Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-04-12
IN REGARD TO THE EYES
IT IS STRANGE HOW FEW PER
SONS NOTICE THEM.
Curious Statistics Developed by a
Close Observer-Expressio
Really in the Lids.

From the New York Commercial Advertiser.
at is strange how few persons notice
eyes said the man of an observing turn
OF mind, refiectively. Il have often asked
people to describe some one TO me and have
been surprised to find that the majority 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 general expression.
Now, the eye itself has no expression, al
though it is called the most expressive of
all the features.
1.-The expression that is attributed 10 the
eye really resides in the lids, the eyebrows
and the muscles of the adjacent part of the
face. 1t is to this expression that the at
tention of most people is directed. They
see a light coming from the eye and vital
izing 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 noting
the color of eyes, and l find it very inter-
esting. 1 could tell you the color of the
eyes Of any person l had ever met, be-
lieve-not merely whether they are light or
dark, blue, gray brown, according to
the conventional classification, but the
shades and mixtures, the appreciation of
which Is the real fascination in the study
of eyes. 1 firmly believe that there is no
the eyes of some human being.
Every Known Color.
There are red eyes, green eyes, silver
eyes, golden eyes, violet eyes, sapphire, BABY
blue, black white, yellow eyes, and eyes,
besides. In which these tints are mixed.
Some kinds are very rare, and if you are
connoisseur in the subject the sudden dis
coyery of a rare species-for a moment on
thrill of
pleasure.
3"Blue eyes, suppose, are most common,
but Of these there are many varieties. Ihe
most common kind is that which is really
a mixture of dark blue and grayish white.
With this kind of eye sometimes the
blue and white are mixed irregularly, IN
which case the eye lacks brilliance' though
it may be lustrous. Sometimes the body OF
the iris Is grayish white, with blue radll
extending from the pupil.
This marking gives peculiarly hard eX-
preston 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 me
dark rim around the iris Is not SO notlce-
able in blue eyes as in some other kinds,
notably, white and golden eyes, in which 1t
produces a strange, startling and fascinat-
ing effect
1.-THE limpid blue eye is comparatively
rare. 1t is of uniform coloration and ap-
pears to be almost liquid. Fine specimens
have a certain beauty, but the eye as a
rule lacks character. Near akin to 1t is
the china blue or robins egg blue eye, also
of uniform celebration, but lacking liquidity.
1t, also, is lacking somewhat in character.
"Of brown eyes the varieties are number
less The deepest shade usually passes for
black Some eyes of this shade suggest a
velvety texture, and the whites by CONTRAST
have peculiarly pearly luster. There is
n rrr cip iStH a
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
Ecalled properly orange or yellow
1.-The golden eye is a variety Of the brown
eye, but a wonderful variety. 1t Is not
yellow eye; it is infinitely. more strange
more beautiful than the yellow eye ie-
Gently saw a woman on the street who had
a pair Of these eyes. The effect Of them
was enhanced by a black rim around the
iris. They were not exactly like the gold
of a coin, but rather like the gold dust that
floats and shimmers on stream. Golden
eyes are not ferocious; they suggest the
wild creature that has been tanned to gen.
| tleness.
Red, Green and White.
when 1 speak of red eyes I do not mean
those of the Albino, which are merely pain
| full freaks of nature. I am thinking of
what IS really variety VI Tic pio"i Eye
| 1t is about the shade of cinnamon bears
furry coat. In shadow it appears brown,
| but in bright sunlight 1t flashes crimson.
| There is something strangely sinister about
| these eyes; they fash 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 I have seen eyes of n uni
| form tint resembling that elusive green
| that may be observed for moment In a
| summer sunset. Usually tie green tint is
mixed with gray or brown or both. The
combination with brown or brown and gray
| is known Familiarity as the brown-hazed or
green-hazed eye, which. popular wisdom
| has it, is always to be trusted.
Green in the eye is Thought to indicate
| treachery. believe more usually it indi-