HUMAN TRADE MARKS.

Evening Post, Volume LXIII, Issue 87, 12 April 1902, Page 7 (Supplement)

HUMAN TRADE MARKS.

Nearly every calling carries in its wako some human trade mark more or less distinctive, by which you may single out its followers, without a great amount of difficulty. Weavers gonerally have thin, nervous hands, to have most violiui&ta and tailors. Tho paperhanger's hand has a peculiar deformity of the lingers, caused by the scissors with which tho wullpaper hua to be "trimmed" before it can be hung. Equally well-known is watchmaker's forehead — a lumpy swelling over the eyobrow, brought about by the magnifying glass, which m often held iv the eyo for hours at v stretch. Men who work with certain chemicals about Lancashire carry a grim sort of trade-mark, thoir hair is bleached perfectly white ; while miners walk with a queer, dragging gait, which is absolutely unmistukon whenever you bee it — the result of hours of cramped positions underground. Silversmiths lot thoir littlo finger-nail grow to any length it likes, to steady their hand on it while doing very fine M r Q.rk. — Globo.