CHARACTER

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 187, 11 September 1909, Page 4

CHARACTER

:- HOW TO READ IT LUCE A BOOK. y , The face, as everybody knows, is the finest index to character. How often I does one hear the remark: ''l don't like ' that man. Something iti his face tells he is not a desirable acquaintance," ■of "there is something about his eyes T which i don't like." ' It is, perhaps, just as well things are ~ so, and the fact that nature has endow"|cil us wiili instinct to diagnose the tea- . i lures ,11 ..aiili other ii.u.st oc ugaided in the giiisi. uj a blessing. I Bui there are many ways of penetrat- . ing the character of persons by followI ing the laws of science. For instance, if you meet a woman with a very pointed chin, you may depend upon it that 6he is ' refined in her tastes; that her sensib;lities arc of the most delicate type; that 'ho is a sceptic, but at the same tii/e a vronma with plenty of originality. Chins having deep clefts show a loirable disposition, and a desire to be made a lot of. Women having this character, ishc make good sweethearts, and better wive.?, provided their nusbands lavish affectum upon them. The narrow firm chin evinces a disposition to love fondly. She who possesses it might be described as the "-osy corner girl," and she will be inclined to flirt violently, unless chance puts Mr. Right in her way at an early a"e. The ideal chin is that having" a narrow square, ending in a fine poitn, with a well-defined cleft in it. All thin would indicate a refined and talented woman with a great capacity for, and a wholesome responsiveness to, afiVtion. * '

Li. nOSe ,S (lnothl;r feature. The woman whose nostrils are deeply | indented will be man and paltry. Wide nostrils denote the spendthrift—the woman who would ruin a man of small means. The vulgar person is »he whose .nose has a far jutting tip; refinement lis shown by that which rounds off gently at the end. The equiline shape means a him will and a keen sense of justice, while the fastidious person is indicated ;>y the long narrow bridge. Those coming under this category are very tenderhearted a 6 a rule.

The Roman nose indicates passionate I temper, power of hatred, jealousy, am'bition, eagerness, and all the active qualities which the human frame is heir

Then we come to the eye, which is the most telling feature of all. The woman whose eyes roll restlessly shows a crafty disposition; that person whose glance roves quickly will be false, designer and perhaps malicious—but she will be a clevet woman, although she is all for self Women of this type usually do well for themselves.

Hazel eyes are the most beautiful from a scientific point of view. They denote fearlessness, depth- of character, a level head, and a big capacity for reciprocating any little kindness shown. Blue eyes are usually possessed '6v pretty girls whose chief aim in life is to be amused and petted-the type of woman who cries on the least provocation and always fails at a crisis. Then there i s the woman whose oyca are coal black; she may be either a goddess or a termagant. If her evs slumber beneath droopv lids, and her gaze is soft and inviting, she will be a pasisonatc woman, whose love will he almost idolatrous in its ntensity. She will exhibit a dog-like fidelty to the ob-1 ject of her affections.

| But if a woman's eyes are large, black, ■ and luminous, lighting up, as it were, ner entire countenance, she will be a person difficult to please, her vitality | will be marvellous, and the business inI stmct will be strong within her. I She will always succeed by sheer force lof .personality, and will not hesitate to sink the finer instincts iherent i all women in order that she may achieve that which she has set out to obtain. A dangerous woman at the best of times.

The mouth is the most instructive feature of the face, says an authority on the stt'oiect. It reveals not only a' person's fundamenal and inherited traits,' but also her efforts to mould her character in certain directions.

Beware of the woman with the Cupid's bow lips. She is almost sure to be selfish, and unsympathetic, and though she may be ardent in her temperament, constancy is not her strongest point. Lips which, when in repose, always curve upwards, according to the same authority, show that the owner tak->s very optimistic views of things and has not. as a rule, had any very deep experiences of life.

. Full, red lips denotes that the owner is fond of ease and pleasure, and thin, bloodless lips indicate the person of nar! row and unchangeable views, whose bosetting failings are obstinacy and selfrighteousness, i

The man or womnn whose lips when in repose naturally curve downwards though they may be sharply drawn down when the owner's face is animated, is almost always of an earnest, serious disposition, or else has passed through some great sorrow.