WHAT FACE-READERS SAY

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XX, Issue V, 29 January 1898, Page 137

WHAT FACE-READERS SAY

Large, eyes in a small face usually indicate a’ spiteful vindictive nature. Fulness below the eyes is an invariable token of the gift of ready, fluent speech. Oblique eyes generally go with untruthfulness and want of principle. Eyes that are half-closed indicate innate shrewdness, and oftentimes insincerity. Slow-moving eyes are generally tokens of forethought and business ability ; their owners are usually economical, but not to the point of avarice.

Eyes that reveal the whole of the pupil show a fickle, impulsive temperament, with some indecision of character.

When the eyebrows are regularly arched and dark and heavy, it is an indication of sound judgment. Black, sparkling eyes are generally united with good taste, refinement, and penetration. Large clear blue eyes indicate activity and versatility of mind. Dull blue eyes, especially when they are small, and retreat far back beneath the brows, are signs of frigid, self-contained, suspicious nature.

Small black eyes, beneath heavy brows, are usually. associated with shrewdness.

Grey eyes betoken a prudent and reserved person. Full, clear blue eyes generally accompany a bright, vivacious, ardent temperament. Brown eyes are an invariable index to an amiable, lovable disposition. When wrinkles are seen constantly on the sides of the nasal organ, its owner is of a grasping, avaricious nature.

A nose whose point turns skywards is often a sign of a tyrannical and coercive disposition. Large noses are usually associated with great capacity, either for weal or woe.

A long forehead indicates intelligence ; a short one, activity. A conspicuous forehead invariably shows great penetrative and executive ability. Fulness of the temples is very noticeable in persons of marked mathematical ability. A prominence just above the eyebrows is a sure sign of individuality. An irregular, corrugated forehead shows that its owner is a person of an original and investigating mind.

Foreheads wrinkled in the upper part, while the lower half is smooth, show dullness and stupidity. Long foreheads, with tight smooth skin, belong to frigid, selfish people. A man of marked ability may be recognised by one deep, perpendicular wrinkle on the forehead, with one or two parallel lines on either side. Heavy, dark, overhanging eyebrows, with a prominent lower forehead, indicate deductive judgment to a high degree.