Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1900-05-30
READING THE EYES.
WHAT MAY BE SEEN m THE "wlN-
BOWS OF THE SOUL"

Their Indications n 90 Character
Arc, Rule, Remarkably Ac-
curate-Detectivcs Spot the Liar
by a Little Trick OF His optics.
IL is little realized in how many
things eyes betray their owner. Many
people without at all processing TO be
physiognomists frequently are led to
form opinions about their neighbors by
purely physiognomical signs. We often
hear man say: THAT man Jones is
the biggest fool in town. He has the
most foolish, expressionlesS, bovine
pair OF eyes I've ever seen" Young
parents I'm particular are fond of plan
ming bright futures for their children,
basing their judgment entirely ION n
most wonderfully Intelligent look in
our baby Joe's eyes" The proud moth
er will add. 81 am sure he'll some day
be n great poet
Men. more sensibly, will be led in
their business dealings by opinions
formed in just this way. Few indeed
will be found inexperienced enough to
repOse any confidence in a man having
a pair of round. shifting eyes. closely
set together in the head and usually
ing shoulders. This is the make ND of
a typical sneak thief. But n man not
knowing this Will still say: 81 don't
like his looks. he looks too slippery
for me"
When the average man, however,
having some secret conviction that he
is born physiognomist, tries to form
positive judgments about people by
mere individual signs. he is likely TO
err sadly. Many 4 naturally gifted or
ator has been pronounced by such n
judge as a man gwen over TO dissipa-
ton because his full. prominent. sau-
cerlike eye bears some resemblance to
an eye full 10y dissipation. The latter
case, however. is easily distinguishes
BILE. Physical pleasure has a tendency
10 draw up the lower eyelid as though
to half close the eye. 1t soon becomes
thicker. fieshier and remains pressed
up against the eye like soft cushion.
giving this appearance of fullness to
the eye. the sign for fuency and great
command Of language.
Undoubtedly much is told about us
by our eyes. Dogs and children have
been called natural physiognomists. A
or tidbits from some stranger and stink
OF, but will run up to another man
equally as strange to him, wagging his
tail, and begin TO lick his hand. Chill
dren also know well who will grant
their request and who will refuse Cruff-
~. A 7-ycar-Old boy who went up TO
a 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 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 eve. when giving anasthetics
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 eyeban no longer answers TO the
touch Of the finger. the surgeon fee
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 car
be told by the condition in which the
eye is found. Habitual use OF drugs.
Ike laudanum, opium, etc, has a
marked effect on the eye, and the I'M
naturally distended pupil of victims to
the influence Of such drugs easily
gives them away"
But the most interesting Of the eyes
give Always" is its 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 a smart, fluent
talker whether he is telling the truth
or not. OF course in the case Of an
unskillful. amateur liar the thing is
simple. Even the average man, who
usually is a pretty poor observer, can
determine for himself whether the
man lies, for the would be prevaricator
usually takes good care to betray him.
self. BE involuntarily seeks to avoid
meeting the eyes of his intended vic
tim by averting his face and shifting
his eyes. Ee no more can refrain from
acting in his suspicious manner than
can a man look straight at some bright
ASHl AilcI stay Ing III Il OdTk room IOr
some time. The action of both in
avoiding to look at a 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.
TO detect falsehood in cases Of this
kind we employ a delicate test. which,
In the hands of n clever man, is infalli-
BILE. We call ii the eye test The
sharp detective puts 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,
as If trying TO make the aperture Of
the eye smaller. This is the same