Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-01-16
THE FOREHEAD.
HOW THE CHARACTER AND TEMPERA'
aENT NAY BE JUDGED 'FRONT.'.
The Retreating. the Perpendicular, and
the Protecting Meaning Of the
Perpendicular Wrinkles
Between the Eyes.


classas-the retreating, the perpendicular,
and the projecting. A very retreating fore
head which is at the same time low and
shallow, shows want Of intellect; but
slightly retreatirg forehead, or what appears
to be a retreating forehead from the fuliress
of the forms over the eye, indicates iulagiIa-
ton, susceptibility, wit and hnnior. The
German poet Goethe, had this shaped fore
head, and we see this form OF brow in all the
antique statues OF Apollo \ very project
Ing forehead, one which dominates the whole
face, is generally the forehead Of a person of
3 slow if not OF dull intellect perpen-
di ular forehead, well rounded ut tae tenn
pes, running rather high than low, and hay
ing straight, well-detined eyebrows, shows
solid powers OF the understanding, love OF
study, and power Of concentrating the atten-
ton, but il is not the forehead Of the poet,
painter, or musician.
Archei foreheads. somewhat lov, but full
at tine temples, with long. sweeping. and mo-
bile eyebrows, appear properly To be fem
mime. since they show sweetness and sensl
tiyeness Of nature. A woman with this sort
OF forehead, unless her lips We're thin. could
never lie shrew. This sort OF brow, COM
binei with great fullness over the eyes, is the
sign of an impressionable, i1ealistic nature.
and is seen in poets, musicians and artists Of
all kinds. 4 forehead, with sharp, project
ing eye bones-that is. the bone on which
the eyebrows appear-shows an acute
intellect and fondnesS for research
Yet there are many excellent heads
tas far as intellect is concerned which
have not this form of the cyclones, but
tEen these foreheads lave full and rouncei
temples, which indicate intellectual power,
though not Of precisely the same sort
High, narrow, and wholly unvrinkled fore
heads over which the skin Gems tightly
drawn, are indicative of weakness of tie
VIII power. want of imagination, and very
little susceptibility. They are the foreheads
Of Earrow-minded, commonplace persons.
OF course other features may soften these in
dications; intelligent eyes may give intellect
or sweet and tender mouth feeling enough
Is, at any rate, diminish the unpleasant indi-
cations Of this low tyIe of forehead.
Foreheads not altogether projecting, out
having angular and knotty protuberancss
upon them, denote viSor of mind and hars.,
rad oppressive activity and perseverance,
To b. in exact proportion the forehead
should be inc same length Is the nose. In
Greek art, however, it is generally shorter,
which gives softness and elegance t. the
face Il should be oval at the top, or some
what square; if the latter, it gives
more force; if the former, more SEN
sitility OF character. II should lie smooth
in repose, yet have the power of wrinklng
when in deep thought, or when in grief or
anger; for as l have before said, foreheads
over which the skin is So tightly strained as
never to change under these circumstances
slow duh, unsensiiiye, ard uniEteliectual
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over the eyes than at the top. and there
should be a small cavity in the center, sepa
rating the brow into four divisions; but this
should be 50 slightly aceentuatei as only to
be seen when the forehead is in strong light
coming fIom above II.
Square foreheads with bread. angular
temples, with fine, Weil-deAned eyebrows,
circunspection, resolution, ami constancy.
\ blue vein, III the form of letter y, in an
zen, smooth, and somewhat low forehead,
shows poetic, ardent. and sensitive nature.
Perpendicular wrinkles. those between the
eyes, are natural TO the forehead tvghere they
are sometimes seen in extreme youth When
much acccntIated tLey show application and
thought, habits of concentration; We inyaria-
big knit the brows when we wish t. grasp a
subject. These perpendicular wrinkles on
of lab tual indulgence il anger: thereon.
to be sure OF the indication, one should hay G
to consider the temperament II tie skin is
of the color and texture which denotes the
cLoieric or sanguine temperament,
one would probably be right in at
tTibuting the formation of the perpeu-
dicular wrinkles in such a face To the
babitual indulgence Of anger: but if
in a person of the Emphatic or meIan-
,toly temperament We should lie most likely
Correct in attributing the lines 10 the habit
OF thought Persons Of the purely lympha,ic
temperament rarely have these perpendicu-
lar lines. They are too INDECENT to indulge
much in study. and too Indifferent 10 be
given 20 anger. In persons of bilious
temperament the lines would probably H.
produced from both causes-frum the deem
thought Of study and also from the indulc.
ence of fits OF anger-for the bilious temjera.
meut is specially an irritable one though a.
the same time highly intellectual. beng tine
r,s.it of the double infGcnce Of APP 10 and
Mercury
: Horizontal wrinkles across the forehead
( especially if lroLen in the middle. show ar
I anxious and somewhat fretful nature II til.
( lips are Thin and dropping. These lines are
/ however, often the result of Continued care.
( and s1rrows They are often traced by iht
/ vexati1ns Of domestic life; hence they are
more commonly seen on the foreheads OF
women than men, TO whom the perpendicu
lar wrinkles are more common. Apart from
/ the dedur tons TO he made from the ub-erva
tioa o: the temperament, there is another in
! dication which sometimes serves to dis.
/ tiuguish the perpendicular lines of anger and
thought Those caused by habit OF con
/ centrated attention by deep thought are
/ generally Of unequal lengths. whilst those
caused by the perle,ually recurrent form OF
] anger are shorter, deeper, but both of equal
lengths We sometimes see only one of these
| perpendicular lines between the eyes. in
which case there is no longer any doubt as tc
its indication being that Of a habit OF
| thought rstLer than of anger