The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-09
EYES TELL TALES.
DISPOSITIONS MADE KNOWN IN THE
COLOR or THE OPTICS.

Sweet Brown Eyes.
1t has been remarked by those who are
most conversant with tho anatomy OF the
optic that the darkest hued eye Is most
susceptible to change. The fading of tho
black eye Is no secret, as it Is almost uni
versal, and this Is natural and accounted
for from tho known fact that the black
eye Is not black, but yellow Of deep color
apd sometimes found In combination with
one or moro oolors. The light blue and
tho gray seem to 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 TO the death of the poet tho
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 tho chief character
istic features of his physiognomy. The eye
OF Coloridge was of groenish gray.
III Is an undoniable fact that the colors
most common 10 the eyes-brown, gray,
blue, hazel and black, or what is called
black-are seldom found in all the purity
of the individual color Regarding the
black eye, it is distance only that makes 1t
appear TO be purely black, for tho reason
that tho deep yellow brown color Is in
such strong contrast To the white OF tho
eye that tho pupil always appears black.
There are also eyes OF SO bright hazel as
10 seem almost yellow, and there are eyes
that bear out the often reiterated remark
concerning green eyed jealousy" for
they arc, 10 all appearances, positively
green. 1t 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 arc not indicativeof good dis
position and belong particularly TO a per-
son OF jealous temperament Clear, light
blue eyes, with a calm steadfastness in
their glance, are said to be indicative OF
cheerful disposition, OF serene temper
and OF constant nature. The light blue
eye Is peculiar To the northern nations,
and it is mostly 10 be found among the
Swedes and tho Scotch. Among the rare
blonds of the southern portions of Europe
Is also found the blue eye. The pleasant,
light blue eye, with the honest glance,
must not be confounded with another sort
OF eye of "a pale blue, almost steel colored
hue, which has u continually shifting sort
OF motion both of the eyclids and the pu-
pills. Human beings having eyes such as
these should be avoided, for the color is
indicative Of deoeitful and remarkably
selfish nature
Very dark blue eyes, with something of
the tint of the violet, show great power of
affection aud purity OF mind, but il is ro-
a1 of 0 st,at ~
eyes Is seldom person of mach intolec-
tuality. Ii is the universal opinion that
blue eyes are moro significant OF tenderness
and of a certain yielding Of purpose than
either the brown, black or gray eyes
Concerning tho constancy of the person,
it is agreed that blue eyed people are not
inconstnnt, like those Of hazel and yellow
eyes, but il Is certain that they yield from
affection for those they love and only for
those remaining constant in every other
case and even under the strongest tempta-
tion.
Gray eyes with greenish tint, and with
orange rs well as blue in them and which
arc of ever varying tints, resembling in
this respect the soa, are indicative of most
intellectually. These are especially in
dicative of impulsiye. impressionahle tenn
peraments--a mixture OF the sanguine and
b.lious-which produce the poetic and ar
tistic natures.
Passionate ardor In love Is 10 be found
In th91nan or woman who possesses black
eyes, ior what are considered such. The
brown eyes, when not of tho yellowish
tintIbut pure russot brown. show an af
fectionate disposition, and the darker the
brown-that is, the more they verge on TO
that deepest of brown color in eyes we are
In the habit of calling black--the moe
ardent and passionate Is the power of af
fection, while IL is agreed that the love of
persons with black eyes is most lasting OF
all. The brown eyes that do not appear to
the observer blGck--that is TO say, those
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, as they have frequently been called,
and which arc 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. Sometimes
eyes are to be found with 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 fakes of unequal
size around nnd at some little distance
from the pupil of tho eye. Eyes of this
variety of tint show intellect, OF at least a
certain originality OF character. No COM
monplaco nature has this particular kind
OF eyes. Hasty and irritable people fire.
quontly have eyes Of brownish tint, in
clinod TO Rrcensh hue
Although the purely green eye indicates
deceit and coquctry, the propensity to
grecnsh tints IN the eyes is u sign of wis
dom and courage. Very cholorio persons,
IL they have blue eyes, have also certain
tints Of green in them, and when under
tho inf1upuce OF anaer "A sudden red light