The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-22
FEW NOTICE EYES.

'It is strange how few persons notice
eyes," said the man of an observing turn
of mind, rehectively. II have often ask
ed people to describe someone to me and
have been surprised to find that the ma
Jority of them really did not know the
color of their best friends eyes. Most
people remember faces by the nose.
mouth, sometimes the ears. more often
by the genral expression. Now. the eye
Itself has no expression, although it is
called the most expressive of all the fea-
lures
THE expression that is attributed to
the eye really resides in the lids, the eye
broWs and the muscles Of the adjacent
part Of the face. 1t is to this expression
tnat the attention of most people is di-
rected. They see a light coming from
the eye and Vitalizing the expression Of
lids and muscles, but the real character
OF the eye itself they fail to notice
Now, 1 have formed the habit of not
ing the color of eyes, and l find it very
interesting. I could tell you the color
Of the eyes Of any person l have ever
met, | believe-not merely whether they
are light or dark blue gray or brown,
according to the conventional classical
ton, but the shades and mixtures the ap-
probation of which is the real fascina-
ton in the study of eyes. I firmly be-
lieve that there is no color recognized
that cannot be found in the yes of some
human being
There are red eyes, green eyes, silver
eyes, golden eyes, violet eyes, sapphire
eyes, baby blue, black, white, yellow
eyes, and eyes besides in which these
tints are mixed. Some kinds are very
rare, and if you are a connoiseur in the
subject the sudden discovery of a rare
species-for a moment on the street, per
haps, gives you a thrill of pleasure
Blue eyes, I suppose are most com-
mon, but of these there are many varie-
ties. The most common kind is that
which is really a mixture of dark blue
and grayish white. With this kind Of
an eye sometimes the blue and white
are mixed irregUlarly. in which case the
eye lacks brilliance. Sometimes the body
of e iris is grayish white, with blue
radii extending from the pupil.
This marking gives peculiarly hard
expression to the eye. In still another
sub-variety the central part Of the iris
is light blush gray, with rim Of dark
blue. Such an eye is often mistaken for
black. The dark rim around the iris
is not so noticeable in blue eyes as in
some other kinds, notably white and gold
en- eyes, in which it produces strange,
startling and fascinating effect.
The lmpid blue eye is comparatively
rare. 1t is of a uniform coloratio AMI
appears to be almost liquid. Fine speci-
mems have a certain beauty, but the eve
as q rule lacks character. Near akin to
it is the China blue or robins egg-blue
eye, also of uniform coloration but lack
ing liquidity. 1t, also, is lacking some
what in character
"Of brown eyes the varieties are num-
berless. The deepest shade usually pass
es for black. Some eyes of this shade
suggest velvety texture, and the whites
by contrast have peculiarly pearlY lus-
, ter. There is always something sinister
and unpleasant about eyes of this sort.
Then there are the soft brown eyes that
are usually called pleasant, and the sharp
brown eyes that are called snappy. You
! may occasionally find brown eyes of such
| a light tint as to be called properly or
ange or yellow.
THE golden eye is a variety of the
brown eye, but q wonderful variety. 1t
is not a yellow eye; it is infinitely more
strange, more beautiful than the yellow
eye. l recently saw a woman on the
| street who had a pair of these eyes. The
effect of them was enhanced by black
rim around the iris. They were not eX-
actly like the gold of a coin, but rather
like the gold dust that floats and SHIN
| meTs on astrear. Golden eyes are not fe-
rocious; they suggest the wild creature
that has been tanned to gentleness
When | speak Of red eyes, / do not
mean those of the Albino. which are
merely painful freaks of nature. / am
thinking of what is really a variety of
the brown eye. 1t is about the shade of
a cinnamon. bears furry coat In shadow
it appears brown, but in the bright sun
| light it flashes crimson. There is some
thing strangely sinister about these eyes
they flash spite and fury even when
they are found in the most smiling face
Green eyes are often the most fascinat-
ing Of all eyes. The shade is rarely found
unmixed, but 1 have seen eyes of a uni
form tint resembling that elusive green
that may be observed for a moment in a
summer sunset. Usually the green tint
is mixed with gray or brown, or both
The combination with brown or brown
and gray is known Familiarity as the
brown-hazel or green-hazel eye, which
popular wisdom has it, is always to be
| trusted
Green in the eye is thought to inul-
| cate treachery. I believe more usually it