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The "Sensitive" .
A Borglura Study of a '
Fine Ascetic Face with
Well-Formed Mouth,
Slightly Open, Indicating
Receptivity, Response
to Inspiration, The :
Straight Bridge of the
Nose Shows
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Noted for the Portrayal of the Mental and
Spiritual Characteristics of His Subjects, Shows
Here That Every Human Adult Face Is an Ac
curate Map of the Real, Inner Man or Woman
Which They Cannot
Which
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May
Learn
high moral principles. The man
without much of an upper lip is
lacking in the higher moral' charac
teristics. Take my Nero,, lor ex-s
ample. In moulding the mouth of,
Nero I utilized my observation of '
men of his type. J His mouth is full
and loose; its thickness expresses
sensuality and grossness. He had
little upper lip in fact, according
o historians, his lower lip closed
over the upper. His -mouth was
unquestionably of Iris own creation;
its fulness an2 looseness were un
consciously modelled by a imlnd
which revelled in gross ' things.
Generally a' person with very thin
lips is artificial, lacking in sincer
ity. A person with a generous,
free nature hai a generous, free
mouth. If a man's lips stretch
when he is in deep thought you
, splration. Such a face has a soul.
Now, on the contrary, the mouth
which hangs loosely, v hich is' open .
; without an expression of rapt
thought, indicates the obverse. A
person lacking in concentration
shows it in the mouth and eyes in
the very - vacantness of expression.
The accepted belief on the part
of many in the meaning of cheek,
bones is mistaken. Cheek bones in
dicate nothing. But the way a man
uses the muBCleB over the cheek
bones may reveal a great deal.
Now, on the face of Lincoln, for in
stance, he muscles on the one side
of his cheeks played constantly.
Mark a person with tlfls sensitive
twitching of the muscles he will ,
invariably be-sensitive and sym
pathetic. A face which remains bland dur
ing conversation Indicates an un
emotional, "bland spirit a person
who does not feel Intensely ,
. To learn'to read the legible rev
elations on the human iace . study
the faces of your friends and ac
quaintances; mark, their expres
sions as you ask them various
questions, and as they . are inter-'
efeted in things that concern them;
mark the mouth and brow when
they attempt to concentrate upon
some problem; mark the play of
the muscles- of the cheeks when
they are moved emotionally! mark
the eyes when thsy are disap
pdinted or happy, or when they are
engaged in work. And. remember,
one's face. is not an accident. It is
man s own creation, lust as a
work of art" is the creation of the
artist. And it develops after one's
character as an athlete's arm de
velops according to practice.
Personally, I can tell a man's
character as soon as he enters my
studio. I can read him not only
by his face, but by the 'way. he
wears his clothes. When I get an
A Brooding Fce, by Borglom.
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The Brutal Ftcc of Calibai..
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By GUTZON BORGLUM,
The Distinguished Sculptor i
A MAN Is the creator ot his
own countenance, Just as'
much as I am the creator
of heads la marble. Just as I fash
ion features In clay, so a man, by
his thought processes playing upon
his facial muscles, assumes a coun
tenance fitting: the nature ot his
' soul , t )!''-; ' ' .:''f
To one familiar with reading
faces and the meaning ot the play
ot emotions as elusive as light
upon water a stranger's face will
reveal unuttered secrets; to such
a one the book of the mind is open;
such a one will know of what peo
pie to be wary, with what people to
be cautious, what people one can
trust and what people one cannot
One will reeognise a man who in
vltably takes advantage ot an
other; one will know the kindly
aed generous hearted, i . ..1
The contour ot the face la Itself.
1 believe, means little.; I have, for
instance, known sons of great men .
men whose faces were replicas
of the countenance of their fathers.
yet almost always with certain
phenomenal exceptions these faces
were vacant masks; 1 they meant '
nothing; the ''power and greatness
of the father bad gone with the
.father; the son, with the father's
distinguished face, possessed none of
the qualities, which . should have
gone with that face, and which, ac
cording to the accepted theories ot
physiognomy., the face should have
carried with It ' '
An aquiline nose indicates Both ,
lng; a big nose indicates Both
lng, a this' aose nothing; but the.,
way the nose is used indicates
much. The small muscles on
either side of tbe nose, in the tiny
lobes, move as one breathes they
move, too, as one thinks.
These tiny muscles Indicate
sneering. .
A straight nose, with a bridge
which comes horizontally from the
fa.c, . indicates straightaess and
seriousness of character. But a
nose with a bridge which tilts up
ward indicates a sneering, super
cilious nature, a nature lacking la
human forbearance, generosity and '
kindliness. '
. Physiognomy teaches that the
shape of the eye is indicative ot
character. A bulging eye is sup
posed to mean a great deal. A
bulging eye, as a matter of tact'
means nothing.. Nine chances out
of ten you'd be deceived by the
eyes were you to attempt to read'
- a person's nature by them, But it ;
you wish to learn the inside of a
; man, draw him into conversation.;
WATCH HOW HE USES HIS
EYES. : - ' ' ' , ,
If a man's eyes look at yon pierc
ingly, it the light is reflected clear
ly, you are talking to a man of
will. When the light plays is a
man's eyes like sunlight on clear
' water you may be certain that the
' ljgbt of reason plays through a
clear, brilUa" hrain. '
Observe whether or
not a . man focuses his
eyes when he talks or
thinks; whether his
brows wrinkle and bis
eyes come- together in
a Intense focus. If so,
there Is a man ot tre
mendous power, of a
mighty power of will.
