CHARACTER READING.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1638, 16 November 1916, Page 4

CHARACTER READING.

“A prominent chin indicates strength of will.’ Xo, indeed, it does not. If very often indicates exceedingly strong passions which sweep all before them and gain their end. It may also indicate gi’eat obstinacy: but it is not necessarily to be found in conjunction with the kind of strength of will that carries a person steadily through difficulties and dangers to the appointed end. The line of the bone from the ear to the underneath of the jaw is much more indicative of real strength of will than the actual chin. If this bone is straight and sharp, ending in almost a square corner, it very often goes with great tenacity of purpose.

“Thin lips are a sign of bad temper.”

So they arc* sometimes, lm( mil by any means always. The actual, width of the lips means very little until you reach the point at which coarseness begins. But the line of the lips matters tremendously. Look at the corners of the month, if yon want to judge a person. If they droop down, in conjunction with thin lips, yon may be perfectly sure that the owner has a bad temper itnd is probaly sharp-tongued as well. If the mouth is quite straight and the lips are thin, you can be sure of nothing - except that the owner is very sensitive and very easily hurt or pleased. If the corners of the thin lips turn up, I lie owner is likely to be good-tempered and amusing - in rather a special kind of way. He will never have the infectious merriment and kindliness which might belong to (lie possessor of broader lips that turn up at the corners, but lie may have a good deal of humour and a temper no worse than the average.