The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-08-09
HUMAN CHARACTER SIGNS.

few miles of New York City to a Sun
reporter.
81 have been closely associated
with a large army of young men and
women for a great many years.
continued the speaker, land | have
frequently given this advice. Many
young men, students at the institu-
ton with which | am connected,
imagining that they + in love,
come to me for advice. | invariably
first counsel them as | have spoken.
"Why? Because a girl whose
mouth turns down at the II is
invariably of a sour, morose DISPOSE
ton, with a very jealous makeup, and
is certain to make the man she mar
ries any amount of trouble through
life. | have verified this assertion
in n great many instances and | have
not to find one case in which it failed.
"a great many young lady stu
dents whose mouths have that
unfortunate curl downward come
for advice as to correcting the fault
= say fault for | believe if any
woman has a homely mouth it is her
own falkland | always tell them
they must abandon all hope of effect
ing a IRE by external means, such
a. pursuing their mouths ur ward with
their fingers, and look after the
interior OF their natures, examine
and correct the dispositions which
have caused nature to so mark and
distinguish them that all men who
know anything about character
reading may at a glance know them
for just what they are.
The fault can be certainly cor
rected, and a young woman can
change the shape Of her mouth as
certainly as she can the contour of
her form, but of course it takes per-
sistent and determined work to do
it, an exercise of will power that of
itself is a lasting benefit in forming
4 perfect and lovable character, but
| know whereof | speak when I say
it can be accomplished.
II have another theory, also,
which | think you will find interest
ing continued the speaker. at is
that children very often inherit the
suppressed desires of their parents.
An instance or two will best illustrate
what | mean. | know intimately a
minister, II of the old fashioned
orthodox kind who believe in follow
ing the strict letter of their creed
more than relying on their own good
sense of right and wrong. The man
to whom | refer always had a burn
ing desire to attend the theatre, but
the discipline he so conscientiously
followed would not allow him to do
such a thing, and he suppressed and
held in check the desire.
Gotten when some great actor was
announced or some standard play
a holding the boards, he would
say to me: oh, how | would like to
90 with you to the theatre tonight,
but | do not feel that | dare
''Now that man." continued the
preCeptrCSs, married and brought
a family OF children into the world
and every n of them was perfectly
stage crazy. They would sooner go
to The theatre than prayer meeting
any night in the week, although
they had been brought up to give
the prayer meeting first choice.
The desire which their father sup
pressed they inherited and did not
control rs he had done.
This theory | could illustrate by
a dozen equally forcibie examples,
but it would be a mere repetition.
Suffice it to say that | have made a
study of the matter for years and /
have yet to find an instance, that |
was able 10 trace that did not come
ont as ! have indicated. 1t is on
this theory that | account for that
time honored saying that minister's
children are always the worst. In
them crop out all the desires which,
perhaps, their parents had, but
which they suppressed, or at least
hid from public view, so that the
children should not always be blamed
as much Is they sometimes are.
- will ease this matter up a little
for some sensitive parents by ac-
knowledging that cussedness in
children does not always indicate
that il anne directly from the par
ent,; they may have inherited it
from some other ancestor, or it may
have originated with them, but the
chances are that the parents are
responsible for it, although it may
appear to be directly contrary tc
their known natures"
THE STATE OF UTAH.
From the Globe Democrat.
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