The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-04-16
VOL UME 26-NUMBER %.


Lavater, think it Is, says a writer
in the ptetorid Magazine, who re-
quires all rlght-minded persons to
have what he terms Homogeneous
faces" every feature and trait and
curve IN harmony with all the rest,
and all leading up 70 the same mean
ing In sincere faces, all the chang
ing features do so; but il is difficult 70
see why, when We take the perma-
nent features, these should De good
faces it is essential to beauty, no
doubt; but il the face be an evil one
its character will hardly be mended
b5 having no opposing trait, no re-
deeming feature left. The greater
Napoleon had y homogeneous face,
and certainly all the madOnnas have.
But so also TitO's must have been, and
if any one has = good picture of
Mephistoheies, fancy it will be the
same throughout. Indeed one would
think that these people must be who'll
ly good or wholly bad, only that there
are none such in the world. The peo-
| pie we call single-hearted are likely to
have homogeneous faces, SO are the
simple and the vigorous. III their cir
c1mstanees suit them, they will be
well content; but you sometimes hnd
them at war with ali their surround
ings, and then they are altogether un-
happy-no part Of their nature is at
rest. These, too, ara the people who
can be killed by grief. The ordinary
photographs OF Keble, the prints of
Pope Plus VII, Rousseau, and Watts
give US unhomOgeneOus faces. If,
then, tncongruous faces are not the
hsndsomest, nor the most lOveable,
nor the opposite thing, they are gen.
! orally the most difficult to understand
and the most in need OF being under
stood. Probably their owners don't
understsnd themselves. When one
sees one set Of features cOntradictinx
the other, the whole face tells rs OF an
inward conflict, = completely Of char
acter that must be always trouble
some to the man himself aud often
very inconvenientt to his friends. And
not only are these the most in need Of
being understood, but as it is ever the
struggle that pleases Us, they are also
the most interesting to study. Gem
orally the incongruity consists, /
think, In the mouth and chin failing
to support the upper part Of the face I;
and then the meaning Of 1t is most
frequently that the mans nature is
better than his requirements, not be-
ing duly supported by his energy.
Now it IL wonderful how far more
common good oreheads aud eyes are
among Us than good mouths and
ehins. This Is evident from the fact
that we meet so many more grand
looking men now they have readopt-
ed their boards than we used TO do
for there can be no doubt that when
n man has = good mouth and frm
chin he loses greatly ia looks by con-
cealing these in hIs beard. And this
Is very gratifying faet-nOt that
OF the boards, but that about
good upper faces being so much the
most common. For our next rule is
Observe the forehead to discover
what man Is by nature, or what he
may become according to his nature;
aud the mOtionless closed mouth
when you would know what he ae-
tually Is, or has become by habit.
The upper face, the head, brow. and
eyes, express the intelligence and na-
ture OF the man; the lower part, the
mouth and chin, gives Us tue measure
OF his resolution and strength, bis
practical or acquired ability, and the
temper which he himself,Or his cir
eumstaEees, may have formed in him.
The movable features which chiefly
mot wholly gives Us the passing
changes OF thought and feeling, are
the mouth and nostrils on theone part,
the eyes, eyelids, and brow on the
other. In polished society the ex-
preston Of the eyebrows and the
mouth are voluntary, except In mo-
ments Of self-fOrgetfulness or rest, and
then the lips take the for m. OF the
governing or habitual disposition.