Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-27
F ACIAL7d RlCkERY
Two Sides Of a Face Are
Often Unlike.
LEFT PART PRETTIER
HOW TO STUDY ONES cHARAc-
TER1srIcs BY, PHYs1oaNoMY.
Curious Facts Relative to the Eternal
Feminine and Always
Timely.
LEFT PART PRETTIER

o-N1' WY UolIdu ileS IVY laws, e@iAN
one shows certain characteristics which the
othe- does not, and each contradicts the
other.
Inc left side is nearly always the prett1er,
although it would take a very keen eye to
discern any difference; but it is worth
while to remember this when posing for
ones photograph.
The cause of this difference in the two
sides of the face is explained by scientists,
who tell US, what we already know, that
the brain is made up in two sections, or
hemispheres, as they are called. Those
sections operate quite differently, because
or the varied functions they perform. The
hemisphere on the right has to do with
the physical life; that on the left is con-
cerned with the mental qualities. As the
brain Is in close communication with all
parts OF the body it is natural to under
stand that its workings can be easily read
once its effect on any given muscle Is I'M
derstood.
The physiognomists have learned to read
these muscles. Ordinary folk cannot go so
deeply into the subject: they simply look to
ind the result of muscular development in
the race. Through the varied and different
workings of the two brain sections the IA
clal muscles are developed or retarded in
growth.
For example, the physical characteristics
or the right hemisphere of the brain pro-
duce an effect on the right side of the face
much more quickly than the workings of
the left hemisphere. This effect on the
right side tends to set and harden the mus
cles on that side and to harden the fea-
lures. To the experienced eye the very
complexion of the right side of the face
diners from the left. the bone framework
or the muscles coming nearer the surface,
to show their substance, in a measure,
through the skin, so changing in appear
ance the outer color of the face
An easy way to prove these statements
given on the authority of scientist-is to
take a bit of ordinary pasteboard; cut it
roughly. so that 1t shows the profile of
human face. The woman whose face Is to
be studied places this cut out plain against
her face so that 1t fits as closely as pos
sible over the forehead, nose, mouth and
chin The face being separated into two
halves. one side at time can be looked
at and analysed without any confusion
Differences Found.
Tho left side, almost invariably, will be
found to be fuller than tho right which by
comparison has q slightly sunken appear
ance. The eye itself appears to lose some
thing OF the animation shown by the left
member, which Is stronger. The right eye
too. Is somewhat higher than the left. In
fact, so different are the two sides of the
face that they almost could be mistaken for
two persons. Naturally some persons dis
tinguisl these differences much more read
lily than others. The differences In the two
sides OF face, let 1t be noted are more
noticeable In the old than in the young
OF course, the greater number Of years the
muscles have to harden the more pro-
nounced the difference will be.
The moral of this tale IS obvious The left
side Of the face showing to far better ad-
vantage than the right, 1t IS every ones
I,,tr - ~ a..
an observer.
Studying the full face it is sometimes
quite apparent that the two lips do not
match. The upper one may be thin, with
queer construction in the middle that makes
it draw in, while the lower lip may be ex-
ceedingly full and protrude.
In an ancient work, called Aesthetic An
thropometry," it Is pointed out that the
and lower half Of the human body exists
in nearly all males, but is never to be
found in the female. Through dim con-
seriousness of this truth women in all ages
and climates have adopted some form Of
dress which conceals the defect while
painters and scu1ptors have aided and abet-
ted them by representing the female form
in an ideal aspect. poet hit upon the
same conclusion when he cried. 'Woman's
beauty Is but man. love for her." In other
words, beauty lies in the eye of the OBJ
server. "Beauty?" said Aristotle, when
asked what 1t was. THAT is a question
which we may leave to the blind" But the
subject must have preoecupied him, for he
wrote book about 1t, or a treatise.
Another curious fact in this connection Is
that tall women, as a rule, have bodies out
of proportion to their lower limbs-that Is,
smaller than they ought to be-with the
natural result that they are unable to bear
fatigue or to compete in the struggles Of
life with lesser women more tremendously
proRprtioned.
Two Inches Taller.
British women, too, are said to average
two inches more in height than American
women, and it is a novel theory that girls
born in summer and autumn grow to be
taller than those born in spring and winter
The tallest girls are born in August
There are other curious facts relative to
the eternal feminine; woman Is generally
at her heaviest in her fortieth year
About twenty-four women In one hundred
are stronger in the left arm than they are
in the right; but women are more frequent
ly equally strong In both arms than are
men. In fifty-four cases out of one hun
dred the left leg is stronger than the right
Given a woman and a man Of equal size
and weight, the tongue of the woman Is
smaller than that of the man.
= Only one person in fifteen has perfect eyes
Short sight is more common among women
who are born and live in town than among
country folk. Short sight Is not a proof of
physical degeneracy, as can be seen in case
of the Germans, who are VIGOROUSLY
shortsighted people.
There is one portion of the human body
which continues to increase in size through
out life and does not cease with the attain
ment Of maturity. This is the crystalline
lens of the eye. Ears are also said to keen
on growing; or TO grow during the later
decades of life and the right ear is gener-
ally higher thansthe left.
The smallest intervals Of sound can be
better distinguished with one ear than with
both. e
At birth the Mbrain of a girl weighs
about ten ounces. and that Of boy eleven
ounces. The bratn OF q woman weighs about
forty-four ounce and that Of a man forty
nine ounces. Is
The human mind Il at its fullest power
between the agee Of Dirty and sixty
The normal talker. bot the garrulous wo-
man, but she WHO strikes decent average
between indifferent silence and meaning
less verbosity, will average about one hour
all told, each day. of talk, which would al
low her 2.400 words.
The human heart beats on an average of
seventy times minute, 4 200 times an hour
100 600 times a day and SO 1872 200 times in
the course Of a year, SO that the heart of an
ordinary woman eighty years Of age has
beaten 5000, 00o, 600 times.
How far viii woman walk IN lifetime?
1t is a little difficult to fix the average
mileage DER day of the average woman