Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1921-02-04
LET EYES DECIDE
Wise Advice for Those Contem-
plating Matrimony.
The Dreamer Needs 4 Brown Eyed
Mate; Practical Person Should
Choose Blue or Gray.

VINO make better mates, persons
with brown eyes or persons with blue7
Although no hard-and-fast rule can
be laid down, those with brown eyes
are more SteadfaSt and faithful. Nat
uralists say that dogs or horses with
deep brown eyes are gcntler than those
with the grayiSh tint. This applies
equally to human beings.
Brown eyes mean ycntleneSs. The
secret of married life Is tolerance,
which is another word for Sen,lencSs.
1t must not he imagined that men or
women with gray or blue eyes are nee
eSSarily intolcrant. But. generally
speaking, character can be told from
eyes.
man with wiStful brown eyes prob
ably will be n dreamer. Suppose he
n!arr"S blue cycS--ihat indicate indi-
vidualism and often egotism-after n
While blue eyes will tire of brown
eyes. G"n'lcnc:s and dreamincss will
he mistaken for weakness and blue
or gray eyes usually despisc weakness.
Without respect. love cannot last.
If, therefore. you are q dreamy per-
son. look for life companion, a mate,
IN the man or woman who possesses
brown eyes. Ii YOU are n man. you
will need comforting and "mothering"
Psychologists say that all men with
the "mother-compleX heart'-u heart
that Is gentle, md wants to mother"
or protect somebody, and, therefore, to
De "mothercd' in turn-are born with
brown eyes. Brown-eycd people are
usually romantic and sentimental.
Blue-eyed people are more practical.
They usually laugh at sentiment call
Ing 1t "sickly sentlmentality." I'M
agine. therefore. sensitive girl mar
ried to Il man who considers her to be
weak and u 'Sentimentalist." How is
love going to last in those circum-
stances?
Curiously enough. like usually ut
tracts unlike in early youth, as one
pole Of magnet draws the opposite
pole of another. Therefore, an ex-
tremely sentimental man often falls In
love, OF imngines himself to fall In
love. with an extremely practical
young woman. the result being a tenn
porary broken heart OIL the part of the
unfortunate youth. Brown eyes YER
sus blue eyes, in all probability.
Yet imagine for moment what
would have happened. had they mar
ried. The first wonderful attraction
Of opposites-nnd while it lasts 1t is
| ll-powerful-would soon pass for no
fire can blaze In brilliance Indefinitely.
| Imagine the two going for walk on a
spring Night.
He--the hrown-eyed sentimentalist-
would feel thrilled by the beauty Of
the night. Of the moon rising like
great white water lily In the dark
pool Of the Sky. Or perhaps he would
| want to pause and gaze at the stars,
or watch ghostly barn owl winnow-
| Ing over the young corn. He would
see romance in the nights mysteries,
| and want to stay and dream.
But She--the bluc.eycd practical one
would remember that Il certain
amount of sleep IL necessary II work
is to be done properly on the morrow,
that "colds' might cnsue from lingcr-
ing In the dew fall. However each
might wish to please the other. intoler-
nnce would creep in, and the Old words.
"Iic-Or She-doesn't understand"
misunderstanding means misery.
If you are n dreamer, marry a
hrown-eyed person. II you like life
and action, and possess blue or gray
or grcpc--eyes. marry person with
eyes Of one of those c0lors.-London
Answers.