The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1890-01-10
ALL ABOUT THE NOSE.
HOW AN ORGAN MARKS THE Pc
cULlARlTlES OF RACES.


Remarkable for Their Noses Moham-
med's Beak-Nspoieon's Views on Nasal
Organs-Cutting on Noses as Punishment.
The nose forms one Of the characteristic
features Of the human face; and the more
one studies it the more he will appreciate its
importance. There are fourteen bones in the
nose and mass OF cartilages which are ossi-
fled into immovable rigidity. 1t is an un-
bending nose; it will domineer; it will die
tate; il will subdue. There are no two noses
alike, but all noses have many things in com
mon. For example, all noses sneeze snarl,
snuff, snore, snort, sneer, sniff, shuttle, snig
ger and sniyel. Noses mark the peculiaglties
Of races and the graduations Of society. The
noses Of Australians, the E>quimauN aud the
negroes-broad, Hat and weak-mark their
mental and moral characteristics. The strik-
ing difference between the African negro and
the North American Indian is sculptured on
their noses. The Caucasian has prominent
and we'll defined nose. and he leads in sub
DUNG the world
The Chinese have bad noses, and they are
intellectually IA superior race, but they are
not really proper exception, for they tiatten
the noses Of their children in infancy. They
have cultivated small and fat noses for gen
crations upon some absurd notion that the
eyes are the more important, and should not
be obScured 10y the nose You can also see
how the nose marks some of the gradations
OF society around you. Look at the concave
faces Of the low and ignorant, those whom
you are sure % find OF mornings in the police
courts, aud who adorn the cells Of our pris-
ons. You cannot for moment associate
beauty, 'alor, genius or intellectual power
with such noses.
II YOU look at the progress Of the individ-
ual life, the contour of the nose marks all its
stages Who ever saw baby with "A Roman
or aquiline nose, or even a Greciani The
baby nose is "A little snub, the nose Of weak
ness and undevelopment. The child's nose
keeps its inward curve; in youth it straight
ems, and then comes, in certain characters
and races tie bold outward curve Of the
aquiline or the stronger prominence Of the
Roman II may stop at any point IN this
march Of progress and present "A case Of ar
rested development. And we all feel instinct
lively that certain shaped nose is the proper
index of a certain character
AMONG THE ANCIESTs.
Almost all great men have been remarka-
bile for their noses, either rs 10 shape or size
or color Scipio Nasca derived his name
from the prominent share Of this feature
possessed 10y him; the immortal Ovid, sur
named Naso, was Mr. Nosey, or bottle nose
Socrates had a snub, but he was frank enough
% admit that in his heart he was "A very bad
man. Training did much for him, as 1t does
for anybody; but "A man who enters life with
a snub is seriously handicapped. In the med
ais Of Cyrus and Artaxerxes the tips of their
noses come clear out to the rim Of the coin
Antiochus VIII was an imposing prince
y
was as big and hooked as n vulture's beak.
But then the ancient Persians permitted only
the owners of large noses 10 enjoy royal hon
ors. Numa's nose was six inches in length
whence he obtained his surname Of Pompilius
as being the owner of "A superative nose
Lycurgus and Solon, according 10 Plutarch,
were distinguished in the same manner.
Mohammed's nose must have been n curl
osity. 1t was so curved the point seemed 10
be endeavorng 10 insert itself between his
lips. \ later time and phenomenal nose
must have been that Of the Great Frederick
Iavater offered To wager his reputation that
bindfolded lac could tell IL out Of 10 900
c her noses by simply taking 1t between his
thumb and forciinger The nose Of the En-
pcror Ludolph Of Austria saved his life in an
odd kind Of way. During one Of his cam
paigns troop Of knights entered into "A con-
spiracy 10 kill him. \ peasant who was en-.
plOycd about the tents Of the cOnspratOrs one
evening overheard them say: Tomorrow
wen surprise old big nose and cut him 10
pieces After his work was over the peas
ant started out 10 visit some friends in an
other part Of the camp. The emperor, who
was going about with some of his knights,
meeting the man, asked who he was aud
what was going on in his part Of the camp
He innoccutly tJd that there would be fun
next morning, as they were going 10 cut a
big nose in pieces. But they had not even a
chance b. get out OF bed next morning
The French and, indeed, all the other Latin
races, are remarkably "nosy." Napoleon
Is nose was exquisitely chiseled sculptur-
esque in mold, form and expression. He was
won't 10 say, Give me a man with plenty Of
nose" He little dreamed that he was des
tined TO 10 be bafiled by people-the Rus
slams whose noses were well nigh level with
their faces, and that his ultimate victor was
10 be a man with the most prominent nose in
Europe-Arthur, Duke Of Wellington. The
Parisians called Napoleon III "Grosbecr
Nosey. Alexander the Great had a large
nose 50 had Rcheleu and Cardinal Wolsey
Look at the portrait Of Washington. All
that is great in firmnes,, patience and hero
ism is stamped upon his nose, which Is the
true aquline Julius Cgsar', nose was Of the
same type, and he possessed the same charac-
teristics 81 patient courage and heroic firm
ness that belonged % Washington.
The wide nOstrilNd nose betokens strong
power Of thought and love for serious medi.
tation, and these you see in the portraits Of
Shakespeare, Bacon, Franklin aud Dr. John.
son, and others of our great students and
writers GibbOn had hardly any nose at all
He had a wee, little protuberance in the
middle of his face which, by courtesy, was
called n nose. but il was hardly discernible,
set in between two enormous chesSs Tycho
Brahe lost his nose in a duel and wore
golden one. which be attached % his face
with n cement which he always carried about
Raneses II used - cut of the nose 81 any
subject accused Of talking treason against
him. Actlsaucs another ruler Of Egypt, had
a novel way of Furnishing robbers lie cut
OF their np-.s aud colonized them-the rob
bers-in a desert place, which he called
RhIn0c0nun, from the nature of the punish
mcut % its citizens. On the other hand, and
more humane, perhaps, was his punishment
Of dishonest butchers. IL was unique. a
hook was put through their noe and a piece
Of meat was hung upon H.
In 1911 Charles III had the nose Of Lord
Coventry. keeper of the seal Of England, cut
OF. because he dared % ask in parliament an
inquisitiye question about some actresses u
the day Later, Frederick the Great had
noblemans nose cut OF because be protested
openly that be had ueen enrolled in the army
through fraud. Criminals have been known
% cut OF their noses % escape detection.
Making a new nose has often been performed