The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-18

PEOPLES NOSES TELL THEIR CHARACTER.

LUZ IL " lNOOLO /
WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
"As plain as the nose on your face" says
the proverb.
Just how plain you DO not realize. perhaps.
until you have seen . man without onel
He may lack an eye. an ear. an arm and
pass unnoticed. but without a nose-neveri
For hi organ IL the salient feature Of .
face. The fourteen small bones that. with
the mass Of cartilage. go to compose It are
nodded into every conceivable form. Look
about you to see II you can discover any
two noses alike. You cannot do It.
Yet they all have something in common
me Troy Times once said that they can all
sneeze. snarl. snuff. snore. snort. sheer.
saniff. snufhe. Singer and SWIVEL.
The naughty Roman nose subdues. 1t COM
pels. It domineers. The retrousse nose of
the spoiled beauty bewitches. attracts.
haunts US. The long. thin. twitching pro-
boscis Of our ancient schoolma'm freezes.
threatenA treats Of reprimands and
switches. The good old snub comforts.
cheers. invites to mirth. The toper's tells
. tale Of nosing in the beer stein: the glut-
toms CLOVIS from many and fine dinners.
The lawyers is nervous. expressive. with
dilating n~ostril; the Doctors. scientific,
s~snignant; the schoolboy's. inquisitive.
In no way does the growth Of the human
animal show such q change as in the de-
Selopmsnt Of that one organ.
The babe Is born with a bump In the mid
de of his soft face. Pretty soon the bump
0frofnhna a hSf hnt al ,L .L;Ih-Nl
the nose has IN inward curve.
Later It IL . planting ground for freckles,
then II straightens out. and At II or Il al
most runs away with Tommy. 1t 10 then
Ahead Of the body In growth. but 1t begins
70 lake on some character and decides
whether 1t IL to be ~aQuiline. knobbed or tip
tilted"
a the characteristics Of people. all grads.
paons OF society. all peculiarities Of race,
aoes this expressive feature mark. A morn
ing at the Police Court will reveal marvels
In nose lore. Could you possibly associate
culture or morality with those concaye.
crooked. misshapen objects? What tales
they tell Of the lower life! Seldom indeed
IL a truly fine nose seen In the ',submerSed
tenth"
Besides this. caste differences. racial
markings are also eloquent. The weak I'M
developed organs of the Bushmen ana Eskf-
mos Indicate the rank of the owners I'm the
worios progression. Far more loudIv than
tongues do the fiat noses of the African
ana the highly aquiline ones of the Ameri-
can Indians proclaim their nature-tbe arst
DO sluggish q people. the second spirited.
free.
Inc Chinese iatten the noses OF their
saoes because they have a ridiculous idea
ina tne nose should be less important than
shs eyes. For centuries they have Guilt
waited That ugly shape, and SO the Chinese
nose 10 really no criterion OF their charac-
ter. for Intellectually they are a superior
race.
The German usually owns a feshy. COM
eortable-looking, self-satisfied article. The
1rtshman Tits his to the skies. and II Is a,
funny a. his wit The French are a '.nosy'
people. too. but there is a d~elicacy. q
piquancy inscribed thereon that Is a quality
q their mentality.
Broadly speaking. the Caucasian nose II
the superior OF all others. II one follow
his nose" the Caucasian leads the world.
Nearly all our great men" have been re-
Variable for their noses In some way. Mo-
manned. for instance. His nose was almost
Q beak-it seemed to try to reach his chin.
Then the immortal Ovid was called by the
vrsvsrent "Mr. Nosy" or Naso. Napoleon
N suffered the same scor, 'Grosbec" or
NoA. "
The Great Napoleon" had an exclusively
sbiseled nose himself. and was wont to say.
give mo . man with plenty Of nose" For
hume answered his prayer. although hardly
In the way he wished. for Wellington was
thrown across his path-the owner of the
most prominent nose In EuropeI
Richelieu. Wolsey. Bacon, Franklin. al
had large nostrfled noses. betokening strons
power Of thought and love of serious medi.
Ito Our Washington had nobility OF
purpose n heroism plainly stamped on his,
Cassars was much the same type. Glad
stone ewnsd Q generous. broad minded
nooa.
Once great nose saved Q great life, and
It was In this wise: Rudolph Of Austria. he
ef the big nose. reused the enmity of some
Of his knights. and they decided to stay
him. One night Q peasant working neal
their tents overheard them say: Tomorrow
ven surprise old Big Nose end cut him &c
yteoea" Presently a. the peasant was or
bis way to another part Of the camp-fol
lAio happened during q campaign-he waa
inst ~ the Emperor taking an evening
walk to inspect his army. Rudolph asked
Aim what wa going on in his part Of the
camp. 1he man innocently answered this
shsrs would Be great fun next morning, fol
they were going to cut . big nose in pieces.
Il n needless to say that there was nc
s.nsxk mornlns'' Tor the conspirstors.
Frederick the Greats nose was 30 re-
1arkabie that Layater offered to bet his