The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1882-09-23
LANGUAGE OF THE FACE.
Physiognomy and It's Indices to Traits Of
Character.


From The Psychological Magazine.
Round-eyed persons see much, live
much in the senses, but think less.-
Narrow-eyed persons, on the other hand
see less, but think more and feel more
intensely. 1t will be observed that the
eyes Of children are open and round
Their whole life is TO receive impressions.
II is only when childhood is maturing
toward manhood or womanhood that
thought comes, If il comes at all. But
what is it that most leads to reflection ?
Experience. Our errors, our shortcom-
ings, our failures-these teach us to
think before We act, to consider each
step, TO weigh every motive. When,
therefore, the upper eyelid-for il is
that which has the greatest amount Of
mobility-droops over the eye, il in
dicates not merely reflection but some
thing painful to reflect about. Hence
the length or dropping Of the upper
eyelid betokens confession and peni-
tence.
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 "father
confessor," or to the Supreme Being.
The dropping Of half OF the eyelids from
the inner angle to the centre beiokens
the disposition TO repent, and to edo
works meet for repentance. Closely
allied to these sights are those Of prayer
fulness and humility. The former is
indicated by the muscle which turns
the eye directly downward, as represent
ed in the pictures of the Madonna
Prayeriulncss is usually large in connec-
ton with that OF penitcnce the reason
OF which is, that between the faculties
Of penitencc and humility there is the
same close connection As between con-
fession and prayer. One who has more
prayer than humility has the eye turned
habitually somewhat upward, so that the
upper part of the iris is little covered
by the upper eyelid, and so as TO leave
a slight space between the iris and the
lower lid. The reverse is true of one
who has more humility than prayer.
The faculty of truth-,hat 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, in
dicate the love Of mathematical accu-
racy; and wrinkles curving upward from
the outer angle Of the eve and eyebrow,
indica,eprobity OF personal truthfulness.
There are three degrees OF the faculty
of justice. The first is kind of exact
ness or strict honesty in small money
matters, which some people would call
closeness, and is indicated by singular
perpendicular wrinkle or line between
the eyebrows. The second is the dis
position to require justice in others, and
is indicated by two perpendicular lines
or wrinkles, one on each side of the
center-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
noticeable, extending above the eye
brow 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 be-
tween the eyes. ltmay be seen in great
military commanders, in masters and
teachers, and in those generally who are
fond of exercising authority. In those
who are wanting in the power TO com
mand, and have no desire for response
bility, their sign is also absent. The
faculty OF command frequently acts with
that part of justice which reprimands,
or requires others to do right, and both
together produce that frowning and
lowering brow which is so terrible to
evil-docrs, or TO those who love to be
approved rather than condemned.