The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-06-19
I)lnple Culture.

Dimple Culture.
A handsome woman, elegantly dressed,
entered Broadway car, New York, re.
Gently, reporter was riding and i'm
medlately but unconsciously diverted the
attention of dapper little man who sat
next the reporter and who had boon staring
out OF countenance all the other ladies In
the car. The little man, who looked like
something between hairdresser and mid
dle-agcd beau, drew a note book from his
pocket, and alter making a slight sketch of
the lace, OF the lady who had Just entered
that." -
The reporter could not but agree with
him. =" ''7
"What do you think Is her special charm?"
asked the little man. - ,nh g.
| The reporter thought it might be a sort
of IL don't know whatness, "a combination
OF chic and dignity, her graceful boaring,
her good clothes. '' -
| ~ was speaking Of her face purely and
| simply" interrupted the little man. Do
you notice how completely her face is in
| rcpose?'
The reporter answered that he thought
| The lady looked ns If she didn't take much
interest in any Of the other women in the
Cor.
Now l will make her smle," continued
the dappcr man, and rising, he turned his
back to the occupants Of the car and blew
his nose violently. This grotesquc exhibi
tion of politeness caused the "fne woman"
TO smile. The dimples chased each other
over her checks and then slowly disappeared.
The little man resumed his seat in time to
catch glimpse of the i}ceting dimplcs.
"What do you think now2" he asked
The reporter thought the lady was very
pretty when she smiled, and that her face
was rs dimplcd as that Of Il baby or Wat
teau shcperdcss
'Ihose dimples arc her particular CHARM"
said the little man. ''Shc is handsome with
out them, beautiful with them. Iii five
years from to-day-pcrhaps before that
when my method becomes known, New
York City will be filled with women who
having been plain become pretty, having,
been pretty become handsome, having been
handsome become beautiful"
ION, then, you are Il sort of a''-bcgan
the reporter. The little man handed him a
card. 1t bore simply the words, "Profcs-
sor ~. Fcrronl, No. l2 Daifodil Place"
"l'llat is my name and address," said hc
"By profession l am IL surgeon, graduate
l. u
spec ialisl, however, like many of the em
n?nt-l would say like many physicians and
surgeons Of tho present time, and my spec
ialty is to place dinples i'll the faccs of
those to whom Nature has denied this
charm. Now some women can get up a
siX-inch smile without doing anything fur
ther than put their mouths In parenthcsis,
and others laugh rs If they had dimplcs in
their upper gums; but those dellcato, cx-
prcssivc little hollows that you sec in the
cheeks are called up by the slightest move
| n,Rrhl lGG.st'> A0s. rG thnan ,:ul,n nooaoaa thnm
The reporter suggested that he already
knew all about the poctical aspects of DIM
pies; and he would bc obliged to the Pro-
fcssOr IL he would tell him what Il dimple
| was. ... .f.:
"Well. SIR" said Prof Vcrroni, 81 DIM
plea natural dimplc that isis simply
slight hollow between two muscles. or over
muscle and the skin is more firmly attach
ell to the subjnccnt tissues at this point
than at other points. Hence when tho
muscles contract as in the act Of smilfhg,'
the skin is drawn down into the>hollow,'
formnga dimplc, that beautiful - .
EYES," said the reporter, "but how DO,
you make thom2" ...
81 make Il puncturc In the skin at the
polnt Wncrc TIC uinplc ls rcQulfGu, OIL
swcred the Professor, "a puncturc that can
not be noticed when it is healed, and with a
very delicate instrument remove Il small
portion of the muscle. Then l excite n
slight inflammation which attaches the skin
to the subcutancous hollow 1 have formed
In a few days the wound--if wound it can
be calcd-has healed and charming DIM
pie is the result"
Tho reporter suggested that there ought
to be good teal of money III the new op.
Grafton.
"rhere is" said the Professor, "Women
will be made lovely and will be made
rich."
"How many times have you performed
this operation 2" asked the reporter. '..'
"NIany timos in France" answercd'tlie
Professor: "never yet In Amerlcai i1'ol
morrow ! begin operations on several ac-
trcsscs who wish dinplcs on their faces,
shoulders, arms and--ycs, shoulders and
arms" !. - NJ
You speak English very well for
Frcnchman, Professor" said the reporter.
"Maybc you think amt a Frcnchman,"
said the Professor savagcly.
ooh, not at all, j." said the reporter In
non -committal way; 'hcrc's my street,
Professor. Good day.