Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-03
Ability TO READ FACES
BECOMES VALUED POWER
art OF Knowing Character by Facial
Expression Is Much Desired
Asset.
EACH TYPE HAS VARIETIES
Distinguishing Variations Presents
Greater Difficulty and Finest Points
Often Have Deep Mcaning-Each
Character of Many Combinations.
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euge that people would more willingly
acnuire than that OF the art of read
this ability more or less ss' c 1Tnp
developed. just as some possess from
o orftn extraordinary gifts for the com
form and harmony. or mechanical
forces and combinations.
nv l%iSe in my life have been assured
~ phrenoiogists that my bump of
human nature" tsupposcd to indicate
INA, kind Of divininE power) was well
sen have led me 10 thhi1 that the in
Cencs OF tn" bump" doesn't go mu.h
hi nSer aw,akenins curiosity about the
TItli, there is no doubt that by intel
llgent use OF curiosity one can learn
oi kn9wledge. or skill. difficult to teach
70 Others; good way 10 acquire
some :. =, skill In reading human nature"
your observations under certain strik-
ing types
Notes Many Variations.
sitting in subway train recently.
vas greatly Interested by noticing
lnat OF eleven persons on the long
seat opposite Inc no loss than five were
phases Of d HHT T hr OF them
sat side by Side. and for the time be-
ing owinE TO the concentration Of
almost Impressed me as representing
'hTee Inherent species OF mankind.
the h sar,n many lines in the past seen
head forms, iaciai traits. hair re- coi az
ana ana quality; eye color and expression.
! fHtre perfectly clear in my mind. and
nh man my my opinion fairly settled IS %
mentally and physically
Voice Plays Part
IL / could have exchanged a few
"olns Win them, one after another. |
WGuia have been able TO include an
y p "a ~ In, -.
anaiysis OF .character-viz.: the quality
o! Their voices. But even without the
oouot ina; their voices accorded with
thelr respective types as those types
werS Indicated By the visible signs
is 4 reveaicr." Yes. that is so, and
sometimes the voice reveals more than
90 the features or the shape OF the
But to estimate and classify men
ana ana women by these external signs is
and minerals b. means OF their general
appearance. After great deal Of prac-
. .ice II can be done with high prob;
aunt, Dur not with complete and
unerrinE certainty. In each type
there are many varieties
Type Recognition Easy.
To recognize the type is easy: 10 dis
tinguish the variations Is difficult But
! this is the fine part Of the art and TO
succeed an IL a natural gift Is probably
needed. II seems TO be more a matter
OF intuition than of Inference based on
conscious observation When the
mineralog!st is in doubt about speci-
men ,he takes his biowpipc. or his
chemical reagents. and makes an acid
test Something. equivalent 20 this
Judgments OF Individual human char
fctcr
When by practice you have settled
upon the principal types Of character.
as they manifest themselves to your
observation mr.
OF them is distinguished by only a
single leading feature or characteristics.
All Will be made u? from the cornbina-
lion OF several coincidcnt pcculiarities
Il is this coincidence OF several cle-
!nents that constitutes Tho type.
Long Nosc Menn. Much.
You may see long nose, but that
by itself does not form A type. unless
accompanying II there are other pccul!-
arities IN the face. the chin. the eyes.
the skull. the hair. which. taken to-
Ge,her. give an impression of breadth
and unity. a long nose in general
seems 10 indicate shrewdness. thought
fulness and penetrating intelligence
but Ions nose may 20 with "a weak
jaw, an unintel!igent eye and other un-
l,promisinG features, which deprive Il
OF much of its Significance
On the other hand. short Insight
ficant nose may he combined with a
highly intellectual facial and cranial
development. so that again the rose
lo.r KS 'aue a. oeteFminant OF (lar-
acter.
"Bumps- Notion Old.
have not much regard for the
claims of phrenology as far as thev
rest on Calls scheme of Organs" hut
the better kind Of practitioners of the
modern forms of phrenology show n
good deal OF ability in character read
ing. based on the combination OF many
Indications derived from observation
of features. form color. physiological
quality. gait. manner nervous actiyity
etc. Feeling the bumps" appears 10
be simply concession TO old notions
or an awakncr of the Imagination like
the maE!cian's wand But there is SO
much apparent intuition in the truc
character readers proceedings that one
begins to think that men and women
have their atmospheres. developed from
their inner nature. and in which some
OF their secrets may be read as NO
read the constitution Of the sun in the