Los Angeles herald., 1892-04-07
FACE MASSAGE.
FANNIE EDGAR THOMAS SAYS 1T is
GOOD FOR THE COMPLEXION.
To Avoid the Coming of Wrinkles the
Muscles Under the Skin Must Be Kept
In Good Order-Patti, the Prima Donna,
PRACTICES Face Massage Persistently.
Copyright, 1892, by American Press Associa
tion

SE*kNSSfy, n a5HEvELOP the beauty that
ks l;AT/%rSn we have from within, rather
W[y IN "A than put on the outside that
WI| NV n which shall make us seem to be
M IA what we are not
AS in the case Of the body,
exercise and food are the basis of facial
development. Late day skin doctors
work from the inside out to make a
healthy complexion. A child shakes a
lot OF cut flowers over a garden bed and
is delighted with the prospect. The
farmer tills the sod, weeds it, feeds it,
studies its lack and gives what it needs,
then sows the seeds which grow and
multiply to make beautiful farm.
Have you ever noticed women who
were much prettier when seen close by
than when seen across the room, and
were younger looking in broad sunlight
than in a gaslit room? This popularity
you never find in children or girls up to
eighteen or twenty years of age. 1t is
because the texture and color Of the
skin have been cared for to the neglect
of the foundation-the flesh, muscle and
tissue of the face.
All have noticed the difference be-
tween the arm of the athlete and that OF
the man or woman who leads a perfect
muscleless life. Practice ballet dancing
a year and behold the growth in the
size OF the calf of the leg. To come
nearer home, lay your arm on the desk
in the attitude of writing. Place your
fingers upon the forearm and feel the
motion of the muscles as the fingers
move. You would scarcely believe that
anything SO gentle could be exercise, yet
by actual measurement the right fore
arm of writers is couple Of inches
larger than the left. Even below the
elbow slight enlargement is percepti-
BILE, and dressmakers are obliged to al
low for this in the dresses of most WON.
an writers.
Under the skin is network of mus
cles and tissues which may be SO
pumped out by exercise as to form a
round, firm bed upon which the skin
stretched evenly must look smooth, and
SO long as the exercise is kept up wrin-
kles, which indicate caving in or relaxa-
ton of the muscles, cannot occur.
Facial massage is the exercise of the
muscles of the face by manipulation.
Enough cannot be said to encourage
women in this practice of keeping them
selves young looking forever. Wonders
may be worked by it. The more it is
done the quicker and greater the i'm
provement. Little and often is better
than the reverse. Fifteen minutes three
times day is better than forty five
minutes at one sitting. Sit in strong
light. Work systematically. Persist
persist.
First moisten the skin with little
pure cream properly prepared by some
reliable chemist or specialist, or, in its
absence, almond meal, or oil, cocoanut
butter, hazelnut oil, OF mutton tallow
Rub it well in with finger tips till the
skin is quite pliable. Then commence
with that disfiguring line between the
eyes which adds five years to your looks
Squeeze, pinch and twist the fesh-not
the skin-between the finger and thumb,
gently stretching the flesh apart between
two thumbs. Thence to the corners of
the eyes, which treat in similar man
ner, then under the eyes-not in the hol-
low directly under the eye, but the little
cushion of flesh below that-with view
of increasing the size of the muscles SO
that they shall stretch up into the hol-
low and fill it out. Catch the cushion
tightly between the finger and thumb Of
both hands and stretch it apart-every
time muscle is stretched it grows.
Also smile hard, and pressing the
raised cushion with the finger tips so
stretch the muscles till they are tired,
also rub the cushion from the nose out
ward. Thence to the line about the cor
ner of the mouth. Shut the teeth hard,
press the thumbs upon the raised bunch
in the center of the cheek, pushing the
muscle over to fill the space. Hold the
tongue firmly under the line and iron it
out with the ball of the hand. Double
up the flesh between the fingers and rub
the line out with the fingers; also pass
the thumb inside the mouth and rub the
flesh gently between finger and thumb.
Stretch, twist and pinch the middle
cheek till the flesh feels tired.
The massage under the chin is the
most difficult part, and to be properly
done requires that a second person
should stand behind, and with the head
pressed against the, breast sweep the
palms of the hand vigorously apart from
the throat. This prevents either wrin-
kles or fabbiness Of the lower jaw.
Every trace of "chin flap" may be re-
moved by twisting on either side Of the
loose skin and brushing the latter
lengthwise. Wherever a line is seen
double it up and iron it out as crease
in satin. Make all rubbing motions
toward the ear outward. Counting is a
valuable aid to the mechanical exercise;
15 twists, 10 stretches, 100 motions un-
der the eyes, etc.
Massage has passed into the articles Of
PATHS creed. whenever I see tiny
line appear | do not sleep till it is re-
moved" she says. 81 find the squeezing
around the corners of the eyes certain
preventive of crows feet We have sue
ceeded in working out five deeply set
lines which l had supposed were perma-
nent." .
Without regularity and persistence
any effort of this kind, as in athletics or
music practice, is but waste of time.
FANNIE EDGAR THOMAS.
In 1870 tho act Of c,,npracc was 1,aSsnd