Show VIOLET 1110 GIRLS EPIDEMIC OF THEM FOUND IN southeastern IOWA cause baffles baffic explanation old resident 7 says hut hue comes from 7 heaven their possession excites no comment mount amount pleasant la ia are violet eyes always indicative of a beautiful face Is there a subtle relationship between the flower hued pigment in the iris and whatever mystical physical operation it Is that fashions features in alluring form and gives to complex tons ions texture and tint of the roso petal re be that tatt as aa it may there Is an epidemic of violet eyes in mount pleasant whether or not it has connection with the comeliness boasted by scores of young boung women here bere a boast so worthy that when president roosevelt passed through last fall he be exclaimed 1 I never before have seen so many pretty women in a place this size Is another matter prom from the eyes of a strangely unusual percentage of girls in this university town the hue of the violet Is reflected there are violet eyes of many shades one pair of optics may possess the pale almost colorless blue mat king tho the tiny harbinger of spring dug from beneath its covering of snow enow in other instances eyes are so deeply tinted they are thought black dozens of varying shades mix in between violet eyes are so common here bere that their possession excites no comment comme nf yet it to la not to be denied eyes of mount pleasant darls conati constitute tute the greatest charm of many beautiful faces why the presence of the purple blue pigment in the eyes of 11 so many daughters of the town Is a problem as perplexing as it Is unpromising of solution my aly attention has been called frequently to the matter said dr W L lessenger a prominent southeastern iowa surgeon it Is exceedingly diall cult of explanation the cause probably lies back several generations but even though it were true early settlers of henry county happened to have violet eyes there must be some physical condition here either in the atmosphere mo sphere or in the chemical composition of tho the soil to preserve the distinctive tive coloring it Is a strange anomaly it Is seldom beldom possible in instances of such irregularity to advance explanations sure to be correct old residents declare southeastern iowa skies shies are the bluest in the mis alls sis sippi valley and that eyes of the daughters of the land catch their huo hue from froin the heavens Viole test eyes of all has miss aliss gladys girvin ga daughter of mr and mrs airs S W garvin in a town where violet eyes are usual attractions her eyes are unusually attractive mt alt pleasant Is the seat scat of the iowa wesleyan university intermingling of college and city social interests has given the place the name of IVa vassar isar of tho west national sorority officers live here miss ellen dall ball Is national treas treasurer 1 aurer of the alpha XI delta sorority she Is president of the P E C sisterhood here where the society was organ organized zed photographs from a local studio substantiate mt alt Plea Pleasant santi fi claim to being the home of beauty and violet eyes misses ethel desser besser stella snider chassie fraker and mrs airs noll stahl stevenson and mrs airs george crane are among the fairest women of southern iowa |