The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-02-09
WINDOWS OF THE SOUL.
THE EYES AS a FEATURE IN Ma
TIONAL pHYSlOGNOMY.
Opinions OF Eufion. Winckolmann and
Other Authorities-Eyes Regarded rs
Tribal Indications-A Few Paragraphs
from IaSater- Concerning Color.

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times and among nearly all peoples it Is
REGARDED rs the great feature Of express
| sion: that is, persons VINO are neither ANA
| tours in nor professors OF that quasi
science physlOgnomy. These gentlemen
devote their time and treatises As much to
the nose as 10 the eyes, prOpouDGing rules
OF character u, deduced from the wrinkles
of the forehead and warts Oh the check,
| writing learnejly OF tue liHeamentS OF the
| cheek. the si2nihcation Of the chin, the
index Of the mo nth and score OF other
diversities Of feature.
First, as 70 the eyes a. feature in ma
tionai physiognomy LayGter when dis
cussing this question, gives the following
a. the result Of bis observations That
the Italians have small eyes, the Geg-
mans light colored eyes, surrounded with
many wrinkles; the English, strong open,
! liberal and steadfast eyes, and the SWISS
dull eyes.
The Laplanders, according to Button,
have narrow eyes the pupils Of yellow
/ brown inciiniug TO black, and the eye
| lids retiring toward the temple Tho
eyes of the Isrtars, he says, are snail and
sunkcn. the eyebrows large covering the
eyes. aud the eyellds thick Tie eyes of
tie Chiue-e are small, their eyebrows
! LARGE and the eyelids raised
The New Holander had a duh black
eve thici. eyebrows and eyolids BALI shut
IA habit acquired IN fancy 10 preserve the
eyes from the ..nats To the SpluHris
| Button gives good eyes, 10 the GOtls
blue eyes. and to the finiaudcrs, heavy
! lids AND the iris o., % deep yellow.
/ Wmckemann holds the opinion that the
shaps and color of tine eyes are very
| lorgely the result of climate and other die
rect conditions Thus, he says the smalL
| half closed, blinking eyes OF the EsQul-
mus are due t. nature = attempt 10 pre-
serve the sight from the dry, cold air
ami the edn-ion oi lieht from The snow
amidst which they live. The small eyes
| OF e!l a.. DISSENT and northern nations.
| be says in another place, are IN con-e-
quence OF tAe imperiection OK their
growth II is upon the authority ut
philosophic writer named De PAW t.al
| Gle Peruvian has au eye the apple ol
which is black ana the white not very
clear
Thl, reminI' one Of the description by
| Russell ol a Senegambiau5 eye, which be
likeus to boiled prune ~ct in piovcr'e
eaz Another authority states That the
eve AZ tue turks IS devoid ot passion Cr
great enterprise, but that it is eloquent ia
all the penetration of benevolent cunning
| This writer also say, that Tho "-.Icn,
eve" o. the Eugli,Im5u "seek7 not To
please" that the eve of the Etonehman IS
''vyacou- and uu5Wbie.' tAl, the ltal-
JAMS Is ardent and the Dutchmau's
"half open and without thought
Eyes have always been regarded as
tribal indications Tucitus, for example
| describes the Germans az Uerer, with
biue eyes and red hair" The Ccl5s are
described No. swarthy and dari, eyed the
GauE ave red haired and light eyed,
while the Nubiaus aud Egyptians have
always been spoken Of as dark eyed
| Thee characteristics have not apparently
CHANGED. and t may be said rOuudiy hat
the people Of the temperate zone have
generally light cOlOrc1 eyes. while those
Of the extreme zones are dayk. OF the
races. the only one that can be said to be
li1ht cyed IS the Caucasian, and even this
race il by no means uniform rs 10 color
IN is eyes. The entire human history
goes to prove that the light haired, blue
eyed races are capable OK the highest
decree OF civilization, but DO does not by
aus means prove that Che highest degree
OF civilization is confined ~ be blonde
races There was % period when blue
eyed persons were rarely seen, and today
seven eighths OF tho worlds inhabitants
have dark eyes. NOl only IS the majority
on the side Of the dark eyed, but statistics
would seem 10 indicate that that Tia jJri,y
is increasing In paper read some time
ago before the Swedish Anthr0polO8icai
society IL was stated that brown eyes were
becoming more common in Switzerland
North Germany, Belgium and Sweden
ard that on, OF every 100 sets of light eyed
parents Sc per cent. OF the children had
dari. eyes. In this calculation blue graz
and gray eyes were classified a. Blue, end
il there IS any weight 90 be attached 10
the report, Il would show that blue eyes,
cycn IN blue eyed country, ere bcccm.nf
decidedly scarce. which ought O. be good
news for the blondes.
Il VIII be 5eQuenual here 20 quote =
paragraph or two from Lav2tcr concern
ing the color OF rne eyes. 'Iae colors
most common TO the ewes" lie Wufe
"are the orange, yellow, green, blue, gray
an gray mixed with white. The. b.uc
an ORANGE are most predominant and are
often found IN tho same eye. " Eyes
supposed 70 Toe black, says Button, ARE
only yellow. brown or deep orange TO
convince ourselves Il which we need but
look nj them closely, for when seen at
distance or turned toward the light, they
appear % be black, because the yellow
brown color Is so contrasted 10 the white
Of the eye that the opposition makes it
supposed black Eyes also OF less dark
coloe pass for black, but are not esteemed
so fine rs the other, because the contrast
is not SO great There also are yellow
ami bright yellow eyes which DO not APP
pear blacl, because the cOlor5 are not deep
enough 10 be oyerpowered by the shade
IL is nOt uncommon TO perceive shades OF
orauge, Yellow, gray and blue IN tho
same eye, and wherever blue APP
pears, however sma, the tincture, 10 be-
comes the predominant colo. mud APP
pears in streak over the whole lis. The
orange is IN flakes round, end at some
little distance from tie pupil, bCt IS 30
strongly e-aced by the blue tnat the eye
appears wholly blue, and tie mixture Of
al. 4 3D. I.r