The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-12-22
Physlognomy In Politics.
(From New York Sum-

Looking down upon the noor VI Tie
United States Senate recently, a finan-
cier watched thoughtfully the senator
from Wisconsin propounding one OF his
pet theories.
44There," said Moneybags, ''is a rev.
olutionaire; he will never be president.
The ~pompadour will not carry one too
far"
Only a short time afterward an
other man who had made q careful
study of physiognomical and phreno-
logical characteristics of statesmen
said the same thing, in a different way
of the same man, Senator La Fol-
lette. And, upon reflection, n re-
calls that Webster, Clay, Calhoun and
BRYAN stirred and moved their country
men, took prominedt part in the set
Element or unsettlement of the ques-
tions of their day; were popular he
roes I'D to the time of election but
were always pushed aside for someone
more conservative, for the physiogpo-
mically more placid, the phrenologic-
ally more rounded, and none pompa-
doured.
Study of portraits bears out the fact
that the pompadour statesmen, with
the exception Of Jackson, has rarely
been a winner. Bryan, with his ora
torical dome aud flowing locks, the
hero and the idol Of every place where
a crowd congregated, went down to
defeat, first before the placid, serene
Mckinley, and again before the even
more placid and ever less stirring Taft.
Blaine, the brilliant, was pushed aside
for the slow-thinking, careful Cleve-
land. Shave the beard from Garfield
and another Mckinley would be re-
vealed. Conservatism reached its
highest point in the selection of Ru-
therford B. Hayes, who looks out from
his steel engraving with an inditfer.
ence that is exceptional, even in a long
line of conservative presidents.
Lincoln was the last man with a long,
narrow face to be elected to the White
House. All of his successors, whether
elected or inheriting the presidency,
have been men inclined to be portly,
All, not excepting the nervous, ener
getic Roosevelt, have been prepared
phrenologically to accept disappoint
ments and discomforts of their position
with good nature.
George Washington was tall, six fee
two inches, and although said to b
somewhat fiat-chested, weighed be
, tween 21O and 900 pounds. Unlik'
4 Taft, he had no trouble in reducing hi
waist measure. He was fair-skinne'
and florid, had deep-sunken eyes of
y y light grayish blue. Adams, his sue
cessor, also had a gray-blue eye, Blu
s his pink cheeks and fat, well-red fac
Z were typical of, the ease with which ID
. viewed the world. Jefferson was eve
taller thar Washington, weighing 20
$ pounds, had bright, hazel eyes and wa
noted for his fine, white teeth, whic
0 he preserved in tact until he died at tn
age of "a. Madison vas said to be tn
e first of the lightweight presidents, h
standing 5 feet 71-2 inches, and no
weighing more than $50 pounds. !
pale, little man, his life was a struggl
for. health. After him came anothe
n six-footer. Monroe, square-shouldreo
y and weighing 200 pounds. He had tn
large mouth, the square head and tn
cold blue eye which might be expecte
v from the enunciator of the America
doctrine.
} Like his father, John Quincy Adam
was just fat, but, unlike his father, h
was an irascible person and his blu
j eyes, instead of sending out good h,
NOR, snapped in sometimes so undign
Z fled a manner as to move the member
70 of his cabinet to laughter. With Al
10 drew Jackson big men came bac
N again. "Old Hickory" stood six fe,
" one in his stockings, and, although
was a thin man, weighed 1876 pounds
., The high forehead, wrinkled with mel
y tai care and o%vertopped by fiery hal
accumulated the one point of beauty
his face, deep, violet blue eyes burnir
ik with intensity. Martin Van Buren, W;
~ another squat president, about 5 feet
" 1-2 inches in height, weighing abo,
~ IT'S pounds. William Henry Harrise
IL weighed 200 pounds and was six fe
tall. Good-natured blue eyes and gel
Il. eral physical characteristics suggest,
Taft possibly, more than any of Il
other presidents. Tyler was also a t;
> man, but he weighed only 1856 pound
and had the thin, shallow face of Il
10 dyspeptic. Polk was another thin ma
weighing $50 pounds, while Genel
Zachary Taylor stood six feet a
weighed 1876 pounds and had black a
IN piercing eyes.
i'll With TAYLOR came an err If dar