The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-10-30 00:00:00

"THE HUMAN FACE."

The second lecture of the einem in connection with
the Dorchester Lecture Society was given In the Town
Hall on Tuesday evening by Dr. Heinemann. The
Ker. T. litiesell•Wright presided, and there was a
fairly good audience.
The ek1•1111AS said he had the pleasure of tetrads°.
log to • Dorchester audience for the first time •
lecturer who wee somewhat celebrated. Dr. liana-
mann bad lectured in the usigh,ouring town of Wey-
mouth more than once, and heel given very great
satisfaction to the audience, and he (the Chairmeo)
had no doubt he bad • fued of emtumilent as well ni
• great deal of instruction in store for them In
their last lecture tio-y had • large amount of theory,
and it might be difficult on the part of some of them
who did not ppmes that peculiarly artistic mind
which WM necessary for the purpose to put into
practice, but he dared my that night they would have
some theory with • good deal also of what might be
quits practical even for ordleary folks.
Dr. iimernsee, in the course of his lecture.
showed whet • powerful influence woe exerted by the
passions upon the features, and bow in some instance
the ments! attitude of a nation modified, or even
changed the features, as eshibited by the leading
men, inetancing Chewier, Shakespeare, and the men
of the George. times. He thee proceeded to deal in
detail with the tem, and showed how character was
unmistakeably pourtrayed by the lips, the nom, the
eyes, etc. Toe nose, he observed, was one of the most
respectable members of the face—Osughter and sp.
plause)—med comprised various characters, ranging
from the R oath and Greaten noose on tim one
hand down to the pug and snob noose on the other.
With regard to the popular belief that the Roman
DOSS we. indicative of great form of character, the
Lecturer pointed out that this was oulyrtbe case when
It
lo chi and the ser me
by
a I°a(
°t lie Rob. abessoe
nom woes
typical of weakness rather then strength. With
regard, however, to interpretation of character by
facial evidence, the lecturer laid it down as absolutely
necessary that the temperament of the individual and
the aircurnstances of the life of the pawn should be
taken into account, and as sh example of this referred
to the well-known Nat of the ocatraction of tbe eye-
-
brows being Meicetive of eager, but it wee not an
rtgoo og Oho prologue* of be* gore p—low,
betriam it was sometimes the result of occupation, es
is the OW Of Wakibuolluat= astronomers, and others
who were daily to work at very small
maim. These facial indication were also unreliable
la children, owing to the elestioity of their features;
hint In advanced years they were Bagel/want, bemuse
the =Mies had the. bessmisi fixed. While *peeking
Ce the sithjeet of noses be stated that the perfect sae
should be, at last, one-third of the length of the face,
•Steefuring from the chin up to the roots of the hair on
the forehead. Por the consolation of those membare
at the human family to whom nature had not been
al in the matter of nasal beauty, Dr. Heinemann
sti that • noes machine had been invented
"bleb would impart to the each or
_prig pro-
enhances the dank !mau.y of the Emma or
Grecian noses, aoo meting to the preference of those
who chose to use It. Having recited some droll
stories in connection with this Pere of his
subject, he proceeded to comment upon the
eyes and the oompletdoe sad lastly upon the ears,
which he regarded as of great interest. A celebrated
general (still living) has very large ear., and on one
occasion when his spouse sent • gentleman to look for
him, she told him to pia out the man on parade who
bed the largest ears. (Leughter.) Propoetion was
touched upon as essential to • good face, and it wee
pointed out that if any member, or feature was unduly
large, and occupied more than its fair share of the
room provided by the size of the Um, it necessitated
the contraction of some other feature to the detrireeet
of the general effect of the face. The lecturer also
touched upon the subject of palmistry, and mused •
good deal of amusement by reciting some Interesting
rules of this occult art. Ile then alluded to the super-
stition which still prevails respecting unlucky days,
and mention.! that one of the greatest statesmen of
our days was reluctant to undertake any new work on
• Friday. He also pointed out the moles pursued in
different ometries for changing the features, and
named one instance where the ladies wore rings is
their lips, which, of course, rendered kissing imprectt-
cable, and as a etobetitute the gentlemen were obliged
to content themselves with rubbine the ends of their
none against the ladies' noses. He referred to the
°tot no in China of cramping the feet .1 the females,
and gave a practical turn to the observation by allud-
ing to the squally pernicious custom of tight lacing in
England. His lecture wee frequently applauded and
produced much amusement. The lecture was illus.
tested by numerous eat beautiful diagrams which
were in themselves valuable studies, In them the
audience took great interest.