The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-27
SOME HEALTH SUGGESTIONS.
Points About Tapped Ribs and Mas
sage lreatme emit.

Points About Tapped Ribs and Mas
sage treatment
BROOKLYN. N. Y, April 26.--As / step
ped into the hot room of the Turkish bath a
day or two ago my attention was attracted
to young and very pretty woman who
seemed to experience great deal OF diff
Guilty in breathing the breath Of life. ASH
am especially interested in this respiratory
| subject, decided to get into conversation
with her If possible. The unusual tempera-
ture seemed to produce upon her the effect
Of slight asphy xiation, and as supposed,
she soon began to show signs of hysteria
"Oh, must get out of this" she gasped.
cit is sitting here. How can you stand
| itp'
/ rang the bell for glass of cold water,
and telling her to sip it slowly, finally in
duced her to sit down again.
"You will fesl better when you begin to
perspire freely" told her, shut have you
never taken Turkish bath beforeP
.'Only once or twice. a long time ago."
she replied, land then it didn't seem as hot
| as this. But you soc my massage treater
| ordered me to come here every other day.
and | suppose / shall have to do it if ID
| kills me.n
"Have you weak lungs!" asked.
80, no, guess not; though madame says
| | only breathe with my neck. You see I
am having my waist treated / am only
| eighteen inches, and IN order to be stylish I
| must measure twenty-four inches, at least.
| have grown three-quarters of an inch in
| two months, but that is awfully slow, you
know; SO l am going to have Turkish baths,
and waist treatment here as we'll as at
| home"
Suppose the fashion changes In year or
| OF two, and eighteen inch waists are ia
vogue again. What will you do theapi
| asked.
~ suppose then there will be some way of
| shrinking she laughed, "but my doctor
and my massage treater both say that this
| fashion will never change, because it is ac-
cording to beauty and common sense. But
| mercyl how it does hurt to have ones ribs
pinched and poksd and lifted, and ones
flesh pinched and rubbed an hour or two
every day."
"Have you been in the habit OF wearing
corsetsp inquired, bent upon getting the
sHave II Well, / should smile. My
maid used TO say that it made her ill whea
| she dressed me for a party. because, you
see, would not allow a wrinkle anywhere,
| and it did seem sometimes as IL my breath
| would stop entirely. Many time couldn't
| waltz more than once round the room, bat
| it gave me lovely color. One thing l am
sure of, and that is, that tight lacing is good
| for the complexion. DON'T you think soP'
| was glad that the time had arrived for
| my bath, for surely words were useless in
such case as this. A little later heard
| her giving directions TO the bath girl. You
are to spend most Of the time on my waist,~
she said, land If you know how to manlpu-
late the ribs then you can give me my
alcohol bath, but If you don't then l must
have the regular mas age treater."
81 think 1t Is bad enough" said my rosy
checked, bright-eyed. generous-chested and
| waisted attendant, "for fashion to change
human bodies | think it is wicked. I'm
| glad Maggie has got that young lady to rub
| instead of me-"
'Such cases as these are exceptionally I
remarked.
'Yes, but we have great deal of waist
| rubbing to do, though the bathers do not
| often tell us why they want so much treat
ment there. Between the ladies who wish
| to increase their size, and the ladies who
are anxious to reduce themselves. the bath
ers are kept busy, and it is relief when
somebody comes in who seems satisfied with
| the way she is made"
In an inter view with a professional
massagist was informed that the demand
| for just such treatment as the above is so
much in excess of the supply that classes
are constantly being formed by the masters
OF the trade, and that it bids fair to be q
splendidly compensated industry for thosa
| whu engage IN it,
81 suppose you have frequently heard Of
Tapped ribs" said this intelligent and wide
| awake woman, "but have you ever seen
| Tapped ribssn l confessed that l had not
except In one case whore the sudden death
Of a young girl from alleged heart disease
made it necessary for me to assist in some
of the subsequent preparations.
WELL" said my companion, II have
three cases of Tapped ribs among my seven
teen patients, and I am SO furious every
time go to treat them that / can scarcely
control myself. Two OF them are married,
and the other is young girl of eighteen.
The most astonishing thing about 1t is that
they are all lovely characters. They do not
seem vain or conceited, and they are truly
refined and very considerable OF me. How
to reconcile such qualities with these poor
bones that have been pulled together until
they have passed each other do not know,
but such are the facts"
ssDo YOU mean to tell me that massage
treatment will really bring these ribs back
to their proper placesw asked.
SIT will greatly help to do so,n she
answered. "This, ia connection with proper
breathing exercises, gentle gymnastics, and
the total absence of any external pressure
will ultimately do the work. but it Is neces-
sarily tedious, and where neuralgia has
been induced by tight lacing, the process is
| very SLOW.
These are sad and tragic facts, and tho
only consolation is that fashion for once is
on the side of health and decency.
To those who have asked me about the
quickest and surest way of developing the
waist, 1 can give no better hints than are
contained in the above scenes from life.
Where massage treatment is not procur-
able, and the work must be done exclusively
by the patient, dip the hands in ale lhol and
water equal parts, and rub from the front
| to the back taking care to stand upon the
halls of the feet, the abdomen pressed in
ward, the shoulders and head thrown back
ward, and the chin well down. Vary this
rubbing with the breathing exercises pre-
viously given, and / can safely promise that
the results will be excellent. But, there
must be no subsequent pulling of corset
strings. The same breathing and gymnastic
exercises, the same care IN standing aud
walking, will, strange as it may seem, re-
ducs superduous adipose tissue, and it will
do it more safely and more expediiously
than any other process.
ELEANOR KIRg.