Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 March 1913 — LIPS MAKE OR MAR BEAUTY [ARTICLE]

LIPS MAKE OR MAR BEAUTY

Sensitive, Mobile Mouth Will Make an Otherwise Plain Fqce Attractive, Declares Woman Writer.

“To begin with, beautiful lips are mobile and flexible. No matter how perfect their contour, lips that are fixed and tight are never attractive. Then, too, holding the lips in a fixed position quickly ages the face and induces lines in it even less attractive than the line of the mouth. Persons who make constant use of their lips —in laughter, conversation, or Binging —preserve the charm of youth and mobility in them that is not apt to be apparent in those given to silence. This, alone, indicates the necessity for exercise, and all beauty culturißtb advise exercise of the lips to preserve a youthful face and keep the mouth flexible and attractive.” Marie Montaigne makes this point in an article in Harper’s Bazar. She goes on to say: “Odd as it may seem', it becomes quite impossible to -cherish irritating thoughts when the corners of the lips are turned up. Insensibly little sprites of happy memories come dancing into the mind and the lines about the mouth smooth out or take on sweet curves. Laughter is essential .to a pretty mouth. Not the constant laughter that stretches the lips and lines the cheeks, but that merriment which keeps the lips flexible and drives away furrows of Care.” -