Semi=weekly graphic., 1896-08-05
BRYAN IS ALL RIGHT.
HIS CHARACTER AS DELlNEATED BY
An EXPERT PHYSlcGNoMlsT.


For Observation-Disclosures Moral. vir.
tuous, Practical. Courageous, UnseIfish,
Firm, Independent and Born Leader.
/ Some time since the New York Her
aid, which is an ardent supporter of the
goldbug ticket, secured the services of
Mr.. Charles Todd Parks, the expert
| physiognomist, to give delineation of
the character of Mckinley. With COM
mendable fairness, The Herald now Sc
cures a similar reading from Mr.. Parks
of Bryan. This is what this character
reader thinks of the young man from
Nebraska:
Bryan's organization is essentially
altruistic, artistic, athletic and snowy.
He is born orator, born actor and a
born leader. He is emotional and i'm
pulsive, and. above all and over all, he
is intense.
g II Mr.. Bryan's nature did not run
in precisely the lines that it does, this
intensity of his temperament. which is
its most striking point, would make
him an exceedingly dangerous man. He
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which capture the mob. He is courage
Gus, bold as lion, loves fight, is at
once aggressive and affable, shrewd and
captivating.
But united with these is a strong
religious temperament, large spiritual
ity and great benevolence. He is in
tense, but it is the intense desire to do
good He is utterly unseltish as the
human kind goes, and, while he is am
bilious and wishes to exalt himself, it
is all with the desire to uplift and ben
eft his fellow men. 1t is this which re-
lieyes his character of the dangerous
quality which might otherwise so easily
attach to it.
Under the eyes 10 that fullness W hich
betrays large command of language,
an easy flow of words. With another
kind of q mouth, he would be voluble
and diffuse. AS it is, he does not speak
out everything that is in him, but with
his quick and alert brain sends forth
just those words and sentences which
will drive straight at the mark with the
utmost precision. That he would be
magnificent actor is shown in all these
traits. IN union with his strong sense of
imitation. By imitation I mean that
power which at once reproduces things
and improves on them. AS for his
mouth, it resembles and has something
of the same strength as Edwin Booth s.
He is not selfish, That is shown by
his large benevolence, and the thinness
of the nose just above the wings of the
nostrils. The latter indicates that he
has very little acquisitiveness, is not
money maker and does not care very
much for money. He is hopeful, buoy
ant and optimistic. His self esteem is
full enough to give him full value of
his powers, but he is not vain man
or an egotistical one.
1.-THE full brow reveals his suavity
and affability, and the fullness between
the eyes and eyebrows indicates a GER
tain cleverness which makes him bear
himself easily in any position in which
he might be placed, Thus, supposing he
had not mingled much in society and
were to attend fashionable function
for the first time, he might feel out of
place and uneasy, but he would not
show it, and those who met him would
think that he had always been accus-
toned to just that sort Of thing.
His adaptability, too, counts him in
good stead when he deals with men. He
is an open, vigorous, athletic sort of
man, good natured, has his temper in
splendid control and is the sort of man
that easily and naturally makes friends.
1t is easy to see that in debate he would
be power. He is quick and ready with
words; has keen, almost hawklike,
nose, is magnetic, understands men, and,
above all, would never lose his temper
The even development of his faculties,
the clear, direct eyes and the straight,
compressed lips tell how we'll he has
himself in hand. He is full Of ideas,
too, and has those heavy brows which
overhang and which bespeak mind
that is always gathering and storing up
facts. 1t shows, too, good memory.
''Put Bryan against Mckinley in a
debate, and he would outwit Mckinley
every time. He would give Mckinley
three words for McKinley's one, and
every one of them would tell He would
worry, outflank and outgeneral the Re-
publican leader simply because he is
built ON SO much more agile plan.
Mckinley is slow, reflective, logical
and, compared with man like Bryan.
heavy. Bryan is almost his entire an
tithesis.
IF you will note how much of Bry-
ans head lies above and forward of the
ears, you will discover his strong reli-
gious and moral nature, his firmness and
his kindness. From the make up of his
head / should judge him man of
strong prejudices, and united with the
plain mark of his great physical and
moral courage, he is just the sort of
man who, if it were necessary, would
go to the stake in defense of an idea.
"He is instinctively virtuous and re-
ligious and has no sympathy for any
thing like immortality or looseness or
even for human weaknesses and frail-
ties. His animal instincts are feeble.
This is indicated by the thin and drawn
in upper lip 1t shows that he has him
self in splendid control, that his domes-
tic life will be pure and that he would
never be swayed by women. Impulsive,
emotional and ardent in his sympathies
and beliefs, on his physical side he is
cold.
I'm short, compare him to race
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