Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1900-05-09
READING THE EYES.
WHAT MAJ BE SEEN IN THE "wlN-
pOWS OF THE SOUL"
Their Indications as 10 Character
Are. 40 Rule. Remarkably Ac-
eurste-DetectIves Spot the Liar
by n Little Trick OF HIs Optics.


things eyes betray their owner. Many
people without at all processing to he
physiognomists frequently are led to
| form opinions about their neighbors by
purely physiognOmical signs. We often
hear n man say: THAT man Jones is
the biggest fool I'm town He has the
most foolish. expressionless. bovine
pair OF eyes I've ever seen" Young
parents i'm particular are fond OF pla n
ming bright futures for their children.
basing their Judgment entirely ION a
most wonderfully intelligent look in
our baby JOe's eyes" The proud moth
er will add. Il am sure he'll some day
be great poet
Men. more sensibly. will be led in
their business dealings by opinions
formed I'm just this way. Few indeed
will be found inexperienced enough TO
/ repOse any confidence in n man having
pair OF round. shifting eyes closely
set together I'm the head and USUALLY
accompanied 10y pair OF narrow. slop-
Ing shoulders. This is the make up of
a typical sneak thief. But man not
| knowing this will still say: Il don't
like his looks. He looks too slippery
for me-
When the average man. however
having some secret conviction that he
Is born physioguomist. tries TO form
positive Judgments about people 10y
mere individual signs. he Is likely to
err sadly. Macy naturally gifted or
ator has been pArounced 10y such
| judge as ,';an t--.rn over 10 dissipa-
tiOn because his iul. prominent. sau.
l,Is
an eye full 10y dissipation. The latter
case. however. is easily distingusha-
BILE. Physical pleasure has tendency
TO draw up the lower eyelid as though
TO half close the eve. IL soon becomes
thicker. neshier and remains pressed
up against the eye like a soft cushion.
giving this appearance OF fullness to
the eve. the Sign for fiuency and great
command OF language.
Undoubtedly much is told about us
by our eyes. Dogs and children have
been called natural hysioSnomiSts. \
dog sometimes will refuse any carcSses
/ or tidbitS from some stranger and stink
on but will run up to another man
/ equally as strange 10 him. wagging his
tail. and begin 10 lick his hand. Chill
dren also know well who will grant
their request and who will refuse grufr-
| ly. a I-ycar-old boy who went up 10
a stranger 10 ask him 10 do something.
when asked why he went 10 that man
when his uncle was by. answered.
We'll. because the man had YES writ
! ten in 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 anGsthetics
| Judge by his eve 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 eyebaH no longer answers TO the
touch or the finger the surgeon Zee
assured thar the patient is sufficiently
| ObliviOus 10 the influence Of the outer
world FOR him TO begin operations. So.
likewise. many forms of poisoning cal
be told by the condition in which the
| eye is found Hahitual use Of drugs.
like laudanum. opium. etc. has "A
mar eel effect on thc eye. and the un-
naturally diStcndcd pupil Of victims to
the influence OF such drugs easily
gives them away"
But the most interesting of the ewes
give awayS" is its use rs an effective
detecter of double dealing. \ private
detective. in n discussion as to how far
the eve can he depended upon 10 detect
falsehOod. says:
at is sometimes pretty hard To tell
! from the manner OF smart fluent
fQ ll.,ar w hnf no l..
/ or not. OF 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
man 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 al some bright
light after staying in Il dark room for
! some time. The action of both in
avoiding 10 look at a thing too strong
FOR the delicate nerves OF the eye is
instructive aud Involuntary But the
liar OF sufficient practice can acquire
enough self control to refrain from
showing these telltale signs.
TO detect falsehood in cases of this
kind We employ a delicate test. which.
In the hands of n clever man. is infalli-
bic. We call IL the eye test The
sharp detective puts a sudden. direct
question TO the crook which admits
OF no equivocai reply and which goes
to the root OF the matter AS the mau
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. II will be shown
by the muscular twitchIng OF the eye.
as If trying to make the aperture OF
the eye smaller. This is the same
movement as results In trying TO avoid
too strong light. The eye thus seems
to be equally susceptible to beams Of
truth and TO beams OF light" New
York Press.