The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-09-27
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 ewes
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, 1t 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 q
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, fiat 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, weA-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 retentive
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 a 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, light and
dark, it 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 slum-
boring, SO that any chance spark may
set them ablaze. With such eyes the
intellect will be powerful and the pas
sions strong. Clear blue eyes belong to
the temperate regions. Other intel
lectual indications being equal, what
they may lack in power and passion
they will make up in subtlety and YER
satility. Hazel eyes show steadiness
and power of constant affection; green,
catlile orbs, though frequently fascin-
ating, are dangerous, for they are a
sign of coquetry and deceit. The eyes
of genius are said to be of varying tints
like the sea, sometimes blue, tinged
with green or orange in certain lights,
or, when affected by emotion, deep and
almost dark. These are but few of
the infinite varieties in tint. 1t should
never be forgotten that eyes are more
capable of misleading than any other
feature. Form and color may indicate
much; the glance, steady or shifting,
quick or languid, keen or soft, perhaps
even more. Widely expanded eyelids
see much without rejecting greatly;
they live in the senses and think lit
tie beyond the present moment. Eye
lids half closing over the eyes denote
less facility of impression, but clearer
insight, more definite ideas, greater
steadness in action; they notice less,
but think and feel intensely. Deep-set
eyes with wrinkles at the outer corners
show penetration and a sense of humor.
Eyes set near together, especially when
there are wrinkles across the nose, are
sign of cunning and meanness in
small things, money matters and other
wise. Set wide apart, the character
will be generous; if too wide, careless
and extravagant. The proper distance
between the eyes is the length of one
eye.-Chicago Chronicle.
Former Kansas Mans Trick.
Jacob Spidell, who was killed a few
days ago at Manchester, Oklahoma,
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