Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 November 1904 — Marked by Their Occupation. [ARTICLE]

Marked by Their Occupation.

“A man's occupation.” said a magistrate, “marks him so unmistakably that I can tell at a glance what he does for a living. “There is, for instance, the violinist. You can tell a violinist from the fact that he carries his head on one side. The groom and the cavalryman have bow legs, and when they stand still they hold their legs wide apart, as though there was a horse between them. “The painter may be detected by the mark of the palette hole on his thumb. The pianist's enormous hands identify him. From constant practice they become abnormal. Weber, you know, could stretch two octaves. “Men that work amid the vapors of mercury, copper and arsenic have a green mucous membrane and greenish hair and skin. The players of flutes and clarinets have thick, distended cheeks and tough, leathery lips. “The scrubbers of floors have swollen knees, and often, afflicted with the disease called housemaid’s knee, they limp.”—New York Press.