The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-05
COLOR OF THE EYES
!. IS SAID TO REVEAL
CHARACTER OF MAN
Black and Brown Relics of
Savagery, But Blue De-
notes Possession of
Able Brains
The Eagle, madame.
Hath not SO green, so quick.
80 fair an eye as Paris hath

ildeH lot SO green, SO quick.
30 fair an eye as Paris hath.
But, you say, this may be very fine
poetry. but it is not the truth for where
is there man or woman who really ever
saw a green-orbed eagle? Indeed there
has neevr been anyone to aver that eagles
even havea jealous disposition. Most
birds of prey, Ike most savages, have
for the most part eyes Of the dargest
hues. This gives their fierce natures an
added, ferocity. The evolutionists explain
the predominance of the black and brown
eyes by pointing to the fact that the most
vigorous sayages and most powerful ami
mails have them, hence it is a question
of the survival of the fittest.
In wild state of nature the blue eye
Is a handicap. 1t does not occur among
the uncivilized human tribes and but
seldom among the brute creation. One
ssvant maintains that the degree of civili-
zatlon and effemfnacy present in any race
is directly proportional to the number
of blue eyes present, says the New York
American.
Surprising as it may seem. w. II. Hu1-
son, noted English authority on the
eyes of living animals, holds that flash
ing eyes do actually occur. He says
that the poetic metaphor of Sparkling
flashing or scintllating' eyes Is truly
based upon observation. Not only does
Mr.. Hudson describe IAN owl of fiery,
flashing appearance, but he has met men
with these blazing eyes. He says: Eyes
certainly do shine in the dark like those
of owls, cats and night hawks" These
fiery eyes are not always prof of anger
IN animals, but when you meet AIRY
man at night with Flashing eyes it is
evidence of anger.
Furthermore, the flaming appearance in
the eyes IS due to a kind of pnosphorcs-
in a tha ri
| from certain spnosphorescent bacteria and
ether plants. Light 0f such q sort arises
from the heat vibrations i'll the living
eye. Mr.. Hudson is not syerse to giving
credence to certain traditional narratives
about fery-eyed dragons and other NAM
| moth animals. He believes that many
poetic exasgeraticns are based upon u
mcdicum of historical truth.
frey Eyes Decrease
Fiery eyes in the human race he con-
tends, would necessarily decrease with
civilization. AS TIE causes OF savage
madness, of fierce and angry battles, ual
tie need for conflict of purpose in tie
search for meat and drink grew less
and less as rugged nature gave way u
the modern machinery OF government,
Desceful men and women, or even the
standing armies that make war no lon;s"-
have need for violent passions or hss-
terical outbursts
The result would therefore be what in
! fact it is, to-wit: the. steady decrease
| in the number of phosphorescent, lumin-
Gus or flaming eyes. Today it Is only TIE
remote, outlandish countries THAI give the
scientist any chance to study these fiery
! eyes. True enough. a street brawl now
| and then, or such an event as the Rosen-
| thai murder offers brut with frenzied
aashastered face and raging, blazing eyes
! as surviving example of such luminous
| eyes, but such instances, it must be adj
mitted, a~e fey and far between
Conside. for a moment tie various emo-
| tions to which man is subject. Think of
| the great number of races there are with
| regard to the color of the skins. There
are dark skinned, red skinned copper
| skinned, brown skinned black skinned
yellow skinned, white skinned blue
skinned and many others. The human
races are represented by as many colors
of skins as there are htles in the spec
trum. Yet what paucty of eyes there
isl Have you ever seen or heard of q
| human red eye, an emerald eye, and ala
baster eye an orange eye or any great
series of colors? I believe not.
There are blue eyes, brown eyes, hazel
| eyes, gray eyes. black eyes and dotted
| brown or dotted gray eyes. That is all
| The green eyes, so-called, in men and
! women are, after all, merely a diluted
| blue eye.
About Brown Eyes
| Brown eyes are lnulcdtiOnS Oh deep
| feeling and quick susceptibility to in
dividuals of the other sex They usually
mean liberality of feeling. warm.
clinging nature and freedom from Puri-
| tarieal prudery.
| Black eyes are often found associated
with strong passions and violent friend
ships The deeper in color such eyes are
the more extreme are the likes and dis
| likes of their owners. The devotion, ex-
| pressive eloquence and. deep feeling
evinced by men ando women with the
1 darkest eyes are all plainly apparent il
| you read the character through such orbs
! Both brown and black eyes speak more
] of the emations. more of the heart than
of the head. They come direct from un-
governed savages. They bespeak soft
ness, mildness. confidence and suscepti-
| bility. Heroines of the clinging, gullible
| type always must have dark eyes. Dark
| eyed women are also jealous.
| Greenish, hazel and spotted eye are
| companied usually with shrewd, quick
nervous, restless temperaments. Ac-
! cording to Professor Hudson, Asiatics
with hazel eyes are cunning and weasel
| like. Contrary to the popular notion,
persons with green eyes are too indiffer-
| ent in passion to be at all jealous of the
! opposite sex: they are, however ere-
/ quently envious of their own.
Blue-Eyed Beauties
| Blue-eyed beauties are known for their
! self control, GOODNESS. austerity and pro-
cision They are severe and suspicious
and demand the continuous homage Of
those about them. Moreover they are
| domineering and masterful and wher-
ever possible will be found to rule the
! roost.
| Blue-eyed men are highly intellectual
morally firm and mathematcally correct
| in thought, word and act. They are the
rulers of their families, and the power
full figures In the moral, intellectual and
| Industrial worlds. When a blue-eyed maid
meets a blue-eyed man Greek meets
Greek; then comes the tug of war.
1 Among the gray-eyed there are few
who retain any spiritual emotions. Peo-
pie with gray eyes are superficial, friv-
| olous, given to embrace false idols. rum
| ming down blind alleys, following false
prphets. thoughtless, inconsiderate. want
| ing in sympathy, neurotic, unstable not
| firm and deliberate, but rash and impetr-
ous
| In brief, each group of the various
colored eyes has predominating charac-
| teristics. There are. of course, excep-
tions to the classification, but the data
now available to the scientific scatistl-
| clans go great way in showing that .
| general system of character groups may
he arranged according to the colors Of
the eye.
An Exemplar
| From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
! BE an optimist!'
The speaker was ex-President Taft, the
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