Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-05-08
THE EYES.
Their Color, signiiication of Character, Dispo'
sitiop aud Temperament.


From the san francisco Argonaut.
The coiors most common To the eyes are
brown, gray, blue, hazel and black, or what
we call black, for those eyes which appear to
he black will generally he found to be OF a
deep yellowish brown when looked mt very
narrowly 1t ~ the distance only which
makes them appear black, because the deep
yellow-brown color N In such strange con
trast 10 the white ot the eye that appears
black. There are also eyes OF so bright q
hazel ~ to appear almost yellow lastly,
there are eyes that are positively green.
Very beautiful, too, are soIue Of the eyes OF
this color when they are sladed-as II very
often the case--with long dark eyelashes; (;
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
cheeriulness of disposition, OF a serene tenn
per and n constant nature. These eyes are
peculiar 10 the northern nations; one meets
thom among the Swedes, and also sometimes
among the Scotch. The blue eyes we see
among the rare blondes Of the south--that IL,
in Italy aud Span-have among them eyes
in which are some greenish tints; and such
eyes, though often called light blue, have
none of the qualities OF serenity and con-
staucy which belongs la the light blue eyes
ot the north. Neither must the pleasant
light blue eyes with the honest glance be
confounded with another sort ofeye OF pale
continually shifting sort of motion both OF
the eyelids and the pupils Of the eyes. People
with such eyes as these are to be avoided, as
they are indicative OF a deceitiul and selfish
nature. Very dark blue eyes, with some
thing of the tint Of the violet, show great
power of affection aud purity of mind but
not much intellectually. Blue eyes are
more significant Of tenderness and of cer-
tain yieldngness or purpose than either
brown, black or gray eyes. Blue-eyed people
,f.l inn In nf hn haz al
and yellow eyes, but they yield from alice
ton.
Gray eyes of a somewhat greenish gray,
with orange AZ well IA blue in them, and
which are of ever-varying tints like the sea,
are those which denote most intellectually.
They are especially indicative of the impul-
siye, impressionaDle temperament-a mix
ture of the sanguiue and the bilious-which
produces the poetic and artistic natures. In
Fngland-where there are more varieties OF
tuts in eyes than in any other Countrywide
poets have almost always gray eyes a biog-
rapher of Byron speaks of his beautiful
cbangeini gray eyes" -peare also
had, we are told, gray eyes; Coleridge, eyes
OF a a greenish gray. Among the artists, Too,
eyes of this color abound.
Black eyes, or what are considered such,
are indicative Of passionate ardor In love.
Brown eyes, when not of the yellowish tint,
hut pure russet brown, show an affectionats
disposition the darker the brown-that Is,
the more they verge on to that deepest Of
brown which in eyes we are in the habit of
calling hlack-the more ardent and passion
ate il the power OF affection. The brown
ewes which do not appear black-that il,
which are not dark enough to appear sO-are
the eyes of sweet, gentle and unsetsh ma
lures, without the Inconsistency OF the light
brown or yellow eyes" golden eyes" az
they were called by lady novelist, and
which are very little more to be trusted than
the green eyes.
Green oyes, although their praises are often
sung in Spanish ballads show deceit and CO.
quetry. We sometimes see eyes which are
combination OF yellow, orange and blue, the
latter color generally appearing in streaks
over the whole surface of the iris, while the
orange and yellow appear in flakes oiunequa
size around and at some little distance from
the pupil OF the eye. Eyes Of this variety oi
tints show intellect, or at any rate a certain
originality of character. No commonplace
nature has this sort of eye. Hasty, irritable
persons have frequently eyes of a brownisl
tint inclined to greenish hue. Although
the purely green eye indicates deceit ant
coquetry, the propensity to greenish tints II
the eyes is a sign OF wisdom and courage
Very choleric persons, IL they have blu
eyes, have also certain tints OF green in them
| aud when under the influence Of anger
| sudden red light appears in them.
There are eyes which are remarkable o 10
| being OF what might be said TO he of no color
| The iris has only some shades of blue or pail
gray, So feeble as to be almost white in SOM
parts, and the shades of orange which inter
| vene are small that they can scarcely b
| distinguished from gray or White notwlth
| standing the contrast of colors. The blaci
| of the pupil Is III these eyes too marked, be
| cause the color of the iris around 1t is no
| deep enough, so that in looking at them w
seem to see only the pupil These eyes ar
eXpreSsiOnless, Tor their glance Is liked an'
dead they invariably belong to persons q
| the lymphatic temperament, and they lndi
| cate iistess and feeble disposition, III
capable of enterprise and cold and indo
lently selfish nature.