The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-17

Reading Character.

much higher horsepower MAJ.
quality. 's
The proper method. pera..
to apply all Of the svsisr. =
what they are worth, ana 49,.
let any OF them interfere ~ =
general impression. It i, ~
gree Of power which residss
man that determines mor.
anything else his effectivens.
human purposes, and then !
system for accurately sst;....
that degree Of power. ~
judge It only by intuition a. g
perieace. It 10 % inyisihls
vital as the amount Of elsc,...s
which courses through 4 virs
And 1t II Just - hard for !
to estimate his own power,
cept by performance, a n !.
him to estimate those Of apas.
The feeling of power seem. !. &
no guide ii all. The world 4 a.
Of egotistical fools who sesn =. Y
feel genuinely sure that thew -.
born to high destiny, while nav
great men can scarcely belie,e :
their own powers even after ~.
have discovered them.
1t seems we'll. then. TO fal. =.
count Of all these systems =.
judging men without ever let,i y.
any Of them get in the lirht =
general impression. II you ar :.
ing to hire a man, study the M.
of his head to be sure. Ifhe +.
a good brow, it is in his fayo, !
man with a high brow is AMI "a
have memory and taste for dei,i,
and one with a low, square brov !.
more apt to make good salesm,,
A well-formed, sensitive month i
a good thing to bank on. and ,
deep cleft between the eyes SHOW,
Enthusiastically that its owner ~,
done some thinking. And do mn
overlook the mans Handwriting
either. IL it is only q signature u
q typewriter letter. There seem,
to be no doubt that an ascendin,
signature shows courage and hon.
"a personality which is GROWN,
and winning in the struggle Of Ils
and a descending signature shou
a man discouraged or frightened Or
in poor health. Simple, graceful
capitals show good taste, and Or.
nate capitals show vulgarity, xhns
unduly large ones are a pretty good
indication Of egotism. These thinss
are significant and worth talinr
into account, but they do not prove
much.
In fact. everything about man
Is significant. There is no effect
without a cause. Every move that
q man makes, every line in bis
face, every infection OF his vcic,
the way he combs his hair and Tie
way he dresses. the way he sits h
a chair and the way he walks IN
ell tell=tale, if only we could u.
derstand them. And these systems
for reading character which an
springing up in such number N
all based on this fact. They rs
steps toward the founding Of . sci.
ence Of human personality. and 4
it ever becomes a true and unified
science, it will perhaps be the most
important of them all.
For surely ignorance Of human
character and personality is the
cause OF enormous human waste.
No doubt the time will come when
education, for example. will be- Is
much diagnosis as training. How
many boys are forced into business
when all OF their aptitudes are for
art or science? How many per-
SONS labor to become writers or
artists, spending years Of effort,
giving up hard-earned cash to cor
respondence schools. when they
have not a spark Of talent! How
many born thieves and murderer
are cheerfully turned loose upon
the community every year BY Inc
schools? How many good mechsn-
les and farmers are spoiled by the
idea that they were cut out iof
Office jobs?
And all Of this waste is prevent
able. Much of it could be prevent
cd by such methods as have been
p, -fected already. Give your a.
tention then to every system TOT
studying the enigma of human per
sonality which is honest and sln'
cere. 1t cannot solve the riddle
but it may help.