Show STo W w o www t N PRESIDENT WILFORD WOODRUFF j A Phrenograph From a Personal Examination BY N SCHOFIELD F A I P + + + Y + S ETC Ne 7 In preparing these phrenographs for the press the writer has three objects ob-jects in mind First to be accurate to the science in the delineation second to be just and courteous to the one I examined and thirdly to make them of interest to the general public They are written from a strictly nonpartisan non-partisan standpoint neither politics nor creed cutting any figure and no questions of any kind are put to the one examined beyond merely Inquiring their weight Even this one question is not abso lutiIy necessary to one who has had some practice in this line except that it subserves a hidden motive the examiner exam-iner has in viev and which is not less important than knowing the exact number of pounds they register on the scales In presenting to The Herald readers a scientific study of the character and physical organization of President Woodruff the writer approaches his subject with a good degree of reverence rever-ence Even to pass over the favorable impression im-pression entertained by all classes of people as a result of the consistent course in life this venerable old gentleman gen-tleman ha taken if we ignore for a moment the Interest that centers around him in consequence of his high ecclesiastical position in the community commu-nity i we divest him temporarily of every consideration other than that which his organization presents in common com-mon with other men even then his ripe old age of 90 years gives a charm that nothing else could impart and i at once enlists our admiration and commands our sincere respect We instinctively take off our hat to a man like this and whether we accept ac-cept those religious views and that doctrine of which he is the chief living liv-ing oracle or not even if we have no faith in orthodox religion of any kind yet no man can honor President Wood j ruff without honoring himself 1 There are many thousands of intelligent in-telligent people however who accept and regard him a the chief vice regent re-gent of God upon the earth the one exclusive mediator between heaven and full and plump giving proof of unusual I un-usual digestive power the prominence of the malar bones indicates good breathing capacity and that broad prominent square chin and jaw shows prominent that his heart like grandfathers clock lke was intended to go ninety years without with-out slumbering Take again the position and formation forma-tion of the ear I a horizontal line b drawn immediately over the ear and exactly in the center of the orifice it will be found there is about as much ear below that line a above ita rather unusual occurrence The two strongest proofs of longevity long-evity however cannot well be shoVn except by diagrams or on the living head This is the life line as indicated Indi-cated In the brain and the organ of vitativeness located immediately behind be-hind the mastoid process Both of I these proofs however like the other signs mentioned are emphatic and unmistakable They give unusual I promise of long life and as the Lord is justly credited With always working work-ing on natural principles l is both consistent and logical to infer that if I he designed to multiply President I I Woodruffs days upon the earth he did i I so by bestowing upon him In a marked I degree those essential physical endowments endow-ments without which in this spher I of action at least life is impossible I The Lord did not cause him to live in spite of any constitutional weakness but because of his constitutional I strength President Woodruffs head measures barely 22 inches in circumference nearly 15 Inches from the opening of one ear to the other over the head 13 inches from ear to ear across the perceptive per-ceptive faculties and 6l diameter or caliper measurement just above and between the ears He stands about I five foot eight Inches high and his weight fluctuates between 175 and 190 I pounds The bulk of the brain is located lo-cated in the moral and perceptive regions gions and this harmonizes admirably with his real character He Is relatively rela-tively deficient in the aspiring or selfish sel-fish sentiments and the reflective group is but slightly above the average aver-age The base of the brain is large another other proof of strong vitality and from I + + + + ± + + + + < G4 taI t A I 8 0 t t PBEST WILFOBD WOODRUFF 4 1 + T + + 4 + + + < + I + + < I 1 earth the one favored and insDlred mouthpiece of God unto man I There are people in almost every portion of the civilized globe who believe be-lieve this a sincerely as they do their own individual existence and their faith is as firm and as solid as the granite foundations of the mountains mount-ains In presenting President Woodruffs phrenograph therefore on this auspicious auspi-cious occasion when thousands will meet expressly to celebrate his 90th birthday a special interest is added to that which naturally clusters around him by virtue of his important office Until this examination was made i th writer never had the pleasure of shaking hands with and speaking to 4 this silveryhaired veteran and very soon found i necessary tb abandon some of his preconceived ideas in regard re-gard to him One cannot help but noticein the first plane his easy unaffected courteous cour-teous yet businesslike deportment His honors like his eyes rest lightly upon him and there is a striking absence ab-sence of that studied reserve that freezing ceremony and dignified condescension conde-scension that Is i sometimes displayed with les consistency and reason by those who are clothed in a little brief authority He unconsciously diffuses about him that magnetism or influence which impresses one with the thought that he is 1 presses In the presence of na ordinary Individual Indi-vidual There is business energy