The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-09-20
THE MOUTH LIKE TEE ROSE
AND TIE TELLTALE LINES
ABOUT A WOMAN'S LIPS.

Inc Disposition Indicated by the wrinkles
ADSnt. the Meuth-Scents for the
Hps-A Pretty Moutb e. Q Matter Of
Dentisty-Defects and Their Remedy
There are women whose mouths do not
suggest roses. The main fault 10 the
shape. The rosebud mouth should be
rather short and u little wider than 1t 10
long. IL is q little too short TO be classic.
The trouble with the faulty mouth 10
generally first its shape, then Its express
sion. and lastly Its appointments. The
mouth should be filed with rows Of white.
even teeth. The lips should be a deep
pink, more pink than red.
The rosebud mouth suggests the rose
bud in other ways than In shape and color.
1t must have the scent Of the rose.
Women who can afford it scent the lips
with a drop Of altar OF roses.
The altar being slightly oily will not
dry out the lips. 1t may keep them from
ohapping. and it certainly makes them
pink and fragrant.
. Women who do not want to spend half
a dollar a drop on altar can do very well
with substitutes. A drop Of any oily
pShh III VIII w tuS Woth BiCCiys oh
Of rose geranium is one substitute.
OF course one must not use a heavy.
sweet odor. Then the personality Of a
woman must be taken into account. One
drop Of the oil Of jessamine just suits
n woman. Others prefer spice. and II
not sed'crudely there Is a certain fascipa-
ton about the slight odor Of spice.
The woman Of judgment will be
full Of the Glove or the stick Of cinnamon.
She o use both or either, In connection
with violet. A strong Glove odor IL not
to be desired by the woman.
The rosebud mouth must have NJ
wrinkles around It. There are women
who carry q great number Of deep wrin-
kiee always around the mouth. az
These Are the Get wrinkles Of determine
ton. These are the shape Of parenthesee,
and they surround the mouth as though
ID had marked Around II with Q pencil.
The discrimination wrinkles look as
though they were there 70 stay. a. they
Thersare wrinkles that arc really marks
a happiness. They are the smiling
wrinkles. There are always Q Few dim
pies along these happy lines, and the
laughing woman need. not worry about
thsn.S They arc pretty, and people will
te!l her she has e happy l9ok. ~.
Of happiness. There was Q woman who
once had d rosebud mouth. One day. Q
couple Of teeth were taken out on the
Same side Of the mouth. The result was
q crooked mouth.
No mouth can stand two missing teeth
on the same side, The lips drew q little
70 . side. and when The woman smiled
1t took o dentist and o masseuse to
straighten her face.
II q woman has q crooked mouth her
FIRST trip should DO to the dentist: She
will Of course seek q cosmetic dentist
who aims to make her face better looking.
Most dentists merely supply filings re.
dentist will do work that does not show.
No mouth looks like a rosebud as long
as there is O deep wrinkle extending from
the nose to the mouth 1t Is seldom seen
in the young, but it Is almost always pres
emit in the face Of maturity.
Mouth wrinkles are treated entirely diff
ferently from other wrinkles because they
ton wrinkles. You can judge a woman's
disposition by them.
Don't marry O woman whose mouth Ia
set in deep round and round lines" adj
vised a p~hrenologist. Such a woman will
have too much Of a will Of her own.
DOu v ulaIIy . Julia Wit q hiho
running down one side Of her mouth to
her chin. Such q woman will be cranky.
She will have opinions. Marry a woman
with an evenly balanced mouth.
Don't marry q woman whose mouth
lines are heavy and whose upper lip Is
long. This mean ~selfshness. The
prominent mouth and the retreating chin
out for herself and her W interests.
Don't marry o woman whose lines are
like spider webs enclosing the mouth rs
In O network. This means that the
woman Ii q worrier.,
Marry q woman with g ripe red mouth
set In q TRANQUIL face. Don't be afraid
that you married her for her pretty mouth.
The woman who knows that her mouth
10 pretty will 30 much moro apt to pro-
serve her beauty than the q who 10 In
isnoranoe. Of the fact that q good mouth
10 her chief feature
Pretty mouths are always expressive.
slighty parted. It will not be open In
6y. trap fashion. but the lips will rest to-
gether In the lghtest manner. They will
have . warm, moist look.
There are women who have Q habit Of
pressing the lips so closely. together that
the blood 10 driven out Of hem. The 70
suit q . thin line without beauty.
they are usually only q sign Of nerves.
The woman who has been under q nervous
strain viii press her lips tightly together.
In time this will become q habit and her
lips Will grow thin and pale.
Disturbed circulation will make the lips
white. Timid women have blue lips;
women with heart trouble have purple
lips and those who are not strong and
whose blood is defective. either In quality |
or In circulation. viii have lips like chalk.
The elocution teachers advise young
actresses to blow q horn to make the lips
firm. They also tell them to shape the
lips to make q capital o. This makes the
piiable. 1t is we'll to practise it a few