Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-04
HUMAN CHARACTER SIGNS.
Beware the Girl Whose Mouth Turns
Down at the Corners.
From the New York Sun.


From the New York Sun.
Never under any circumstances marry
a girl whose mouth turns down at the cor
ners.' was the advice given by the pre-
ceptress of large school situated within a
few miles Of New York city to SUN re-
porter.
Il have been closely associated with a
large army Of young men and women for a
great many years." continued the speaker.
''and have frequently given this advice.
Many young men, students at the instisu-
ton with which l am connected, ina ginning
that they are in love. come 70 me for ad-
vice. invariably first counsel them as
have spoken.
"Hhy3 Because n girl whose mouth turns
down at the corners is invariably OF a sour.
lnorose disposition. with a very jealous
makeup, and is cert ain TO make the man
she marries any amount OF troubie through
life. L have verified this assertion IN q
great many instances and have yet 20 ind
one case I'm which IL failed.
"A great many young lady stuGentT
whose mouths have that unfortunate curl
downward come for advice as TO correcting
The fault say fault, for 1 believe IL any
woman has homSly mouth IL is her own
TaGit-and 1 always tell them they must
aba ndon all hope of effecting a cure by ex-
ternal means, sach pursuing their mouths
upward with their fingers ard lcok after
the Interior of their natures. examine and
correct the dispositions which have caused
Eature 10 so mark and distinguish them
that all men who know anything about
cAara cter reading may at a glance know
them for just what they are.
The fault certainly can be corrected
and a young woman can change the she pc
or her mouth as certainly as she can the
contour of her form, but, of course It
takes persistent ard determined work to
90 IL, an exercise Of Will power that OF tt
self IS a lasting benefit in forming q perfect
and loNabie character. but know whereof
speak when ! say il can be accomplish Cd
have another theory. also. viich I
tElnk You VIII lind i2:ereStinS." Continued
tie Speaker. 1t is tlat children vc-y often
| inherit the suppressed desires OF their par
ents. An Instance or two viii best Illus
uate what ] mean. know intimately a
munster one Of the Cld-fashi0neG ort lolox
kind who heliere in following the strict let
ter Of their creed mere than relying on their
own good sense OF right and wrong. The
man to whom l refer always had a t-rn ng
desire 10 attend The thsater, but the dis
cipline he 80 coEsciont 3OGsly f0ll WED would
not allow him 10 do such a thing. anG he
! s;-I pressed and held ir cheek the desire
Oitea. When some great actor was an
noG3cei or some stan ard play was h3i ling
| the boards he would say t. nae: oh. Row
: would Ike 20 90 with you 20 the the4.er
tonight br, 7 Do not feel that : eare'
Now, that man." cantinued the pre-
ce;tress mar led ane brought a family Of
c1;itren into the world. and every one Of
them was perfectly STAGE crazy They
would sooner so to the thea:ar thar PRAYER
meeting any night in the week, althl lgh
| taey had been brOU yht Up TO gre tie
/ PRAYER meeting first choice The desire
which their Gather suppressed they IN
Ee!lt % and cid not cCntrcl as he hal zone.
his Theory i could Illustrate By dozen
equally forcible examples. bot IL would he
q mere repetition. Suffice X to say taat /
rave made a study Of the matter for Years
ard 7 have Yet 10 hli an instance that 1
vas able % trace. that did not come as I
! E-.ve Indicated. II IL on this theory ira. 1
account for that tilse-hOcCred saying that
Llir,st ers children are always the worst
I In them crop out al The desires VIII, n
perhaps, their parents tad. bat which thsv
suppressed. or at least hid. from pul.Ic
view, 50 that tEe children should not al
ways lie banned as much as They some
! times are.
Il VIII ease this matter up little FOR
some sensitive parents by acNaow ei Ing
that cusseiless in children does not always
| Indicate That it came directly from the par
eilis; they may have inherited IL from some
oifer aEces-eor, or ii n7ey have ori-ina led
l With them, but the chances a.e t.at the
| parents are responsible fer il. although e
may appear to be Directly contrary ~ their
knOGn natures