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Movement of features indicates quality of thought and emotion. It is the expression that dwells pleas- antly or painfully in our memory. Dimples and smiles are attractive be- cause they denote a pleasant nature. By the unconscious operation of fancy, when we see a person with large, canine teeth, as in the demons of "The Last Judgment," by Michael Angelo, we are inclined to associate that person with savageness or feroc- ity, as we might expect of an animal; yet, we are charmed with Dorothy Kelly, whose teeth are slightly above the average length, and this is be- cause we are delighted with her gen- eral expression. Ada Gifford's jaw denotes an almost masculine strength of character, yet her general expres- sion makes her charmingly feminine. Gr. M. Anderson's nose is abnormally large, yet his smile is abnormally winning. Crane Wilbur's eyebrows might suggest an almost savage nature but for his fascinating general ex- pression. Edith Storey's high cheek- bones would make her unbeautiful but for her remarkably expressive face. Blanche Sweet's face would denote weakness of character but for her wonderful powers of expression. Earle Williams, on account of his overhanging forehead, could play only parts of the poet or philosopher but for his pleasing and very expres- sive face. Norma Phillips, on account of her square, full lower face, would hardly be beautiful but for her de- lightful smile. Thus we see that we are moved more by the expression than (To be continued) 114 by the features and form of the head. And did this ever occur to you: Why is it that a photoplay audience, differing in age, habits and education, all interpret emotions alike? And why is it that the people in India, and in New Zealand, and in Hawaii, all express the principal emotions the same as we do here in America ? Dar- win went to endless pains to de- termine whether all races of men ex- pressed emotions the same, and he found that they do; that is, the principal emotions. Were this not so, some of our American photoplays would indeed seem strange when ex- hibited in certain foreign countries. It is a wonderful thing to be able to recognize the expression of the emo- tions. It adds immensely to our pleas- ures, particularly to our enjoyment of the photoplay. Very few of the lower animals are able to understand any expression confined to our fea- tures. Rengger asserts that monkeys soon learn to distinguish, not only from the tones of voice of their mas- ters, but the expression of their faces; but Darwin says that even a dog fails to understand any facial expression except a smile or laugh. Sir Jas. E. Tennent says that elephants weep and shed tears at the loss of their young, but they fail to recognize similar or other emotions in man. Thus, the recognition of facial expression be- longs exclusively to the genus homo, speaking generally, and it is an art and a science that can be, and no doubt will be, in the future, cultivated to a degree heretofore undreamt of.