The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-01-02
SPEAKING or NOSES.
WHAT vARIous SIZES ANo sHApss
ARE SAID 70 INDICATE.

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Will. n n time that anna manila NJ :.
.osea tbst looL A. Il thev ala MI belons
IN their wearers and seem siwavs IRWIN
"a eet rid ~ them--vitness Cvrano ds
Berserac-it Il Also true that there ~,
innumerable instances where the feature
essimilates with character and harmo.
nizes with the whole form and pl,ysioeuo.
nv. History teens with illustrations 81
this fact.
When Socrates was called sot on &C.
count Of his nose, he acknowledged Ii
Language was q true index to his natural
character. Space between the eyes, which
( Ia filled BY the upper nasal extremity, in
dicates the organ Of form or power OF
correctly Judging local distance and con.
ditions. 1t was remarkably wide In
Washinrton's head. GOuyerneyr Morris,
one OF the most impressive elocutionists
of our Revolutionary era, had promi-
pent and expansive nose, which gave I
sonorous emphasis to bis voice.
Frauklin's nose was said by phrenolo-
gists to illustrate the economical instinct
embodied so famously In poor Rich
ard" The chivalric temper of Henry
Clay was evident in bis nose. 80 was
that of Alexander Hamilton. Tom
Paine's grossness as well as mental vigor
was symbolzed in this feature, and 80
were the strong but unrefined procliyi-
ties Of Gilbert Stuart. Voltaire's nose
would seem to be turned I'D at all crea-
tion and shutting a paradox.
Layater calls the nose the "seat Of de-
rision." He saws a beautiful one Is
never found In a countenance otherwise
uely. and he considers It ian abutment Of
the broin" and. like the arch in Gothic
buildings. the essential feature, He de.
clares:
~ have never seen nose with a broad
hack that did not belong to an extraor-
binary man. such as Swift, Caesar Bor-
Gin Titan. etc. Small nostrils are an in
Sub;tahle sian of unenterprising timidity;
the omen. breathing nostrils, Of sensibil-
;tv"
A Inter and moro analytic writer finds
infinite shades of meaning in the shapes
md size Of the nose. The first ridge, lust
above the ton for instance. according to
his observation. ia the sign OF self de-
Tense and IL large In controversial men,,
Rv Tho lengtb of tho nose from the root
downward ot n right angle. he estimst es
tbe tendency to suspicion.
Whether one acuuiesces in such details
NJ nasal language. there ia no doubt that
ooraroI force of character ia associated
With a cartoin strength In this feature of
tbe face The Roman oouiline nose Ia
;dert;f;ed commonly With hirb birth or in
telloctuaj v;oor the SINH with nIebeians.
Tho Rardalnh with erossness. the re.
frousse with fun. the fexible postril with
roel;ng tho broad with courage and the
;nJontod With sons;t;yeneas
A c;nder In the owe or a emf lin excites
con,m;oor,t;on hut on accident tn the
noso nroyokes q laugh Even common
norlance seems to have singled ont the
+amnt or at least rjd;cule "Follow vour
nosnr, ia tho wotchword to imnertinent
c;coror; md IN ha "led hv the nose, is a
SYNONYM for imhec;l;tv "Nose ont ~
Joint" Is the approved phrase for discom-
ftnre When n man il too nlebeian for a
cbollapve and too insign;t;cant IN be aoy-
God tho common method Of punishment
Is To tweak his nose.
"I'll slit tho villains nosev' IN the low
est Of threats. To turn mn the nose Mt
an object suggests contcmpt ton small
for indienation' to Law one finger on the
nose and eyrote all four with the thumb
for a piyot are vulgar comic gestures,
and tins this feature of the human face
seems, by universal consent, to be asso-
ciated with the ridiculous and mean
phases and forms of life. Wby Is this?
Partly because occupying the center of
the physlognomy and being the most
prominent nointtberein, its least singular
ity breaks up the harmony Of the whole:
partly because 1t Is the most passive vet
ostentatious of the features and finally
because its character. being indicated by
form-without mobility. like the mouth.
and changes of tint and size. like the eve.
has n certain fixed emphasis which
proyokes attention. Hence they are for.
tunate whose noses have nm average tyne
and no special mold whereby they es-
cane scrutiny.
If one turns from the form to the use
Of the nose. one will find somewhat Of the
same dcnrecotory estimate. To smell out
a thing. for example, is figure of speech
which sayors of indignity. 1t has none
Of the perspicacity of vision or the deli
cacy of touch. Smell Is a sense wherein
the animals are often our superiors.
which NAV in a degree account for this
comparative disrespect. II Is the sense
least Wanted MS A distinction of humaui.
~ Even ShrIock appeals to the ewes
and hands. hut is silent about noses,