Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 November 1893 — PHYSIOGNOMY. [ARTICLE]

PHYSIOGNOMY.

In the perfect mouth the upper lip should nave its middle line deeply sunk, and the lower lip should be not more prominent than the upper. Large, open and transparent eyes, which move rapidly and sparkle in excitement, indicate good taste, discernment, pride and often irritability. Ears, the lobes of which run straight down into the cheeks, are rarely found save on persons of a thievish disposition; all kleptomaniacs have such ears. Strongly projecting foreheads,which, in the upper part, retreat to a marked degree, associate! with a long underface, ars certain indications of folly. Men of marked ability in any line have usually one deep, perpendicular wrinkle in the middle of the forehead, with one or two parallel to it on each side. Whenever, in laughing, three parallel curves are formed in the cheeks round the corners of the mouth, the indication is of silliness and stupidity. Heavy, shaggy, overhanging eyebrows, with lower forehead prominent, show great powers of reasoning from E remise to conclusion; Darwin had such rows. When the lower half of the countenance, measuring from the nose downward, is divided by the mouth into two equal parts, seen in profile, the indication is of stupidity. A perfectly formed face should be divided into three equal parts; from the roots of the hair to the root of the nose, thence to . the tip, and from the tip of the npse to the tip of the chin. Persons whose temples are fuller above the eyes than below, whose heads enlarge above the ears, are usually more gifted with musical taste than those with contrary tics. Noses turned up at the point and sinking in at the top are inclined to ease and pleasure, though at the same time they may be gifted with eloquence and imagination, and are almost always benevolent.