Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-06

contrary you go to an ordinary morse
breeder or veterinary and pay him s. to
pick out your animal for you.
In the course of his work in Australia
ing types Of human being, the mental. the
sanguine, the nervous and the pnieg-
matte.
What | would call the mental type,
said Prof. Blumenthal. lis the most in
tellectual. AS a rule you Will md that
people of this temperament have black
hair, dark skin, fullness and hrmness Oh
flesh harsh expression of outline, and
face with features strongly marked These
men display energy of action, botn men
tai and physical. Their brains and hands
are always busy. They are the pioneers
and founders of empires and huge bust
ness corporations.
"Offsetting such type we nave the
men of sanguine temperament, VINO
usually do not have such decided char
acters. They are never very pad usu-
ally are well built, have light hair
and blue eyes, fair compilations and
great activity Of blood vessels. They
are fond of exercise, and generally
have animated faces and fair intel
fairly well educated, but never
scholars. They are fond of pleasure
and excitement, are smart in business
and are inclined to bluff They IKE
to make bargain. They live We'll,
spend money freely, are optimistic
much and like to hear themselves
talk. and are susceptible to fiattery.
Then, again, we have the nervous
temperament, which is the most DIM
cult to deal with whether In the nome,
in business life or in civil service. You
never know how to take these men.
when to approach them, or how to
amuse them. When this temperament
predominates the features are hne.
the limbs small and flexible, the eyes
fun and moving, bright and generally
prominent; the cheeks are thin ana
the forehead high and large and there
is a marked absence of f1eshiness' Inc
presiding genius of the nervous tenn
permanent is the brain, WORKING at .ne
expense of the weaker body. These
people are seldom in business Ihey
are usually in the professions, or IN
terested in reform movements AS
rule they are affectionate and Kind
hearted, but combative and aggressive
if angered.
Men of the phlegmatic temperament
are as a rule. uneducated, eat a lot, pre-
fer to oe outdoors and are fond or good
living and sports. They I'VE mostly Ior
but surely. In business they are cunning,
often undetermined and prone to let other
people do their work for them. When
the temperament is too phlegmatic-in
short. when the man is lazy-the virtues
are apt to be negative.
Although the foregoing classifications
are perhaps the most prominent. yet they
have almost innumerable subdivisions,
and the attributes of one class are fire.
quently found in another. The most
efficient men probably are those whose
temperament may be said to be har-
monious. They rise to high positions by
force of character and maintain them
selves there by the equilibrium OF good
judgment Successful men are rarely bril-
liant but they have an all-round COM
pleteness of character which usually at
tends harmony of temperament.
These are the types as distinguished
them in Australasia and the east. How
ever, in this country the melting pot of
all races. l find that the phlegmatic tenn
permanent, as a distinct type. has dis
appeared among native Americans. The
spirit of American energy and hustle
dominates all characters to such an eX-
tent that the nearest approach to the
phlegmatic temperament which 1 have
been able to discover among those who
are citizens OF this country by birth -