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full indication Of the character than

ture by its size or shape. Every
woman is, or ought to be, q cathe-
dral, said a poet of yesterday, and
M. Blanc also compares dress to
kind of architecture, throughout which
a primary idea should be consistently
carried. and no mingling of styles
allowed.
When a woman possesses a Roman
nose she must be extremely careful as
to her style of headgear and hairdress-
ing. Neither of these must belong
to the frivolous or coquettish order.
Neither must be inadequately small.
If the wearer of the Roman nose fall
nto this error, that useful organ will
look larger than ever. Our aristocracy
is given to large noses. The air Of
palaces seems to be favorable to the
development of that salient feature,
and, were there to be no p,esalliances,
the high-bred type of nose would soon
reach very terrific size indeed. l
always look on the bright side of
things, and when l hear of man of
a gentle birth marrying a barlnaid, 1
always bethink me of the probable
modification Of the lordly noses of
the next generation. With a Greek
nose woman may wear almost any
thing. She will be sure to have
taste to divine what is suitable
and becoming, and grace enought to
put it on straight AN accomplish
I1ent more rare than might be
thought. But alas! Greek noses are
not exactly IN the fashion. Our ma
tional taste has proved degenerate, and
our tickle fancy has turned to the nes
rebousse, which has even found it's
way into the poets. "Tip-tilted like
flower" says our laureate of such a
nose. If the eogitative nose appear
in full development on a woman's
face, she will probably be, strong
minded and utterly careless of chiDons,
if not of her own looks. Of the
Jewish nose the same observations are
true as with regard to the Roman
nose; that is, when the nose is large.
Occasionally though not very fire.
quently-this nose is beautifully
formed and not too large for our mo-
dern notions of feminine loneliness.
It may be treated as 1 have suggested
in remarking of the Greek variety.
The turn-up nose may be adorable,
or it may. be a trial! Much depends
on it's complexion; much on the pre-
else degree of upward curve. This
curve should be similar to those at
the corners of the lips, and when it
is, what a piquant harmony is the
result! Oh, lucky girl with such a
nose, what a queen of hearts you may
be! Add but the instinct of coquetry
to the owner of this nose, and you
have creature as dangerous as Helen
to the peace of man. 1t must not be
a shaky, feshy, fabby thing: a curt
decision and spice of dainty self
assertion must characterize it. 1t
was such an ideal nose that inspired
the following sentiments: 1--WE con-
fess a lurking penchant, a sort of
sneaking affection which we connot
resist, for the celestial nose in a wo-
man. It does not command our ad-
miration and respect like the Greek,
to which we could bow down as to a
goddess, but it makes sad work with
our affections, The snub, too, is not
SO unbearable as in man. 1t is a
great marrer of beauty, undoubtedly,
but merely regarded as an index OF
weakness, it claims our kindly consid-
Grafton. A woman, moreover, has
generally tact sufficient to conceal
1often to the entire annihilation) those
unprepossessing characteristics of the
snub and the celestial, which In a
weak nnan become every day more and
more strongly marked. A celestial
nose in a woman is frequently an
index of w.t." And this, be it remem-
bered, was written long before the
apotheosis of the turned-up nose.
And what style of architecture are
we to construct our dress upon? ask
the owners of such noses. Anything
coquettish and airy, frivolous and
quaint. Severe simplicity consortS
not with the snub. A little insolence
of ornament suits it; floating ribbons;
a rampant aigrette; head running
over with curls;" founce turned
back and forth; hat twisted north
and South, east and west. Such as
these would be incongruous with the
Greek, an insult to the Roman, an
injury to the Jewish, and a fiat con-
tradiction to the cogitative. With the
Tip tilted" they make happy har-