The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1894-09-27
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Distinctive ryvss rnas Are Found h
osrt.in OAlliass-The Queer Ell
fects Of DISSIPATION Ones
Upon the featsrs".
The ,ncessanA Aov ~ involuntarv
rerva currents to n. facial muscIss
dorht,sss sccc,,rt. Ar the odA sirni.
isritv N arrre.sion smonv man N tha
sauc vocation. In manv sioh casss.
.ays Hiacrwooas. Msoa,Ina. tha conSi.
Ncns are en comnier that a. eaens I'm.
,.oss;hIa to isv one,. Ancer uron ~.
sneciai items of environment whioh
conduce 10 the f.ciai NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
exhibited bv nearlv Ali memberr of
certain tr.dss and nrofassions what.
Sor in.tanca' q thare ahont the proceas
of malrino shoes whieh evohes the nm
,o,staxah1e, cohhler,a visape9 ma nor.
trait of Edvard. The Ran5S naturai,st
IN Mr. smilee, booh. shows the tvne in
4 marked deorce. AZ far as INV obeer-
vation carries me-. the cause must be
looked for IN the last. lanstone and
waxend Of old.fsahioned cordvainerv,
since men who work The machinea in
modern ahoe fnctoriss. or who 40 On.
dinarv renairino. do moi EXHIBIT the er.
preston. II appesrs urobable that The
tailor's distinctive tvpe of face NAV
have been part,allv created Nv his
habit Of working his laws concomitant-
ly With his shears. Let anvone watch
q person cutting a piece of tough ma
terial with scissors. and he Win seA
that the lower mart Of the face vaos In
rhvthmic and snontaneous unfson With
the blades. Shepherds and farm labor
ers who Join sheep-shearine gangs Ger.
tainlv acquire a different expression
while enrared in this kind Of work.
The cast of countenance nv which
one so easily recognizes a groom ia par
TALLY explicable from the TACT that the
muscles which close the Jaws and com
press the lips are ALWAYS called into
play when we are asserting our viii
over that Of a horse. Neariv all ,ocIr-
evs and horsemen have : peculiar set
Of the mouth and chin. but have been
unable 10 distinouish snv special char
acteristic about the eve or upper mart
Of the face. n IA instruotive to com.
pare the -visare Of the ruler Of horses
with that of the ruler Of men. The
horseman's face shows command In the
mouth. the drill serreant's In the
mouth and the eve. The last is nm.
doubtedlv the most efpeotive iastru.
ment in exactine obedience from our
own speciea. Here we pet n hint Of
that cause Of want Of dignity. that ele-
ment of coarseness. which IL discern.
able In the countenauces Of some men
and women who nave much "a do With
horees. The hioher and nobier method
Of exnressino Authority in outweiohed
bv the lower and more animal one.
Generallv sneakino. X IA 4 stnenuoua
contest with minor difficulties which
produce q thin and rigid set Of lips. Il
4 seem almost invariably IL housewiyes
Of the Martha type. who are s.careful
snd troubied ahont rnanv thinos. - and
whose souls are shaken to the center bv
petty worries within doors, and the
strife q outrance with SHORTCOMINGS Of
the scullerv maid or the cook.
The compressed lin 30 loved and 90
often misinterpreted by novelists is 4
siqn OF weakness rather than strength.
n tells of perpetual conflicts In which
the reserves are called into the fray.
The strong win Is not aoitated into
strenuous action by the small worries
Of the hour. and the great occasions
| which cali for its whole forces are too
few TO produce permanent impress OF
thia kind upon the features. The
| Commanding officer. assured Of hi,
mana obedience. does not habituallv
keep his lip muscles in a state OF ten.
sion. Look at the sea captain. the
most absolute monarch on the earth,
he carries authority and power in hil
face. but Il resides In his eve and The
confident assurance of his easily set
mouth. Every spar and shaft and
muscle in his floating realm must obey
him. and he Knows IL. This is prob
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