The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1894-02-02
CHARACTER i'm GAIT.
PERSONALITY or PEOPLE SHOWS.
ITSELF IN THEIR WALK.

me stratter ms loundiesa eoneeit---'riia
woman who stpps wIta i,sinfui Agea.
raey-Ah, Here Comes TIN Man rlth
steady Tread and MANLY Carriage.
tits Plrsaren who says that -An as.
zion Of small Eote, d short saying on jesi
will distinguish PERSONS real character
moro than the greatest siegcs or the
most important battles, and Layater,
the father Of physiugnomy, declares that
no man can set glass upon y table
without betraying to q earfain extent
his Individuality True, no doubt, but
one must have tho keen vision, the well
trained oye, III order TO interpret these
mystic Signs Tho indications of char
acter as exhibited ia the wallE of per
son. however, are patent to every be-
holder and may be deciphered by tho
most untutored, the least astute,
Sit BY your window some fine morn>
inc and watch the men and women As
they pass to their varied avocations.
Take, for example, the man just ap-
proaching, Ills chin Is elevated to an
angle Of 10 degrees, self important
frown corrugates his brow, acoinplacent
smile PLAYS about his mouth he struts
rather chan walks. Need point him
out as a man Of boundless coneeit, Of
monumental brass, Of colossal galR Ills
ainiRbility Ii ifnperturhable, for one who
ia absolutely self satisfied Is apt to tuko
an indnlgent view of the world at large,
| His faith in himself Is imitless No
traitorous feeling Of self distrust viii
ever cause his failure, He will under-
take without the sHghtest misgiying
what q man OF ten times his ability would
hesitate 10 attempt His success in ife
is assured, and yet one cannot help feel
ing that IL traced to it's roots IT would be
found to spring FROM defects rather than
merits,
The dress on the woman coming lusl
behind him is arranged with mathemat
ical exaetness. The placing OF each pii
has been a matter Of special care, Hel
lips are compressed, her hands claspet
primly befora her, her steps are takel
with painful accuracy there Is not
hairbreadth's difference In the length 0
them. II You follow her to her home
YOU will find that the same scrupulons
ness prevails III the disposition "a every
thing about her, The furniture ~ "
ranged with rectangular exactnesl
there IL not pin out Of place In he
, bureau drawers, and the Jars upon ht
pantry shelves arc marshaled like %
diers Oh parade, She Will acconplis
no proat work IN life, however, Sheis
precisionist and spends her time labor
ously doing nothing And, also, tab
care Of this woman. She is abaolutel
! uncompromising and oil about her mu'
4 be Topped OIL or stretched out 70 ttt "
procrustean idea Of order which exists
= her own mind,
But dont-you who are In search Of
wife -fallinto tho opposite error q choo
ing as d life companion tho girl with Y
frouzy head, the skirt Of whose dro
dips IN points, whose gait ia careles
who swings her arms as she walks y
il generous, warm hearted, good natu
cd, possessed Of noble traits, but go
\, fusion, with an its hideous train Of evi
= follows ia her wake, One foreseas
: her an untidy, chaotic household, ire
ular, i'll arranged meals and uncleanl
badly governed children II her husbai
hanpena to be- u strong, an exceptional
stroug man, ho will simply ha supreme
wretched and uncomfortable, II N
Ills ambition will be paralyzed, his q
position spoiledi he will escape the ph,
ical discoinforts Of his situation BY eyC
means III lis power aud perhaps dro'
/ sY la...A rtN 4
The man with the shuftiing, pneertl
gait, whose steps seem to be directed
), no guiding power within, il wealmil
ed. There Is nothing which more str
betrays feebleness uf intellect than
n walk. Aud he of the awkward gait,
restless inannere the furtiYo glance
m tho morhidiy self conscious man,
cannot for moment diyest himself
tlie sense of being ohseryadi who ~
= b to speak, under glass case, Aud
Of the soft, cautious tread who glyesl
the Impression Of creeping upon g
I object as a,eat creeps up upon blrd
\ feline iii his nature, He is not to
1a trusted; ho ii troacheronsi every faet
81 Ills mind Ii poised for q spring
Let me commend TO your oontide
tie man just coming into view the I
Il, with tho earnest eye, the manly carrii
IA the firm tread, who walks with sim
stralghtforwarl directneas, as Y tow
de some given point He Is stable ir
bis ways Ele has distinctly deiii
well considered purpose in life, tow
the attainment Of which h8 adYal
NTH unswerying steadfastness, ns
turning to the right or tho left ~
allowing himself to be drawn into
p9ths, no matter how ailnring His
\ tory Il assured, his success merely q 4
u ton Of time
II. And % might ono multiply tYpel
inhnituul, for the variety u mansln
iiInitlsss. Nor is Il 70 be wondeTel
that the oeharacteristiesoi men and y
y en exhibit themselves ~ the gait,
the motive power, the propelllng II
ID from within
ii his areount Of gataline, Sal
the great master of nature, has moi
Qotten ia remark that hia walk
4 now quick and again slow ~ An
cation 0f mind revolving with W.
emotions. Philadelphia Times,
10 Danger ef salt Famins'
Tho amount q aalt IN the aea n
ofthaglahe, X extracted would besF
in mass than ne land, ~ farms II apl