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

the most striking racial feature Take
Tor example the typical Hebrew nose.
1t is not merely distinctive, but it
means something. Is it not plainly ex-
presslVe Of qualities that push their
possessor ahead in the world?
Great eonquerOrs have usually pos
sessed big noses. Glance over a series
OF portraits of men who have made a
Dig mark in the world in any line of
endeaVor. and you will find that their
noses are OF more than average size
and full of character. The mummy of
the mighty Egyptian Pharaoh Ram
eses, taken from his tomb and I'M
wrapped, not long ago, is thirty-five
centuries old, but his hawk-Iike beak
proclaims TO this day the formidable
quality of his personality.
Yes, nose means something. The
rule doubtless has it's exceptions, but
in general it is we'll to distrust a man
whose nose is shapeless and non-com-
initial.
50 many men and women prefer TO
have their noses altered to gain the
advantage of appearance.
A man with a very crooked Roman
nose that has caused it to become u
joke among his acquaintance, may
have it Strengthened. In this case it
may be necessary to have an incision
made and some of the bone removed.
Or if a mans nose is very fat and
then runs out into an ugly point, it
may be thickened around the bridge
and thus made more symmetrical.
| A woman, on the other hand. may
have tired Of her Roman nose, however
graceful it may be naturally, and pre-
! fer an even slant from the bridge to
/ the tip. This, too, can be done
! But all such operations involve some
pain, risk and Disagreement for a
a time, so it is by all means better to
! have the nose nodded right in child
hood wherever possible.
X-rays taken of the side of the face
show in an interesting way just how
far the bone extends and where the
cartilage begins. In babyhood this bone
has not formed at all, but is simply
soft, rubber-like cartilage-and that is
why the nose is so easily nodded.
Nature has provided US with eyes for
seeing, ears for hearing and q mouth
for eating and talking 1t is equally
obvious that the nose is meant to smell
with. But, oddly enough, there are
very few people who understand how
it is that they smell. What is it that
does the smelling? The olfactory
nerves? Yes. certainly; but where in
the brain do these nerves originate?
And what does smelling signify, any
way?
To start with. it should be under
stood that behind the nose there is a
great cavity which has a bony floor
and q bony roof The cavity is lined
with layer of tissue, covered by mu-
cous membIane-the same sort of It's
sue and membrane that lines the
mouth. Just above its roof is the So
called "olfactory bulb" which is, prop
erly speaking. a lobe of the brain-a
part of the brain set aside, as one
might say, to attend to the business of |
smelling.
The roof of the cavity in question is
perforated with q number of holes |
through which the nerves of smell ex-
tend downward from the "olfactory |
bulb into the upper part of the cavi-
ty. These are what do the smelling for |
us. A current of air, drawn in by the |
breath through the nostrils, brings |
with it minute particles of some sub |
stance that irritates the nerves above |
and an impression is there
by conveyed to the brain. Evidently |
different substances produce different |
kinds of irritation, else all smells would |
be alike. But this is a matter respect
ing which science is as yet somewhat |
in the dark.
ity, on each side. are three curiously
twisted bones. called the "turbinates,''
which are clothed with spongy tissues.
This tissue, because of its ponginess,
easily swells when what we call a
cold" congests IT. and, if the swelling
to much it shuts off the lower
part Of the cavity from the upper part
where the nerves of smell are. Thus
under such conditions though we may
still breathe through the nostrils, the
inspired air does not reach these
nerves, and for the time being we can
not smell anything.
According to common belief in such
matters, one Of the most unpleasant of
physical Affections is a red nose Per-
l2ns the worst part of it is that the
victim of this sort Of trouble is almost
invariably deemed guilty, as proved by
1rima facie evidence, of the drinking
habit. If he is not a frequenter of sa-
oons people suppose that he drinks in
is worse yet. It is
scarcely, possible, indeed, for the red
losed man to escape this accusati
which is liable to prevent him from
getting job, to damage most seriously
lis social reputation and otherwise to
interfere with his comfort and pros
oerity in life.
let the lGed mas no proper JusIlIlcd- |
ion in fact. The red-nosed man
Though there are exceptions) is rarely
| drinker. He is obliged to fight his
Inevitable reputation, and on that ac-
count is more apt than not to be a
otal abstafner. His trouble is due to |
/ local enlargement of the blood YES
els, caused in many instances by frost
ute. There are other causes, however
n most instances the mischief seems to
,e incurable. One of the most widely
-nown OF American multi-millionaires
las a nose that resembles raw toma-
o. 1t is safe to say that he would give
af of his enormous fortune to eX-
hange this feature for your nose or
nine, but though the skill of the best
physicians in the world is at his COM
land nothing can be done for him.
A new method for treatment of red
oses, however, has recently been dis
overed. 1t is said to produce wonder
III results. A bunch of small and very
harp needles of platinum, forty in
lumber, is used in such a manner as to "
lbject the skin to a verythorough
ricking. Preliminary, of course, the :
1in is disinfected, and solution Of a .
1euical substance called "chlOrethVl"