Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-08
Pauline Pry Puts Herself Into the
Hands of Professional.
SIZE Is MAOSAGED AND STEAMED
Where Men and Women Repair
the Ravages Of Time.
SHE LOOKED NO WORSE

the aurora borealis or anything Of the sort
you were mistaken. It's the blending glare
Of my incipisnt beauty. I say incipien'
beauty. because I have only acquired 9
dollars worth. which. as yet. does not ex-
| tend below my collar; but when have TAX
| en- q full course, as shall, II somebody
gives me a check for an Xmas present from
the crown Of my head down to the ground
I shall be as pretty as certain other wo-
men-hush; as pretty as certain men who
| patronize the same beauty parlors.
Oh, know secrets now, IL / never did In
my life and I'm going to tell them If every
| illusion about the natural loneliness OF
| humanity has to be sacrificed.
The other day I picked up an aesthetic
| circular announcing a ''world-renowned
| dermatolog1st-the originator OF facial
steaming and original and sole compounder
| of divine remedies and guide to restoring
natural beauty"
| A never-dying desire to be beautiful Is
| implanted in every womans breast, ana
| when tailors charge from $75 up to build
| shapely figure. and for any complexion mat
| a decent woman will wear she must pay
S for half a pint. judge Of the feminine
| enthusiasm that responds to the next page
| Of the aesthetic circular.
Charming woman, why fade prema-
| turely? Revive thy charming beauty lynn
dormant for want OF proper nourishment
| Wrinkles vanish, freckles fade, tan ana
| sunburn arrested ere 1t appears; black
| heads red and pitted noses become as
smooth, white and clear as In youth. A
| beautiful. clear complexion. with plump
ness and blush OF youth, is all we recon-
mend"
In the Beauty shop.
Generous heaven! who could recon-
| mend more? Who would ask for morsr
Not 1. surely.
cd
| at ths world-renowned dermatologtsts l
just asked her to make me pretty.
You can see," l said. what my needs
are"
The dermatoIogist raised the curtain to
better survey me- and the plump freshness
OF her gray-haired, fifty odd years made
me ashamed OF the Welsh rarebit face 1
was holding up to view. / had been the
victim OF a chating dish the night before,
and you known how that makes you look
next morning-grOggy about the nose.
bilious about the eyes, and cross enough to
scream.
"Oh, yes" said the dermatologist, your
system Is disorganized. You need my
health tonic / prepare II myself Of simple
herbs and the best brandy. l Will let you
| taste it, and from bottle OF nasty black
stun she turned me out dose that tasted
ike anything but more.
Now, II you VIII take this. and another
simple remedy 1 have for stomach
trouble"
But, L Deg your pdrQOn, i maven I any
stomach trouble 1 said.
You may not be aware of 1t" she
gently answered, but 1 can plainly dis
Germ that you have stomach trouble. can
For PHYS sake. microbes under my
skin-whereg"
''Under your eyes" she said, there and
there"
microbes almost anywhere but really it's
an awful shock to learn That they're under
your own eyes and in your own skin. How
ever. feel that 1 am perfectly safe to be
at large, for besides having been so re-
Gently vaccinated, / took another dose OF
the health tonic on the spot.
1T is impossible to tell you how long 1t
would require to make you perfectly beauti-
full" the dermatologist went on; Il can
only promise that in time, If you will take
my system of physical culture and facial
steaming and massage, for which, with
the health tonic and skin food and elixir
of youth, 1 charge $40, you will be restored
to your original plumpness and your COM
plexion will acquire velvet flush as
charming and bewitching as the morning
dew on its own blooming petals"
A Dollar. Worth.
Not having so much Of a fortune as 80
loose in my pockets. said that felt the
change would be too sudden II 1 took a
full course of beauty at a single sitting.
but that IL she could let me have about a
dollars worth I thought I could go forth
in the world with that much without arous-
ing suspicion.
Il can steam your face and give you q
massage for a dollar" she said III you
wish your neck pumped that will be 30
cents extra"
1 concluded to let my neck rest as it IL
for the time being. and we retired to the
operating room with my face.
The face of the dermatologist was 30
very plump in the cheeks 1t worried me
1 wanted so intensely to touch her cheeks
cles, They looked just as hard; and my
mind couldn't rest until asked her IL her
cheeks were always like that.
"Oh, no." she answered. when ! dis
covered these wonderful remedies / was
thinner than you are. and 1 have made
myself what l am by my own efforts"
She now had me seated in a great easy
chair, my feet on a hassock, my arms ex-
tended on the arms of the chair. and she
was loosening my hair.
IF you don't mind my saying it," ven
tured, II would hardly like my cheeks as
plump as yours, for it Is not at all becom-
ing to me. i lately had an liberated tooth
which pumped my face on one side and
you have idea how commonplace 1t
makes me look to be plump
I'VE can manage that nicely" she an
swered reassuringy. For, you know, we
can stop developing Just as soon as you
seem to have enough"
Then when she had the pins out Of my
hair she began rubbing my head, and said:
Make yourself just as comfortable as you
can now, and I'll soon have all the nerves
out of YOU"
"Oh, don't say that" exclaimed. 81 need
every bit of nerve / have in my business"
That's a mistake" she said. Nerves
are the greatest enemy OF womans
beauty. Be perfectly easy, relax every
muscle and don't think"
The Men Customers.
My doctor has frequently told me not to
think, but for the first time the advice
was accompanied by aids to its accom-
plishment. She continued kneading my
scalp and the muscles behind my ears until
discovered that here at last had found
something to satisfy the nervous woman
who gets so tired she has half a mind to
be a man and go take a drink. Little
crecps Of magnetism ran down my spinal
olumn and arms, and l was almost pur-
ring when she said, Now take off your
waist" This off, she wrapped a couple Of
towels around my neck and escorted me to
an alcove where was a copper barrel, I'M
der which gas was lighted. and from
spout in the barrel q volume of steam was
putting. / was put in a chair directly on a
| line with the spout and the barrel and
were wrapped in Overwhelmingly close
communion under a sheet that enveloped
US both.
"Oh yes" she said. in answer to a query
from me. "a great many men come to me