Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-12
THE QUEST OF BEAUTY
A Pleasing Profile That May
Be Shaped at VIII.
IN CLASSIC CONTOUR
CULTIVATE sHAPELINEsS OF
BROW, NOSE AND MOUTH.
Hollow Cheeks Can Be Bounded Out
and Charming Curves Be
Fixed.
IN CLASSIC CONTOUR

The rarest beauty in the world Is beau
tiful profile.
For ages the Frenchman has been jottng
down verses, using UP pounds of paint and
sculpturing innumerable white marble fig
ures to prove that the greatest charm
woman can possess is a perfect profile. He
would never dream of writing heroine
down in one of his novels without dilating
upon the fact that she had a beautiful
prof1le-a classic profile
Whether woman be dark or fair, tall
or short, slender full formed, grave or
piquant, majestic or vivacious. serene or
brilliant, let her possess the correct facial
angle and well-formed contours, and she
will have great power to charm, and even
to faScinate.
That profiles may be shaped at will is
new theory of the beauty experts. who
tell you that the nose, which is often the
fatal point where contour is concerned,
| can be shaped until 1t is nearly perfect;
that the mouth is susceptible to improve
ment; that ugly foreheads and prominent
| temples can be covered or softened by skill
fully arranged tresses; that the Informed
ear, which stands out distinctly when the
side view of the head is shown, must be
covered, or partly covered, by the hair;
that the eyebrows must be made to curve,
perhaps darkened little, and, if they meet
over the nose that defect may be remedied.
Uneven teeth do much to mar a profile.
u
given to the mouth. If they project, they
are equally great beauty destroyers;
and. of course, if any Of the back teeth are
lacking, the roundness of outline is de-
stroyed. The service of a good dentist is
all that Is required to aid in this step of
the beauty quest.
There Is a secret too, about closing the
mouth. Almost any one can have a pretty
one if she knows how to close it. 1t is
not to allow the upper lip to protrude
which makes an excessively ugly outline.
The upper lip should neither protrude nor
recede; it should a trif1e more than touch
the lower lip. This makes the real Cupids
bow-the prettiest shaped mouth. The
cret of the Cupid's bow, therefore, lies In
knowing how to close the mouth.
The Face Muscles.
Quite as important as this attempt at CIV
ing the features shapellness is the develop
ment of the muscles of the face, or facial
development. .g+
Much may be done to keep contours well
rounded and curved, If the work is taken
| in hand before, the muscles have become
relaxed and habby.gY
To round out hollow cheeks, obviate fab
biness and cultivate beautiful curves the
| muscles of the face must be exercised.
Everybody knows how to develop the mus
cles of the arms. for example, by certain
athletics. learned at the gymnasium. To
train the tissues of the face to lines of
beauty is quite as easily learned and as
important. u, t.l-..-s
AS a woman grows elder her muscles be-
come depressed and need cultivation to
keep them strong, firm and free from fab
bness.
Going to work syste the would
be Venus seats herself at her toilet table
and, without so much as by your leave"
daintily puts her finger in her mouth and
gently. firmly. pushes her cheek outward in
every conceivable direction. The thumb and
forefnger. in the meantime, nh the outside
of the cheek, are rubbing the flesh upward
with deep pressure, which stimulates the
| blood. bringing 1t to the surface. First one
| cheek and then the other must undergo this
treatment
| Then. removing the finger from the
| mouth, the muscles under each eye are
punched up or contracted, the thumb and
forefnger pressing downward gently, while
the muscles are contracting or punching up.
This offers the desired resistance-the pres
sure downward with thumb and finger. Re
lax the muscles at once, and then contract
them again. Alternate this contracting and
| relaxing on first one cheek and then the
other until the muscles are tired This is
one way to round out hollow cheeks, give
tone to muscles and gain beauty of contour.
To Roll the Cheeks.
The next step in facial development is to
| roll the cheeks, which invigorates the mus
cies. Place the palms of the hands firmly
on the checks and roll them with an upward
movement. Roll or RIB deeply, so as to get
at the muscles Rubbing the skin only
makes 1t loose.
The chin, too. needs developing to prevent
its having weak appearance from relaxed
muscles. Press the lower lip upward by de-
pressing the chin, as III the act of poutipg.
Crook the forefinger so as to form half
circle of it. Put the half circle over the
point of the chin just below the mouth.
and press downward lightly with the finger
At the same time press the lip upward
strongly enough to push the finger up with
II. After contracting the muscles hard
enough to force the finger upward. relax 1t
instantly.
Lines at the side of the nose and the
mouth show even more plainly in profile
than in full face. The face need not be dis
figured in this way to such extent as is
too frequently seen. ] here are twenty eight
muscles about the mouth which contract
and relax under control of the will and
which pout and laugh and frequently droop
with fretfulness.
It is easy to see that the woman who mis-
uses these muscles and allows her face to
reflect every emotion. being recklessly ex-
travagant in the expenditure of the emo
TONS must expect havoc to be worked with
her face. Gentle rubbing with the hand
and the application of an emoliient will do
wonders in warding off and eradicatin
these lines.
It is the bad habit of dropping the law
which destroys the pretty contour of the
face and gives the first inclination to a
double chin.
Don't Bend Tie Head
Another hint Don't bend the head over
the basin when washing or treating the
face. A STOPPING position is bad for the
muscles of the face. making them droop.
The head should be held erect during ma
nipulation and let all the movements, when
washing and drying the face, be upward
and outward.
1t is well to remember that the left side
of the face is nearly always the prettier It
Is fuller than the right side. which, by
comparison. has a slightly sunlsen appear
ance. The right eye itself appears to lose
something of the animation shown by the
left member which is stronger The right
eye, too. is somewhat higher than the left,
The difference IN the two sides of the
face, let 1T be noted. are more noticeable in
the old than In the young OF course the
greater number of years the muscles have
to harden the more pronounced the differ
ence will be.
The moral of this Is obvious The left
side of the face showing to far better adj
vantage than the right, 1t Is every ones