The morning times., 1895-07-07
Plain Talks
About Beauty
CORRECTING DEFECTS OF THE
NOSE AND EAR.
A Beautiful Nose Is a Great
Ornament-Perfect
Ears.
Copyright, 1895, by Diane de Morney.)

Copyright, 1895, by Diane de Morney.)
The most perfectly modelled nose is a
trial, if il has the habit of getting spotty,
or turning red, with or without apparent
revocation. ] do not know OF anything
more vexatiouS to womankind than a red,
blotchy, or shining nose. Usually, although
1t is difficult to impress the fact upon the
afflicted woman, red or blotchy noses are
the result of some excess or carelessness,
often aggravated until there is a wel-de-
fined malady which must he cured before
the blush win fade or the eruption disap-
pear. Acidity OF the stomach, Indigestion,
dyspepsia, poor circulation, all mean more
or less congestion, and frequently the
blotchy or fiery nose is the outward sign
OF an inward stomach arrangement. Acid
ity Of the stomach is very disagreeable to
bear. and destructive in its effects upon the
IcompleXion. In its early stages, it may
often be controlled by the folio wig
Half teaspoonful Of sulphate of soda
Dissolve in half a tumbler of boiling hot
water; drink as hot as you can one hour
before breakfast; repeat the dose in thirty
minutes.
Pure water, drank a IS hot as possible, sew
eral glasses day, Will often without med
icine at all, cure this form Of Indigestion.
Tight lacing-tght clothing OF any kind
any structure, in fact win some time pro-
duce red or blotchy nose, and il seems su-
peTfluous to advise an inch or two to the
waist measure, or looser shoes TO the Euf-
| ferer. Local irritation Will also cause in
| famed nostrils, and. ofcourse, the influenza,
rose fever and that hideous epidemic
| called hay fever have their accompaniment
| of weeping, inflamed noses and eyes
| Change OF climate, ii is conceded, is the only
| escape from this yearly martyrdom, but
| have seen wonderful effects produced in
cases OF chronic rose and hay fever by the
use OF compound oxygen taken through
carafe of carbonated water.
| Sometimes intense itching OF the nose
is caused 10y internal trouble, which ac-
cording to DR.. Augagnem, a ell-known
| French dermatoogist, may frequently be
cured by the folio wing:
| SYRUP FOR REDNESS AND ITCHING
OF THE SKIN.
Picnic acid (crystalsl-5 grammes.
Pure glycerine-enough to dissolve.
Syrup OF orange peel-4OO grammes.
Dose for an adult, one teaspoonful twice
daily.
This same prescription with the picnic
acid diminished to three grammes is, ac-
! cordlng to Augagnem, excellent for pruri-
| tus or eczema in children.
Let my readers who are troubled with
| poor circulation and red noses try the fol-
| lowing most successful and agreeable treat
ment. 1t consists of what the French call
an aromatic bath, with massage after.
FOR AROMATIC BATH.
Rosemary teps-l ,000 grammes
Boiling water-1O quarts.
Bicarbonate of soda-25o grammes.
| Make an infusion of the leaves and boil
! ing water; let stand half an hour: strain:
| add the soda, and pour all into the warm
! water prepared for the bath. This bath is
calamative. 1t should be taken warm.
Shiny, oily noses may be often cured by
bathing the entire face daily with a weak
solution of soda water Use common wash
! ing soda-a bit about the size Of a filbert
| to, say, a quart OF warm water The circu-
| lation is always at fault in these cases, and
! sensible women who have troublesome
noses are asked to take plenty of fresh air
! and exercise and eschew all highly spiced
! food. Use your scrubbing brushes on re-
| fractory noses. 1t VIII make them redder
| for few days, but it will help in their
| cure finally.
| POSSIBILITY OF RESHAPING 4 NOSE.
/ have received a letter from a reader
| of the Beauty Talks, which it is pertinent
| TO refer to. She says: II am a very good
| looking woman, or should be, but about fif-
| teen years ago, when l was little girl OF
! ten, fell While skating and broke my nose
| 1t was not properly set, and it is now
| almost deformity. / am assured it can
i De made straight, but | would like YOU to
! tell me honestly if you think it really can
be made over into a nice nose" l certainly
| do, for l have seen the operation per-
| formed, but for all such operations YOU
| should carefully select an expert surgeon
! Consult your family physician, who will
| very likely tell you to let well enough
! alone Insist that it is not well enough
until it is as straight as it can be made,
and get him to tell you the name of the
| most skillful surgeon within your reach.
| Crooked noses can unquestionably be made
| straight even after maturity, and in early
! childhood, owing to the soft nature of the
cartiages that form the nostrils, the shape
Of the lower part of the nose may be
much improved by gentle daily pressure.
| a beautiful nose is the greatest possible
| ornament TO the face of a woman, and SO
| rare that it eXcites the admiration at
once. Lavater, the physiognomist, de-
| clared that there were thousands of
beautiful eyes to one handsome nose 1t
is a somewhat singular fact that only
| about three in every hundred noses are
TO be found where they belong-in the
middle of the face; the ninety seven will
| dgTess from the perpendicular line which
the bridge should form from a straight
line drawn exactly between the eyes
The Greek nose, which is the most beauti-
full. is so rare that artists have frequently
looked in vain for a Greek nosed model.
AN AMUSING EXPERIENCE.
! was crossing the ocean some years ago
and could not but remark the curious
manner in which one of the passengers
appeared to follow lady acquaintance
who sat near me at table. The man was
finally presented to me as Mr.. Blank, a
distinguished foreign painter. About forty
seconds after he had been introduced to
me he said: Madame, could you present
me to your friend? l have never seen
such a nose on q woman's face. l would
give a year of my life for a model with
such a nose. / have not been able TO take
my eyes from madame's face since she
came on board the ship"
1t was true; the lady did have a beauti
full Greek nose, and the strangers pecu
liar manner arose from the ardor of the
artist who had never before, he assured
us, seen a perfect nose of Greek form.
presented the painter to the lady, and the
remainder of the voyage he amused us al
by his evident alteration of the perfect
nose.
We cannot all have Greek noses, but the
coming generation need none of them have
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