HER CHIN AND NOSE ALMOST MEETING...
 
 
        Well, think about that image for a moment.  This is
        not usual with a pretty young girl. More like an
        old crone. This profile may exist in a younger person,
        but it is not the ideal.
 
        In fact, Maria's profile calls to mind the puppet
        show figures of Punch and Judy.  Punch is famous on
        the cover of the famous magazine of satire as having
        a nose and chin that almost meet. He is usually pictured
        in a fool's cap, as well. Puppets are moved by outside
        forces. Clay is pushed and punched into shapes by another
        than itself.
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        Mailto question #3: 

        Why might he have depicted little Maria this way?
 
        ANSWER 3 TO GLORIA