Savannah morning news., 1885-09-05
THE EYES.
Their Color, signifcstiOn Of Character
Disposition and Temperament.

Disposition and Temperament.
From the San Francisoo ArgoRdut.
The coors most common to the eyes are
brown, gray, blue, hazel, and black, or
what we call black, for those eyes which
appear to be black will generally be found
to be Of a deep yellowish brown when
/ looked at very narrowly; lis the distance
only which makes them appear black,
because the deep yellow brown color is in
such strong contrast to the white of the
eve that It appears black. There are also
! eyes or 50 bright a hazel as to appear al
most yellow; lastly, there are eyes that
are positively green. Very beautiful, ton,
are some of the eyes of this color when
they are shaded-as is very often the case
with long dark eyelashes; but, though
beautiful, they are not indicative Of
| good disposition.
Clear light blue eyes, with a calm,
steadfastuess in their glance, are indica-
tive OF cheerfulness OF disposition, OF a Sc
rene temper, and constant nature. These
eyes are peculiar 20 the northern nations;
one meets them among the Swedes, and
also sometimes among the Scotch. The
blue eyes we see among the rare blondes
OF the sOuth-that is, IN Italy and Spain
have among them eyes in which are some
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ten called light blue, have none Of the
qualities Of serenity and constancy which
belong to the light blue eyes OF the north.
Neither must the pleasant light blue eve
with the honest glance be coniounded
with another sort OF eye Of q pale blue,
almost steel-cOlored hue, which has
cOntnually-s y-shifting sort OF motion both
~ the eyelids and the pupils of the eyes.
People with such eyes as these are to be
hav AZ a Il
iul and selfish nature. Very dark blue
eyes. with something Of the tint of the
violet, show great power Of affection and
purity Of mind, but not much inteliectu-
ality. Blue eyes are more significant Of
tenderness and Of a certain yieldingness
of pupose than either brown, black, or
gray eyes. Blue-eyed people are not
incOnstant, like those Of the hazel
and yellow eyes, but they yield from al
lection.
Gray eyes Of a somewhat greenish gray,
with orange as well as blue in them, and
which are Of ever-varying tints, like the
sea, are those whichnenOte most intellect
uality. They are especially indicative o.
the Impulsive, impresslOnable tempera-
ment-a mixture of the sanguine and the
biliOus-which produces the poetic and
artistic natures. In England, where
there are more varieties OF tints IN eyes
y
almost always gray eyes. A biographer
pt Byron speaks Of his beautiful change
tul gray eyes, Shakespeare also had,
ve are told, gray eyes; COleridge, eyes of
a rTee'ish Crav. Am ng the artists, too,
eyes Of this color abound.
Bldch eyes, or what are considered
such, are indicative OF passionate ardor
n love. Brown eyes, when not Of the yell
lOwsh tint, but pure russet brown, show
a "A na
brOwn-that is, the more they verge on to
hat deepest OF brown which in eyes We
are in the habit of calling biacK--the more
ardent and passionate is the power OF
affection. The brown ewes " hlch 40 not
appear black-that is, which are not dark
nOugh to appear sO-are the eyes Of
sweet, gentle and unselhsh natures, with
out the Inconsistency of the light brown or
yellow eyes. golden eyes" as they were
call d by lady novelist, and which are
very little more to be trusted than the
,reen eyes.
Green eyes, although their praises are
often sung in Spanish ballads, show de-
oeit and coquetry. We sometimes see
ewes which are a combination OF yellow,
orange and blue, the latter color general
| y appearing in sJreaks over the whole
| surface of the iris, while the orange and
1 yellow are set in Makes of unequal size
around and at some little distance from
the pupil OF the eve. Eyes OF this variety
/ of tints show intellect. or at any rate 4
/ certain originality of character. No COM
| mOnplace nature has this sort of eye.
/ Hasty. irritable persons have frequently
/ eyes OF a browntsh tint inclined to u
| greenish hue. Although the purely green
/ eve indicates deceit aud coquetry, the
| propensity to grecnish tints in the eyes is
q sign OF wisdom end courage. Very
| cholerio persons. if they have blue
| eyes, have also certain tints OF green In
them, aud when under the influence
oi anger sudden red light appears in
| them.
There are eyes which are remarkable
| for being OF what might be said to be OF no
/ color. The iris has only some shades OF
blue or pale gray, so feeble as to be almost
white in some parts, aud the shades OF
| orange which intervene are so small that
they can scarcely be distinguished from
| gray or white, Notwithstanding the con.
| trast Of colOIs. The black OF the pupil is
m these eyes too marked. because the col,
or Of the iris around it Is not deep enough
so that in looking at them we seem 10 see
| only the pupil. These eyes are express
sionless, for their glance is fixed aud
dead: they invariably belong TO persons
OF the lymphatc temperament, and they
indicate listless ana feeble disposition
incapable of enterprise, and a cold anC
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