The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-15
SECRET OF SPOT1ING 4 IS
THE POWER ALL LIES IN
EYE.
The Eye is Susceptible to Bean
Truth as Well as to Beam.
Light.

(New York Press)
It is little realized in how
things eyes betray their owner he
people. without at all professor Jug
physiOgnOmists, frequently are r.5
form opinions about their nefgbb1--
purely physiOgnQmiCal signs. W. 49,
hear a man say. That man T-,
the biggest fool in town. He has
most foolish, eXpressiOnlesS. 49,,
pair of eyes I've ever seen" ~
parents, in particular. are f7r5
planning bright futures for their ~.
dren, basing their judgment er-f--
"on a most wonderfully int-Ufvar+ I.+
in our baby Joe's eyes" T5a nv,
mother viii add: Il am sure hem so
day be a great poet" Men. uors s.--5
sibly, viii be led in their business 5s--
ings by opinions formed i'm ius+ ~
way. Few. indeed. will be found i'm
perienced enough to rep0se any CONS
dence in man having a pair of ROM
shifting eyes. closely set together in -r-
head and usually accompanied bv
pair Of narrow, slOping shoulders M
IS the makeup of a typical sneak +rf-s
But a man not KNOWING this will s-
say: I don't like his looks. He I15g-
too slippery for me" When the ava
age man, however, having some sarrs.
conviction that he is a born physfsg.
nomist, tries to form positive ui5.
ments about people by mere indfvi6r5l
signs, he is likely 10 err sadly. Many
naturally gifted orator has been mn
nOunced by such judge as man
given over to dissipation because e.
full. prominent, saucer-like eve bss-s
some resemblance to an eye fun h.
dissipation The latter case, heWeva-
is easily distinguishable. Phvsfss
pleasure has a tendency to draw r7
the lower eyelid as though 10 half crrs.
the eye. It soon becomes thicker. flesh.
Ter and remains pressed up against he
eye like a soft cushion, giving this an
peaTanCe Of fullness 10 the eve. The
sign for fiUency and great command o.
language
Undoubtedly much is told about Us
by our eyes. Dogs and children have
been called natural physiOgnOmists. A
dog sometimes viii refuse any Cares=
or tid-bits from some stranger. ana
stink off. but viii run up to another
man equally as strange 10 him. wsg-
ging his tail and begin to lick his hand
Children also know well who VIII gran.
their request. and who viii refuse
gruffiy. A 7-year-Old boy who went %
to a stranger TO ask him to do some
thing, when asked why he went to that
man when his uncle was near by, an
sWered. We'll, because tne man had
/ yes written in his eyes"
Many professions apply some trait OF
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 ate
( in the eye, when giving anesthetiCs
judge by his eye when the patient IS
sufficiently under the influence Of tia
drug They lift the upper eyeid and
feel the eyeball with their finger. When
the eyeball no longer answers 10 The
touch Of the finger the surgeon feels
/ assured that the patient is sufficiently
ObliViOus to the influence of the cute.
world for him to begin operations. So
likewise, many forms Of poisoning car
be told by the condition in which t1'
eye is found. Habitual use Of drugs
like Iaudanum, opium, etc, have
marked effect on the eye, and the w
naturally distended pupil of victims q
the influence Of such drugs easL.
gives them away"
But the most interesting Of the eye
give always" is its use as an effectiv
CetectCr Of double dealing. A prlyat
detective, in a discussion as 10 hos
far the eye can be depended upon Q
detect falsehOod, says;
1T is sometimes pretty hard 10 tel
from the manner Of "A smart. riuFn
talker whether he is telling the tru-
or not Of course in the case of a
unskillful. amateur liar, the thing
simple. Even the average man. VII
usually is a pretty poor observer, ca
/ dstermine for himself whether the ma
| lies, for the wOuld-be prevaTicat0r usu
ally takes good care to betray himself
He invOlUntarily seeks TO avoid meet
ing the eyes Of his intended victim b
aveuting his face and shifting his eyes
He no more can refrain from acting .
this suspicious manner than can a ma
look straight at some bright light att6
staying in a dark room for some tlm
The action Of both in avoiding TO Zoo
at a thing too strong for the delica'
nervs Of the eye 10 instructive and in
voluntary But the liar by suhicier
/ practice. can acquire enough SGlf-c1r
troll to refrain from showing these tell
3 tale signs. To detect falSehOOd i'm ease
CT this kind We employ a delicate les
which. in the hands Of a clever man.
infallible. We call it the eye test 7IH
sharp detective puts a sudden. dire.
question to the crook, which admits
no eqUivOcal reply, and which goes
the root of the matter. As the ma
/ tries to answer the detective steadI
/ looks into the pupils Of his eyes an
( carefully observes any changes
/ movements of the iris. Should the ma
/ lie in answering 1t will be shown by Il
muscular twitching of the eye, as
/ trying to make the aperture Of the el
smaller. This is the same movement
results in trying to avoid too strong
light. The eye thus seems to be equal
! susceptible to beams Of truth al
! beams of light"