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WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1931.

THE

PART PLAYED BY MOTION IN LIFE may not share a cigar with his

How Facial Muse's Are Affected.

OUR "SOCETY" SMILE.

Some Effects or Physical Well-Being.

father, but he can lose his tem- per in just the same way as his elder."

Imitative Beginnings. Emotions were Imitative at the start of life. They, therefore, received a begining long before the age of reason. It followed then that if we were going by the light of reason there would;

ment. By the light of pure rea son no currency problems should

The effect of emotion e ́any kind is to bring the facial muscles be no cause to discuss disarma- into play.

The activity of the facial muscles thus caused is intimately arise, and we should not need connected with the act of the heart and lungs.

Emotion of any ind is diffused through the body; and each emution is linked upwith a definite set of facial muscles.

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To day Queen's Later experiments in etro-"Hell's Angels." tions made by a French To-day Central scientist tried to establish "Rengo." that

any slight stimu- lus of the facial nerve would "The Devil's Holiday."

a smile. Three photo- graphs had resulted. But ex- amination of them showed that two of the reactions were not smiles at all. They were inerely grimaces, such as might re- timately connected with the sult from the unpleasant taste of action of heart and the lungs. medicine. The third reaction Later, Duchenne had produced a was decidedly nothing else but work which generally was con- the "Society" smile. (Laugh- sidered a classic on the subject.ter).

The "affected, "or "Society" smile is an established fact, a re- action easy to be detected; the true smile is distinguished by the "twinkle of the e," which it is almost impossible to control,

"OUR EMOTIONAL LIFE."

These and other interesting contentions were put forward in the course of a highly interest- ing address to Rotarians, given by Rev. Father G. Byrne, S.I., at the wekly tiffin yesterday.

Father Byrne also dwelt in de- tail upon the history of the study of emotion, its origin, growth, and effect upon daily life. In particular he dealt with the emotions of infancy, which sccurred some considerable time before the arrival at the age of

reason.

The Chairman, Sir Hornell, introducing the speaker, referred to his notable career, mentioning that at one period he was domestic Chaplain to the late Mr. Tim Henly, President of Ciel Irish Free State.

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Mect'ng. To-morrow--Logislative Council,

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Home Mails. Friday-Inward, from Europe via Negapatam (Kutsang); Outward for Europe via Marseilles (Hakusan Maru), 6 p.m.

Saturday--Outward for Europe via Siberia (President Madison), 5 p.m.

Sports.

See Sports Diary on Page 9.

Miscellaneous, Friday Whist Drive, H.K.S. Brigade R.A., Sergeants Mess, 8.45 p.m.

Friday Volunteers' Annual Din- ner and prize-giving. 8 p.m.

Saturday-Royal Corps of Signals open air dance, Whitfield Barracks, 8 p.m.

He called it "La Mechanisme de la Father Byrne then dealt with Physiognomie Humaine," and his Bain's theory of

the diffusive theory was that each emotion waves of emotion. As an in- had a certain group of muscles stance, he said, it would be im- peculiarly its own.

possible to get angry lying down, Extraordinary Experiment, or in a chair. The wave had the Father Byrne then drew atten-effect of spreading, causing the tion to a photographic reprodue-muscles to tighten, the eyes to tion of facial expressions which flash. It was no good expecting had been prepared for and dis. one's friends not to see the Williamtributed to each one of his hear- "typhoon signal," - it

ers. They depicted a number of there! The heartbeat and the emotions, such as attention, sad blood pressure were also affected ness, weeping, disgust, horror, by emotions. A pleasant emo- the "affected smile," the true tion tended to slow the pulse. smile, and so on.

yet strengthening its beat; on In commenting upon them, the the other hand, unpleasant re- how it develops our emotional speaker said that the represen-actions accelerated the action, life. Father Byrne, commencing bir tations depicted were not obtain whilst weakening the bent. address, said that he chose bised by Duchenne from actual con- Hence, too much emotion of any present subject because he hudditions. They were not pictures kind was harmful.

nticed on looking over the lec-of a man actually registering the turo programme that whilst seri- different emotions The very in- us subjects were being chosen, teresting thing about them was there were serious subjects which that they were

obtained by lent themselves to # certain Duchenne as a result of electrical lightness of treatment.

impulses passed through the facial muscles. The experimen ter took as his subject an elder ly man who had lost all facial sen- sibility. The result would seem to show that various emotions very definitely brought different facial muscles into play.

Pope's Old Dictum.

Following out Pope's dictum that "the proper study of man- kind is man," therefore, one,

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Thursday, Ascension Day. 7.45 a.m.-Holy Communion. 9 a.m.-Matins.

10.30 a.m.Holy Communion. 5.30 p.m.-Choral Evensong and Address.

A WEEK'S DISEASES. TUBERCULOSIS, SMALLPOX, AND DIPHTHERIA.

The official return of diseasea and deaths during the week end- ed May 9, is as follows:-

Cases, Deaths.

Enteric fever Smallpox .. Diphtherl Relapsing fever Tuberculosis ,,;,

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Summary to May 9.

The returns from January 1 to May 9 give the following

Cases. Deaths.

