The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-12-26

A reporter recently visited woman
on Lexington avenue, whose speciality
Is the improvement Of the human form,
when the following conversation was
had, aa. ... &
chow do You make tho porson more
!. .F'sBy means Of tonics have prepared
myself, composed chiefly, OF course, of
oils for fattening and acids for decreas-
Ing flesh. use no arsenic, as h often
done IN these fattening tonlcs, and do
not prescribe any line Of diet " ~
well, what Is the proper medium Of
flesh TO be obtainedp" l1f 81
THAT Il more question OF personal
taste than OF any prevailing fashipn. To
give you n case IN point; 1t Vas only
yesterday that q young lady, eertalnly
not more than eighteen. residing on
Madison avenue, oame 70 mo and
wished 70 take something TO reduce her
fiesh. She was beautifully formed
girl, and perfect picture OF lgirlish
beauty. am always frank with those
who call ON me, and I endeavDfed to
dlssuade her from taking anything as
she proposed. She was In the very
bloom OF health, but she appeaFcd 70
have been taken with this craze
thetic you call L. don't youe--and fan-
oied that she was not suiiioientlys spirit
uelle. She objected 70 . robust, healthy
appearance as sayoring OF vplgafity. I
gave her what she asked for, butt was
sorry TO do so."
.fs not that rather an exceptional
casep" n, s
..Beyond a doubt; but Il shows that
there Is no rule to conform TO. Most Of
those who wish treatment OF that kind are
mlddle-age ladies, who stlll desire to re-
main active In society and find them
selves obtaining the proportions Of n
dowager In the way she II gen ersily por-
trayed. When lady passes fort y-eight,
and often at an earlier age, she Is apt
| TO become obese. and II isadyiaahle Q both
| FOR the appearance and health fiat her
flesh should be reduced. though ! think,
I between ourselves. that the former Is the
| principal consideration.
/ You win not give me standard then
proportionate to height and frnme?"
.sThat I could not do, because what
would be perfect figure to my eyes,
would be far from satisfactory 70 IN
other. No. ls
'sYour patrons. l suppose, art. mostly
from the upper classesP'
Largely, yes, but not altogether.
never mention any names, Sut havs
treated members Of the first families In
this city, Brooklyn and Vicinity. Most
4 of my patrons live between Tenth and
\ Fifteenth streets. In this city. They have
urged me to move down town, and
shall do so next year. i only came
here from California about n year ago
and did not know what part Of the city
10 locate In.
.sThe ages of these people run from
twenty five to thirty. should ifnagineP'
Yes; and TO thirty-five and TO forty
and to fifty and to over fifty, II yor
think it is only among young giils thai
4. there Is solicitude about their formi
you are very much mistaken, aud tn.
number of old women who are desiroul
. of keeping up their beauty and ef look
ing younger than they are Is simply
J, wonderful. / have now wsunder treatmen
lady over sixty years of age, who live
about fifty miles from here, from whom
am removing wrinkles.
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