New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-15
MUST THE NOSE Cor

The future of the human nose looks dark. A
scientific gentleman has been making this non
partsan organ the subject Of his careful nvestga-
tions and makes distressing report. lie argues
that IL is only question OF time when all sorts
of noses, the Roman, the ant-Roman, the snub
and the turn-up, will have permanently disap-
peared from the human face The Philadelphia
Telegraph presents this abstract of the report
when the sense Of smell vanishcs altogether-as, II
Is affirmed, will infallbly be the case ono day-he
s II IS no doubt TACT that the ofactory sense
is much keener in the savage than In the CIVILIZED man
nrocss in civilization the Guller the Will grow
and as nature preserves useless organs, Wher
the loses its power of smelling the nose mus
go.'
fair count would disclose the presence of a
large number of noses in Philadelphia which their
respective owners hold in the highest esteem.
And so it is in all our other cities Amid the
changes of fashion, the nose has firmly held its
place, and long ago it came to be regarded as
staple-not for a day only, but for all time.
And must tho really go2 Well. II 1t
must, we pity that noseless age that lies ahead
of U.s. for it is certain to find itself seriously en-
barrassed. In certain parts of our country sacred
and secular music is sung through the nose,
those indulging in the exercise arguing that that's
the true way TO sing. But with tho decline and
fall OF the nose this school Of music must neces-
sarily break up, and unless another school take
its place. what's TO become of the fine art Of
singing? Equally obvious is it that when faces
come without noses eyeglasses will have to be
held in their place by strips of stcdngplaster, or
a rubber band going around the head. Such
wretched devices will be far from ornamental,
even if the strips are edged with pink gimp and
the bands accentuated with yellow rosettes.
Consequently, noseless persons with failing eye
sight will grow nervous-let us trust that they
will not grow profane they sigh for the noses
Of their ancestors. 1t is unnecessary to observe
that the moment the goes out florists will
be forced into bankruptcy. The majority of
people buy flowers TO inhaie their delicious fra
GRANGE. But in order to i1hale must have
an inhaler. An attempt has been mado to give
the blind some idea of colors by means Of GER
tain colors, scarlet for example being expressed
by the bare of a trumpet But we believe that
no educator has ever conceived it possible to M Se
a noseless man smell with his ears or his eyes,
or even with his wisdom teeth. Hence, we feel
warranted in asserting that, let the nose be dis
carded and florists will not be able TO pay ten
cents on a dollar. VIII an important depart
ment of the crockery business also sufferP In
evitably There will be little or no call for
vases in that evil day of no noses. For the
average lover of bric-a-brac collects in order
that when the girl that does the busting shat
ters or breaks them, the scent of the roses may
hang round them still" But who wants the scent
of roses hanging round vase-but the reader will
catch our meaning.
The subject is so painful that we stop right
here. AS has been SO beautifully remarked
we quote from memory and may not give an ex-
act quotation" while the nose lasts have high,
exciting, gratifying prospects spread out before
us and our children. Beyond that, 1 seek not
to penetrate the veil"