and thrift deplete on his countenance while every word and gesture gives evidence ever his wonderful mental and physical activity Even at that age when the vast majority ma-jority of mankind have long ago gone to their final account President Woodruff < ruff with his hand resting on the run ninetisth milestone stands today firmly firm-ly hopefully yet calmly and with a ken eye is still peering into the future Now to study him first physiologically physiological-ly the very natural question arises what is the secret of his longevity Among the faithful members of the church over which he presides there is a widespread if not a unanimous belief 3 be-lief which is shared by President Woodruff himself that his life has ben prolonged by a special act of P Jidence in answer to their united crs at a time when to oil l human appearances his life was ebbing away The writer does not regard I as any part of his business in these articles to confirm deny or ven to comment on public opinion but merely and only to deal with actual conditions as they are revealed by the searchlight of science and as i happens in this instance in-stance there is no necessity for any conflict between the faith of the Saints and the physiological facts as I shall end ° avor to explain In estimating the chances of a persons per-sons longevity the student has nearly if not quite a dozen rules to guide him and in the case under consideration every one of these rules or signs is pronounced in bespeaking for President l Presi-dent Woodruff an unusually protracted ice tracted solourn in this vale of tears l 1 To avoid any suspicion of making a jt virtue of necessity we may briefly point out a few of these indications p and moofs In the first place as no one can exist not oven n day or an hour without I vitality i follows therefore that other I things b ing equal the more vitality we ppssess the longer we live This I qualifying clause of other things being I equal means a great deal and must not bp overlooked Now President I Woodruff has 9 distinctvital tempera oodrC ment I is far in excess of all others I as Indicated by his rpbust physique his rather small stature his fleshy appearance ap-pearance his healthy complexion and the general form and build of his body It will be noticed the shoulders are broad and the chest is deep indicating excellent lung capacity the neck Is short and thiclc and the head is firmly firm-ly set on thenody Shbwlbg < asy and rapta circulation ofthe blood the cheek just outward and 1 little downward down-ward from the nose are remarkably I t W I this he derives that wonderfu1 activity of mind and body for which he is I noted He is restless in disposition always on the point of doing something else I in addition to that which already engages en-gages his attention and it Is utterly impossible for him to sit still and do nothing He Is apt to be spasmodic I and impulsive and like the quicksilver quicksil-ver in the thermometer will rise and I fall according to conditions He will likely have more irons in the fire atone at-one time than he can take care of I will want to carry more than he can m I lift and must be very lame indeed before he would use a crutch He will be quick in thought quick in his movements move-ments quick in speech and quick in eating Such an organization cannot possibly be idle I is the personification personifica-tion of industry of thrift and untiring energy He has exceedingly strong hope is never discouraged will not yield to despair has no time to become melan rlr and instead of lamenting and I pining over the nature and extent of his injuries in case of accident his I I first thought would be one of thankfulness thank-fulness they were no worse He takes a business yet cheerful l I view of life To him i is a stern reality I re-ality and he is so busy that time t I never lags or hangs heavily upon him I He has no fault to find with the Lord I for the manner in which affairs are conducted here below but will willing wJI wiing ly bear his allotted burden without murmuring He does not feel obliged I nor always disposed to agree with advice ad-vice that is unsolicited or to indorse every proposition that nay be put forth He has a mind and a will of his own does not deal in borrowed or I secondhand opinions as a rule but believes whenever possible in paddling pad-dling his own canoe He is quick in I deciding what to do and is opposed I to putting off until tomorrow what can Su should eu done today en I He likes to ride in a fast train to I drive a fast horse and i he should goon go-on a fishing tour would feel l like economizing I econ-omizing i I time by draining the water off To use dynamite would be to cruel I from his point of view and he would never employ that method but he must do business on the wholesale plan He I has neither time patience nor inclination nt tle ld I tion I to stand on the river bank and coax the fish out one at a time at intervals I in-tervals of 15 or SO minutes He is all that is meant by the American word I rustler and whether he gathers any moss or not will keep on rolling I just the same I His disposition to decline assistance and sometimes to oppose a proposition j does not arise from any inflated Ideas of his own superior ability He is lacking lack-ing in selfesteem will be a civil and courteous to his gardener a to the governor of the state and so far a his behavior Is concerned will not die i criminate between the stable boy and Ian I-an ambassador from the seat of government gov-ernment The little selfesteem he does have however is developed in that portion which imparts independence j rather than dignity I requires no effort I ef-fort for him to be exceedingly humble He tan be led to the e7 water i not forced to drink Firmness conscientiousness venera tion spirituality and hope are the largest larg-est and therefore the dominant terefor organs He naturally