Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-02-06
EYES TELL TALES.
DISPOSITIONS MADE KNOWN IN rne
COLOR OF THE OPTICS.

Sweet Brown Eyes.
IL has been remarked by those who ara
most corversant with the anatomy OF the
optic that the darkest hued eye Is most
susceptible 10 change The fading OF the
black eye is no secret. as 10 Is almost uni.
versal and this Is natural and accounted
for from the known fact that the black
eye is not black, bur yellow OF deep color
and sometimes found in combination with
one or more colors The light blue and
the gray seem 10 be the most lasting The
gray eye is an almost universal character
istic of men and women Of great intellect
Shakespeare had deep gray eyes which
were remarkable for their near approach
to blue Up 70 the death OF the poet the
original color remained Lord Byron had
the gray eye OF the poet. Coleridge also
had gray eyes, but like Shakespeare and
Byron, the gray was at times. and under
mental excitement particularly, tinted
with another color One biographer OF
Lord Byron tells Of his beautiful, change
able gray eye as one OF the chief character
istic features of his physiognomy. The eye
of Coleridge was Of a greenish gray
It Is an undeniable fact that the colors
most common 10 the eyes-brown gray.
black-are seldom found in all the purity
of the individual! color Regarding the
black eye, 1t is distance only that makes it
appear to BE purely black, for the reason
that the deep yellow brown color is In
such strong contrast TO the white OF the
eye that the pupil always appears black
There are also eyes Of so bright a hazel a.
10 seem almost yellow, and there are ewes
hot IA "A fnf nn IL
concerning green eyed jealousy for
they are, to all appearances, positively
green It is frequently the case that they
are very beautiful when they are shaded.
as Is often the case with very long
and dark eyelashes but though beau
tiful they are not indicative OF a good dis
position and belong particularly to per
son OF jealous temperament. Clear, light
blue eyes with a calm steadfastness IN
their glance. are said to be indicative OF "a
cheerful disposition, of serene temper
and Of constant nature The light blue
eye is peculiar TO the northern nations
and it is mostly TO be found among the
Swedes and the Scotch Among the rare
blends of the southern portions of Europe
is also found the blue eye. The pleasant
light blue eye, with the honest glance.
must not be COMPOUNDED with another sort
of eye of pale blue almost steel colored
hue, which has continually shifting sort
of motion both Of the eyelids and the pu
pills, Human beings having eyes such as
these should be avoided for the color Is
| Indicative OF u deceitful and remarkably
selfish nature.
Very dark blue eyes, with something of
the tint OF the violet, show great power Of
affection and purity Of mind, but II Is re
marked Of these that the possessor OF such
eyes is seldom a person Of much intellec
tuality 1t is the universal opinion that
! blue eyes are more significant of tenderness
and OF a certain yielding of purpose than
| either the brown. black or gray eyes
| Concerning the constancy of the person.
| il Is agreed that blue eyed people are not
| inconstant, like those of hazel and yellow
eyes, but il Is certain that they yield from
| affection Tor those they love and only for
| those remaining constant in every Other
case and even under the strongest tempta
ton.
Gray eyes with greenish tint and witt
orange rs well as blue in them, and which
are OF ever varying tints, resembling IL
| this respect the sea, are indicative of mos
| intellectually These are especially in
dicative OF impulsive, impressionable TEN
| peraments-a mixture of the sanguine anC
bilious-which produce the poetic and ar
tistic natures.
Passionate ardor in love is to be fount
! In the man or woman who possesses black
eyes, or what are considered such Tn,
brown eyes, when not of the yellowisl
tint but pure russell brown, show an of
fectionate disposition, and the darker tn,
brown-that is, the more they verge on &
that deepest of brown color in eyes we ar,
in the habit of calling black-the NOR,
ardent and passionate is the power Of of
fiction, while IL is agreed that the love o
persons with black eyes is most lasting OF
all The brown eyes that do not appear e
the observer black-that is to say, thos,
which are not sufficiently dark TO appear
so-are the eyes Of sweet, gentle, and un
selfish natures, without the inconsistency
of the light brown or yellow eyes golden
eyes, rs they have frequently been called
and which are very little more TO be trust
ed than the green eyes.
Although their praises are often sung in
Spanish ballads, green eyes show deceit
and coquetry in their owner Sometime.
eyes are TO be found with a combination
Of yellow, orange and blue, the latter color
generally appearing in streaks over the
whole surface Of the eyes, while the orange
and yellow are set in flakes of unequal
size around and at some little distance
from the pupil of the eye Eyes of thi:
variety Of tint show intellect or at least A
certain originality OF character. No com
monplace nature has this particular kind
Of eyes, Hasty and irritable people fire.
ouently have eyes of brownish tint in
clined to greenish hue
Although the purely green eye indicates
deceit and eoquetry, the prof ensity &c
greenish tints in the eyes is a sign OF wis
dom and courage Very choleric persons
II they have blue eyes, have also certain
tints Of green in them, and when under
the influence OF anger sudden red light
appears In them New York Times