He would have known that anyone as blonde in coloring and as round-headed as this young man was unfit for a position which required the minutest and most careful scrutiny of every detail of administration. He would also have noticed his wide-open, credulous, and generous eye; the narrowness of his head just behind the ears, indicating his inclination to side-step anything in the nature of a disagreeable contest or combat. The high dome of his head just above the temple and the turned up tip of his nose, both indicating extreme optimism; his very short fingers, indicating dislike of detail and the inability to handle it; his rather soft-elastic consistency of hand, showing inability to bear down hard and firm in cutting expenses and holding down salaries.

This young man's type is very common. We meet it constantly in business, and wherever we have met it, we have always found that, unless it was associated with a man of dark complexion, hard consistency, keen, shrewd eyes, the ability to fight and to stick, a sort of bull-dog tenacity, it simply

ran away in over-optimistic ventures, dissipated its earnings, and ended in dismal failure.

Fig. 57. Conical hands, with conical finger tips. Indicate refinement, responsiveness, sentiment, love of beauty in music and art, and an emotional nature. This hand, however, is not very practical, and is not the typical hand of the musical performer or creative artist. May be the hand of an actor or singer.
Fig. 58. Back and front view of hand of Mrs. Flora E. Durand, of Libertyville, Illinois, Pianiste and Pipe Organist. Mrs. Durand is a performer of unusual skill and artistic feeling. Note squareness of entire hand and of finger tips.
Fig. 59. Back and front view of hands of financier and administrator. Very practical, matter-of-fact, and sensible; not particularly fond of detail, but can compel himself to do it. Note square hands and finger tips and moderately short fingers.
Fig. 60. Front and back view of hands of a mechanical and electrical engineer of some prominence. He is not only highly qualified, intellectually, for engineering work, but is a mechanic of great expertness and skill. All his work is beautifully finished and marvellously accurate. Note long, square hands and fingers.
Fig. 61. Long fingers, indicating a tendency to capacity for details.
Fig. 62. An example of narrow head, indicating mildness of disposition—an inclination to win way and secure ends by intellect, tact, and diplomacy, rather than by direct conflict.
Copyright Ernest H. Mills. Fig. 63. Sir Henry Fowler. A splendid example of fine, enduring physical balance with excellent intellectual equipment. Note large, long nose, ears, and chin; long, straight upper lip; long, rather lean lines of cheeks and face in general, flat-topped head; prominent brows, and square jaw, These are all typical indications of calmness, practical judgment, prudence, shrewdness, moderation, and, as a result, longevity.
Fig. 64. Reginald D. Barry, Engineer and Scientific Experimenter. Interested in mechanics and engineering in an almost purely intellectual manner. Ambitious, determined, optimistic. Note especially height and width of upper part of cranium, with slender lower face; also rounded dome above temples, and width and fulness back of upper corners of forehead.
Fig. 65. Colbert E. Lyon. Note especially high dome of head above temples, indicating optimism, faith, hope, sympathy, generosity and humanitarian leanings. Note also fine texture, indicating love of beauty, refinement, and responsiveness. Practical judgment, energy and determination are shown by prominent brows; large, high nose; and strong chin; fine powers of expression by prominent eyes.
Fig. 66. Dr. V. Stefansson, Explorer. Of the active, restless, eager, pioneering type, capable of enduring hardship. Note square jaw, large nose, convex profile, blond color, high, wide cheekbones, strong chin, and coarse texture.
Fig. 67. High, square head, indicating conscientiousness, prudence, carefulness, dependability, and constancy.
Fig. 68. High, round head, indicating ambition, love of adventure, and a certain degree of recklessness, carelessness, and irresponsibility.

ROOSEVELT AND TAFT CONTRASTED

When Mr. Roosevelt was about to end his term as President of the United States in 1907, he and his more prudent advisors did not consider it good political judgment for him to seek at that time nomination for what would have been, in effect, a third term. He therefore began to cast about to find a successor who would carry out his policies. As President, he had inaugurated certain policies of administration which he regarded as being of the highest possible importance to the country, and to the world at large. We are not here discussing the common sense, wisdom, and statesmanship of those policies. The fact to which we are calling attention is that Mr. Roosevelt wished to use his influence as President and as the leader of his party to have placed in nomination, as his successor, a man upon whom he could rely to continue to administer the office of President according to the policies he himself had inaugurated.

Mr. Taft had long been a member of Mr. Roosevelt's cabinet and had also been a very close personal friend. As Governor of the Philippines, and as Secretary of War, he had made a splendid record and was considered to be one of the most loyal and able of the President's official family. Accordingly, he was selected by Mr. Roosevelt as his successor. In his campaign for election, and in his inaugural address, Mr. Taft repeatedly gave assurance to the voters that it was his intention to carry out the Roosevelt policies. There is practically no one, even those who disapprove most heartily of Mr. Taft's record in the Presidency, who thinks that he was anything but sincere and honest in making these promises to the voters.

HOW IT WORKED OUT

Now, without discussing for a moment Mr. Taft's administration as President from the standpoint of its true value to

the country, or the actual quality of his statesmanship, there is no question in the mind of anyone that he signally failed to carry out the Roosevelt policies. In fact, he became the titular leader of that faction of the Republican party, before the end of his administration, most violently opposed to the Roosevelt policies. He has subscribed to and preached a totally different political doctrine from that of his former friend and chief ever since. This course of action may have been right; it may have been wrong; it may have been wise, or it may have been unwise. It may have been fully justified, or it may not have been justified. These are not questions which interest us here.