Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-12-06
HOW RICH WOMEN Battle.

A well-groomed, pampered, thorough
bred race horse is not taken more pains
with, or more carefully tended, thar
Is the society woman. Her toilet hours
are a matter of the greatest import
ance to her, and her toilet appurten
ances are many and most varied II
is no uncommon thing NOWADAYS 10
hear some one remark that the sue
cess of some belle is due not to her
beauty, but because she looks so well
groOmed, and such is the case.
1t has been q noticeable fact the
last week at the horse show, where
perhaps never has there been seen IL
larger number Of our swellest women
together at one time.
Most of our maids and matrons a4e
in favor of the massage treatment, and
to this do they credit their fine ply
siognomy and general good health, de-
spite late hours and social dissipa-
tons After ball has been attended,
a late supper indulged in, with the out
look Of another one the following
night, nothing Is more invigorating In
the morning, after toast and tea has
been INDUCED in, than to be thorough
ly massaged.
Iangtry was one Of the first to make
this q fashion in New York, and one of
the two maids she brought with her is
kept solely for this purpose Langtry
is massaged thoroughly every morning
Her skin is thus kept white, smooth
and firm, and it Is also precaution
against accumulating too much super
huous flesh, for the Lilly" Is fond of
the delights Of the table, and, using
lais preventive, she can indulge her
appetite.
Mrs. George Gould, when she was
the actress, Edith Kingdom, always
used to patronize the Russian baths,
for she wanted the massage treatment
that goes with them, and she con
tinued to go to them during the first
year Of her married life. Recently
however, she has had small Russian
bath room introduced into her house
where she can take the steam heat
plunge and then be rubbed down by
her own maid. Mrs. Gould has been
heard to say that nothing rests her
as do these baths, and sometimes,
when unduly fatigued, she will take
two a day, being careful, however,
that in the second one the steam is not
too hot, SO as to debilitate her too
much.
Mrs. Isaac Lawrence has been adj
vised to patronize the Russian baths.
but she does not approve Of them. She
was heard to exclaim recently thai
they might be good for the Russian
peasant, but not for her. 1t Is not only
those inclined to embonpoint who i'll
dulge in the Turk ST. and Russian
baths and massage treatment to reduce
and keep their flesh from becoming
too much in evidence, but also thos''
who are inclined to be too thin. These
latter insist that the massage treat
ment makes them acquire flesh, and
that when it comes 1t Is distributed III
equal quantities over their bones, so
that they look plump, but never fat.
Mrs. Albert Stevens, nee May Brady.
Is noted for her willowy figure, and YET
when she wears her gown decollrtp
her neck appears plump and smooth.
with never an angle in sight. Mrs.
Stevens always, when she engages Il
maid, makes 1t a stipulation that shn
must have the strength to massage
Well, as she prefers to have her maid
do it rather than to have a ''profes-
siOnal" come to her daily.
Mrs. Paran Stevens has masseur
come in three times weekly for an
hour at n time. and to this she attrib
utes her freedom from rheuma tism,
which runs in her family.
A well-knOwn society matrOn spr7lin
enforced quiet caused her ankle, when
getting better, to pain her with resu
lar growing pains" Massage treat
ment was recommended. She tried it
with success, and found that in a few
weeks her angle was getting smaller.
The well one was then tried, with tlr
same success. All the superfluous
flesh rubbed from them, and now,
when she wears slippers, few can dis
play a trimmer or smaller ankle than
this young mafOn.
Nearly all the actresses patronize n
Russian bath, If they are not mas
saged at home. 1t limbers them up.
they find, and keeps them up to their
losing II inclined to be fleshy.
"Airy Fairy" Lillian Russell has lost
flesh since her sojourn in London. She
attributes it to the baths she took
there. She has brought home with her
portable bath chair. The sides, back
and top are covered, just leaving an
opening in the top for the head to pass
through. Steam is applied into 1t
through a tube, the bather enters the
chair through a door in front, pushes
the top open, thu n closes it around th,
throat, sitting down; turns on the
steam from the fastening in the tube.
and then quitely enjoys the same in
her own room and free from the "mad-
ding crowd" of a public bath. Miss
Russell uses thus bath chair placed In
her bathroom daily. After leaving it
she takes a cold dip in the regular tub,
and then Is thoroughly rubbed for Il
good hour. To this she thinks she
owes the thanks for her present reduc-
tion of weight, and she hopes to lose
still more flesh.
The ccckroach is always wrong when II
attempts to argue with the office cat.