The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-10-03
TO MOLD A NOSE.

" lille there are surgical methods of
making over ugly noses into shapely
ones, still there has been discovered a
better way of having a good nose.
1t Is TO mold it when the child is
young.
If parents will take the proper pains
they can make their children have al
most any kind Of noses desired.
SO, father and mother may soberly
discuss whether it would be better for
their child to have a handsome nose.
or a nose with plenty Of character in
it.
The answer depeds upon sex. A wo-
man would prefer her daughter to have
a pretty nose, every time. Most men
would rather have a son have a strong
characteristic feature to mark the CEN
ter Of the face.
Of course, there is no reason why a
nose, whether of man or woman,
should not be handsome and full of
character at the same time. But the
combination is rare. Indeed. there are
lew handsome nOses-largely because
people do not take the trouble to mold
them in infancy
Mold them? Yes, indeed. 1t is often
said that we cannot make our own fea-
lures, but this remark does not Justly
apply 10 noses. And one reason why it
does not apply is that we begin life
with practically no noses at all. Every
one Of US starts with eyes and a mouth.
and we cannot alter them to any ap-
probable extent but in babyhood the
nasal organ is never anything more
than a mere rudiment Being soft dur
ing growth, it is maIleable, and its
shape may be controlled and modified
10 a considerable extent
This is a matter of special import
ance where girls are concerned. There
is many a young woman whose beauty
mas been seriously marred by thought
less and indiscrininate twaekings in
infancy.
Is it not a thing perfectly self-evi-
cent when one comes to think of il?
What IS a nose made Of? Mainly car
ulage-otherwise called gristle This
gristle during childhood is a soft tissue,
easily modified in shape. So easily, in
lact, that time may yet arrive when
regular molds will be applied to chill
dren's faces and fastened on at night
10 make their noses assume such forms
as are doomed most desirable.
When this comes about people may
ne able to take their choice whether
lneir children shall have noses of Gre
ian or Roman type. It is safe to say
mat for girls the Grecian pattern will
N most instances be preferred. But, |
~ course the actual size Of the organ |
cannot be altered, and in indiv1~Sll |
Eases the tip-tilted style-which, after |
al., IS widely admired and deemed de- |
goedlY "chic'-may prove the best at
'alnable, for lack Of more material
one begins life, as already stated, |
win practically no nose at all. The
oeE,elopment Of the organ, especially in
sHIs' should be watched and controlled
rom the start. Even the bone, des-
elled to form the bridge, is soft in the
afly stages Of its growth. A gentle
plHchlng applied from time to time
, @liu with persistence, will help to pre-
ven, .eht the nose from spreading too
t t...h- If there be a tendency to a
bt~Isl u one side it may be corrected
~ pressing the feature for a minute
y. so half a dozen times a day in the
opposite direction
s 40 violence, Of course. Gentle pres
"a WIN the fingers is all that is need
sbio any intelligent mother ought to be
~ 70 utilize the idea with satisfacto-
r3ol leSulls 1t is q matter simply Of
is ,,.t by slow degrees. a feature that
'e' IN plastic condition, and the