utiful; it recedes
slightly and is hollow at the temples, but, fortunately, it is
half-covered by long hair, of a dark blonde, which curls
naturally. The head is perfect in form, because of the curly
hair, but on examination there is an enormous protuberance at the
occiput. My eyes are oval, of a gray blue, with dark chestnut
eyelashes and thick, arched eyebrows. My eyes are very liquid,
but with dark circles, and bistered; and they are subject to
slight temporary inflammation. My mouth is fairly large, with
thick red lips, the lower pendent; they tell me I have the
Austrian mouth. My teeth are dazzling, though three are decayed
and stopped; fortunately, they cannot be seen. My ears are small
and with very colored lobes. My chin is very fat, and at 18 it
was smooth and velvety as a woman's; at present there is a slight
beard, always shaved. Two beauty spots, black and velvety, on my
left cheek, contrast with my blue eyes. My nose is thin and
straight, with delicate nostrils and a slight, almost insensible
curve. My voice is gentle, and people always regret that I have
not learned to sing." This description is noteworthy as a
detailed portrait of a sexual invert of a certain type; the
whole history is interesting and instructive.

Certain peculiarities in taste as regards costume have rightly or wrongly
been attributed to inverts,--apart from the tendency of a certain group to
adopt feminine habits,--and may here be mentioned. Tardieu many years ago
referred to the taste for keeping the neck uncovered. This peculiarity may
occasionally be observed among inverts, especially the more artistic among
them. The cause does not appear to be precisely vanity so much as that
physical consciousness which is so curiously marked in inverts, and
induces the more feminine among them to cultivate feminine grace of form,
and the more masculine to emphasize the masculine athletic habit.

It has also been remarked that inverts exhibit a preference for green
garments. In Rome _cinaedi_ were for this reason called _galbanati_.
Chevalier remarks that some years ago a band of pederasts at Paris wore
green cravats as a badge. This decided preference for green is well marked
in several of my cases of both sexes, and in some at least the preference
certainly arose spontaneously. Green (as Jastrow and others have shown) is
very rarely the favorite color of adults of