Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-15

and public speakers as we'll as the prom
lnent club women Will never complain of
having loose or sagging lips. Where q.
mouth Is too thin and too severe looking
the contour may be changed slightly by
pursuing out the lips, then drawing them
back and by concentrating the mind as
much as possible on the mouth and allow
ing the lips to rest very loosely or sofuy
on each other. The person with thin lips
shuts his or her mouth too tightly. There
is usually nervous tension of the jaw which
must be removed by relaxation or event
ually the jaw muscles will become so prom
inent as to give the lower half of the face
a square and too determined look. The
business woman has this rigid contraction
of the muscles to contend with very often
The minute woman is set" on accom-
plishing anything she sets her jaw as
regularly you wind your alarm clock
All this rigid contraction of the muscles is
unnecessary. II Is wasted energy, and
means ultimate loss OF beauty.
The girl whose upper lip is very full and
presents what she calls a "shapeless ap-
pearance" can massage her own lips into
better shape with the foreiingers of each
hand pressing the lip firmly against the
cheek and making with the fingers the
leCupids bow line which is so desirable
thing in facial perfection. The color of
the lips has a great deal to do with their
beauty. When the lips are too pale the
subject should undergo a treatment for
aenemia, rather than resort to rouges and
pomades. But certainly 1t is better to
resort to articles than to go about adver-
is necessary the following lip sdlve can be
prepared at home:
Spermaceti. l ounce; balsam of Peru, 10
grains; alkanet root, 10 grains; oil OF
cloves, 5 drops. Digest the alkanet in the
ointment by stirring ii in over gentle heat,
TIL the latter assume the deep desired rose
color, then pass through coarse strainer.
When slightly cooled, stir in the balsam,
then let settle and pour OF the clear por-
ton and add the oil of cloves
The contour of the lower lip is so much
I'D fNf4 r.nagV N1af
one needs TO work with the latter in order
to improve the former
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Nothing gives such an inane expression
as decidedly retreating chin. In a man
a retreating chin is indicative of weakness
in a woman Ii suggests great docility and
meekness. 1t is probably because meek
ness is so out of date that the modern
woman objects to having what one might
call ''three-cornered profile Certainly
the regularity OF the features is ruined IL
the chin retreats, and as soon as IL Is in
dictated in the growing child the mother
should set to work and impress upon ii the
desirability of bringing the retreating little
chin into symmetry. The child or woman
with the retreatlng chin should, whenever
she can think of il, advance the lower jaw
so that the lower teeth come in front OF
the upper ones. This. of course, is an I'M
natural and ugly position, and is simply
done to impress upon the mind the knowl-
edge and feeling of the straight chin which
one desires to obtain.
The woman with the weak chin. when
resting her chin on her hands. will often
find that she Is pressing this part of the
face back To push the chin forward, lean
the chin as much possible on the hands,
resting the elbows on the table, and de-
llberately try to push the chin bone for
ward. In time the chin will respond to this
continued pushing. particularly IL effort
of the will Is made constantly to strengthen
the character by holding firmly to ones
determination, and by carrying out what
one begins to do even in the little things OF
everyday life.