SMALL EYES

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 30, 5 February 1932, Page 13

SMALL EYES

SOME ARTISTS' OPINIONS

Have you secretly yearned to possess those large, alluring eyes that aro commonly supposed to bo very beautiful, regretting your own rather small ones? Or spent hours trying to massage your tip-tiltod noso to a straighter and more classical outlino? (asks a writer in the "Daily Mail"). If so, you can cease both these struggles against Pate, for at least two famous men artists have given it as their opinion that a tip-tilted nose is one of woman's most attractive features, while one, Mr. Malcolm Osborne, the E.A., thinks that small eyes are the loveliest feature a woman can possess! In the opinion of this artist, eyes that are smaller than is usually considered beautiful in the conventional sense are generally better set and more in proportion with the rest of the face. Large eyes, he thinks, are less proportionate, and dominate the faco too much. And to cheer those women whose mouths are theix despair because they are so big, this artist ; Ids that next to small eyes he would place a largo mouth as one of the most attractive features of a woman's face. "There are character and generosity in the mouth that errs on the large side, 5' ho points out. "Small mouths lack character and mobility." To complete his encouraging and original views on lovely features, he adds that a tip-tilted nose and a slight irregularity in the composition of the face give a charmingly piquant effect which is more appealing, in his opinion, than a classically, regular one. A RETROUSSE NOSE. Mr. Gerald Kelly, R.A., thinks that the whole composition of a woman's face and figure is so exquisite and complete that it is almost impossible to say that any one feature is better than another. But he does, most emphatically, dislike an aquiline nose. "A woman can have a turned-up nose and still bo beautiful, but I loathe a nose that has a hook or a big bridge," ho declares vehemently. A well-set head on a rounded neck and shoulders is more important and lovelier, according to Mr. Melton Fisher, 8.A., the portait painter, than a lovely face—a warning to those women kJio concentrate on keeping the face young and attractive and neglect the set of the head and the contour of the throat. Next to this he considers a beautiful figure, even if the face is completely plain, the most valuable asset a woman can possess. A welcome thought, this, for those women who have starved themselves to achieve a slim outline, having given up in despair the business of trying to beautify their face! This opinion is shared by Mr. Ernest Procter, another artist famous for his portraits of women, who thinks a beautiful figure of much more importance than a classically beautiful face. A good carriage naturally should go with this—an asset within the reach of women who are prepared to tako some coro and trouble to attain it. Equally essential to beauty, Mr.

Procter believes, is the possession of charm, for he considers that without this valuable asset no womau is aesthetically perfect, even if she is giited wita beautiful features and a divine figure. LOVELY HASJDS. Almost every woman can achieve the loveliest feature chosen by Mr. Harold I^ i?\ t ' A- B- A-. who considers beautiful _ hands to be of great importance. In his opinion, slonder, supple fingers on a well-turned wrist arc a delight to paint and a joy to watch. There are few women who cannot make their hands attractive by exercises and massage. Another artist, famous for his academ}/- portraits of society women, stipulates that to be really beautiful a woman must have slanting grey eyes with a slight fleck of brown in the iris. Next in attractiveness he places brown eyes, "which have a depth and melting softness which is seldom, if ever, found in blue eyes." .