Albuquerque morning journal., 1913-06-21
Personal appearance
Is Worst of HumbHgs

oFaa knozn frauds and h1morg
that sf personal appearance 81
~ the uorst. says Dr. Frank crane
.r the Los angeles Examiner. II
counts for nothing ln ere .nsi anuly
sis phrenoioay is fake Physios-
nomg Il q delasior 4 mans head,
face aud form mean ahsDluteiy hoth-
ing.
Sometimes. ! think nature has her
Jokes is praukN ana even cruel 10
her outandsh ml-ffs. knoW per-
feiig dear eiri-s0ul the sweetest.
h0miesf. iofaiest. mest unselish hafi-
inr maRInanle-and with fuce iikr
a monies ifs positively wicked.
Ana / AnOe several aiHulNie MIN
nits. eDmp|ft, and postgraduate fools,
who hass the i0siisst faces complex
isn So mHh ani ros'e. mouths iise
cupld's bow adnmNls ntcks and soai-
fnI es.f lHd thrg don't know enough
% rome in out II ihs rain.
Then think of the swell aud iNay
man-s0ut. aii dciicatY and litneness.
and sneased IN tie fat bodies. And
those 0tscr man-sonis in handsome
flesh castings. gorgeous musiaehea
Jofinn broHs. supple forms. elegant
noses and eyebrows. SET whose real
selves actually. if you could X-ray
them. would look ike frogs
And then talk to me of readine
ones character On ones facet D.
shows how poveriy-strlcken people
are Tor ideas. Somebody thought 81
this, that personality shines in th,
fuee. ana straiehtaway aii the troops
u noteilsts. mofalizers and hoi polloi
caught ap the thoughioid and ran
AWAY with n IKE dog with bone.
Taik ~ guilt in the eye, Tho most
arunf rascal ever knew hnd an csc
IKE dove Talk 0f seusualiig always
cropping oui nn the face. J have just
seen q portlait of Diane of roietiers.
that hard-heartcd. mercenary. devious
and pois0n-sduled adventures that
stopped al nothing and ] swear 70
you she looked ike prize saint
J remember the shock / had when
i saw John Fiske. one of the most
rare and spiritually perccptiNe minds
of thls country. and found him 10 re-
sfmble some huge bewhiskered ani-
NAL
And YOU know OF Socrates the fin I
ct brain ever enclosed IA human
skull. ihe greatest of all thinkers liV-
lng ~ dead. the supreme intellectual
product ~ the race u man. and you
recall his description -eyes protrud-
ing like Holsters thick. fleshy lips,
Dail and bullet head and absurd ears
JUST now have been reading
modern book of essays and have come
across this old platitude again whieh
myers me
-The soul 0r interior spiritual life
lf man Is necessarily weaving itself
nto tho structure of his body, suffus-
ing Il with iis subtle essence. until The
glance Of the eye. the lines OF the
mouth, the set and expression 0f the
eatufes. nay. The very carriage and
,ait. reveal 10 the experienced eye the
.haraetef ot the inhahitant within
That S very clear and interesting
tatcmeut There Is only one slight
difficulty with H. to-wit II is not 50.
That iny position s sound Il proved
- fiction which on the whole Is usu-
lly truer than life, because it is life
distilled 70 types ln stories there arc
w0 kinds Of Lad women-the beauti-
~ bad and the ugly bad. So also there :
ne two kinds Of good women hand
ONE good and plain good.
Usually not always Of course, the
beautiful Young woman
.onis to marry Tor money at any rate
he b more api ~ be selfish and hard
han oiliern lsc Usually also. the un-
tlraelite girl win make tho best wife
nd mother
don't blame people for wanting to
e attractive nor wonder that they
beauty doctors and massaeu
heir wrinkles, but there IS more cx-
client way a steady, years-long. in
'ard life and purpose of sweet and
indly thoughts viii creep out and
lake an invisible but none the less
ercepuble halo around any face.
lake the most OF this contradiction
This modern prevalent horror of old
ge is one of the sicltlicst symptoms
our time. The real Kind OF personal
increases with age
wcct souls, like good wine, improve
ne longer they arc Kept For those
ho know how 10 appreciate human
alues white hairs aud crows feet
punt for nothing
Do not be deceived. Dress the gov
Inor, or the parson, or the banker
striped clothes. shave their heads
ut them in cells and feed them on
lush and molasses, and you would
Selaim What perverted looking
features How true It is that you
IN tell a criminal hy his looks!+
IN English Joke.
t. T.