The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-05-30
WOmen's Noses, Hair and BOnnefs

Before deciding as to the arrange
ment of the hair, the nose should be
carefully interrogated. If that feature
be Roman, or what learned author
describes as "cogitative"-f. e., long
and curved inward toward the point
the hair should be somewhat pro-
nounced in its arrangement. 1t should
be rather massive, OF else the large nose
will, by force of contrast, make the
head look meagre. If the nose be
Greek, an approach, carefully guarded
from being too realistic to the classic
knot, may be ventured upon. The
varieties of the Anglo-Saxon nose, some
of them quite childish in their want of
decision and firmness of outline, are
too numerous to be specially commen-
ted upon, but should be treated vari-
ously, according as they approach the
aquiline, the Greek, or the snub varie-
ties. The last requires rather coquet-
tish arrangement of the hair. Madon
ma bands assort badly with snub nose.
So does the Venetian coiffure. A
''little head summing over with curls"
best suits the snub "tip-tilted like a
hower;" and sensible women who per-
force wear turned-up noses will care
fully abstain from following the height
and depth of fashionable coifures, but
remain faithful to the quasisimplicity
that goes so well with the infantile for
nation of their noses.
The silly young women who have OF
late gone about the world with their
heads cropped as close as those of boys
will now regret therashness that robbed
them of their locks. For the catogan
is coming in again. The hair is to be
worn curled in front, then simply
brushed back to the nape of the neck,
where it is to be tied with ribbon
matching the trimming on the dress
hanging down the back in short curls
for evening wear, but arranged in a
thick plait for the work-a-day. 1t is
style that has its advantages.
If the style of hairdressing ought to
be dependent in a great degree upon
the shape of the nose, that of the
bonnet or hat should, to be consistent,
be so too. There is very thin variety
of the nasal organ, inclined to redness
along the ridge, which looks sharp
enough to carve with, that requires ex-
tremely delicate treatment in the matter
of coiffure. The effect of the nose IT.
self is painfully meagre, and this must
be counteracted by a sort of amplitude
in the arrangement of the locks and in
the trimmings of the bonnet. But,
then, on the other hand, these must
not be too ample, or they will produce
a contrast so evident as to be practl-
cally reproach to the nose for its thin
ness. The other extreme of a very
feshy nose demands a certain severity
in the bonnet; but the outlines of the
latter must not be too rigid, else they
will throw into disagreeable prominence
the inclination of the nose toward
spreading and width. So far as re-
CARDS form. With respect to color, 1t
is another matter. 1t is one of the
most difficult tasks of the clever milli-
ner to deal with nose that remains OBJ
stinately red despite all the waters and
washes devised for such cases. 1t is
sad thing to see bunch of poppies in
a bonnet and to note that their rosy
tint is precisely that of the most prom
inent feature in the face. Yet even
this is less startling than it would be to
leave surroundings dark and unrelieved
by color. But, fortunately, there are
but comparatively few such hopeless
noses as these, though one occasionally
sees them and regards their owner with
pity and perhaps mistrust.