Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-12
A FEW BEAUTY HINTS.
To Make or Mar a Pretty Face.

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Written for The Star.
IF you would be really good looking,
hold your mouth correctly" says the
expert on woman's beauty. 1T Is the
feature which controls the entire express
sion of the face. and without the knowl-
edge of how to use the muscles of the
mouth there isn't a single person whose
good looks will not be marred the mo-
ment the face becomes animated.
Isn't 1t true that if you have remarked
once you have a hundred times. how I'M
attractive certain good looking women ap-
pear the instant they open their lips to
speak? The formation of the mouth is, of
course, the underlying cause of this, but
1t is the way in which the flexible bows
are held that is responsible for the dtsap-
pointing change. Women should study
how to make their lips expressive and
they cannot only prevent a handsome
countenance from becoming ordinary, but
they can alter the entire character or
homely face.
FIRST learn to make the lips timber. Ger
tain singing exercises are helpful to this
end any they should be practlced every
morning for a week or two until the nps
become elastic One exercise Is to pro-
nounce the separate vowels in turn ten or
fifteen times, bringing the lips well forward
and away from the teeth as far as posi-
BILE. for each letter. Another, and this Is
really DeIter tnan the IEsls uses liiC &c
peated pronunciation of the two syllables-
OH-WEE. The trumpet shape of the
mouth is also employed with this, the lips
being drawn back and forth with eXagger-
ated movement.
THE second help in correct use of the
mouth is to make a special point whenever
you speak or have occasion to read aloud
to utter each word distinctly and put the
DIS and g's and is on the end of every one
of their respective syllables. Clear arttcula-
ton helps wonderfully in bringing the lips
into play
also remember always to keep the cor
ners of the mouth well forward. The ugli-
est formation of the lips Is that which
draws them tightly across the teeth,
stretching them half way to the ears. A
wide display of teeth and frequently an I'M
slightly view of the gums of the upper jaw
is the result. This is exaggerated when
smiling, but even when opening the mouth
to speak it will completely spoil any natu-
raj beauty. What is more, one person in
hundred there is whose lips do open prettily
unless the corners are constantly kept in
mind and not allowed to stretch far back.
For the woman who is blessed with par
ticularly fine looks, holding the mouth well
in repose counts for a great deal toward
improving her beauty. That Is, above all
things to have the lips meet each other
evenly and squarely. In case the lower lip
should have a tendency to drop back. the
lower jaw needs to be held forward on a
line with the upper. Finally, the expression
of the mouth which must be thought of
Thin lips must be pushed slightly forward
so as not to form g. straight characterless
line across the face, and very full lips must
be held gently in. Be most careful also
that the corners of the mouth are turned up
rather than down.
'All this training of the lips and mouth
requires time They cannot be made to
change their natural tendencies in a min
ute But by practicing the above rules It
is only a matter of few months when
they will come to have a grace such as only
the singer and actress can boast-and that
only because they have spent years In
learning the correct use Of the organ OF
articulation"