Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-04-24
WINDOWS OF THE SOUL
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eve '.the window u the soul, y and NJ All
time. aud among nearly all peoples 70 Is
REGARDED a. the great fcaiurr 81 expires
siou; that =, psr-ons who arr neither ANA
,sur. In nor professors ~ that quasi
se,enee physiognomy. Thosr gentlemen
devote thsir time and trvaiises ~ much Ia
,be po.e A. to the eyes, prVposnding rules
az character A. de,iuoei frum the wrinkles
an the forehead aud warts on the ehetk'
w,itinR learncily ~ the lineamsnts ~ The
,b..k. the slgnlncatlon ~ the chin, The
index Of the mouth and n score 81 other
dlSsrsitiss ~ feature.
TIn.t a. ~ the eyes ~ feature In na'
tI0nL physiognomy. lAvater' when Us
enssina this question, gives the following
a. the result ~ his observatiotsi That
th. Italians have ANAL eyes. the Ger
mans ight oolorr,i eyes. surrOuuded with
many wrinkles. the English, strong, oTsn,
liberal and sissdfAst eyes, AMI the S"i%s
dull eyes.
The Iaplanders, according 90 Button,
have narrow eyes, the pupils Of aJellow
brown. incllning 20 black, and The eye
Ills retiring toward the temple The
eve. 81 the Tartars. he says, arr small and
sanksn. the eyebrows Larry, covering The
eyes. aud the eyelids thick. The eyes OF
the Chinese are small, their eyebrows
large and the syeli,Ls rais~i
Tae New IIollAnder had duh, black
eve. thick eyebrows and cyslids half shut
"A habit acquired In fancy IA preserve The
ewes from the gnats. To the spaniaris
Iiuffon gives ''goi eyes" "a the Oo,hs,
HIN. eyes. and "a the finlanders, heavy
iids and the Ifis % n deep yellow.
wInckslmAnn holds the opinion that the
SHARP and color % the eye Arr very
largely the result % climate and other dl.
rect conditions. Thus, he says, tho small,
half ciose,i, blinking eyes q The Esgui-
maux are doe to nature, attempt % prr-
serve the sight from the Try, c,ld AR
anil the sffusion % lght trum tha snow
amidst which they live The small eycs
~ all the distant AMI northern usiions,
he says In another place, arr IN ooii'e-
quencs % the impsrfeciion ~ men
growth II l. upon the authority ~
philo-ophlc writer named De PAW that
the Peruvian has an eye the apple 81
which 4. black and the white net very
clear
This reminds one a the description ~
Russell % a sensgamblAn's eye, which be
| llksns to boiled prune -et In q TloVet's
sgg Another authority states that tho
eve ~ the Turks l. devoid % passion 90
grrai enterprise. but that II u eloquent In
all the penetration ~ benevolent cunning
This writer Also says that the silent
eve" ~ the EngllshmAn ''-esks not To
uiea.s I" that the eye ~ tho frsnchman Ia
''vivaclous AMI unstabls,' that the iial'
iAn's l. ardent and the DuichmAn's
half opsn AMI without thought"
Eyrs have always been rrsarief a.
trial indication. TAeiius, tor example,
dr.crlt.. the Germans a. "nsrce, with
blue eyes and rel hair" The Celis are
described a. swarihy AMI dark eyed. the
gauls are rel haired AMI light eyci,
while the NublAns and Egyptians have
always hen spoken % a. DARK eyed
These characteristics have not apparently
ehangr,l. And u may - said roundly that
the people q the temperate rome have
generally light colorrd EYES. while thoec
~ the extreme zones arr dark 90 the
race, the only one that can d. aid Ia D.
| light eye,i l. the Caucasian, and even this
race il by 10 means uniform as a. color
IN ~ eyes The entire human history
guc. 81 prove that the light haircd, blue
eyed races are capable u the highest
degree ~ civilization. but II doe- not BY
any means prove that the highest degrre
~ civilization Il confined a. the blonde
races There was period when blue
| eyed persons were rarely seen, AMI today
seven sighths % the worlds inhabitants
have dark eye. Not only Il the majority
ou the si,le ~ the dark eyed. bat statistics
would seem a. indicate that that maturity
Il A.. 49, L. a Ina
ago lsforv the Sssd..h Anthrupological
society u Wa stated that brown eyes weru
becoming more common In switzerland.
North Germany, Belgium AMI sweden,
and that out u even i0O sstsoi Light eyed
PARENTS 80 psr cent - the children had
dark eye. In this calculation blue gray
AMI gray eye. were classified ~ blue, aud.
n thsrv j. any weight a. D. attached 90
the report. u would show that blue eyes,
even IN blue syoi country. are becoming
drcide,lly scarce. which ought to BE- goo.i
news Zoe the BLONDES.
II will ~ sequsutiAl here % quote
| paragraph 90 twO frum IAyaisr cOuccrn-
| To- the color ~ the eyes. the culOrs
mat oummon tO the eyes" be writes.
"arr the orange, yellow, grrcn. blue, gray
AMI gray mixed with white The hlns
Aul orange arc most predominant and are
often found Ia the same eye" Dyes
supposed to D. blArk. says Buffon, ARE
only yellow, brown or = deep orange. 90
oonylnoc ourselves u which Nc need bat
look ~ them closely, Tor when seen 40
distance % turned toward the light, they
| appear a. be black. because the yellow
brown color l. ~ cuntrAstei % the white
% The eye that the opposition mAkcs II
SUPPOSED black Eye. also ~ a les dark
color pass Tor black. bat are not esteemed
~ fine AZ the other. because the contrast
4 not ~ great There also are yellow
AMI bright yellow eyes which 10 not APP
| pear black because the ool0r arr no, decp
enough to H. oyerpowercd by the shade.
IL II not uncommon to perceive shade. %
orange, yellow, gray and blue ia the
tnmc eye, AMI wherever blue ap-
| pear. however small the tlncturc, II -
CONES the predominant color aud az.
| pears In strraks over the whole iris. The
grange l. In fakes round. and AZ some
little distance from the pupil. but l. ~
strongly cffaoed BY the blue that the eye
hppsars wholly blue, and the mixture u
orange l. only perceived when closely In.
specioi. The finest eyes are those which
We imagine 90 bc black OF blue Vimclty
and IRE, which are the principal charac-
ieristies - the eyes, are the morc emitted
when the oolors are dep and oontFasted
than when slightly shaded. Hack eyes
have most strength % expression and
most uvacityi but the blue have most
mildnes. ami are more arch. In the for
mer there 4 an Ardor unlnterrupicdly
bright, because the color, which appears
Ia u uniform, smits similar reflections
every way We look AT a. hut mo.iinca-
lions ARE distinguished In the light which
animaies blue eyes, bccAnse there are va
Iious unts u color producing various To
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