The Washington times., 1919-04-04
Do You Laugh With Your Eyes
Shut?-Or Open?
Do You Shut Your Hand With the Thumb Inside or
Outside of the Fingersl
The proper study of mankind is NOT man.

Pope was mistaken about that The proper study Of
mankind is the outside universe-the machine in which
man is mere microbe
It would be foolish for a microbe to write: THE
proper study Of mcrobehnd is the microbe It is just
as foolish to say that the pr study Of mankind is man
Once in q while howev it is permissible for man to
study man for change himself by noticing the
peCusres of the little human germs that put here
to cultivate this planet take of it. drain its swamps
igate its deserts and incidentally develop respectable
human race.
Therefore when you tire of refutng the nebulsr hy
pOthess when you give up the effort to reconcile suffer
ing world and an omnpotent creator the effort to digest
the horrible problems of infinite space and unendng time
you viii find relief in studying the LITTLE things.
When an ordinary barefoOted Asatic is teStfyng
witness the Judge watches his feet to he tells the truth
Is not that Interestingly
The poor Aatic native has learned to control his fa
lures and to lie with solemn facial gravity that would de-
ceive his own mother.
But he has not learned to control his feet And when
he begins to tell lies he begins twiddle his Study
that psyChOlOgiCally.
It Is interesting observe whether you your friends
laugh with your eyes SHUT your eyes OPEN.
Little children and grOwn-up human beings that have
remained children in spirit shut their eyes tight when they
laugh
It is pleasant to see young boys and girls laughing
with their eyes shut Their laughter very mirthfu
very pleasing Little children that shut their eyes tight and
laugh are very pretty.
But if you laugh with your eyes open, and rather
cold look you comfort yourself with the thought that
you quite prs-bu probably little higher up
In the intellectual scale
When you shut your fist naturally, do you put the
thumb outside of the fingers inside of the fingers?
'They say' that the individual who shuts his hand
with the thumb inside will be ruled by others he who
Ii S,o
But 'they say may be mistaken. It does seem prob
able however that those physically stronger and inher
emily capable of delivering strong blow would shut the
hand with the thumb Whether it is desirable not
to be of nature that can deliver hard blows you must
decide.
Bow do you talk into the telephone?
Do you bow and smile and make faces at it when you
are saying Good morning. to friend? Or have you be-
come real telephone user? And do you talk all sorts of
friendly things into the telephone with change of ex
preston your face?
That should interest you for it has meaning Some
people step away from the telephone and make small bow
when they say "GoOd morning
Are your laid back fat against your head or do
they stand out?
It is considered more beautiful to have them fat against
the head But they are better for when they
stand out An standing out catches the sound as it
comes FROM IN FRONT It does not catch the sound so
well from behind the projecting shuts 1t off, But as
we longer in much danger Of trouble from behind
probably the projecting barring the uglness is the
kind most desirable.
Does your face change you get older? !
IT OUGHT TO.
successful man. he gets older, usually sees his
nose get bigger.
And he ought to notice his lower jaw come out Deter
mnson and the exercise Of will power bring out the Jaw
Many in old age, who has lived worked thought and
wed dsermnedy has his lower jaw half inch farther
out than it was when he started as young man.
Women ought to notice considerable change in their
foreheads years pass they their brains they will
find that their foreheads get higher and sraghter And
they will ind other changes in the shape Of the skull
man who thinks very hard dies with skull very
much thinner than it would have been he had thought