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EyegJ one viii remember, ue presume, tho old
story Of The PALMER who lesolJed n me otset OF
nis career 10 portray the purest poblest, most 10.
noceht fhca 10 could meat, lrd, u companion
pso:ure pairt tne Eiless aad most brutal ID could
md For Tho nfat he tt1uK!ef1sd 70 ha cAnys1
the face OF >oupE boy. wnose Intellectual and
nora! beauty wAs marvellous Andfara 10 waited
many yeat1, Liable 70 sAt1fy h!nsell with sny
face which should expfess the vicious and hateful
character ho des1red 10 reproduce BY way Of con-
rasL BE grew 10 bo m old tuau boEoto ho put
CD CANVAS the countensnce he 1t 1ast dMcovcrod
millsr1sy haunted him until, on inquiry, be foqnd
thtt tho wicked Uao Was, as N Innocent boy. the
cng1nal OF the nrst picture. Buch Ia the power Of
tho p11s1ona and emotions upon physical organ1-
zattonA, and especially upon tho Lines and folds,
the tensions and diRteuMoua OF the akin which
form our ieaturea: Tns muscles Of tho face sie
subject to the vii. aalhougn they apcntaneousl1
and Involuntary contract under tna influence Of
The story 10 have referred TO Is beautiful bat
have accomplished nia purpose uuon more readily
electrical agent which IL changing Iaces nations,
sid dynaates all over the gtobc- Ho could hsyo
~ o ,es Erect -
phlsiognomy,-Dr. Duchenne, OF DouloRnere-
msrt0. 4Thc sonl alone formally enjoys the faculty
They Ere then, 30 fugitive that the greatest st3ls1
have not alwa}h succeeded In reproducing the
enst,ntle Of their distinctive trastsh But al the
through the contraction Of the musclee, can BE-
initiated BY their conuncttnns as lndaced by
the electric current These currenta are ap-
Piled 10 the face BY delicate Instrument and
q Photograph taken et The saue time Some
Of Ihe results OF ahock are very peculiar. THUS,
II Loo strong current be applied to the muscle
great pain, 1t will lose lts moFB1 expression, and
become mere apaAm. Is under flash OF light.
II 100 many muscles are excited At oBce. Rtlm-
ta1montze In natnrn1 ph{ttoanomio expression.
Tna work which Dr. DncEenne has published on
The subject y nlns.saied By photographs Of The
Of the faces upon which he performed hla e1peIt-
nenta Waa that Of an cd, stont mhu rendered i'll
ee'ss,b]s. With hil Instrument the operator pro-
duced expressions Of the most aAilr1e, aafdonic,
up1oarions. miIth-proYofing, laoEhie1-contsgtous
Another q LII {. models - vas 4 yonng strl
nearly blind, and With d dull apathedc coonte-
narce. She could not gee the pictures Of which
She was the involuntary subject With tha elec-
JOY srd sf1ei, nj Of mother Who, having jass loat
one child, haa cared second, attacked By tho
ssme diseaEe- This Is produced BY putting ono
point Of the instrument Just back Of the an eye
brow, AID the other on the muscle over hscheok-
bone and below the temple. The lattee drswa
estde the corDer Of The month. produclng sweet
srp1le, whtle the former contracts the eyebrow.
expressing tlght shAde Of pain, as OF one
still retaining ec1ro*fQl "reminiscences Tne
ss Is = ra eIsss = ths qsn
straight tine IRON the mouth, compassion.
modified By JOY, ID produced upon the faf, and
one can Imagine the JounR woman Visiting poor
family and plying their necasalt!es while Rlatlded
at relieving them. By placing the Instrument
upon the nose. Immediately between the eyes, ex-
preaslona Of intense, sggresaVe EnallRrlsy Gstots
the lovely, gentle race which We have 1un DE-
ecrtbed- The cruel awful hats OF Lady Macbeth,
which It Is impossible to belteye guy one without
Lady Aacbeth's impulse could naturally produce,
Is here depicted. It is said that this muscls on
the nose. toeethef wllh shas which contracts ne
lower eye-lld and gives the face sympathetic
LOOK are those which leaat ooeT the Fiji, and ara
put into action only BY the instinct o. emotion
ns 10 counterfeit those lines Of the face BY
which man can distinguish friend frpm foe Be-
1tdes these phRBsB, the wonderful art conVeys 10
this almost idIot1c and expfesNonle&a face ex-
p1ession5 OF deep devotion, WITH eres upturne3 to
heaven, the month drawn plainureiy and suo1is.
slvely down; and exprSslonA OF desperate. I'M
plorlng and anxious prA1er, where the eyes aSe
turned up 40 II to almost disappear. and the
mouth opeus IN sympathy In short, with gc!tn-
iCc use OF this new aRent npon the muscea Of she
face, oua mIRht produce ample picture gal1er1ea
which no painter could nope % tna.tatei where
the fates, fulIef, GraceS, muses.. and the whole
group Of petsonihed emotions and passions Should
be exhibited In aimost in1nlte detail Of character
and characteristic