The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-14
BEAUTY BY AID OF KNIFE
HOW HOMELY FACES ARE RE-
FORMED BY SURGEONS HELP.
Noses Made Into Improved Shapes,
Ears Set Right and Lips Given
Better Curve.
WASHINGTON Post.

Washington Post.
Probably nothing so emphasizes the prog
ress of science and the demand Of the pres
ent generation for physical beauty as the
establishment in France. England and
America of what might be termed beauty
factories" While the dermatologists of to-
day are working TO attain exactly the ex-
IRENE in effects, one is strongly reminded
OF that morbidly weird story Of Victor
Hugo. The Man Who Laughs" In fact.
the same art which in the days OF the
French novelist were used to deform and
comfort perfect features and well-formed
bodies In order to cater TO the demands OF
disgustingly morbid public is to-day en-
ployed to correct misshapen figures and abb
normal features.
A woman may be beautiful If she have a
courageous heart and a fat purse The
man with ears which suggest a bray is not
in the twentieth century compelled to carry
around with him the label OF jest. Such
ears may be set back according to the lines
of beauty and thus change the contour Of
ment.
And noses! The pug nose, the Dubious
nose, the bumped nose, the crooked nose,
nose. the uplifting or overhanging nose. if
too long or too short, are remodeled and
transformed into perfect features, which,
following the other lines of the face, remove
the greatest Irregularities. 1t is the nose
which to great extent makes or mars the
face. If homely or deformed, it cannot be
hidden or atoned for by other featural at
fractions. Its very prominence makes it of
vital Importance and the facial expression
depends largely upon IL. When well nodded
and symmetrical ii lends beauty and dis
tinction to the whole countenance. 1t has
been said that half an inch on the end of
Cleopatra's nose would have changed the
history OF the whole world. But had she
lived in the present generation she would
nave gone TO dermatologist and thus won
her Antony.
Ane one of the numerous beauty fac
tories, and we have them right here in
Washington, can do this. Humorous as it
may seem, there are many beautiful women,
society bellies and stage favorites who car
~ around chicken bones In their noses and
owe their chief charm to that fact. Be her
eyes ever SO alluring, her lips ever so red
and her cheek as delicate as the lotus
bloom, If her nose has the appearance of
having grown inward, milady can make no
claims to beauty. On the other hand, If it
has the abnormal growth attributed to
Cyrano she becomes equally as unprepos-
SesSing.
SCIENCE OF BEAUTIFYING.
Dermatology has become a science and
an art, by which the human face, be it
ever so plain, may be made almost beauti-
full. Surgical operations are frequently per-
formed in this work. Bones are removed
or made smaller, superfiuous flesh is re-
moved, and almost every feature of the
face can be added TO or taken from until
the entire face is remodeled. To be a sue
cessful dermatologist man must not only
be a surgeon, but an artist as well. He
must know at just what angle the nose
should be tilted, If at all, how much of the
lips should be taken in or let out, how
far forward or backward the ears should
be placed, what curve should be given to
the eyebrows, what droop or lifting to the
lids.
The lady with staring eyes can be cured
of that most disagreeable feature. For
this effect the lid or rather merely the
skin of the lid, is cut and a slight droop
given. If the eyes have the other ex-
IRENE and droop excessively, thus lend
ing dull, sickly expression, the fault is
corrected by an operation which draws
the lid upward. This gives animation to
the face which droopy eyes destroy.
The meeting of the eyebrows above the
nose or the lifting of the line at that point
so frequently found in maniacs or those
having tendency toward insanity, Is OBJ
| liberated by making a Slight incision in the
| skin at that point; then Ii is made to drooI
to the proper angle, and the wound is made
| to heal without scar. 1t is an estab-
lished fact that wounds over a watery
artery, that is, any part Of the body which
perspires freely, can, with the aid CT cleo.
| tricity, be healed without a scar.
Noses are rebuilt in two different ways
by the grating of a treated bone and by
the injection of fluid which solidifies and
thus forms permanent support. The
same theory which applies to placing a
silver plate over the skull, which is to-day
no uncommon occurrence, IL used in build
ing bridges for noses. However. it is very
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to reduce one. This has nevertheless beer
successfully accomplished in many cases
| The uptilted nose, for instance, is brought
| down into shape by making slight In
| of the cartilage or flesh, then drawing
in the quicker as tailor would an i'll
fitting gore The overhanging nose |.
| treated In the same way. The same theory
is applied to the broad or fiat or flabby
nose. The Roman nose Is made CreciaI
by more dihicult operation. In this cas-
been accomplished perfectly many times
| during the last few years.
BANE OF PROTRUDING EARS.
Probably no defect in the features NOR
titles a man SO much as large, protrudin,
ears. His eyes may be sQuinty, his moutl
thick and broad. his nose large and i'll
formed, his teeth may be crooked, and hi
hair red He may have all of these af
flictions and not even be conscious O
them, but If the back Of his ears have
leaning toward the front of his face it Il
sure to be his tenderest point, and he dali,
bemoans his fate.
Last year of the most devout min
listers in Washington came to me- said
| local dermatologist. He was Athlete,
| with protruding ears, and confessed to m
that he never entered the pulpit TO preacl
that he was not conscious of his deform
ity. Fight against 1t as he might, h
wondered involuntarily if his congrega
ton, or some part of It, were not laugh
ing inwardly at his ridiculous appearance
Were / not SO overpoweringly consciou
of this deformity.' he told me- believe
could really make a successful preacher
But at times when I am at my best an
really feel the fire Of eloquence burnin
within me 1 suddenly wonder IL my audi
ence are not reminded by my appearance
of the braying of an ass, and thus II is
fall short where otherwise / might sue
ceed' 1 set that preachers ears back 70
him. continued the dermatologist, IAN
to-day he is a successful pastor
And Washington people, by the way,
added the man who changes faces "ar
the most sensitive in the world about thi
sort of thing. Now. in Chicago. In Ne,