Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-10-09
Improving on Nature.

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A handsome woman. elegantly
dressed, entered a Broadway car in
which q reporter was riding recently,
and Immediately, but unconsciously,
diverted the attention of a dappcr lit
tie man who sat staring out of coun-
tenance all the other ladies in tho car.
The little man, who looked like some
thing between hairdrcsser anda mid
dlc-aged beau. drew notebook from
his pocket, and, after making slight
sketch of the face of the lady who had
just entered the car, said to the rc-
porter: "Fine woman, that"
The reporter could not but agree
with him.
"What do you think is her special
charn?" asked the little man.
The reporter thought it might be q
sort of 81 don't know whatness,' q
combination of chic and dignity, her
graceful bearing, her good clothes.
II was speaking of her face purely
and simply. interrupted the little
man. "Do you notice how complete
ly her face is in rcspose?"
The reporter thought the lady was
very pretty when she smiled, and that
her face was as dimpled as that Of o
baby or a Vatican shepheriess.
''Those dimples are her particular
charm," said the little man. "Shc is
handsome without them, beautiful
with them. In five years from to-day
perhaps 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 bcauti-
full"
ooh, then, You are sort of a"
began the reporter. The little man
handed him q card. 1t bore simply
the words: "Prof. A. Verroni, No. II
Daffodil place." "That is my name
and address," said lie. "By profession
l am surgeon, graduate Of the school
of Medicine, Paris. I am specialist
however, like many Of the eminent-I
would say like many physicians and
surgeons of the present time, and my
speciality is to place dimples in the
faces of those to whom nature has de-
MED this charm. Now some women
can get up siX-inch smile without
doing anything further than put their
mouths in parenthesis, and Others
laugh as if they had dimples in their
upper gums, but those, delicate cx-
pressive little hollows that you see in
the checks are called up by the slight
est movement Of the lips of those who
possess them and speak volumes
whole libraries"
The reporter suggested that he
would be obliged to the professor If
he would tell him what o dimplc
was.
"Wcll, sir" said Professor Vermont.
"a dimple-a natural dimple. that is
is. simply slight hollow between
two muscles or over muscle, and the
skin is more firmly attached to the |
subjaccnt tissues at this point than at
other points. Hence, when the mus
Giles contract as In the act Of smiling,
the skin is drawn down into the hoi-
low, forming a dimple, that beauti-
full"
YES" said the reporter, "but how
do you make them?'
81 make puncturc in the skin at the |
point where the dimple is required,"
answered the professor, ga puncture
that cannot he noticed when it has
healed, and with very delicate in-
strumcnt remove small portion Of
the muscle. Then excite a slight ill-
tiamlnation which attaches the skin to
the subcutancous hollow / have FORM
cd. In few days the wound-if
wound it may be callcd-has healed |
and charming dimple is the result"
How many times have you per-
formed this operation?" asked the re-
porter.
"Many times in France" answered
the professor, "never yet i'll America.
Tomorrow l begin operating OH sew
eral actresses who wish dimples OH
their faces, shoulders, arms, and-yes,
shoulders and arms"
"Here's my street, Professor. Good