The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1862-02-12
The PhilOSOnhY of Noses.

a writer remarks as IoHOWs. "a Hfst Gil /
vision o! noses includes all that are in pro
portion 10 the face, 10 small, that is all such /
as are decidedly less than one third of the
length of the face, or less long than the FORE
head The varieties OF these are numerous
in the snub, fiat, retrousee, png and up
turned or celestial noses. The naturnal
types 10 which they are generally referable,
are either The little noses OF children or fiat
broad noses OF negroes, and is consistent
with this that in men OF civilized faces all
soch noses indicate detective intellectual
power, and do so with certainty of sym
bolism which nothing but excellence in the
form of the head, as in the case of Socrates,
can neulralize. They tell Us of an unfinish-
ed inlellectHal development; and The
lower and falter, and more snub they are,
the more certainly do 'hey indicate feeble-
ness and meaness OF intellect, aud Of mind
in which bad temper more than good judy
menl will have sway.
1t is not quite so with women. In them
the whole organization in its gradual devel-
opment diverges less than that OF men does,
from he almost similar from which they
both have in early childhood The reten>
ton therefore, OF the liIlle child-like nose.
implies no such grave defect in the
woman's mind. If her head be well for
med such nose may express naivste, or
perhaps smartness and wit, and dexterous
intelligence. If they are not, they add
much 10 the expression OF insignificance or
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forms of snub nose, in either sex commonly
indicate The predomnance of the material,
sensuous character, and turn-up nose
witE wide, obvious nostrils, is an open
declaration, so far as nose can make il, OF
An empty and inflated mind OF mind in
which there is but spurious immilation OF
| of that strength and lofiier pride which the
wide nostris in well formed nose might
! indicate.
/ Large noses in men are generally good
signs especially, they addemPhasis to the
good indication of well form Ell head but
they must not be too fleshy or too lean. If
/ they are long (yet short of being caout like
/ they mark, as prolongations of the forehead
/ The intelligent, observant and productive
nature OF The refined mind. If Roman, ar
ched high and strong, they are generally
associated with less developed forehead
I and larger hindhead and di~close strength
/ oi will, rather than power they show also
/ the want OF that refinement which. is
I indicated by the siraIghter nose. The Jew
ish or hawk nose, commonly signifies
I l.
force 10 the meaning of the narrow concen
trated oreheads, symhoiical o: sihgleness
OF object usually narrow nostris wear the
unlailing sign OF caution and timididy.
] he Greek straight nose indicate refinement
I OF character, love for The fine arts aud
bellies letters, ,astuteness, craft and preference
ce for indirect action. Perpendicular noses
that is, such as approach lhis form, sup
poses a mind capable OF acting and suffer-
ing with calmness and energy.
A nose slightly befed al lis end, extends
and corroborales the indication of the analy-
tic forehead. Such noses, large and broad
pointed, are frequent in men with some
practical knowledge of the world. The
same befled end is often in the end cog
ilalive wide nostriled nose, wide at the
end, thick and broad, in dicales mind
that has strong powers Of thought, and is
givin TO close and serious meGiIaion.-
With these symbols Lavaier's dicia falls in /;
ga nose whose ridge is board, matter
whether straight or curved, always announ-
ces superior faculties. But this form is
rare" And again "a small nostril is the
certain sign OF timid spirit" Ia woman
large nose is OF more uncertain augury ;
ior II is apt TO extend into earicature. II ii
be well formed and finally moulded a raih.
er large nose and especially one which is
nearly straight, or slightely arched, is, in a
woman, often characteristic OF excellent
mental power. But any one of the more
peculiarly male forms OF nose, if largely
and coarsely formed in women, denote a
TOO masculine character, and those hat are
of i'll omen ia men are much more so in
women since The evil of being in iuap-
proprlaie is added 10 that OF malorma-
lion.