The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-30
ODDITIES OF EYES.
CURIOUS STATISTICS DEVELOPER
BY CLOSE OBSERVER.

b!e-blue Eyes Most Common-No
Expression in the Organ Itself.
The Fascination of Green Eyes.
The White Eye.
From the New York Commercial Ad-
vertiser.
1t is strange how few persons no.
tice eyes," saia the man of an observ-
ing turn of mind reflectively. "T have
often asked people to describe some
one to me. and have been surprised
to md that the majority of them real
Iy did not know the color of their hest
friends eyes. Most people remember
races by the nose, mouth, sometimes
the ears, more often by the general
expression. Now, the eye itself has no
expression, although it is called the
most expressive of all the features.
II you have ever seen an eve that
mas been removed from it's socket Won
Know that the fact is as I have said.
A glass eye in a showcase Illustrates
the same fact. The expression that is
ATTRIBUTED to the eye really resides in
the llds, the eyebrows and the muscles
OF the adjacent part of the face. II
is TO TINS expression that the attention
OF most people is directed. They see
light coming from the eye and vitaliz-
ing the expression of lids and muscles.
out the real character of the eve itself
they fail to notice.
NOW, L have formed the habit of
hotlng the color of eyes, and 1 find
IL very interesting. l could tell Won
the color of the eyes of any person I
mad ever met, l believe-not merely
whether they are light or dark, blue,
gray OF brown, according to the con-
Ventlonal classification, but the shades
ana mixtures, the appreciation of which
is the real fascination in the study of
eyes. l firmly believe that there is mo
color recognized that cannot be found
IN the eyes of some human being. There
are RED eyes, geen eyes, silver ewes,
golden eyes, violet eyes, sapphire
papy blue, black, white, yellow eyes
ana eyes besides, in which these tints
are mixed. Some kinds are very rare
ana II you are connoisseur in the
subject the sudden discovery of a rare
specles-for a moment on the street
Pernaps-glves you a thrill ofpleasure
Blue eyes, suppose, are most COM
mon, but of these there are MANY
varieties. The most common kind il
that which is really a mixture of dark
pIue and grayish white With this kind
OF an eye sometimes the blue and white
are mixed irregularly in which case
the eye lacks brilliance though II
may De lustrous. Sometimes the body
OF the iris is grayish white, with blue
radii extending from the pupil. This
marking gives peculiarly hard ex.
preston to the eye. In still another
suo-variety the central part of the iris
is llght blush gray, with a rim Of
dark blue. Such an eye is often mis-.
taken for black. The dark rim arounc
the Iris is not so noticeable in blue ewes
as in some other kinds, notably. white
and golden eyes, in which it produce.
a strange, startling and FASCINATING
| effect.
The limpid blue eye is compara.
| lively rare. 1t is of uniform coiora.
| tlon ana appears to be almost LIQUID
Fine specimens have a certain beauty
put the eye, as rule, lacks character
| Near akin to it is the china blue Oh
ROBINS egg blue eye, also of uniform
coloration, but lacking liquidity. L
also, lacking somewhat in character.
| or brown eyes the varieties ar,
| numberless. The deepest shade usual
| ly passes for black Some eyes of thl;
shade suggest a velvety texture, anc
the whites by contrast have a peculiar.
ly pearly lustre. There is always some
thing sinister and unpleasant abou
| eyes of this sort. Then there are tn,
sort brown eyes that are usually called
pleasant. and the sharp brown eye.
that are called snappy. You may oc "a.
sionally find brown eyes of such
light tint as to be called properly or.
ange or yellow. The golden eye is /;
! variety of the brown eye, but a won.
derful variety. 1t is not a yellow eye
1t Is Infinitely more strange, NOR.
beautiful than the yellow eye. l recent
ly saw woman on the streI who ha,
a pair of these eyes. The effect Of then
was EXCHANGED by a black rim around
the iris. They were not exactly Tx,
the gold of coin, but rather like the
gold dust that floats and shimmers OF
a stream. Golden eyes are not ferociou
they suggest the wild creature that ha.
been tanned to gentleness.
| when l speak of red eyes I do no
mean those of the Albino, which ar,
merely painful freaks of nature. l an
thinking of what is really variety o
the brown eye. 1t is about the shad,
of a cinnamon bears furry coat. II
shadow it appears brown, but in brigk
sunlight it flashes crimson There Il
something strangely sinister abou
these eyes; they flash spite and fur,
even when they are found in the mos
smiling face.
Green eyes are often the most fasci
mating of all eyes. The shade is rarely
found unmixed, but l have seen eyei
of uniform tint resembling that elu
sive green that may be observed fol
a moment in a summer sunset. Usual
| ly the green tint is mixed with gray oil
brown, or both. The combination will
brown or brown and gray is known
Familiarity as the brown-hazel or green.
hazel eye, which, popular wisdom ha.
| it, is always to be trusted. Green II
the eye is thought to indicate treachery
| / believe more usually it indicate!
| power of fascination. Thackeray, with
great felicity gave Becky Sharp greer
| eyes, and Becky was both treacherou'
and fascinating. But Becky's eyes.
| understand were pure, unmixed green
Brown neutralizes the bad effect o.
green in the eye, while detracting no
at all from its fascination.
"The white eye may be a very beauti-
| full eve, or terrible eye. / consider 4
variety of gray or blue. With tht
| iris trimmed with black this eye ha.
! great distinction. In a woman, wher
its startling effect Is modified by beau
| tiful features and gentle expression, 4
| is wonderfully alluring. In man
whose face Is coarse or brutal, thii
| eve strikes one with horror"
"a Ten Cent Piece of summer"
From the New York World.