The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1885-09-12
THE EYES.
The Color, Signiicniion OF Character,
Disposition and TcMperamcnt.
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are Drown, gray, blue, hazel ana black.
or what we call black, for those eyes
which appear to be black will generally
be found to be OF q deep yellowish
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 1t
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 tho eyes OF this color when
they are shaded--as Is very often tho
case--with long dark eye-Iashes; but,
though beautiful, they are not indica-
tive of good disposition.
Clear light blue eyes with calm stead.
fastness in their glance, are indicative
of cheerfutness of disposition, of
serene temper, and II constant nature.
These eyes are peculiar to tho northern
nations; one meets them among the
Swedes, and also sometimes among tho
Scotch. The blue eyes we sec 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
of serenity and constancy which belong
| to the light blue eyes of tho north.
| Neither must the pleasant light blue
eye with tho honest glance be con-
! founded with another sort of eye of Il
palc blue, almost steel-colored blue,
which has II continually shifting sort
! OF motion both Of the eyeiids and tho
pupils of the eyes. People with such
| eyes rs these are to be avoided, as they
arc Indicative of deceitfut anu selfish
nature. Very dark blue Dyes, with
something ofthe tint of the violet, show
great power Of affection and purity Of
mind but not much intellectually.
Blue eyes arc more significant of ten.
dcrncss and OF n certain yicldingncss of
purpose than either brown, black or
gray eyes. Biuccy people arc not
inconstant, like those of the hazel and
yellow eyes, but they yield from alice
ton. 't l.
Gray Dyes of Il somewhat grccnish
gray, with orange rs we'll AS blue in
them, and which arc Of cvcr-varying
ttnts, like tho scn, arc those which
denote most ia;nllectuality. They arc
| especially indicative of tho impulsivc,
! imprcssionablc tcmperament-a mix
turc of tho sanguino and the bilious
which produces tho poetic and artistic
natures. In Engtand--whcrc thcrc arc
more varieties of tints in eyes thnn in
any other Countrywide poets have al.
most always gray eyes. A biographcr
of Byron speaks of his "bcnutifll
changcful gray eyes" Shakespeare al
50 had, we arc told, gray eyes; Colo
ringc, eyes Ola grcenish gray. Among
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| abound.
Black eyes, or what arc considered
such, arc indicative of passionate artlor
In love. brown eyes, when not Of tho
ycllOwish tint, but pure russell brown,
shows IN aflcctionate disposition; tho
darker the brown-thnt is, the more
they verge on to that deepest of brown
which in eyes we arc in the habit of
calling blacll--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 owes OF
sweet, gentle, and unselfsit natures,
without tho Inconsistency of Tho light
brown or yellow eycs-"golden eyes"
and which are very little moro to be
trusted than the green eyes.
Green eyes, although their praises
are often sung in Spanish ballads, show
deceit and coquetry. We sometimes
see eyes which are II combination of
yellow, orange and blue, tho latter
color generally appearing in strcaks
over the whole surface Ofthc iris, while
the orange and yellow are set in fakes
unequal size around and at SONG little
distance from chnlcric persons, If they
have blue cycs, have also certain tinis
of green in them, and when under the
| influence OF anger n sudden red light
appears in them. ......' t.....
There are eyes which are remarkable
| for being OF what might tie said TO he
Of no color The iris has only some
shades of blue or pale gray, 20 feeble as
to be almost white in some parts, and
the shades of orange which intcIvancc
are so small that they can scarcely he
distinguished from gray or white, not
withstauding the contrast Of c0iors.
The black ofthe pupil is In these eyes
too marked, because the color Of The
iris around ii is not deep enough, 80
that in looking ut them we see only the
pupil. These eyes are cxprcsSionlcsa,
| FOR their glance is fixed and dead they
invariably belong to persons of the
| fympIiatic temperament, and thew inHt-