, 1908-08-03
FAMOUS FACES.

large mole on his neck. :
Tasso's feature were regular and
pleasing but he had a wild eye.
Hayden had a long nose, an almost
invariable popularity Of genius.
vespastan had a large. red face. with
high cheek bones and heavy chin.
Charles l. wore a pointed beard, In
the style known as the vandyke.
The Duke OF Wellington had . great
Roman nose and = stern, forbiddins
face.
Addison had regular and quite
pleasing features, unmarked by dissi'
patton.
Chaucer looked like q dandy, the I'm.
precision being intensified by his
d. ess.
vit.llius had very gross features. He
Is said 20 have weighed over $50
pounds.
Napoleon III. had a dull. almost
stupid, face. He generally seemed
half sleep.
Pope's features were small and deli
cate. All his life he was very pale and
looked sickly.
Rubinstein wore his hair in the
Beethoven style, which has always
been popular among pianists.
Wordsworth had what would be call
cd a negative face. 1t was as color
less as much of his poetry.
Paganini looked like a ~caricature OF
q man. SO thin was he, with every
feature exaggerated.
Pepin the Short, father of Charlie
magne, was only 8 feet high. but had
a beard down to his waist.
Oliver Goldsmith had strongly mark
| ed Celtic features and a lively blue
| eye that was always merry.
Ole Bull, the violinist, had a decid'
eddy clerical appearance, and was
often taken for a parson.
Lorenzo de Medici had a common
unprepossessing appearance.
Humboldt had a broad, well-fed, in
tellectual co%untenance, that showed a
love for the good things of life.
Raphael's face, Iainted by himself,
| represents him as a man with more
than usual personal attractions.
Ignatius Loyo,a had tho face OF an
ascetic, with sharp features, worn
with fasting, watching and prayer.
Alcihiades had a typical Greek face.
and was called by a contemporary "the
handsomest rascal in Athens
Bulwer Lytton was always consider,
ed an ugly man. He had a large. course
nose, thick lips and heavy. dull fea
lures.
Catherine Of Russia was never 8
handsome woman, and late In life
showed traces Of dissipation In her
countenance.
Hawthorne had the kindly face and
manner of a village pastor. More thar
once he was mistaken 4 e a preacher
Lord Give was thin and keen-faced
He had the appearance of q man al
ways worn down by lack of food AMI
rest.
Victor Hngo's face Is described by
those who knew him as far more kind
ly than his pictures would seem to in
dictate.
Like many other men who have
done a great work in the world, Luthe,
was at first thin, then became quite
feshy.
Calvin's face was too strongly mark
ed to be called handsome. Impressive
and stern are the words that best de
scribe his features.
Almost without exception the Amer
llican ~leadersain the revolutionary wal
were thin, while the British Generals
were stout men.
Dickens face was not disagreeable
but his I'M with strangers was moi
always pleasant, and sometimes was
quite offensive.
Hume, the historian. was said to b.
the ugliest man of his time His face
was fat, coarse and vulgar, with nc
striking or pleasant feature.
Beaconfeld's face was q puzzle ever
to his intimAtes. 1t was impossible
by watching It. to gain any insight
into his feelings or emotions.
Poe had a long, Thin face. with small
almost invisible. mustache. His fea
lures gave little Indication of the
habits of dissipation that blighted hi
lie.
Mary Queen Of Scots, had red hail
and a cross eye, and. In spite Of the
encomiums OF her contemporaries. ii
believed rot to have been . Handsome
woman.
Burns gave little indication Of his
genius in his features, which wers
those Of the typical Scottish peasant
The only good point In his face was
his eye.
Warren Hastiags had . large head
and noble countenance. When seated
his small stature was not noticed and
his appearance was exceedingly i'm
| %pressive.
William Rufus took his nickname
from his red hair, but, a. though ID
mockery ct it's color. he allowed his
beard. also firey-red, to- grow to an in
ordinate length.
Frederick the Great had a sharp
Ratchet face with q cold, blue eye
that, as ons Of his contemporaries said
CLEANED like q reflection Of light from
a bayonet
Petrarch wore Ills hair In long curls
and describes himself as turning y
corner witt: great caution on q windy
day lest the breeze should dtsarraIige
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