Image 7 of The Houma courier (Houma, La.), December 5, 1896
The Houma Courier EA5TON DUVAL Publisher HOUMA LOUISIANA STUDY IN PHYSIOGNOMY Lambert W m On af Those Who Knew It AIL Lambert belonged to that class of men who know it all It was his wife Jault She never disputed his state ments and always accepted what he said as gospel So from being a pretty shrewd yet agreeable fellow at the be ginning he became a dogmatist whose utterances were frequently as wild as they were tiresome Still there were a few things in which those who knew him admitted his superiority One of these was the science of phren ology and physiognomy Some philoso phers divide these studies and make two sciences of them but Lambert main tained that they were merely branches of the same thing Be that as it may he took great pride in his ability to ie men up as he put it by studying their features and noting the shape of their heads He even claimed that he could tell a mans occupation by looking at hi face One day Lambert and Barton were riding down town in an open trolley car Upon the front seat and directly facing them sat two men