lives in the future Is spiritually minded to an exceptional degree and in consequence Is suscep tible of experiencing the most exquisite and refined emotions Those who are low and flat in tlje caronal region of the head and who have an inferior coarse qualtiy of organization or-ganization have tendencies Invariably do nard They have groveling nature na-ture and are of the earthearthy They are incapable of a purely religious j thought barren In the desire to warship war-ship and arnn rhe e for man I nor reverence for God I In the case of President Woodruff I the measurement over the head 15 I InchesiSout of < allproportjonto the1 i clf rte < rce < > measurement JJ11 hence we kntfw this grouii wHl dictate wHI tte that it will color and lead the C11f ter ter terI I C The result is that with such a sensitive sen-sitive nature and an organic quality considerably above the average he will delight In prayer will be sincere in worship earnest in his belief respectful spectful to authority thoughtful for others and his faith and hope would be worth a goldmine to many people I would appear that these veneratixc ennobling purifying faculties so conspicuous con-spicuous In our present subject are the last to die When the pain that often accompanies accompan-ies the death summons begins to subside sub-side and the pulse gradually becomes weaker and slpwer when the extremities extremi-ties lose their natural warmth and the last glimmer of life becomes fainter and dimmer at that time all those organs and faculties located In and around the base of the brain gradually lose their power and their function After death has laid its icy grip on all those selfish propensities that al selfsh propensites pertain per-tain to the earth and mortality when the miser forgets his gold and even reason and love are hushed to sleep I the moral part of man the most Godlike God-like part of his nature still lives I survives when all that is earthly has collapsed and as the spirit struggles for Its release we hear faintly whispered whis-pered in the latest gasp visions heavenly music flowers and angels Subjimity and ideality are also well marked In this head and always exert a refining tendency on the character These organs will make him neat imaginative im-aginative athletic and somewhat prone to exaggeration Intellectually the perceptives predominate predom-inate over the reflectives hence he will be more practical than philosophic He is not strict speaking a deep consecutive profound reasoner He is more like a fountain than a reservoir reser-voir The knowledge he does possess however he is master of i is ready and available but there is not that depth that width and profundity that enabled Sir Isaac Newton to discover the law of gravitation President Woodruff can commence to speak the instant he begins to think While many people cannot express an intelligent intel-ligent or valuable idea until they have first had time to reflect and turn it over In their minds The latter class may be likened to a man who has immense wealth In the bank but It is not available until the combination has been manipulated while those like President Woodruff may not have near so much stored in their vaults but are never without a little ready cash in their pockets He is a man for an emergency understands un-derstands the value of time will look before he leaps prepare for a rainy day and thinks i is all right for charity to begin at home if it is not allowed to end at the same place He will not be remarkabe for philanthropy anthropy In money matters but is not lacking in sympathy and feeling for others I the germ of conceit was ever planted In his nature it was killed in embryo There is not a trace or even a suspicion of mock modesty He is not a man to be trifled with however will be nobodys tool would enter a vigorous protest against any fraud or imposition and those who im asine his childlike simplicity arises from a childlike mind would be astonished as-tonished at the vigor with which he would dispel their delusion He has possessed in his time good mechanical ability could turn his had Ingeniously In the construction in the repairing and Improving of machinery of implements of wood or stone He Is wel endowed with the inventive talent tal-ent and had he given his attention to this line early in life would doubtless have something to show for it by this time His greatest trouble in these matters would be his disposition to skip from one thing to another without waiting to complete them He has great patience with other people but not nearly so much for himself He Is restless irritable and somewhat inclined in-clined to excitement his energy runs ahead of his ability and this disposition disposi-tion will not only keep him in perpetual perpet-ual motion during the day but will also keep him awake half the night and he will spend many wakeful hours In bed His affection for children is good The same development in most people would be called very good but strong as it is it is not on a par with I his sense of duty and obligation to God I GodHe is not much of a joker will care little for the frivolities of life would rather study history than fiction fic-tion and facts rather than fancy To sum up he is genial sociable modest spiritually minded Industrious shrewd firm and honest and has a remarkable re-markable memory for facts He will understand matters in the concrete better than in the abstract His combativeness com-bativeness will not take the form of aggression but in maintaining the right in contending for the faith in building up rather than tearing down I a man like this who by nature is so disposed to do good so anxious to bless and so averse to condemn if such a man could ever incur the enmity and spite of any one i must be of that particular class of individuals whose partcular cass approbation blush to receive any accent person would I |