Arrived at years of discretion, the maiden proceeds to choose the
style of beauty she prefers. Will she be a Juno, a Venus, or a
Helen? Will she have a Grecian nose, or one tip-tilted like the
petal of a rose? Let her try the tip-tilted style first. The
professor has an idea it is going to be fashionable. If afterwards
she does not like it, there will be time to try the Grecian. It is
difficult to decide these points without experiment.

Would the lady like a high or a low forehead? Some ladies like to
look intelligent. It is purely a matter of taste. With the Grecian
nose, the low broad forehead perhaps goes better. It is more
according to precedent. On the other hand, the high brainy forehead
would be more original. It is for the lady herself to select.

We come to the question of eyes. The lady fancies a delicate blue,
not too pronounced a colour--one of those useful shades that go with
almost everything. At the same time there should be depth and
passion. The professor understands exactly the sort of eye the lady
means. But it will be expensive. There is a cheap quality; the
professor does not recommend it. True that it passes muster by
gaslight, but the sunlight shows it up. It lacks tenderness, and at
the price you can hardly expect it to contain much hidden meaning.
The professor advises the melting, Oh-George-take-me-in-your-arms-
and-still-my-foolish-fears brand. It costs a little more, but it
pays for itself in the end.

Perhaps it will be best, now the eye has been fixed upon, to discuss
the question of the hair. The professor opens his book of patterns.
Maybe the lady is of a wilful disposition. She loves to run laughing