CHARACTER IN CHINS.
A pointed chin is said to be a sign of craftiness, wisdom and discretion. A soft, fat, double chin shows sensuousness and ah indolent temperament. * . A flat chin shows a cold, hard nature ; a small chin indicates weakness, want of will power, and cowardice. A retreating chin is a sign cf silliness, and, if the brow be shallow, of imbecility. Where the space between the nose and the red part of the lip is short and very sharply cut, it indicates refinement , and delicacy of perception, but not much power. There is no force of intellect where this space is usually short. A rather long but not flat, upper lip denotes an eloquent person. . A very longupper lip, which is flat, and which belongs to a straight, or formless, or too thick-lipped mouth, is a sign of a low and vicious type of character. A square and massive chin sKowa strong and determined will.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 715, 24 October 1914, Page 3
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157CHARACTER IN CHINS. King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 715, 24 October 1914, Page 3
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