Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-05-10
CHARACTER IN FACES

CHARACTER IN FACES
HOW THE DISPOSITIONS OF STRAIN
GERS MAY BE READ.
According TO This Authority, the Dishon'
est Man VIII Throw Out . Warning.
What tho Nose. Eyes, Lips and Other
Features Serve to Indicate.
However dishonest person may be and
however clever In ooncealiDg his character,
his face will throw out warning for those
who know how to interpret 1t. "Either
bis round, smooth features or his oblique
glance, eyebrows, syes, nose and mouth
and pointed chin will reveal him In his
true oolors." This sweeping statement
may be called in question, but Mr.. Rich
ard Dimsdale Stocker Is very positive that
it is we'll founded, and in The Humani'
tartan he tells how the facial indexes to
character may be read. II the face be d.
vided by two imaginary horizontal lines,
that division including the forehead and
eyes indicates the extent OF intellectual ca
paoity, that including the nose and cheek
bones indicates will power, that including
cheeks. Alps, jaws and chin indicates the
feelings. So much for the general indioa-
tions. MIR. Stocker then proceeds to more
specific information. First, as to the fore
head, tho seat of the intellect:
III the lower part Of the forehead be the
fullest, SO that 1t advances over the eyes,
1t indicates that the observing powers and
practical faculties are In the ascendency.
Should the upper section be prominent or
bulge forward, it shows that the reasoning
powers and theoretical side of the indiv.'
dual are strongly represented, while II 1t
be filed out in the middle, the fullest In
the center, it then denotes that the com"
parative faculties are In evidence and
that the person possessed Of 1t has the abil'
ity to classify, to arrange his ideas, to crit
ioise and reason by analogy and recollect
what has taken place.
"Viewed full face: A wide forehead
shows broader mind than does narrow
one, and a high forehead indicates more
intuition and altogether loftier character
istics than a low one.
"A forehead greatly developed above,
which sinks in near the eyes, indicates an
infantile, crude personality" :,
Next as to eyebrows, the contour posi-
ton and extent Of which show the devel-
opment Of the perceptive organs:
"Straight eyebrows show orderly habits,
q methodical turn of mind; arched or
pointed ones, perception of color, taste in
the arrangement Of tints and the ability
to match shades and hues, while such as
are set far apart from each other show the
capacity for judging Of sizes and proper
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curacy.
"If the eyebrows bend down in the mid
die toward the eyes, 50 that they appear
indented, as 1t were, they show nature
that is disposed neither to forgive nor for
get and that Is resentful or apt to give tit
for tat
According to the greater amount Of,
space between the ridge OF the eyebrow at
Its outer terminus and the corner of the
eye can be accurately determined the CAL
culative powers Of a person.
"When the outline Of the eyebrows ID
straight, it indicates sincerity and frank
ness. If, however, 1t should be oblique.
and the hairs spring from the root OF tho
nose, 1t shows elusive and deceptive tend
enoies." .:s.
The eye, We are told, shows bytts full
The size of the eye shows the degree Of
sentiment, fancy, regard for the opposite
sex. The distance between the Dyes indi-
Gates power Of remembering forms and
outlines. The color indicates the temper
ament, but on this point we get no partio'
ulars.
No other feature is 20 pregnant with
meaning as the nose. The mere size counts
for little, hut It's height above the cheeks
unerringly indicates mental capacity and
elevation of character. A pug or snub nose
indicates either immaturity or arrested
development; Roman arch, love Of pow
Or; Grecian straight nose, refinement,
artistic taste, love Of peace; the turn up
means vivacity and cheerfulness; the
dropping down nose, prudence. reflection
and usually melancholy; the hooked or
beaklike nose, love Of gain.
The lips are the true signs Of passion
and appetite. The upper lip, according
to it's fullness and redness, shows the OK
tent Of the social attributes and tho lower
the domestic traits.
"Thick lips denote eensua1ity and love
of the good things of life; thin Ones oppo
sitely, indicate q want Of vitality and but
little capacity either for enjoyment or af- !
fording pleasure to Others. Tho happy
medium the proper mean'-is the BEST
such lips indicating a full share of tho
milk of human kindness and loving, !
feeling nature.
"Upturnel lips indicate o witty, mirth- !
full nature, but suoh as descend ut the an
giles of the mouth denote a gloomy, un-
hopeful temperament.
"When tho space from the nose to the
opening Of the mouth. O., that part Of
the face which Is often spoken of as the
upper lip long, stiff and full, it shows
self reliance and confidence in ones own
opinions and ideas-pride.
If this portion of the face Is short and
ooncave when looked at in profile so that
the upper lip rises and exposes the teeth to /
view, the exsot opposite state of affairs e1-
ists-viz, Low of commentator and the
desire to be we'll thought Of by others
vanity"
A chin projecting downward and for
ward indicates frmness, short and re-
treating chin shows instability, narrow
ohin shows an interruptions, cunning ma