Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-03-05
A STUDY OF EARS.
THE HUMAN EAR AND THE TALE
n TELLS TO THE OBSERVER.

pSoAaSs os the Head That 70 Too Of
tan Nssissssd - . Feature in the Ds-
iinsation OF Character
Did anyone ever 20 10 any Of the thea
ters when tho house was crowded and
amuse himself or herself studying tho
earn OF tho sudiencc7 Il will pay the
observing man TO do SO. he viii realize
then that there are ears and ears; those
which indicate character in its several
degrees, individuality. firmnoss, resolu-
taon. kindness and its antithesis, and the
various other attributes which 90 TO
make mp the widely varying specimens
Of humanity.
A study Of ears may not DO entirely
satisfactory. One Is apt TO find upon
somebody else with whom he Is not dcs-
pcrateiy In love pair Of auricular ap-
psndages which remind him forcibly Of
those ho sees when facing his mirror. II
= rather an odd thing that tho majority
Of mon and women. however. seldom
ses their own cara They can do SO
readily with tho aid Of q quick silvored
glass. but the vanity Of human nature
seems to stop at the features Of the faco.
A woman viii spend half an hour ad-
miring hor own pretty red lips and keep
the young man with theater tickets In
hts pocket waiting an hour while she
adjusts her eyebrows and gets just the
right oomplexion on her cheeks. but tho
ears are left to take care Of themselves.
A wet rag II pushed hastily through
their intricacies and they have had their
share OF attention. There arc exccp-
tious. Of course. Tho woman who knows
that her ears arc lovely and bound to at
tract admiration will play with them
aRectionately and take care that her
hair h arranged SO that no fraction Of
them Is hidden from view. Then thero
are people whose cars stick out like tho
head flsps Of q Jackass-an elongated
nalformstion. They can't help seeing
their ears-neithor can any one elso.
4 RKAARKADLs PAIR OF EARS.
Il Wa at Hooiey's tho other night that
. study was made Of the eccentricity Of
the car. Tho auditorium was crowded
and tho Jokes Of tho comedian emptied
into thousand tympanic cavities. What
cavities some OF thom were too! There
was Q man with holo in his ear which
looked a. though II might have been one
Of the nine mouths OF tho Mississippi
Ono would havo thought steamer could
pan through IL without sticking. and as
for tho dies and earwigs, q largo colony
Of them could have habitated there all
winter and hardly have been felt Be-
cause the cavity was large il must not
- hak - ha
was proportionately so: to the contrary
this cavity was the biggest part OF him.
he was Q littio fellow; tho ideal Of
hcupecksd husband. The loudly do
veioped channel Of sound suggested the
probability Of his being accustomed to
hear frequent commands 10 "go and
hight the fire. or "get up and give the
baby paregorio." Heseemed to bo happy
this time. for no was alone, and there
wgyo no such discordant sounds to offend
his hearing
Near him was O man who had do
cided inclination to obesity. He was
tail. too, and could have easily tipped
tho beam at 200 pounds Now, one
would have supposed that his auricular
menbors would havo bcen developed
equally with tho rest Of bis anatomy.
Ono would have been disappointed. how.
sver They were almost midgets olong.
dde Of those belonging to tho little man.
and looked a though thoy might have
received Q shock In childhood from which
they had never recovered But in spite
Of their dimiuutiveness there was great
deai Of dont-careness about thcm-an
Independence az to what thoy heard and
what they didn't hear A wife might
have yelled fire and baby and paregoric
st these cars all night and they would
never have heard it; they were not con.
structed after that fashion.
A BEAUTIFUL PAIR OF EARS
Alon9side OF him sat woman who
wa evidently the wifo Her ears were
long. irregular and stood out from tho
ssde Of her head like tho dust guards In
Q sieeping car. They were ears which,
u could DO plainly seen, were accustomed
10 betng ON the alert for somo familiar
voaca There was startled appearance
about them which indicated that this
voeos wss In the habit Of greeting them
with command or q reprimand more
than anything eise Evidently but few
words Of affection or endcarment had
Aned through them.
In the row Of seats just behind this
Quseniy. interesting trio was perfect
symphony Of ears. They woro not the
ears Of men, but Of women-pretty
youn2 women, with elaborately rich
dreoo and artstocratic faces. Indeed,
these were patrician cars, and the blue
blood could almost be seen eouning
through them
Ths gtri who sat nsxt 10 the end had
the prettaest cars Of all. They were
bsouteA Moderately small. regularly
formed, sloping Of into an oval at the
loos. and thin almost to transparency
ThsV was Q ptnky tinge about thom
which was ample apology for the poets
VINO sing about coral ears. They stood
ous from tho head at almost an exact
sngiA Thcy wero perfect IN every par
ticuiar, but they were not responsive
0zA They were accustomed to hear.
ing svess nothings said, and simply
hstmdng for more Thoy said plainly
that their owner was one wrapped up tn
The contemplation Of her own charms
and expsctsd all others TO be equally 90
and TO make II known In words. Look
Ing at those ears one would have de-
scrihcd her a. follows: Deep blue eyes
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