, 1881-12-25
QUEERLY-SHAPED HEADS.
1rresularfty Of Outline No Indication of
Cerebral Disturbances.

1rresularfty OF Outline No Indication o
Cerebral Disturbances.
Ncw Tora Erenino Post.
i Dr. spitzka testified at the Guiteau trial that
one Indication Of tho prisoners ILL., bala ncct
mind was tho irregular shape of his head, ons
slde being larger than the other. L Phila
| delphia halter thereupon sent to the Ledosr
| Of that city his book of diagrams, giving the
Shapes OF the heads Of many wel-kuown Phfia.
] delphians "ho had never been suspected of any
mental ob1quity, bur who, according to DR..
Spitzka's theory, had better be looked after The
Ledger, commenting on the hat1ers notebook,
says: :~.'.
= Sometimes the unbalanced bulge Is ia
front, sometimes in the back-but no two sides
are alike. Here is d head thar looks like u mis-
shapen flint arrow-nead; here is q monstrous
protuhcrancc behind the car; here is one that is
knobny as a potato ali round, this must bo d
murderer's skull, and this au IDIOTS Unfortu-
nately for the theory, they arc the hattcr's best
customers-all Of them highly respec table fami-
~ men, and some Of them distinguished in pub
lie and private 1lfe for their ability intelligence
and worth. 4 number OF them are dcad, and
their accounts made up for this world, so that
they are beyond the reach Of outbreaks OF
disposition. The seeming murderer: was a
prominent 9is,I Judge tae IDIOT wns u Governor OF
diStlncnous the kuobby potato all gone to ono
side. WAS y genial, enterprlsnx merchant. 4
riSc. Presidents head diagram which is in the
spitzka test applied, to send the owner to IN in-
The veteran hattor Knox, who has had: forty
New York . best citizens, safn this morning that,
In his opinion, remarkable men needed remark
ao!e hats. aaa that bead perfectly alike in shape
ana size on both sides was curiosity. The nun1-
Der Of a hat indicates nothing bur its circum-
ference, and gives no clew to ftsshape, so that
1Se 1S al mn ThoSe beads depart from
made The smallest mans hat sold Is what Is
eial. called ST bat, having . circumference Of
est hat thar Mr. Knox was ever called upon to
make was hat numbered ~. with crcumfer-
Gnce Of nearly twenty -st1 Inches, made for
Mr. knox's cards show the head diagrams Of
customers whose heads would not 1T into ready. |
made n hats, not one could be found which, If d.
to match the other. Some Of the !; heads /
oer .nS nearly yarl Gound; others so 50
what would ho suppozed to be The outline Of
;iue a. nu1ge While On the other side there is
others run to q point in front, and /
ook like the section OF a spinning top. Editors |
: ,articnlarly M T. seem to have heads which by 90 |
3reeley's head diagram looks as Il It might
reads. Gen Butler's head IS almost square, and
sobert Bonner's head is far frona regular. 8fr.
svar1s has a long head. one side being larger
han the other. Henry Clay and Webster both
'ad q beads SO peculiarly shaped thar theS were
!blgeI to have hats made to order. ~.
IN the course of forty years business, making
lats for ali classes of men, slr Knox had never
aodced that either the size or. the: shape of
nan's head had anything to do with his mental |
;apacity or ability to pay his Ellis. He had
leard thar the Inequality IN the sides OF mans
ead was due to the habit which persons have Of |
[eeping always On one side, but the peculiar
nobs or bumps obserrabiein ia many heads could
ot be accounted for upon that theory, although |
leepin3 upon one side might have an effect up |
q tbs 1elatiYc size Of the sides Of the heAd.