Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-11-06
FACIAL PECULIARITlES.
A Study Of the Features May Produce
Strange Results.

A Study Of the Features May Produce
Strange Results.
II one is interested in the study OF
physiognomy, close scrutiny Of the
faces of those with whom one comes III
daily contact will reveal many interest
ing inconsistencies. Writers have so
elaborately descanted on the subject that
it would seem that nothing OF novelty
were left for the investigator; yet, while
the traits Of character revealed by the
ewes, nose, mouth, ears, chin, teeth, and
even the wrinkles, have been so exhaust
lively treated, another subject replete
with inconsistencies and interest has es-
capped the general epitomizing.
Were a line drawn directly down
through the center of the face, the two
halves would discover marked differ
ences. The outlines Of the forehead
where the hair begins to grow will vary
materially, giving decidedly distinctive
outlines, adding in many cases at least
one-hah inch to the height of the FORE
head.
Regarding the eyebrows, in many
faces the difference is hardly percepti-
BILE, yet were they measured mathemat-
ically the curves would show variations
of outline. Of the eyes. careful ana
lyzation will discover the right one not
only larger, but differing in expression
az we'll as in color in some instances.
The difference also in the slanting OF
the orbits will be noticeable. 1t Is IN
the eyes that the greatest difference is
likely to be found. The upper lids differ
materially from exact drawings, and be-
low the eyes the under lids are even
more pronounced in their variations
A careful study Of the nose will dis
cover the nostrils decidedly different.
One is often larger than the other or
will extend below a line drawn diamet-
rically across the face. In fact, II care
fully scrutinized, the entire nose will be
found different on either side.
The mouth is decidedly the feature
where the study becomes most interest
ing. The dropping Of the corners will
often give a sneering expression, or as
in the cases where the movements OF the
under lip on one side of the mouth when
the person is speaking is IN direct con-
trast to the movements Of the lips on
the other side. This popularity indl-
Gates an unsteady, unreliable nature,
lacking both in mental and moral force.
The cheek on one side Of the face Will,
in many instances, be more rounded
than Oh the other, and the difference III
the position and general contour OF the
ears is often startling.
Residing in New York city is prom
inent society matron whose eyes are OF
distinctly perceptible different colors,
one being dark blue, the other dark
grayish brown. When first noticed, the
effect is uncanny in the extreme.
The differences of facial features are
often too slight to be noticeable and DO
not mar the harmony Of the face. In
other instances they are strikingly pro-
nounced.
The eyes of spiritualistic mediums
are often ucanny in this respect, sug-
gesting the evil eye, with all It's super
stitious associations. A medium whose
life is wholly given up to the exercise
Of her peculiar gifts betrays many puz-
cling facial eccentricities.
Scientists claim that the two hemi-
spheres Of the brain operate differently,
the right controlling the physical life,
the left the mental qualities. The phys
ical qualities of the right hemisphere OF
the brain affect the right side OF the
face more quickly than the workings on
the left Consequently facial contrasts
are more noticeable in the old than IN
the young.
That these differences do exist is un-
questionable, and the student OF physi-
ognomy will find in them an unexplored
and interesting field for study. Detroit
Free Press.