Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1898-12-09

SIGNS ON YOUR FACE.

SIGNS ON YOUR FACE.
TELLTALE EXPRESSIONS THAT ex.
POSE YOUR THouohTs.
Many ways ~ witch the Careful
Observer May Detect Your Real
Feelings In SPITE % strong ERorts
to Hide Thea.
Everybody in this imperfect world
likes to be- able TO take care Of himself,
and to do this the more insight one has
into ones fellow men the better.
Rogues, % aruls, get on because they
are ahrewder observers than the people
they cheat. This article. among other
things gives the honest man the power
Of protecting himself.
There are dosensof little signs which,
do you but know them. give you the key
to mans thoughts and betray him
without his being aware Of it. This %.
per is the last paper In the world to a.
sist the private detective mania or On.
courage morbid suspicion Of deceit, but
. clear comprehension Of the real sig.
niicanoe Of these face signals will. be.
sides making peoples observations of
use to them, lead to q better under
standing all round.
Most Of these muscular actions BY
which-to the skilled facial reader that
1--we give ourselves away are involun-
tary. and hence their value. Supporting,
for instance. you are telling something
70 . man who can keep his countenance
and you want "a. ind out whether he
likes your news or not. In the ordinary
way, II he has sufficient self control to
look placid you would be- hard puit to
discover It; but * you know where
to look for Il he cannot, sven IL he has
. face Of brass. hide tho sign you are
wanting.
There are osrtain muscles which Oar.
win. called the ''grief muscles . for the
reason that whom any III hears infor-
nation be doesn't care about these
muscles act instantly and without the
person knowing It
These muscles are connected with the
eyebrows, and in . case like that above
IL 10 the eyebrows you must watch. for,
II your information be unweloome. the
inside ends will for IN instant arch
acutely upward and q slight wrinkle
come across the brow. Then. though
the rest Of the face be wreathed in
smiles, you may disregard these and
feel certain you have ''got home" The
action IL 20 involuntary that IL often
escapes observation, and sven those
who notice IL frequently take IL ~ BE-
ing Observation-Disclosures surprise.
The individuals who invariably smile
when you speak TO them : . diiioult
class to read, but there 10 none tho less
. way Of doing II. The man who smiles
out Of pure good nature and because he
10 pleased always does II more with bis
eyes than his lips. but the mije you
must never trust 10 that Of the man
whose lip goes up for q moment and
shows you the pointed end Of his canine
tooth.
Watch him In . rage and you will
see precisely the anne movement The
fact that he does II when smiling shows
infallibly malevolenoe. Cloaked By de-
ceit.
A good many people seem 20 think
that there 10 . difficulty in finding q ely
person before the mischief he does dis
closes his character. AZ q matter Of fact
It 10 absurdly easy. You have only TO
watch him for ten minutes and he will
give himself away.
The ely person 10 always trying 70
zee something without being supposed
to see IL. When that something 10 out
side his visual field. he has to move his
eyes instead Of his head. Any mans
eyes therefore that You see very much
drawn to one side, say twice In five
minutes. 10 sly, and you would do we'll
to mistrust him.
The old trick Of making . man you
suspect look you '.straigbt in the eyes"
while you glare into his has more In it
than people think. Any ordinary per-
son bent on deception will ten 70 one
find his optics finch under the ordeal.
But the accomplished liar and swim
der has by long practice taught him
self to Withstand the test. and for him
IN additional one is advisable. The
most delicate portion Of the face after
the eyes are the lips, and any man or
woman whose lips, when they are be.
ing brought to book, don't twitch visi-
bly,, is ''acting on the square,"
Determination. n would think. is
IN easy thing to discern in a man, but
az a matter Of fact it isn't, especially
il he talks loudly and has a good deal
to say.
As q rule, most people are deceived
by tho appearance Of determination
which q man. when he is "biufing."
puts on to carry his point. In these
matters It is the involuntary things
that tell. and directly 81 nan is tbc-
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