Telegram-herald., 1890-09-06
gHE GATE OF THE SOUL
hs Porshead Conslesrst As a
I2Gsx q TIE Char4eter.
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e. hard - ~Ei.s 4asa tAs ralss ~
tAisk xai1s a. IAs fast = ~ don't
- ~ any sst ~ Fzls.. Ne stss trsa
ths general osat3ur % ths fsss aad act
90 maaA - ths fora4sisa ef tzs
features a. sy tas PrsasGiaaat sxprss-
sisa sf the ~hols. T~o faces 24Y bs
rsmolslsd s14cEIY alike. sane shape
aad si1s Of nose. sazs kiaa st sgs and
llps, sane fors1ssd. ana hair, aad ye.
ws can ses at a zl4aes tha1 the ehaFAe-
tsrs .ss quite oppssits- Hsw = thisl
Iraininx eRlfivaGion, .As intasaes OF
eIreamst.Aoss, greater power Of will.
have operated % givs a naaximuln OF
SAal 80 sall expression % tas one.
while ths other hss grosa anyhow.
Ike an untsadsd ksrdsa-
May stuasats OF character make big
bIaaasrs By accepting What certain
pseudo scisntihe book writer's lay down
a. infaliiols signs or laws Ihsy rsa 4
that sash . nose inaiestss 50 aud 50.
this oas denotes somsshinz else. and
thus With each feature In tRFn. The
ssadsns goes into tho strsst aud when
sVsr be sees a nose Of such aad such
pattern, be ealIniy assumes that Il must
sl-ays accompany the eharaeteristies
l4il down Ia the book. The aesurdity
Of this sort OF character nis-rsading
sooner or later Leafs him 20 drop ths
whols business as . islusion and .
snare. All piscensal Judgments are
naisleading. bat the face as whole IA
rarely other shaa a truthful cial
whsreon you may read the records OF
the life within.
Features alter. Eyes, nose and mouth
may change their aspect from thous-
and causes, accident may main them,
pain distort them, odd habits fire.
qusntiy give them some POPULARITY Of
form or expression. I'll these things
baris the student Of features They are
like ths hands on the clock dial, they
move and change with wear or external
influences But the forehead is like
abe dial itself, more OF = picture, calm,
open. less mobile. The skin upon il
may wrinkls and discolor, but 10 the
main the forehead remains suNstan-
italy the same through life. Some
ancient philosopher Prsttlly ealled it
the gate OF the soul. because through it
you can enter the temple Of the owners
inner being.
without pressing this idea too far,
sc Is certain that great deal Is TO be
learned BY correctly noting mans fore
head and a woman too. Of course. There
il also = good deal to be unlearned, such
a. some OF the stupid jargon about
s'high" and "low" foreneads, "iofty
brows" etc. The owner of the con
vsntional high forehead Is popuIarly
supposed 20 be a saint. or at least has a
mighty intellect. The criminal in
handouts is supposed Away TO Do dis
tinguishsd by his vilIainously low
b.otliEg brows. And these supersti-
tions survive aud flourish among Us
dsspit- the fact that the sblest and
noblest men have their full share OF 10 W
foreheads Just a. the biggest rascals
often own the most angelic "srched
browsp Let rs look into this little
further.
When We hear people talk sbour high
and low In forohsads let as reflect
(which is more than they do
that they speak My Of what meets their
careless eye. They go blythe look Of the
thing. the superficial aspect OF a
eranium largely hidden by hair. II the
mans hair grows down In front, they
jump TO the unjust conclusion that he
has low forehead. X no happens to
bs short of front hair. owing to bald
ness OF being born with less extern
sivs wig than usual. thsy glOrify him
a.. genius because OF his lofty fore
head. The idea shat there may be
savsra ounces more brain under the
aow- haired brow than Ia the bald-front
head never occurs TO them. The hair
As ths great thing, the size aud shape
of the had nothing 81 all.
Take the prohlss OF Emerson and
iGladstone and notice how the gro wth
OF the hair makes the forshsads into
Glow" ones, so called. IL these
men had been raised in low
life and graduated in jail, they
would have served 20 illustrate many a
l''populsr' lecture on chsractsrreading
az specimens Of lOv-brossd interiors.
Bat their lines were east in happier
places. with the result that one beoams
American Emerson, the other the Eng
.hsh Gladssons Now lock as an emf
nently respectable gentleman, whose
very noble high-arched forehead
.betoksns magnificent intellsct and
great benevot-uce. with the bumps o.
music. poetry aud moral sentimen,
.hixhly developed Now look At hi'
proaie snd ron will perceive that If his
hair hsd remained on bis sloping fore
hesd there would not be mere than At
Zach or two visible The xsntlsms 81
does not happen % be famous ss ar
..utbor or philanthropist. He runs :
saloon on the Bowery and has dwsIt 81
sinx-Sinx a. harborsr Of thieve.
snd fence
To get az the quality of forehead
snd. approximately. &c the quantity o'
brains inside it. yoa nust take = pro
Rls view snd sscsrtain the facial anSie
Ths .har- ~ versieai iins drawn 40
"a 20 touch ths for-hesd and the lips
indicates the differences in the forehead
earaeitv Of = monkey. an African saw
SO. snd highly developed Caucasian
The falIsr ths frontal bore tbe creater
srs che observing fssuiti-s. ana for
This reason. among others. the nsn whc
wants - sss shssd nost eisarly. vi
shade his eyes VITA his hands 50 d
fellows thAt 81 whose forehead projects
more than osusl ever his eve-, hss then
shaded sl-esiY. nd. consequently. hsi
mere accnrste perceptions than thoss
whose eves seena - project bevond th'
line e their eyebrows a lcnk nose
- IN Elsdstcrs's ease. nay accompany