Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-11-16
eYseRoW AND Nose.
How Character sisy f:e Studied From FeA-
lures OF the Face.

asNh NllaFAFtFr pay lie EtutileQ from = en-
lures OF the Face.
The rainbow of peace" as the eye
brow has been called. and the eyelids
are treated Of u considerable length Is
being among the Ilost expressive. ami
mated and mobile features Of the face.
In fact. 30 highly cre they c=tol.ed that
one is almost forced to think that u person
pof5csSed Of EOthingels buta pair OF SYN
ineirical eyebrows could easily express
his desires o. lis emotions, no matter
how complicated these might be- High.
ly arched b-ows are said to denote Vi
yGcity and brilliancy. bat 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. Eckleness. ver-
satility. excitebility; raised at the inner
corner, melancholy; joined over the nose,
an unsettled mind.
Ardamantius il;ened individuals with
thick eyebrows which met over the root
Of the nose TO swine. This might by
some DO considered actionablc, but these
would do well to remember that Anda.
mantius is no more. Thick and bUshy
eyebrows arO supposed to denote strength
and energy on tho part Of their pos.
SCISSORS, while the contrary development
indicates delicacy, refinement or merely
weakness, which is hardly satisfying
diagnosis. a lack Of eyebrows is not
considered n 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 open
ing of the latter. Only in tho romantic
novel are black eyes to DO 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 tho rarest Of n!l noses is that
found in the middle of tho face. and tax.
ing 100 noses Mt random one will not
find on on an average moro than three
in which the briGgo Of the nose descends
pcrpendicularly from n straight line
drawn exactly between tho eyes A we'll
proportioned nose, according to most au.
thorities. should take up one-third Of the
profile, measured from tho commence.
ment Of the hnir to the tip of the chin.
Napoleon used to say that II long nose
meant long head: therefore tho longest
headed club in London should have beer
that whose members were elected for the
length of their noses, tho chairman hav.
ing tho longest noso and the hall porter
none. A long nose II generally consid.
cred tho mental superior of short one.
Hogarth classified noses as angular,
aquilino or Roman, parrot beak, bulbors
or bottle, straight or Grecian, turned up
and snub. Other kinds, which may Lc
added or not according to taste, are
mixed and broken. An unduly red nose
does not necessarily indicate that the
wearer is u topper. It may be due to
tight lGcing, indigestion or cmotionality
of temperament. There arc also other
ways of explaining tho trouble. Tho
smilo 10 purely human, ms brutes are un.
able to elevate or dcpross the corners of
tho mouth 90 means Of expression. AS
is the case with almost every other fea-
turo Of tho face, physiognomiGts Grc
found whoA4qt"rt I;s,tt = 4 L INC ma gro ran
features tho most susceptible Of actio,
and tho most direct indiccs Of tho feel
ings, These champions Of tho laouth
maintain that every GhaGo of feeling
can bc described by tho lips with more
facility than by any other feature
Pail Mall EGdgct.