The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-03-07
MUST THE NOSE cor
A Claim That tho Oifactory Sense Diml
ishes as Man Progresses.

A Claim That the Olfactory Sense Dimip-
ishes as Man Progresses.
The future of the human nose looks
dark. A scientific gentleman has been
making this non-partisan organ tho
subject of his careful investigation
and makes a distressing report. He
argues that it is only a question OF
time when all sorts of noses, the Ro-
man, the anti-Roman, tho 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
altogether-as, IL Is affirmed, will in
fallibly be the case one day-the organ
itself is bound TO follow its example
sooner or later ItTs, no doubt, fact
that the olfactory sense is much keener
in the savage than in tho civilized
man, and il is reasonable TO conclude
that the more we progress in civiliza-
ton tho duller the senses will grow,
and as nature never preserves useless
organs, when the nose loses its power
of smelling the nose must go. >"
A fair count would disclose the
presence Of n 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 day
only, but for all time.
! And must the nose really go2 Well,
! if it must we pity that noseless age
! that lies ahead Of us, for it is certain
| 70 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 70
sing. But with the decline and fall oi
the nose this school Of music must
necessarily break up, and unless an
other school take its place, what's 70
become Of the fine art Of singingl
Equally obvious is it that when faces
come without noses, eyeglasses WIZ
have to be held in their place by
strips of sticking plaster. or q rlbbeii
band going around the head. Suci
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. Consc
quently, noseless persons with failing
. eyesight will grow nervous-letu US trus
. that they viii not grow profane a
thev sigh for tho noses OF their ances
tors. n Is unnecessary to observe thai
the moment the nose goes out florist
will be forced into bankruptcy. Ths
majority OF people buy flowers TO in
hale their delicious fragrance. But Il
order TO inhale one must have on In
haler. An attempt has been made Il
give the blind some idea OF colors b,
, means of certain colors, scarlet for ex
, ample, being expressed by tho blare o
Z a trumpet. But we believe that N
, educator has ever conceived 1t possibl
, 10 make noseless man smell with hi
ears or his eyes, or even with his wis
dom teeth. Hence we feel warrantc
: In asserting that, LET the nose be di.
, carded and florists viii not BIO able :
T pay ten cents ON dollar. VIII an i'm
. portant department of tho crocker
2 business also suiferl inevitably
There will bc little or no call for vase
? in that evil day of no noses. For tn
! average lover of bric-a-brac collect
r vases in order that when the girl tha
: does the busting skaters or break
3 them ''the scent Of the roses may han
, round them still" But who wants th
0 scent Of roses hanging round vase
y but the reader will catch our meaning
Q Tho subject Is 30 painful thi
J we stop right here As has bee