The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1885-09-12
NUMBER 50
THE EYES.
The Color, SigniGcation OF Character,
disposition aud Temperament
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which appear to be black will generally
be found to be Of deep yclloWish
brown when looked at very narrowly;
1t is the distance only which makes
them appear black, because the deep
yellow-brown color Is In such strong
contrast to the white of the eye that it
appears black. There are also eyes of
so bright hazel to appear almost
yellow; lastly, there are eyes that arc
positively green. Very beautiful, too,
are some of the eyes Of this color when
they are shaded-as is very often the
case-with long dark eye-lashcs; but,
though beautiful, they are not indica.
tive of n good disposition.
Clear light blue eyes with calm stead.
fastness In their glance, are Indicative
of cheerfulness of disposition, of n
serene temper, and a constant nature.
These eyes are peculiar to the northern,
nations; one meets them among tho
Swcdcs, and also sometimes among tho
Scotch. Tho blue eyes we see among
the rare blondes Of the south--that Is,
In Italy and Spain-havo among them
eyes in which are some grcenish tints;
and such eyes, though often called
light blue, have none Of the qualities
J of serenity and constancy which belong
to the light blue eyes of the north.
Neither must tho pleasant light blue
eye with tho honest glance be con-
founded with another sort of eye of Il
palo blue, almost .steel-colorcsl blue,
which has II continually shifting sort
Of motion both of tho eyeii(ls and tho
pupils of the eyes. People with such
eyes rs these arc to be avoided, as they
arc indicative OF Il dcceitfut and selfish
nature. Very dark blue eyes, with
something of the tint Of tho violet, show
great power of affection and purity of
mind but not much intellectually.
Blue eyes arc moro significant of ten.
derness and OF Il certain yieldingness Of
purpose than either brown, black or
gray eyes. Blueeyo people arc not
inconstant, like those Of the hazel and
yellow eyes, but they yield from alice
ton. r.,.ssa "
Gray eyes of Il somewhat grCcnish
gray, with orange as we'll rs blue in
them, and which arc of Cvcr.varying
tints, like tho sea, are those which
denote most intellectually. They are
especially indicative of the impulsive,
impressionable temperamont-a mix
ture of the snnguine and the bilious
which produces the poetic and artistic
natures. In England-where thcro arc
more varieties of tnts In eyes than In
any other country-the poets have al
most always gray eyes. A biographer
| of Byron speaks Of hfs "beautifiiI
changcful gray eyes," Shakespeare al
so had, we arc told, gray eyes; Cole
ripgc, eyes ola grccnisf gray. Among
the artists, too, eyes of this color
abound.
Black eyes, or what are considered
such, are indicative of passionate ar,lor
in love. Brown eyes when not of the
ycllowish tint, but pure russell brown,
shows IN atfcctionatc disposition; the
darker the brOwn-that Is, tho more
| they verge on 10 that deepest of brown
which in eyes we are in tho habit of
calling black-the more ardent and
passionate is the power of affection.
The brown eyes which do not appear
black-that il, which are not dark
enough TO appear so--arc the eyes OF
sweet, gentle, and unseliish natures,
without tho Inconsistency OF the light
brown or yellow eycs-''goldcn eyes,"
as they were called by n lady novelist,
and which are very little more to be
trusted than the green eyes.
Green eyes, although their praises
are often sung in Spanish ballads, show
deceit and coquctry. We sometimes
sec eyes which arc u combination of
yellow, orange and blue, tho latter
color generally appearing in strcals
over the whole surface OF The iris, while
the orange and yellow are set in fakes
unequal size around and at some little
distance from cholcric persons, If they
have blue eyes, have also certain tints
of green in them, and when under the
influence Of anger sudden rcd light
appears in them.
There are eyes which arc remarkable
for being of what might be said TO be
Of no color. Tho iris has only some
shades of blue or pale gray, so feeble as
to be almost white in some parts, and
the shades of orange which intcrvcncc
arc so small that they can scarcely be
distinguished from gray or white, not
withstanding the contrast of cOlorS.
Tho black of the pupil is in these eyes
too marked, because the color OF the
iris around it is not docp enough, so
that in looking at them we see only the
pupil. These eyes arc cxprcssionlcSs,
for their glance is fixed and dead they
invariably belong to persons OF the
Emphatic temperament, and they indi-
cato It iistless and feeble disposition in
capable of enterprise, and cold and
iudolcntly selfish nature.