The St. Johns herald., 1886-04-15
BLOOM WITHOUT COSMETICS.
lev Way os rrInglng Roses to Fair Cheek.


 lew Way Of Bringing Roses to Fair Cheeks
 Aneat little house on Pine street, not far west of Broad, has been, for some time past, the object of considerable at tention among the residents of that neighborhood. The suspicion arose from the fact that every day the house is visited by quite a number of ladies ranging in age from sixteen to sixty The parlor of the house is occupied as an office by young physician. It has lately been discovered that he is engaged in a most remarkable business.
 To one of the visitors a News-gathereI is indebted for an explanation of a secret, which the majority of many rosy checked maidens who promenade Chest nut street would prefer to remain un- discovered. The visits of the young ladies to the doctor are for no other pur- pose than to get a healthy color; not painted, but a genuine healthy color.
 4 News-gatherer was fortunate enough 10 have, through the courtesy of the producer of the .. rosy blush, all >opportunity of witnessing the operation by which the cheeks are beautified and to hear the doctors account of how he came to introduce the new method of an arti ficial bloom of health in female faces.
 It takes from three to five visits to make the " rose permanent. The treat ment is painless and the girls seem rather to enjoy it.
 The young lady who was being oper- ated upon during the reporters visit was pale-cheeked lass from uptown, whose face needed but the roses to make her interesting. She was undergoing the first course. Under the impression that the visitor was a student she made no objection to his presence.
 The doctor began his operations with soft, dry towel, with which he rubbed both cheeks of the patient until they glowed. Then he alternately patted and rubbed the cheeks with his bare hands until the blood was brought sufficiently near the surface to make the girl look as if she had been standing over a hot fire cooking Christmas dinner.
 After rest of ten minutes the process was renewed, and before that was over there was a spot on each cheek that Glowed like burning coal. This had to be toned down, and the tcning was done by application of an ointment rubbed into the skin with piece of soft sheepskin, so that when this vas done the young lady, who came in pale-cheeked and col orless, left the office with a pair of roses that will be the admiration and envy of her uninitiated companions. This pro- cess is continued for several successive days until the bloom becomes permanent.
 "I have a very extensive practice, said the bloom producer, "and they come from all sections of the city. l am think ing of opening an office in New York. 1 discovered the method accidentally. My sister had a pale, colorlesS face and she frequently lamented that fact. Several times l made her cheeks red by rubbing them, and I found that they at last re- tained their color. She was gratified with the result and had me put rosy cheeks on several of her girl friends.
 "As was physician without prac- tice the idea struck me that l could make money by that means, so l established an office and now have more patrons than can attend to. 1 have an awful lot oi old maids, from whom the bloom Oi youth has faded, coming to have their cheeks blush again.
 ? Brunettes require the most work as