Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-02-09
All About Noses.
New Orleans Picayune.

appears at first sight. The human
nose is full of character. In cases
VIII ere n nose has been lost character
has been lost with it. 1t cannot be
per !lanently and successfully dis
guised. This led to the remark
about an unmistakable thing: "As
plain as the nose on your face" The
nose was originally intended as an
organ for conveying to the brain the
delicate sense Of smelling. Its uses
have in many instances been perver-
ted. Savages bore holes in their
noses and hang jewelry on them.
Dirty old men put snuff in their
noses. 1t is an abuse of nature. A
sneeze is an involuntary effort of
nature to blow out Of the nose the
snuff the dirty old man has put into
it. When gentleman is walking
drunk on the street, policemen say:
HE has Il sausage up his nose"
Policemen know what they mean by
such language, but in some way it
goes that drunken man is an offense
to the nose.
Some men talk considerably through
their nose. Some vocalists seem to
sing through the nose. 1t becomes
an unmusical instrumental nasal
kaz0o-when ii is snored through.
1t Is nuisance when poked into the
business of people who do not own il.
See the man with the sharp, long,
rounded nose, like the beak of an
eagle. He is combative man who
wants toargue the case and wants to
have his own way. Like the bird of
freedom, he wants liberty of 'piniOns.
The eagle nose is strong in character.
1t speaks for itself. 1t stand up for
itself, and will not be snubbed or
sat down upon.
The Roman nose il also full of
character. 1t is out of place and
looks unhappy on the face of Il
modern dude. 1t looked grand on
the face Of the ancient Romans, for
which faces il was made. 1t was in
harmony with rugged men who had
decision of character and meant bust
ness. There could have been no
great Caesar with an insignificant,
turned up or meaning less nose.
Look at pictures of Washington,
Wellington, Napoleon, or whom
you will, and you will find that
great men have had great noses.
The Hebrew nose is a good nose.
1t is always in keeping with the face.
If on the face of Il beautiful Jewess it
is beautiful, and yet it speaks Of its
rae and origin, however family.
Eyes and ears and chins and fore
heads do not. This is but an instance
showing how the nose is an open
book on the pages of which history
may be written.
THE African nose is fiat and open.
1t is a warm country nose, open for
an engagement with any air. ItloOks
lazy, and is not fine,
There are no perfect noses away
from the marble features of statuary.
They were not handed down to the
modern Greeks.
Just now the commercial nose is Of
most Importance. In China and
Japan the commercial men who
sample, classify and buy teas are
called tasters. They should be called
smellers. They could not begin tC
do their work if they slipped and
swallowed samples OF all the tea they
passed upon. The stOmachs would
not hold enough and the sampler:
would die. They depend upon theil
noses and base their opinions on the
aroma of the steaming beverages
Their noses never go back on them
Samplers Of wines and ofcoffee rely
upon the nose, and it is the same
way with sugar men. The expert
sugar broker trades on the Judgment
of his nose, and he rarely gets left.
There are sharp and thin noses
that seem to belong to mean men.
There are proud noses that seem to
tell of better days, even worn by
shabby people. There are impudent
noses that seem to turn up at every
thing, to carry an air of defiance.
There are noses one wants to pull.
and Others the pugilists want to
flatten. There are the beautiful red
noses that are the result of much
constant drinking and care and anx.
Gus sOlicitude. The red, red nose.
that blooms in the spring, blooms
also in the summer and winter. II
has come to stay. 1t blossoms and