The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-07
INDICATIVE OF CHARACTER
VARIOUS TYPES OF FACES AND
WHAT THEY SHOW.
A Mans Qualities May Be Discerned
In his Eyes and Forehead-0ther
Features That Are induces.
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a head justly proportioned TO the rest
of the body shows steadiness and force
OF character: too large. il generally in
dicates grossneSs and stupidity: too
small. feebleness and inaptitude OF
mind. II not of constitution. The ply
siognomy OF a forehead is seen in the
form of the frontal bone, its height and
proportion. regularity or irregularity;
this marks the disposition and meas
ure of our faculties. our fashion of
thinking and feeling. Pathognomy
should be studied in the covering skin,
its color, wrinkles, tension or relaXa-
| ton; 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.
nat on the eyebrows; retreating from
behind developed bowrs and perpendic-
ular. 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 deduc-
ton seldom fail to guide them rightly
High foreheads. lacking some part OF
this quick spirit. pause, consider and
weigh the matter before taking action.
Less passionate, less imaginative. less
resourceful they cannot afford to make
mistakes. Short foreheads, prominent
brows belong 10 the man of action.
High, well-developed temples to the
man of thought A perpendicular. fiat
forehead, with wrinklelesS skin
stretched tightly across II. may be
briefly dismissed as the forehead of the
fool. Eye bones which project so
sharply as TO cause the hair of the
brows to bristle outward show immense
acuteness and genius of intrigue Ii
Hung Chang, the great Chinese minis
ter, and Prince Bismarck are good ex-
anples of this class. A forehead square
on the temples and retreating into the
hair on either side is g. retentive men,
DRY and excellent Judgment. Lord
Kitchener of Khartoum has the typical
forehead of a leader of men, Short,
compressed. with prominent eye bones
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 conclusions with
promptness and decision.
Eyes, mirrors of the soul, may. per-
haps, be considered more beautiful and
attractive than any other feature. Di-
viding them into two great classes
light and dark, it has been said that the
dark indicate power. the light. deli
cacy. Black eyes. SO called-for they
are really of so deep an orange that
they appear black contrasted with the
white surrounding them-are tropical
Sometimes they seem dull and slug
gish, but the forces they betoken are
only slumbering. so that any chance
spark may set them ablaze. With such
eyes the intellect will be powerful and
the passions strong. Clear blue eyes
belong to temperate regions. Other in
tellectual indications being equal what
they may lack in power and passion
q Wi L In }. It,
satility. Hazel eyes show steadsness
and the power of constant affection.
green, cat-like orbS, though frequently
fascinating. are dangerous, for they are
4 sign CT coquetry and deceit The ewes
IF genius are said to be of varying
,ints. like the sea, sometimes blue,
hinged with green or orange in Ger
ain lights or when affected by emotion.
ieep and almost dark These are but
eW OF the Infinite varieties in tint II
should never be forgotten that eyes are
more capable of misleading than any
lther feature. Form and color may in
iicate much: the glance. STEADY or soft,
)ernaps even more. Wildly expanded
Yields see much without rejecting
,reatly beyond the present moment.
yields half closing over the eyes de.
tote less facility of impression. but
learer insight. more definite ideas
'reater readiness in action; they notice
ess but think and feel intensely. Deep
ct eyes with wrinkles at the outer
orners show penetration and a sense
4 humor. Eyes set near together. es-
'ecially when there are wrinkles across
he nose, are sign of cunning and
in small things. money mat
ers and otherwise. Set wide apart the
haracter will be generous. If too
vide careless and extravagant. The
roper distance between the eyes is the
sngth of one eye.