The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-01-24
EASY TO READ CHARACTER.
Anybody Can Do It-Knowing How
Is the Thing.


There is q whole world of telltale in
dications in the top or apex of the
ear, and it would be good thing if
young girls were to form the habit of
casting glance at that part Of the
anatomy of their callers and admirers
and make mental note for their own
guidance by what they see there.
If the top Of the ear lies close to the
head and the ridge is straight or gent
ly rounded the young man that owns
that kind of an ear may be counted
as being eminently proper and as
harmless as lamb. But If the top
starts away from the head at well
defined angle and runs up to a point
before turning down to become the
back ridge Of the ear-well that young
man had better be kept at a good, safe
distance. That's the faun ear, the
Satyr ear, and when those wise old
Greeks gave to the capering compan-
ions of the nymphs of the woods goat
legs and goat ears they knew what
they were about. Men havn't changed
one whit, either, and that point to
the ear is just as full of character and
| warning today as it was when Bac-
chus was doing business at the old
sign of ''The Rollicking Rams
The value Of such pointer as the
above to a young woman who is both
cred by a superfuity of suitOrs and
is under the painful necessity of max
ing some choice from among them it
would be- difficult to estimate. She
will Immediately get rid of some of
them by inditing some such an epistle
as this to them:
| Sir:-For the first time since ou1
acquaintance began I observed the
contour of your ears last night while
you were STOPPING down to put on
my Overshoes. On referring to my
| 'Guide Book of Character I made
the shocking discovery that they be
long to what is there described as the
''satyr type" I am therefore under
the painful necessity of informing yor
that your attentions to me must cease
at once. Nobody with satyr ears shall
ever become the wife Of your much
disappointed GAL.
THUMBS TELL EVERYTHING.
The value of the discoveries made
is greatly enhanced by their simple
ity. Any fool can understand them
A lot has been written about palmis
try, but palmistry is as complicated
as the eleven books of Euclid. i
labounds in charts and diagrams. AnG
then when you have learned how tt
decipher all OF the crow tracks anG
hen scratches ION the palm, you cam
always get the person you are inter
ested in to submit his hand for eX
amination. All you need concer1
yourself with is the thumbs. Heal
the oracle:
The thumb is a remarkable indicator
of it's owners bodily and mental con
dition. Let mothers watch their chill
4 ,seS fJ,1Jy,a aI.s fidIy
Ibold1y it is an unfailing indication OF
good health and aggressive DISPOSE
ton, while if they have a tendency tt
seek the shelter of the fingers i
means feeble health and subservien
will
The weak mans thumb is weak anG
pendant, the strong mans thumb is
strong and erect. You can tell from
a glance at mans thumbs whether
he is an aimless thinker, or a mar
who carries his ideas or somebody
else's into action. Mark well the
thumbs of the ladies of your choice
If the girls thumb, be it ever so pret
tily rosy, has tendency to stand al
right angles to the hand-well the
gray mare will need bit, that's all
while il it lies fiat or droops little
you can count on martial submission
| W IAO luIhu, anu tIe
sort of domestic paradise all the sons
of Adam are looking for.
What excuse has a man for falling
in love with the wrong sort of girl
after a tip like that? None whatever
Pretty faces are all very well, but il
| they don't go along with. the right
sort of thumb the man who knows
enough to put two and two together
will have none Of them. And then the
capitalist who wants to hire a. man
for a good hard thinking job will not
engage a man whose thumbs indicate
that his thinking doesn't amount to
anything. By the way, it. would be
rather interesting to ascertain just
how many of that sort of thumbs there
are in congress.
| The man who leans back in his
chair when he smokes his cigar and
takes it out of his mouth frequently
and watches the smoke wrea'thes curl
over his head is a frank, genial, whole
souled sort Of fellow, fond of the good
things Of this life, but equally fond OF
sharing them with his friends. The
man who takes short, quick puffs at
his cigar and often chews savagely
at the butt belongs to the selfish, ag-
gressive type, who look out for himself
first, last and all the time. He never
forgives and never forgets. He is a
good man to let alone, but above all
things never make an enemy Of him.
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