The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-05-27

the looks are indces OF the character. --
All men are practical physlognomists.
Before dark and low browed face we
mentally give our purse another grlpe;
the frank and open countenance prompts
as to forget all about it, OF pour 1t unask-
ed into the strangers hands.
/ But it is not only the transient emo
tons, but also the character that Is stamp
! ed upon the features. The aspects OF
the sky change with the weather. SO do
our looks change with the mind and
Yet they almost bear the impress OF ITS
prevailing traits. Look a moment al
the process; the nerves are the extension
o. the brain; the nervous and muscular
system is most exqmsitlyely developed IN !
the human face, and that system Is there
idoubly vital and sensitive. Ii is con
tstan,ly busted in telegraphing the meutal
impressions 10 the features, and writing
them down In every hneament; and ii
Iproper action strengthens the muscular
Tissues i, will not fail TO exert this Intiu-
ence there. Every look, cheerful or
morose, Is moulding and fixing perma-
Inent expression. Is the individual IN a
happy mood the little, sensitive, tis-
sues, spreading out over his whole coun.
Ilenance, are h, up with the genial sun
hight glowing within. Is he despond-
ling and gloomy !-,hose delicate organs
gather a darker shade. That youthful
face, once picture OF almost meek and
SANITY innocence, loses It's freshness, the
dews OF It's youth; and 10 -browed mel
ancholv, pale iea., wriniled care and
the ike, leave foul touches on The lovely
grouping. And it is the mind, the char
ac,er that does this. So IL the mind can.
not create, 1t can destroy, II it cannot
make, it can break the vase, laying
Vandal. hand on the Creators work.
And are we not answerable Tor this
The more violent the emotions the more
distinctly defined or even ghastly the
traces they leave behind. kossuth spent
but a few hours IN his visit to the tomt
Iol Washington but during that time his
looks became marked as by the hroodlng
cares OF years. Such changes do strong
feelings create in the expression. Anc
character thus makes itself a living real
ity in the world Of action, as well is 0
silent thought.
To some this may seem trihng mat
= ter But is mind Gods gltt Do IT
bestowal and use place us under obllga
ton Ii SO, then cur subject is one O
ie no little interest; for the traits aud emo
ID lions Of the mind are putting themselve
Is forth, and dramatizlng themselves Il
10 every expression o. countenance, tn
n looks are the intellectual and moral ac
a' tivitlcs OF the soul. Ii We are aceounta
Fl bic tor every word, then We are pre-
- pared 10 say that we have no lespousibl
> agency in our looks Speech is stlFe
~ silence is golden"
There is a recuperauFe power IN o1
* physical nature, the muscular sEste'
ny reacts upon tie mental. Like the Ia
= ,ar's boy, outward action directs lts a
III tack backward upon the lnteltec, whent
iai !, had its orgia." Gesture aids Il
u speaker For aught the fea Ter know
nc the expression Of countenance may fea
h' anon the character. And II should n
he forgotten that this is also gc sst!'
10 of social and moral influence. Our cha
IS act,r goes on daily and hourly streal
&C. ing out into the world through eve
ISL look, as we'll as through eyefy otteran
Use and action. Mind thus silently bot
POI, lectl,eIy ats upon others, The arts
OF forms OF classic beauty prove It's reilnI
Is naver upou Intellect, while the tabi
81 effects which the Gorgou's head exert
i's by its terrific delorniry III tuning eys
ans beholaer into stone, suggests tue mp
llne taGt truth, mat an evil purpose finds e'
a'e the outward expression uselal auSilii
/ IN It's bad work.