New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-09-02
cONToRTloNs OF THE FACE.
noses and Other Features Distorted by
tho Force of Habit.

tho Force of Habit.
'Did you ever take notice how COM
monty addicted people are to making
facesP" said a philosopher at the Co.'S
mos club to a writer for the Washing
lngton Star. s'Observe the persons you
meet in the course Of any day and you
Will hardly find one of ten who is not
more or less given to grimacing in
cldentally to conversation. Some
screw their mouths up in an unnatural
way, others constantly wrinkle their
toreheads, and so on with all sorts of
absurd and unnecessary distortions of
feature, Habits of this sort are yerv
undesirable, not only because they are
ugly but also for the reason that they
make wrinkles and permanently affect
the expression. Often do l see a really
pretty girl actually make herself
hldeous for the moment by a facial
contortion which is intended to signify
intense interest, emphasis, surprise or
what not. This is the age of nerves.
ana nothing is more readily acquired
imam such nervous tricks as these.
1hey ought not to be permitted.
II would suggest that in everv
family the members should take notice
OF such little tricks in one another and
correct them by gentle suggestion. I
lave found that method entirely sue
cess1ul IN my own household. Habits
OF the Kind are usually altogether un-
conscious, and the victim is likely to
oe glad OF q means of correction. It
IS wonderful how they grow upon one,
and 1t is the easiest thing in the world
TO acquire them from others by SYM
pathetic imitation. The sort of mutual
suggestion 1 speak of among members
Oh a family does not partake of the
spirit OF unamiable criticism which I
nave seen exhibited in so MANY do
nestle establishments, where ungentle
comments are banded about regarding
the features and other physical attri-
Dutes OF this one and that''
Particularly noses.''
YES, noses always seem to be a
topic of dispute in households The
feature is the most conspicuous and is
SUBJECT to the greatest eccentricities of
shape Did you ever notice how few
persons nasal organs are set straight
upon their faces? Walk along F
street or Pennsylvania avenue with an
observing eye and you will see that
very nearly all the people you meet
nave noses ths t are twisted to one
SIDE. But the most curious thing is
that 900 out of every 1000 noses are
inclined in the same direction-name-
RIO Ac
make out, our noses are to a consider
able extent what we make them. No
two people use their handkerchiefs in
quite the same manner A, whose
nose IS decided snub habitually
wipes it slzyward, while B encourages
the downward inclination of his pro-
boscis with vigorous pulls at the end.
They do this quite unconsciously, but
the repetition Of the operation many
times a day from early childhood must
gradually affect the contour Of the part
as the tleshy tissues and cartilage
grow and harden.
IL once knew an old lady whose
children had all Of them remarkably
shaped noses, and she asserted that
she had made them what they were by
pinching the organs often during
babyhood to prevent them from
spreading You will notice that the
victim of catarrhal trouble is likely tc
have nose with a slightly dubious
extremity, the result of unmercifu
tweakings, and so it is with every one
who abuses this useful gift Of nature,
the deformity corresponding with the
r4,-1, ~ ton 10 :.
subjected The almost invariab1e in.
clination Of the nose to the right is
presumable due, as | was told, to the
practice of manipulating the smelling
apparatus with the right hand So,
YOU see if we are not to reconcile our
selves to crooked noses we must be
careful how we pull them and cult
waite from ,early youth a convenient
bideXtrousness in the use Of the
mOuchOir.