The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-19
CHARAc aERIsTIo EARS.
Types and Temperament Can Be
Readily Distin guished By the Size
and Shape of the Ear

The fact that Mademoiselle Merode.
who has recently been accorded the dis
Inction of being the most beautiful wo-
man in Paris, affects coiffeur that
comes down well over the ears, gives rise
to the runor that nature has not dealt
kindly with her in respect to this hid
den feature. for it is we'll understood
that nothing more powerfully attracts
the connOiSSeur of beauty than that
same delicate white shell lined with
pink.
be small, rosy, transparent: and accord
ing to artists and sculptors, who devote
the greatest attention to it, should taper
slightly at the top. AT least this is the
type always found upon ideal forms of
beauty executed when Greek art had at
tanned its highest point of excellence
This dainty little member is full of ex-
preston too, and when its subtleties are
character than the hand. When round
ed at the top, for example, like the
small end of an egg its fair poSsessOr
has a iovable and romantic disposition.
If however the hem be fiat, as if pressed
down, she is more or less tickle and in
clined to f1irt. When you see an ear
that is quite round, look out for defec-
tive. reasoning qualities, a limited sense
OF justice, and their too frequent ex-
ponent, jealousy.
An oval ear, with the lobe distinctly
marked. is indicative of great ideality
and sensitiveness. But if the lobe is al
together unmarked, and the ear widens
at the top, it indicates selfish and re-
vengeful disposition. A small eXcres-
cence ON the inner rim of the ear at the
top shows a. combination of selfishness
and obstinacy, while an indentation at
the same point denotes irritability, quick
temper, but a generous and impulsive
nature. Vanity, arrogance and conceit
are to be looked for in large ears, droop-
ing at the top, and without hem.
Poets, painters, scuiptors and people
of highly organized temperaments gen
orally have small ears though the ears
of musicians are usually rather largely
developed especially in the uppr part, as
notice in the portraits of Beethoven,
Mozart. Wagner, Schubert and others.
They are, however, regular in shape.
Indeed a well-shaped ear goes with a
nigh bred temperament and is but rarely
found on a vulgar person. Literary men
have ears of every size and kind. Dr..
Jotnson's, for instance, were as colossal
as were his genius and ponderosity.
Well-formed, large ears, with we'll
shaped hem show strength of will and
tenacity of purpose.
A finely shaped, large ear, with well
turned, round hem is regarded as the
typical ear for gentleman and indi-
Gates strength of will and great tenacity
of purpose; and if the lobes are rather
heavy than otherwise, you may read in
them generosity and extravaganza.
MlS6rS never nave ears OIL JnlS Type.
Statesmen too have notably large and
regularly shaped ears.
Evil passions and a strongly marked
animal nature were represented in Gre
clan sculpture by fawn or goat-like
ear.
1t is only among the more refined and
civilized peoples that small ears upon
women are considered pretty and a
mark of aristocratic distinction. The
Chinese, who admire little eyes and feet
look upon long, large and dropping ears
as marks Of beauty: and certain other
peoples bore their ears and enlarge the
holes until they can insert quite nose
CAV in them and are as justly proud of
This decoration as the young woman of
a different civilization who drags down a
rr-atty ear into unnatural proportions
with heavy jewels.
Earrings are sometimes very injurious
to the health, and woman with any ten
dency to scrofula should never assume
the risk of boring the ears; nor can one
be too careful in regard to wearing ear
rings that a diseased person has worn. A
case is on record in Vienna of a young
girl who wore earrings given her by a
friend who had died of consumption. She
soon contracted the same disease, which
developed in a manner identical with the
case of her friend
Ears by the way, are as eloquent as the
tongue in showing disease. A very white,
transparent ear shows a delicate constitu-
ton with a tendency to tuberculosis. Idiots
have large. habby ears, as travellers
through certain parts of Switzerland,