The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-10-07
FAIR LIS BEAUTY ENHANCED.
<oveI Profession That Is Due !"
,.oman's Devotion to Good LOOKS.

u &oVel PROCESSION
..oman's Devotion to Good LOOKS
TChcago Herald
The Doctor is not a general practitioner
She deyotes herself wholly to removing SUI
rarauor1s hair from the faces of the sex &c
wbich n boarded face is blemish, not an
attraction. save when arrayed the freak
nlatforu of a museum. When The Heral1
scribe rang the bell the other day a soft and
wornanly voice babe him enter, and with
much trepidation the reporter entered the
shrine The doctors assistant was the only
occupant.
"Do we find many patrons!' she sad, with
n pleasant laugh, echoIng the reporters first
query. Eyes. indeed. You have no idea
how much it hurts woman's sensitive ma
ture TO have a few conspicuous hairs on her
face In her anxiety to get rid OF them she
Will try all sorts of lotions and washes, none
of which does any permanent good, anu ire
quently, instead of leSsening tho growth,
makes it worse. DepilatOry plaster' are
more generally used than any one would
imagine, but they never give any relief
Since we came here we have had ali the pa
tients we could take care of.
"What is your treatment asked the in
vestigator.
Just this little needle" was the answer,
holding up a fine cambria needle fastened
in n little black rubber holder, 'and an cleo
tric battery We have to take e9ch hair
separ ateIy. insert the needle in as far as the
root and the electricity kills 1t forever.
Generally we remove about $50 hairs at a
sitting, AMI 1T takes haI1 or three-quaFIe
of an hour"
"Does it hurtr naturally followed her ex-
PLANTATION.
mot in the least" Then, with a glance
at the few stray hairs the scribe was fondly
caressing she added "Let me show you on
your mus"
"No, no; excuse me-" interrupted the vic
tim with more haste than politene IS, as she
toyed with the instrument of torture and
looked lonsingly at the fertile field for her
occupation; II should prefer to have you de-
scribe the sensation"
Its Just little bit of sting, and after
the first few applications it's rather pleasant
than otherwise. The costa That depends on
the growth that has to be removed. Some
ladies have occasionally pail $40 or $50,
and have been glad to have the blemish re-
moved even at that price. In a number OF
cases it has cost from so to So, but gem
orally s. or SO covers the expenses. Ladies
are intensely sensitive in regard to such a
defect. Nine out of ten OF them wear wells
when they come and 60, and two of them
wouldn't sit in the same room for worlds.
Even two friends similarly afflicted will
never discuss the subject. 1t is utterly Ia
boOad."
1t is less than ton years since this syste N
of removing an abnormal growth of hair
was discovered and given the name of ectro-
| lysis. Every reputable physician knows
that the plan works successfully, but it Is
/ too slow and eXacting to suit inpatient mas
/ culinity while woman seems naturally
adapted to it. Besides, woman has a DIETER
touch AMI a patient that makes her, as a
rule, an incomparably better operator.
( Pulling the hair ont usei to lie frequently
resortei to by the ladies, but few applica-
I tions of this heroic style of treatment
/ showed them that it useless waste OF
/ energy The hair grew out Immediately.
/ Occasionally soma one would try t. inject
/ some sort of an acid solution into the HAN
sacs, but that left bad blotches and scars
/ and the gentler sex had Just about give VI
in despair when electricity came to Their
! aid
Cases are recorded where many as
| 5000 hairs have been removed from one
woman's face, and from 900 to 1000 Is by
/ no means All unusual number.