Telegram-herald., 1890-01-16
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ase.te StroNS CA@r@oter.
Tie great ylsJinceuoD of the double
chm rests. ~ coGrse, on rs unrl vailed
y.l,,e - g. index of charEcteF-aad such
= charseser. Ii Is really natures patsus
u NOBILITY. This Vas long aso dlsoerned
by the great master q Physilgnomy. Il
i nos difficult 10 divine what I-avater
thau~ht = . double elm. He carefully
,.,s,,ts o1t dat man differs from the am
M chiefly by his chm, laying Il down
=. an axiom LAat the chin ls the distinct
i've Characteristic Of humanity, oo1se-
onentlv double chinned people are doub-
h. differentiated from the beasts ULat per
H. which Is greatly h their credit lie
exDre-ssly taxes for his model u ''the
thinker. ful of s.gscity and peIetTa-
ton . man with neshy double chm
coBpled with a nose rounded AZ tue end.
The p,rfrait be gives Is even better than
The letter press, Is the gentleman Is
Eransd with Al least five chins. - that his
lovy,r i ~ was Vista Of magnificent dls-
tances ike Washington.
This happy physiognomy of tie double
chin coupled with the rounded nose.
chsractsrizes, ne tells Us, the mind which
can rise 10 heights, ana which tollOws
its designs with rejecting hrmness, un-
allowed by obstinacy. Let, therefore,
those with double chins rejoice. whether
they possess rounded noses or not, and
quote Iavater il gratitude. tie gfves
again another example OF the double
mention. and the face so endowed, he
saws enthusiastically, is reasons own
image. tie quite revels in this feature.
He takes an example Of Raphael with
beautifully rounded double chin, and IN
criticising it be Acknowledges that the
profile Is wanting in truth. harmony and
I grace; but then, asks he, how Is II 1t 80
strongly takes captive our sympathy.
Where lies the illusion? Merely IN the
chin. he answers, and, as the chin Is a
/ double one, the matter Is no longer a
mystery. He points triumphantly 10
/ Cicero's magnificent double chin, and in
burst Of eloquence says Of Wren's that,
| if YOU can find a man with (among other
/ thingsl such a chin as that, without
/ being gifted with some extraordinary
talent he renounces forever the science
of physiognomy.
What Iavater has thus laid down eI-
perience amply corroborates. The double
chinned therefore, should hold their
heads up higher, in the consciousness of
modest merit, and give free play and
lust prominence 10 their certificates OF
character. IL is, as limited above, rather
difficult at present TO tell who is endowed
and who is not. Portrait painters are
craven enough to dissimulate double
chin; they leave il to a caricaturist, who
seems to think it great fun for popular
statesman or poet 10 have two chins,
whereas those appendages are the secret
of their success. Some of our more OBJ
servant writers have got a glimpse OF
the truth; Wilkie Collins, for instance.
lie very properly credits Count Fosco,
the man Of daring, resource and deter
mination, with double chin, TO which
Fosco's pet cockatoo calls public atten-
ton by rubbing its head against it in the
most appreciative manner possible. But
your ordinary novelist would never have
thought OF that.
As an Englishman, by the way, one
naturally turns to Shakespeare to sec
whether his appearance corroborates Ia
vater's views. Shakespeare undoubtedly
foresaw the point, as he foressw every
thing else. but he was sufficiently artfu
to wear just enough beard 10 place it il
eternal doubt whether he had a double
chin or not. Thus he leaves it open tC
all parties, single-chinned or double. Il
quote him as an instance of anything
they like, which, after all, is the grea
use which Shakespeare has always beer
put to.-London Standard.