Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-03-18
.ailg Gmptrr,
Beast Faces,

| amusing ertleie on the study Ot EthOlOgy IN
tsces, tracing the distinctive features Of the
Scla, oniau, Tartar, Nsbian and Malay, IN the
cUohtenances we meet in the streets, and then
passes TO the resemblance VI the various ami
mails We will extract u portion OF the article
But the beast faces, there IL no limit u
thsmf Dogs alone supply the outlines OF
halithe portraits We know, There is the bull
dog--that man ia the brown suit yOuder, with
handy leg aud heavy shou lders-did you ever
see kenneled muzzle more thoroughly the bu 1
iog than thls2 The small eyes close under
the UrowI, the lOoh bullet forehead, the
heavy jaw and snub nose, all are essentially
Of bull dog bre d, aud at the same time essen
TALLY British. Then the mastiff. With the
doube-hass voice, and the squai changing iaw
aud the snab 10y looking turnspit, with bis hair
Out AZ all SIDES aud his eyes drawn up to its
roots: aud the greyhound, lean Of rio aud
pare Of c. and The terrier, who is often
a lawyer-~ifh IL snarl IN his voice aud a kind
Of restlessnesi in his eye, US il mentally worry.
tuR rhl--hls cli.uti aud the ryke all bea, j
aud m9ustache and g1,sy curls, with "a plain
tive expression of countenance aud exceeding
| y meek deinean0r; and the noD,e old New
tuundland dog perhaps brave old soldier
from active servioe, who is chivslrOus "a wo-
ueu aud gentle to children aud who repels pet
~ annoyanees with grand patience that 10
seriiably heroic. Reader, ifyou know New
(uundland dog man, cherish hun, stupid as be
PROBABLY will bs, yet he IS wor.h your love
| Then We have horse faced men ; aud men like
camsls, with quite the camel lip; and the
sheep faced mHu, With the forehead retreatinR
from his long, energetic nOsc-smooth men,
without whiskers, and with shining hair cut
close, aud not curling, like pointers; the liori-
mamie is Il grand fellow aud the bull
headed man; the Hat serpent head; the IT,
gers ike an inverted pyramid aud the VI
rahe lengthy unhelpiuuess and the sharp
red face OF the fox. Don't we meet men like
these at every step we take in London p and
# we knoS any such Intimately, dou't wa IN
Varlably lind that their characters correspond
somewhat with their persons
The women, too W. have likenesses for
| them | know women who might have been
the ancestress OF all the rabbits in all the
hutches in England A soft, downy-Iookine
fair, placid woman, with long hair looping
down ike cara, and an innocent face of ming
led timidity and surprise She is sweet-tem.
pered thing always eating Or sleeping who
brealbes hard when she goes up stairs
and WIN has as few brains IN working order
as woman can get on with She is lust a
human rabbit, and nothing more and she
looks like one. We all know the setter wo-
man--the best of all types-gracefuI, anima
ted weil-formed intelligent, with large eyes
and wavy hair, who walks with firm trsad,
but light one, and who can turn her hand 10
anything The true selt rwoman is always
married she is the real woman OF the world
Then thereTis the BIenheim spaniel, who
covers up her face in her rnglets, and holds
down her head when she talks, and Who Is shy
and timid. And there is The greyhound wo
man. lantern Jaws aud braided hair and large
knuckes, rather distorted There is the cat
woman too elegant, Btealthy, clever, caresl- :
ing who walks without noise aud is great ia
the way OF eudearment No limbs are so sup.
pie as hers, no backbone SO wonderfully pli.
ant, no voice so sweet, no manner so endear.
ing, She extracts your secrets from you be.
fore you have spoken; and half-ln.hour cor
versation with that graceful purring woman
has revealed TO her every most dangerous fact
it has been your lifes study to hide. The cat.
woman is most dangerous animal She has
claws hiddenin that velvet paw, aud she can
draw blood when she unsheaths them. Then
there is the cow-faeed woman, generally Of
phlegmatic temperament and melancholy dis.
position, given to pious books and teetotalism
Aud there is the lurcher woman, the strong.
yissged, strong minded female, who wears
rough coats with mems pockets, aud large
bone buttons, and whose bonuets fiing spie
ful defiance at both beauty aud fashion This
is that wonderful creature who electrifes for
eigners by climbing their mountains ia
mongrel kind of attire, ia which mems cloth
trowsers form the most striking feature aud
VINO goes Aboat the business Of life IN rough
gruh, urcher like fashion, as If grace ana
beauty we're the two cardinal sins of woman
hood, and she were on mission" to putlhem
down. This is not desirable animal. We
have women like msripo sheep; they wear
their hair over their eyes and far on their
necks. And women like poodle dogs, with
fuzzy heads and round eyes women ike
kangaroos with short arms aud q clumsy
kind OF hop when they walk aud we have ac-
tive, intelligent little women, with lust the
faintest suspicion OF rats face on them as
they look after the servants and inspect the
mysteries of the jam closet Then there are
pretty little loving marmoset iscessfI know
the very transcript Of that goldsu-haired silky
Tau a-in in the Geological gardens Il is a
gentle, plsintive, loving creature, with large.
liquid brown eyes, that have always a tear De.
hind them, and look Of soft reproach in
them its hair hangs ia profusion af golden.
brown eurls---not curls so much as a mass Of
waving fresses i is creeping, nesting,
elDging thing. that seems as lift wants always
10 bury itself in some one 5 arms-as Ii the
world outside Wers all too large and cold for
i There is ihe horse-iaeed Womap, too. "A
well as the horse faced man; and there Is The
turnspit woman, with her ragged head ard
blunt common nose. In fact, there are female
yariatiea of all tba naala fvnao -. ~, -.