Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-11
EYEBROW AND NOSE.
How Character May De Studied From Tea
 lures of tho Face.

lures of tho Face.
 The rainbow of peace" Gs the eye brow has been called, and the eyelids are treated of at considerable length as being among the most expressive, ani- mated and mobile features of the face. In fact, so highly are they extolled that one is almost forced to think that person possessed of nothing else but q pair of sy m metrical eyebrows could easily express his desires or his emotions. no matter how complicated these might be. High ly arched brows are said lo denote vi vacity and hrilliaucy. but not iii" power of nrofuncity that are aili"G to the more levei kind. Regularly curved eyebrows are said to express ChCerfClHvss; square. deep thought; irregular, ECklcucss, yer satility, excitability; raised at the inner corner, melancholy; joined over the nose, an unsettled mind.
 Andamantius hkened individuals with thick eyebrows which met over the root of the nose to swine. This might by some be considered actionable, but these would do well to remember that Anda- mantius is no more. Thick and bushy eyebrows are supposed to denote strength and energy on tho part of their pos sessors, while the contrary development indicates delicaCy, refinement or merely weakness. which is hardly q satisfying diagnosis. A lack of eyebrows is not considered q sign of mental strength. 1 The eyebrows and the eyelids are on terms of close intimacy, and the form of i the former is connected with tho open ing of the latter. Only in the romantic ! novel are black eyes to be found. By those who have studied the question deeply four primary shades of color arc recognized. These are brown. green, blue and gray, and each of these has five tones.
 It is considered q somewhat singular fact that the rarest of all noses Is that found in tho middle of tho face, and talk ing 100 noses at random one will not find on on an average more than three in which the bridge of the nose descends perpendicularly from straight line drawn exactly between the eyes. A well proportioned nose, according to most au- thorities, should take up one-third of the profile, measured from the commence ment of the hair to the tip of the chin. Napoleon used to say that long nose meant long head; therefore the longest headed club in London should have beel. that whose members were elected for the length of their noses, the chairman hay ing the longest nose and the hall porter none. A long nose is generally consid- cred the mental superior of short one
 Hogarth classified noses as angular, aquiline or Roman, parrot beak, bulbous or bottle, straight or Grecian, turned up and snub. Other kinds, which may be added or not according to taste, are mixed and broken. An unduly red nose does not necessarily indicate that the wearer is a toper. It may be due to tight facing, indigestion or emotionality of temperament. There are also other ways of explaining the trouble. The smile is purely human, as brutcs are un- able to elevate or depress the corners of the mouth as means of expression. As is the case with almost every other fea- ture of the face, physiognomists are found who claim that the lips are of all features the most susceptible of actiO! and the most direct indices of the feel ings. These champions of the mouth maintain that every shade of feeling can be described by the lips with more facility than by any other feature Pall Mall Budget