The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-11-01
ACQUIRED EArKESSION.
Facial Peculiarities which Come
Through Habit.
Distinctive Types That Are Found In
Certain CaIIinGs-The Queer Eff
fects of Occupation Ones
IJpon the Features.

COuOIleSS elCCOu0JS lOI Tic Olll o14AA4-
larity of expression among men of the
same vocation. In many such cases,
SAYS Blaclwood's Magazine, the condi-
tions are so complex that it seems i'm
possible to lay ones finger upon the
special items OF environment which
conduce to the facial characteristics
exhibited by nearly all members of
certain trades and professions. What,
for instance, is there about the process
of making shoes which evolxes the un-
mistalable cobbler's visage? The DOR
trait of Edward, the Banff naturalist,
ir Mr.. Smiles book, shows the type in
a marked degree. As far as my obser-
walton carries me, the cause must be
looked for in the last, lapstone and
waxend of old-fashioned cordwainery:
since men who work the machines in
modern shoe factories, or who do or
binary repairing, do not exhibit the ecX-
preston. It appears probable that the
tailor's distinctive type of face may
have been partially created by his
habit of working his jaws concomitant-
Iy with his shears. Let anyone watch
person cutting piece of tough ma
teri2l with scissors, and he will see
that the lower part of the face wags in
rhythmic and spontaneous unison with
the blades. Shepherds and farm labor
ers who join sheep-shearing gangs GER
tainly acquire a different expression
while engaged in this kind of work,
The cast of countenance by which
one so easily recognizes groom is par
TALLY explicable from the fact that tho
muscles which close the jaws and com
press the lips are always called into
play when we are asserting our will
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eys and horsemen have peculiar set
of ::le mouth and chin. but L have been
unable to distinguish any special char
acteristic about the eye or upper part
of the face. It is instructive to COM
pare the vlsage of the ruler of horses
with that of the ruler of men. The
horseman's face shows command in the
mouth, the drill sergeant's in the
mouth and the eye. The last is un-
doubtedly the most effective instru-
ment in exacting obedience from our
own species. Here we get hint of
that cause of want of dignity, that ele-
ment of coarSeneSS, which is discern
able in the countenanceS of some men
and women who have much to do with
horsGsi. The higher and nobler method
of expressing authority is outweighed
by the lower and more animal one.
Generally speaking, it is a strenuous
contest with minor difficulties which
produce thin and rigid set of lips 1t
is seen almost invariably in housewives
of the Martha type, who are careful
and troubled about many things" and
whose souls are shaken to the center by
petty worries within doors, and the
strife outrance with shortcomings of
the scullery maid or the cook.
The compressed lip so loved and so
often mlslnJerpreted by novelists is a
sign of weakness rather than strength.
1t tells of perpetual conflicts in which
the reserves are called into the fray.
The strong will is not agitated into
strenuous action by the small worries
of the hour, and the great occasions
which call for its whole forces are too
few to produce a permanent impress of
this kind upon the features. The
commanding officer, assured of his
mems obedience, does not habitually
keep his lip muscles in state of ten
sion. Look at the sea captain, the
most absolute monarch on the earth
He carries authority and power in his
| face, but it resides in his eye and the
confident assurance of his easily set
mouth. Every spar and shaft and
him, and he knows it. This is prob
ably a reason why the sea captain and
the engine drivers show certain SINH
larity of type. The engine driver can
make his captive giant, strong as ten
thousand men, obey the pressure of his
finger. His lips are usually calm, like
those of the statues of the wielder of
thunderbolts on Olympus. Who ever
saw man commanding a man-of-war
or driving a locomotive with the con-
tentious lip of the school usher? The
typical expressions of the members of
those three liberal professions which
Sir Thomas Browne says are all
founded upon the fall of Adam are
| long the prey of the caricaturist. The
several distinctive traits of each, and
the possible causes which give rise to
them, are too complex TO be dealt with
in single article. Speaking very
| generally, the cleric's face is indicative
of authority of the thin-lipped kind,
and of a dignified sense of the sanctity
ofhis office The doctors jaw and month
are less rigid, yet tell of decision. His
eye is vigilant and sympathetic, and
his whole facial aspect conveys the idea
| of funo of unrapped wisdom The
! lawyers countennnce is confident and
confidential, with a pouncing alertness
of the eye, and prevailing expression
of weighty perspicacity.
Damascus Swords.
To the lovers of strange goods the
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