The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-09-23
STUDENTS or PHRENOIOGi.
Persons Come Here From M over the world
20 study the Subject.

Probably more than a thousand persons
have In New York studied phrenoloRy. People
have come here from all over the world 90 study
Il. From every part Of tie United States
England. the Continent. and even from New
Zealand and Australia, have como young and
middlc-aged person, for the purpose 81 learning
how 10 read character by exploring the surface
~ the human head The expert phrrnolo .st
assumes 10 be Hbic to stlWaf 10 Il nicely tho
power Of ones mental faculties. separately
and together, and 10 chap hia Aaad az u glance
on the precise part Of the head which shows
II one can be a merchant. q la8 yer or an Arctic
explorer.
How are your pupils taught to discover
the different traits Of character" was asked
by TUv SIS reporter q a veteran professional
rArenologist in this city.
An adequate reply TO that question, 50 said
the professor, would M a book Of u thousand
pages. but. briefly. We teach that TIE brain
10 human lie 'tha't daes not oririnotc in tie
duCed uuon the ey'rcmitios. but those sepso-
lions are 'eo""fcd IL, the .,"sori 'u, 90 ! -
the brain acGue,cenca 9r pr,,',t5 ac-
ti4c or form and quality Of the brain character
is p~.ossc-ed and ,anf.;ted b., individuals
son that heads d.ner in form and size. There
nrr head, that are broad ard heavy above 1na
about the ears. Those belong 10 bury. hard,
selfish. secretiyo, frpl chcrDu.. animal l-Olir.
Other heads are 'a'l. that is thov rise a. the top.
morality, the -usccrt'bmty, tho sympathy,
others are massive IN the frontal section. from
the ppening Of tho ear forward the head l. lOn..
ard brad. Those hoslg H. tie t@hinkGr,.
carry genius into the works and wavs n lie.
They are the leaders, the creator, III master
spirits. the pioneers Of civilization, pr" grcss
III one viii look At the broad temples Of
Edison and liz massive. upp"r forehead, h"
will SEQ what les at the foundation % all thai
%rentus's great inv eutions nd successes. Th,u
tho head ~ Ericsson, who invented m Monitor
and the propeller Tor steamers, Indicates to
ever looks at the portrait II William VI fllr's
will s@c q Wonderful dcN",ClIu"ut across n"
hrows, which gather kuowledse, and TIE middle
section OF The forehead, willh FcmolhlCrH
that knowledge, lhls always enabled Mr..
Eygrts to make a paragraph two pages long
In tie Ihreuologlcal school there are long
row $ Of busts and skulls ., muidcrcrs and other
nacfactoI-, with their low, broWs and their
oghonles. Students are lduEht To- classify
the nutlOnaltieS Of mankind 10y ih' -huH alone.
All the races, can, BE- sra' d. The Ngry darn
can be assorted historically and accurately
The phrenoIoglcai graduate viii not make
a mistake between the white man : skull and
the Chtnamaq's, the American indians and the
African =. and 10 Will generally Oe able 20 dc-ig-
nate a iuuiNttO, halt negro. and httI NhIH
by a dry and ghaStly skull that l. tiiy Years
old After about two months study 4 student
IL sufficiently equipped with Information TO
enable him 70 go into an audience aii. u con.
froUted by a man VINO i half German, To rccug-
ni2a the, German blood in him at once, and
10 do so blindfoidcd "
is it necessary to study the face In con-
ne,tlun with the head, in order To- i4dge uf
one oharartcristic,'- asked The reporter.
We regard chalHclrr l,aGlI = a- 'rI'ialia,d
in The brain, and whatever l. shown tN thr Io'm
and oppression Of The face 'r los tie luIu md
movements II the body 1, simply an external
manifestation Il Hldt tie tIaiu i't'li ~i'N,aI>.
Nc motion f tie l,d can tax" Place hat i~r't
instisated IN the brain " ~ lis turrlioaiq
outpUsts. Students not only have bustS and
skulls as a source OF information, hui they ha\e
hundreds OF portraits If historic .NaIuCt' =.
!lu f'1ti"C t'mVcTamrut, constitution and 'gl.Nt
~ every phase. IN addition, they a." trained
IN I~iGctiCa! oXaminatl,r, # living heads and
tempersneuts. The human brain Is also
dL,sectcd and explained 10 the class.
At present COur's OF justice are being on
lighlened by phrouUlOgy concerning mental all,I
alton, and mother ar" studying phrcroiupy and
shoot. or rather how 20 q void shooting. In Iuu-
lald some Of the best thinkers have been ardent
WORKERS In the Ihrerol, r'.al field, notably
George Connie and lis brother. Or. Andrew
Combc, and Or. tiliotson { onuon. In he
United States there are a her of clergy
chronological thought, Though tho tcruiuolol-
may not be used. one can see that they have read
Gan and SpuTZheim. IN the famous Fleming
ca 80 in this city a ;eW years ago H.. jurors faces
were studied and published, and the id. 4
aroused much favorable muen and d.
pology Is not mathematical but, at any rate,
il lite most OF the facts IL aims ar"