The Red Cloud chief., 1878-01-31
Faces.

ItTSOiiS cNuoNtu WIFI powerful SenS-
Utility, however plain cirfeatures. in
variably possess moments of absolute
beauty. Every human face indicates,
in some degree. the quality of refine
mentor its abSence-aS well as the
temperament snd ruling traits. posscss-
ed by its owner. When a fine organic
alton and a deep sensibility accompany
the practice of intellectual pursuits. Of
ten the features take on q transparent,
luminous look. Cultivated minds have
the inevitable impressive expression.
while vacant minds cannot but carry
with them trace of the superficial, if not
absolute ~barrenness. which may be de-
tected by a keen observer of facial eX-
preston.
All the classic models of beauty.
whether in marble or on canvas, from
the Venus and Phyrne down to the
Marys Of Raphael and the Magdalens of
Murillo. the picturesque damsels of the
Campagna. and the classic Suliot maid
ems. instead of high have quite low fare
heads-a fact which, latterly, seems to
he appreciated by the women of our
time. Horace and Catullus and Ovid
all sang of the flair. fond creatures"
whose white foreheads CLEANED like
the crescent moon beneath the dark
cloud of silken hair" Artists have so
painted feminine beauty. Men of taste
and ~gallantry have admitted such; and
hence we see q return to nature and
art.
The eyes are full of expression when
there is character and intellect to be ex-
pressed. Indeed. We have ample testi-
mony that the eye is the direct index
to the inner man whether it be good or
evil, speaking all languages, and need
ing no encyclopedia to aid him in the
Interpretation of its meaning. Vain and
forgotten are all fine offers of hospitali-
ty. if there is no hospitality in the eye.
How many i~nclinatiOns are avowed BY
the eye, though the lips dissemble! As
soon rs men are off their centers their
eyes show it.
Emerson says: There are eyes to
be sure, that give no more admission
into the character of the man than the
blueberries. There are liquid and deep
wells that a man might fall into; there
are asking eyes. and asserting eyes, and
eyes full of faith, and some Of good and
some of sinister omen"
The poets all have large, fun eyes;
and musicians eyes are large and lus-
trous. Button considers that the most
beautiful eyes are the black and the
blue. Byron says the gazelle will weep
at the sound of music. The eyes of the
gazelle have been called the most beau
tiful in the world, and the greatest CON-
pliment ar Arab al pay his mistress is
to liken her eyes to those of q gazelle.
Cleopatra had black eyes, Mary, Queen
of Scots. had liquid gray eyes. Dark
eyes. it is said. denote power; ~lighteyes,
%gentleness; and gray eyes. serenity,
Shrewdness, and talent. A facetious
writer claims that . woman with hazel
eyes never fOrsakes her husband, never
chats scandal, never sacrifices her hus-
bands comfort for her own, never finds
little, and is always an entertaining,
agreeable and lovely companion.
The eyebrows constitute . medium Of
expression to an extent not generally
considered, yet in . more practical
sense than any feature but the eye af-
fords. The majesty. pride, vanity, kind
ness. and the passions ever varied in
their characteristics, are depicted.
The eyebrows above" says Laverter,
''often give the positive expression Of
character"
If there are fine eyes in a face which
is not pleasing, it rarely occurs that .
well-fOrmed nose is without the accom-
paniment of other agreeable qualities.
Ideas of beauty differ in this direction
with nations and people. The Romans
were proud of their stern aquilines. and
the I~sraelites would probably not be
content to lose their native characters
tic in this particular. The Tartars, hav-
ing no nose to speak of, affect to CON
slider the deficiency q beauty. The wife
of Genghis Khan was esteemed the most
charming woman in all Tartary because
she was utterly deficient in this append
ags.