Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-07-17
Methods of Removing Wrinkles
From the Face.
STRANGE STORIES OF VANITY
The Extreme Care That Some Women
and Even Men Take to Keep
Their Faces Smooth.

lie summer girl uOceu WotIy 20
much as she used TO do about the coat
of tan and flligree Of freckies that are
the inevitable accompaniment OF the
summers outing. When she gets back
TO the city in September, wearing the
tan and freckles as indisputable evil
dence that papa WAS able to raise the
checks for the annual spread At "the
Point" At "Boom- Ia Rs-Ra" or some
resort with an equally euphonious
Indian name. She goes at once TO the
facial renovator and long before the
season" has opened her complexion
is IS pure 40 the beautiful snow"
lhe face doctor, who must not be
confounded with the faith doctor.
takes tho summer girl in hand, or as
much of her face as would make .
good handful, and proceeds to kneed
her features much as a strong-armed
baker manIpuiates batch OF dough.
After the face has been thoroughly
worked into pliable shape. the doctor
rubs in q quantity Of secret compounds
that remove the last vestige of tan and
cause the freckles to fade away like
He Joiiiss Them Up.
Sometimes the doctor lollies up his
patient with few electric shocks.
TINS treatment besides making the VIC
tim howl IN q most interesting manner
Is said 10 remove the wrinkles and de-
pressions CEASED by years, sorrow. care,
gum chewing, or inordiuate laughing. A
face doctor that Is responsible for many
of the lily white compilations that
bloom in this city, says wrinkles and
like wan facial blemishes are not
caused by old age entirely, il at all.
Besides recalling the perennial lowell
ness of Madam Recamler she can men.
ton the names of several women In
Grand Rapids that have reached tru-
ly awe-lnspiring age, and yet retain y
marked degree the tabled "blOOm OF
youth" Nor yet is itsorrow that makes
a woman's face look like war map of
darkest Africa. It's lack Of sleep,
chewing gum and laughing till the
plastic work drops Oft the wall and the
Tears run out of the eyes. "There was
a woman once" after the formula of
Mr.. Kipling, "that chewed gum till
ner facial development was sight To
make you tired. She had deep, heavy
lines around the mouth, aud her eyes
began to work downward-yes, that's
highland all her friends were panied
10 look at her. Well, she came to me,
Gave Up Chewing Gum.
"First made her give up the gum. 1t
was an awful pull for her, but she did
it. Then l went to work on her face.
| rubbed and slapped and pounded the
region aroun0 her mouth until 1t WAS
like that of new born babe, more or
less. She never chewed again and now
her face is wholly free from wrinkles.
'Some of our patients are men-yes,
10 be sure. They come mostly to be
treated for badness. / always take
delight in mauling some old dutfer's
head until the tears run out of MS eyes.
| don't know why, but do. After we
nave rubbed the warts off their hoary
heads, we treat them with medicines
and | seldom fail to raise a luxuriant
crop of hair.
THE most interesting patients ever
treat are the women that come to have
cigarette stains removed from their
fingers. They are mostly musicians
and artists. There are some singers
who come for that purpose and one In
particular is u very regular visitor, for
she says her instructor wouldn't give
her lessons If he thought she smoked
tho dainty little Japanese Gig
''Some women take treatment for
badness, too, but not many. To
thoroughly and permanently remove
wrinkles / always insist Oh a three
months treatment. At the end OF half
an hours vigorous treatment | have
been able to remove every vestige of
wrinkles from q woman's face, but the
wrinkles will soon reappear unless the
whole treatment Is taken.
Temporary Removcrs.
al did tnis very thing with a pro
mineut society woman the other day,
who wanted TO appear at her best for a
swell evening dinner. | supplemented
the massage with electricity and medi-
cine, and though she WAS 30. she
looked ten years younger whom | got
through with her. Al present my old
est female patient 10 30 and the young
est Is. Then there 10 an old man tax
ing the treatment for badness who il
over GO years old.
''Some very needy working girls
spend good share of their earnings in
taking frequent complexion treatments.
Other patients come for almost every
kind of facial blemlsh, bruises, black
eyes, moles, warts, superaburdauce OF
hair. diseased complexion from excee-
slve use of paints, powders and en-
amels. heavy and infiamed eyes, result
ing from a nights frollc and every.
thing else shat makes a man or woman
unlovely in one another's eyes.
"Euameiing is notmuch practised now
but everyone knows how many really
good complications are ruined by the
use Of paints and powders. A thick
skin u slow 10 take Oh wrinkles. while
a thin, delicate skin 10 coon spoiled
even by frequent nervous attacks. A
| have said some hlsmishes are no,
caused By poor health at ali, and in
those cases they have TO use the
remedies discovered by art. Rat where
affection just ss an ordinary physician
treats disease.
Matter ~ ef~sasss~.
Naturally most Of our patssnts are
very averse ~ having anybody know
that they come here, ard are fearful
OF being accused % fooh.h vanity 10
nv mind u should be q matter oil
cleanliness. have dFesdfully shaekee
sonae very swell women ~ shn~ sc
them the towels ] used ia wiping tbeil
fsces after size massage. The towel'
wuuid be 80 very black thai
that theY eonid ssFeely believe
thai 81 much dirt could eoms ffonl
tFsrsf faces. Msny r~rsoas after tai
lns the face nsssesse deeIsfe that shsy
| fet Toe the ffss tine ia shrlf lives thai
thsr fsess we're Thoroughly eassa