The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-11-13
HUMAN CHARACTER SIGNS.
[From the New York sunl

FROM the new lOIk SUM-
''Never under any circumstances
marry a girl whose mouth turns down
at the corners was the advice given
by a preceptress of large school sit
uated within q few miles Of New York
City to Sun reporter.
II have been closely associated with
a large army Of young men and women
for great many years." continued the
speaker, land I have frequently given
this advice. Many young men, sud-
ents at the institution with which 1 ann
connected, imagining that they are in
love, come to me for advice. L invaria-
bly, first counsel them as L have spoken.
why? Because q girl whose mouth
turns down at the corners is inYaria-
bly, of d sour, mOrOse disposition. with
q very jealous makeup, and is certain
TO make the man she marrieS any
amount of trouble through life. L have
verified this assertion in a great many
instances and I have yet to find one
case in which it failed.
"a great many young lady students
whose mouths have that unfortunate
curl downward ask for Some advice as
to correcting the fault say fault, for
believe if any woman has a hOmely
mouth it is her own falkland [ al
ways tell them they must abandon all
hope of effecting a cure by external
means. such as pursuing their mouths
upward with their fingers, and look
after the interior of their natures, eX-
anime and correct the dispositions
which have caused nature to so mark
and distinguish them that all men VINO
know anything about character read
ing may at a glance know them for
just what they are.
''The fault certainly can be corrected,
and a young woman can change the
shape of her mouth as certainly as she
can the contour Of her form. but or
course it takes persistent and deter
mined work to do it, an exercise OF viii
power that of itself is a lasting benefit
in forming a perfect and lovable char
acter. but / know whereof speak
when I say it can be accomplished.
AZ have another theory, also, which
think YOU will find interesting" con-
tinued the speaker. 1T is that children
very often inherit the suppressed de-
sires Of their parents. An instance or
two will best illustrate what 1 mean.
I know intimately a minister. one or
the old-fashioned orthodox kind. who
believe in following 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 burning desire 10 attend the theater,
but the discipline he 50 conscientlously
followed would not allow him to do
such a thing, and he suppressed and
held in check the desire.
"Often when some great actor was
announced or some standard play W3e
holding the boards, he would say 70
me: oh. how I would like to go with
Won to the theater tonight, but do'not
feel that 1 dare
Now that man. continued the pre-
ceptress. married and brought fam
iIv of children into the world. and
ever one of them was perfectly stage
crazy. They would sooner go to the
theater 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 suppressed they inherited and
did not control as he had done"