The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-04-29
The Color Of His Eyes.
BYMRs. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES wyLLYs.

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! when you were considering their cha
. acter?
We know that the subject has bee
treated-and ably treated-bya q strons
er pen and clearer brain than ours; b.
is that any reason why we should hid
our lesser light under bushel, and eS
ermore keep silence on matter so "
tally interesting? The author of th
, NeU, Physioga0my" would be til
first one to encourage free discussion
Indeed, the very. fact that he has sc
Others thinking viii not be unaccepts
BILE to him. :. - .t -.
Mems eyes-what curious interpret
ers they are of the hidden soul and self
There Is no excuse for the woman VIII
buys a blank ticket in the great n1atri
monial lottery. They do il, t,-tte worl,
is full of instances, but why? Wha
were their perceptive organs bestowe'
upon them for? They can drive suff
GENTLY sharp bargains in -four, or cali
co, or sewing silk. Let them examin
the quality of that other article, hus
band, before they conclude the lifelon)
contract, or they may discover, toolate
to Exchange the goods,n that th,
brand was inferior, and the fabric de
clines the wear! - 81. 7s>an a.
Yes, we know that all enthusiast,
maidens and novel-reading damsel
will cry out at the idea Of bringing love
courtship, and marriage down to sucf
a level. But that is precisely. wher,
the trouble lies. Exalt the mstter,-
handle it with gloves, subject It Il
none of the tests of ordinary life, :
look at it through mist of coule,r dt
rose, and if you do not get thoroughly
deceived and disappointed. eit will b
I through no fault of yours. But view
it sensibly as you would view any 9TH
er contract, divest it of false glow and
romantic illusions,-in fact try, to be
as commonplace rs possible, aud you
will have some chance Of behaving
wisely and well. 49,
You need no seventh daughter of q
seventh daughter to read the riddle of a
mans character; the second-sight of q
fOrtune-teller is of no use in deciding
the question of all questions! Are
you not a quick-sighted woman? and
can not you look into your lovers eyes ?
The mouth tells all sorts of not> tD-be-
depended-on stories the eye generally
telegraphs correctly.
Do not believe in him ifhe has black
eyes that laugh under their lashes and
sparkle like blackheart cherry in the
May sunshine. He may squeeze your
hand, but our word for it, ne squeezes
the next pretty girls hand dust as ten
DERBY. 1t il bis nature TO 1iilG and fiirt
he will. He is delightful at a croquet
party or an archery meeting g,-the very
companion of all others to select for q
summers day picnic; but the calico
won't wash" Marry him, and he be-
comes transformed. He is the kind Of
man that will bang doors and scold un-
til the room is blue, and knock over
the chairs every time his shirt collar is
not irOned correctly, or the dinner-bell
does not ring punctually to the hour, or
he is requested to inconvenience his
royal self for the benefit of others. He
will be loud-vOiced and persistent; you
can not conquer him, unless you scold
louder, and bang the doors harder,
which is bad for the nervous system.
A woman must be fond of hot water
and grape-shOt batteries who deliber1
ately marries a pair of these swapping
black eyes. ..s.,-,-,gt - :.
Think twice about encouraging blue
eyed -beauxs- They sQuote Iennyson,
aud sing Moore,s 3alkds de1i 1i&htfully.
They write pattern love-letters, and
take the tenor in duet charmingly;
but they will not do for husbands :
that is, speaking generally, with wide
margin for all the "nice blue-eyed" "
people that you and both know, my
dear little girls. The blue-eyed cavii-
iers generally like to look in the glass
too much, which is not convenient
when a woman chances to be pretty
goOd.loOking herself, and still less SO
when she is plain, contrasts being al
ways to be avoided. They get low
spirited, and have the tOoth-achei and
the blues, and are as depressing to the
domestic atmosphere Rs an equinOctial
rain. They are harmless, TO be sure,
and will rock the cradle and poke the
fire while their wives sally forth to chop
wood and bring water. They get
" slack" like bad fiddle-strings, and
need screwing up forty times in a week,
a front place in the Book of Martyrs!
Eyes that have a green light shooting
through the iris are decidedly better
let alone. There is something of the
Othelio about them, and a good deal of
the "Quilp." They open their wives
letters, if they happen to be addressed
in a masculine chicography,-listen at
about in soundless slip !
pers,-appear suddenly in your midst,
when you least expect them, m,-have a |
habit of lifting the lid off kettles, to |
see what is for dinner, and peering into |
work boxes and bureau drawers. They |
are always asking questions, and have |
q decided objection to gOOd-lOOkipg |
They walk as if there
were pOwder-magazine under foot
and look over their shoulders rs if a.
band of sayages might be expected to
spring from ambuscade at any moment. |
They would have made fine members |
Df the Detective Police, but are some
how unpleasant and inappropriate in !
the domestic sphere. So, -
Green-eyed husbands have their disss-
yreeable points, to say the least of it,
but they are preferable, as q general
hing, to the gray-eyed gentry. We
10 not mean the honest, stupid eyes
hat look like clouded marble, and are
totally guiltless of any particular ex-
preston, but those dreamy, speculative
)rbs that seem to be looking through
you at something beyond, as if you i
were mere transparence. They are
,alented, but not exactly suitable for
use. There is no knowing
ii which direction they may break out.
They are liable to be erraLic geniuses,
md get up grand schemes for perpetual
and reforming the whole civil
lied globe. They become editors, per-
maps, and stalk about the house, mus
ng darkly on leading articles and SEN
'atiOnal paragraphs, and wake their
'leepy wives at night with nightmare
'olilOquies OH the subject of "copy."
VI they turn authors at the shortest
notice, and lead their wretched part
lers a dismal life,-OP are transformed
nto rabid philanthropists who collect
inscriptions for the Fejee islanders,
md ignore the trifiing claims of their
amily at home, to say nothing of the
butcher and baker and grocer. - r
Thus gray-eyed mems wives are apt
o become down-hearted, listless, and
They go about with
hppersSthat havesgradually got down :
: the heel, and dresses torn without be-
ng mende4 They seldom put on
resh collars4n the nlorning, :" what
$ the use "'-and expect misfortune
lst as they expect new moon, once
q 50 often. Can any one find it in his
r her heart to blame them for it? On I
Y they should not have cast their fate
ltO the same boat with these dreamy
ptics that have led them into the
Tough of DespOnd. -. .ls-ss.