South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-16
Be Sure to Look
Deep Enough in
Reading Character
by Garrett +. Scrviss.

] allowed myself 10 be led by my
self curiously astray a few evenings
ago. was seated in a restaurant.
taking nourishment from the vivaC-
ity and brightness as well as from
the material comestibles OF the
place. when there entered and sat
down directly opposite at the same
table. an imposing gentleman,
possessed Of a head and face which
Instantly captivated me, and. fear.
awOke just a little envy, for ad-
mire immensely a god-like figure Of
a man.
His hair was iron-gray, giving 10
his shapely head that granite look
which conveys the impression Of
strength and solidity. What a
brow" / said to myself. What a
firm yet just countenance. Here is
the type of man who combines the
qualities of the thinker and the lead
err Evidently he has extra brain
substance enough to give driving
force TO his ideas. while the lines Of
cheek, chin and skull reveal refine
ment and self-mastery as we'll as
strength"
Place Seemed To Derive Certain Adj
vantage from his Presence.
The place was not fashionable or
high-priced. and il seemed for the
moment. TO derive a certain advan-
tage. like reflection, from the pres
ence of this superior specimen of
homo sapiens. l wondered somewhat
at seeing him there, and wondered,
too. from whence he had dropped
down, but l felt better content with
myself because he was there. This
return toward simplicity, reflected,
is an admirable thing, and in these
times especially it is honorable and
of good example TO practice a de-
cent economy.
Presently the waiter arrived with
the gentlemans order AS the things
were set down I was startled by a
sharp, petty, snarling voice eXclaim-
ing:
Il don't eat such cakes that won't
melt butter, Go away with 'em and
bring me some hot from the brid-
die"
Then there was rumbling
growl, like thunder behind the hor-
lion. There was so much venom and
such a complete lack of dignity in
the tones with which these words,
not particularly offensive in them
selves. had been uttered that for
moment ! could not believe that
they had issued from the paragon of
manly beauty seated opposite TO me.
The Organ of Mind did not Nearly
Fill that Spacious Uranium.
But it was he who had spoken,
and, TO my discontinue, as the
chagrined waiter. with some muir
INJURED excuse, hastily took the dish
away the flood was turned directly
upon me. All the heat that the cakes
had lacked seemed 10 have got in
side that magnificently shaped head
and set it's rasping tongue vibrating
like an excited magnet.
For five minutes / was compelled
10 hear an Incorporate, irritating
denunciation of the restaurant as a
robber which had put up it's prices
merely TO do its customers, and now,
after this iniquity, was trying TO do
them some more by handing out
cold stuff and poor stuff and mean
little bits of stuff, and charging
doublte money for il.
The charm that had fascinated
me evaporated. The weight Of that
| imposing presence was lifted from
my imagination and, with mental
eye. / saw il suddenly shrink TO
what I now recognized as its true
dimensions. The organ Of mind did
not fill that spacious Uranium. 1t was
only a scOnce that I had paid
reverence to, l recalled what a dis
/ tinguished psychologist at whose
feet 7 sat in my colegel DAYS, once
said: Large heads not infrequent-
| ~ owe their bigness simply 10 extra
thickness of skull"
Then I felt my face reddening
/ from a sense OF my failure 70 OBJ
/ serve more accurately and profound
! ~. I had deceived myself by lettins
a first. imperfect impression sway
my Judgment. Mere bigness had
overcome me, and 7 had, symbolical-
/ ly. bowed down like a savage before
huge idol