The Democratic advocate., 1873-11-08
Forehead and Eyes.

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ing, generally denotes the sound and noble
understanding, as opposed to the retreat
ing form, which indicates the precise re-
verse, till from the negro to the ape, and
from the ape TO the animal, it merges al
most into line with the nose, A merely
high forehead does not, however, always
imply good forehead; for the form, pro-
portion, sloping, height, arching, and posi-
tion Of the bone of the forehead, are tests
Of the mental powers and character, Even
the color and smoothness Of the skin, to-
gether with the lines Of the wrinkles, must
be taken into account, for they express the
passions and state Of the mind A perfect
forehead should be one-third Of the whole
face, or equal to the nose in height, the
covering skin clearer than the rest Of the
face, and smooth and free from the wrinkles,
yet have the power Of wrinkling in deep
thought, anger, or pain. A forehead to
be perfect, should be, when seen in profile,
neither too arched nor too square, neither
too upright nor too retreating The high
or the forehead the more comprehension
and less activity. The more compressed,
firm, and short, (if not too short, the more
concentrated and firm the character. The
more curved the top, the more gentle and
flexible the character; while the less cury
ed-that is, the more square the top, the
more determination, perseverance, and stern
ness. If the forehead is perfectly upright
from the eyebrows to the roots of the hair,
there will be a deficient understanding /;
while a projecting forehead will denote
imbecility, immaturity, weakness, or stu
pidity, accordingly as modified by the
other features. On the other hand, the
upright forehead which is gently arched
at the top denotes calm, cold, deep
thinker. The poetic imagination is demo
ted by forehead lofty, broad and arched
at the top-the forehead of Shakespeare.
A slightly retreating forehead implies i'm
agination, wit, and acute understanding.
Square foreheads, with large temples and
firm eye-bones, denote circumspectness
and firmness; while the round forehead,
prominent above, straight-lined below, and
moderately upright. denotes great under
standing, energy, sensibility, fire, and cool
judgment. The slanting, square-topped
forehead denotes much fire and vigor. A
perfectly perpendicular forehead upon hori-
zontal eyebrows, and much rounded on
each side toward the temples, implies great
solidity Of understanding. One upright
forehead VIC should guard against : and
that is, the ono which is narrow, short,
wrinkly, shiny, and projecting; the owner
of such viii undoubtedly possess weakness
and shallow understanding, with little
Imagination and sensibility. When many
knotty, angular protuberances appear, they
will denote perseverance combined with
much vigorous, firm, harsh, oppressive,
warm activity; short, regular, knotty fore.
heads, pressed in one side, and jagged fore
heads with crossed wrinkles, are incapable
of lasting friendships. Perpendicular
wrinkles, if natural TO the forehead, denote
power and application horizontal ones, on
the other hand, and those broken in the
middle or at the ends, gently imply the
want of those qualities. Perpendicular
deep indentings in the bones of the fore
head, between the eyebrows, denote sound
understanding and free and noble mind
We often remark veins on the forehead !;
these, too, have their significance, for
blue vein in the form of letter Y in an
open, smooth, well-arched forehead, de-
notes extraordinary talents and warm gem
erous character. 1t viii thus be seen, in
respect of the forehead, how small devil
alton from certain forms either goes to
make or mar certain quality. And now
we reach the eyes, which have been poet
ically termed "the windows Of the soul .
How much we hear about them what ex-
preston they have what tenderness, what
fire, what love, what GOODNESS Aud if
large, lustrous, and beautiful, what charm
they add to the face ! We cannot escape
their gaze we needs must watch them,
whether we will or not, for there is faei-
nation, especially if they belong to the
opposite sex, we cannot resist; magnetic
influence which draws US to follow their
movements. And then comes night in
company with sleep, the "brother of
death !" the eyelids fall and the windows
of the soul become closed, what change
What is il that is gone or hid--what is it
we miss2 What but the wonderful ex-
preston and life they convey? The color
Of the eyes is often great puzzle; in some
it is almost impossible to determine pre-
vailing hue. Button says the colors most
common to the eyes are orange, yellow,
blue, green, gray; and gray mixed with
white. Blue and orange are most COM
mon, and are often in the same eye. Eyes
which we call black are only brown, yell
low, or deep orange; for, seen from a
distance; or turned toward the light; they
appear 20 be black, because the darker
color so contrasts with the white of the eye
that it appears black. Wherever blue is,
however slight the tincture, it becomes the
predominant color and appears in streaks
over the whole iris, or circle round the
pupil, and at some little distance from it,
but is generally overpowered by the blue,
the orange being only detected when close
ly examined. Two colors form the finest
eyes, black and blue the black implying
the greatest strength Of expression, the
most fire and vivacity; blue have most
mildness, and perhaps more archness. We
often see unmeaning eyes which appear
fixed; this is caused by the black Of the
pupil being too strong for the surrounding
colors, and thus we only see the pupil in
the centre of the eye. Both eyes are not
always Of the same color. We viii now
note how certain qualities appertain to
certain eyes. Quick, bright eyes denote
an active and acute mind, Clear blue
eyes are never found in a person Of melan-
choly temperament, and rarely In the chol-
eric the latter have eyes Of every. color,
but more generally brown, and inclined TO
green. This tendency to green almost
always denotes fire and courage. Black
or brown eyes denote more strength Of in
tellect, thought, and frmpess than blue.
Many men of great power have had blue
eyes, but that color generally indicates
more aexibility Of character than black or
brown, Wide, open eyes, with the white
seen under the pupil. will be seen In the