The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1884-04-16
3aluaiialr 6azette.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16. 1854.
Eyes.
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But that t. dearest al tho while.

Bnt that t. dearest all the while.
Which wears for NJ the sweetest smile.
There is much truth in these last two lines,
The eyes we love best are the best eyes, the
most beautiful to MS.
But all ewes arc not alike, and all have not
the same meaning. Black and brown eyes say
different things from the blue OF gray eyes.
Each has story nj It's own, and q way Of
telling it,
There are eyes which glow with passion,
eyes that languish with love, eyes which spar
kle with urirth, ewes that Fash with indigua-
ten.
Some are calm and serene, others troubled
and restless. Some penetrate right through
you, some eutreat, some command, and some
are meaningless, and have vacant stare till
the mind stirs within, and illumines them.
The first thing which generally strikes US in
looking at the eye is its size. Large eyes have
always been admired, especially in women, and
are considered essential to the highesttypes Of
beauty.
We read of Large spirited eyes" and "eyes
loving, large" of little, sparkling, beady eyes
to which the terms loving and spirited could
never be applied.
The Arabs express their ideas Of woman's
beauty, by saying she has the eye Of the ga
zelle, and the eye is ever the theme Of their
song. Homer repeats the epithet, the COX
eyed Queen" whenever be alludes TO Juno,
and indeed beautiful eyes are not confined to
the human race, but give likewise expression
to the head Of the horse, the dog, and many Of
the nobler animals.
The small eye Of the elephant is an example
however, that the size Of this organ is not al
ways the token Of more or less intelligence,
though the pig is proverbially alluded to, and
his tiny orbs brought into comparison with
certain small human eyes IN which greed is
the conspicuous expression Of the mean mind
within.
The most beautiful eyes have long rather
than wide opening. Eyelids which are
widely expanded SO to give round form
10 the eye, like those Of the cat and owl, indi-
cate ability to see much, with hhle light and
receive readily mental impressions from sur
rounding objects; on the contrary, eyelids
which more closely cover over the eye, denote
less facility of impression, but clearer insight
more definite ideas, and greater steadiness and
| permaDence Of action.
| Round-eyed people see much and live much
in the senses, but think less. Narrow-eyed
persons see less but think more, and feel more
intensely. Persons with prominent eyes are
always found to have great command Of Ian
guage, and are eloquent speakers and fluent
| writers. But it may be observed that as a
projecting eye mos readily receives impress
sions from all surrounding objects, SO it indi-
Gates quick and universal observation, but a
lack Of close scrutiny and perception VI indi-
vidual things.
Such eyes are everything in general but
nothing in particular.
Deeply-seated eyes on the contrary receive
more definite, accurate and deeper impressions,
but are less readily impressed, and less dis
cursive in their views.
There has been a great deal said and writ
ten on the subject of the various colored eyes
Arranging all the various ooored eyes IN
two grand classes, hglA and dark, we would
say that the dark indicate Pgtrer, and the light
dslioacy.
Dark Dyes are tropical, and as an American
physiognomist has observed: "They may be
sluggish, the forces they betoken may often be
latent, but they are there, and may be called
into action Their fires may sleep. but they
are like slumbering volcanoes. Such eyes
generally accompany dark complexion with
much strength Of character, powerful bnt
not subtle intellect, or strong passion.
Light eyes, on the other hand, belong nat
urally to temperate regions, and they are tenn
perate eyes. They may glow with love and
genial warmth, but they never burn with a
consuming FIRE like the torrid black eyes
The accompanying complexion is generally
fair and the hair light; and persons having
are mostly amiable in their dispositions, re-
fined in their tastes, highly susceptible Of im-
provement, and are mentally active and yer.
satile.
The light eyed races have attained a higher
degree Of civilization than the dark-eyod races
When the complexion and han are dark, and
the ey es light, there is generally a combination
of strength with delicacy.
Black eyes are of four kinds. First, the
ANAL, brilliant, hard black eyes, which loob
like bead, and which one might crack like 4
cherry stone; secondly the glowing, caycrnous
black eyes, Kidding smouldering fires; thirdly
the soft, swimming, sleepy black eye, and
fourthly, the large, well-set and iinely-lormed
black eye, Solemn as the hush OF midnight
still as the mountain lake, yet full Of thought
intellect, passion and feeling, which can rise il
a storm till the quiet surface CLOVIS again; al
eve that has no need Of words, that nevel
smiles, but knows the warmth Of tears; an eye
that goes straight to the heart with i single
glance and never more leaves it, an eye thai
does not entrance like the blue, but draws yOr
steadily and surely on, and touches chords il
YOUR heart which have been untouched be-
fore, and can never awake for lesser pOwcl
again"
The first may be the eye OF a vain beauty
and belle; the second may be found in many
an inmate Of Bedlam; the third langushes il
the harem of the Turk, and the fourth is 81
rare, it is hardly ever met whit is very
beautiful, and also the most dangerous OF all
Button says that "there are no black eyes
but those supposed to be black are only vel.
low-brown or deep orange; they appcr to b'
black" he afirms, because the yollow-browr
shade is 50 contrasted with the white Of thu
eye that it appears black"
Brown eyes are often COMPOUNDED with hazel
but though hazel eyes are brownish they de-
serve TO form separate Glass;
Thy brown eyes nave a look IiLr birds
Flying straightway to the light
''True brown eyes" says writer, "have .
sofIness and beauty peculiarly their own
Some arc eager, quick and merry; they offer
60 with light hair, and fresh, fair compilations
and their laughing brightness, their frank
Glances, are as different from the cooler and
calmer look Of the hazel, as light from dark
ness Others have a reddish glow, or rather
an auburn light which gives them peculiar
charm, especially if the hair match, shade fol
shade; others of a more decided brown 20 with
black hair and dark complexion, pale or bril-
liant as the case may be; and others are large
and soft with starry light within"
Hazel eyes, or light brown eyes, have a
character of their own, different quite from the
true brown. There are two kinds Of hazel
eyes, the dark hazel with a blue shade, and
the light hazel, III which green, yellow and
blue all mingle, and predominant according to
light OF emotion. Some periodical in speak
ing of hazel-eyed women, saSs that "a hazel
eye inspires platonio sentiment, aud that a
woman with these eyes never talks scandal, is
unsel6sh, never talks too much or too little, is
always agreeable and intellectual, and that
the dark hazel eve is as noble in its significance
as in its beauty"
Gray hazel is the sign of shreEdness aud
talent; the blue hazel is amiable but feeble.
Another writer observes that "hazel-eyed
women are quick-tempered aud tickle" but
| there is no opinion EXPRESSED relative TO hazel