
to human nature to have teeth white
like those Of dogs or elephants.
In Japan fashion compels married
women to blacken their teeth. not,
however, as an ornament, but to make
them more ugly and 10 save them from
temptation.
The Sunda islanders sometimes
blacken all the teeth but two with
burned cOcoanut. covering the two
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or silver. The same tribe are IN the
habit Of employing their old women I o
dress up the teeth Of the youths and
maidens at wooing times. The canine
teeth are filed to fine. smooth edge.
and the body Of the tooth made con
cave, or they viii notch the edge Of |
the too tn like a fire saw as an addi- |
tiOnal means Of identifying.
This mutilation Of the teeth Is OBJ /
served by many Of the savage or m
civilized races in various parts of the
world. In the Malay archipelago the
natives file their teeth into points like
those of saw, or pierce them with
holes into which they insert studs.
The Macassar people sometimes pull
out two front teeth in order to supplv
their place with teeth Of pure gold or
silver. Some African tribes knock out
their front teeth on the ground that
they do not wish to look like beasts.
On the upper Nile four front teeth are
always knocked out. but farther south
only the two upper iHcisors are dis
pensed with.
In some parts of the world the
shape of the head is Of great impor-
lance. Many American Indians ad-
mire head so extremely flattcned as
20 appear 10 us iGiotic. The natives
Of the northwest coast compress the
head into pointed cone, while the
inhabitants of Arakhan admire q
broad, smooth forehead. and in order
o produce it they fasten a plate Of
cad OF the head Of the newborn
children. :
In some countries the feminine
leadCear is carried TO singular extrav-
gaTce. The Chinese lady carries on 5
-er head the figure Of bird, which is }
Composed Of copper or gold. according {
o the quality Of the owner. The
lyantse women carry on their heads | {
thin board, about 4 foot long and
ixinches broad. With this they cover
heir hair and seal Il with wax. )
with the Tahitians 10 be called (
long-nose" is considered an insult. s
nd they compress the noses and fore (
eads Of their children fer the sake Of S
eauty. The same custom IS prevalent :
morg the Ma3ays and the natives Of | {
rail In some parts Of the world the I
ose is pierced. rings. sticks. feathers. s
nd other ornaments being inserted ?
! the holes. &
The ancient Egyptians and Assyri- ,
rs used paint 10 make their eve :
rows seem wider: the Arabians Of
lie present day go a step farther in
Re use Of paint. They endeavor 10 9
reduce the Impression that their
-ebrows grow down 10 the middle Of
le nose and meet tLere. Persian WON
! paint q black line around their ewes
I'd ornament their faces with va
ETY. Of figures. The Indians Of Para
lay eradicate their eyebrows and eve e
shes. saying that they DO not wish to e
ok like horses g
In China and neigLborirg countries q
q AnEeTrai-s arc allowed 10 grow to q
monstrous length rs q symbol Of no.
lily, ladies wearing silver cases 70 r
otect them. In some parts IT Africa
How or purple nails are considered
shiorable, while the Turkish women
lge their nails with a blue color
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