THE MOUTH.

Cromwell Argus, Volume XLIII, Issue 2285, 19 February 1912, Page 7

THE MOUTH.

SELDOM SEEN PERFECT NOWADAYS.

Somebody has been saying that women's mouths are becoming less beautiful, and laying the blame on civilisatiou. An appeal has been made to Alfred Praia, president of the Royal Miniature Society, to talk about lips and mouths. He says : "One very seldom sees a perfect mouth nowadays. My ideal is the rosebud or Cupid's bow type, which is the only pure type of beauty. It may not show character, but that does not matter. Unluckily, woman is developing much character now, and the result may very likely be that she will lose the beauty of her lips. "It cannot, I think be too well understood that a beautiful mouth is at its best in repose. The present fashion of smiling and showing the teeth is deplorable. From the artistic point of view, a smile is nothing but a contortion of the face, which ruins tho features for the purpose of portraiture. "Face muscles that should be in repose are brought into activity, and the result is by no means beautiful. The mouth is stretched across the face, the lips lose any curves they may have, and the whole face suffers. "Many Englishmen, unfortunately, hide excellent mouths behind very ugly moustaches."—London Letter.