The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-03-04
ODDITIES ABOUT EYES
CURIOUS STATISTICS DEVELOPED
BY A CLOSE OBSERVER.

Every Known Color I'm the Human Eye
Blue Eyes Most Common-No EXPIRES
sion I'm the organ Itself-FascinatIon
OF Green Eyes-The White Eye.
! cit is strange how few persons no
! tice eyes, said the man of an observ-
ing turn of mind. rehectively. 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 ex-
! preston. Now. the eye itself has no
! expression. although 1t is called the
most expressive of all the features. If
| you have ever seen an eye that has
/ been removed from its socket you
know that the fact is as l have said
A glass eve in a showcase illustrates
the same fact. The expression that is
attributed to the eye really resides in
the lids. the eyebrows and the mus
cles of the adjacent part of the face
! 1t is to this expression that the atten-
ton of most people IS directed They
| see 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, l have formed the habit of
noting the color OF eyes. and / find it
very interesting. l could tell you the
color of the eyes of any person 1 had
! ever met, l believe-not merely wheth-
er 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 be 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 connoisSeur in the subject the
| sudden discovery of a rare species
| for moment on the street, perhaps
| gives YOU thrill of pleasure.
Blue eyes. l suppose are most COM
mon, and there are many varieties.
The most common kind is that which
! is really n 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, though 1t may be
| lustrous. Sometimes the body of the
iris is grayish white, with blue radii
extending from the pupil This mark
ing gives a peculiarly hard expression
to the eye. In still another sub-va-
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light blush gray, with a rim OF dark
blue. Such an eye is often mistak en-
for black. The dark rim around the
iris is not so noticeable in blue eyes
as In some other kinds, notably, white
and golden eyes, in which it produces
strange, startling and fascinating eff
feet.
The limpid blue eye is comparative
ly rare. 1t is of a uniform coloration
and appears to be almost liquid Fine
| specimens have certain beauty, but
the eye, as n rule, lacks character
Near akin to it is the china blue or rob
ms egg blue eye, also OF uniform col
grafton, but lacking liquidity 1t, also,
is lacking somewhat in character
"Of brown eyes the varieties are
numberless. The deepest shade usu.
ally passes for black. Some eyes of
this shade suggest velvety texture.
and the whites by contrast have a pc
culiarly pearly lustrc. There is always
something sinister and unpleasant
about eyes OF this sort Then there
are the soft brown c,es that are usu-
ally called pleasant and the sharp
brown eyes that arc called snappy.
/ You may occasionally find brown eyes
| Of such light tint rs to be called prop
erly orange or yellow The golden
eye is a variety OF the brown eye. but
a wonderful variety. 1t is not a vel
low eye; it is infinitely more strange
more beautiful than the yellow eye /
recently saw a woman on the street
who had a pair Of these eyes The Of
feet of them was enhanced by a blacl,
rim around the iris They were not
exactly like the gold dust that floats
| and shimmers on n stream. Golden
eyes are not ferocious; they suggest
the wild creature chat has been tanned
to Eentleuess.
when / speak Of red eyes do not
mean those of the Albino. which ar,
merely painful freaks OF nature ]
am thinking Of wha is really n VA
riety OF the brown eye. 1t is about the
shade OF a cinnamon BEARS furry coat
I'm shadow 90 appears brown. but u
brigh, sunlight it flashes crimson
There is something strangely sinister
about these eyes. they fash spite and
fury even when they are found in tine
most smiling face