He will attain his end
inevitably. He may
crush ' others in doing
so. ' But when a man
focuses thus he will get
there.! Men who think
profoundly, and. with a
tenacious purpose fash
ion their .faces thus,
their eyes assume a
constant focus, . their
. brows wrinkle and even
the muscles about the
. eyes assume a set ex-.
presslon. x !
A bland, open eye In
dicates generosity; if
a man is generous and
kind that soft light will
beam from his eyes. If
he Is cunning, shrewd
if be Is of the sort
who -, uses every oppor
tunity furtively to fur
ther his own ends, the
tiny muscles will gatbt
-er in a -little web of
cunning about his eyes.
I. do not see how peo
ple. could mistake this
"kind of man.
, -Physical end mental
.suffering both cause
the eyes to bag." A per-'
son who endures long,
grief becomes heavy -eyed;
the lids swell. ;
: You may meet women "
'who assume an attitude
of gayety,' but if their
eyes are thus yoa may
be certain they are try
ing to'conceal some hid
den sorrow. ..
During a lifetime the
:eyes of some 'persona
eeem to recede or to
sink. . In most cases a
;man; or woman with
; deep-set eyes lives an
internal ratner than an
outwardly active life. Such a per
son gives, more profound thought
to a .subject than one with viva
I clous, iurface" eyes.
Deep-set eyes Indicate a medlta-"
I tive spirit one who lives alone '
i with his thoughts; they are the
eyes of the poet philosopher, I
thinker. Here, again, it is the na- '
; ture of the individual which fash- '
; ions the setting of the eyes. Look-
lng introspectlvely within' one's,
Soul, rather than outwardly upon -,'
life, will cause the physical sinking -
of the organs ot sight
The eyes of Lincoln are deep
set.- Lincoln Was a profound think
er; he just missed being one of the
, world's great poeu. He has the
eyes ot a creator, a dreamer.
, Strength or weakness of charac
ter are Indicated in the chin. I
"The Neophyte," Aubrey Beardsley's Vivid Expression of the
Doubt and Terror Felt by Youth Receiving Its First Knowl-
edge of the Demoniac Mysteries of Life. The Note of De
monism Is Shown in the Face of the Teacher and in That of
. the Female Symbol of Experience.
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mean not in the chin of a young
ling, but in a man or woman who
has lived sufficiently long to fash
ion the face.
One can tell whether a man is
conceited and proud by the way he
holds his chin. One who Is humble
of spirit generally carries his chin
downward; the proud man raises
It: Have you ever observed cer
tain old men nodding to one up
ward? When yoa see a man dolmj
this you may put it down that he
Is convinced ot his own greatness.
If there is any grossness or vul
garity in a . person it will be re
vealed in the mouth and lower por
tion ot the face. A man with loose
morals invariably has a loose
mouth. The man whose mouth un
consciously falls open in nine cases
out of ten lacks determination and
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may know he is an individual" with
tremendous determination.; When
the upper lip is especially long, you
may know you are dealing with a
person with a forbidding nature
a man who will always obtain his
ends, who has a mind ot his own,
who Is not easily Influenced. When
I see such a mouth I feel respect
for its possessor.
When a . person with a small,
sensitive mouth, slightly opens it
during intense concentration, or
while listening to music or an en
grossing conversation, you may
credit that person with a receptive
splraUon'flneof splritand possess- fy DavM Edstrom Showing Physical Distortion in a Human Be
ing artistic, appreciation. I ' have Lng Resulting from a Total Lack of Mental and Spiritual Qualities,
'Swwtth". the QuaUUe. VVithout Which hUn. Body Become. Neither Brute
who embodies the thought ot in- r Nor Human. '
Sf" Its? '
Borglum's Conception of Nero
Vulgarity Shows Inevitably in the
Mouth; Grossness and Sensuality
Shown in the Thick. Heavy Lips
Cannot Be Concealed.
order for a statue ot a dead man
I ask his people for a suit of his
clothes not a new suit, but an old
one, the oldest suit which may be
found. I can tell the man's char
acter by six inches of the legs of
his trousers. A man of force when
he walks comes down squarely on
the heels of his feet; his trousers
do not bag ia the manner that they
do on a weak, yielding man. Pos
eurs also come
down on the heel
straight so you
must be careful
in not arriving at
the wrong con
clusion when you
consider the hang
of the trousers. I'd
have more fear ot
a man whose legs
are straight than a
man - with knock
knees.
But more elo
quent than any
characteristic, how
ever, Is the human
face. It expresses
goodness; It , re
beals evil; It al
so shows cunning.
selfishness, Just as
clearly as gener
osity and honesty.
Were people to .
undertake the stu
dy of the human
face they would
less often be de
ceived in people,
they would be less
likely to make mis
takes In business,
dealings. Especially to the man ot
business is a knowledge ot human
nature valuable. It is necessary,
in fact for success. And yet It Is
a strange thing people learn alt
the tricks of business, they em
ploy financial and detective agen-,
cies to learn facts about ethers; yet '
comparatively few . ever think of .
studying the faces of tho people
with whom they deal Such a
knowledge is of more value than the
contents of many books.
