Beauties Six.

Otago Witness, Issue 2856, 9 December 1908, Page 73

Beauties Six.

The Tahiti girl, to acquire a flat, broad r.ose, sleep with a compress on it.

The Arab woman paints her brows so as to givetbem. -the appearance of meeting -above her nose.

Belles of certain Amazonian tribes have cone-shaped - skulls, which are obtained: by ■ -wearing a mould on the bead from babyhood until maturity. The Turkish woman imparts a faint bluish tint to nails and teeth.

The ladies of Macassar paint their teeth red and yellow alternately. Th-6 Paraguay girl era-dicates .her eyebrows, declaring that she does not wish, to resemble a whiskered man.

Siglitcaps ill Again. Girls mi'fit' wear nightcaps is the latest mandate from the sanctum of hygiene s argus-eyed dictatress, if they are to preserve their hair from the hard usage of the modern coiffure. Two years ago this form of headgear was laughed to scorn when recommended, but now, it 6eems, nightcaps and granny cajs have become the fashion, and are impcrtaut items in the up-to-date young wt'mau's wardrobe. Girl* who go in for the old-fashioned ways, of caring for the hair and compltxion have succumbed to silken caps, v. Inch they avow add lustre to the hair, even in midsummer, wlien the hair is apt to be dull and stringy. The friction of th<? silk on the hair is said to be beneficial to it, and when the granny caps aTe worn during sleeping houie, there is sufficient of this friction to do away with some of the 50 s-trokes of the brush. Any hats or caps -wliich do not permit of ventilation Mould be about the most harmful tiling one could wear, but these little affairs made of silk and lace are sufficiently transparent to allow of the head, being cool, and they also secure the tresses or braids and prevent the dishevelled appearance of the early mornings. The caps are mad* exactly~like bonnets for infants, except, of course, a.s to size, but the pattern is almost identical, room being left for the amount of hair -w hich is coiled up beneath the cap. The models aTe of lace, china silk, lace and net or moueseline. Like all nightcaps, they tie under the chin with soft ribbons. These serve a double purpose, for not only do they keep the cap in position, but they help materially to correct the prejudicial effects of sleeping 1 with the jaws relaxed and the mouth open. The cap can be tied tightly enough to mako an open mouth impossible, and in this way the bad habit can be corrected. What the Eyebrows Tell. The ejebrows. declare? a German 'Laraeter reader, tell us far more about

tbe true inwardness of our dispositions and temperaments than all the rest of the body. Study the eyebrow formation of your friends, and you wll find that where the indications are similar, like personal characteristics will declare themselves.

Thus you will discover -that the highly arched eyebrow denotes a very sensitive temperament, although, contrary to the general opinion, they do not always adorn persons of superior intelligence. Thin eyebrows invariably show a lack of vitality, and those of tbe thick and bushy variety indicate the existence, in their possessors, of a highly vitalised temperament together with great powers of bodily endurance. In -women, they denote unusual powers of bodily and mental stamina.

When the eyebrowe meet, says our German friend, you may be certain that a sincere character is expressed, though hero it is interesting tc recall, incidentally, that every character-ireadef since the days of Aristotle has declared that such eyebrows indicate, unquestionably, a peevish disposition. Long, drooping " eyebrows, wide apart on the forehead, indicate a joyous disposition, and general amiability. If the eyebrows are more light- coloured than the hair of the head, a distinctly* weak vitality is denoted. Lightly-marked eyetrows -which lie high above ihe nose show a disposition toward indolence and a general weakness of character. Dark eyebTows, which lend co strong and energetic an expression to the whole- face, are indicative of patience.

j RareW will you find in persons of sharp I intellect eyebrows of a very light colour, ' although the colour does not count so much as the shape. Red eyebrows invariably indicate considerable ambition. The average eyebrow is a combination of | black and red.