Show FAMOUS FRENCHMEN how some greal are judged ty measurement scientific paris is just at present enthused over a new fad well known in america the shapes and measurements of the heads of famous people says the new york journal amon the recent experiments made measure such as is used bya hatter to shape hagsto order are some extremely curious results of course the exact dimensions of the craniums of historic personages hadji to be efured from pictures and busts one of the most irregular isi that ica voltaire which is almost pear shaped bulging put suddenly and off eringa curious number of indentations if this is the philosophical not unmixed with poignant satire and cynicism then the cepil cranium differs rad icalla from it M demange one of the ablest criminal lawyers in paris the man who conducted with the most consummate skill the defense of the murderer has round head general le brun might represent the military head almost but gan i eral a brave and capable french commander isi entirely round the latter is prudent and cautious in his movements gambetta had a very ordinary head coming slightly to a point in the rear this is the french political cranium at do cassagnau Cassag nac has an enormous head almost perfectly round and quite ample enough to harbor all the different feuds to which he has been a party if his head is to be taken as tion of combativeness as shown ia the numerous duels in chih he has been a principal then M henri Roche forts his rival in that regard is almost the opposite type rather long narrow and of a very irregular shape the head that wears a crown or rather should wear a crown if the royalists are to he believed is narrow in forehead and almost regular in shape the due DA and the due de are similar in regard to the shape of the forehead but the latter is enormous in its proportions marshal macmahon is a combination of the military and the political a narrow forehead small ob a little like Volt aires but of much smaller proportions it is the same as that of gambetta but not so regular A very small head is that of the prince of monaco who has never distinguished himself in any particular while a regularly long and narrow one almost the facsimile fac simile of a foot belongs to osman pasha the french scientists believe that race and nationality have much to do with the shape of the head the same military genius who in one part of the world has a long narrow head in another part will be small and round according to them the north germans swedes norwegians Norwegia ns aad russians are longheaded long headed deriving their origin from eastern sources while the south germans the austrians Aust rians the hungarians Hung arians the swiss the irish the french being of celtic origin are round and broad in the shape of their craniums |