The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1888-04-05
READING THE HUMAN FAoE,
Tho Ohat actep Generally Drawn
Upon 1t In Unm'stasable
Lines.

An extract rom an Eas tern exchange
lately published contained the follow
Ing sentences: ''Every VICIOUS soul
marks the dwelling OF Its body with
the signssof its crime, to be read and
understood by all men,. This Is a
sound Il thought, tersely Expressed; it.
contains the germ of u doctrine which
ID destined to figure largely in the
phrenoiogyof the future.
| Every ono kno rvs that mems passions,
propepsities and pecnlIaritles, as we'll
as their oalllnga, are reflected In their
faces, but 1t is only the few who have
made the study Of physiognomy an es.
pecial pursuit who are gifted with the
power. Of reading those faces. Judges
who iiaYe served long terms on the
Benchi lawyers In large practice and
doctors Of eminence possess the power
OF interpreting physlognomles more
largely than other people. But any
che can acquire the rudiments Of the
art Ly dlnt Of study.
ltis as impossible to disguise faco
as q handwriting, When the expert
comes ths disguise is torn off and the
face tcllsthe true story Of thespirlt inside
the body. One only needs to visit the
panitentiary to realiz, how undenIably
vice writes its sign manual on the
features 1t is not the drunkard only
whose red nose, fabby cheeks and
1heumy eyes betray him; 1t i, the SEN
sualtst Whose vice Is read in his lips,
the knave whose propensity is revealed
In the shape Of his mouth. the MN Of
Violence who is surrendered by his
eyes. An experienced detective or
Grained jailor seldom needs to ask the
crime Of which the prisoner was guilty.
lie can tell it by his face.
1t isqulte evident that in the future
the study, of physlognomy is going to
be pursued more vigorously than 1t has
bsen. AS means Of preventing crime
1t may prove invaluable. How con.
stantly do we hear OF men "falling
from grace" as the phrase goes. Yet
these men must have carried their
crime in their face for long time. If
any one*haIN been able to read their
features the mischief might have
been ayefted. How often are we
assured that this or that crimi-
nal enjoyed the perfect confidence of
his employers and the public till the
very day of his detection; an expert
phys!ognomist wh0nld probably have
spotted him long before. Again, face
reading might be turned to fine account
Ia business. It Is well known that
every mans face Is more or less stamped
by the pursuit he follows. An expert
enced observer can generally detect
lawyer, or doctor, or merchant, or
clerk, or mechanic, or clergyman,
by merely studying his face.
The study might be carried much
further. The same rule which enables
An observer to distinguish q LAWYER
from merchant will; when followed
out, enable keen eyes to separate able
lawyers from lawyers who are incompe-
tent, merchants who are going to make
fortune frcm merchants who are 90.
Ing to fail. Men often carry their
destinies as we'll as their character in
their faces Indeed, the former de.
pends so largely upon the latter that It
would be singular If 1t were otherwise.
Women, too, will be able to discrimin-
ate among their lovers ana to pick out
the man who will make good husband
from one who will have to be dragged
Into divorce court. All the advan.
tages which Fowler mistakenly told us
we we're going to derive from the study
OF phrenology we may possibly gain
from the older anu more mysterious
science Of face reading.
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