The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-10
THE MILAN NOSE CONTEST,
Twcnty-Threc Smcllers in Line-lta'-
i'm Rnsnect for Big Noses.

Twcnty-Threc Smcllers i'm Line-ltnl-
ion Rrsnect for Big Noses.
Tho nose has at all periods or their
history possessed n peculiar significance
for Italians As symbol Of Intelligence
II figures in familiar sneech ancient ana
modern. n homo nasutisslmus being Gen
ecs's equivalent for very clever man
and Naso a name held In honor by the
Otacillan. Octavian Ovidian and Noco-
nfan gems while Nasica was n cognomen
OF the Scipios. one OF whom. Publlus
Scipio Nasica. was, as the most Nlrtuous
man In the State, chosen TO accompany
the image Of the Mater Idaea TO Rome.
In the Italy Of to-day aver naso and
esser di buon naso TO have nose 10 be OF
good nosc). are the nrst o, series OF
phrases all turning on that feature In the
symbolic sense and giving rise 70 pro-
verbs infinite In the variety Of their APP
plicauon. Tho great Napoleon was true
10 his Italian origin I'm his preference for
big nose" and the late Lord Beacons-
field descended from the Venetian Jews.
never concealed his scorn for the FIAT
nosed Frank" He held in fact, that 20
Re sinus was tie hr5t step toward being
r simia or ape-d "retrOcessiOn in eNolu-
ton" admitted by some among the
facts for Darwin" Such a horror have
Italians of any lesion costing the face It's
nose or robbing the latter Of rs due pro-
portions that rhinoplasty among them has
long been one Of the surgical fine arts.
and the great Bolcgneso anatomst Tag
lilcoZzi 1916 $50 has for all time given
his name to an ingenious method OF re-
placing tho feature when lost quite in
keeping therefore with all precedent as
well as with the fitness Of things. IL Is In
italy that we find the "cut Of the nose
as vital as ever, insomuch that within the
last seven years she has had two Con-
corsi oil NJsi Cor nose competitlOns), in
which the owners Of all The features re-
ceived prizes according as they could pre-
sent it in its greatest perfection as re-
CARDS tyne. size beauty and ofactory
power The former Of these concorsi was
held in 1871 al Padua on The initiative Of
the students Of that medical school and
the citizens were invited. by universal
suffrage and secret voting. 30 name the
pOssCssOrs OF mast plu syiluppau ris-
petlaEiii moses the most pronounced and
respectable OF the ancient Venetian town.
The prizes consisting OF pocket hand
kerchefs and snun boxes. were in due
course awarded by plurality OF votes.
AT Milan and quite recently, a much
peter ordered ana more CONCLUSIVE tpiu-
petition OF the same kind has just come
OF. the whole proceedings being con-
trolled by a committee and tho 'examina-
tons conducted In a NasOtcca furnished
with drawings and water cO!Ors OF heads
well provided with noses. such as would
have giaddened the artistic sense OF VIII
liamHOgarth. The competitors numbered
thirty-six, but not more than twenty-three
appeared before the examiners. The first
prize gold medal was won by Nene-
tlan, Fortunate Mlchielutu by name, a
vender OF lucifers, whose nose was found
TO be OF formidable proportions, long,
well pronounced. aggressive. trenchant
like a knife blade" The second prize fell
10 one Antonio Pozzi, possessed Of nose
"domlncerlng. assuming. with nostriis
wide and cavernous." The award for hts
was q medal in enamel. while the third
prize a silver medal OF the first order. was
adiudged 20 Carlo Ascani for the refined
symmetrical proportions Of his nasal tea-
ture. The last two prizes. silver medals
OF the second and third orders respective
IL. were given for a nose without preten-
sion. ingenious. but solid and well plant
"a" and for one considerable. regu ar.
and worthy Of respect" The Candida es
who were unsuccessful-perhaps plough
ed-' would be a more suggestive word
shared the festivities with which the COM
mittee concluded its labors, and so the
Concorso ~ Nasi became thing or the
past till the Buon-temponi lmerry MAJ
ers) OF future year or another city thlnk
~ TO revive tha harmless competi'lon'-
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