The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-11-05
FACIAL IRREGULARITIES.
study Of the Features May Produce
Strange Results.

STUDY OF the Features May Produce
Strange Results.
IL ono Is interested in the study OF
physiognomy, close scrutiny Of the
faces Of those with whom one comes in
daily contact will reveal many interest
ing Inconsistencies. Writers have so
elaborately descanted on the subject that
IL would seem that ncthing Of novelty
were lett for the investigator; yet. while
the traits of character revealed by the
eyes, nose, mouth, ears, chin. teeth, and
even the wrinkles, have been so exhaust.
lively treated, another subject ropleto
with Inconsistencies and interest has os.
capped tho general epitomizing.
Were limo drawn directly down
through the center of the face, the two
halves would discover marked differ.
ences. Tho outlines Of the forehead
where the hair begins To- grow will vary
materially giving decidedly distinctive
! outlines, adding in many cases at least
ono-half inch to the height of the fore.
head
Regarding the eyebrows. in many
faces the difference is hardly rcrccpti.
bic, yet were they measured muthumat.
ically the curves would show variations
Of outline. OF tho eyes, careful ana
lyzation will discover tho right one not
only larger, but differing in expression
~ well ~ in color in somo instances.
Tho difference also in tho slanting ~
the orbits will bo noticeable. 1t Is in
the eyes that tho greatest difference is
likely TO hc found. Tho 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 u line drawn diamct-
rically across the face. In fact. II care.
| fully scru'lnllcd the entire nose will bc
/ found different on either side
Tho mouth is decidedly the feature
where the study becomes most interest
ing. The dropping Of the corners will
often give snoering expression. or as
| in tho cases where the movements If the
under Lip on ono side of the mouth when
tho person is speaking is in direct con
trast 60 the movements of tho lips oi
the other side. This peculiarity iudi.
Gates an unsteady. unreliable nature,
! lacking both in mental and moral force.
The check ON one side Of the face will,
in many instances, be moro rounded
than on the other, and the difference il
the position and general contour Of the
ears is often startling.
Residing in New York city is prom
iuont society matron whose eyes are o
distinctly pcrcoptiblo different colors
one being dark blue. the other darl
grayish brown. When first noticed, tn,
effect is uncanny in tho extreme.
The differences of facial features nr,
often too slight TO be noticeable and d,
not mar the harmony Of the face IL
other instances they arc strikingly pro
nounced.
The eyes Of spiritualistic mediums
arc ofton ucanny in this respect, sug
gesting the evil eye, with all its super
stitious associations. A medium who's
life is wholly given up to the cxercis,
Of her peculiar gifts betrays many puz
zling facial occentricities.
| Scientists claim that tho two hcmi
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 u
the brain affect the right side Of tn,
face moro quickly than the workings oi
the left. Consequently facial contrasti
are moro noticeable i'll tho old than il
the young.
That these differences do exist is un
| questionable, and the student of physi
| ognomy will find in them an uncXplorcC
and interesting field for study. -Dctroi
| FREQ Press.