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Rh be bright and glossy, and if falling in curls around the neck the better, as it serves to relieve the deadness of the skin. The eyes should be bright, full, and lively, expressive of kindness, affection, and good humour. The cheeks should be firm, yet soft and plump, with the red and white finely blended together; the ears small, well folded, and having an agreeable tinge of red; the nose straight, and the mouth small; the lips well turned, and soft, even to the eye, with a living red in them. "A truly pretty mouth," says an old author, "is like a rosebud that is beginning to blow." The teeth should be middle-sized, white, well arranged, and even. The chin of moderate size, white, soft, and agreeably round. The neck should be of a moderate size, white, straight, and of a soft, easy, and flexible make, less above, and gently increasing towards the shoulders. The whiteness and delicacy of the skin should be continued, or rather go on improving, to the bosom. The skin in general should be white, properly tinged with red, with a softness and visible sign of shining health in it. The shoulders should be gently spread, the arms white, round, firm, and soft, more particularly from the elbow to the hand. The hands should be long, delicate, and the joints