The herald., 1895-07-07
I these nerves are directlx responsible

OF these nerves are directly responsible
for the Muscular expression OF the face,
and the manner in which they are nour-
ished by the sympathetic system greatly
affects the facial developments.
Herein is some explanation OF the
strange fact that musicians. persons of
strong religious fesling and sensualists
have similar faces.
Women and youths do not show the re-
suits OF emotional influences in their faces
as plainly rs men. DIR. Robinson thinks
this is because they are more habitually
under the sway of their feelings than
men, but that does not appear very
clear.
Passion prints on the face may often be
quite useless in enabling us to form an
opinion of the moral character OF a per-
son. The impulses OF illicit passion and
unrighteous rage may leave their record
| on the face, and not the restraining intu-
| ences OF conscience. The face may snow
| signs of guilt when. IN fact, TEN mptation
| has been nobly resisted.
The musician face shows plainly the
| effects of activity of the sym pathetic
| eyes and about the throat tends to be full
and baggy and is often alled out with ac-
| cumulations of fat The eyes are proml-
nent and dreamy, the cornea bright and
the conjunctiva glistening. The natural
blue.whte sclerotic gives place to duller
| tint.
| The nose shows few acquired quail
| tiles. and it differs essentially from the
clear-cut nose of the man of active wit or
| intellect. The mouth is characteIiz by
lax and fiabby set OF the lips.
1t is declared to be essential that an
| artist follow spontaneous impulses. His
career is therefore to a certain extent q
species of self-indulgence. This accounts
for the weak mouth of the musician.
DR.. Robinson is inclined to think that
the peculiarities generally observed in
the hair CT musicians are not entirely
due to fashion. but may be the result OF
mental characteristics acting on the body.
Painters who have an ideal OF beauty
always before them tend to resem BILE 1T
physically. Therefore a mo:e classic cast
of features is found in this than in any
other profession. Landscape and geneIe
painters are not subject to the same in
fiuences. and resemble more closely the
musician type. If Turner had been fig
ure painter, he might not have been so
ugly.
An actor, by the constant exercise of
his facial muscles, acquires a mask-like
expression. This is frequently enhanced
by an even layer of subcutaneous fat-the
result Of emotional stimulation of con-
stantly varying character. One OF the
consequences of this exercise ofsthe fac ial
muscles is that actors retain an extTaor-
dinary youthfulness of aspect throughout
their lives. If you want to acquire per-
petual youth. exercise your face in depict
ing constantly varying emotions.
DR.. Robinson seems to think that the
middle-aged actress retains her youthful
ness much longer than another woman of
the same age under the most fortunate
domestic conditions. Yet the successful
actress must work extremely hard, gem
orally by artificial light and in a gas-be-
fouled atmosphere. Her hours for work,
meals and sleep are all utterly bad from
the hygienic point of view, and not in
frequently she makes bad worse by falling
into those bohemian habits which are an
immemurial tradition of her class. Her
secret, apart from the laws regulating the
expression and nutrition of the face above
stated. consists chiefly of avoidance of
monotony and petty wOrries-those arch
enemies of feminine good looks and good
temper. Her work, if arduous. is gener-
ally performed both with earnestness and
Iightness of heart and. above all, she gets
a sufficlency of bodily exercise of the
kind (although not under the conditIons)
most conducive to health-viz., exercise
involving quick and general movements
Of the muscles. combined with certain
amount of mental excitement.
The blacksmith acquires permanent
frown. He may do this partly to potect
his eyes. but the man who holds the iron
does not scowl as the striker does. Rivet.
fixed expression. DR.. Robinson was once
surgeou III Town InnapiJeu by JlIenI.
At first he thought he had provoked their
| general animosity, but afterwards learned
that it was only the1 facial expression of
the trade.