The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-01
THE TRUE MISSING LINK.
IN THE CHANGES MADE IN THE
FAC by MATERNITY.

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The Face of Cat elbows Crafty and
AIert-There Can BE no Successful
New Madonna Painted Until Mod
ern Painters Recognize Mother
hOOd-A WOman's Face After She
Has ChiIdren-Men Show Their
Business I'm Their Eyes and Wo-
men Show Their Maternity in
Theirs.
Copyright, 1896.
New York, Oct. SLIT is a recognized
fact that after a mans marriage there is
a different look upon his face. He talks
differently, acts differently. owns an ex-
preston which he did not before have. 1t
may be a worn look; 1t may be a joyous
look that is another side of the story;
but the change is a cold fact
Here is another fact. 1t was recently
brought forward by the wife n the great
Dr. TAFT. Assisted by her husband, Mrs.
TAFT wrote an article for a leading Eng
lish magazine upon it, and its discussion
was Immediately taken up.
The writer held that after maternity
the expression upon the face Of a woman
is changed. Further, maternity alters
the expression upon the face OF a female
of every race. And. more still, experts
are coming to read certain things from
such faces that are induces of happiness
or unhappiness, of race, family traits
and states Of mind. TIE alterations upon
the face in maternity are great, wonder
full signs, and students of nature are
wondering that they were not the first
to discover and classify them.
Mrs. TAFT declares that she began to
notice the changes I'm her own face, and
watched them develop by the aid of a
looklng-glass. She jotted down, also, the
remarks Of her friends. Afterwards she
fell to work studying the family cat,
with the result that she saw "a peculiar
expression affixed by maternity upon the
face of a female animal"
1t Is a fact, not very well understood,
but nevertheless a fact, that ones posi-
ton in life Is impressed on ones face and
in ones bearing Students Of the face
Will tell you what a mans occupation is
And by his walk and calling, without
knowing why they do 1t or how they know
1t. Not from clothes, nor hands, nor
grooming" they will tell you; only
they know It is so.
The fact underlying 1t, though they do
not know It, is this:
A mans business brings out one pecul-
lar faculty Of his brain, or of his nature.
This works upon one set Of organs or fac
ulties, to the exclusion Of others. After
a while this shows upon the face and In
the manners.
1t has been observed that men who
work in powder factories or in dynamite
works are bundle of nerves. They break
Il In fNTA Tgf
in II for twenty years. Health gives way!
Yet II is not the powder nor the chemi-
Gals nor the dust. 1t Is nerves. Know
ing that you are handling something that
keeps you on the verge OF eternity every
second of the day, you become cautious
You are afraid to tread heavily for fear
Of causing a spark You look yourself
over before stepping into the building for
fear you may be carrying a stump of
lighted cigar about you. You think Of
this explosion and that; and you wonder
II, by any chance, any Of 1t could have
touched you. Your nerves are on the qui
ylve all the time and you become the
natural result-nervous. You get In the
habit Of jumping at a sound, and your
eyes have a hunted expression.
Professional men, doctors, lawyers edi-
tors and clergymen have a hammer trip
ping away upon the gray matter Of their
brains from morning until night and again
from night TIL morning. They become
tired and anxious about trihes and look
depressed. Little things annoy them This
look is picked out IN minute by the stud
ent Of nature. 1t is the brain flag look
The business man who keeps on the alert
for catching the dollar and keeping It, has
a quick. eager, business look, as though
sleepless.
Contented, happy men, with an appoint
ed task within certain hours and no brain
work to bother them. have peculiar look
a smooth bland expression, which all have
seen. These looks are known to all.
A woman rarely has these elements en-
ter into her life, but her expression change
comes once and for all. After she has chill
dren Of her own to think OF and care for,
then comes out the maternal change dis
covered by Mrs. TAFT.
The old sculptors and painters must have
known about this change. The Madonna
Of Abel Sarto has the nameless content
ment in the face. And the paintings Of
other great masters Of the old school show
It, People wonder now why there are no
new Madonnas made; why the Madonna's
head Is never a success In these days They
say Il is IN the tints OF the skin; and that
time IS needed TO soften the flesh tones OF
paint. But that Is not the fault. The
Madonnas as they are now painted have
an agonzed. uneasy look. according 20
history, perhaps, and the trials OF the Ma
donna. but not showing the loolr of haunt