The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-08-09
EYEBROW AND NOSE.
How Character May De Studied From Fea
tures of tho Face.

low Character May De Studied From Fea-
tures OF tho Face.
Tho rainbow Of peace" as the eye
brow has been called, and the eyelids
are treated of at considerable length as
being among tho most expressive, ami
mated and mobile features of the face
In fact, 30 highly are they extolled that
one is almost forced to think that person
possessed of nothing else but a pair Of sym
metrical eyebrows could easily express
his desires or his emotions, no matter
how complicated these might be. High.
ly arched brows ere said to denote vi
vacity and brilliancy, but not the power
OF profundity that are allied to the moro
level kind. Regularly curved eyebrows
are said to express cheerfulness; square,
deep thought; irregular. fickleness, YER
satility, excitability; raised at the inner
corner, melancholy; joined over the nose,
an unsettled mind.
Andamantius hsened individuals with
thick eyebrows which met over the root
OF the nose to swine. This might by
some be considered acionable, 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 the part of their pos
SCISSORS, while tine contrary development
indicates delicacy, refinement OF merely
weakness, which is hardly satisfying
diagnosis. A lack of eyebrows is not
considered sign of mental strength,
4 The eyebrows and the eyelids are on
terms OF close intimacy, and the form OF
the former is connected with the open.
ing Ct the latter. Only in tho romantic
novel are black eyes to be found. By
those who have studied the question
deeply four primary shades Of color art
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 tax.
j 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 a straight line
drawn exactly between the eyes. A well
: proportioned nose, accordingt to most au-
thorities, should take up one-third of tho
profile, measured from the commence.
n 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 bceL
: that whose members We're elected for thu
II length of their noses, the chairman hav.
ing the longest nose and the hall porter
2 none. A long nose is generally consid.
! cred the mental superior Of IL short one.
Hogarth classified noses as angular
: aquiline or Roman, parrot beall, bulbouf
/, or bottle, straight or Grecian, turned III
! and snub. Other kinds, which may be
added or not according to taste, ar,
+ mixed and broken. An unduly rcd nose
f. does not necessarily indicate that til,
wearer is topper 1t may be due tt
tight lacing, indigestion or emotionality
/, of temperament. There arc also Other
b ways OF explaining the trouble. TIL,
I smile is purely human, Us brutes are un
/, able TO elevate or depress the corners o.
e the mouth as means of expression. Al
o is the case with almost every other fea
ture Of the face, physiognomists az,
!. found who claim that the lips are of al
S features the most susceptible of actio;
and the most direct induces of the feel
I ings. These champions Of the moutl
maintain that every shade Of foelini
can he described by the lips with mon,
: facility than by any other feature
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