The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-10-07


ness of vision in its wake, so surely as fate.
The gaze is often instructive, as well. 1t
ia often an index TO the courage and de-
cision of the individual. AS have said.
the liar may have steady gaze, but the
drunkard-even the secret nherIne t
has. His vice has weakened control Of the
muscles of the eye anu Iaco' anu MS
glance wavers. avoiding yours.
The victim of melancholla usually mas
downcast eye. In demeDtla tne gaze IS
vacant, in mania excited, sometimes as
trustful and suspicious, but these are ex-
pressions of the whole vsage, not of the
eve alone CAUTIOUSLY enough. the victim
of sensor paralysis usually has ouoyanb
air, bordering at times almost upon eIa-
ton. bearing due. In all p!ooaplilsy, 70
the absence Of sensations. palntni OF otne 81.
wise. The unequaly dilated pupils 0! MS
eyes will read the close observer the riodie
of his apparent citation.
The mouth is, in reality, the index lea
ture of the face. Some one has Sald, very
prettily and quite truly, that the Creator
has left it with most of Us tomake our own
mouths. We do this. literally. 1t takes
no scientific pbysiogomist to read the story
OF the mouth. More than any other lea
ture it is susceptible to modification. A
friend Of mine, very close observer. and
/ were once specializing as to the oecupa-
streetcar. 81 thi k she is an actor" my
friend said. 'Why?" / asked. Because
of the network of little fine lines about
her mouth. They tell of such range OF
emotional expression as only an actor
would be likely to call into pIay." Upon
inquiry / afterward learned thar the lady
was popular teacher Of dramatic express
sim. This is not treatise upon ply
sIOgnomy in the 20 ular sense of that
word. 1t is not because a child is born
with large mouth that he Will
probably become public speaker,
but the public speaker, whether be
be a god one or otherwise, generally de-
velops a large mouth. The Secretye man,
and the dif1iaent one. on the contrary, has
usually small one. Thin lips are not
always an indication OF cruelty, nor full
ones Of sensual nature. The full under
lip usually indicates sensuous nature,
and excessive indulgence In SenSuouS
pleasures will often temporarily thicken
the lips; but cruelty and hardness show in
the corners OF the mouth whether the lips
be full or thin. The generous nature, the
kind heart. never draws down and COM
presses cl sely the corners Of the mouth,
nor parts the lips in a smile that shows
the canine teeth-often, even, the second
bicuspid. The eyes and her surrounding
tissues NAV beam benevoence upon tho
whole world. but those parted lips, silent
though they may be, te clear story TO
the observers eye.
ouently There are the full lips of scrof-
ula, often with the large, wide-opened.
spiritual eyes and the pQuan. tin-u ted
nose that accompany thl5 inheritance,
which is said to be 1.-THE mother OF all
genus" What his some ines very at
tractive typs of face may become in the
pronounced example may be seen in the
portraits of DR.. johnson, the leXic0gra pber.
Que can imagine him as having been
really pretty child. but he looks Ike
brute. The face is an index TO his charac-
ter, not because his character was brutal,
but because he was the vic i'm of malady
tina, made him impatient, irritable and at
times >avage, at once melancholy and fond
of Vely society. The lips may be pale
and unpleasant looking from anamia;
blue or even purple In cases OF heart trou-
BILE; scars al The corners of the mouth
whisper of inherited blood taint, as
do narrow, round, pigilke teeth. rash
on the lips Is usually an indication of a
cert1in amount of pneumonia. and the vie
tim OF 'cOld sores" is not always wise to
attribute them 20 ''cbapDed lips" and make
light of them.
That most immobile feature, the nose,
too. has Its own story to tell. The lady
who laces too tightly will find it III in vain
TO powder her pink tip. 1t will tell, and
Loudly, to the initiated eve, its tale of
sQue Zsd ribs and impaired digestion,
with or without pelvic complications"
very pale ncse is an Indication of cold
feet, and sunken bridge and bullying
forehead may speak elOQuen'ly OF "snuf-
fes" ana ''rickets" in childhood. and put
the physician on his guard when such a
patient comes 10 him.
l have seen about as many fools as have
wise men who possessed prominent and
well-Shape noses. On The other hand, some
of our brightest thinkers have had small.
insignificant, even pug" noses. so that |
have been forced to believe OF noses. as of
racehorses. that ''lhey go IN all shapes"
Certainly | have never been able t. race
any particular connection between the size
Shan n nd
quality of the gray matter in the brain
above il.
The chin is better indicator than the
nose in this regard. It is net for nothing
that the anatOmists describe the tip of The
chin AS ''the mental process" The leader
of men, whether in their physical activi-
ties IT their thoughts, may have small
head; he may have receding brow, an
Insignificant nose, but he VII have
strong, well-formed chin and jaw. His
enthusiastic followers. his Jealous ad-
mirers may have small. delicate chins.
Did you ever make a study of the chins of
the rank and file of the Salvation Army?
The women have, frequently, strong faces,
but the m n, for the most part. nave
slight, delicate, receding chins. There ara
two ways of accounting for his. Such
chin indicates nervous, highly emotional
temperament, easily led, particularly sus-
ceptl BILE to spiritual Influences Such men
are very apt to be ''what their wives make
such temperaments, in certain class
of humanity, he teachings and methods
of the army appeal. On the other
hand, the ranks of the army are largely re-
cruited from the files of the fallen. pris-
oners of war from the conquered coun tries
oil sin, and such have usually fallen through
weakness into the state from which the
army rescues them and gives them another
chance TO battle for manhood. The women,
on the contrary, have few of them been
down. Those who have been do not, as
rule, make good workers. There is not
enough stamina left for that. The saliva
ton lassies, therefore, represent stratum
of stronger stuff than Go the soldiers, and
they have larger, firmer chins.
But whatever we are, in hichever walk
of life, our lives are written upon our
faces, so that not only the STUDENT, the
seer. the medical man on the lookout for
symptoms" but he who runs may read.
MEDICUS.
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