The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-15
OF INTEREST TO WOMEN
WOMEN WHO SMILE RARELY MAKE
AN UNFORTUNATE MISTAKE.
Time for Reform i'm Matter of We'd
ding Presents-Ethics of the Doll
Our Ugly Clothes.

A beautiful expression is the loveliest and
most lasting charm a woman can possess,
says writer in the Philadelphia Press.
The features of a pretty face may change.
youthful contour be lost in the lines of
maturity; delicacy of coloring will fade,
but sweetness of expression conveys an in
delible impression upon all who view it.
Actresses are the only women in this
country who really study the art of express
sion.
Society women neglect this most neces-
sary adjunct to their fashionable ensemble,
and young girls are allowed to leave the
social training schools with the most dis
tressing distortions Of their facial muscles.
Some young women acquire a peculiarly
scornful expression, and with a physical
air of utter ennui assume this attitude of
hauteur upon all occasions. 1t is probable
that their mental alteration is that 1t
lends a stamp of exclusiveness. This is
particularly noticeable with young women
who dine at hotels or at swell cafes. The
expression is caused by the elevating of the
brows, dilation of the nostrils and an ugly
contraction of the mouth
The intellectual girl often appears at
disadvantage. She is serious and intense.
Her brows are divided by single furrow
and the lines of her mouth are hard.
She takes life too seriously at all times;
makes a tragedy of existence; is appalled,
by the immensely of her task in acquiring
knowledge, and she-well she wonders why
men do not seek her society.
This is the overserious expression and
will in time, yield to settled lines of worry
and premature old age. and not an agree
able old age, either.
The woman with a disconnected express
sion is that is found at afternoon re-
ceptons, in the street car in the shops ana
even in her own drawing rooms. She car
ries the state of her mind glaringly before
the whole world.
Her gown is not of extravagant fabric;
public cOnveyances are nerve-wear1ng
nuisances; she is not aftluent enough to
purchase the most expensive of articles on
the market, and her cook burns the under
crusts of the breakfast biscuits.
This expression of discomfort obviates all
claims to beauty a really attractive wom-
an may otherwise possess. The clever Wom-
an knows how to repress her ill humors:
The young girl who encounters all sorts or
annoying incidents while she is making her
toilet, and who becomes nervous and high
strung because her hair will not yield to
proper dressing, will never be considered a
beauty if she carries her petulant express
sion to the dance. Ugly humors should be
left in the boudoir.
IT is a smile that charms. not a silly, in
sipid grin. that is a constant source of irri-
tation to all who are unfortunate enough
to see II, but a jolly, happy or sympathetic
smile that reflects a clean generous heart
and makes every one feel the comforting
sense of a wholesome presence.
The American woman has been said to
lack repose, and this spirit of restlessness
pervades a womans personality and shows
itself in the lines of her face.
An eager, seeking expression will soon
lend a haunted look to woman's face,
and she will carry with her her own at
mosphere of nervous excitement.
This is TO be avoided by women who seek
to please, for repose is a potent power
with the successful woman, and she real
ICES that men with the cares Of a strenu-
Gus life do not enjoy the constant irrita-
ton of viewing the evidences Of a woman's
petty worries
A happy expression is more irresistibly
magnetic than the most perfect classical
features in the world. If they are lit by an
unpleasant expression.