Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-08-29
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Young Woman Who Has Made rhy log
Monty Her Science.

Though Max ORell docs not StNe
,or Australia by way OF New York I'M,
til October, his last opportu lity o; ret.
ting his London friends iog .thc" for
good-by visit was In july. Literary
and artistic London was there ia iull
force. One young woman. who seemed
10 know almost everybody. was ,a.Ging
TO Elita Proctor Otis. SAYING SOFA ~
teresting things about the sci nee of
physiugnOmy." III somchldy vii. 'eN
me the characteristics OF u man she
said Il can almost invariably pick him
out in room Gro ded with pcople,
though never saw his fac. before"
''Well them" said Miss Otis, let
us try an experiment Now,
you don't know Harry Furniss, d. you:
/ wonder II your physiognomy science
could enable you to pick him out;
The young woman ran her eye rapid
" over the men In the rooms close,
quick, scrutinizing gaze-and arrested
il at O man with radiant locks. II
think that may be-" she said. quietly.
The person who had put the question
looked at her in amazcment fo- mo-
ment and then said: How did You
know"
because his face revealed certain
characteristics which have heard as
cribed to the gentleman you mention"
was the answer.
The astonishing Young woman was
Prof. Annie OppeDheim, b. p. A., the
physiognomist, who has gone the phre-
biologists one better, and by simply
looking person in the face reads his
character accurately.
Talleyrand says words were given Us
to conceal our thoughts. But Miss OPP
penheim finds revelation OF character In
the ply steal traits OF the silent counte
nance which are not susceptible OF mu-
tation or disguise. So one cannot con-
ceal his or her countenance from her
eagle eye by anything short OF mask
or veil.
Even child can tell something o!
what person is by his face, but Miss
Oppenheim bases her intuition on sci
entific grounds. From childhood she
has been fond OF studying faces, and At
last has made phreno-physiognomy her
profession. She delivers lectures on the
subject The principles and deductions
in this matter have been drawn By her
self, and are the fruits Of her long inves-
LEGATIONS. This young woman just 20,
who does not look a day over g. is the
author OF the science which she pro-
fesses.
She is London lady OF Austrian
parentage. 1t was her wish to be q
doctor, but her father was opposed TO
this on the ground that it was pre-
fession rather unsexing woman. Miss
Oppenheim has studied for some time,
however, in the schools of medicine,
and as one interesting result of her ex-
perience with hospital patients, can tell
at once who is at all affected by any de-
gree OF phthisical malady. She is life
governor in two or three London
hospitals.
From her childhood she found the
greatest delight in studying faces. She
has been pursuing investigations At
several OF the London institutions. such
as the British museum and the An
thropological institute. Prof. Stewart
allowed her to make an exhaustive
study OF the brain and nerve specimens
at the College OF Surgeons, Lincoln's
Inn. The three letters. B. p. A., mean
that she Is member OF the council of
OF the British chronological associa-
ton.
Prof. Oppenheim delivers lecture
every day at the German exhibition At
Earl's Court in London. She has pub
lished one or two works on her pef
science, for although she has formed
her own deductions they are all based,
not on intuition or instinct, but on ana
tomical principles.
Prof. Annie has a great repupnance
to being classed with mind readers.
fortune tellers or palmists. She does
not pretend to know or tell anyone'e
future or past. She only tells Wharf.-The
person is. Il cannot look person In
the face without knowing what he is"
One singular thing Is that this gifted
young woman can tell q superimpOsed
character. Will has a great deal to do
with shaping PERSONS character. The
interpretive knowledge of weak points
and undue strength in certain others,
which should be depressed, only lead
persons to make something quite diE
terent OF themselves from what they
would have been II they had simply fol-
lowed their natural bent. She can tell
what this natural bias is and what the
willed character Of the person is.
Pref Oppenheim is a short, good
looking young woman, with o fair com
plexion, very blonde hair. a large mouth
showing large white teeth, and she has
a clear green eye. She wears doctors
gown OF black silk over her walking
costume, and upon her fair hair rests
the academic mortar board.
At her lectures she explained the in
dications which the head, the eyes, the
nose. the mouth betray to her carefully
trained mind. Subjects are invited 20
come upon the platform and she reads
from their heads and faces as from q
printed chart just what sort OF persons
they are. She informs the persons be-
fore hand that she will not bear harsh
ly on any too disagreeable traits Of