The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-06-12
SIGNS ON YOUR FACE.
TELL1ALE EXPRESSIONS THAT Ex.
POSE YOUR THOUGHTS.

TELL1ALE EXPRESSIONS THAT Ex
POSE YOUR THOUGHTS.
Observer May Detect Your Real
Feelings In Spite of Strong ERoPta
to Hide Them.
Everybody in this imperfect world
likes to be able to take care Of himself,
and to do this the more insight one hal
into ones fellow men the better.
Rogues, as q rule. get on because they
are shrewder observers than the people
they cheat This article, among otheS
things. gives the honest man the powes
Of protecting himself.
There are dozens of little signs which,
do you but know them. give you the KEY
to mans thoughts and betray him
without his being aware Of it. This pa.
per is the last paper in the world to -
sist the private detective mania or On.
courage morbid suspicion Of deceit, but
. clear comprehension Of the real sig
nificance of these face signals will. be.
sides making peoples observations Of
use to them, lead to . better under
standing all round.
Most Of these muscular actions b
which-to the skilled facial reader that
is-we give ourselves away are involun-
sary, and hence their value. Supposing.
Tor instance, you are telling something
TO a man who can keep his countenancs
and you want to find out whether be
likes your news or not. In the ordinary
way, If he has sufficient self control 70
look placid you would be hard put to
discover it; but if you know where
to look for it he cannot, even II he has
4 face Of brass. hid~ the sign you are
wanting.
There are certain muscles which OAR
win called the "grief muscles." for the
reason that when any one hears infor.
nation he doesn't care about these
muscles act instantly and withoat the
person knowing it.
These muscles are connected with the
eyebrows, and in q case like that above
Il is the eyebrows you must watch. for.
II your information be unwelcome, the
Inside ends will for an instant arch
acutely upward and a eight wrinkle
some across the brow. Then. though
the rest Of the face be wreathed in
miles, you may disregard these and
feel certain you have "got home" The
action is so involuntary that 1t often
escapes observation, and even those
who notice 1t frequently take it as be-
ing indicative Of pleasant surprise.
The individuals who invariably smile
when you speak to them are q difficult
slass to read, but there is none the less
. way Of doingit. The man who smiles
ont Of pure good nature and because he
10 pleased always does ii more with his
syes than his lips. but the smile you
must never trust ia that Of the man
whose lip goes up for moment and
shows you the pointed end Of his canine
tooth. s
- Watch him in q rage and you will
zee precisely the same movement The
TACT that he does it when smiling shows
tntallibly malevolenoe, cloaked by de-
eis. ~
A good many people seem to think
that there is difficulty in finding sly
person before the mischief he does dis
,loses his character. As matter of fact
It is absurdly easy. You have only to
Al, l.. o,.l l., ~vs11
give himself away.
The ely person is always trying 20
nee something without being supposed
to see it. When that something is out
Gide his visual field, he has to move his
Eyes instead of his hesd. Any man'a
yes therefore snat you see very much
drawn to one side. say twice in i've
minutes. is sly. and you would do we'll
10 mistrust him.
The old trick Of making q man you
suspect look You straight in the eyes"
while you glare into his has more in it
than people think. Any ordinary per-
Ion bent on deception will ten to ono
Ind his optics finch under the ordeal.
But the accomplished liar and awin-
aler has by long practice taught him.
self to Withstand the test. and for him
m additional one is advisable. Tho
most delicate portion of the face after
the eyes are the lips. and any man or
woman whose lips. when they are be.
Ing brought to book. don't twitch visi.
bly,, is "acting on the square.
Determination. one would think, 10
IN easy thing to discern in Q man. but
Is q matter of fact it isn't, especially
IL he talks loudly and has good deal
to say.
As rule. most people are deceived
by the appearance Of determination
which o man, when he is "bluf1ng,
puts on to carry his point. In these
matters it il the involuntary things
that tell, and directly q man is thor
oughly determined he is resigned as to
what will probably happen. There. II
you will watch closely, you will see his
ihoulders suddenly become arched (not
In q shrug). and when he says he
doesn't care he means it.
A difficulty that most face readers
experience is that of discriminating be.
tween surprise AMI the action Of the
grief muscles, inasmuch as both cause
The eyebrows to be elevated slightly.
But the fact that surT~ise always makes
people open their mouths. even when
they are threading a needle, should
help them. The brow, too, is full Of
difficulties, for it may be beetled either
from intellectual effort or melancholy.
Probably in the first case, however. the
eyes will be not quito wide open.
Then laughter should be received
with suspicion, for person will often
laugh hilariously after coming through
IN ordeal that has left him heavy Of
heart. and fresh. spontaneous smile IL
more surely indicative Of happiness
Perhaps. however, the most diffiouE
khin0 IN f1atect in n Dera0n of atropsz