New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-09-14
Tho Exprers,en III the Exe.

And how much, cannot help asking, does the
eye itself go for in all this? = The culver
ing contraction of moments irritability, the
momentary frightening up which goes with the
quick perception of jest the little haf-deyeloped
thought of suspicion crossing the mind, the kin
ding Of a generous impulse, or of a swift sur
prise, all things affect more or less that wOndrous
xpression-machinery which we have been con.
sidering, and set it all in motion. No doubt the
eyeball itself is affected in these cases of tran
sient feeling; but here | think it will again be
found that the element which this organ contri-
Dntes IN the shape of expressiveness is motion,
little else. 1t moves swiftly and suddenly as each
different feeling asserts itself in the face and by
such ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS not change-helps to
enforce the expression of the moment. This is a
point to Inake-the eye moves, but the surround
ings Of the eye change. ..s-... af..tsar.
believe that ] may be even undertaking the
effect of of these surroundings. Consider in the
case OF an animal the effect of the ears even on
the expression of the eyes The ears laid back or
pricbed forward, make the eyes look vicious or
intelligent as the case may be; and with animals
again we find that what expression there is in the
eye itself is still given by movement. i glimpse
OF the white of the eye on this side that Of the
great pupil will produce wonderful change. The
eye turned back in horse, showing portion of
tile white in the inner corner, imparts look of
nervousness and temper which makes rs 1nstrust
the animal in whom this phenumenOnis observed
and think twice before we get upon his back.
: And if the elst0Urage-a French word which we
want and which can only be translated neigh
bOrh00dH or .. surroundings the surroundings
of the eye have so much to do with its expression
how much more are they inseparable from its
IQyeliness? People talk of a beautiful eye. Why,
almost every eye, as far the eye itself goes, is
beautiful. The pupil with its eXQuisitely true,
yet sOftened edge. tinted so perfectly, whatever
its color may be, and losing itself in the impene-
trable central spot, is in ITSELF beautiful object
as it hes in the peary white Of the eyebali. But
how much does this go for if the eye apertures
through which We see it, is small and i-shapen,
if the LID is wrinked and unsymmatriea, sur
INV bha I1n1Ds Df flnEl pn1l Nv F1
and uniformed eyebrow? 1t goes for nothing.
The eye may be beautiful! object in itself, but it
is not beautiful to US because all these surround
ing parts are ugly.
They play at game in France in which certain
members of company are entirely concealed
with the exception of their eyes-every thing is
hidden except the eye itself-and then it is the
business Of the rest of the company to identify
the concealed persons simply by their eyes. One
who had played at this game told me the difficulty
of such identification is incredibly great and that
he himself was unable to find out his own wife
when thus concealed More than this, it hap
pened that on one occasion a lady, celebrated
for her beauty, and especially distinguished by
her fine eyes, la Duchess de Nj, was
only the other person hidden besides herself, and
this an old gentleman not celebrated for his eyes.
The pair We're duly concealed and bdndaged up
with nothing but their eyes visible, and then the
person "a LADY, who was to declare to whom the
respective eyes belonged was introduced. With
out moments hesitation she walked up straight
to where the old gentleman was placed and ex-
claimed, " An, there is no one but la Duchess de
Al who can boast such eyes rs these" She
had made the choice, and it was the wrong one.
--ss- 4s---
From Ohio comes capital temperance story.
Judge Quay the temperance lecturer, in one of
his efforts there, got off the following:
All of those who in youth acquire habit of
drinking whisky, attorty years of age will be total
abstainers or drunkards. No one can use whisky
for years in moderation. If there is a person in
the audience before me whose own experience
disputes this let him make it KNOWN wiaCcount
for it, Or acknowledge that am mistaken.
tall, large man arose, and, folding his arms
in a dignited manner across his breast, said:
" offer myself as one whose own experience
contradicts your statement"
g Are you a moderate drinker?h said the
judge.
~ am
" How long have you drank in moderation"
" Forty years"
t'And were never intoXiuated?"
"NeYer.n
"Well,' remarked the judge, scanning his sub
ject closely from head to foot, yours is sin
gular case; yet think it is easily accounted for
am reminded by it of little story: A coored
man, with loaf of bread and flask of whisky, sal
down to dine by the bank of clear stream. II
bre akng bread some of the crumbs dropped into
the water. These were eagerly seized and eater
darby the idea of dipping the bread in the
whisky and feeding it to them. He tried it. 1
worked we'll Some of the fish ate of it, became
drunk, and foated helpless on the water. In this
way he easily caught great number But in the
stream was a large fish very unlike the rest |
partook freely of the bread and whisky but will
no perceptible effect. 1t was shy of every effor
of the darby to take it.
'' He resolved to have it at all hazards, that ht
might learn its name and nature. He procured
net, and, after much effort, caught it, carried it tc
a colored neighbor, and asked his opinion of thu
matter The other surveyed the wonder mo
ment, and then said Sambo, I unerstans dis
case. Dat fish is mullethead; it hain't got any
brains!" :" In other words,n added the judge
"alcohol affects only the brain, and, of course
those having none may drink without injury !"
The storm Of laughter that followed drove The
moderate drinker suddenly from the house,