Morning journal and courier., 1892-02-05
HINTS TO SNUB.NOSED GIRLS. Miss J Julia Marlove Changes Her Re.
 trousse to Grecian.


 For health on Juas check hath shed
 Claret and cream commingled;
 And those, her lips, do now appear
 AS beams of coral, but more clear.
 -Herrick.
 Robert Herrick, the poet and contsmpo- rary on Shakespeare, in his volume, enti- tied "Hesperides," indicted no less than 20 poems to "Julia."
 Among them is one to "Julia's Breath, J one to "Julia's Voice." another to her hair, one to her clothes in general, and one to her petticoat in particular. There is also 8 verse to her bracelet and a couplet to her tears, and in other poems he has mentioned her cheeks, her eyes, her lips, her teeth, but not once her nose.
 Now, to Julia's nose is respectfully in. scribed this story. Not Herrick's "Julia, ' but four Julia"-Julia Marlowe. It is a true tale and will plant in the heart of every snub-nose girl of not too ma ture year 8 hope-the desire is always there that she likewise may in time be able to sport Grecian nasal organ.
 About 13 years ago Miss Marlowe's nose had not the clatsic contour that it now possesses. In fact from the time when, in her infancy, it assumed any shape at all, up to the age of ten, it was decided snub, pointed to ''the eternal blue" At this period she joined the forces of an amateur juvenile company, and her companions made this feature of her face something of butt for their wit and a daily subject for their jest, in a cruel and blunt way, as only children of that age can.
 The embryo star considered this grave ~. L several moons how to better it, for, after due confederation, she had decided that a dramatic heroine and such an awful snuh were not compatible, and could not climb the historic stairs together.
 At last an idea took possession of her. She would consult their doctor, who was also a surgeon, and of great repute in Gin | cinnsti. She had heard her mother say that Dr. T. had once successfully | strengthened a boys ankle that was so twisted that it had interfered with his | walking ever since his birth. With her | juvenile logic, she reasoned that if he could | do one he could the other, and at a conven- l ient time, unknown to any of her people, she called at his office and consulted him. When she first related her trouble, the | doctor laughed good -naturedly ,snd treated | it as the fancy of little girl who felt sore ly about the ridicule of her playfellows. But when, through her tears, she told him in detail of her hopes and aspirations, | which would be entirely destroyed if the shape of her nose were not changed, and when she bravely offered to submit to hay ing the tip of 1t cut off and not cry, his ad- miration for her pluck induced him to | treat her tenderly and seriously, and he gave her to hope that this troublesome feature might be modified, as, of course, she was still far from being full grown. He then advised her to practice sleeping on her face as much as possible, and when convenient during the daytime to keep pressing and smoothing the obnoxious tip downward with her fingers. This she was l to keep up for four or five years. Until she was past sixteen years old she continued to act on the old surgeons ad- vice, and had the satisfaction of seeing the Milesian-looking member gradually assume the shape of Hebe's.
 There was one miscalculation, however that caused the young Miss Julia some trouble. For year or two after the treat ment had proven successful the force of habit made her continually want to ca ress her nose; but the same perseverance and will that had reshsped the retrousse organ soon triumphed over habit, and the South Sea island desire to rub it is now no more than normal.
 If Herrick had lived at this period he certainly would have written a sonnet to Julia's triumph over her nose.