The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-01-15
ODDITIES ABOUT EYES
CURIOUS STATISTICS DEVELOPED
BY A CLOSE OBSERVER.
Esery Known Color IN the Human Rye
Blue Eyes Most Common-So Express
sion In the Organ ftsoif-Fssoinztlon
of Green Eyes-The white Eye.


| of Green Eyes-The white Eye.
ut is strange how few persons mo-
tice cyes." said the man Of m obscrv.
| ing turn OF mind. rehectively. II have
often asked people 10 describe some
one 10 me. and have been surprised 10
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 ez-
preston. Now. the eye itself has no
expression. although II Is called the
most expressive Of all the features. If
you have ever seen an eye that has
been removed from It's socket you
know that the fact ls as ! have said.
| glass eye In n showcase illustrates
the same fact. The expression that Is
attributed TO the eye really resides iD
the lids. the eyebrows aud the mus
cles Of the adjacent part OF the face.
~ ls to this expression that the atten-
tlon OF most people Is directed. They
see light coming from the eye and
| WALKING the expression OF lids and
muscles but the real character of the
eye itself they fail 10 notice.
"Now. have formed the habit OF
noting the color Of eyes. and / find It
| very interesting. I could tell you the
color OF the eyes Of any person had
ever met, I bcllcve-not merely wheth-
or they are light or dark, blue, gray or
brown according to the conventional
classification. but the shades and mix
lures, the appreciation of which Is the
real fascination In the study of eyes.
firmly believe that there Is no color
recognized that cannot bc found in the
eyes Of some human being. 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 cOnnolsseur In the subject the
sudden discovery OF rare species
for n moment on the street. perhaps
| gives you thrill of pleasure.
Blue eyes. | suppose, are most com
mon, and there are many varieties.
| The most common kind is that which
Is really mixture of dark blue and
| grnylsh white. with this kind of an
eye sometimes the blue and white are
| mixed irrcgularly. In which case the
eye lacks brllllance, though IL may be
lustrous. Sometimes the body of the
! iris IL graylsh white, with blue radli
extending from the pupil. This mark
Ing gives n peculiarly hard expression
10 the eye. In stll another sub-va-
rlety the central part of the iris Is
light BLUSH gray, with n rim of dark
| blue. Such nm eye Is often mistaken
for black. The dark rim around the
iris Is not so noticeable In blue eyes
ns In some other kinds. notably, white
and golden eyes. In which II produces
n strange, startling and fascinating ef-
| feet.
"rhc llmpld blue eye Is comparative.
| ~ rare. II Is OF n uniform coloratlon
| and appears 20 he almost liquid. Fine
| specimens have n certain beauty, but
the eye. ms rule. lacks character.
Near akin to II IL the china blue or rob
ms egg blue eye, also of uniform col
Grafton, but lacking llquldty. II, also,
| Is lacking somewhat In character.
| "Of brown eyes the varieties are
| numberlcss. The deepest shade usu.
| ally passes for black. Some eyes of
| this shade suggest n velvety texture,
| and the whites by contrast have n pc
cullnrly pearly lustrc. There Is always
something sinister and unpleasant
about eyes of this sort. Then there
| are the soft brown eyes that are usu-
| ally called pleasant, and the sharp
brown eyes that are called snappy.
You may occasionally find brown eyes
of such light tint as TO be called prop
| erly orange or yellow. The golden
eye Is n variety Of the brown eye. but
n wonderful variety. II IL not n yol-
low eye: II IL infinitely more strange.
more beautiful than the yellow eye. |
recently saw n woman on the street
who had pair OF these eyes. The Of.
| feet of them was enhanced by II black
| rim around the Iris. They were not
exactly like the gold dust that noals
| and sblnmers on stream. Golden
eyes are not fcroclous: they suggest
the wild creature that has been tanned
to gcntlencss.
"Whcn I speak of red eyes I do not
mean those OF the Albino. which are
merely painful freaks of nature
am thinking of what Is really n va
ricty of the brown eye. II Is about the
shade of cinnamon bears furry coat
In shadow II appears brown. hut In
bright sunlight II flashes crimson
There is something strangely sinister
about these eyes; they flash spite and
fury oven when they are found in the
most smiling face.
"Green eyes are often the most fas.
clnailng of all eyes. The shade Is
rarely found unmixed, but have seen
eyes of n uniform tint resembling that
elusive green that may be observed
for moment In summer sunset