Our Public Men.

Fair Play, Volume I, Issue 13, 27 January 1894, Page 8

Our Public Men.

PHRENOLOGICALLY AND PHYSIOGNOMICALLY DELINEATED.

[By Professor R. White, President of the Wellington Phrenological Association .]

(Under this heading tve propose in the first instance to give delineations of the characters of the members of the new House of Representatives. The subject? are unknown to the delineator.)

No. 4—DR. A.K. NEWMAN (Member for Wellington Suburbs.) Dr. Newman has the Mental-Vital Temp era. ments well developedwith somewhat deficient Motive Temperament. He consequently has a very active brain,andwarm feel ings, but is wanting in muscular endurance. He never would have been adapted to hard, physical labour. If circumstances had necessitated his doing any kind of work in his

youth it should have been mental, not manual, as his mind is so very active. His leading traits of character are natural taste, great refinement, and love of mental culture Ideality is a leading faculty, giving him personal neatness and strong attachment to the beautiful in nature and in art. He would mount a high hill any time if it were probable he would obtain a fine view from the top. Unlike Mr. Travers, he would not climb Mount Victoria from sheer love of exertion or competition, but from a desire to obtain a grand view of Wellington, its harbour and surroundings. He has a good memory for facts, dates, history, biography, and no doubt, when he was_a boy at school he learned quickly, and progressed from class to class most rapidly, The organ of Language is large, giving him a good flow of words. As a speaker he will be select in his choice of terms. Naturally, he is ond of literature and learning generally. He has a clear, quick, progressive mind. The organs of Hope, Ambition, and Self-esteem are large, causing him to look on the sunny side of life, gain the goodwill of liis fellow-citizens, and entertain an agreeable opinion’of himself. The lower maxilliary is prominent and broad, indicating power to make and retain friends. The ears are well formed and low, giving taste for modulation and music; eyes full and well defined, imparting expressive ability ; face shows good health and high living; Grecian nose, and splendid forehead, indicating discrimination and mental ability. Coronal region broad and high, implying moral and religious development. To sum up, Dr. Newman has far greater power of Srain than of muscle ; more active and clear than steady and deep as a thinker; more executive than theoretical. In three words the main bent of his organisation may be expressed: Refinement,',culture, and EDUCATION.

No. S.—ME. A. D. WILLIS (Member for Wanganui.)

Mr. Willis is almost tbe antithesis of Dr Newman in organisation and disposition. He is wanting in the refinement, taste, and polish of the Doctor, but he compensates for it in many other respects. He has a good Motive Temperament, giving him energy, activity, and endurance. He is wide awake to what is going

on around him. He has a firm, positive mind, and says just what he thinks. In fact, his main traits of character are straightforwardness, independence, and courage. He could not “ sit on a" rail ” either] in politics or anything else. He takes a decisive stand andjis prepared to meet the consequences, be they what they may. He is critical, and would very quickly denounce any jobbery or wrong’doing either by persons or parties. -He is deficient in intellectual culture, but possesses good, sound, common sense. He is not a born orator, but what he does say is to the point, expressed in direct, strong language. As I look at his photograph, I fancy I hear him say to his electors: “I do not intend to ask you for any favour. Take me for what lam and the service I may be to you, or reject me.” If he promised anything he would strain every point to do it. What he lacks in literary polish he repays in consistent conduct, sterling honesty of purpose, and energetic action.

No. 6. — Hon. J. E. WABD (Postmaster-General.)

Mr. Ward has a good development of the Vital, Motive, and Mental temperaments, supplying him with sound health, physical activity, and great brain power. Mental culture and force of character are his leading traits. He has a prominent chin and wide angle of jaw, indicating

love of woman and

strength of mind. The mouth and lips are hid by his heavy moustache; the nose is Greco-Eoman, showing natural refinement and individuality ; the cheeks are broad and well filled up, denoting a good physicial constitution and ability to do justice to the good things of the table ; his eyes are not as large, wide, or prominent as I would like to have seen them, consequently his powers of verbal expression are not equal to his range of thought and strength of emotion. His language is dense and strong, but not copious. The ears are fairly well defined and low, showing considerable appreciation of music. The forehead is high, broad, and prominent, giving intellectual ability. The coronal region—Benevolence, Veneration, Conscientiousness, Hope, and Spirituality—is high imparting generosity, sympathy, respect for properly constituted authority, love of justice, desire to see “ the silver lining of the cloud,” and appreciation of the spiritual side of life. Constructiveness, Ideality, Comparison and Intuition are large, giving him good planning ability, a fine sense of taste, keen perception of the beautiful, power of criticism and capacity to perceive the motives of men, and to instinctively

read the characters of those with whom he comes in contact. The literary and observing faculties are nicely developed and well blended, imparting a good memory and perceptive powerFrom the cast of the head in this photograph, I would say Ambition and Self esteem are large. Mr. Ward has a well-balanced head, of good organic quality. He is capable o adequately filling almost any high and important position in the State. Longevity, or length of life, I would say is a characteristic of his family, and under suitable conditions will apply to himself. He has quantity, quality, and polish of organisation.