Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-07-31
MAKING OLD PEOPLE YOUNG.
A ssFace GaIvanizer,, Explains IL
Arts of a Peculiar Trade.


Arts of a Peculiar Trade.
'1 can take a worn-out bachelor, aged
sixty years, and in three months make
him as youthful looking as yourself, " said
an uptown ''face galvanizer'' to New
York Auz and Express chronicler Of
things strange and peculiar.
'Let me tell you all about it p said the
modern Ninon de rEncIos. ''You must
know that with age the muscles and veins
contract. Contraction is also caused from
trouble and grief. Look at the Wall
street men, or those who have been de-
ceived in love. Then look at those who
never knew care. Their happy hearts
are mirrored on smiling faces. Amiabil-
ity is great preserver of youthful ap-
pearance, but the appliances Of art can
do much more. Do you know the cause
of crows feet under women's eyes-I
nean young women2 Well, will tell
you. They cry too much. When a
woman can not get new spring hat, or
is vexed about some other trihe, such as
disappointment in love, she goes up stairs
and has a good cry If ladies knew
this caused the face to wrinkle there
would be less crying in the world"
The embalmer paused to breathe, and
showed the writer an Indian rubber sue
ton pump, about as long as a snake, with
bowl at one end with a surface about
the size of trade dollar. ''Well, when
the muscles contract a circulation of the
blood is necessary to expand them, and
| just apply this to the face. Hold still, it
won't hurt YOUR The beautiful forever
lady placed the saucer-like nozzle Of the
miniature hose to the writer's cheek. She
gave the rubber pipe three or four spas
modic squeezes and suddenly withdrew
it with Madison avenue front-door sue
ton sound. 1t left blood spot upon the
cheek about the size Of a timid maiden's
blush.
"There, you look as if you were really
blushing. The daily application of this
for about three months will expand those
dried and contracted veins and muscles,
and impart freshness and life to the
shriveled skin. This preparation makes
the skin soft, smooth, and clear. No, l
will not tell you what it isl emphati-
cally remarked the embalmer, as she plas-
tered the writer's face i. ith a soft, creamy,
| cooling mixture. 'sDon't be afraid
there are no cosmetics or chemicals in it
nothing that will injure the skin. You
know that nothing worries woman so
much as Incl lsing signs of aging. One
of the most hateful things that a woman
can say of another is that she is aging Sc
fast. Don't laugh; you must keep a
straight face, or l can not apply this
preparation properly. Yes, the great
majority of my customers are women
all over thirty years, should think.
They want those horrid crows feet re-
moved; some have birth-marks; the
blondes want to be brunettes, and the re-
verse. A woman is never satisfied with
her looks as long as she thinks there is a
prettier woman on earth than she. They
first ask if the complexion I give them
will be lasting, and while they feel a
little afraid that the process might spoil
what little beauty they have they seldom
fail to take the risk. I do not believe
women would hesitate long between the
chances Of life and death if beauty
were the prize. A lady came in
to-day with fresh and youthful
looking face; her complexion was al
most perfection; 1 candidly told hel
it could not be improved. She gracefully
thanked me, and retired smiling and ex-
tremely happy. Telling woman that
she is beautiful often makes her more so.
Did she give me fee7 Of course not
Women are extravagant in their own be-
half, but they are not generous, especially }
to their own sex. l could have made a
fee of 800 or 5000 as easily as not; but
she would have been paying that for her
own benefit, and not from generous mo
tives.n
At that moment the freckle-faced Office
girl interrupted the lecture on moral
ethics by ushering in woman who wa.
old enough to be studying decorsise ar
for the next world She retreated hur
riedly into the ladies' parlor, and the
face galvanizer took soft camel's-hail
brush and filed the crcvices under thu
writer's optics with the refreshing liquid
AS she swept the writer's face she con
tinued: "Oh, yes; great many clut
men and men about Wall street come
here. No; the professional dudes have
not the money, presume; and, besides
they think they cannot be improved
upon And perhaps they cannot, sale
the lady, with smile that meant every
thing or nothing. Most married mel
do not care how they look. Old bachelor'
want the 'crow's-feet' removed; anc
young men want their rough features
softened, which, Of course, improve
the complexion The club bachelor
are very difficult to please. The.
generally give fictitious names. When |
man is particular about his appearance
be is more fussy than woman. But, il
order to be agreeable, one must be at
tractive-the more beautiful the better
The improvement of beauty is laudabl
desire-just the same as the art of dress
ing. A woman values her beauty abov
all other gifts Of nature; because every