The Denver Jewish news., 1924-04-10

or only half million, yet have pro-
duced more great men in one hundred
years than any other five European ma
tions combined. They have produced
such philosophers as Maimon, Lazarus,
Simmel and Cohen; such musicians as
Mendelsohn and Meyerbeer; such scien-
lists as Ehrlich, Weigart, Steinach and
Freud; such mathematicians and ply
sicists as Einstein and Minkowsky:
such statesmen as Stahl. Cremieux,
Lasker, Bramberger and Rathenau.
The French Jews, too, although only
100000 in number, have produced
number of great men quite out of pro-
portion to their numerical strength.
And these two Jewish groups the ablest
and the most creative, are remarkably
long-nosed. All of which goes to prove
that the long Jewish nose is Indicative
of intellectual superiority.
A well-known German nose specialist
several years ago wrote book called
"The Short and the Long Nose" which
is very interesting. He enumerates all
the greatest men of the worlds his
tory, establishes the fact that with
very few exceptions all of them had
long noses, and comes to the conclusion
that creative intellectually postulates
long nose. This German specialist
comes to this conclusion not as re-
suit of anatomic and physiological in
vestigations, but by way of historical
experience. He said little, however,
about the relation of the long nose
to the general anatomic and physiolog-
ical makeup of these great men. He
did not go INTO the cause of the slSele-
ton phenomenon at all, but merely stat
ed n fact-great able men have long
noses. But that there must be GER
tain relationship between the level of
inevitable conclusion when we observe
all the short-nosed races in the rear
most ranks of culture and civiliza ton.
1t has been left to modern science,
and In particular the newer chemistry
of the secretions of the ductless glands,
to make the first efforts to explain
this obvious, but hitherto unaccount-
able, relationship. 1t has been incon-
trovertibly established that the internal
secretions exercise dominating in
fiuence upon the brain and nervous
system. and are, in fact, the real gov
ernors of physical appearance. instincts
and dispositions, emotions and rcac-
tions, character and temperament. Al
though it is scarcely half century
since the Importance of the ductless
glands and their secretions was dis
covered. so intensive has been their
study. already it has been possible to
classify races and individuals accord
ing to the dominance in their make
up of one or other of these glands.
Since time immcmorial, the Jews
have been considered very productive
race from n bilogical point of view. and
1t has likewise been proven that the
maternal instinct is directly connected
with proper function of the pituitary
endocrines.
One other fact somewhat outside of
our subject, but nevertheless curious,
may be mentioned in connection with
the nose of the Jew. Anatomy shows
that only small portion of the mucous
mcbranc which lines the nostrils is the
endings of the nerves of smell. In the
ordinary course of expiration the air
does not touch this olfactory region.
The Jewish nose is so built that he
unconsciously guides the air impreg-
mated with the odors of the food he eats
into that small area, which accounts
for the good appetite and enjoyment of
his food characteristic of the Jew.
That is why he is so particular about
the meat he eats being fresh. His de-
veloped sense of smell revolts against
dead meat, and this in turn is the ex-
PLANTATION of the institution of
schechitah
While, then, the nose of the Jew may
not meet with the esthetic requirements
and tastes of today, and may not win
prizes in beauty contests, instead of
deploring, the Jew has reason to be
proud of his distinctive racial char
acteristic, for it always has been, and
always will be indicative of his super
ior intelligence, of mature intellectual
ity, of steadfastness and will-power. 1t
has II reason and a history which
should amply compensate for any cos
metic disadvantage.