The Goodland republic., 1902-04-04
THE AUroMoBnE FACE.
MARKS which the Features Of Beau
fIfuI Women Are Alone PrOOf
Against.

peared a few years ago when the \
craze for the wheel became general. /
The wheeling face was easily recog-
nized. The set expression, the |
strained eye, and often the sadly ]
drawn-up mouth became distin- /
gushing characteristics Of the faces [
of bicyelists, both men and women.
Since then the coupon thumb and
the ticker eye have appeared in Wall
street, and golf has had its shin and
its arm. Of late it has been asserted
by physicians and artists that the eye
Of the golf enthusiast may be recog-
nized by its fixed, steady gaze, similar
to that observable in the eye Of the
yachtsman, says the New York Sun.
The golf eye, of course, comes from
the strain of following the balls
course through the air, just as the
sailors eye becomes fixed from look
ing over the sea for great distances.
Sometimes the forehead wrinkles ba-
bitually with both the golfer and the
yachtsman.
The hands and arms Of the women
golf players are easily recognizab bic.
The arms show the brown tinge from
the sun half way to the elbow, and
no matter how carefully the hands
are looked after the fingers Of the
player show a tendency to become
broad and fat, while the game plays
havoc with the nails. Manicure Oper-
ators say that the game has caused
boom in their trade, and that wOm-
en- who once INDUCED only occasion
ally in the professional treatment are
now obliged to have their nails gone
over twice and three times a week.
Doctors say also that golf gives
the body a sturdy but graceful pose.
Women who drive well over the links
uncOnsciously form the habit of
standing very squarely with the feet
wide apart and the heels and toes fat
on the ground.
The mind is intent on retaining the
pose, and it clings to the player when
the game Is done. The movements Of
the arms and limbs become freer
through the exercise and walking re-
quired, and this has produced the So
called athletic type Of girl
Now the automobile has marked
its victims faces with a set express
sion that tends to become a decided
frOwn- 1t is already well defined on
the features of several well-known
men who have taken up the sport.
There is more reason for the auto
mobile face than any other Of the
| others recorded. The strain of run
ming one Of the machines is intense.
I The wind naturally beats against the
/ face, and the operator lowers his
head against 1t and contracts his
brOws in the unconscious effort TO
| protect his eyes from dust.
In crowded thOrOughfares there is
I always more or less danger of an ac-
/ cident from collision or the running
/ down of careless drivers or pedestri-
| ans, who seem in many cases to be
/ dazed by the bell instead of warned
/ by it. Horses have not yet grown ac-
/ custOmed to the whizzing vehicles and
/ frequently rear and run away.
All this danger causes the chauf-
/ feur to feel a nervous tension which
! leaves its mark indelibly on the face.
/ The result is a permanent aud disa-
| greeable frown.
/ Every occupation has its marks.
Even the prize fighters who desert
| the ring for the stage cannot be brok-
/ en- of the custom of crOuching as
| they advance to meet the leading lady
\ in love scenes, with the chin well for
ward and down and the eye alert in
! stead Of tender. Painters and sculp-
tors have queer hand characteristics,
/ the thumbs being specially marked in
type.
Librarians readily acquire the
+ studiOus stoop. Doctors are-recog-
/ nizable by a certain calm demeanor
/ which is a part of the profession.
Actors who, in their work, have to
/ study all the traits Of face and man
ner that mark the different caIlings
and professions, are themselves quite
| easily recognizable. Priests have
been mistaken for actors, but an ac-
/ tor has never been taken for a priest.
Both are close shaver, but the actor
! IS apt to be lean and the clergyman
| stout. The lips Of the latter, how
ever, have never the suggestion Of
elOcutiOn Of the actor
The only human beings who seem
| to escape the inexorable marks OF
their occupation or IA d are beautiful
women, whose faces rarely express
anything but artist ic perfection.
Someone has discovered of late that
vanity IS one Of the finest forms OF
eontentment- The beauty habit
grows on a woman, and sometimes
sad TO relate, on a nan, and the re.
suit IS an unmistakaLle look of self.
satisfaction, which is the distinguish.
ing trait Of face
1t is one form Of c contentment and
mas its good points, for eOntentment
with conditions is s aid to be a sure
anidote for lines, trowns and the
other marks Of the too strenuous
liver.
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