The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-01-25
Funny ideas Of Beauty.


of beauty which prevail in different
nations
Iu Fiji the native women paint their
faces with red and white stripes as au
ornament. The women of Greenland
c"ver their faces with blue and yellow,
while Arabian beauties stain their
lips blue and their fingers and tues red.
The pearly teeth Of the poet aud
novelist would not be valued by soue
of the eastern aud Polynesian uarious.
In Mucassar the women paiut their
teeth red aud yellow, in such way
ttat red tooth follows yellow one
aud alternately. The teeth of e
Tunquiuse are as black as art eau
make them. The dyeing occupies
three or four days aud is doue to both
boys and g,rls when they are about
twelve years Of age.
During the whole operation, says
Tid Bits, they never take any nour-
ishmeut for fear Of being poisoned by
the pigment if they swallowed what
required rastication. Every person,
high or low, rich and poor, is obliged
to undergo this somewhat objectlona.
BILE operation, as it is alleged that il
would be 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 save them from
temptation.
The Sunda islanders sometimes
blacken all the teeth but Two with
burned cocoanut, covering the two ex-
cepted teeth with thin plates Of gold
ur silver. The same tribe is in the
habit Of employing their old women tc
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 will notch the edge Of
the teeth like fine saw as an addl-
tional meaus Of beautifying.
This mutilation Of the teeth is OBJ
served by mauy Of the savage or un-
civilized races in various parts OF the
world. In the Malay Archipelago
the natives file their teeth iuto points
like those of saw or pierce them
with holes. into which they iuSerl
studs. The Macassar people some
times pull out two trout teeth in order
to supply their place with teeth OF
pure gold or silver. Some African
tribes kuock out their teeth, GU the
ground that they do not Wish to louk
like beasts. Ou the Upper Nile -four
trout teeth are always knocked out
but further south ouly the two upper
incisors are dispensed with.
In some parts uf the world the shape
of the head is Of great Importance
Many American Indians admire heac
SO extremely fasteued as to appear te
us idiotic. The natives of the north
west coast compress the head into
.iuted cone, while the inhabitants OF
Arakhau admire broad, smooth fore
head, and in order to produce it they
fasten a plate of lead on the heads oi
the new born children.
In some countries the feminine
headgear is carried to singular extrav
agauce. The Chinese lady carries OF
her head the figure Of a bird, which is
csmposed Of copper or gold, according
to the quality Of the owner. The
Myautse women carry on their heads
THU board, about foot long and 81,
inches broad. With this they cover
their hair aud seal it with wax.
With the Tahitans to be called
"long nose is considered an insult
a ID they compress the noses and fore
heads of their children fur the sake Of
beauty. The same custom is preva
l.ut among the Malays and the natives
of Brazil. In some parts of the worlc
the nose is pierced, rings, sticks
feathers and other ornaments being
inserted in the holes
The ancient Egyptians and Assy
rians used paint to make their eye
brows seem wider; the Arabians ol
the present day go step further il
tte use of paint. They endeavor te
produce the impression that their eye
brows grow down to the middle of the
nose and meet there. Persian women
paint black liue around their faces