The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-07

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EYES AND HAIR. q,
How a Few Rules May Be Applied
in Everyday Experience.


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WRITTEN FOR THD SUNDAY REPuBLLc.
Either the eyes or the hair can be relied
| unon as a reasonably accurate index to
| character. In Il persons eye his tempera-
ment. his mood or amount Of intelligence
may be read, white the hair reveals the de-
| cree of birth and breeding. and is a barom-
etcr Of q persons health and mental condi-
ton.
! In Judging character by the eyes. the coll
or. the brightness or dullness. and the shape
must be considered. The colors most COM
mon to the e~yes-brown. gray. blue. hazel
and black. or what is called black-are sell
| dom found In all the purity Of the individual
| color. Regarding the black eye. like the
| Spaniard's. it is distance only that makes
IT appear to be purely black, for the reason
that tho deep yellow brown color Is In such
strong contrast to the white of the eye that
the pupil always appears black. There are
also eyes Of so bright a hazel as to seem
| almost yellow, and there are eyes that bear
but the often-reiterated remark concerning
"green-eyed jealousy" for they are. to all
T, appearances, positively green. They are
J sometimes beautiful when shaded with long
and dark eyelashes. but they are not indi-
cative of Il good disposition. and belong
| particularly to 4 person Of jealous tempera-
ment.
Ardor in Black Eyes.
Intensity of feeling IS to be found in the
man or woman who possesses black eyes.
| Aaron Burr had such eyes. The brown eye.
when not of the yellowish tint. but pure
! russell brown, shows an afectionate dis
position. and the darker the b~rown-that is.
the more they verge on to that deepest OF
brown color in eyes We are In the habit Of
calling black-the more ardent. while 1t ~
] agreed that the affection of persons with
| black eyes is most lasting Of all.
J The clear. light blue eyes OF Americans.
with a calm steadfastness in their glance.
are Indicative of a cheerful disposition, OF
a serene temper. of a constant nature. Tho
pleasant, light-blue eye, with the honest
glance, must not be COMPOUNDED with an
other sort of eye Of a pale blue, almost
steeI-colored hue. which has a continually
shifting sort Of motion. both Of the eyelids
and the pupils. Such eyes are indicative OF
a doubtful and selfish nature.
Very dark blue eyes, with something Of
the tint of the violet. show great power Of
affection and purity Of mind. but it Is re-
marked of these that the possessor Of
such eyes is seldom q person OF much
intellectually. 1t is the universal opinion
that blue eyes are more significant of ten
derness, and of a certain yielding Of pur-
pose, than either the brown. black OF gray
eyes.
Gray eyes, with a greenish tint. are In
dicative CT much intellectually. They are
especially indicative of impulsive. impress
sionable temperaments-a mixture of the
~sanguine and bilious-which produce the
poetic and artistic natures. The gray eye
Is an almost universal characteristic OF
men and women OF great intellect. Shakes
| peare had deep gray eyes. which were re-
markable for their near approach to blue.
Up to the death Of the poet the original
color remained. Lord Byron had the gray
eye of the poet. Coleridge also had gray
| eyes, but. like Shakespeare and Byron. the