CHARACTER IN NOSES.

Westport Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1183, 9 June 1874, Page 3

CHARACTER IN NOSES.

[COItNHIIiL ] The nose is, comparatively, a passive feature of the face. Uulike the eyes and mouth, there is little or no moyeinent to indicate expression; occasionally, in some, the nostrils will dilate, but this only occurs when the nostrils are large. Indeed, some noses scarcely appear to have a connection with the face; they seem stuck-on appendages, whoso only use is their convenience for pulling. Great snuffers often acquire this immobility of noses, though the snuffing would act somewhat as a guard against the pulling. Poets have sung, and novelists have written, of many kinds of noses, but it remained for the poet Laureate to somewhat ennoble the hitherto much abused snub, uudcr the more euphonious title of "tip-tilted." Wc have known many charmingly attractive girls with snub-noses—and, indeed, have always had a penchant for them—for we have found the owners to be possessed of amiability, humor, drollery and common sense. The snub-nose, when in conjunction with other good features, will indicate a person who will frequently rise higher in the world than tLose with larger noses, who lack good humor and common sense. A perfect nose, wc are told, should be as long as the forehead is high, and have a gentle indent at the top between the upper eyelids. The front should be level from the forehead to the tip, which latter should be neither hard nor soft. It should be, at least, half an inch broad between the eyes. The bottom of the nose should not be more than one-third of its length. The nostrils above should be pointed, round below, gently curved, and, seeu sideways, be divided into two equal parts by the upper lip. As to to the size of the noso the medium is better; but a very large nose is preferable to a very small one—the large noso seldom sinking below mediocrity. The hook nose is a very unpleasant one to look at. It is also called aquiline —perfectly arched from the forehead to the lip—denotinggreat energy, acutcness, craft, unscrupulousness, and ambition. A nose arched near the forehead denotes great power of command and energy. This is the nose of Ca>sar, of The Conqueror, and of the tote Duke of Wellington. This nose must not be confounded with tho hooked nose mentioned, above. Tho famed Grecian nose, which forms an almost straight line with the forehead, has been much lauded ; but such noses arc, in women, indicative of coldness and affectation, and when owned by a man, a shallow mind. Small noses denote comparative weaknes of mind and character, though, otherwise, such persons, may bo highly estimable. The tips of such noses, turned up, denote busy, bustling activity, great self-conceit, cool assurance, and great talkativeness. Look for such noses in law-clerks, pot-house politicians, town councillors, and beadles, or other jacks-in-office. A nose with a broad bridge, whether level or arched, always indicates great power. Large breathing nostrils are certain signs of mental power and energy ; small, unmoving nostrils are, on the other hand, certain signs of little mind, and want of energy and enterprise.

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