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WATOR THE BLUE-EYED MANI HOW MURDER LURES IN AN
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Count Lumbroso the criminologist, has drawn up an elaborare, table of statistics. }|- { with regard to the eyes of murderers con visted in Italy. The list cuvera ten years," stilahla doumiliant fact emerges. The characteristic syes of the murderer convict ed? for a crime or passion is" "blue a pecularly hard and shallow blue, accum panied by a saring expressions, et korda,
Ous of $3,000 convicted criminals whose offences were committed against women, the overwachung percentage of blue eyes was the striking feature. Very few had grey next enine hazel and mrxod hagal then brown
In our are country blue eyes has com ainly been associated with some very call ans-crimes of passion. And in each caso the hua has been noticed to be particularly bright," or "bard, it is formed, with the brightness intensifed by the trick of persistent staring, bawah TAMAN Dr.Crippen's eyes were very noticeable, and generally spoken of us unpleasant Frominent and vivid in colour, his inton gate had an odd effect on people. Beveral who were brought into close contact with him in business spoke of them as producing
"creepy" feeling when
Dougal, the murderer at Mise Camille Holland at the Most Farm, bad blue eyes of the character mentioned Ha nature was essentially cruel and depraved Smith, the brides-in-the bath"?” murder- er" was anther criminal who preyed with callous diforence on women." Hi bright blue eyes that at times seem to terrify me by their brightness “wers com- mented on by his last-victim, Mis Lofty.
YES THAT LED TO ARREST, Deeming the Rainhill ruffiany who butchered and buried the whole of his family had blue eyes that he used with hypnotic intensity. He had the trick of staring at the person he was talking tog no doubt this was unconscious, but its un- pleasant effect was commented on directly it led to his arrest, far, despite his disguise he was apprehended of Bus plaion of being the wanted man from The fact that the eyes of blue had been mentioned in the offical description.
Lombrose is careful to distinguish pare ticularly the varying shades of blue as 're- lating to the bauman eye. The soft and fascinating tint charming in both men and women, almost always indicates a kind and benevolent disposition, exactly as the hard and blazing variety too often accompanies. the callous individual ss mentioned above. Mrs. Pearcey, the slayer of Mrs. Hogg at Hampstead, possessed what may bo called remarkable syre. At the first sight they appeared beautiful Bas the strange lightness of them, combined with the pers sistent atare with which she regarded people was quickly found to be unpleasant, and gare a sinister impression.
Jonathan Wild, the celebrated; "thief- taker and destroyer of Jack Sheppard, wat a man of learning who had a taste for Bollecting facts about the hundreds of criminals who passed through this bands He mentions the fact thas of the many men and women that I have seen set out from Newgate Prison to Tyburn Tree or Kennington Common, mom of the most hardened vretches have had • blue eyes. And yet rovelists and poeta rave about
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Jonathan Wild was himself hanged. And hy, too, possessed a pair of "bright, peepers, he was wont to call them Express
BEST NOVEL OF THE YEAR, FARMER'S SON WINS FRENCH ACADEMY PRIZE OF £480.
The Academie Goncourt, at Paris, which has done much to help young literary. men and women, and has brought to the public notice many hitherto unknown and talented artists, has revealed another novelist to the French literary world
The ten members of that body recently Awarded its much-coveted prize of,12,000 fraacs (480) for the best novel of the year to Ernest Perochon, a school teacher in the little village of Vouille," in the Vendee district, for his novel Nese.
Up to that day, M. Perochon, who is 35 years old, was entirely unknown although he bas pablished in the provinces several volumes of poems and three novels.
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in the Vendee, M. Parochon, who in his freight steamers young days got into serious trouble with as father because he preferred to become a school teacher rather than work on the farm, has never visited Paris. When he had written Nene, a delightful and realistic study of peasant life, the young author sent his manuscript to four different, Parisian publishers, but none of them would take it. Finally the school- master called on his own publisher at Niort, in his own Department, whọ agreed to produce the novel.
None of the members of the Goncourt Academy knew M. Perochon, but one of them happened to read his novel, and was so enthusiastic about it that be recom mended it to his colleagues. There were many well-known" artists, standing as (candidates for the Goncourt Prize, but the modest schoolmaster of, the Vendee. carried off the trophy
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work at the farmhouse,” The woman is jealous of the love of the children for the maid, and does everything possible to kill this affection. When the poor girl die covers that the woman has-succeeded, she commits suicide in the farm pool.
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