THE EAR THAT WE CAN SEE 



But earrings are not the fashion now, so these women 

 go without them. 



Look around at the ears in the room where you are 

 and see what each one is like. Just a piece of flesh and 

 gristle with ridges in it, and a hole in the middle, that 

 is all you will see. It is not always beautiful, but it is 

 useful, and if you did not have any 

 ears on the sides of your head you 

 would look queer enough. 



Yet ears have different shapes. 

 Some are large and some are 

 small; some are long and some are 

 short ; some grow close to the head 

 and some stand off like little sails. If 

 you want your ears to be flat against 

 your head, be careful not to sleep 

 with them doubled over; be careful TO CATCH THE WAVES 

 also not to press them out of place OF SouND 



either with your bonnet strings or by crowding them 

 down with your cap. For the sake of our friends who 

 have to see us, it is well to do what we can to have 

 bodies that are pleasant to look at. 



After all, however, the outside ear is made for just one 

 thing. Its only real duty is to catch sounds from every 

 direction and send them into the hole in the middle of 

 the side of the head. This hole is indeed far more 

 important than the rim itself. 



