The morning times., 1896-07-26
tCopyriglt, 1906.

Copyright, 1S96l.
''Show me his forelock and you car
keep his head snapped out Human
Reader To when the bust of Cleveland
was taken by an inquiring politician dur
Ing the Harrison Cleveland campaign.
The politician was an independent, be-
longing to some small party then in the
minority. Knowing that his party could
not win, lie wanted TO enjoy the salts
faction OF casting his vote for a candi-
date with Ii show" and so he applied to
this Human Microscope for advice about
the less OF the TWO evils, the Democratic
or Republican caDdidatet
III you take that man. said the reader,
looking at Growers hair brushed sleckly
for his picture, lyon run your chances.
He has got a brain that is too much for the
rorelockS The views hidden away in
that Uranium are going to crop out anyway,
irrespective OF what you or anybody else
wants. A ggressiveness, honesty and
n-agnetism lie tack of high, smooth brow
with long, sleek forelocks. If you have
no favora to ask he will do very well.
But If you are looking for little bit OF
favor, pass along to tnat other head you
are showing me-
HARRISON TENDER.
The "other head was that of Benjamin
Harrison.
Now said the Reader, THAT is
man 1 like better. He has what we call
a home head That means that lie is in
fluenced by people lie likes, by those he
loves, by his surroundings. If you smile
at him and coax him little you can do
great deal with him. About office favors'
Well, he may worm away from you IL he
doesn't think you are worthy, but he will
not kick you out with his boot and set the
dog ON you, as the other one might. Yes,
you will like him better. That fore!ock is
q very lovable one. And, by the way.
lt is a forelock that absolutely cries out
TO be arfectiopatcly twirled at bome."
To this same Human Reader a person
went a few days ago with paper upon
which were many curious marks and signs.
more forelocks?' queried the Reader.
"well, YOU couldn't have brought better
Indications of character"
Standing up the first forelock, which
happened to be that of Lincoln. the Reader
said: That brow makes me sad. /
don't recognize it because l never do
-seesSniZe my subjects when / am read
In < the!n. it Il point not to des So But
this foreiock. bursting upon me as 1t does,
almost brings tears to my eyes. 1t is the
lock OF a man who does great things. He
does them heroically. He is an epoch
maker. Look at that strong backward up
curl that nothing can keep down. Look at
that severe style. That is not cultivated.
II grew So and the man grew SO, too. Was
he an anarchist? He went assuredly to an
extreme.
DIDN'T LIKE GRANT.
"There is a forelock / don't like"
said the Reader, as Grants lock came up.
..It is such Il one-sided one. That man
a lx- do I r foil
whether he fought well or wrote well;
whether he was a good business man or
an admirable diplomat. But that lie was
only one of all those things OF that you may
be certain. OF course he was world
famous figure. and 1 am sure there are
saddened spots in his history ,saddeEed not
by himself, but by that alione-way fore
lock.
Goodness" said the reader, as the
scenes shifted backward, bringing up two
prows uf thought, the two Adamses who
were Presidents soon after Washington.
"There never was a foreIock In that family.
They were thinkers from way back. Men
who think and mop the brow can't have
,orelocks. They must he read by what
Is not there. If you would show me the
pages OF their lives, could point out hard,
enotty places they were in, and positions
where they worried themselves most to
succeeded Washington as President, against
The popular wish Of the people. who wanted
their old chief forever, and that the other
worried through political campaign and
Then dropped dead in the House OF Repre-
ientativ Yes. 1t is as / told you.
They We're men who wcrricd and W orked
and yet never made that strong, aggressive
ma rk OF, We'll, say, Of
JEFFERSoN'S CuRLS.
That man there. Now look at the
turn OF that brow. 1t is shaded by long
.urls that come down over it by long
pulling at hem. The owner of that
lead was a schemer. He tried to hide
mis- thoughts with curl What? You tell
me he wrote the Declaration OF Inde-
pendence? Well, he shows it. Curly
sorelocks are the forelocks of men who
scheme and twist and work to get what
they want. No doubt that man wanted
\ certain right he saw enjoyed by other
men, so he wrote that famous declaration
that 'ait men are born free-and equal
Look out for men with long, curling
forelocks. They have plots up under
those curls, and you cannot read them as
You would bare brow.
Madison and Washington were exact
ly dissimilar, l should say" said the
Human Reader, squirting at two small
names upon two forelock drawings.
zone had the art OF putting a fine point
on things as he did upon his hair. Men
whose hair grows down to a point are the
men who can draw fine lines. / believe
he is the author OF the Constitution. Is he
not? And that Washington tried and tried
IN vain TO get up one and failed. He
hadn't that kind of pointed brain-and
fore lock.
Nov. Judging in the NEST superficial
way. merely from appearances, / should
say that the brow you have marked Fill
more should be that of an orator His Ian
guage should be silver toned. should
Call the Jackson topnot a very bold one,
with tendency to see the melancholy,
side OF things. That is Il man
who could imagine that one incapable post
master off in country town could ruin the
whole postal service. and he would work
deatblessly to put him out. A man for
enemies. When you see spreading hair
look for enemies.
'.The Van Buren curl is that OF a cow
ard-or. pardon me, a diplomat. The two
are easily merged together. The diplomat
finds nice. easy way OF saying the disr
agreeable things he is fearful OF saying
out loud for fear of disturbing the pea&1