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Effect on the Body. In conclusion, the lecturer discussed interesting theories as How People Think!

to the effect of strong emotion Father Byrne went on to some upon the physical atate, Excess interesting reflections upon the of emotion tended towards the the gift of original thought, secretion of sugar in certain re- causing amusement when he sug-gions of the body, and research figures:- gested that there were very few tended to show that it was pos- great. original thinkers it sible that some cases of diabetes Typhoid might be put at five per cent. were attributable to this source. Smalipos Some people might add that the An examination of American Scarlet fever next ten per cent. of humanity students after a strenuous foot- Diphtheria copied these men, filling libraries ball game had shown that in the Cerebro-spinai fever : expounding and explaining them. case of twelve of the players, im-Puerperal fever The "Society" Smile.

The remaining 85 per cent. want-mediately after the match, there Tuberculosis ed to be saved the trouble of was a definite access of sugar in Further in this connection. thinking at all costs.

the organs, due to stress of emo- Father Byrne dealt in particular A commen crime against So- tion. with what he termed the "affect-ciety, for which absolutely no ed" or "Society" smile. "We all punishment was provided, was of us have to have recourse some that of killing time. Cinemas, times to the Society smile," he the idle turning over of a periodi- said, amidst laughter, "for in-cal, formed only two of the 101 stance at dinner parties or other ways of killing time. functions when we have heard One would hesitate to say that the story about thirty times. time is killed by watching foot- The Society smile can always be ball matches, for one would be detected. As for the true smile, very sorry to see such a healthy its characteristic is the twinkle and manly sport deprived of its of the eyes. Over that twinkle place in our national life. Young Bride: "I've a "wonderful we have practically no control,”

we refer to football just to show husband."

Catty Divorcee: "Beginner's luck."-Smith Weekly, Sydney.

Emotion v. Reason. "When we come to consider the various emotions," continued the speaker, "one wonders whe- ther the bulk of human lives are! ought naturally to be interested, not in the main ruled by emotions, in any aspect in his own daily rather than by cold reason. The life, or that of others. That emo-advertiser usually knows what tional life played a very large part there was no doubt. "It is true to say, I presume, that no man likes to be called emotional. He looks upon the term as rather 'sloppy. And as such, it would appear to debar him from the title of 'a man of character,'"

Emotions and Life. However, emotions did play a very large part in our lives. And it was that reason which had

is customer will want. Yet he makes his appeal for the most part, to the emotions. A cinema placard, for instance, is an appeal to the emotions, and nothing else.

Now you will notice that all these emotions seem to be com. mon to us and to the animals. If a dog shows jealousy, when an- other dog is petted, we often hear the remark: "how like a human being!"

caused Auch a battle in We ought to put it the other the philosophical world through-way and say: "how like my dog The Stoica, I am, when I show angry jeal- for instance, had denied Dusy!"

out

the ages

all emotional feelings; and The dog never rises above his coming up to more recent times, canine nature; he is always truc the disciples of Herbart, al- to his animal self; but I, who am though admitting emotions, yet capable of magnanimity, of gen- looked upon them as tones of erosity, of an international out. nensation.

look, debase my spiritual nature, By a process of simple examin- if I join my dog in his growl m tion, however, it was possible to the kennel of my own distinguish between feelings, yard!" ideas, and emotions. The mere

a hot on

The Age of Reason,

back-

couring of water over a man's There was another reason why face,

day, for emotions came so strongly into example, could cause a play. That was that reason, in primary pleasant feeling, a re- itself, had a very big handicap in action of joy; but if the water] the early days of life. We talked came from the syringe of an about a child growing to the agċ urchin on a verandah, the intel- of reason. The child was not ex- lectual idea of dissent entered, pected to reason in its early giving rise in its turn to the years. But even at that stage he emotion of anger.

was capable of showing all the History and Study.

different forms of emotion. Turning to the history of the There were the pleasant emo- study of emotions, the speaker tions, the unpleasant ones, and mentioned a French writer, those stimulated by difficulty, who in 1807 had laid it such as courage and fear. Such down that there were three emotions were noticeable. In the tynes. The first were the con animal world as well.. Even the vulsive emotions, which brought bravest of dogs, for example, the muscles of the face into would at times display symptoms play. Then there were oppres of great fear. alve emotions, which decreased Before reason begun, there the toneness, giving rise to sad- fore, the child was constantly ness and depression; and the ex-guiding itself by the various pansive emotions gave an in-emotions. And the grown-up Presse in toneness of the muscles, person would play upon those on the contrary, occasioning joy emotions when it was desired to and surprise.

get something from the child. They would play upon the re- actions of joy fear; and horror. And they themselves were con- stantly, giving the young child examples of this working in their: own daily lives. "A young child

A Briton named Bell, who wrote a book called the "Anatomy and Philosophy of Ex- pression," in 1844, had gone fur- ther by claiming that the facial muscles in their activity are in-

But

Father Byrne also stated that after a particularly hard examin- ation evidence had been found of a definite flow of adrenalin (sugar) to the organs likely to be most affected.

At the conclusion of the ad- dress Mr. G. P. de Martin, M.B.E., thanked Father Byrne for his lecture. He could assure him that it had been a great pri- vilege to listen to him. (Ap- nlause).

Thirteen of the typhoid cases were non-Chinese, 18 were two scarlet fever cases, one small-pox case, and 15 diphtheria cases.

of

Yesterday one Chinese case. typhoid fever and one non-Chinese case of diphtheria were notified.

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