The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-10-09
The Nose in History.


Noses have played no insignificant part.
both in history and fiction. julius Cae-
sar liked 10 have fat and sleek men about
him. but Napoleon preferred oig-nosed
men The nose. he declared was the
foundation OF the brain. and men with
large noses had good intelIectS. and there
fore would be good advisers and servants
AL his marshals were men with large
and prominent noses. as anyone can see
from their portraits.
Napoleon's nose was large and well
shaped and handsome. but OF no distinct
type being neither Roman nor Grecian-
WaShingtons nose was distinctly aauil-
ne, indicating the heroic firmneSS of char
acter and unconQuerable viii that We
know he possessed The same Is seen in
Wellington. who had the same charac-
ter1sucs.
Examine the portraits OF Bacon. Shakes
peare. DR.. johnson. Franklin. DR.. Rush
and Emerson. and their noses will be seen
to have been large and wide roStriled.
indicating studiOus and reflective habits.
Nearly all Of the American presidents
have had good noses Of the commanding
type. Mckinley has a nose OF the Napol-
comic order. indicating frmneSs Of purpose
and a mind patient sd equal 10 ardous
things.
Pascal said that II the nose OF Cleopatra
had been shorter the history OF the world
would have been changed Antony would
never have dallied with a Snub-nOSed wo-
man and sacrificed an empire for her. In
the court of Cupid the nose must not be
ignored If one would have beauty. and yet
the praise Of the nose has never been
sung by the poets My isdy's eyes and
eyebrows and cheeks and lips have all
come in for compliments, but rarely u
ever the nose That ornament OF the face.
without which the dearest love would be
hideous monster. Is never mentioned
BardoIphs nose was q perpetual subject
OF mirth for Falstan. and the fat knight
never tired of commenting upon il lie
says 10 Bardo!ph: Thou art our admiral.
thou Dearest the lantern In the poop-but
It's in the nose of thee: thou are the
knight of the Burning Lamp"
Why, Sir John" replies Bardolph, my
face does you no harm"
No. III be sworn; make as good use
OF II as many a man doth of 4 deaths
head or a memento mori: never see TINS
face but l think upon he'll fire and Dives
that lived In purple. for there he is in
robes. burning, burning When thou
rams up Gads-hin in the night 10 catch
my horse. If l did not think thou hads st
-
tilere's no purchase in money o. thou
art a perpetual triumph. ar everlasting
bonfire light. Thou hast saved me a thou
sand marks in links and torches walk
ing with thee in the night betwiXt tavern
and tavern. but the sack thou hast drunk
me would have bought me lights as good
cheap at the dearest chambers in EU-
rope.
OF proverbical expressions. as in a nose
of wax" Ito stick ones nose into other
peoples business" OF ito cut of the nose
to spite the face or Ito be as happy as
a dog that has broken his nose" No one
is at a loss 10 understand these sayings.
After Goneril has taken King Lear to
task for the riotous conduct OF MS retinue
and Lear leaves her in mad passion 70
go 70 Regain. the Fool asks him. Thou
canst tell why ones nose stands in the
middle ones face?"
NO"
why, 10 keep ones eyes of either sides
nose; that what a man cannot smell out
he may spy into"
The wisdom OF the remark was too iate
for poor Lear. who had already divided
his kingdom between his migrate daugh-
tiers.
The Chinese have no respect for the
nose. and it is said iatten that organ in
their infants 50 that it may not become
prominent They think a big nose Is a
disgraceful deforrnisy.