The farmer and mechanic., 1915-06-15
WHY THE FACE IS
CHARACTER INDEX
Each Sentiment and Emotion.
Slight or OverpowefIng'
Leaves Its Impress.
nv DIR. l.. X. HlRSHBERN.


Why is there curious similarity IN
the faces and the expressions OF Ger
tain professions. occupations. trades
and industries? Many policemen be-
come more or less alike. Artists nave
many traits ia common. IheoioslahS
can never be mistaken for doctors ana
detectives for sailors
The muscles of the face reflect
emotions as mucn as the shivery
tremors Of a horse or the wigWagglng
of a dogs tall. 1t is still taught by
physicians that the centres or the
EN- lotions are in the brain. This alb
surdity has been disproved now by
almost all experimental psychologists
and will no doubt filter into medical
school teaching some thirty years
hence, says DR.. l.. K. Hirshberg in
The Baltimore Sun.
The muscles have more to do with
the emotions than has any part OF the
nervous system" and the glandulaf
structures have even more to do with
| the muscles than have the nrrves.
The connection between the facial
expression-the muscles-and these
glands is most intimate. Even though n
| by your will you can suppress the
Sneer or other outward and muscular
l
| glands there still will be enough Of
thyoid. thymus. pineal. adophrin or
| other gland poison to leave an IN
delibie mark upon the particular
''sneer" or ''prejudiced" muscles.
The facial changes which associate
tempt merriment, mOckery, vanity
and bigotry are Identical in the FIJI
Islands, the Himalaya Mountains ano
Fifth avenue drawing rooms. There
is no mistaking them.
The fact that even President Viii
son cannot keep his countenance, how
ever much on guard he may be. NJ
matter how firm of will he is proves
that flow Of the gland juices which
mould and whip up the muscles is fo
the most part automatic.
Each sentiment and emotion, sligh
or raging, leaves it's impress. Tru.
enough. those who give way to thei
feelings, who cannot hide their emo
tions. are the more Scared in coun
. tenanee. The innocent, the unsOphis
ticated, the inexperienced exhibi
their innermost feelings most obvious
> ly. The come on man, the bunc
steerer, the birds OF prey, can then a.
the more easily tell youth from agt
Z the rube from a sharper
! Be this as it may, even the mos
a fleeting, transient and tivial though
;, whether you suppress it or not.
q left as a rubber stamp upon you
q face. These may not, but usually d,
Q show in youth. When the lines an
6 set burrows Of middle life appear NJ
It even a mind reader can miss then
Mind reading" and ''psysiognomi!
tics as we'll as character interpre
ing are merely the result Of obser,
n ing the facial muscles in expre,
II sion. ' q
Look at young face for
d one for record-unconcealed, TT
J. reason why traits and temper;
ID ments show On the face is not fro
2 instinct or inheritance but fro
a ablts, training and association
r you see a sneer on the nose of II
ia Iatner and bitter prejudice and dow
gerlSm in the mother you will see
in the son, and daughter. not hv !;
~ herltance but by muscular imitati,
~ Following duplicate and taught EN-
u tions.
"a Ihe face is an open book and
~ owners feelings. covert and owe
are the authors. Other things eou
mockery, fear passions, sneers a,
pre]uoice or bigotry are bit bold
"a IN outline than are joys and hap,
ness. This is because thin. lean fe
lures accompany the former.
al one set OF muscles is used to on.
anotner set to close the eyes q
ne series lifts the lips, another fenros,
c. them. All are like a harp or VIC
as IN use, namely, tuned up to conc
a pitch. F1fths and octaves are cc
Der The instart ono - -. enenl-
ers played unon uora tp VI muscles
M ii outstrips +ho 80, thdh dnotf
len prominenca Th;s IA size
;,g preston and shows which way
;d IA; WIND OF your feelings blows. FIX
nc those Ill in bed for months a
md nermost ~ Tue expression
IL a child squints, screws IN
mouth Or initiates with it's fac;aI -,
cles any Particular exnression
ven for two reasons n nye..t; tt,at WI
leir exercises a na rticu,a -. uia'eS
a nd