Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1889-01-05
WOMEN WITH MUSTACHES.
BEAUTY THAT IS MARRIED By
HIRSUTE BLEMIS HE'S

Removing the Superhuous Hairs
with an Electric Battery-In an
Operating Chair.
As Chicago Herald reporter sat in
cable car the other day he noticed
pretty woman enter. Pretty, stylish and
trim from head to foot-only one blem-
ish, and that decided, an humiliating
one. She had pronounced mustache
that youth of twenty would have en-
Wed her. Everywhere that one goes, in
shops, churches, theatres, this disigure-
ment is noticed. Is there no remedyl
Sensitive women will resort TO any and
every method to rid themselves of super
fiuous hair. Scissors, tweezers, yes, even
razors are used, only to find that the
blemish will return as fast as it is re-
moved, and with additional strength.
There are many fortunate cases. A
young woman had few struggling hairs
on her face. She noticed them much more
than any one else. and grew actually
morbid on the subject. One day while
having her hair shampoocd her hair
dresser noticed them and tod her he
could remove them. He produced
small stone and by her PERMISSION pro-
ceeded to rub them off, leaving her face
smooth and blushing from the friction.
He assured her that if they returned
they would be much finer, scarcely to be
observed. Instead, in a few days they
appeared, and to her horror she found
they were very much worse than beiore.
In her despair she again used the stone
which her hairdresser had persuaded her
to buy. This practice she kept up daily,
until her face was in frightful con
dition. However, at last she found
remedy at the hands of a certain we'll
known lady physician, who guarantees
to permanently remove this blenlsh by
electricity.
ut is the only way on ca eth to effect
ually kill this parasite, said the latter
to the Herald reporter. "Any physician
of repute will assure you of that fact
6ingeing, cutting, pulling out 10y tweez-
ers or depilutories only make them
coarser, rougher and more bristling. The
fOllicie must be killed, then the hair falls
out of itself'
s'Do you have many paticnts?'
81 am Dusy every minute, she sa d.
"You would be surprised to see how
common an application it is. The
reason, too, is unknown. 1t seems
to be a modern disease. Physicians can
not quite understand it. have actresses,
society ladies and women of humble
walks OF life come to me. They are
willing TO pay almost anything to be rid
of this constant mortiiicatiOn. The nus
bands, too, are quite as anxious. They
tell their wives to get it done no matter
what it costs. / have just finished a
very delicate piece Of work on the arms
and hands of we known society lady.
She had hairs down even oil her fingers
and now thev are as smooth as velvet"
"Does it ever return"
ssSometimes few of the hairs come
back, but they are always black and ex-
tremely easy to kill a second time, and l
always remove them free of charge when
they return"
.'Is it painful operation"
? swell, sometimes. That depends
good deal upon the sensitiycness of the
skin, and the nerves of the patient ]
find, though" she added, lau2h ngly,
s.that even when it hurts petty bad,
the ladies will endure it bravely-in
fact, a women will suffer any pam if
thereby she is to be made better look
ing"
s'You'd be surprised, too" she con-
tinued, 'if you knew how many miles a
woman will go for this work. have a
young lady from Utah, another patient
from KANSAS who is coming specially for
this purpose. Yes, have had "a young
lady from Buffalo who was gong to be
married and came all that distance to
be beautifed. A queer thing hap
pened when l first started i'll busi-
ness three years ago, l had
patient from Milwaukee. Poor lady she
had shaved twice day for three years
Well, it was a tedious task. Her heard
was lust like a mans. You can fancy
the enormous amount of labor IL was to
insert the needle in each fol!icle. Then,
too, her skin had become so tender that
it was almost impossible to work upon
it. However, we persevered. and she is
now entirely free from the blemlsh, and
very happy over it, too. Moies. too--so
many wish them taken out. Then, too,
you perhaps will be surprised to know !
have some gentlemen. ast week had
one whose eyebrows met, and cleared
that hairy bridge away for him. But, of
course, most of my patients are ladies"
The Herntd reporter then asked per
mission to be allowed TO watch an opera.
ton, which was granted. The patient
sits in reclining chair and ho'ds bowl
Of water on her lap, in which is i'm
mersed one of the cords from the bat
terry. To the other Is attached the finest
possible needle. The operator gathers
nm tho hpeh ahout the obnnx1oua hair
plunges the needle IN deep, the patient
dips two or three fingers in the water.
says "Ohl" and waits. After a few
seconds the needle is removed and the
hair Is deftly picked out by the tweezers.
The face is left a little sorc from the
operation. but camphor freely applied
will healit.