Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-07-08
ODDITIES.


what a monotonous word this would be Il
all the people I'm il were alike We should be
unable to distinguish the learned from the
unlcarned, the honest from the dishonest. or
the innocent from the guilty If AN the peo.
pie in the world could be assembled Ia ono
plase, We should see in that vast multitude mo-
two faces alike. An the Vices ana virtues
possible, would De stamped upon the different
counteuances
Persons are distinguished not only by faces
but also 10y their habits, manners, aud pecuh
oritos, which arc varied and numerous. and
different tor different people. IL one has
marked peculRrti-s we call him odd Oddities
are shown more plainly ia some persons than
others. Some of the tnnumeruble oddities by
which people are distinguished may be- found
upon the surface as IN features focm dress.
color or hair ana eyes. An artist in making
portraits Will notice all The % "a points as they
will help To keep the face vNilly before him.
thus enabling him 60 make the picture natural.
A carcatur' Is an exaggerated representa-
tion OF the peculiar features or old character
istics of person, hence itseXlrtme ridiculous.
ness some artists study IA persons habjtunl
gait, gestures turn of Thought costume, cast
of features, SO ms TO mako the caricature ten
the eutirc composition ug the person In order
70 notice tho,c points Sin Joshua Reynolds
used to converse with hi, subject. white max.
ing the portraits.
Oddities do not show themselves ia uli per-
sons IN the snme manner. What would make
one seem odd would not nuke others seem SO.
Some oddities may be inherited, such as fca-
lures, form, hast, and fretrul tcmpers ldndl-
ness, and incompctcncy; ana although they
may not henoticed m one generation, the, VIII
show themselves la the next swift Is said TO
have inherited his bitter tcmpcrmeut he was
without exception the greatest librIcr ever
known he was very sarcastic, aud cJntuu-
/ ally ehowtred abuse aul ridicule upon hs ad-
yersares. He had 20 sympathy for suffering.
nor mo- admiration for mobile qualities lie had
% clear head bat cold heart
Oddtic. may also come from the surround
ing, la which one is placed Ahermit because
hc lives in ,ecus,ou and acts differently from
other people, is cailod odd
these traits may DE corrected II the person
possessing them has the will 20 do So. The
familiar story Of npmoshonos furnishes us an
excellent example OF VIII power IN ovorcom-
ing personal poculinrues, he hld uu impede
ment IN his speech. ANA was also round shoul-
dcrod. He pmcticcd speaking with pebbles la
in his mouth TO onre himself of st,mnering;
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samuel johnson was great literary man,
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