The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-01
lGORING FOR WRINKLES.
a New Method Of Obliterating tho
Footprints Of Time.
Scissors and Nocdlo Employed I'm tho
Novel Opcration-The AEod Made
to Resume n Youthful
Appearance.


may be appropriately styled face
culture will be thrilled by the intclli-
gence that new remedy for wrinkles
has been disclosed. 1t isn't likely to be
ION the MARKET" since it isn't mask,
paste or lotion, and cannot be exploited
in the beauty shops because it is an OPP
Grafton instead of process and re-
quires the services of surgeon with
knife and needle.
The accounts of this new method of
obliterating the footprints of time on
the human countenance, says the New
York World, come from afar-from the
land of the rysanthemum-and are as
follows:
Tho Japanese have beautiful eyes,
but this is not patent to the casual OBJ
server, who is impressed by the odd cx-
preston impaired by the slanting lids
and generally fails to perceive that the
orbs beneath are full and soft and lus-
trous. Habitual exercise of the facial
muscles, as in the case of an actor or
orator, does much to modify this Oh
liquity, as appears from the fact that
members of these classes in Japan are
literally wider eyed than the rest of
their countrymcn.
Observation of this led certain Ger
man surgeon, who is resident of
Toxic, into field of experiment, where
he finally discovered new method of
dealing with wrinkles.
He found that by pinching up n little
plat of skin below the outer corner of
the eyelids of his slant-cycd subjects
the lids could be drawn down to the
proper level and made to open moro
widely. Then he cut out this little
patch and joined the edges by couple
of stitches and covered the slight wound
with sticking plaster.
1t healed, leaving no scar. Every
thing desired of the operation had been
attained. Then the fame of it spread
abroad in the city.
The nations of the east, like the an
clients, whose gods and goddesses were
described as ''oX-cyed," consider round
orbs n chief beauty, and Immediately
several Japanese bellies fastened to
avail themselves of the skill which
could in this way enhance their charms.
This stimulated general interest, and
by and by an Englishman, who had
dried up and shriveled good deal
about the eyes in that climate and who
wanted to go home looking as youthful
as the gods would permit and marry
young girl in England, conceived the
notion of trying the same means to
smooth out his puclzercd visagc.
Knife and scissors did their swift
work. The operation was beautiful
success and has since been tried on
several other Europeans mp to date to
obviate the same Disagreement, with
perfectly satisfactory results.
1t certainly seems strongly probable
that SO soon as this method is intro
duced it will become extremely popu-
lar in this country, where tho bright
and breezy climate alternately smites
and dazzlcs our eyes until the muscles
of the face arc drawn like stirring
strings and wrinkles are thereby made
the portion of young and old alike
1t is not reported that the stitches
leave no trace on the face of Europeans.
Probably Il slight mark does remain
The Japanese are notoriously pure
bloodcd people whose wounds are said
to heal with phenomenal rapidity, and
it is not ut all strange that no seam
shows where the skin patch is removed
from their faces. But, even if we are
less fortunate and small scar remains,
it isn't so much of n Disagreement as n
| perfect cobweb of creases about the
| eyes, and doubtless the American mind
will incline readily to the idea of goring
| for wrinkles.