Richland beacon., 1881-03-19
8TNiS NOSES.

A writer in one OF the English news
Papers SAYS: Francis 0roee, in his ap-
,rndir to Hogarth's Elements Of
Beauty delineates eight typical noses.
There is the angular, the aIuiline or
Roman, the parrots beas, the straight
or Grccian, the Dubious or bottled. tho
furned-up or snub, and the mixed or
broken. OF the latter, by the way, tho
misses Of at least two illustrious men may
be taken as NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Brahe
aud Michael Angelo, the latter Of whom
owed his nngraceful appendix TO vio-
lent blow from a companion with whom
he was st variance. and who thus disfg-
ured the great artist for life, and in.
stantly fled To these may be added
the orator Cicero, upon whom nature
seems to have bestowed nasal organ OF
type decidedly "mixed," if not broken.
Plutarch. in his life OF the querulous
Roman, says that he had fiat excres-
cence on the top Of his nose in resem-
blance Of vetch-c;ccr in IIatin-from
which he took his surname. Pliny aays,
with more probability, that the name
originated Ill An extensive cultivation Of
vetches, just rs others had previously
been surnRmed from crops Of other
kinds. However this may be, the fact
Of CicerO's snub nose may no doubt be
accepted. and it accoris with the tradi-
tonal belief that this description of
nose is usually indicative OF a fery,
quick, impetuous temper, Cicero having
possessed this characteristic in O marked
degree. Horace seems to Eegard the
abort nose, with little turn-up at the
end, a. the mark Of q person given
good deal to jibing and jeerins. Mar
tial calls it the rhinoceros nose, and
nays that it was highly fashionable
in his day, everybody affecting this
kind Of proboscis as an indication
Of sairical humor. The "angular
uose, ~ Grose calls il, is the long, clear
~ cut. pointed organ, and WAS, no
doubt, the type TO which Horace alludes
when no says it is indicative of satiricsl
wit. Tho "paryot peak Is the nose
with which Mr.. Punch usually sdorns
his caricaturs Of the Sultan or Khedivs
and is akin TO the typical Jewish nose
all over the world. The eight types
given esmbsace every description Of the
feature, and students Of caricature are
strongly recommended in the treatise al
luded to make themselves perfectly ia
miliar with the aimpls lines by which
these curiously comprehensive sketches
are effected. A very singular fact has
been observed with regard not so much
tothe shape Of the nose as to the setting
Of it. in the face. so to speak. To be
strictly correct, from the artists point
Of view, The. nose should be accurately
in the middle of the face and at right
angles with line from the pupil
of one eye to that of the other. As
matter Of fact, il Is rarely ever found
thus placed 1t il almost ihnlrisbly !
little out of "the square, and the fact
Of 4 being SO il often that which lends
. peculiar expression and piquancy to
the face. A medical writer points out
that there are anatomical reasons why
. slight deviation from the true central
line may be expected, and that the nose
which u thus accurately straight be-
tween the two eyes may be considered
An abnormal one aud that the only alb |
srlnt, ly correct organ is that which
It, Airs little 10 the right or left.