Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-12
By Lima Cavalieri,

IA
N many persons are interest
= ed in the subject have
moved me to write another chapter
about the nose.
No, my dear many readers, you
cannot change the size of the noso.
II nature gave you a large nose
there is no safe way to reduce its
size. You can, however, especially
while still young, greatly modify .ts
shape.
This is true IL your most promi-
nent feature happens to be fat and
Hat. There are numerous nose
clamps adapted to various sizes
and needs. They are for sale at
drug stores and at the shops of In.
strument makers. But in lieu OF
them you can yourself twist
strong piece of wire, blunt at the
ends, into the shape you need, and,
after wrapping it in felt to protect
the nose from the metal, fit 1t on
the outside part OF the nose wher-
ever you wish to modify its shape.
For example, if yours nose is very
broad and fares at the nostrils, fas-
ten the wire at the lower part OF
the nose. II it is too broad at the
middle attach the improvised clamp
at that part OF the nose. Keep 1t
on as long as you can with COM
fort. Rub cold cream freely into
the nose before using the clamp
and afterward. In country COM
munities in France | have known
pretty, growing girls to successfully
use clothespins in this way, t1r5t
wrapping them round with pieces
of clean white flannel that has been
soaked in olive oil.
Massage of the nose will go far
toward narrowing the nose that IS
too wide. Take the lower part OF
the nose gently between the thumb
and first finger and by a succession
of pinches work slowly down from
the tip to the flare of the nostrils.
This will not only, if long enough
continued, make the nose narrower.
but it will make it little longer.
II, on the contrary, the nose be
thin and bony, massage will i'm
proVeit. But in this case use the
first two fingers of each hand and,
beginning at the middle of tho
bridges, press downward with the
fingers and outward at the flare Of
the nostrlIs, using plentIfuly fat
tenlng cold cream or cocoanut or
olive oil.
There is an art called rhinoplas-
tics, reshaping Of features, by
e l. g.h
badly in need of reshaping may be
made over. By this means even
missing parts, lost during an injury
or missing from birth, can be re-
placed. Surgeons have successfully
replaced bits of missing cartilage to
improve the shape of the nose. In
England and America defects in the
shape Of the nose, as, for instance,
a sunken bridge, can be remedied by
injecting paraffin in a liquid state
and letting 1t harden under the
skin. This must be done by surgi-
cal means. and | cannot too en-
phatically remind you that you must
be sure of your surgeon.
Perhaps you have formed the un-
becoming habit Of crinkling your
nose when you laugh. Foolish per.
sons have referred to this as
piquant habit. On the contrary. II
is vulgar, as Is all grimacing and It
forms wrinkles as surely as the
habit of crinkling the flesh about
the eyes forms crowsfeet. So stop
the crinkling to avoid the wrinkl.ng
and If the wrinkles are in process
of forming or have formed, press
lightly upon the muscles about the
nose, with the first three fingers
OF each hand. Dip the finger tips
into cocoa butter. If il agrees with
your skin. If not then into cocoa
nut oil or any cold cream preferred.
After pressing gently these muscles