The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-09-08
CHARACTER IN NOSES.
The Aquiline and the Snub
Most Important Feature Of the Face an d
What II Indie cates- Red Noses on
women Said TO Be Due TO Strong
Drink or Tight Lacing.

Not only does the nose possess
almost infinite power to make Oh
mar the beauty of the face, but
its lines and curves, according tc
the age. tell many a tale as tc
the hidden mysteries of the char
acter.
Generally speaking, small,
short noses on mems face are in
dicative of low birth and inferior
intelligence, which long nose is
a mark of aristocratic breeding
and superior intellect. If only
exceptions are needed, however
to make good a rule, this one
will never languish for lack of
proof. One of the most magnifi-
cent noses | ever saw was posI
sessee by the LATEST and least in
Itelligent man of his day. Yet
.Isuch implicit confidence did he
place in ths popular tradition
that he never lost an opportunity
lof boasting of the superior intel
.ligence of which such a nose as
his was the infallible exponent.
Perhaps we may best explain
this contradiction by George
Eliot's theory in regard to the
depth and earnestness that shone
in the beautiful eyes of poor,
weak, vain Hetty Sorrell name
.ly. that she had inherited the
eyes of some ancestor without
the soul that accompanied them.
Though Wellington, Shake
speare, Milton, Raphael, Wash
ington. Mozart and most other
famous men had large, strong
noses, it does not follow that a
large nose alone will lead one TO
become a great general, poet, ar
tist or musician. Let the poor
small nosed man then take cour-
age at every failure he sees of
his Roman and Grecian nosed
brethren. If he have but the
tenacity and grit that 90 with
his snubnosed friend, the bulldog,
he is more than likely to win the
day over his aquiline-nosed
Ineighbor.
Women's Noses Considered
With women noses go by the
rule of contrary. If a long nose
in man means intelligence, in
woman it is rather the snub or
lretrosse nose which bespeaks eX-
Itraordinary cleverness. The Ro-
man nose is not an attractive
feature on woman, while the
Grecian nose is a distinctive mark
of beauty. 1t is safe to say that
If women could choose their
noses there are few who would
not choose the classic Grecian
The Empress Josephine, Reca-
mics, Langtry and Mary Ander-
son are all distinguished by noses
of this kind, and her long, slen-
dor, finely chiseled nose is the
one feature and saves Mrs. Fran
ces Hodgson Burnett 5 face from
absolute plainess. The Grecian
nose denotes a colder nature than
the saucy snub-it is more Dig
nifed. Authors, who are observ-
ant, if nothing else, always give
a Grecian nose to their tall, self
10 sessed heroines and the re-
trousse nose to their short,
merry ones.
The magnificent large bone of
a nose like Terry's with splendid
breadth of bridge, so aptly des-
cribed by Du Maurier under his
deIineation of Trilby, is indica-
tive of a broad, generous, open.
impulsive nature, while a nose
the shape and size of Mrs. Cleve-
lands indicates rather domestic
qualities combined with enor-
nous social tact.
Any chance visitor in London
cannot but observe how much
more frequently red-nosed wo-
men are to be met with there
than here. This is due to the
fact that alchoholic drink and
tight lacing the principal causes
of this blemish-are decidedly
more prevalent with our English
cousins than with us. Fair
haired and fair complexioned
people are those who most suffer
from red noses. Any one so af-
hicted will do well to remember
that the first part of the nose
bleaching process consists in abb
staining from all strong drinks
and tight lacing. The cure may
be accelerated. however, by
sponging the nose in hot water
and then covering it with a poul-
tice of bread and milk; the poul-