The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-11

ing time Nor yet should the lips curve
upward too decidedly for that is the
mouth of extreme frivoIity
Beware of the under lip that rolls I
outward, for such a woman will lack |
conscience. Select for a wife one whose |
lips are straight, not thin for then she |
is likely to be a shreW, but with Just |
the fullness necessary for symmetry.
Few Things are so charming as a love- |
~ mouth and few SO rarely seen. Love- |
ly eyes, beautiful hair and exquisite |
compilations are common enough but a |
perfect mouth is rare indeed. 1t is not
a feature which engages the attention
of unrefined, of uncultivated people;
they are attracted by bright eyes and
brilliant compilations but to the reader
of human nature the mouth is an inter-
esting study and furnishes a useful in
dex to the character.
The Cupid's bow is the traditional
mouth of beauty because it gives an
arch expression to the face. But the
very small rosebud mouth has gone out
of fashion. The mouth of the Gibson
girls and the Wenzeu girls and the
other recognized standards of modern
feminine beauty have rather large
mouths.
A mouth with the upper lip curved,
lower lip straight, full and well defined
with depression beneath indicates a
highly artistic sense, a love of beauty
and ease, fine moral nature and a GER
tain GOODNESS of temperament. If the
chin is firm and rounded it bespeaks
determination and physical strength.
The mouth of sagacity is large and al
ways well closed. The line of the lip is
well defined and there is a certain tight
ness about the laws when in repose.
A woman with such a mouth will be
keen, clever in conversation and analy-
teal. She will not be easily deceived
and while a good conVersat ionaliSt will
bear in mind the maxim of Fallevrand
that Language is given to conceal
thought"
If a mouth is long and thin with the
lines between the lips clear cut and
firm the woman is selfish. morbid and
dominating. This is the mouth that de-
sires to rule. 1t is the mouth of de-
termined masterfulness.
When the line of closure is flexible
the chin weak and the corners incline
to droop we see selfishness without de-
cision, egotism without character, mel
ancholy without reason.
The short upper lip with the marked
expression under the nose and upward
turning corners is the merry mouth and
bespeaks happy traits. Such a woman
is quick to appreciate favors, ready with
her smiles and sympathy but meyer
| tragic. She will have an artistic bent
and if the outline of her lower lip is
tastes. If the corners of her Inns dim
pie deeply it is an indication of powers
of reDartee and love of ridicule without
righteousness.
and cruelty.
A small mouth with tightly compress
ed lips gives an expression of shrewd-
ness and worldly wisdom.
Lips that are firm and trif1e grim
are never afraid to tell the truth. Lips
that are straight and finely cut and
when in repose like the lips of a statue
belong to a cold nature.
AS to a mans mouth, if it is a Cupid's
/ bow have nothing to do with him. A
man with a small mouth never amounts
to anything A woman with a broad
mouth is usually genius. A man with
arShed liDs drawn down at the corner
! is usually a baby or a friend. A man
with straight thin lips will cling to j
purpose with bulldog tenacity. A man
whose lips turn inside out is an enthus-
last. Thick liDped ones seeretive- A
long upper lip denotes success. A short
| lip an easy going nature-the sort of
man who says: IT don't care what hap
pens so long as it doesn't happen to
me-"
For a decade the word lady" has
been tabooed by polite society, but from
! London comes the tidings that Queen
Alexandra has declared herself in favor
of a revival of the word, says the New
/ York Press. Woman" formed an ex-
cellent substitute for that frequently
| abused word, and lady became all
most the slur that woman was ten
years ago. The word lady" became
in such combinations as "saleslady,'
/ ''Iady friend and perfect lady" and
its usage waned among the cultured ele-
ment. The term woman" fitted in ex-
cellently with the mannish vogue of five
years ago, and when lady" passed from
the fashionable vocabulary gentleman,
too, fell in favor. Gentleman" was
never avoided so consistently as the
other word, and in contradistinction to
cad was even permitted. The queen
of England has voiced her objection tic
the word woman" ON the ground that
it sounds harsh and indicate, and that
inasmuch as the English for hundreds OF
years designated their gentlewomen as
ladies'" the impulses of a squeamisf
set should not alter the dictionary
Americans returning from London say
the queens declaration is manifestins
itself, and the most fashionable persons
in England use the word lady enthu-
siastically. 1t is assumed that in New
York there will be a revival of lady In
sympathy with the London decree.
In the way of beauty hints nothing
published lately apeals more strongly te
common sense than the advice of Mad
anne Adelina Patti who in a recent Chi
cago Record Herald says: Keep the
mind clear of all unnecessary worry and
the body clear of all unnecessary food
Live with great regularity and moder-
alton. Keep the heart young. The one
IN whom faith and hope and love still
live must reflect the fact on the features
II IS the nODeleSSneSS, lhe QlSdppOiill-
ment of life, the absence of love of the
positive sort that make so many women
grow old before their time. They may
love those near them in a perfunctory
sort of way. but this is negative love
The love that lifts them out of them
selves and glorifies the humblest home is
gone, or has forever passed them by
And SO 7 would say, love some one, OF
something truly if it is only dog. The
emotion makes you forget yourself and
keeps youth lingering. Sleep eight hours
in every twenty-four. Examine the list
Of your social obligations; cut out every
thing in which there is neither pleasure