The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-12
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY OCTOBER - 1902

a small boy has been noted for bear
hugs He began them when he was a
tiny little chap. He likes to run into
the house now, take his little mother
by the waist and give her one of these
hugs. in which there is more force
than he realizes.
You must not. dear; you are strong
er than you think" she said one day
when the squeeze the boy gave her had
been really painful
Hurt. no wonder" said the doctor.
when he was called because the mother
had a severe pain in her side; why.
you have a broken rib"
The mother went to bed and remain
ed for few days the broken bones
knitted quickly, and she was soon well,
TO the great delight of the boy, who
had been nearly broken hearted at the
thought of the suffering he had caused
her. That was last year, and is only
the forerrnner of the event this story
relates. The boy has gone West to
rough ii for a time. and since he has
been there has been brought in contact
with all sorts of people. among them
rough lot of young men who, if their
stories are to be believed, are, or are
on the way to being, criminals. AS to
really believing them. one may use
ones judgment about that: but, ac-
ccrding to their own stories, one has
been sent West for committing forg-
cry, another for robbing his father, and
all had big tales of some kind to tell
until it came to the turn of the boy
from New York to relate his exploits.
He had been doing some hard thinking
as the others talked and as they turn
ed to him, he said quite seriously:
We'll, | broke my mothers rib"
And you don't know what an i'm
preston it made upon them ALL" he
said, writing home telling of the Incl
dent. They seem to have the grea test
amount of respect for me. and I don't
know whether it is because they think
l am bigger criminal than they, or a
bigger liar"
In choosing a wife, let her be a wo-
man whose lips do not droop at the
corners. This is the advice of Sheik
Abdallah, the Persian sage.
If woman's lips droop, says the
New York Sun, her husbands life will
be perpetual mourning time. Nor yet
should they curve too much upward,
for that denotes frivolity.
Beware of the under lip that rolls
outward, for that woman has no great
conscience. Select for a wife one
whose lips are straight, not thin, for
then she is a shrew, but with just the
fullness necessary to perfect symmetry.
The mouth has more to do with maxi
ing or marring the beauty of the face
than any other feature.
Few things indeed are so charming
as a lovely mouth and few so rarely
soon. There will be fine eyes and
beautiful hair in profusion, but a per-
feet mouth is hard to find.
1t is not a feature that engages the
attention of unrefined or uncultivated
peOnia who are attracted nv hTi CHIT
eyes and brilliant complexion, but to
the reader of human nature the mouth
is an interesting study.
The Cupid's bow is the traditional
mouth of beauty, because, for one rea-
son, it gives an arch expression to the
face. To cultivate a Cupid's bow, be
careful in closing the mouth not to let
the upper lip protrude; that ii should
obviously extend beyond the lower lip
is excessively ugly, but, on the other
hand, 1t should not recede. 1t should
a trite more than touch the lower lip.
A mouth with the upper lips curved,
lower lip straight, full and well de-
fined, and a depression beneath, shows
high artistic sense, a love of ease
and beauty a fine moral nature and a
certain coldness of temperament. If
the chin is firm and rounded, that be-
speaks determination and physical
strength.
The mouth of sagacity is large and
always we'll closed The line of the lip
is firmly defined and certain tight
ness about the jaws, when in repose,
| is noticeable.
That woman will be keen, clever in
| conversation and analytical. She will
not be easily deceived, and while a
good conversationalist, knows well how
| to act upon Talleyrand's maxim that
| Language is given to conceal
thought"
If a mouth is lon5: and thin, with the
| lines between the lips clear cut and
| firm, woman is selfish, morbid and
| dominating. 1t is the mouth that de-
sires to rule everything, and it's owner
will ride to an end no matter over
how many bodies.
But where the line is flexible, the
| chin weak and the corners inclined to
droop, there is selhshness without de-
cision, egotsm without character. mel
ancholy without cause.
The short upper lip, with a depres-
| sion under the nose and the inclina-
ton upward at the corners, is the mer-
| ry mouth. Here are fun and laughter,
and the man who marries the owner
will find a wife with happy traits.
| She will be appreciative of every
thing done for her; quick to smile. and
sympathetic to pain but never tragic.
She will have an artistic bent, and If
the line of her lower lip is gaceful
| her tastes are daintily refined. She
may be a trifle hoydenish, but never
| coarse.
If the corners dimple deeply. as they
| turn upward, the lips are quick in rep
artee. Love of ridicule will be strong
but not in malicious vein.
Unusually red lips denote cruelty
| and rapacity. Cleopatra had such lips.
A Small mouth with lips slightly COM
| pressed give an expression of shrewd-
ness and worldly wisdom. They say
| quite plainly:
You may be able to take me in, but
want to be very careful that you don't
| get taken in yourself"
Lips that are firm and trifie grim
are never afraid to tell the truth. Lips
that are straight and finely cut, and
when in repose not unlike the lips of
a statue, so perfect in their outline,
belong to a cold nature.
AS to a mans mouth-if man has
a Cupids bow, have no speaking ac-
quaintance with him.
Did you ever see a man with a small