The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-10
ARE EYES EXpRESSIyE2
An English OcuIiSt EmphaticalIy
Says No.
WHAT
SEYMOUR
SAYS.
An Interesting Interview With the Noted
Specialist Now in Houston.

II is often heard In conversation, Her
eyes are SO expressive" which, Of course.
applies TO both genders. ana perhaps but
few ever thought otherwise than but what
great deal OF expression Is conveyed
through the eye. and In other eases not so
much. A prominent English oculist makes
the daring statement that there are no ex-
prcsslYe eyes, and does so with emphasis
He says:
THE eye has no EXPRESSION whatever
How can you explain the fact that the
eyes Of one person are more expressive
than those OF anothery / am asked They
are not Tue dluerence consists In certain
nervous contractlons Of the lids peculiar TO
the individual.
observe for yourself aud you will see
that | am right We will say that | am
greatly Interested Ia something and my at.
tention is suddenly called from II by an
unexpected interruption, My upper cyeld
RAISES Itself just little, but the eye proper
does not change an iota in appearancc II
the interruption Is but luoncnlary, the ote.
walton ot the lid will be but moincntary
Ii The surprise caused by an Interruption
Is continued the I'D may he raised even Il
llttle more, and In fact, the whole OF the
forehead, including the eyebrows, Is raised
and wiinkled. But the eye lBmUins the
same
when person IS excited much The
same emotions are gone through" con.
tinucd the Doctor. Ellis ewes are
open wide In eases Of intense excitement
10 their greatest extent, hut the fore.
head Is not wrinkcd and tho ball OF the
eye Is as expressive as bit Of glass. No
more.
observe the face Of ono who laughs
You will see that the lower Cyclid has
no muscle Of Its own ana e is only by the
contraction Of tho adjacent muscles In smil
ing or laughing that IL is made to move.
That is why there are many wrinkles about
the eyes of merry persons
THE expression OF deep thoushtiulncSs
Is produced by the dropping OF the upper
lid. The lids az some Persons fan SO low
that the pupil of the eve Itself is the same.
II the meditation is over subject that
worries the thinker the expression Is again
quite different The oNciid- contract and
the eyebrows are lowered and drawn to
gcther This * true OF a reflective mood
AS to emotional moods there o., the cN-
preston OF anger, for instance. The eyes
instead OF closing are open wider than they
are normally, but the brows are closely
knit
In expressing sadness the entire upper
eyeld comes about half way down and
the folds of the skin collect there, giving
the lid thick, heavy appearance. Clevc-
land Plain Dealer.
DR.. Seymour was shown this statement
AT his office on the fourth door of the
Moore Burnett building ami was asked II
no agreed With the English specialist. and
his reply was awaited with much interest
He said that while hV does not wholly
agree with this, although there are many
good arguments presented. there siih re-.
mains the fact that much expression Of
tho eve Is brought about hy the changing
of the iris on. In other words-the cularg-
ing and contracting of the pupil has much
to do with the expression. In the OccuSon
of great excitement the pupils of nervous
people are very apt to dlate very much,
and, in fact. the expression of the eye rs
changed wholly by the large or small open
ing caused by contracting nr expanding uI
the iris. which may give onr'R eyes the np
prarnncr of being several shades darker
when the pupl Is enlarged II is true thar
there Is more expression attached to the
iids than Is commonly believed, httt " Is
combination vi the two which makes the
expressive eye. People WHO have oNrcea
lngly small pupils MS q rule have express
slonlrss ewes Whilc the person with con-
SANITY changing pupil IL very oftcn a per
son Of many emotions and far more inter
cstiny rs n study than one with small con
tractinu. selfish pupil. which is many times
caused bv the morphine habit ur the u,'
Of liduor or tnhacHo. The study Of ms
purticuar feature Is why The physician Us
most Interesting, as single glance OF tue
pnticpi viii often suffice for HIN 20 gr-
trrmlnc the physical condition ana lrniia
of character n he Is man OF experience
or has studded the continual changes tux
The doctor having kept many or ms
puticnts waiting during the above blri
Statement he excused himself, hut not be-
fore he had promised another interview
ON something equally Interesting CONCERNING
The eve Tho doctor Will open his office Ia
No-Tsu.Oh visitors this week for FREQ con-,
srltntiou. Hours. 10 TO T. A. m. aud , 10 !
~ NJ fourth floor Moore. l'nrneit oIo'b
/ lOl3 Texas avenue.