The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-05
THB BUSINESS WONAN'S FACE.
A MARKED TYPE GROWN UP IN
THE LAST FEW YEARS.

sub jects that modern students OF phys
| ognomy hnd interesting. In the mrs,
place, II Is an up-to-date development. and
! then some artists declare that tho success
women have met with In the field OF worh
/ has had the effect Of changing the face OF
the American woman and giving II IN inde-
pendent and not-afraid- of-anything DOB
that can be recc gnized the world over.
The photographs Of twenty years, ago,
! compared with those OF to-day, show the
extent OF the change In women's faces. and
even In the set Of their shoulders and the
p. ise Of the head. These changes have
resulted, 1t Is asserted. from women taking
such an active part In the Affairs OF the out
side world rather than minding the homs
exclusively as In former days.
The feminine business face Ia becoming
easily reoc gnizable and b. growing more
pre- NO unced in its character and In It's
difference In feature from the face OF tho
domestic woman. the society girl and tho
woman who knows othing Of the cares that
infest the world Of business.
In the crowded cars that carry the people
OF the business world down town each morn
ing from until 10 O'Clock the business
woman's face will be most in evidence.
mere tyDcb VI ~, oho ~ w. 80
greatl,-; but it can always he distinguished
from the face Of the woman who is on her
way 20 an early marketing trip or else to
scc ur the shops before the bargain hunters
are abr, ad
The business woman's face u never
bea utiful.- said an arti.t who thinks that
the American woman's face is begin
ming to be too self-reliant and astute; but
1t IL frequently attractive and sometimes
more fascinating than the face OF the So
ciety girl which is often unexpressive.
The business girls face is principally
bright. but even a short experiences In
money getting will harden the lines . bit
about the mouth and take some OF the
softnCss from the glance. As the cares OF
business life accumulate and q young
woman begins to understand the respon-
sibility that comes with success the busi-
ncss face becomes q habit. and her voice
and manner OF dealing with people met In
the course Of travel-ticket sellers. mee-
senger boys, conductors ind cabmen-
have an assurance about them that the
manner OF the domestic woman never
gains even though she may travel the
world over.
Professional models rarely have the
business face. They are apt TO have stage
ambitions, and oddly enough the work OF
the stage does not impsrt the commercial
cut Of features. Stage work keeps the face
mobile, quick to smile and graceful in
pose. The business girl, on the other hand.
learns to cultivate the habit Of acuteness
and does not try to give the impression OF
a winning personality.
Alertness and self-reliance quickly
become most marked. The eyes acquire
kes mess Of glance and in certain lines OF
work they will become piercing In their
gaze.
Take the face OF hotel cashier. She
must make change carefully and reply
to innumerable questions. and she speedily
learns to remember the face OF each
person who stops at her deck.
This cultivated perception quickly shows
in the eye. The dropping glance and
fiuttering lashes OF the old fashioned
maiden Of which poets sang has no place
in the face Of the business girl. Her glance
il surprisingly direct. She loses, unfortun-
ats4y, every atom Of coquetry, and woman
without coquetry Is rarely charming.
although she may be teeming with other
virtues.
-Nor do the lips curve easily In a gracious
smile, such a. you see upon the faces Of
the women lunching each day In the Fifth
avenue restaurants. for instance. These
women are not only exquisitely dressed,
but they have learned to cultivate . de-
liehtful way Of smiling in returning glance
in giving an order or taking check from
a waiter.
women In the busy busting world Of
hi raf,illv N
They are brought con stantly In contact
with business men, and they learn that the
etiquette Of the Office Is different from that
Of the drawing room.
THE business woman's smile h not In
evidence, during Office hours. at least
In her attempts to be utterly businessliko
in her bearing she In apt TO overdo II and
become tribe severe.
Take the young women that one $50
abroad downtown In the Wall Street district
DUNG the luncheon hours. You will OBJ
serve the faces have no suggestion OF
frivolity, and the dress Is also the business
womans short skirt, tailor coat and linen
collar. Her face IL intent, cheerful, per.
haps, but never smiling upon the world
like the face OF the woman who known
nothing OF money earning.
"A woman wearing an attractive smile IN
the Wall Street district would find herSek
stared out OF countenance, II indeed she
was not annoyed by more extreme at
tentions. The army Of Washers Ia always
abroad, and no matter how early the hour
or how busy the district its representatives
are to be found.
.The stenographic and typewriting face
in largely in the ascendant nowadays among
business women. and 10 easily discernible.
1t il always intelligent. deliberate. and. II
glasses do not already shade them the
eyes show the strain Of the work.
sThe business face never expresses i'm.
pulse or emotion. II In calm, logical and
not at all hysterical In its care. II does
not blush easily under close masculine
scrutiny. but rather returns the gaze chill
lingly.
THE chin and the lips OF the business
face are even more marked than the eyes
In character There Ia rarely any aesthetic
tendency denoted, and the general line II
aggressive. Business girls downtown learn
speedily that they must push ahead like the
men In cars. elevators and railroad stations.
unless they wish to be left behind.
"A type Of business woman's face which
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