The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-05-21
FAMOUS FEMININE NOSES.
Facial Protuberances Which Dis
tlnguish Celebrated Stage
Geniuses.
Sew York World.

en- New York World.
~ The chapter on masculine noseoIOg
s in last Sundays World has led to th
= suggestion that If the noses of men al
- Indicative of character why are not tn
= = noses Of women equally valuble as il
1 - dices. Our artist has been making
: study of the profles of some of tn
y leading stage actresses He finds then
l. quite interesting, in nearly every instanc
+ + the nose is the striking feature.
lie MARY ANDERsoN's NOSE,
Is Take our own Mary Anderson for in
!, stance. Her nose is exactly GreeiaD
!, but it is nevertheless classic. 1t is large
= dociie and, but for the inclination to bf
! tip-tilted, would really be statuesque
= 1t is nose that indicates energy and
+ strong will. The phlanges are broad
!, = and the exposure of cartilage is such as
is found in nearly all noses of character.
Miss Anderson's nose is a serious nose.
1t contemplates all the aspects of life
from a standpoint of earnestness It is
barely possible that Miss Anderson
would not see the point to the plainest
: of jokes. She is essentially tragic and
this fact is largely due to her nose.
LILY LANGTRY's NOSE.
! There is nothing beautiful about Mrs.
! Langtry's nose. unless, as Hogarth main
tains, the lines of beauty are all
confined to the letter S. 1t is a heavy
organ, slightly inclined to the stub, but
large enough to indicate intellectually.
The bridge is peculiarly broad. 1t dom
mates the upper lip ''as fearfully as doth
the CALLED rock oerhang and jutty its
confounded base, swilled with the wild
and wastefa ocean" Mrs. Langtry's
is not domestic nose. 1t is roam
in nose-the kind that wauld never be
content with the sweet commonplace of
life. If her nose had not been Just what
it is, she would never have gone OH the
stage that's certain.
CLARA MoRRIs's NOSE.
Clara Morris does not rank among
stage beauties. She derives her fame
from genius and histrionic intellect,
she owes her nose nothing, for it is really
/ a plebian nose. 1t is not large enough |
to be striking. 1t is neither Grecian |
nor Roman in type, for it seems to lack |
a bridge. 1t comes very near being a |
| Maayan nose. 1t is more regular than |
Langlry's nose, but the sway-back char |
acter makes it anything but attractive |
A physiognomlst would find great diff |
| ficulty in adjusting this nose to phenom-
email brain characteristics.
ADELfNA PATHS NOSE.
The nose that belongs to the woman |
who has made more money by her own |
exertions than any member of her sex |
| that ever lived in the world ought to be /
a striking one, but it must be admitted |
that PATHS nose is not beautiful. 1t is
large, and it has very graceful sweep
downward from the eyebrows, but it
can hardly be called classic. However,
the nos of Patti is less important than
her throat, though if her nose were
smaller it is questionable whether her
notes would be as clear and resonant as
they are. 1t is to be remarked that the
nose of the diva resembles in striking
degree the nose which the artists give
the celebrated Nine. dc Stael. It is
doubtful whether greater compliment
could be paid the charming little. sim
ger.
ELLEN TERRY's NOSE.
Ellen Terry's nose is forceful, but it
is not pretty. As matter of fact it is
plain, but it is large, and that denotes
character 1t is too thick at the end and
too much inclined to be retr0usse to be
even passably good looking. 1t belongs
to the dairy maid type of nose common
in rural England. A highstrung, ner-
vous, intellectual woman such as Ellen
Terry should have a keen, angular nose,
but as she has managed to achieve fame
without one, the supposition is that in
her case nose doesn't amount to much,
save as an organ of respiration.
Lo1TA's NOSE.
The nos OF L9tta is in 10 sense RANT.
A little woman vino is always jigging
and anbling aud laughing should have
nose with a chronic smile on the end
of it, but Lottas nose is as dull and h
heavy ts q ctmp biscuit. Ii has body
and is fail OF determination. but it is
not the nose of commedienne. 1t has
Il certain snu5bishness and pertness, but
il it we're found in the highway nobody
wauld think of returning it to Lotta.
l 1 e:ln hardly be said to be becoming to
a woman Of her joyous characteristics
MAGGIE MIrcuELt.'s NOSE.
Here is a nase that acts signboard
for the mental characteristics behind it.
1t is long, peaked nose, with good
symmetrical arch and a shapely termi.
nation. Anybody would recognize it as
the nose of bright, iBcisive, yivacious ,
person. Il is a Scottish nose and denotes
Scottish inst nets. There is an absence
of Scotch serious,3 ess about it, but that
may have been eliminated by Maggie
Mitctsll's snnshiny nature The mental ,
attributes undoubtedly have great
deal to do with toning down and shap-
ing the nose.
FANNY DAvENPoRT's NOSE.
Everybody will recognize the nose Of
Fanny Davenport 1t is shapelv,
handsome orgln, sufficiently turned up
1T the end to be piquant. Miss Daven
pari 5 nose and upper lip constitute her .
chief facial beauty. She could better
spare her eyes than her youthful nose. !
It gises her face a sort of pitch forward
contour which at times is most pleasing, ,
but in her intense emotional acting
probably detracts from her power. The
Davenport nose is essentially humor-
Gus nose. 1t is not in the slightest de-
gree tragic. Comedy is Fanny Daven-
ports forte and she violates the tradit- !
ion of her nose when she essays the
wildly picturesque drama. Ii
ROSE coGHLAN's NOSE. i,
Here Is a.nose that passes understan-
ding. It'll large enough, but it is most
unshapsly. Rose Coghlan is pretty
woman. at least she looks well on the
stage when she Is made up and the
pecnliarities Of her nose are toned down
By the ever-present, conventional bit of
court plaster; but no artist would ever
select her nasal organ for model for
pretty woman. But the intellectual ac-
eDmplishnenfs which have made Rose
Coghlan famous as an actress could not
have been associated with areal love Of
i nose. The really beautiful noses
must be searched for in the insipid ranks
Of s0ciet not on the stage Philadel-
phia ledger.
LILLIAN RussELL1s NOSE.
This IS what might Be called really
handsome nose. It IS well proportional
and not at al too large. It IS not :
hrainy nose Is lines are well drawn,
and If the nostrils we're thinner might
pass for the nose popular once with
PraxitelHs AZ Is the nose Of frirOlity,
however, and the owner Of It viii never
take high rank ii Intellectual circles.
f Justly belongs 70 handsome woman.
Il was luetsuch nose IS this that afstfn
guished Mary, Queen of Seotfs Il is &
nose marked by wilfulness and capri
cionsness. bntit is mary lIpusly felni-
nine and q that extent logabIe ana afr
fraeffrp Miss Russell has 4 1ifhf II Ilsl