The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-01-05
MANKATo FREE Press.
FRIDAY, JANUARY s, 1883.
Reading the Eyes.

According to a fanciful American
phrcnologist round-eyed persons see
much. live much In the senses, but think
less. Narrow-eyed persons, on the
other hand, see less. but think and feel
more intensely. 1t will he observed that
the eyes Of children are open and round.
Their whole life Il to receive impress.
sions. II Is only when childhood il
maturing toward manhood and woman.
hood that thought comes II 1t comes at
oil. But what most leads To reflection
Experience. Our errors. our short-com-
ings, our failures-.these teach us to
think before we act, To consider each
step, To weigh every motive. When.
therefore. the upper rvelid--for IL is that
which has the greatest amount of mo-
bility-droops over the eye. II indicates
not merely reflection. but something
painful to reflect about. Hence the
length or dropping Of the upper eyelid
betokens confession and penitence.
The dropping Of half Of the eyelids
from the outer angle to the center indi-
Gates the disposition to confess ones
faults to parents or seniors. to father
confessor."
The dropping Of half OF the eyelids
from the inner angle 10 the center be-
tokens tho disposition to repent and to
do works meet for repentance" Close
ly allied to these signs are those Of
prayerfulness and humility. The form
or Is indicated by the muscle which
turns the eye directly downward. rs rep
resented in the pictures Of the Madon-
ma. Prayerfulness Is usually large in
connection with that Of pcnitence, the
reason Of which Is that between the
faculties of penitence and humility there
Is the same close connection as between
confession and prayer. One who has
habitually more prayer thar humility
has the eye turned somewhat upward.
SO that the upward 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--that IL. the love
Of its indicated by the muscle which
surrounds the eye. causing folds and
wrinkles. Justice is indicated by the
muscle which causes the perpendicular
wrinkles between the eyebrows. Full
ness and wrinkles under the eye, for
which some persons are remarkable, in
dictate love for mathematical accuracy;
and curving upward from the outer
angle of the eye aud eyebrow indicate
prObity or personal truthtulness. There
are three degrees Of the faculty Of JUS
tice. The first il kind Of exactness, or
strict honesty in small money matters,
which some people would call closeness.
and is indicated by singular perpen-
dicular wrinkle or line between the eye
brows. The second is 4 disposition to
require justice In Others, and is indi-
Gated by two perpendicular lines or
wrinkles. one on each side of the center
"A very common sign. The third de-
gree Is conscientiousness. or the DISPOSE
ton to apply the rule of justice to ones
self, and is indicated by three or more
wrinkles or lines. especially noticeable
extending above the eyebrow when the
muscle is in action. The love of COM
manders, in masters and teachers. and
in those generally who are fond Of exer-
cising authority. In those who are
wanting in the power to command and
have no desire for responsibility. this
! signal 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 50 terrible tOevil doors or
! to those who love to be approved rather
than CONFERENCE.-The Psychological Maya
zine.