Show CM ABACI ERISTIC EARS I Types and Temperament Can Be Readily Distinirnisiied BY the Sizr and Shape of the Ear The fact that Mademoiselle Merode who has recently been accorded the distinction dis-tinction of being the most beautiful woman wo-man in Paris affects a coiffeur that comes down well over the ears gives rise to the rumor that nature has not dealt kindly with her in respect to this hidden hid-den feature for it is well understood that nothing more powerfully attracts the connoisseur of beauty than that same delicate white shell lined with pink I I To be quite ideal a womans ear must i be small rosy transparent and according 1 accord-ing to artists and sculptors who devote the greatest attention to it should taper I slightly at the top At least this is the I type always found upon ideal forms of beauty executed when Greek art had attained I at-tained its highest point of excellence This dainty little member is full of expression I ex-pression too and when its subtleties are understood is no less indicative of character than the hand When rounded round-ed at the top for example like the small end of an egg its lair possessor has a lovable and romantic disposition If however the hem be flat as if pressed down she is more or less fickle and inclined in-clined to flirt When you see an ear that is quite round look out for defective defec-tive reasoning qualities a limited sense of justice and their too frequent exponent ex-ponent jealousy An oval ear with the lobe distinctly marked is indicative of great ideality and sensitiveness But if the lobe is altogether al-together unmarked and the ear widens at the top it indicates a selfish and revengeful re-vengeful disposition A small excres cenca on the inner rim of the ear at the top shows a combination of selfishness and obstinacy while an indentation at the same point denotes irritability quick temper but a generous and impulsive nature Vanity arrogance and conceit are to be looked for in large ears droop ing at the top and without a hem r Poets painters sculptors and people of highly organized temperaments generally gen-erally have small ears though the ears of musicians are usually rather largely developed especially in the uppr part as notice in the portraits of Beethoven Mozart Wagner Schubert and others They are however regular in shape Indeed a wellshaped ear goes with a high bred temperament and is but rarely found on a vulgar person Literary men have ears of every size and kind Dr i Johnsons for instance were as colossal as were his genius and ponderosity Wellformed large ears with well shaped hem show strength of will and I tenacity of purpose I A finelv shaped large ear with well I turned round hem is regarded as the I typical ear for a gentleman and indicates indi-cates strength of will and great tenacity of purpose and if the lobes are rather heavy than otherwise you may read in them generosity and extravagance Misers never have ears of this type Statesmen too have notably large and regularly shaped ears Evil passions and a strongly marked animal nature were represented in Grecian Gre-cian sculpture by a fawn or goatlike ear ear1t is only among the more refined and civilized peoples that small ears upon women are considered pretty and a mark of aristocratic distinction The Chinese who admire little eyes and feet look upon long large and drooping ears as marks of beauty and certain other peoples bore their ears and enlarge the holes until they can insert quite a nosegay nose-gay in them and are as justly proud of this decoration as the young woman of a different civilization who drags down apr a-pr tt ear into unnatural proportions with heavy jewels Earrings are sometimes very injurious to the health and a woman with any tendency ten-dency to scrofula should never assume the risk of boring the ears nor can one be too careful in regard to wearing earrings ear-rings that a diseased person has worn A case is on record in Vienna of a young girl who wore earrings given her by a friend who had died of consumption She soon contracted the same disease which developed in a manner identical with the case of her friend Ears by the way are as eloquent as the tongue in showing disease A very white transparent ear shows a Delicate constitution constitu-tion with a tendency to tuberculosis Idiots have large flabby ears as travelers through certain parts of Switzerland I i < i faji2 where such imbeciles abound cannot have failed to notice Ears vary greatly in regard to sensitiveness sensi-tiveness some being vastly more nervous than others Street noises are the most trying for the sensitive ear to bear while the sounds of nature almost never jar the most fastidious welcoming the sound of wind in the tree tops the murmur of brooks the songs of birds and even the roar of falling water |