The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-07-29


yes" said the professor, 10 q report
er of the ST. Louis Post Dispatch aheE
Ssked about the frequency of such cas-
there are q number Of ladies so af-
red The trouble usually occurs In
Rien who are of dark eomplexion.
more frequently in middle-age than
youth. When you see q dark woman.
til large bushy eyebrows, which ear
crow together. you may be pretty
&c that she a grow an imperial II
g will only take the necessary pains.
.rsute adornments are not SO frequent
Young women. although they some
o:nes occur. A girl often has q heavy
growth Of down upon the upper lip or
the chin. II annoys her. and she keeps
feeling it and pulling it continually.
Perhaps she e~ndeayors to clip 1t with q
scissors, or, in some cases TO shave it
away. The result is n heavier growth
the next time, which becomes SO prom
inent that it must be removed. The
most frequent place where the hair
makes its appearance is on the upper
lip or chin. although it sometimes APP
pears on the side of the face, and even
on the throat. As a general thing, I
believe that those bearded women which
are advertised by shows are frauds, but
in the course Of my practice i have seer
more than one woman who could raise
a heavy beard II she only wished to cul-
tiyate it."
'.Do many women shaver"
why. yes, q great many more than
is generally supposed. They hide tn.
traces that the shaving leaves with
heavy doses of powder and plaster.
Whenever you see a lady. especially il
she be middle-aged. and more especial
ly II she be dark-featured, wearing =
heavy coating of lily white, one of the
conclusions is that she has been shay
ing, although it is not the only infer
nee. One thing is certain. a lady who
shaves must use powder in large guam
titles, and there are many ladies who
shave"
lis this facial decoration easily re.
movedP"
mo, it is not. All the books recon-
mend depilatories. but these are usually
of little service. They are composed
mainly of quick lime and orpient, which
is a preparation of arsenic, and the on
ly effect is to cut off the hair to the sur
face of the skin, leaving the root intact
to grow again. There is also another
mode of treatment, but it is SO slow and
painful. and requires the aid Of so
skilled an operator, that it is seldom
used. In this latter, which is known Us
the electric method, the patient sits in
a chair, holding in her right hand n
sponge which is connected with the
negative pole of an electric battery.
The operator holds a needle or fine
wire, which is connected with the posi-
tive pole, and this he thrusts with q
quick motion down into each cell or
~foltice. thus destroying the root Every
time the needle touches the skin a Sc
we're shock is caused, which will cause
a nervous patient TO scream out with
pain. and. If the operator is a bungler.
or If his nerve is not very steady, he
will miss his mark and cause more in
tense agony. Not more than one, or at
most two, dozen hairs can be attended
to at one sitting-indeed. very few pa.
tients can sit for one-fourth of the last
number-and hence you will see that
the operation is extremely painful.
Sometimes women attempt to operate
upon themselves. They heat needles
and endeavor 10 introduce them into
the capillary cells. The usual result is
that the carbon, which accumulates in
the needle during heating. is imbedded
in the epidermis, or underskin. and q
frst-class case of tattooing is the result
Then. again. many ladies use acid for
the purpose. and permanently scar their
face. Others remove the hair with
tweezers, ETC."