The Washington herald., 1909-07-30
PRACTICAL TALKS
BY GRANDMOTHER

From the Philadelphia Press.
Mouth mannerisms disfigure a girl
more permanently than do almost any
other facial contortions." said the April
! Grandmother. who had been quietly OBJ
serving a group Of prospective debutantes
| lunching at an adjacent table. "The most
deplorable OF all mannerisms is lip COM
preston, as in time that habit transforms
the mouth into q thin. straight line. which
viii lend a hard expression TO the pref
tiest face. and the face that has hard
expression is old. no matter how few may
/ be the actual years Of its owner.
"The nervous girl who holds her lips
tightly pressed together is likely 70 be Sc
riously misjrdged by strangers, who inn
agine that her disposition is quite as mar
/ row as her mouth Therefore any en-
| l'ryo bud who is conscious OF possessing
/ this mannerism would best speedily break
/ herself OF Il, as otherwise, unless she Is q
multi-milllonairess. she will certainly
decorate the walls instead OF the floors al
| tie dinner dances and cOdlliOns where
| she appears next winter.
Some girls make practice Of twisting
the mouth toward one side. This habit
causes that corner Of the mouth TO drOop
and the feature TO look so crooked that
| people naturally suppose that several
/ teeth are missing from that side OF the
I Jaw and wonder why she does not have
them replaced. Other girls draw down
the lips at both corners. This IS usually
/ done to mutely express disapprovaI OF
! some person or object. but Il is a manner
Ism which VIII permanently distort the
most perfectly shaped Cupid bow and
pillow deep lines from its corners 70 the
base of the chin.
1T behooves the girl who possesses a
pretty mouth to not only refrain from
/ drawing It down. but 10 practice turning
up its corners as though just about %
/ smile. This exercise viii help TO keep the
chin from sagging.
I THE girl who bites her lips whenever
| she is embarrassed or annoyed not only
/ gives public expression of her mental
state and exhibits lack Of self-control
\ but IS cultivating a thick-lipped mouth
which no art OF the beauty doctors can
| overcome. Those who naturally have
! thick lips are apt 20 form the habit OF
pinching them hard with the forehnger
and thumb in the hope ~ flattenias them
/ AS the Disagreement is usually traceaolC
/ TO protrudlng teeth. IL may IN many IN
| stances be ameliorated. Moreover, 20 Pun
! tho fingers upon the hps-Or. indeed, upon
/ any part OF the facets a breach OF ETH
QUelte which a surprising number OF we'll
| bred young girls utterly disregard
can upper lip that is too long should
not be made longer by pressing Il down
ward and conceallng the teeth continued
/ the April Grandmother. Far better cul-
! tivate the habit Of slightly lifting and
! curling outward the upper lip in order to
make II appear shorter.
] Girls who know that their teeth are
/ beautiful are apt 10 smile too broadly as
well as too frequently They open their
| mouths widely in order 20 exhibit a dou-
/ bic row Of faultless worries. and by so do
! ing stretch their lips out Of shape and ac-
! qulre an unnatural expression, simply be-
! cause their eyes are not smiling az the
same time. The perpetual upraise OF the
I lips IS Infinitely preferable to the down
/ drawn manner; but nevertheless, tho
I forced smile IN time degenerates into q
/ smirk. That expression IS certain 20 caus,
/ O network Of tiny lines about the mouth
| corners which no amount OF massRg,
| cream can eradicate. and the cobweb ef-
/ feet IS usually a prophecy of a prema-
turely middle-aged appearance"