National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-02-24
TIE WONDERS OF MAssAar.
Reducing Obesity, Filling Up Unde-
veloped Forms and Smoothing Out
Time,s Tell-Tnln Marks.

Reducing Obesity, Filling Up Unde-
veloped Forms and Smoothing Out
Times Tell-Taie Marks.
"Comc up and see me put him through"
said T., b. Osbaldistone, the New York mas
sage expert to a NATIONAL REPUBLICAN,
reporter The subject was fine specimen
Of middle-aged manhood, with slight ex-
cess Of adipose, involving an avoirdupois
of some 235 pounds, and a tendency to
equity trouble.
Room % of Wizards Hotel was to be the
scene Of operation. Stopping on the way
to make an appointment with well-known
physician to remove the effects OF a sleep.
less night spent with q patient the trio
reached the spot. The subject was stripped
to the buff and laid between two blankets.
The operator discarded coat, vest, neck fix
ings, and suspenders, and rolled up his
sleeves on arms that would not disgrace
John l.. Sullivan.
Uncovoring the subjects right foot the
articulation was begun. Each toe was
briskly bent and the joints nexed by the
right hand, the left holding the instep.
This was continued up the limb, which
was made to perform more gyrations and
genufexions than a ballet dancers ever
did. No movement not designed for the
human limb to make was attempted, how
ever, and the. treatment, though startling
to the bystander, was pronounced by the
subject "all right" This was but the first
step-the Introductory limbering-up pro-
cess, as 1t were; the massage had not COM
menced.
snow, these movements arc, apparently,
impossible &c. describe said the operator,
as he opened up on the PROSTATE figure;
'the New York reporters have all tried
their pencils on IL, and not one has got IL
down right" Thus encouraged the re-
porter adjusted his position so as TO obtain
a good view, and this is how IL looked to
him. First Of all there was neither rub
bing, pinching, nor kneading. The opera.
ton consisted Of 100 movements to the min.
ute, and was an alternate grasping and re.
lease Of the muscles and tissues, combined
with gliding motion, directed with a ref
erence to the internal construction OF the
part to which attention was being given.
Snow. here is the hillary duct" said Mr..
Osbaldistone, as hereached the region known
as the false ribs at sometimes gets
clogged up, hut few passes like this will
start almost anything but gall stones" Sc
the looker-on thought. The peristaltc
movement was another ''startingn opera.
ton, in which the sequence to digestion Is
| dpuy uiueu, tno TWO minus Praying lnUu
each others action In way to counterfeit
the continuous processes always going on
in awell-ordered abdomen. This, It was
remarked, could he continued so as to prove
more effective than any aperlent that was
ever invented.
The demonstration included the soothing
and toning Lomi.lomi method of the Sand.
| witch Islands, the muscle beating OF Prof
Klemm, of Rega, and the Partisan tapote
ment or percussion.
"But we don't confine ourselves to this
general treatment explained the profes.
sor, as he wound up the hours work, per
wrinkles out OF an aged lady's face, de.
velop shrunken facial muscles, and make
her bloom like girl in her teens. Then
ecan aid Dame Nature In her work wher
the rounded outline so priced in the female
figure fails to materialize. In five week:
we can turn out perfect Venus in form
from an undeveloped but fully grown girl,
discounting artificial aid out Of sight"
slow much do you think my girth eau
be reduced by this treatment ~ querled the
subject, as he resumed his apparel after hi
had declared himself "a new man.
1.-TWO inches and half per week is moi
too much to expect" was the cheering
reply.
sand how much should gain ?" put IL
the reporter, who is about six feet long
| and weighs just about hundred pounds
less than the "subject.n
"About in the same ratio.o
sand you are going to start schoo
here"
| ayes"
"Then I'm your man. Start her up thi
week, won't you please"
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