The Van Buren press., 1894-12-01
FACE READING.
Some Interesting Facts About the Art OF
Reading Human Documents.

Reading Human Documents.
The human character Is divided into
two parts, the animal and the intel
leetual. say animal first, because the
animal propensities are always the
strongest, the intellect located in the
brain having to keep in subsection the
requirements of the whole body. The
three principal features are the eyes,
the nose and the mouth, and each of
these features has its part to play in
forming the character Of the individual.
The eyes; being located directly under
the brain; are the feature OF intellect
or intelligent emotions; the nose, being
formed of bone and cartilage, shows.
according to it's height and prominence,
the executive power of the individual;
the greater the height and prominence
of the bone the more executiveness;
and the mouth which is composed of
blood, tissue, nerves and muscles, is the
feature which interprets the quality of
the passions and senses. Thus the
forehead and the eyes are the intellcc-
tual, the nose and cheek bones the exec
utive, and the mouth and chin the ami
NAL features, each defined according to
its degree of development. The top Of
the eye-sockets is the region of the per-
ceptive faculties, which are located IN
the brain at the back of the from tai
sinus, and these faculties are estimated
in value according to their external
prominence.
The organs which are most disoerni-
lilo ,,,au ha p,anttonaI fnl1ntyc.
Form, color, order calculation. time,
tune, constructiveness, casualty, COM
parison, memory and congruity; but to
be able to define them accurately you
must learn their exact location, and
be very praetieed In noting their grada-
tions at glance. The eyes being the
feature of intellect, we will commence
by explaining their characteristics.
Note particularly the manner in which
they are placed I'M their sockets. There
is more shrewdness with deep-set eyes
than with prominent ones. The deeper
the eyes are set in the head, the greater
their proximity to the brain. DIR.
stretch-Dowse, in writing of the nerve
agents velocity of transmission, says:
This estimation of velocity varies in
regard to different individuals. In
fact, we know from daily observation,
how variable in different individuals is
the rapidity of the sensitive and SEN
serial excitations, and that of the con-
secutive motor reactions. How COM
mon the remark that such a persons
understanding is lively and active, or
slow and dull. The difficulty which
some persons have in catching joke,
which at once makes other people
laugh, is striking example of inequal-
ity of perception. To be shrewd the
brow must overhang the eyes; when
the eyes are level with the forehead it
then denotes lack of perception, and
such people are dull and wanting in
grasp. A projecting eye more readily
receives impressions from surround
ing objects, it indicates ready and
universal observation, but lack
of close scrutiny and perception
of individual things. Dcep-seJ
eyes receive more definite and accurate
impressions, bdt their possessors are
less readily impressed and less dis
cursive in their views. Round-eyed
persons see much and live much in the
senses, but think less. Narrow-eyeG
persons see less, but think more and
feel more intensely. The larger the
pupil of the eye, the clearer the intel
lect and the quicker the powers OF
comprehe ension. People who show the
whites above and below the pupil are
generally very restless and half sim
Pile; you will seldom find this kind OF
eye in clever or sensible people; it is
generally known as the stupid eye.
The color of the eyes Is caused by
fluids of various tints and shades, the
darker the more condensed in quality,
Thus dark eyes indicate power, and
light ones delicacy. There are no such
things as black eyes, though they are
often written and spoken about. The
darkness is caused simply by con-
densation Of the pigment which, II dis
solved in spirit or acid, would be of the
palest yellow tint. There are many
characteristics applied to the color of
the eyes, but fear there is no anatom-
ical basis for them. There is certainly
more passion and intensity in dark
eyes, whereas gray and light eyes are
calculating, cool and precise. One gen.
orally hears of gray-eyed people being
greedy; but this greed seems to me to
be more the outcome of calculation
and anxiety for gain than for the sat
isfaction or qualification of the phys
| ical senses. Prominence or fullness
under the eyes indicates large Ian
guage, and persons with prominent
eyes are ready speakers and WI. -ers.
The organ Of language, or eloquence,
as it ought more properly to be called,
lies in the brain behind the ball of the
eve, at the top; and, when large, II
pushes the eye outward and down
ward. causing prominence or anterior
projection. Prof. Ferrier and other
anatomists have localized this organ
in the same position as the phrenolo.
gists, viz, the third frontal convolu.
tion of the brain; but they term 1t
speech, which is more correct inter-
probation, as people are apt to i'm
agine that the word language means
the faculty to learn or speak foreign
languages. That would be quickness
of learning, and is called application
Language in this sense means elo-
quence, and great speakers and writers
have this particular fullness under the
eyes. You must be careful not to con
found this fullness with "bagginess,
the result generally of ill-health ol
dissipation.
The eyes of Charles Dickens, Dis
raeli, Gladstone, Shakespeare, Byron
and many other great writers ant
speakers illustrate the organ of Ian
guage. Musicians are generally fully
developed under the eyes. but that i,