, 1888-12-24
MUST THE NOSE eoi
A Claim That thu oIfactory Sense Dimin-
Ishes as Man Progresses.

n lNAA IN cAAe'h'
Ishes As Man ProEresses-
The future Of the human nose looks
dark. A scientific gentleman has been
making this n~on-partisan organ the
subject of his careful investigation
and makes G distressing report He
argues that it is only a question of
time when all sorts Of noses, the Ro-
man. the anti Roman, the snub and
the turn up, will have permanently
disappeared from the human face.
The Philadelphia Telegraph presents
this abstract Of the report:
when the sense of smell vanishes
ultogether-as, it is affirmed, will in
fallibly be the case one day-the organ
itself is bound TO follow its example
sooner or later. 1t is, no doubt a fact
that the ~olfactory sense is much keener
in the savage than in the civilized
man.. and il is reasonable TO conclude
that the more we progress in civiliza-
ton the duller the senses will grow,
and as nature never preserves useless
organs, when the nose loses its power
Of smelling the lose must 60
4 fair count would disclose the
presence of a large number Of noses
which their respective owners hold in
the highest esteem. Amid the changes
of fashion, the nose has firmly held
its place, and long ago it came TO be
regarded as a staple-not for a day
only. but for all time.
And must the nose really gol Well,
if it must we pity that noseless age
that lies ahead Of us, for it is certain
TO find itself seriously embarrassed.
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 the decline and fall of
the nose this school of music must
necessarily break up, and unless N
other school take its place, what's 10
become of the fine art of singing1
Equally obvious is it hat when faces
g.. come without noses, eyeglasses will
have TO be held in their place by
strips of sticking plaster or a rubber
band going around the head. Such
wretched devices will be far from or
namental, even if the strips are edged
with pink gimp and the bands are &c
centuated with yellow rosettes. Conse-
quently, noseless persons with failing
eyesight will grow nervous-let us trust
that they will not grow profane as
they sigh for the noses of their ances-
tors. II is unnecessary to observe that
the moment the nose goes out florists
will be forced into bankruptcy. The
majority of people buy flowers TO in
hale their delicious fragrance. But in
order to inhale one must have an in
haler. An attempt has been made to
give the blind some idea Of colors by
means Of certain colors, scarlet for eN-
ample, being expressed by the blare of
IA trumpet. But we believe that no
educator has even conceived it possible
to make a noseless man smell with his
ears or his eyes, or even with his wis
dom 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 n dollar. Will an i'm
portant department of the crockory
business also suffer- 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 tho busting skaters or breaks
them 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
so beautifully remarked-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
penetrate the vel. New York Tri-
bune.