The herald., 1896-01-26
They Tell Many Secrets,
if You Can But Read
Them
SOME VERY FAMOUS EARS
What a Beautiful Ear Did for a New
York Girl-Artis!ic, Musical,
Financial and Saga
ciOus Ears

New YORK, Jan. 20.-"The girl with
the prettiest ear in New York.
When it is remembered that this
means an ear of such excessive beauty
that it can be distinguished from the
other four million ears in town, it is
quite apparent that it must be some
thing truly remarkable. And 80 it is.
In the first place. it made the girl with
the prettiest ear in New York the soci
ETY. beauty Of the season. She was and
is beautiful otherwise, but it was her
lovely ears which first gave her fame
and practically opened the doors Of
swelldom for her.
Pretty nearly every one has heard of
Mabel Wright. Just now she is trying
to make people forget all about her
because not many months back she
became the wife of Count Bella Zichy.
Such rapid matrimonial changes are
apt to cause embarrassments. For the
next year or SO New Workers will see
very little of Mabel Wright and her
beautiful ears, as she will live in Vien-
ma, where her titled husband has fine
home.
Whether Count Bella Zichy, like
swelldom, fell in love with Mabel
Wright's ears is a question To de-
scribe these ears the flowery language
Of the sentimental novelist should be
employed, because all of their heroines
have delicate, pink, shell-like ears.
That, in a measure, describes the ears
of the Countess Zichy, but it does not
do them justice.
Some people who have made study
of the matter claim that the ear is
true indicator of character. Accord
ing to their way of reasoning, the ears
of the Countess Zichy and those of
other society women would tell many
remarkable things. In the first place,
the ear of the Countess Zichy is the
artistic ear. There is very little differ
ence in the formation between the ar
tistic ear and the musical ear. The
skin is thin and fine, and the bell or
concha broader and deeper than in the
average ear. The cartilaginous struct-
ure of the ear is very elastic, indicating
q senitive, highly strung nature.
It is not inconsistent that the Count
ess of Zichy should have the artistic
ear. 1t is not generally known that
prior to her debut as society girl she
made study of designing and earned
a good income. Her father is a de-
signer, and she probably inherited the
art. None Of her family ever imagined
that she would one day shine in swell
With e%fssatt6,, and aEHd"i !" |" Gakeg 1rhDrdspea
wealth for a newcomer to get into the
magic circle. But then she had the
most beautiful ears that New York
had ever seen, and that solved the
problem. She devoted her artistic
knowledge to the designing of day and
evening costumes, and the delicate
blending of the colors put to shame
the $1,000 creations imported from
Paris by richer but less beautiful girls.
OF the reigning beauties today, Miss
Kittie Duer can claim the honor OF
having the prettiest of ears. Her eyes
and neck and complexion are all un
commonly fine, and the gilded young
bucks are ready and willing to worship
any or all of them.
Miss Duer's ears, judged scien-
tifically, are indicative of many things.
They are dainty, clinging close to the
head and sometimes are half obscured
by the waves of brown hair ripping
over them. The bell is we'll auted,
showing strong mental development,
and the color is we'll defined pink, in
dicating perfect health and vigorous
circulation of the blood. The cartilage
is thin and elastic, displaying versa
tility and quickness of perception.
Miss Virginia Fairs ears are another