Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-06-19
OF THE BLONDE TYPE.
PEOPLE WHO HAVE MADE THEIR
MARK IN THE LITERARY WORLD.
Blue Eyes and Gray Among "Inky Folks"
Philosophers. Poets and NOVeIists-
Charlotte BrOnte, Madame DE Stael and
Mrs Browning Many Others.

fhllosppheTs, fOets ana NONellsts
Charlotte Bronte, Madame DE StaeI an,
Mrs BrownIng-And Many Others.
II is fact the writer has often noticed
that. among people who have made thei
mark in the literary world, II large mum
hrr have been blondes with blue or gra,
eyes. Kate Field, who had personal nc
quaintanCe with George Eliot. describe
the great author of Adam Bede" as ,
woman of fair Saxon Coloring, with pal,
blue eyes. Another writer speaks of he
As having vivid. warm blue-gray eyes
full of depth, now keenly perCeptive. now
dreamily lntrospeCtive. always full of sad
ness"
The philosopher Emmanuel Kant, tn,
sage of hOnigsberg. is described a,
scarcely more than five feet high. with
fair hair, fresh complexion, and light blu,
eyes
OF Geoffrey Chaucer, the father of En-
glish poetry, it is declared that he had Z
small, fair. round trimmed beard" Il
this is the case Geoffrey must have had
eyes and complexion to correspond, al
least to the second adjective.
Charles and Mary Cuwden Clarke sav
cNqui>ltcly shaped frlnged with magnifi.
Gently long and thick lashes They now
SWAN in liquid. limpid suffuSion when
Tears started into them from a sense of
humor or sense OF pathos, and now
darted quick flashes of fire when some
generous Indignation at injustice or some
hlgh-wrought feeling of admiration at
magnanimity. or some sudden emotion OF
interest and excitement touched them"
Conway says Carlyle had a blue eye that
suggested tenderness, that nowhere else
appeared in his manner or conversation
Ii was n Commendable spirit of forest ghi,
or afterSight, which must have prompted
Mr.. Conway to make the latter portion of
that remark.
Emma Lazarus says Emerson had clear
gray-blue eyes.
Bryant has bright blue eyes, if we may
believe the eyer-truthful newspapers.
Longfellow had gray eyes.
Joaquin Miller has gray eyes
Margaret Fuller had gray eyes So had
Gail Hamilton and Julia Ward Howe
Louisa NJ. Alcott, beloved of all the
young folks, has large dark blue eyes
OTHERS OF THE LIST.
Mrs Gaskell says that Charlotte Bronte
had reddish brown eyes" but Frances
Gerry Fairchild said she had hazel
gray eyes This same writer says
Cleopatra had auburn hair and
was freckled tthe most un-
kindest cut of ALI. and that her eyes were
not black, but of the tawny and tigerish
yellow so often found in conjunction with
terrific passion and a desperate spirit.
But Cleopatra was not 50 much celebrated
for her literary exploits as for exploits of
another kind
Burning Sappho" is said TO have passed
from memory except Is q spectre of the
tragic passion and a tress OF golden hair.
Ruskin, he whose given name is John.
has eyes gray and sparkling. Whittier's
eyes are soft and dark. Holmes has
"twInklIng brown eyes Maurice Thump-
son has the piercing black eyes and swar-
thy complexion of the southerner that he
is. talked with him twenty minutes,
a few months since, with the morning
sun in his eyes. | could not call his eyes
either large or particularly beautiful But
such as they are, they have looked deep
into nature and found there loveliness more
often than otherwise unnoticed by eyes
of the highest order of beauy. Madame
Att s7AdSl idA bAshN ming
had large brown eyes. The color of Poe's
eyes is disputed. Some writers say they
were gray and others called them brown
Milton had auburn hair, and his school
fellows called him the blonde beauty
Alphouso Daudet says Victor Hugo's eyes
were deep nd soft. but cold.
HOwells eyes are gray, while II. James,
Jr., is said 10 gaze upon the BOstonians
whom he SO dearly loves and who so
reCiprocate his affection, as well
as the small remaining portion of the
world, with a pair of black eyes. George
W. Cable has hazel eyes.
Not having had a personal acquaintance
with many of the earlier writers, notably
Horace, Virgil, Plato, Aristotle, and Plu-
tarCh, and having no description of them
at hand, the writer is not prepared TO state
whether or not they were blondes Enough
examples have been given, however, TO
demonstrate the fact that there is always
a fair proportion of of the literati fair, and
those who have not the flashing black
eyes of genius need not cease their en-
deavOrs because lacking such endow-
Durham in Chicago Times.