Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-08-08
Hoods Sarsaparilla
ON FACE READING.
The Countenance is Not the Reflex
of the Soul, but Too Often Only
Mask.

sPbysiognomy ts rather vagary OF
the imagination than SCIENCE" said
a prominent student of human nature
the other day, land, therefore" he
continued, II deny that the expression
of a mans face is really an index OF the
PERSONS soul, as it Is generally conce-
ded to be, and as the object OF lang
mage Is said to be the concealment OF
thought, so the expression or ones
countenance is but the mask to conceal
ones inner self.
.sThere is a tradition that far back
in the days of which history tells us
nothing there was no speech OF lang
uage among men, but that men read
each others wants and wishes in their
faces, and as the world was pure moth
ing but purity appeared in the express
sion of the human face But wicked
ness crept in and men sought to Keep
from their faces the evil that was In
their hearts. thus preventing the coun-
tenance from becoming the index OF
the soul.
"No," the speaker went on, ~
have no faith whatever in phsiognomy
as a science, for as science 1t Is fancl-
full and wild. Take, for instance, the
portraits of men who have become IA
nous in the world of craftsmanship,
philosophy, science, art or letters. and
search and scan their faces for traces
to mark their fame, and how often you
will be disappointed. The same is the
case with men adopts in vice. cunning
and crime. Little can be told from the
external appearance of individuals as to
their appearance OF individuals as to
their peculiar traits and characteristics
by which they are known to their fel-
low men.
THAT certain habits of life afIlx
their stamp to face or form is, no
doubt, true, but the solution OF that
condition is not in the reflex action OF
the mind and soul, but for the reason
that a certain setlof muscles are
brought habitually into play and cause
a special development. Is the man
necessarily all smiles and laughter thai
has wrinkles at the outer corners OF the
eyes and upward curving lines around
his mouth? ct those are the mechan-
ical lines which you'd indicate merry
hearted man, If the science Of physiog
nomy Is true. Those lines are only
muscular, simply the result OF habit,
and may be dictated by the raAkesl
hypocrisy.
NATURALLY the brutal and ignorant
classes will have coarser features ans
will possess brutal and animal faces
generally resulting from inherited quail
ities, and therefore they will do coarse
and brutal things. 1t would be an easy
matter to trace a resemblance between
| the faces and the crimes OF such peo
pie, In whom brutality and coarsenes:
predominate, but where will you fine
the lines and ear marks of brutality il
| the face of the handsome Wilkes Bootl
or the cultured and elegant Eugene
Aram? Look upon the canyasses bear
Ting tho portraits of the beautiful AMI
angelic nends that ruled the Emperor
Of Rome and you will see only patri
clan faces, but they brought the En-
pre- to destruction.
Instances of this character nigh
be given Indefinitely. but every one
who has made a careful study of the
subject viii agree that the connection
between the facial expression and tn,
inner spiritual nature Is very difficult
one to trace.