St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-31

are more apt to want their ears set back
or their hollow cheeks filed out"
The speaker was the proprietor of a
large ARCHAEOLOGICAL institute" in this
city, says writer in the New York Re-
corder, and he has been in the business
of making faces over for twenty years.
How about noses?" was asked.
"Well, there are rather more men |
than women who want their noses I'M
proved. They get puffy and coarse
loo king, and have to be reduced in size.
But treated lady the other day whose
nose was twisted clear over on one side,
the result of a fall when child. A knot
of bone stood out at the left of the
bridge, and altogether it was a pretty
bad-lOOking nose. instruments were
inserted under the flesh. and the bone
was scraped down. Then little metal
arrangements were put Oh to bring 1t
over and hold it in position. You won't
heals. Another lady, whose nose has
no bone or cartilage halfway up from
the tip, am gong to treat with an artl-
fetal bridge of gold. When the flesh is
brought UP over this her nose will be
| Just as good as anybOdy'S.
pug noses? sOh. certainly, l make
| them over continually. In such cases
| the bridge sinks down where it ought
| to be straight. The flesh is brought up
from each side and subjected to pres
sure, which causes the eoncave spot to
rise to the proper outline"
| Edmond AbOut'S greWSOme tale OF
"'The Nose Of a Notary" here came to
mind, and the gentleman was asked II
he could furnish an entire new nose:
but he shook his head dOubtfuify and
| said he had never tried.
6nD,
those freckles."
The words tlOated out from behind
tall screen, where an assistant was.
bending over young woman.
But will they stay off?' was Whls-
pered to the proprietor.
"Ceriainly, if she goes on using the
same preparation after they are re-
moved.
..Brthmarks are trken away by an
application which penetrates and de-
stroys the tissue without breaking the
skin. Suppose the cuticle is pltted by
smallpox or the ordinary acne which so
many people have, l should use some
thing like this" and he picked mp a
cup-shaped apparatus which, by sue
ton, drew up the flesh, producing a
peculiar sensation by no means so un-
pleasant as pinching.
"This breaks up the tissues and in
|
points in removing this kind of disfg-
urement.
Hollow cheeks are treated by means
of an instrument and manipulation. or
massage. Wrinkles are managed the
same way"
$50 men are just as particular about
their looks as the women"
Every bit. | treat just as many of
one.as the other. The men want super
fluous hair removed, pimples, scars and
pittings eradieated, noses Strengthened
and thinned down, hollow cheeks
pumped o 1T and ears set back just as
often as the women. The only instance
where the ladies carry the majority is
) in the matter of wrinkles. Crows feet
these first indicators of age, are theiI
pet adherence. They are very easily
: removed, too. Elastic skin is the most
subject to wrinkles.
"Women don't seem to care so much
about their ears as men. l suppose
they can more easily dress their hair to
hide defects. Just look at that letter.
1t was from a gentleman, VINO i'll
: formed the doctor that his ears were
, getting along beautifully, and he was
, profuse in his expressions of gratitude
for what had been done.
THAT mans ears stood out so thai
= they were the first thing you saw wher
ne came in sight. They made him look
{ positively comical. We cat the Skin
back of the ear. drew it up and band
aged the ear down tightly, and now he
:; goes about in the happy consciousness
4 of no longer exciting the gibeS anC
Z sneers OF the unsympathetic.
"Do you notice that people with thick
skin and coarse hair never get bald? i
is so. 1t is the thin skin with the fine
delicate capillaries that loses hair. ane
needs looking after. Persons with suct
;, skins should often take treatment fol
the prevention of loss of hair.
"People travelling should be careful
not to wipe on towels after strangers
Skin diseases are continually being
/. communicated i'll this way. Any facia
soap will counteract all such effects, bu
it is best to be careful.
do we treat actresses much? Well
I should say so; but not any more thar
: women in private life. They almost in
Variably wish to be cured of Skin
diseases, caused generally by the cos
metics they are obliged to use, ant
r sometimes by impure soap.
y I'VE receive about 600 letters a da.
It from people who want their faces i'm
/, proved. So many are skeptical ant
{. afraid to try, but all our methods ar
IS entirely scientific, and we never prom
l. Use anything which we cannot do"
In the reception room was all array 0
women of various ages, from sixteen t
sixty. all cOurageously awaiting thei
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