United labor bulletin., 1913-09-20
DEFECTS OF THE LIPS
BEAUTY MARS THAT MUST BE
CURED WITHOUT DELAY.
Bad Habits Have Permanent Results
and EffectuaI and Absolute Rem
edy Must Be Sought For and
Applied at Once.

1t is the curve of the lips and the
caliber Of them rather than the mouth
itself that indicates character and hab-
its, and they are such important fea-
lures in beauty making and so sus-
ceptible to being moulded that they
should be carefully studied, with a
view to eliminating or minimizing any
defects.
Perhaps an otherwise beautiful
mouth takes on a scornful twist at
one corner, or it is thicker at one side
than at the other, and then only by dill
igently practising before a mirror
can the defect be remedied. Press the
offending side down mo place, and
form the habit of keeping it there. At
first it will be difficult. but persist. 1t
might even be advisable to bite the lip
at that side, or at least to train into
the bad habit of compressing the lips,
in order to accomplish what is desired.
but then must speedily begin the cor
rection of that habit. Lips that are
too thick betoken coarseness and are
not generally attractive. In some
cases they may be made to appear
thinner by elongating the line from
the nose down. This is done by draw
ing the outsides together-that is. by
drawing the lower one up and the up
per down, and sort of folding them in
literally drawing the outside edges
of them together, as already suggest
! ed.
With the aid of the mirror this can
be done without COMPRISING the lips.
which is a distressing habit. showing
not necessarily nervousness but lack
of poise. Moistening the lips frequent
ly with the tongue is another deplor-
able habit and one that is not peculiar
to age, although one of the signs. II
the stomach is kept in condition and
the lips smooth and soft the habit Ia
easily broken. At any rate 1t must be
for rough, cracked lips are sufficient
to mar the beauty of any face. Purs-
| ing the lips. although recommended
/ for making the mouth small, will tend
| to induce myriads of tiny wrinkles
that will grow deeper and deeper as
the habit fixes itself. SO a better meth
cd of decreasing the size of the mouth
line is to take the greatest care not to
stretch the natural line. Find out
| from the mirror just how near to be
ing pursed the lips can come without
wrinkling and practice keeping them
in that position, learning to do it with
out strain or effort and without thrust
ing the lips out.
II this habit is formed there will be
also the satisfaction of knowing that
at least one or two of the lines at the
corners OF the mouth are gradually
growing fainter. The progress might
be helped on by gentle rotary massage
with a skin food. Drawing the lips to
one side will, in less time than would
be imagined, result in an unbalanced
effect in the mouth that gives a sinis-
ter expression to the face.
II the lips should not be com.
pressed, just as certainly they should
not be permitted ever to remain open
with the under jaw dropped. Nothing
SO hints of inanity. vacuity. The lips
like the eyes, should look alive" and
there. too. is the danger that in at
tempting to arrive at that expression
the action will be overdone and a
hard, harsh effect result. The mirror
may be relied upon as a guide in the
matter.