Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-12-19
MUST THE NOSE Col,


ishes as Wan frogresses.
The future Of the human nose looks
dark. A scientific gentleman has been
making this non partisan organ the
subject of his careful Investigation
and makes a distressing report He
argues that il 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
d~iSappeared from the human face.
The Philadelphia Telegraph presents
this abstract of the report;
when the sense of smell vanishes
| altogcther-as, il 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 it 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 los must GO"
A 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 il anne TO be
regarded as a ~staple-not for a day
only, but for all time.
And must the nose really go? Well,
il il must we pity that noseless age
that lies ahead of us. for il is certain
TO find itself seriously embarrassed.
In certain parts of our country sacred
and secular music is sung through the
nose, those INDUCING in the exercise
arguing that that's the true way 10
sing. But with the decline and fall of
fhe nose this school of music must
necessarily break up. and unless an
other school take its place. what's TO
become of the fine art OF singing.
Equally obvious is il that when faces
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 ac-
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 n 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 ex-
ample, being expressed by the blare Of
a trumpet. But we believe that no
educator has ever conceived il possible
to make a noseless man smell with his
ears or his eyes, or ever with his wis
dom teeth. Hence we feel warranted
in asserting that, let the nose be dis
carded and florists will not be able 10
pay ten cents on a dollar. Will an inn
portant department Of the crockery
business also suffer! Inevitably.
iiSrp Will y hltlc vi uo tdll iOT Ndses
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 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 rcmarked-we quote
from memory and may not give an
exact quotation-"whilc the nose lasts
we have high, exciting, gratifying
prospects spread out before us and our
children. Beyond that. | seek not to
penetrate the veil. New York Tri-
bune.