New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-17
HEADS AND FACES.
Il Manual for the Observer of His
Kind.

CAR4iSGrTR6 e K saaeiG , BY Mrs ses Emo
Lady Macbeth had the right idea No doub+
when she told great Cawdor that his faca Vas
, Ike a book where men might read strange mat
tiers. but she never worked the idea I'D as Mrs
Svues has done. To be sure the orthor NJ
Character Reading (SaalheId Publishing Com
pany) aims most Of her observations against
her own sex. The little volume would easily
have fitted into DR.. Syntax's coat pocket. and
il is a pity that he did not have it with him
on his tour in search of consolation He might
have known at a glance that a woman with a
small mouth who lisps rarely possesses the at
tribute Of heroic sincerity, and that only men
with plenty Of money should treat themselves to
the choice OF a Greek-nosed woman for wife.
If Dr. Syntax was born before his time. that
is no reason why this pocket manual of the face
and head should not promise US some sl1rcease
Of palm reading. In place of exploration in the
line OF fate and the mount of the moon We
may look TO see in the shadows Of the summer
evening the diigent reader Of character irving
70 determine whether the face of destiny be
obIong, round. pear-shaped, square or blended,
! or applying the edge Of a fan to establish nor
nality Of type by the perpendicuIarity Of line
dropped from the eyebrows TO the upper lip
and chin. At times, to be sure it will be diff
cult 10 say offhand what class certain features
belong to Types get badly mixed in nature.
There are. however, occasional signs that are
fnfauible and. as an index, most useful for ex-
ample such one as the following:
When you see a beautiful woman rejecting
man Of money. high social position and hand
some or distinguished presence. 10 marry a
humble and unknown aspirant, you may look
for the woman with the narrow, square chin.
and you viii usually find her.
This is a fine touch Of the supremacy Of the
technical interest in the scientist. Marrying an
unknown aspirant might seem TO call for the
I chin denotiDg recklessness. and any one who set
f, oct on a quest for the woman with the narrow.
+, square chin and failed to find her, could prob
ably be accused Of faintheartedness. But this
Is all beside the point, which seems TO be-un-
less sic Of the specified chin is merely the deu-
tragonist in such a drama-that if one have
not a narrow, square chin and do rot care
to acquire II. one should beware of rejecting
man Of money. high social position and hand
some or distinguished presence. Widowers with
q benevolent regard for their children will pass
over women whose lower lips curve downward
OF outward just where the long teeth are stu
ated They are likely to prove cruel stepmothers.
Recruiting sergeants will be glad TO know that
the place to look for patriotism is just below
the lower lip in slight fulness there exhibited
hazel eye never elOpes from her husband No
more presumably. does woman with two hazel
eyes and both these facts are worth remember
inG. Detectives working up a Jealousy motive
viii not so far astray II they keep a sharp
lookout for the glowing, cavernous, black eye,
hot with smouIdering fires. II is not surpris
ing that a feature like the nose, which IS often
kept 10 the grtndstone, followed and talked and
paid through, should develop tell-tale charac-
teristics. In general, TO speak by the book
''the noses Of our times are too small too
short. too thin. too fat, too big. too wide. too
sharp too large. too long or too square, to fl
delineation Of the perfect figure" Though fallen
on evil times We had no idea that the nose was
so discouraEing. Never before. perhaps, have
We been quite so much inclined TO sympathize
with the remark Of Aaron to Moses, as pre-
served il the old nursery rhyme, in favor Of cut
ting it of. The general discussion o. these
matters is followed by a physiOgnOmic diction-
airy. or 'alphabe guide where at the defni
ton of the signs Of fippancy We have been
brought TO a stop with a grewsome dread Of the