The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-08-31
EYEBROW AND NOSE.
How Character May lie studied From F'ea-
turcs of tho Eace.

How Character May lie Studied From Fea-
lures of tho Face.
The rainbow of peace" as the eve
brow has been called, and the eyelids
are treated of at considerable length as
being among the most expressive; ami
mated and mobile features of the face.
In fact. so highly are they extolled that
one is almost forced to think that a person
possessed of nothing else but pair of sym-
metrical eyebrows could easily express
his desires or his emotions, no matter
how complicated these might be. High
ly arched brows are said to denote Vi
vacity 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, YER
satlllty, excitability; raised at the inner
corner, melancholy; Joined over the nose,
an unsettled mind
Andamantius likened 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 we'll to remember that Anda-
mantius is no more. Thick and bushv
eyebrows are supposed to denote strength
and energy on the 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 a 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 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 III the middle of the face, and tax
ing 100 noses at random one will not
ind on on an average more than three
Ill which the bridge of the nose descends
perpendicularly from straight line
drawn exactly between the eyes A. we'll
proportional nose, according to most au-
thorities. should take up one-third of tho
profile, measured from the commence
ment of the hair to the tip of the chin.
Napoleon used to say that long nose
meant al loHS Htiiel, therefore the longest
headed club i'll London should have been
that whose members were elected for the
length of their noses, the chairman hav-
ing the longest nose and the hall porter
none. long nose is generally consid-
cred the mental superior of IL short one.
Hogarth classified noses as angular
aquiline or Roman, parrot beak, dubious
or bottle. straight or Grecan, 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 topper. 1t may he due to
tight lacing, Indigestion or emotionality
of temperament. There are also other
ways of explaining the trouble. The
smile Is purely human, as brutes 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 action
and the most direct induces 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
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