The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-12-27
READING THE EYES.
WHAT MAY BE SEEN IN THE "WlN-
DOWS OF THE SOUL"

Are, ns IL Rule. HcIaarllnlG: ic-
curnte-Dctcctivcs Spot the Liar
by n Little Trick of Ills O F.ics.
1t is little realized in how many
things eyes bctray their owner Many
people without at all processing to be
physognomsts frequently are led TO
form opinions about their neighbors by
purely physiognomital signs We often
hear man say: That man Jones is
the biggest fool in town. He has the
most foolish, eXprcssionless. bovine
pair OF eyes I've ever seen Young
parents in particular are fond Of plan
ming bright futures for their children.
basing their Judgment entirely ION Il
most wonderfully intelligent look in
our baby Joc's eyes" The proud moth
cr will add. II am sure he'll some day
be Il great poet
Men, more scnsibly. will be led in
their business dealings by opinions
formed in just this way. Few indeed
will be found inexperienced enough to
rcposc any confidence in man having
n pair Of round. shifting eyes, closely
set together in the head and usually
accompanied by Il pair Of narrow. slop-
ing shoulders. This is the make np of
Il typical sneak thief. But Il man not
knowing this will sill say: Il don't
like his looks. lie looks too slippery
for me-"
When the average man. however
having some secret conviction that he
is Il born physiognomist. tries to form
positive Judgments about people by
mere individual signs. he is likely to
err sadly. Many naturally gifted or
ator has been pronounced by such n
judge rs man given over to dissipa-
tion because his full. prominent. sau-
ccrlike eye bears some resemblance to
an eye full by disspat ton. The latter
case, however is easily dstinguislla-
ble. Physical pleasure has tendency
to draw up the lower cyelid rs though
to half close the eye. 1t soon becomes
thicker. fleshier and remains pressed
up against the eye like soft cushion
giving this appearance OF fullncss to
the eye. the sign for fluency and great
command OF language
Undoubtedly much is told about us
by our eyes. Dogs and children have
been called natural physiognomists. \
dog sometimes will refuse any caresscs
or tidbits from some stranger and stink
of. but will run up to another man
equally as strange to him. waggng his
tail. and begin to lick his hand Chill
dren also know we'll who will grant
their request and who will refuse gruff-
ly. a 7-year-old boy who went up to
stranger to ask him to do something.
when asked why he went to that man
when his uncle was by. answered.
well. because the man had yes writ
ten III his eyes,
Many professions apply some trait or
other Of the human eye to their own
particular use. Surgeons and dentists.
remembering that some Of the most
delicate nerves of the human body are
in the eye. when giving annsthetics
Judge by his eye when the patient is
sufficiently under the influence of the
drug. They lift the upper eyelid and
feel the eyeball with their finger. When
the eyeball no longer answers to the
touch Of the finger, the surgeon feels
assured that the patient is sufficiently
ObliviOus to the influence of the outer
world for him to begin operations So.
likewise. many forms of poisoning can
be told by the condition in which the
eye is found. Habitual use Of drugs.
like Iaudanum. opium. etc. has
marked effect on the eye, and the un-
naturally distended pupil of victims to
the influence of such drugs easily
''givcs them away"
But the most interesting of the eyes
give nwayS" IS It's use as an effective
detecter Of double dealing. \ private
detective, in a discussion as to how far
the eye can be depended upon to detect
falsehood. says:
1T Is sometimes pretty hard to tell
from the manner Of n smart. fluent
talker whether he is telling the truth
or not or course in the case Of an
unskillful. amateur liar the thing Is
simple Even the average man. who
usually Is pretty poor observer. can
determine for himself whether the
nlan Hes. for the would be prevaricator
usually takes good care to betray him
self. He involuntarily seeks to avoid
meeting the eyes Of his intended vic
tim by averting his face and shifting
his eyes. He no more can refrain from
acting in his suspicious manner than
can man look straight at some bright
AiSut uiteI StuyIuS III IL Udrk room IOr
some time. The action Of both in
avoiding to look at thing too strong
for the delicate nerves OF the eye Is
instructive and Involuntary But the
liar Of sufficient practice can acquire
enough self control to refrain from
showing these telltale signs.
ITO detect falsehood in cases Of this
kind we employ delicate test. which.
in the hands Of n clever man. is infalli-
BILE. We call 1t the eye test The
sharp detective puts a sudden. direct
question to the crook which admits
of no equivocal reply and which goes
to the root Of the matter. AS the man
tries to answer the detective steadily
looks into the pupils Of his eyes and
carefully observes any changes or
movements Of the iris. Should the
man lie in answering, it will be shown
by the muscular twitching Of the eye.
0s If trying to make the aperture Of
the eye smaller. This is the same
mOvamaDt no roc,1Ito I'm trvinp to ovoid