Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-10-13
Language of the Face.
tF,om the chronological Magazine


Round-eycd persons see much, live
much in the senses, but think less. Mar
row-eyed persons, on the other hand, see
less, but think and feel more intensely
1t will be observed that the eyes of chill
dren are open and round. Their whole
life is to receive impressions. 1t is only
when childhood is maturing towards
manhood or womanhood that thought
comes, if it comes at all. But what most
leads to reflection? Experience. Our
errors, our shortcomings, our failures
these teach us to think before we act, to
consider each step, to weigh every motive.
When, therefore, the upper eyelid-for it
is that which has the greatest amount Of
neutrality-suspicious. over the eye, it indi-
Gates not merely reflections but something
painful to reflect about. Hence the
length or dropping Of the upper eyelid
betokens confessions and penitence.
The dropping of half Of the eyelids
from the outer angle to the centre indi-
Gates the disposition to confess ones
faults to parents or seniors, to a ''fath-
er.
The dropping OF half Of the eyelids
from the inner angle to the centre betok-
ems the disposition to repent and to ''do
works meet for repentance" Closely
allied to these signs are those of prayer
fitness and humility. The former is
indicated by the muscle which turns the
eye directly downward, as represented in
the pictures OF the Madonna. Prayerful-
ness is usually large in connection with
that of penitence. the reason of which is
that between the faculties Of penitence
and humility there is the same close con-
nection rs between confession and prayer.
One who has habitually more prayer
than humility has the eye turned some
what upward, so that the upward part Of
the iris is little covered by the upper
eyelid, and so as to leave n slight space
between the iris and the lower lid. The
reverse is true of one who has more hut
mility than prayer.
The faculty Of truth-that is, the love
of it's indicated by the muscle which
surrounds the eye, causing folds and
wrinkles. Justice is indicated by the
muscle which causes perpendicular
wrinkles between the eyebrows. Full
ness and wrinkles under the eye, for
which some persons are remarkable,
indicate the love of mathematical accur-
acy and curving upward from the outer
angle of the eye and eyebrow indicate
probity or personal truthfulness. There
are three degrees Of the faculty of justice.
| The first is kind of exactness of strict
honesty in small money matters, which
some people call closeness, and is indi-
Gated by a singular perpendicular wrinkle
or line between the eyebrows The sec
ond is disposition to require justice in
others, and is indicated by two perpen-
dcular lines or wrinkles, one on each side
of the centre--a very common sign. The
third degree is conscientiousness, or the
disposition to apply the rule of justice to
ones self, and is indicated by three or
more wrinkles, or lines, especially no.
ticeable, extending above the eyebrow
when the muscle is in action. The love
of command is indicated by one or more
short, transverse wrinkles across the root
Of the nose, exactly between the eyes.
1t may be seen in great military COM
mandcrs, in masters and teachers, and in
those generally who are fond of exercis-
ing authority. In those who are wanting
in power to command, and have no desire
for responsibility, this sign is also absent
The faculty of command frequently acts
with that part of justice which repri-
mands, or requires others to do right,
and both together produce that frowning
and lo wering brow which is 30 terrible to
evil-doers, or to those who love to te
approved rather than to be condemned,