Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-02-25
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"HAVE L YOUR EYE?o
The anguagt ofthe Eye-What They
Mean-HOW They Can BE Studied.
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Mean-HoW They Can BE Studied.
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''There are more languages thar
that of the tongue" said man o.
mature years to the Toledo Blade
student as he ran four long finger:
through his silvery hair. 81 have
lived great many years and I have
always taken great delight in The
study Of human nature. When
was boy l believed every person to
be good until he was proved to be-
otherwise, and In consequence [ have
been many times deluded. This is
the case with every other individual,
and one of the most disagreeable mo-
ments In Persons life is the moment
it begins to dawn upon him that
human nature is not to be trusted too
far, and that supposed friends are
really wolves in sleeps clothing. /
can remember as if it were yesterday
when first began to doubt. There
fore, | had been what you might call
one of those trusting, confding ma
lures, and had worn my heart on my
shirt bosom, you might say. Natur-
ally | was imposed upon and expe-
rience taught me to be more suspect
ing"
81 believe you started out to say
something about other languages
than that of the tongue" mildly sug-
gested the studentto his his preceptor,
who had paused and was gazing fxid-
ly atsthe briskly burning fire.
eyes, and | intended to speak more
particularly about that magnificent
piece of mechanism, the eye. The
eye is great conversationa1ist to kim
who understands it. and when a
man tells me one thing sometimes
with his tongue, look at the eye and
it says to me he lies A man has
not the control over the eye that he
has over the tongue. Long years of
practice has made deceit very easy
in so far as the tongue is concerned,
but man cannot as easily draw the
curtain of deceit over those windows
of the SOUL Size as rule is the first
thing you notice about a persons eye.
A lafge open, well-developed eye
generally indicates that the owner is
a person OF fine sensibilities, and that
such a soul is there that the owner
fears not for the public to look In
through the windows. Large eyes
are admired Ia women. I had lady
friend once-but no matter, that is
past"
Chow about small eyesa"
''The small beady eye indicates
craftiness and cunning. Nearly
every man can call to mind some very
crafty, scheming man, and wers he to
notice the eye he will see that it is
small and beady. The Gypsies are
noted for having small eyes. I didn't
tell you much about large eyes, did l!
Well, 7 would rather speak OF them
because I know more lovable people
with them. The large eye is a lovable
eye. If you have ever seen a deer you
have seen the large eye and its char
acteristic beauty as applied to women.
You see timidity and gentleness, and
those persons are quick and spontane-
Gus in their feelings. The Swies are
an honest, lovable race, and they have
large eyes.
'sYou might think there were no
other classes than the large and the
small, but there are many. I think
perhaps the most beautiful eye is that
which has not wide opening, but is
rather narrow. People having such
eyes, unless they are small generally,
do considerable thinking. You might
also divide them into colors. There
are many colors between the black
eye and the lightest blue eyes, which
are the extremes. The dark eye gen
orally belongs to a person of dark
complexion, strength of character and
violent passions.
''You will find that the southerners
and people lrhabiting the warmer
countries come under this head. Per-
sons with light eyes are found IN the
temperate zones. The mass of them
are amiable and of a ford and sangu-
inc temperament.
'"The man who has a clear, gray
eye can generally be trusted. have
seen persons who have what is called
cats eye. It was green, but this
does rot indicate that they are crafty.
They are apt to be visionary and sen
timental."