Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-01-17
CHARACTER IN EARS.
Great Variety in Their Form,
Size and Shape.
An Organ Which Receives Lit
tie Consideration.

ing, and even artists do not give it
much consideration as rule, yet the
formation and shape of the ear, says
a writer in the Pail Mall Gazette
twill amply repay those who give it
close attention. Our modern portrait
painters seldom go into minute detail
over it. They seem content with
general outline and a rough touch here
and there, showing the prin cipal
points. The sculptors are more partic-
ular, especially among the antique; one
seldom sees a good piece of statuary
without noticing that great care has
been taken to correctly model the ear,
and it was regarded as worthy of study.
A we'll formed ear is thing of great
beauty, and, like all other works of
the Creator, is exquisitely adapted and
designed for the function it performs,
that of collecting and concentrating the
undulations of sound.
size and form in ears, it is some what
difficult to definitely classify them, but
they may be roughly divided into two
divisions, which are easily identified
Division l., with curved, hanging lobe;
Division H., with straight lobe.
Besides the peculiarities of shape,
the ear may be large or small, protrud-
ing or fiat, and straight or sloping.
Some ears have pointed tops, while
Others have straight. Small and thin
ears usually denote dclicacy and refine
ment, and abnormally large, thick ears
are ass ociated with sensual and coarse
nature.
''Ears of the first division are by far
the most common, while not more than
one person in fifty possesses the straight
lobcd ear of the second division. This
peculiar-sh shaped ear is often hereditary,
and can be traced back in some fami-
lies for generations. People with mu-
sical tastes generally have large and
prominent ears, while the thin angular
ear is said to denote bad temper and
cruelty. The ears of great philosophers
and statesmen have been noticed to be
large and sloping. Mr. Gladstones ear
has curved hanging lobe, lies close to
his head, and has sloping position.
'Ears vary greatly In form and size.
and the pcculiarities of shape they as
sune sometimes give an index x to the
character of the individual. Women
have much better shaped ears than men.
They are usually much smaller, and lie
closer to the head. Some people pos
sess a singular muscular power over the
ear, and can move the upper part with
will, but it is rarely nat with. The
ear is worth studying from an anatom-
ical point of view. Beginning with
the outer fold or ridge, called tho
helix, which forms the outline, the ear
is composed of thin cartilage and in
tegument. The next prominent ridge
is the antiheix, which some people
have very largely developed, but in a
we'll formed car projects very little be-
yond the helix. The little knob that
projects from the foot of the antihelix
is called the antitragus, and the CORE
spending knob on the other side the
tragus. The deep well in the centre
of the ear is the concha, and, last of
all, the fleshy part below is called the
lobule. The concha, so called from its
she'll like form, plays the most impor-
tant part in rejecting the vibrations
! into the inner ear; in fact, all these
projections and depressions are of i'm
portance to our hearing, and play their
own parts in conveying the undulations
| of sound to the drum of the ear.
"Tho Marquis of Sails bury's ear is
massive and well proportioned, and has
also sloping position. The ear of the
great Napoleon was rather small, we'll
| formed, with curved lobe. AS age in
crea es the ear becomes more angular
and marked. From our youth upward
the ear does not receive much considera-
ton. 1t is pinched to signify pleasure,
it is sometimes boxed to denote anger,
and even pierced or bored for purpose
OF vain ornamentation. This very an
cient but barbarous custom of piercing
the cars, which now we are glad to OBJ
serve is considered unfashiona bic, has
spoiled and dsiyurel the shape OF
thousands of ears through the perfora-
ton of the lobe for the purpose OF
wearing earrings. 1t may we'll be hoped
this fashion will never be revived"
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