EXERCISE YOUR LIPS

Shannon News, 29 December 1926, Page 2

EXERCISE YOUR LIPS

INDICATION OF CHARACTER. In a fashionable girls’ school there is a rule, "Use your lips when, -you talk.” The object of its insistence is, of course, to produce clear enunciation in place of the slipshod, hard tounderstand, murdered sounds, that so often escape the mouths of the youth of our land. Well-exercised lips are naturally; so full of colour that the lipstick may be unused in milady’s boudoir. They are also mobile, thereby giving great charm and ; interest, and they keep youthful. Fine lines of the upper lip''that doom the possessor to .1.09% of youth may be held in*abeyance, if not altogether banished, by a well-exer-cised upper lip. This does not mean a grimace with every word. It does mean sufficient use of the muscles of the lips to keep them well nourished by'exercise.

Actresses usually have youthful mouths, though the calendar may tell another tale. It is because in an effort, to enunciate clearly the lip muscles are well used. Voices often become strident in an effort to be heard. Much less nerve force is expended by the one who enunciates clearly. She is heard with a minimum of effort and the result is much more pleasing. Of Course, many other factors enter into the cultivation of a beautiful mouth. It should start with the watchfulness of a careful mother in babyhood. Fortunately the evil the baby pacifier does is recognised in this I kr.ow a girl possessing beautiful eyes and a wenmodelled face,' with the exception ,of tthe mouth. It‘ Is merely a round, shapeless mass, having what artists call "no drawing." Her mother told me that a pacifier caused it.

Thumb sucking can be nearly as harmful. The intelligent mother knows that and guards against It. The breast-fed baby has a better developed bony structure of the mouth than the bottle-fed.

Modern dentistry does wonders nowadays. No lips stretched over protruding teeth can be attractive, and lips* covering crowded teeth are not likely to be well formed, thougn that is not always the , case. One man was heard to remark that hte never knew whether ,a. girl was pretty or not until he saw her laugh. As a guide to the doctor in diagnosis and as an Index to character, the lips reveal much. ' The drooping, petulant mouth of a very young ana pretty girl may have an appeal, but add a few years and nothing is more unattractive. The doctor says, “Internal disorder”, the reader |of character says. “A morose and pesseimistic - outlook on life.” The philosopher may speculate how rriuch one is responsible for the other. Because ihe lips are so indicative, the woman that is generous and sympathetic, yet'merry withal, has lips of inviting contour. The sweetlipped girl nearly always has a sweet disposition. Lips more truly reveal the true self than any other feature. The only legitimate remedy for an unattractive mouth lies in the reform of the habits which have caused it.. A. beautiful face can he spoiled by ««• iWlOvely expression of the mouth. ■ftouMlm Of this are seen every day fa the Fe meet in the street.