Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-12-06
The OIfaetOry Sense.

The future OF The human nose looks dark.
A scientific gentleman has been making this
non partisan organ the subject Of his care
ful investigation and makes distressing
report. He argues hat it is only n question
of time when all SORTS Of noses, the Roman,
the anti.Roman, the snub and the turn mp,
will have permanently disappeared from
The human face The Philadelphia Tcye
graph presents the abs tract of The report:
When the sense of smell vanishes alto
gether-as, it is affirmed, will infallib!y be
The case one day-the organ itself is bound
TO follow its example sooner or later. 1t is,
10 doubt, fact that the oifaclory sense ia
rnuch keener in the eavage than iu the cigi.
lizsd man, and it is reasonable 10 conclude
that the more We progress in civilization
the duller the senses will grow, aud as ma.
ture never preserves useless organs, when
the nose loses il power Of smelling The nose
must go'"
A tair count would Disclose he presence
Of large number OF noseD which their re-
spective owners hold in the highest esteem.
Amid the changes OF fashion, the nose has
firmly held its place, and oug ago it came
to be regarded as q slaple-not for day,
only, but for all time.
And must the nose really go2 Well, ifit
must we pity that noselese age that lies
ahead OF US, for it is certain TO find itself Sc
riously embarrassed In certain paris of our
country sacred and secular music is eung
through the nose, those indulging ia the ex.
ercise arguing thnt that's the true way to
sing But with the decline and fall of the
nose this school of music must necessarily
fob
its piece what's to become of the fine art of
spgingy Equally obvious is it that when
faces come without noses, eyeglasses will
stickipG plaster or rubber band going
around the head. Such wFe,ched devices
will be far from Ornamental, even if the
strips are edged with pink Rrimp and the
bands are accentuated with yellow rosettes.
Consequently, noseleea persons with failing
eyesight will grow nervous-let us trust
that they will not grow profane es they sigh
for the noses Of their ancestors. It is IN
| necessary to observe that the moment the
| nose goes out florists will be forced into
bankruptcy. The majority of people buy
flowers to inhale their delicious fragrance
But in order to inhale one must have an
inhaler An attempt hae been made TO
give the blind some idea of colors by
meeDg CT certain colors; scarlet for example
being expressed by the blere of trumpet.
But we believe that no educator has ever
conceived it possible to make noseless man
smell with his ears or his eyes, or even with
his wisdom teeth. Hence we feel warrant
ed in asserting that, let the nose be discard
ed and florists will not be able to pay ten
cents on dollar. Will an important de-
partment of the crockery business also snf-
fer? Inevitably. 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
| vases in order that when the girl that does
the busting skaters or breaks them 1.-THE
scent of the roses may hang round them
still" But who wants the scent of roses
hanging round a vase-but the reader will
catch our meaning.
The subject is SO painful that we stop
right here. AS has been go beautifully re-
marked-we quote from memory and may
not give an exact quotation--"while the
nose lasts we have high, exciting, gratifying
prospects spread out before us and our
children. Beyond that seek not to pene.
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