Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-07-22
EYEBROW AND NOSE.
How Character May Be Studied From
| Features of the Face.

How Character May Be Studied From
Features of the Face.
Review in the Pail Mall Budget.
The Rainbow of Peace" as the eyebrow has
been called, and the eyelids are treated of at
considerable length as being among the most
expressive, animated and mobile features Of the
face In fact, so highly are they extolled that
one is almost forced to think that person pos
sessed OF nothing else but pair OF symmetri-
cal eyebrows could easily express his desires or
his emotions, no matter how complicated these
might be. Highly arched brows are said to de-
note vivaclty and brilliancy, but not the power
of profundity that are allied to the more level
kind. Regularly curved eyebrows are said to
express cheerfulness; square. deep thought;
irregular, fickleness, versatility, excitability;
raised at the inner corner, melancholy; Joined
over the nose, an unsettled mind. Anda-
mantius likened individuals with thick eye
brows which met over the root OF the nose to
swine. This might by some be considered
actionable, but these would do well to remem-
Der that Adamantius is no more. Thick and
bushy eyebrows are supposed to denote strength
and energy on the part Of their possessor,
while the contrary development indicates deli
cacy, refinement, or merely weakness, which Is
hardly a satisfying diagnosis. lack OF eye
brows is not considered sign Of mental
strength. The eyebrows and the eyelids are on
terms OF close intimacy. and the form OF the
former is connected with the opening 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 are recognized. These are brown, green,
blue and gray and each of these has five tones.
1t is considered somewhat singular fact
that the rarest of all noses is that found IN
the middle of the face, and the author says
that. taking hundred noses at random. one
would not find. on an average. more than three
in which the bridge Of the nose descends per-
pendicularly from a straight line drawn ex-
actly between the eyes. well-proportioned
nose according to most authorities, should
take up e-third Of the profile, measured
from the commencement of the hair to the tip
OF the chin. Napoleon used to say that long
nose meant long head; therefore, according
to the author. the longest-headed club In Lon
don should have been that whose members
were elected for the length of their noses.
the chairman having the longest nose and
the hall porter none. A long nose is generally
considered the mental superior Of short one
Hogarth classified hoses as angular. aquiline or
Roman, parrot-beak, dubious 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
topper. 1t may be due to tight lacing indi-
gestion or emotionality Of temperament. There
are also other ways of explaining the trouble.
The smile is purely human. as brutes are una.
BILE to elevate or depress the corners Of the
mouth as means Of expression. Asis the case
with almost every other feature OF the face,
physiognomists are found who claim that the
lips are Of all features the most susceptible OF
action 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.