HINTS ON SELECTING A HUSBAND.

Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 29, 4 February 1899, Page 3 (Supplement)

HINTS ON SELECTING A HUSBAND.

FOUR SIGNIFICANT HEADS

A writer advises young Avomen to give some little heed to the teachings of science when they are in doubt as to the choice of a hussband.lf a girl will only apply a few broad, general principles, lie says, she need no longer

wonder and Avorry Avhich lover to ac-

She does not need to be an expert character reader or a phrenologist. Just let her look at these pictures and bear in mind a few directions.

Of course, every girl has heard that persons unlike in temper and disposition make the best matches. • There, is a deep scientific truth in this, and she may profit by it largely by observing the shape of her lover's head and her own.

If her head be high and narrow it indicates that she lacks physical force and staying poAver, though she may be altogether lovely and winsome. But if her husband should be of like disposition they would be like two broken reeds trying1 to support, one another.

She should look for a man with a broad head. This shows animal force and the nggressiveness that leads to success. But the girl should be sure that this broad head is surmounted by a forehead of good height, and a well-rounded top. This gives the

necessary thought, reason, and power to curb the animal instincts. But if the broad-headed man has a low forehead and low upper portion he may be a brute and unbearable, however successful he may be. All narrow-headed men, however, should not be refused by their sweethearts and condemned to eternal bachelorhood. Such a man may have a fine intellectual and artistic nature and be an ideal match for a broad-headed woman. But* in that case she will be the directing1 force and will make success possible for both. There are other types of heads also to be considered. A largeness at the upper back part of the head means self-esteem and an unreasoning desire for mastery.

Almost as important as the shape of a man's head is his hand. It tells just as many character secrets, and one of the most important of these is self-control. The man laekihg1 in this respect 'gets rattled,' as the popular saying is. He loses patience and power of mind \mder difficulties, while the man who possesses this quality goes on serenely under all circumstances and overcomes everything.

The thumb is a key to this trait. If the thumb be long and well shaped and the lower or nail joint is of nearly the 'same length as the upper joint, there is a good balance of will power and intellect. If the first joint is considerably shorter than the second it suggests that the owner is apt to be undecided and easily influenced. The thumb is such a very important index of character that it should be observed in another respect. If the first joint is of good length and is also wide and square at the end, with a nail broader than it is long, it indicates a brusque, quarrelsome nature.

A man with a thumb of this cut is obstinate, lacks tact; and makes enemies needlessly.