The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1867-08-20
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cut social problem. Speaking of Heuy,
Mrs Evans says that :" her face bad
language that transcended her feelings"
And then she goes on to say that 'fhcre
are faces which nature charges with
meaning and a pathos not bcloneing'io
the single human soul that nut:ers beneath
them, but speaking the joys and sorrows
OF ioregone generations eyes that tell of
deep love that doubtless has been. and is
somewhere, but not paired with these
eyes, prchaps paired with pale eyes that
can say nothng-.inst as national language
may be instinct with poetry unlclt by those
lips which utter it," We often meet pco.
pie with plain story enough written in
their faces, but when we have studied
their natures, we find our reckoning com
pletcly faIsified by our acquainted with
them. This, unfortunately for men, occurs
most frequently with women.
1t is the greatest mistake 70 suppose
that, in a very unsophisticated time of fife
| indeed, won IN allows her countenance
TO tell anything upon her; but apart
ilom her power and instinct of deception,
there is that-if we may SO term it
physiological advantage which she derives
from her ancestors, and which enable.
her without effort 20 wear an exp IN
which may b. more attractive than that
which she could claim in her own right.
If a man first brought to love woman
for her face, lie is prelty'certain to continue
to set the tune Of lis thoughts about her
TO that keynote. lie expects certain
qualities are dormant in hcr mind which
hc atone has been clever enough 10 per.
ccive. lie wonders how her own family
circle do not appear to believe her
capable of all lie is sai-fiel she can DO
and think. 1t would starte him little
II he were to learn that the pcnsive nose
and Thoughtful forehead came 10 Louisa
from h,r gre .1and- mother, and that
the mcninl power bestowed by him upon
those features have been completely elm
mated during the transition.
This is the danger of Studying phvsior-
n1my,-one danger at least of studying Il
lady's face. The odds are all against our
being i'ght. The fiftieth pant Of an inch
may Put us out, and bring around calam-
iIous e,enlualitos. And yet it is as uled-
ly the case that the.e are men and women
wi o believe long after the owners of the
faces have given the most distinct lie and
contradiction to their own countenanccs.
Love, or whatever the feeling may be
termed, does not bind Tiania to Nick
/ Bottoms ears. Men will cling TO their
ideal ola woman's face for years after
the woman has utterly ncgativied every
expectation to which it gave prompt
ing. They will watch as patiently and Il.
pcrSevern9ly sometimes for the due sen.
timtnt TO come TO It's sun face and play
upon it as the angler watches his trout
iIles on the surface Of the stream. This
very anxiety and interest often lenders
mairmony more cndurable.
One reason why brothers and sisters so
usually quarrel when living together is,
that they are thrcughly up in every
though in their own circle Faces tell
no untruths to them. They make no al
Iowences on that score Of expression, and
sisters who would be amiable before
strangers will not care 20 rehparse in pri-
vate. They wear the look for the guest,
and look for the family dinner This
is the danger 10 which a guest is exposed.
lie has anideal face, ifhe is romantic. from
which he expects all that can make him
happy. The lady who sits opposite may
either have this Inheritance, or put on
something like it when she dresses. If
her attractiveness be from the fist source
she deserves no credit for it, and her
character may utterly belle it; if she ac-
complishes it by the second plan, the ad-
mi er may be assured that she will no
more take the trouble of keeping it up TO
please him, once the neces'ity for pleasing
him seems to depart with marriage, then
she will take the trouble OF being serti-
mental about him two years after that
event.
y plain or an ugly woman, if she cam
not make herself handsome can always
make herself desirable to some one, and
that one is the man whose idea! expires.
sion corresponds with the mask for socie-
ty with which nature has provided the
/ 'NN' ''lo ~ what - i.lttlt ny tue SAYING
that woman is seldom unmarried
through her own fault. Every woman
gets many chances if she only kre them
not every woman, however, will recognize
the lover whose intatuaion is sufficiently
profound and desperate TO bring him to
The point. Unreasoning admirers, if
ladies but knew it,-admirers who are
.aught with eyes or ''ttngled in Npreas
golden hair" make as good husband, AS
the most sensible and specializing of ud-
mirer'' a man who has plunged hope.
lesSly into a sentimental attachment, ac-
ccp!s the situation after II while with Il
steady and enduring pertina.iry. if only
t'iriy encouraged and nothing viii bring
him more swiftly or more assuredly to
/ this state than the sight of n type and
/ manner of face on which some snbtle
emplon is stirred within him whenever
he secs it Tie Loadoa Nctfc,r.
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