A WOMAN’S MOUTH.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 9, Issue 78, 30 September 1898, Page 1 (Supplement)

A WOMAN’S MOUTH.

“ By her mouth you may know a woman,” a | philosopher declares. Not always by the words j that issue therefrom, but by the shape and; colour of the lips, and by the delicate lines and j dimples that gather about the feature. He is; seconded by physiognomists since Lavater’s, time in the theory that no woman with a very n d-lipped mouth was ever intellectual or gene-; rous of heart. “ Give me the woman that is not' fashion’s slave, and I will show you a wide; mouth, with rather fhll and pink lips covering square, strong teeth,’’and if she is hospitably | inclined, there will be little, semi-circular lines| about the corners of the mouth that curl up when their owner laughs. It is the fashion just at present for young women to hold their lips ever so lightly apart. This is supposed to give a wondering, wistful expression, youthful as well ; but your thinlipped woman, who is always a self-centred creature, can uever teach her lips this trick. Women who are much given to fads and sudden friendships always show the middle of the upper lip lengthened to a little point. ; Beautiful mouths, this pessimistic man believes, are rarer than formerly ; while among: women the intellectual mouth is frequently noted, and touching ' the question of the kissable mouth, be asserts it is a temptation seldom bi ought in one's way. - It is moisture and softness of the air that, gives English women the rose-leaf tendernessi and colour to their lips, that are usually warmly; pink and smooth as satin. For beauty of lip,' and fair shape ot mouth, however,.this masculine observer awards the palm to Irish women, whose lips, be holds, are modelled oa classic pattern, and are a tint Venus might envy.