Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 301, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 December 1915 — Nose Gems the Latest Fad in San Francisco [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Nose Gems the Latest Fad in San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO. —If you see a handsomely gowned woman walking down the street with a pair of diamonds sparkling just above where her mustache would be if she were a man, do not be surprised. It’s the latest fad.

Nose gems as desirable ornaments have just been introduced into this country. It is the fastest effort of man —or woman —to achieve good looks. The fad came from northwestern India. That is the country, you know, where people starve themselves to make it rain or to change their luck. Mrs. Mander Kala Bagal brought it from that country to San Francisco, and they do say that some San Franciscans are wearing the nose diamond

♦biz very minute. A hole bored through the nose, either above or below the nostrils, and a little gold bar, with a diamond or other jewel at each end, is clipped through, and there you are. When worn with eclat it’s said to be very stunning. Mrs. Bagal maintains that the proper place to wear it is above the nostrils, just under the bridge. Not every nose, however, is built to wear a gem. Ladies with blue noses, above all, should not wear a jewel, especially a ruby, for that would accentuate what she doesn’t want looked at; and gentlemen with red noses need no further glistening jewel. Hay feverites. too, would be inconvenienced by a diamond or amethyst or other gem on their nose. And a victim of a hold-up would be in grave danger of parting with some of his proboscis if he had it incrusted with jewels and the highwaymen were in a hurry.