Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1908-07-02
GUESSING CHARACTER.
Row People Of Various Professions
Have Done t.

Row People Of Various Professions
Have Done e.
Tnere can be little doubt that close
observation Of people. and ability to
read their character and their thoughts
Is OF immense value in trade and COM
merce, especially for a shop assistant
or salesman In persuading people to
ouy goods. or In detecting would be
swindlers. 1t Is said that you can tell
a mans character from the way he
wears his hat. II 1t is slightly on one
side, the wearer Is good natured: IL
IL Is worn very much on the side, he
ls swaggerer; II on the back Of his
mead. he Is bad at paying his debts:
while II worn straight on the top. he
Is probably honest. but very dull.
The way a man or woman walks In
often very good guide to character.
Witness the fussy, STAGGERING little
man. padding along with short steps,
with much arm action: the nervous
mans terky stride; the slow SLOUGH OF
the loafer; the smooth going and silent
step OF the scout ard so on.
was once accused" says Lieut..
Gen. Baden-Powell. from whose work
on Scouting for Boys this informa-
ton Is taken, ''of mistrusting men with
waxed mustaches. Well, SO, to a GER
tain extent. I do. 1t often means van
ity and sometimes drink. Certainly,
the 'quin' or lock of hair which some
lads wear on their foreheads is a sure
sign OF Stiffness"
Apart from being Of extreme inter-
est and value to boys, the advice which
the redoubtable "B. p" gives on the
art Of Judging character by keeping
yours eyes open should be Of much
service to grown-ups. You can gener-
ally tell from a persons boots whether
he is rich or poor.
Il once was able" says the famous
soldier, Ito be Of service to a lady
VINO was In poor circumstances. as
mad guessed 1t from noticing. while
walking behind ner, that, though she
was well dressed, the soles Of her
shoes were In the last stage Of dis
repair. I don't suppose she ever knew
how. / guessed that she was in q bad
way.
But 1t Is surprising how much OF
the sole Of the boot you can see when
behind a person walking-and 1t Is
surprising how much meaning
you can read from that boot. 1t is said
TO wear out soles and heels equally Is
TO give evidence of business capacity
and honesty; to wear your heels down
on the outside means that you are
man of imagination and love of ad-
venture; but heels worn down inside
signify weakness and indecision Of
and this last sign is more
infallible in the case of a man than in
that of woman.
1t is an amusing practice when you
are in a railway carriage or omnibus
with other people TO look only at their
Feet and guess without looking any
higher what sort of people they are. old
or young, well-to-do or poor, fat or
thin. and so on. and then look up up
and see how near you have been TO the
truth.
Mr.. Nat Goodwin, the American
actor once described to me how he
went TO see balloon ascend at a time
when he happened TO be suffering from
a stiff neck. He was only able to look
down instead OF up-and he could see
only the feet of the people around him
In the crowd, so he chose among the
feet those that he felt sure belonged
to an affable, kind-nearted man who
would describe TO him what the bal
loon was doing.
Il was speaking with a detective not
long ago. about a gentleman who had
both been talking TO. and we were
trying TO make out his character.
remarked, We'll, at any rate, he is a
fisherman, but my companion could not
see why; but then he was not a fish
erman himself. l had noticed lot OF
little tufts OF cloth sticking upon the
of his coat.
"A good many fishermen, when they
take their flies of the line. stick them
into their cap to dry; others stick
them into their sleeve. When dry
they Gull them out, which often tears
a thread or two of the cloth. "-Tit-Pits