The Sun.
London, England, 1824-01-08 00:00:00

BEAUTY OF THE EYES.

Except
the incient Romans and the
mod
large eyes have always been esteemed essen-
tial to beauty. By this test alone we can distinguish whether
an antique statue of Venus or Juno be . Roman or Grecian, as
the classic Greeks had more taste than to represent a goddess
with small, peering, miserly eyes. Homer, indeed, seldom
mentions Juno without comparing her eyes to those of the oz.
Chinese,among
The oriental poets draw a more elegant' simile from the large
eyed antelope or gazelle, which has not escaped Lord Byron.
Her eyes dark charm 'twere vain to tell,
But gaze on that of the gazelle,
It will assist thy fancy well. Giaour.
The
brilliancy of the eye and its appearance of fulness,•de-
pend of course in some degree on its form, and on the magni-
tude of the eye-ball; but still more on the closeness and am-
plitude of the eye-lashes and the diameter of the pupil. It is
the eye-lashes only over which we possess the greatest power,
as we can bring them to the highest perfection of loss and.
thickness by the Circassian method we have already detail-
ed. This is not all : the oriental beauties, from time imme-
morial, have practised the art of darkening the eye-lashes
with antimony, which is put both on the hairs, and on the
skin at their roots, while a small streak of it is often ex-
tended outwards from the exterior angle of each eye. This
has a very imposing effect when artfully performed ; and we
have European ladies who had been in the East, employ this
method to give a brightness and beauty to their eyes, alto-
gether inconceivable, making even the plainest little grey eyes
appear full-orbed, and piercingly dark. It is for such, indeed,
that we writs ; others have no need of antimony nor frankin-
cense black. The latter is much inferior, as all European cos-
metics are, to those of the East ; but, to such as choose to try
it, we give the receipt,
TO RENDER TIIE EYES BRIGHTER AND DARREN.
Take an ounce of frankincense, the same quantity of resin
and pitch, and half as much -mastic. Throw all these ingre-
dients opon a piece of red hot charcoal, receive the fumes into
large funnel, and a fine black powder will adhere; mix this
with a little oil of Benjamin, Eau de Cologne, or what is
perhaps better, the juice of elder-berries, and it is fit for being
applied to the eye-leslies, or to the eye-brows. A large
pupil, though it is certainly one of the highest marks of
beauty, is also a sure token of a weak constitution ; so
much so, that whatever renders the body delicate will
seldom fail to dilate and enlarge the pupil, and make
the eyes beautifully languid. We cannot with safety re-
commend any practical method of enlarging the pupils of the
eyes founded on this principle. There is, however, a certain
drug called extract of belladonna, which has a most powerful
effect in enlarging the pupil. A very little of it rubbed on the
eye-lids will in a short' time enlarge the pupil to a wonderful
degree, and the effect will' continue for comae hours. We must
caution those who try this, from using too much of the extract,
lest it make the pupils too large and staring 5 the quantity for
each individual can only be learned by experience. It is per-
fectly safe, and is used every day by surgeon-oculists for en-
larging the pupil to examine the deeper parts of the eye. Many
also with too-contracted and' other diseases of the eyes,
would be totally blind but for the daily use of this powerful ex-
tract.—(family Oracle of Health.)

ANFLICTING ACCIDENT.--On Monday last a
very melancholy occurrence took place at Oak-
Lawn, Surrey, the seat 'of EDWARD Motttxy,
Esq. Amongst a number of, friends who were
enjoying winter sports at Oak-Lawn, was Capt.
T. Morley, formerly- of the Iltiti; East. India
Company's Artillery, who had arrived in Eng-
land only a few days previous. Captain Morley,
being particularly fond of field-sports, was
highly delighted with the well-kept covers of his
brother's estate, and sported every morning ; on
Monday last .he was shooting a new cover, in
company with his nephew, a lad of sixteen
sears old ; the enclosures being very close, Cap.
win Morley recommended the young gentleman
to keep in the. rear, and not to fire until
the birds had risen above the quickset hedge
whiCh divided them. Two cocks starting soon
after, the nephew unfortunately neglected this,
caution and fired, when Capt. Morley, who was
then not twenty yards distant, received nearly
the entire charge in his right shoulder, and
fell, exclaiming 44 Oh ! George, I am shot."
The young gentleman, overhearing the excla-
mation, sprung over the hedge, and. found
his uncle lying on the ground in great agony.:
assistance was instantly procured, and the wound
was examined by Surgeon Waller, who happened
to be then on a visit at the house; the greater
part of the shot was extracted but from the torn
state of the surrounding flesh,' and a partial frac-
ture of the bone, it is presumed that amputa-
tion will be necessary to ensure the gentleman's
recovery.