The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-10-19
TO DISCERN CHARACTER.
One Can Generally Read the Man He
Meets by His Forehead
and Eyes.

The best of physiognomists rely
mainly upon the foreheads and eyes
of those they meet to determine their
character, and they are rarely at fault.
At least that is the verdict of the most
famous seer of Chicago, whose charac-
ter readings have become notable all
over the country. A head justly proper
toned to the rest of the body shows
steadiness and force of character; too
large, it generally indicates grossness
and stupidity; too small, feebleness
and inaptitude of mind. If not of consti-
tuition. The physiognomy of fore
head is seen in the form of frontal
bone, its height and proportion, regu-
larity or irregularity. This marks the
disposition and measure Of our facul-
ties, our fashion of thinking and feel
ing. Pathognomy should be studied
in he covering skin, its color, wrinkles,
tension or relaxation. This gives a
clew to the passions, the actual state of
the spirit within, the use it has made
of its natural gifts. Foreheads, seen
IN profile, are divided into three classes:
Projecting above, fat on the eyebrows;
retreating from behind developed eye
brows, and perpendicular. Broadly
speaking, those with prominent eye
bones act promptly, on the judgment
perhaps passion-of the moment.
Yet they err but rarely, for their gifts
of intuition and rapid deduction seldom
fail to guide them rightly. High fore
heads, lacking some part of this quick
spirit, pause, consider and weigh the
matter before taking action. Less pas
sionate, less imaginative, less resource
full, they cannot afford to make mis-
takes. Short foreheads, prominent
brows, belong to the man Of action;
high, weH-developed temples, to the
man Of thought. A perpendicular, fiat
forehead, with wrinkleless skin
stretched tightly across it, may be
briefly dismissed as the forehead of the
fool. cyclones which project so sharp
ly as to cause the hair of the brows
to bristle outward show immense acute
ness and genius for intrigue. Ii Hung
Chang, the great Chinese minister, and
Prince Bismarck are good examples OF
this class. A forehead square on the
temples and retreating into the hair
on either side is sign Of retentiye
memory and excellent judgment. Lord
Kitchener, Of Khartoum, has the typ
ical forehead of leader of men. Short,
compressed, with prominent cyclones
and thick, straight brows, square and
receding on the temples. A man with
this forehead could not fail to judge
character or circumstance with quick
ness and accuracy, to store such OBJ
servations in tenacious memory and
TO act upon his conclusion with prompt
ness and decision.
Eyes, mirrors of the soul, may per
haps be considered more beautiful
than any other features. Dividing
them into two great classes, ngnt and
dark, 1t has been said that the dark
indicate power, the light delicacy.
Black eyes, so-called for they are real
ly OF SO deep an orange that they appear
black contrasted with the white sur
rounding them-are tropical. Some
times they seem dull and sluggish, but
the forces they betoken are only blum-
bering, so.tbat any chance spark may
set them ablaze. With such eyes the
intellect willsbe powerful and the pas
sions strong. Clear blue eyes belong to