4* MY AMERICAN FRIENDS

flowers in the shop windows. I have seen no
flower shops to compare with those of New York,
though the beauty shops are more numerous.

In a discussion of the various types of coun-
tenance among civilized human beings, I once
heard an artist maintaining that they could all be
reduced to two—the " predatory" and the
" churchgoing." This classification, when first
I heard of it, seemed to me nonsense, though
the man who made it was completely in earnest.
But the faces I have studied on the sidewalks of
New York fall quite easily into the two categories;
at all events I can think of none more useful in
recording my impressions, "Unquestionably the
predatory type is predominant and represented
among the men by an enormous number of
specimens. The churchgoing type is rare, both
among men and women. Most of the men's
faces are bleached, colourless, and give the
impression of being partially cooked, or parboiled
—an effect probably due to the heated atmosphere
indoors. But the jaw is square and the carriage
upright and vigorous. Heavy jowls are common
and there is generally a good breadth of beam
in the lower works, Altogether a suitable equip-
ment, at least in appearance, for a predacious
u attitude towards life." As to the women, most
of their faces are so extensively overlaid with
colouring matter and otherwise sophisticated that
it is hard to say what lies beneath. As recon-
structed by the beauty shops their appearance