New-York tribune., 1884-01-13
NOSES or W.LX .4ND or PAPER.
n ELDERLY MANS EXPERIENCE WITH THESE
WORKS OF ART.

| An ELDERLY MANS EXPERIENCE WITH THESE
| WORKS OF ART
| "Noscs," said the elderly man with pale and
beautiful prOhu-rIs TRIBUNE reporter ARE the living
proofs OF that ancient sphorsm Men are known by the
COMPANIONS they keep Ny nose, for instance" aud
here the aged cxpoundcr OF the principles of
tweaked of and laid il carefully in the reporters
hand "a nose is remarkable exception 10 the rule
however tor you WILL by conscientious examination
f. obserye that it il not at alt is simply piece
OF wax"
Then the venerable man drew his chair within n conf
dl distance of that which the reporter Ipied and
whispered: got into a dispute with man about
e nro,prcts OF the Democratic party. said that pros
,,.c. were the only things it had Ny remark so iIri
tacd my friend that he said that he would pull my nose
and he did, such his horror at the result hnd
in nv nose between his thumb and forcfn-cr without
being backed by my face that lie became aavng
maniac and Is now an inmate Of lunatic asylum where
he ayows that his party il an organization without noses,
ina>niuch rs il can't smell defeat"
movement that made dcxtcrous by long practice
replaced the nose; handkerchief was used with sul
cent boisicrousness to sare parrot into cxcaimng,
e" Say, Gabriel CORK Your hoIH anu uc mhh VINO hue"
Tbcr me- more noses than you may be aware Of" he
trtcly said mean Of course false noses. without
nose the child OF impulse becomes philosopher for
catrrh IT, beyond the range Of possibilities and bottle
nose brcuIncs an unknown quantity. Men lose their
noses by disease, many In fights, and not u few
men who do not their original ones left them on ;hc
batefclds Of the South where they lost them because
they desired smell powder. For women, the most ap
proprate false made OF wax and the contour
which may correspond with the rest Of their features
il only matter Of choice Grccan, Roman, pug fight
in and hot; he purchased with TINT
speaks wei for the manufacturing interests of the noses
and the price of good article varies but little ON areonn
plaster model ~ taken OF the entire frontal bone and the
formation Of the cheek bones Then the artist viii care
fully carry ont the idea that ut a dis
tance OF tS0 feet cannot bc distinguished from natural
one Tho cost varies does the workm Iship. nose
may be bought made OF pdpe' nhche Tor F3 my nose
cost me So and i hne piece Of work know lady
work She seldom takest on and half OF her friends
not aware that she wears one. The paper noses are
enameIed aud are deceptive INT Tor poor man they
answer all the purposes that arc required
waxen aud paper noses are in cases OF disease prefer
The diseased part There is danger that badly healed
will cat the waL but where The cancer as
been panted goes the way OF the old know OF sew
ere where IN the OF ag nssn as e
ance In particular struck me when heard OF as
remarkable. man had the eft side OF the nose eaten
away by An operation was performed. and rs
he was already extremely weak II Thought advisable
some man who could snOrd to lose IT, big lonsshcre
man was induced to part with portion of his cutcle
piece OF flesh taken from the mans back aud trans
pan ,ed 10 rhe sick mans The wounds healed and
perfect formed. Years passed by. when one
transpantcd flesh. Physicians were called in, aud they
eaid that the nose was mortfying The transplanted
flesh was cut out and waNen nose was made and the
man recovered. The Physicians made Inquiries ana dis
covered that the ongshoreman had died Of B1ghrs dis
ease week before the flesh in the began TO mOry.
A which personally know OF was one where tue
flesh which was To be Tanspianted was cut rom the
mans forearm The operation in every sense sue
cessfll and the nose formed with only scar
which was barely perceptbe. days passed after
the man able 10 use his new nose with the same
rcadincss MS he had done his old one Then he dis
that several hairs growing from the side or
his probOscis When he shaved In the morning he
thoughessy ahered the side Of his and included
that In his toilet He awoke several mornings afterwad
10 the horrible fact that bOuntifu crop of hair
the point OF making his new nose n nightmare to his
waking hours and that thereafter and for all time he
pud have Teously To shave his There only
two places in this city where noses are made but their
handwork s bought by persons In every part OF the
country"
DO you always wear your T. asked the reporter
innOcently.
NO" was the ronical reply. 81 par IL in tumbler
OF water when 10 bed, and smoke cigars
cause am afIati Of its melting mood"