The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-01
NOSE MADE OVER,
DISASTER FOLLOWING
What Happened to a Poor Girl
Who Wanted a Lovely Nose
for Business Reasons

A very pathetic case came to light
the other day in New York which
teaches a moral if one cares to search
for it. Though perhaps to some women
1t may be sufficiently obvious. The
heroine of the tale was a dramatic
reader with whom good looks We're an
important adjunct to her profession,
and who made up her mind that she
would do very well with the exception
of her nose. Now nose is a most i'm
pOrtant feature in a face and may mar
or make the ensemble. and this young
woman in question felt that in the
matter of nose she had something to
wish for. Giving great deal of seri-'
Gus thought to it, and fully realizing
how much beauty and regularity Of
feature add to the charm of a reader,
she finally came to the momentous
conclusion to have her nose rebuilt.
At other times the subject of making
over the face has been referred to on
this page, and so it is no surprise to
learn that it can be done, but so sad
an instance of miSmanagement seldom
is heard. Miss Craig-the reader in
queStion-went to one Of those ac-
complished gentleman who make your
face over while you wait, or almost as
quickly. and informed her that while
the retrouSSe nose might be CONNIE il
faut in some professions, for her eSpe-
cfal line of work a Roman nose was
decidedly more correct. She sounded
him about the possibilities of the
operation of turning her nose into a
thing of beauty built upon straighter
lines, and he told her that not only
was the affair a possibility, but treated
1T in an off hand manner which con-
WINGED the patient that building over
noses successfully must be a matter of
daily occurrence. So cheerfully and
with full confidence in his powers, she
put her nose into his hands, so to
speak, and ceased to worry about it.
Lovely visions of her beauty to be
filled her head, and she could see her
self at the top of her profession, and,
in Imagination, could hear the beauti-
full things that would be said about
her perfect features. Such a noSei"
she could hear some envious woman
remark to another.
So Miss Craig dreamed her dreams,
and the beauty doctor nodded her
nose and also saw visions, but his were
of a practical nature and gathered
about the check which would be
forthcoming when his patient emerged
with a new nose. This contamination
devoutly to be wished, in the course
of time became a fixed fact and Miss
Craig went forth more beautiful than
ever, and prepared to conquer new
worlds with the help of a new nose.
Everything went well for a time, and
those who swelled her audiences. had
to admit that Miss Craig was very
good looking.
Then suddenly one day, without
warming, a tiny cloud appeared on the
horizon and became larger as it came
nearer. Said cloud being occasioned by
the swelling and reddening of said new
nose The symptoms became more
and more alarming and Miss Craig re-
tired from the stage for a time to
think what she might do. The nose
continued to grow in size and in color
it took on an alarming purple shade.
This was not to be borne, and Miss
Craig sailed forth to find a lawyer
and institute a suit against the beauty
man who changed her nose. She sued
him for $4,000 damages-and who can
blame her?-and the trial came off
few days ago. 1t would be pleasant to
record that the judge and jury saw the
affair in the way that the fair plaintiff
desired them to, but alas, strict We
racity forces me to admit that things
went very Wrong with that trial, and
even though the red and swollen nose
was exhibited and thoroughly inspected
her suit. The reason for this appar-
emily unjust result was that while the
lady in question was sure the redness
of the Roman nose was due to the
aforesaid making over" still she could
not swear that the retrousse nose
would not have become red even
though it had not been touched. A
physician who was called, could not
throw much light on the matter, but
did say he thought the nose would re-
sumo normal proportions in the course
of time.
All women will feel their hearts go
out in sympathy for the poor dear who
felt that she was in no way to be
blamed for taking advantage of modern
science to become more beautiful. 1t
only goes to show that unless ones
nose is perfectly impossible, it were
best to let it alone.