Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1910-08-18
CHARACTER
READING

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room OF the Oakhurst club. Standish
was q new member and Bartlett was
trying 20 make il pleasant for him.
Its deductions are weII-nigh infaI-
lible.' ended Bartlett
1T IS an interesting study" replied
Standish. Though ! should hardly az.
tach great importance 10 its teach
ings. I've dabbled in IL myself
"Oh. have you? Been at il Iong?"
= took It up about two years ago.
a work on phrenology started me"
''Of course you are aware that
phrenology is but one department OF
physiognOmy. The figure, the car.
riage, the habits OF the man as evil
denced. say. by his clothes, his neat.
ness or the lack of IL and so on, all
must be taken into account in forming
q Judgment OF character"
Il quite agree with YOU" said
Standlsh- ITO a certain extent these
appearances may guide one IN making
an estimate. And yet mistakes are
likely 10 occur"
For instance" said Bartlett Give
US your reading OF that big fellow
playing pool at the second table"
Well" said Standish, ito begin
with. Ike most large men. he is lazy.
lacks ambition, sleeps a good deal, is
a sort OF muttonhead. His Wit is slow
and his perceptions are dull. He's a
heavy eater-a glutton. might say.
He's a poor money getter. because
he's too stupid TO be shrewd. On the
other hand, that thick neck and those
heavy eyebrows denote temper and
brutishness. l think he beats his
wife,"
"Humph!" calculated Bartlett,
obviously. How about the young fel-
low he's playing WITH"
Sort OF a saphead Low brow and
cigarette indicative of deficiency in
intelligence. Judge from occasional re
marks which float this way that he's
little shy on good breeding Snob-
bish and conceited air shows him TO
be cad. Tastes probably coarse and
he's likely TO play the prodigal son
later on in life. He may be like a
singed cat-better than he looks-but
/ should classify him as small pota-
toes and few in the hill Wonder how
near I've hit It. Do you know them?"
Bartlett WINGED and looked some
what embarrassed. as he said:
Il am on speaking terms with them
They are my brother-in-law and his
son. my nephew"
Standish laughed heartily We'll, Il
did put my foot in 1t that time. But
OF course | didn't know"
"Of course not" said Bartlett, ap-
parently ruffied by Standishs amuse-
ment"
ITO be sure" said Standish, the
tendencies, as plainly indicated by the
facts OF physiognomy may be modified
by what one might call the accidents
of education and all that; so ones
judgment may be at fault"
Il don't think you need apologize"
said Bartlett If l feel any annoy
ance I've brought it on myself"
Would you say that my differences
were improperly drawn" asked Stand
ish.
oh, guess not. An, 1 see there
are ladies present"
p "Where?"
over there talking TO Sanderson."
"Oh, yes! That's BY the way. old
man. do you know them?"
NO" said Bartlett; strangers to
me"
Il Was about 10 ask you, said
Standish, quickly, TO let me hear
your analysis of character from out
ward appearances You're an expert
and | should ike 10 learn Here's a
chance. How about them?"
Well" replied Bartlett with little
laugh, Frightening up. II rather fatrer
myself on my success in decipheling
lovely woman by the rules OF our SCH
ence.
Now" ne went on, this is a case
OF mother and daughter. The resem-
blance is very striking Mother rather
dowdy. She has a poor dressmaker,
denoting false economy in the matter
OF expenditures. Probably she's a
poor housekeeper. Head small, exces-
sively vain. Manners evidently af-
fected. indicating desire TO break
into a social set where she doesn't be-
long and can't remain II she gets in.
On the whole. a member OF the vulgar
middle class"
And the daughter"
We'll. she's modern. Mothers traits
will be toned down by environment
which is plainly that of wellto-do peo-
ule Don't think her taste in dressing
shows much refinement Rather
good.looking child. but not an intel
lectual face by any means. Wonder
who they belong to. Friends OF the
Stewards, probably. They're coming
this way
Standish, whose sense OF huhlor
seemed to be decidedly elemental.
roared with laughter i wanted to
give YOU a chance 10 get square with
me" he said, and you certainy did
Nv dear. this is Mr.. Bartlett hes
been telling your fortune.
For a second tine Bartletrs face
was q study