Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-02-28
NOSES AND OTHER FEATURES.
To Some Eztest Every One May Make Ms
Own Nc He Likes.

40 some Extent Every One May Make Ms
Own Ne He Likes.
ssnID YOU EVER TAKE NOTICE HOW
~ commonly addicted people are to
making faces?" said philosopher at the Cos
mos Club to writer fer TIE STAR. "Observe
the persons you meet in the course OF any day
and you will hardly find one out of ten who is
not more or less given to grimacing incident
ally to conversation. Some screw their mouths
up in an unnatural way, others constantly
| wrinkle their forehoatls, and DO on with all
sorts Of absurd aud unnecessary distortions of
feature. Habits Of ths sort are very unlesir-
able, not ONLY because they are ugly, but also
for the reason that they make wrinkles and
permanently affect the expression. Often do /
zee really pretty girl actually make herself
hidsous for the moment by a facial contortion
which is intended TO signify intense interest,
emphasis, surprise or what not. This is the
nse OF nerves. and nothing is more readily &C.
quired than such nervous tricks No these. They
ought not to be permitted"
'Sut how prevent them?'
81 Tould suggcs. that in every family the
members should take notice OF such little tricks
In enc another and correct them by gentle sug-
gesti0n. l have found that method entirely
successful in my own household. Habits of
the Kind arc usually altogether unconscious.
and the victim IL likely to be glad of means Of
correction. 1t il wonderful how they grow
upon one. and il is the easiest thing in the
world to acquire them from others 10y sympa-
tiietic imitation. The sort of mutual sugges-
ton speak OF among members OF u family
criticism which I have seen exhibited in 20
many domestic establishments, where ungcn-
tie comments are banded about regarding the
features and other physical attributes OF this
one aud that
"Particu;arly noses"
''Yes. noses always seem to be o topic of dis
pute in households. The feature is the most
conspicuous and is subject TO the greatest &C.
cehtricities OF shape. Did You ever notice how
few persons nasal organs are set straight upon
their faces? Walk along street or Pennsyl
vania avenue with an observing eve and You
will see that very nearly all the people you
meet have noses that are twisted to one si,le.
But the most curious thing 10 that Jyy out of every
900 noses inclined i'll the same aiirectiou-
namely to the right. | once asked q distin-
guished physioloRist why this was and nc
said that Il was because people, a rule, blew
their noses with their right hands. As well as
can make out, our noses are to considerable
extent what we make them. No two people
"se their handkerchieIs III quite the samc man
mr.. A. whose nose is II decided snub, habitu-
i..iy wipes 1t skywsrd. while u encourages tn,
downward inclination OF his proboscis with
vigorous pulls at the end. They do this quite
anconsciolsls, but the repetition of the opera
ton many times day, from early
childhood. must gradually AFFECT the contour
of the part NJ tho aeshy sissues and cartilage
grow and harden. 1 once knew old lady
whose children had all OF them remarkably
well-shaped noses, and she asserted that she
Ind made them what they were by pinching
the organs often daring baby hood, in order to
prevent them from spreading. You will notice
that the victim OF catarrhal trouble is likely to
have nose with a slightly dubious extremity,
the result of unmerciful tweakings, and SO it is
with every one who abuses this useful gift of
nature. the deformity corresponding with the
style Of torture to which the nose is subjected.
The almost invariable inclination OF the nose
to the right ia presumably due, as was told.
to the practice of manipulating the smelling
apparatus with the right hand. So, you see. II
we are not to reconcile ourselves to crooked
noses we must be careful how we pull them
and must cultivate from early youth con-
venient ambidextrousness in the use Of the
mouchoir."