WHAT EYES REVEAL.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17645, 23 December 1922, Page 14

WHAT EYES REVEAL.

Blue eyes are said to be tTie weakest. 'Upturned eyes are typical of devotion. Wide open eyes are indicative of rashness. Side-glancing are always to be distrusted. Brown eyes are said by oculists to be the strongest (says a writer in the "Pall Mall Gazette"). Small eyes are commonly supposed to indicate cunning. The downcast eye has in all ages been typical of modesty. The proper distance between the eyes is the width of one eye. People of melancholy temperament rarely have clear blue eyeß., Eyes'in rapid and constant motion betoken anxiety, fear, or care. Eyes with long,, sharp corners indicate great disoernment' -and penetration. The white of the eye showing beneath the iris is indicative of nobility of character. Grey eyes turning green in anger or excitement are indicative of a choleric temperament. When the upper lid covers half or more of the pupil, the indicate* is of cool deliberation. An eye the lid of which, passes horizontally across the pupil, indicates mental ability. " Unsteady eyes, rapidly jerking from side to. side, are' frequently indicative of an unsettled mind. It iB said that the prevailing colours of eyes among patients of, lunatic •asylums are brown or black. Eyes of any colour with weak brows and long' concave lashes are indicative of a weak constitution. Eyes that are wide apart are said by physiognomists to indicate great intelligence and tenacious memory. Eyes of which the whole of the iris is visible belong to erratic persons, often, with a tendtoward • r '- • '' . Wide open, staring eyes in weak countenances indicate jealousy, bigotry, intolerance, and pertinacity, without firmness. IJyes placed close together in the head are said to indicate pettin|ss of disposition, jealousy, and a turff for fault-finding. WTien the under arch of the upper eyelid is a, perfect semi-circle, it is indicative of goodness, but also of timidity, sometimes app'roaching cowardice. All men of genius are said to havo eyes clear, slow-moving, and bright. Tliis is the eye which indicates mental i ability of some kind, it does not matter what. Blue. eyes v are said to: be' effeminate, but this is a mistake, for blue eyes are found oply among Caucasian races, and the white races rule the world.